Campus events: April 1–30, 2018

Hello from Bates!

This is a listing of public events at the college during April 2018.

The public is invited to these events. Except as noted, admission is free.

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Updates in this edition:

• The Maine State Men’s Outdoor Championships was added on April 21.
• Rowing competitions have been added on April 22 and 29.
• The March editions of this listing listed an incorrect time for the Dharma Society meditation sessions. The correct time is 4:15pm daily. We apologize for the error.

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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 confirm before you go.

4:15pm daily | Dharma Society meditation: A 20-minute group meditation. Monday-Saturday, meditation is silent. Participants on Sundays choose a group practice, often followed by dinner or discussion. FMI 207-786-8272.
Gomes Chapel

12:15pm Mon | Noontime meditation facilitated by the Multifaith Chaplaincy. Instruction at noon. FMI 207-786-8272.
Gomes Chapel

6:30pm Mon | Zen meditation led by Associated Buddhist Chaplain Heiku Jaime McLeod. Cushions provided, beginners welcome. FMI jaime@treetopzencenter.org.
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; $90/$80 for pre-purchased 10-session tickets. FMI 207-786-8302.
Olin 259

10am Sun | Quaker meeting presented by the Lewiston Friends. FMI 207-786-8272.
163 Wood St.

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1 Sun

2pm | Spring Dance Concert: In two different programs, the focus is on student choreography. Today: Program A. Free, but tickets required, available at Eventbrite. $5 donations gratefully accepted. FMI 207-786-6161.
Schaeffer Theatre

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2 Mon

4:30pm | Piano recital: Students of Chiharu Naruse and Bridget Convey. Free but tickets required: batesconcerts.eventbrite.com. FMI 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.
Olin Concert Hall

7pm | Animals in the History of Crimes Against Humanity: A talk by Thomas Laqueur, Helen Fawcett Professor of History at the University of California Berkeley. Sponsored by Phi Beta Kappa in conjunction with several academic divisions, programs and departments at Bates. Free but tickets required, available through Eventbrite. FMI 207-786-6400.
Pettengill G52

7pm | Bates Astronomy Extravaganza: Conducted by students in the course “Introduction to Astronomy,” the Bates Astronomy Extravaganza invites K–8 students and their families to take part in hands-on activities and presentations, including planetarium shows and scale models of the solar system. FMI bcallaha@bates.edu.
Carnegie Science Hall

7:30pm | Piano recital: Students of Chiharu Naruse and Bridget Convey. Free but tickets required: batesconcerts.eventbrite.com. FMI 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.
Olin Concert Hall

7:30pm | Spring Dance Concert: See April 1. Tonight: Program B.
Schaeffer Theatre

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3 Tue

7:30pm | American String Band: Directed by Eli Gilbert, the band performs fiddle music from traditions including French-Canadian, Irish, bluegrass and old-time dance tunes. Free but tickets required: batesconcerts.eventbrite.com. FMI 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.
The Ronj, 30 Frye St.

7:30pm | Bates Jazz Band: Directed by Larry Williams, the Bates Jazz Band performs music by J.J. Johnson, Grant Green, Sonny Clark, Benny Carter and others. The program also features the Jazz Performance Combo and MCS Combo. Free but tickets required: batesconcerts.eventbrite.com. FMI 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.
Olin Concert Hall

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4 Wed

4pm | Baseball vs. Plymouth State.
Leahey Field

7pm | Men’s lacrosse vs. Bowdoin.
Garcelon Field

7:30pm | The Art of Voice-Overs: An end-of-semester performance by students in a voice and speech course taught by Senior Lecturer in Theater Kati Vecsey. FMI 207-786-6161.
Gannett Theater

7:30pm | Bates Gamelan with Darsono: Darsono, visiting artist in music, performs with his group Ngudi Raras and the Bates Gamelan Orchestra. Playing at Bates as part of an 11-stop tour, Ngudi Raras is a group of master Javanese musicians that perform as a “gadhon,” or chamber ensemble. Their approach to performance is relaxed but also spontaneous in a way that depends on a profound knowledge of the repertoire. Free but tickets required: batesconcerts.eventbrite.com. FMI 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.
Olin Concert Hall

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5 Thu

4:15pm | The Value of the Veil of Philanthropy (Or Why We Should Avoid Being Judgy): Karen Stohr, associate professor of philosophy at Georgetown University, addresses a concept from Kant’s Doctrine of Virtue. Kant claims that we have a duty to throw the “veil of philanthropy” over the moral failings and shortcomings of others. Stohr will consider that proposition in light of evils like racism and sexism, and will argue that the veil of philanthropy is essential to our efforts to improve ourselves and the ethical community as a whole. Sponsored by the philosophy department. FMI 207-786-6454.
Hedge 208

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6 Fri

3pm | Baseball vs. Colby.
Leahey Field

4pm | Bates Brass Ensemble and Steel Pan Orchestra: It’s a metal concert, but it ain’t heavy: Alan Carr directs the Bates Brass Ensemble and Duncan Hardy directs the Steel Pan Orchestra. Free but tickets required: batesconcerts.eventbrite.com. FMI 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.
Olin Concert Hall

4pm | Softball vs. Tufts.
Lafayette Street Field

5pm | Opening reception: Senior Thesis Exhibition (see Museum, below).
Museum of Art

7pm | Birthright: A War Story. Described as a “real-life Handmaid’s Tale,” Civia Tamarkin’s feature-length documentary explores the accelerating gains of the crusade to control pregnant women and the fallout that is creating a public health crisis. Presented by the Filmboard. (2017, 100 min.) FMI dunterbe@bates.edu.
Olin 104

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7 Sat

10am | Men’s tennis vs. Amherst.
Merrill Gym

Noon | Softball vs. Tufts (doubleheader).
Lafayette Street Field

1pm | Men’s lacrosse vs. Connecticut College.
Garcelon Field

4:30pm | Voice recital: Students of Jazmin DeRice and Luette Saul. Free but tickets required: batesconcerts.eventbrite.com. FMI 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.
Olin Concert Hall

5pm | Women’s tennis vs. Amherst.
Merrill Gym

7:30pm | Voice recital: Students of John Corrie. Free but tickets required: batesconcerts.eventbrite.com. FMI 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.
Olin Concert Hall

8pm | The Merimanders: This concert is the final performance of the current senior members of Bates’ all-female a cappella group. FMI scurtis@bates.edu.
Benjamin Mays Center

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8 Sun

10am | Women’s tennis vs. Trinity.
Merrill Gym

Noon | Softball vs. Fisher College.
Lafayette Street Field

3pm | Men’s tennis vs. Trinity.
Merrill Gym

3pm | Voice recital: Students of John Corrie. Free but tickets required: batesconcerts.eventbrite.com. FMI 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.
Olin Concert Hall

7pm | Surviving a Massive Refugee Situation: A Manual for Designers. A talk by Patrick Lynn Rivers and Kai Wood Mah of Afield, a project that combines design and social science research as a means to advance social architecture. Interested in culture, politics and policy, and society, Rivers’ views are reflected in his book Governing Hate and Race in the United States and South Africa. Associate professor of design at Laurentian University, Mah is an architect, design historian, and a co-investigator of Democratic Crèche, a project focused on the design and construction of early-childhood development centers. FMI shawks@bates.edu.
Commons 221–222

7:30pm | Computers, Music and the Arts: Creations by students in William Matthews’ course “Computers, Music and the Arts.” Free, but tickets required: batesconcerts.eventbrite.com. FMI 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.
Olin Concert Hall

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11 Wed

7:30pm | Senior thesis recital: Ian Clarkson. A performance by double bassist Clarkson of Mount Vernon, Ohio, and guests features music by Dizzy Gillespie, John Coltrane, Freddie Hubbard, Kendrick Lamar and more. Free but tickets required: batesconcerts.eventbrite.com. FMI 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.
Olin Concert Hall

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14 Sat

Noon | Baseball vs. Williams (doubleheader).
Leahey Field

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15 Sun

10am | Women’s tennis vs. Connecticut College.
Merrill Gym

Noon | Baseball vs. Williams (doubleheader).
Leahey Field

2pm | Men’s tennis vs. Connecticut College.
Merrill Gym

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17 Tue

3pm | Softball vs. Maine–Farmington (doubleheader).
Lafayette Street Field

7pm | Men’s lacrosse vs. Tufts.
Garcelon Field

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18 Wed

3:30pm | Softball vs. University of New England.
Lafayette Street Field

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20 Fri

2pm | Men’s tennis vs. Tufts.
Merrill Gym

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21 Sat

Noon | Softball vs. Bowdoin (doubleheader).
Lafayette Street Field

Noon | Women’s lacrosse vs. Amherst.
Garcelon Field

1:15pm | Maine State Men’s Outdoor Championships.
Russell Street Track

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22 Sun

9am | Rowing: President’s Cup.
Bates Boathouse, North River Road, Greene

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25 Wed

4pm | Baseball vs. Southern Maine.
Leahey Field

5:30pm | Women’s lacrosse vs. Colby.
Garcelon Field

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26 Thu

4pm | Women’s tennis vs. Bowdoin.
Merrill Gym

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27 Fri

3pm | Baseball vs. Tufts.
Leahey Field

4pm | Softball vs. Colby.
Lafayette Street Field

4pm | Men’s tennis.
Merrill Gym

7:30pm | Four-handed piano with James Parakilas and Duncan Cumming ’93: Both regular visitors to the Olin Concert Hall, Parakilas is the James L. Moody, Jr. Family Professor Emeritus of Performing Arts, and Cumming is a music professor at Albany. They present a program of music for four hands at a single piano. Composers are Schubert, von Weber, Poulenc, Mozart and Dvořák. Free, but tickets required: batesconcerts.eventbrite.com. FMI 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.
Olin Concert Hall

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28 Sat

Noon | Baseball vs. Tufts (doubleheader).
Leahey Field

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29 Sun

9am | Meal Packing: Open to folks from Bates and surrounding communities, this event is a gathering of volunteers who pack meals and deliver them to food pantries in and around Lewiston-Auburn. Sponsored by the Bates Christian Fellowship. FMI bwilson@bates.edu.
Chase Hall Memorial Commons

9am | Rowing: Bates Invitational.
Bates Boathouse, North River Road, Greene

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Museum of Art

bates.edu/museum

museum@bates.edu

April 6–May 27, 2018

Senior Thesis Exhibition: The museum’s relationship with the Department of Art and Visual Culture entails a commitment to supporting the work of Bates students through this exhibition showcasing work in diverse media from the thesis projects of graduating studio art majors — 14 of them this year. The program emphasizes the creation of a cohesive body of work through sustained studio practice and critical inquiry.