Events at Bates: Sept. 13–30
Hello from Bates! Here’s an updated listing of public events at the college for the period Sept. 13–30, 2013.
The public is invited to these events. Except as noted, admission is free. (Where two admission fees appear, the cost for the general public is listed first, followed by the cost for students and seniors.)
Changed in this edition is the listing for the Sept. 18 talk by Manal Alsharif, which has been moved to the Muskie Archives and pushed back from 7 to 7:30pm.
Four events have been added:
- a Sept. 13 workshop for teachers and homeschooling parents related to the art museum’s fall exhibition Redefining The Multiple: 13 Japanese Printmakers;
- Davíd Carrasco’s Sept. 16 talk inaugurating Bates’ Latin American studies program;
- a Sept. 23 opening for the exhibition The Fearless Project: Photographs of LGBT Athletes;
- and a Sept. 28 concert by Joy Kills Sorrow.
Want the latest events information? Visit the daily Events page. Questions or comments? Contact events editor Doug Hubley at calendar@bates.edu.
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Recurring events
Taking place while Bates is in session. Please call ahead to confirm.
4:10pm Mon-Fri | Mindfulness of Breathing: Buddhist meditation facilitated by the Dharma Society, and held most weekdays when school is in session. Open to all experience levels. FMI 207-786-8272.
Gomes Chapel
6pm Wed | Life drawing: Sponsored by the Museum of Art. Dry-media easels and drawing benches provided, bring drawing board and supplies. $7. FMI 207-786-8302.
Olin 259
5:30pm Sat | Catholic Mass led each week by Bates’ associated Catholic chaplain, Fr. Paul Dumais of the Prince of Peace Parish. FMI 207-786-8272.
Gomes Chapel
4pm Sun | Advanced meditation facilitated by the Dharma Society. FMI 207-786-8272.
Gomes Chapel
5:30pm Sun | Protestant worship with gospel singing. Coordinated by the Bates Christian Fellowship. FMI 207-786-8272.
Gomes Chapel
13 Fri
3:30pm | Teacher and Homeschooling Parent Workshop: The Bates College Museum of Art offers a hands-on workshop to teachers and homeschooling parents that will provide insight into the museum’s fall exhibition Redefining the Multiple: 13 Japanese Printmakers (see below). Included are a tour of the exhibition, sample lessons meeting Maine Learning Results Standards for Visual Arts and a hands-on art-making session. Advance registration required; space is limited. Contact Anne Odom at aodom@bates.edu or 207-786-8212 to register.
7:30pm | Man of Steel (143 min., 2013): Presented by the Filmboard. $1.
Olin 104
14 Sat
11am | Women’s golf vs. Bowdoin.
Martindale Country Club, Auburn
2 & 7:30pm | Man of Steel (see Sept. 13).
Olin 104
15 Sun
2 & 4:30pm | Man of Steel (see Sept. 13).
Olin 104
16 Mon
4:15pm | Origins, Cities and Crossroads: Latin American Studies Through the Lens of a Colonial Mexican Map. Davíd Carrasco, a Mexican American historian of religions at Harvard Divinity School, offers the inaugural lecture in Bates College’s Latin American studies program. Refreshments. FMI 207-786-8204.
Pettengill Hall, Keck Classroom (G52)
7:30pm | Global Lens film: Presented by the Museum of Art, tonight’s international film is Beijing Flickers (China, 96 min., 2012). FMI 207-786-8212.
Olin 104
18 Wed
4:30pm | Women’s soccer vs. Bowdoin.
Russell Street Field
7:30pm | Manal Alsharif: A bold advocate for women’s rights in Saudi Arabia, Alsharif is widely known for her challenge to the ban on women driving in that nation. Her talk is presented by the Harward Center and the Office of Intercultural Education. FMI 207-786-8376.
Muskie Archives
19 Thu
6:30pm | Jaed Coffin: The Language Arts Live series of literary readings presents a Maine resident whose creative nonfiction includes A Chant to Soothe Wild Elephants, chronicling his experience as a Buddhist monk in his mother’s native village in Thailand. FMI 207-786-6256.
Muskie Archives
20 Fri
7:30pm | This is the End (107 min., 2013): Presented by the Filmboard. $1.
Olin 104
21 Sat
1pm | Football vs. Trinity.
Garcelon Field
2 & 7:30pm | This is the End (see Sept. 20).
Olin 104
22 Sun
2 & 4:30pm | This is the End (see Sept. 20).
Olin 104
23 Mon
5pm | The Fearless Project: Photographs of LGBT Athletes. A reception with photographer Jeff Sheng opens this exhibition presented by the Office of Intercultural Education, with support from Bates athletics and other programs and organizations. FMI 207-786-8303.
Commons, second floor
7:30pm | Global Lens film: Presented by the Museum of Art, tonight’s international film is Cairo 678 (Egypt, 100 min., 2010). FMI 207-786-8212.
Olin 104
25 Wed
7pm | Field hockey vs. Bowdoin.
Campus Avenue Field
7pm | Women’s volleyball vs. Bowdoin.
Alumni Gym
27 Fri
7:30pm | Four Quartets: John Farrell of Maine’s Figures of Speech Theatre recites T.S. Eliot’s poem from memory. In the second half of the program, the DaPonte String Quartet performs a Beethoven piece that inspired the poem. Free, but tickets required — please visit batestickets.com. FMI 207-786-6163.
Olin Concert Hall
7:30pm | The Heat (117 min., 2013): Presented by the Filmboard. $1.
Olin 104
8pm | Women’s volleyball vs. Colby-Sawyer.
Alumni Gym
28 Sat
11am | Women’s soccer vs. Trinity.
Russell Street Field
Noon | Field hockey vs. Trinity.
Campus Avenue Field
1pm | Football vs. Tufts.
Garcelon Field
2pm | Men’s soccer vs. Trinity.
Russell Street Field
2 & 7:30pm | The Heat (see Sept. 27).
Olin 104
2:30pm | Hideki Kimura, co-curator of and participant in the Bates College Museum of Art exhibition Redefining The Multiple (see below), discusses the exhibition. A reception follows. FMI 207-786-6158.
Museum of Art
Noon | Bates Dance Company: This Parents & Family Weekend program features works in diverse styles by students, as well as faculty choreographers including Rachel Boggia, Carol Dilley and Debi Irons. FMI 207-786-6161.
Schaeffer Theatre
7:30pm | Joy Kills Sorrow: Showcasing emotive original songs and Emma Beaton’s soulful singing, this acclaimed five-piece acoustic string band is touring in support of its new Signature Sounds EP, Wide Awake. Admission: $18, available at batestickets.com. FMI 207-786-6163 or olinarts@bates.com.
Olin Concert Hall
29 Sun
Noon | Women’s soccer vs. Amherst.
Russell Street Field
Noon | Bates Dance Company (see Sept. 28).
Schaeffer Theatre
1pm | Field hockey vs. Amherst.
Campus Avenue Field
2 & 4:30pm | The Heat (see Sept. 27).
Olin 104
3pm | Men’s soccer vs. Amherst.
Russell Street Field
30 Mon
7:30pm | Global Lens film: Presented by the Museum of Art, tonight’s international film is The Fantastic World of Juan Orol (Mexico, 90 min., 2012). FMI 207-786-8212.
Olin 104
Exhibitions
Sept. 23–Oct. 16
The Fearless Project: Photographs of LGBT Athletes: Images by Jeff Sheng constitute this exhibition presented by the Office of Intercultural Education, with support from Bates athletics and other programs and organizations.
Commons, second floor
Museum of Art
FMI 207-786-6158
museum@bates.edu or bates.edu/museum
Hours: 10am–5pm Mon–Sat
(until 7pm Wed during the academic year)
Sept. 13–Dec. 14
Redefining The Multiple: 13 Japanese Printmakers: In concept and technique, the artists in this exhibition push the boundaries of what a print or multiple is. They innovatively employ both contemporary and historic techniques and media that include etching, aquatint, monotype, screen printing, photographic processes and woodcut, as well as three-dimensional works in felt, cast resin and video.
Selections from Berenice Abbott’s Portrait of Maine: A pre-eminent American photographer, Abbott moved to Monson, Maine, in the 1960s and created a significant body of work documenting life in her new home state. Her Portrait of Maine (1968), a collaboration with writer, artist and friend Chenoweth Hall, was Abbott’s final book and comprises photographs from across the state in Abbott’s signature documentary style. This exhibition represents photographs taken for that project.