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Theatre at Bates to Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night"
Friday, October 22, 1999 3:05 pm
Theater at Bates will stage William Shakespeare's timeless comedy "Twelfth Night" at 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 5, in Shaeffer Theater, Bates College. The play also will be performed at 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 6; 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 7; 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 12; 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 13; and 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 14. Tickets are $6 for general admission and $3 for students and seniors. Tickets may be reserved through the Schaeffer Theatre box office by calling 207-786-6161.
Series in entrepreneurship explores business ventures
Thursday, October 21, 1999 12:00 am
Ann M. Myer will discuss "Realizing the Full Potential of the Venture" at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 28, in Chase Hall Lounge on Campus Avenue as part of The Bates Seminar Series in Entrepreneurship. The public is invited to attend free of charge. For more information, call the Bates College Office of Career Services at 207-786-6232.
Bates College students compose computer music
Thursday, October 21, 1999 12:00 am
Seventeen Bates College student composers enrolled in "Computers, Music and the Arts," a course taught by William Matthews, the Alice Swanson Esty Professor of Music, will give a concert of new work using digital recording, sampling and synthesizers at 9 p.m. Monday, Nov. 1, in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall on the Bates campus. The public is invited to attend free of charge. For additional information, call the Olin Arts Center at 207-786-6135.
Bates College Orchestra to perform
Thursday, October 21, 1999 12:00 am
The Bates College Orchestra, under the direction of William Matthews, the Alice Swanson Esty Professor of Music, will perform a program of range and contrast at 8 p.m., Nov. 12, in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall. The public is invited to attend free of charge. For additional information, call the Olin Arts Center at 207-786-6135.
Award winning biographer of mathematicians to speak
Thursday, September 30, 1999 12:00 am
Constance Reid, author of "A Long Way from Euclid" and "From Zero to Infinity," will discuss "Captured by Mathematics" at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 14, in Room 204 of Carnegie Science, Bates College. The public is invited to attend the annual Richard W. Sampson Lecture, and admission is free.
History and future of Franco women to be discussed
Thursday, September 30, 1999 12:00 am
Susan Hudson of Wayne, a graduate student in history from Catholic University of America, will discuss "Franco Women: The History and The Future" at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 14, in Chase Hall Lounge, Bates College. The public is invited to attend the Muskie Millennial Series lecture free of charge.
Dramatic duo presents civil rights performances
Thursday, September 30, 1999 12:00 am
The Stuart Sisters, a dramatic duo from Philadelphia, will present two performances of "A Brand New Day," an hourlong retrospective about the civil rights movement and the era of rock 'n roll, at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 7, and 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 8, in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall, 75 Russell St.
Dedication ceremony to take place for Pettengill Hall
Thursday, September 30, 1999 12:00 am
Bates College will dedicate its new academic building, the Frederick B. and Ursula P. Pettengill Hall, at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 2, on the corner of Bardwell Street and Andrews Road as the highlight of its 1999 Celebrate Bates! Alumni and Parents Weekend.
Lewiston ophthalmologist to deliver Sawyer Lecture
Wednesday, September 29, 1999 12:00 am
Dr. Kenneth Wolf of Wolf Eye Associates, Lewiston, will discuss "Project ORBIS: The Flying Eye Hospital" at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 13 at Bates College in Skelton Lounge, Chase Hall, 56 Campus Ave. The public is invited to attend the college's annual Sawyer Lecture in Biology free of charge.
Feminist theologian to discuss rights of women in Islam
Wednesday, September 29, 1999 12:00 am
Riffat Hassan, a feminist theologian and professor of humanities and religious studies at the University of Louisville, will discuss "Women in Islam: A Feminist Perspective" at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 13, in the Edmund S. Muskie Archives. The public is invited to attend the annual Rayborn Lindley Zerby Lecture without charge. For more information, call the Bates College Office of the Chaplain at 207-786-8272.