Campus events: April 1–30, 2016
Daniel Oyolu ’15 gives a presentation on legal traditions represented in the Gospel of Luke during the 2015 Mount David Summit, Bates College’s annual celebration of student academic achievement. See April 1. (Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College)
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These are public events at the college April 1–30, 2016.
The public is invited to events in this listing. Except as noted, admission is free.
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Recurring Events
Taking place while Bates is in session. Please call ahead to confirm.
4:10pm Mon–Fri | Buddhist meditation with the Dharma Society. FMI 207-786-8272.
Gomes Chapel
6pm Wed | Life drawing with the Museum of Art. Dry-media easels and drawing benches provided, bring drawing board and supplies. $10/$9 museum members. FMI 207-786-8302.
Olin 259
5:30pm Sat | Catholic Mass led by Fr. Paul Dumais of the Prince of Peace Parish. FMI 207-786-8272.
Gomes Chapel
4pm Sun | Bates Christian Fellowship chapel service with gospel singing, preceded by prayer time at 3pm. FMI 207-786-8272.
Gomes Chapel
1 Fri
So Hee Ki ’16 performs music by J.S. Bach, J. Brahms and L. Fuchs on April 1. (Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College)
1:30pm | Mount David Summit: Students offer concurrent sessions of poster presentations, talks, panel discussions, literary readings and video screenings. Included is an exhibit of student photos taken during study abroad. FMI 207-786-6065.
Pettengill Hall
7pm | Viola recital: The Bates Orchestra’s principal violist, So Hee Ki ’16 of Irvine, Calif., performs music by J.S. Bach, J. Brahms and L. Fuchs for her senior thesis recital, accompanied on piano by professor James Parakilas. FMI 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.
Olin Concert Hall
7:30pm | Sisters (2015, 118 min.): Presented by the Filmboard. $1.
Olin 104
7:30pm | Spring Dance Concert: Featured are senior thesis projects in choreography by Mary Anne Bodnar and Kelsey Schober, as well as final projects by students in 200- and 300-level composition courses. Program A is presented on Friday and Sunday, April 1 and 3, and Program B on Saturday and Monday, April 2 and 4. Suggested donation, $5: www.batestickets.com. FMI 207-786-6161.
Schaeffer Theatre
2 Sat
Cellist Matthias Gredler, violinist David McCarroll, and pianist Stefan Mendl — the Vienna Piano Trio — perform April 2.
11am | Bobcat Ventures: Entrepreneurship Competition: In an event designed to nourish the entrepreneurial culture at Bates, students submit business ideas for judging after fine-tuning them in consultation with business leaders and venture capitalists. Eight teams compete for an $11,000 grand prize. FMI prambau@bates.edu.
Muskie Archives
Noon | Baseball vs. Tufts (doubleheader).
Leahey Field
Noon | Women’s lacrosse vs. Hamilton.
Garcelon Field
2 & 7:30pm | Sisters (see April 1).
Olin 104
5pm | Spring Dance Concert (see April 1).
Schaeffer Theatre
7:30pm | Vienna Piano Trio: Olin Arts Alive presents a chamber group celebrated for finesse, tonal allure and irresistible panache, playing C.P.E. Bach, Mauricio Kagel and J. Brahms. $15: batesconcerts.eventbrite.com. A limited supply of free tickets is available for students and seniors 65+. FMI 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.
Olin Concert Hall
Ludwig van Beethoven in a painting by Carl Jäger.
3 Sun
Noon | Baseball vs. Tufts.
Leahey Field
2 & 4:30pm | Sisters (see April 1).
Olin 104
2pm | Spring Dance Concert (see April 1).
Schaeffer Theatre
4pm | Beethoven choral music: In a major community collaboration conducted by John Corrie, the Bates Orchestra and Choir join other L-A ensembles for “Still Sea and Fortunate Journey” and the masterpiece “Missa Solemnis.” With Bates are the Maine Music Society Chorale and Orchestra, the Scola of the Basilica of SS Peter & Paul, and the Edward Little High School and Lewiston High School choirs. $50/$35/$25 ($10 students): 207-782-7228 or mainemusicsociety.org.
Basilica of SS Peter & Paul, 155 Ash St.
Bates presents the Spring Dance Concert April 1–4. (Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College)
4 Mon
5pm | Voice studio recital: A performance by students of Luette Saul and Jazmin DeRice. FMI 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.
Olin Concert Hall
7:30pm | Spring Dance Concert (see April 1).
Schaeffer Theatre
5 Tue
4:15pm | “The System Was Designed to Fail Me”: Religion, Incarceration and the Erasure of Black Women: A talk by Laura McTighe, co-founder of the Institute for Community Justice and organizer of the forum Religion and Incarceration. Part of a series sponsored by the Bates religious studies department addressing issues of mass incarceration. FMI 207-786-8204.
Pettengill G52
7:30pm | Voice recital by students of John Corrie. FMI 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.
Olin Concert Hall
Maine pianist Thomas Snow, lecturer in music at Bates College, directs the Bates Jazz Band in a 2014 rehearsal. (Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College)
6 Wed
4pm | Women’s tennis vs. Bowdoin.
Wallach Tennis Center
4:15pm | Supervolcanoes and Their Deposits: Insights Into the Dynamics of Large Magma Reservoirs by Olivier Bachmann, an expert in volcanic activity from the Institute of Geochemistry and Petrology, Zürich. Presented by the geology department. FMI 207-786-6490.
Carnegie 204
4:15pm | Voice recital by students of John Corrie. FMI 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.
Olin Concert Hall
7pm | Bates Jazz Band & Jazz Combo: Directed by Tom Snow, the ensemble performs music by jazz masters and other artists in diverse genres. Free but tickets required: batesconcerts.eventbrite.com. FMI 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.
Olin Concert Hall
7pm | Men’s lacrosse vs. Bowdoin.
Garcelon Field
7:30pm | Voice and Speech performance: A performance of the semester’s final project by students in Katalin Vecsey’s voice and speech course. FMI 207-786-6161.
Gannett Theater
7 Thu
Rajeev Taranath, master of the Indian lute called the sarod, plays at Bates on April 7.
7:30pm | Rajeev Taranath, sarod master: Taranath is acclaimed as a master of the sarod, a lute-like instrument used in Indian music. Accompanied by Abhiman Kaushal on tabla, he will play an evening raga — a largely improvised form in Indian classical music. Presented by Olin Arts Alive. $15: batesconcerts.eventbrite.com. A limited supply of free tickets is available for students and seniors 65+. FMI 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.
Olin Concert Hall
A frame from “The Forger,” a stop-motion animation piece by William Reber ’16 of Johnson, Vt. Reber is one of the 12 artists showing work in the 2016 Senior Thesis Exhibition.
8 Fri
4:30pm | Piano recital: Students of Chiharu Naruse, Bridget Convey and John Corrie perform. FMI olinarts@bates.edu or 207-786-6135.
Olin Concert Hall
5pm | Exhibition opening: A reception opens the Museum of Art’s spring exhibitions, the annual Senior Exhibition and David C. Driskell: The Doorway Portfolio. See Museum of Art at the end of this listing
Museum of Art
7:30pm | Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016, 95 min.): Presented by the Filmboard. $1.
Olin 104
U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance ’82 is among presenters at the April 9 Chaos or Community conference. (Bernard Troncale)
9 Sat
Time TBA | Men’s tennis vs. Amherst.
Wallach Tennis Center
8am | Maine Appalachian Trail Club: The Bates Outing Club hosts the MATC’s annual Spring Membership Meeting. FMI Lester Kenway at trailser@myfairpoint.net or 207-947-2723.
Olin Concert Hall
9:30am | Chaos or Community: Conversations on Criminal Justice Reform in Maine: Continuing Bates’ 2016 examination of social justice and mass incarceration, this daylong conference brings together a cross-section of community partners working on incarceration reform. Among the speakers are local law enforcement and corrections officials, formerly incarcerated individuals, Maine U.S. Attorney Thomas Delahanty II, Northern Alabama U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance ’82, and as keynote speaker, Kaia Stern, director of the Prison Studies Project at Harvard. FMI aboss@bates.edu.
Commons, second floor
Noon | Baseball vs. Bowdoin (doubleheader).
Leahey Field
Noon | Softball vs. Bowdoin (doubleheader).
Lafayette Street Field
Noon | Women’s lacrosse vs. Middlebury.
Garcelon Field
2 & 7:30pm | Kung Fu Panda 3 (see April 8).
Olin 104
10 Sun
Noon | Softball vs. Castleton State (doubleheader).
Lafayette Street Field
2 & 4:30pm | Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016, 95 min.): Presented by the Filmboard. $1.
Olin 104
11 Mon
7:30pm | Computers, Music and the Arts, Concert II: Projects by students in a course taught by William Matthews, composer and Alice Swanson Esty Professor of Music. FMI 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.
Olin Concert Hall
Softball is in full swing by April. Shown is Kelsey Freedman ’15 of Falmouth, Maine, pitching against Brandeis in April 2015. (Josh Kuckens/Bates College)
17 Sun
9am | Rowing: President’s Cup.
Bates Boathouse, Greene
10am | Men’s tennis vs. Connecticut College.
Wallach Tennis Center
Noon | Softball vs. Fisher College (doubleheader).
Lafayette Street Field
2pm | Women’s tennis vs. Connecticut College.
Wallach Tennis Center
19 Tue
7pm | Men’s lacrosse vs. Tufts.
Garcelon Field
20 Wed
3:30pm | Baseball vs. St. Joseph’s College.
Leahey Field
3:30pm | Softball vs. University of New England (doubleheader).
Lafayette Street Field
22 Fri
4pm | Men’s tennis vs. Tufts.
Wallach Tennis Center
4pm | Softball vs. Tufts.
Lafayette Street Field
23 Sat
Noon | Softball vs. Tufts (doubleheader).
Lafayette Street Field
1pm | Men’s lacrosse vs. Connecticut College.
Garcelon Field
24 Sun
9am| Rowing: Bates Invitational.
Bates Boathouse, Greene
10am | Women’s tennis vs. Williams.
Wallach Tennis Center
2pm | Men’s tennis vs. Williams.
Wallach Tennis Center
25 Mon
3:30pm | Softball vs. Maine–Farmington.
Lafayette Street Field
‘Tis the season. (Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College)
26 Tue
4pm | Baseball vs. Endicott College.
Leahey Field
27 Wed
5pm | Women’s lacrosse vs. Colby.
Garcelon Field
28 Thu
4pm | Baseball vs. Southern Maine.
Leahey Field
29 Fri
9am | NESCAC Women’s Tennis Tournament.
Wallach Tennis Center
3pm | Baseball vs. Colby.
Leahey Field
4pm | Softball vs. Colby.
Lafayette Street
Risk expert Howard Kunreuther ’59 gives the keynote address at the Maine Economics Conference.
30 Sat
9am | Maine Economics Conference: Faculty from Bates, Bowdoin and Colby colleges and UMaine discuss their research. Keynote speaker: Howard Kunreuther ’59, James G. Dinan Professor, The Wharton School. FMI pshea@bates.edu.
Pettengill G52
9am | NESCAC Women’s Tennis Tournament.
Wallach Tennis Center
Museum of Art
Hours: 10am–5pm Mon–Sat
(until 7:30pm Wed)
FMI 207-786-6158
bates.edu/museum
museum@bates.edu
“Tropical Girl,” serigraph by David Driskell from The Doorway Portfolio, 2009.
April 8–May 28
Senior Thesis Exhibition 2016: The exhibition highlights work selected from the thesis projects of 12 seniors majoring in studio art. Projects vary from student to student as each pursues an individual interest. The program emphasizes the creation of a cohesive body of related works through sustained studio practice and critical inquiry.
April 8–Aug. 27
David C. Driskell: The Doorway Portfolio: Twelve serigraphs by artist and art scholar David C. Driskell, exploring the notion of the doorway “as a passage between two worlds,” are shown with 12 pages of handset letterpress prose by Michael Alpert, a writer, book designer and artist. Driskell’s dynamic prints include both pictorial and abstract representations.
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