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Alumnus Matt Tavares, children's book author-illustrator, gives talk
Tuesday, March 25, 2003 10:45 am
The art department presents a slide talk by Matt Tavares, a member of the class of 1997 and the author-illustrator of the children's book Zachary's Ball, at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 27, in Room 104, Olin Arts Center, 75 Russell Street. The talk is open to the public at no cost.
Anti-racist activist Time Wise to speak
Monday, March 24, 2003 10:43 am
Timothy J. Wise, a prominent social-justice activist and commentator, presents a lecture titled Beyond Tolerance: Race and Power in an Age of Backlash at 4:15 p.m. Friday, March 28, in the Edmund S. Muskie Archives, 70 Campus Ave. The event is free and open to the public. The talk will touch on the role of race in the war with Iraq and in the anti-war movement.
French writer-actor, director presents one-man performance
Monday, March 24, 2003 9:26 am
Known for their work in the French cinema and theater, the husband-wife team of Pierre-Olivier Scotto and Martine Feldmann present an original play and workshop. Scotto's one-man performance of his play Voyage au Pays de Molière (Voyage to the Country of Molière), directed by Feldmann, takes place at 8 p.m. Monday, March 31. The three-hour workshop is at 4 p.m. Tuesday, April 1.
Bates and Bowdoin bands bring Caribbean music to the stage
Friday, March 21, 2003 9:38 am
An evening of island music from all over features performances by two Bates bands — the Indonesian-style Gamelan Mawar Mekar and the Steel Pan Rhythm Riders — and their special guests, the Bowdoin College World Music Ensemble, at 8 p.m. Friday, April 4, in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall, 75 Russell Street. The concert is free and open to the public.
Dance performances feature New York choreographer
Thursday, March 20, 2003 10:42 am
Bates students, faculty and a New York choreographer all show dances in…
Campus watches, waits, reacts as war news arrives
Thursday, March 20, 2003 10:05 am
Peace prevailed on campus the week it ended in Iraq, but a close look revealed reactions that covered the spectrum — from student and faculty participation in a community war protest to remarks at Bates in support of the U.S.-led attack by national policy analyst Dinesh D'Souza.
New York Times reporter to discuss immigrant experience
Wednesday, March 19, 2003 2:14 pm
New York Times reporter Joseph Berger, author of the acclaimed memoir Displaced Persons: Growing Up American After the Holocaust (Scribner, 2001), will give a talk at 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 24, in the Edmund S. Muskie Archives, 70 Campus Avenue.
Choir performs Mozart's 'Requiem'
Monday, March 17, 2003 2:11 pm
The college Choir performs Mozart's Requiem, the composer's final work and one of the most intense and finely drawn interpretations of the Roman Catholic Mass, in concerts at 8 p.m. Friday, March 21, and 7 p.m. Saturday, March 22, in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall, 75 Russell Street. The concert is free and open to the public.
Noted vegetarian chef to visit in observance of Great American Meatout
Friday, March 14, 2003 2:07 pm
Ken Bergeron, author of the award-winning cookbook "Professional Vegetarian Cooking," will visit for two days of vegan food preparation with students and Dining Services staff. We welcome media coverage of the event, which marks the 19th anniversary of the Great American Meatout, the world's largest diet education campaign, on March 20.
Wallace Funds head explains new philanthropic approach
Friday, March 14, 2003 2:01 pm
In a March 7 talkdesigned to "remove the shroud of mystery" from the world of foundation philanthropy, the president of the Wallace–Reader's Digest Funds described how that organization has fundamentally changed its modus operandi.