Stories from January 2014
Three days, three big Bates concerts: songs of Hanns Eisler, Glazer’s 99th, singer McCalla
Friday, January 31, 2014 3:59 pm
In three separate performances Feb. 7-9, Bates presents Maine's best-known pianist, music by Austrian composer Hanns Eisler and a concert by Leyla McCalla.
Taking a break from the Carolina Chocolate Drops, singer McCalla to perform
Friday, January 31, 2014 3:53 pm
Leyla McCalla, a singer-songwriter who has been likened to Billie Holiday, performs on Feb. 9.
Pianist, artist-in-residence Glazer to mark 99th birthday with Bates concert
Friday, January 31, 2014 3:34 pm
Pianist Frank Glazer, artist in residence at Bates, gives a special 99th-birthday…
Soprano, pianist present evening of songs by Austrian composer
Friday, January 31, 2014 3:23 pm
Soprano Karyn Levitt and pianist Eric Ostling perform songs by Hanns Eisler in translations by Eric Bentley on Feb. 7.
Jewish family history, hands-on health care in Africa motivate 2013 Phillips Student Fellows
Friday, January 31, 2014 12:47 pm
Rachel Baumann '14 and Asha Mohamud '15 sought to understand experiences outside the U.S. that had changed the lives of people close to them.
In Central Europe, Phillips Fellow Baumann ’14 sought missing pieces of a family puzzle
Friday, January 31, 2014 12:45 pm
Rachel Baumann's interest in her grandparents gained new intensity when, supported by a Phillips Fellowship, she spent summer 2013 researching their story of courage, audacity and survival as Jews in Nazi-controlled Europe.
Intersections between health and culture draw Phillips Fellow Mohamud ’15 to Tanzania
Friday, January 31, 2014 12:37 pm
In Tanzania during the summer of 2013, Phillips Fellow Asha Mohamud '15 learned a valuable lesson about perspective.
For geology students, a walk on Garcelon Field becomes a trip back, way back, in time
Thursday, January 30, 2014 2:44 pm
"It's hard to comprehend billions of years," says geology professor Mike Retelle.
Emily Bamford ’15 selected to Australian Olympic alpine ski team
Wednesday, January 29, 2014 2:38 pm
With her selection, Bates has now been represented in five straight Olympic Games.
Slideshow: 2014 Arts Crawl
Wednesday, January 29, 2014 10:40 am
For the fourth year, the Bates Arts Collaborative presented the Arts Crawl,…