Stories about "Creativity"
They Came, They Bought
Sunday, March 1, 2009 12:13 pm
Josh Holdeman '93, international director of 20th-century art for Christie's, talks to clients during bidding. Holdeman and his team oversaw the sale Icons of Glamour and Style: The Constantiner Collection in December 16-17, 2008, which acheived a record total -- more than $7 million -- for a single owner Christie's sale dedicated to photographs.
Homing in on Green Design
Sunday, March 1, 2009 11:33 am
Perils and possibilities arise as consumers seek green options in building and architecture.
Scribbling Meets Nibbling
Sunday, March 1, 2009 10:43 am
Poets, essayists put food on the menu at a 'Literary Café'.
Bates to stage Ted Hughes adaptation of Euripides' 'Alcestis'
Friday, February 27, 2009 3:50 pm
Martin Andrucki, Charles A. Dana Professor of Theater, directs the Bates College theater department production of Alcestis, Euripides' tragedy about a king, doomed to die, who offers up his wife in his place. Performances take place at 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, March 6, 7, 13 and 14, and at 2 p.m. Sundays, March 8 and 15, in Gannett Theater, Pettigrew Hall, 305 College St.
Bates literary series presents Two Kinds of Decay author
Friday, February 27, 2009 11:39 am
Sarah Manguso, author of the memoir The Two Kinds of Decay, reads from her prose at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 19, in Bates College's Skelton Lounge, Chase Hall, 56 Campus Ave.
Guest artists to join Bates Gamelan performance
Thursday, February 26, 2009 2:10 pm
The Bates College Gamelan Orchestra, joined by professional guest artists from Indonesia, will perform a concert on March 14.
Bates debates Yale, hosts national parliamentary debate tournament
Wednesday, February 25, 2009 12:42 pm
The Brooks Quimby Debate Council hosts an American Parliamentary Debate Association Tournament at Bates College. As tournament host, the Bates team won't debate in this competition.To keep the squad limber, however, Bates team members will debate the Yale University team.
Othello: Love Curdled Through a Malevolent Scheme
Tuesday, February 24, 2009 10:22 am
New York Times reviewer Charles Isherwood praises the "extraordinary" Off Broadway directing debut of Arin Arbus '99, who directed the Theater for a New Audience production of Othello. "Shakespeare is the star here," Isherwood writes, "but he is handled with the kind of artistry we always hope for and rarely find. This is among the most sensitively directed, eloquently designed and impeccably acted productions of a Shakespeare tragedy that the city has seen in years."
Jazz groups feature talented musicians
Monday, February 16, 2009 4:38 pm
Ben Smeltzer '10, of the Bates Jazz Combo, rocks the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall as part of the evening program for Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday. The combo's members participate in the college's jazz band.
A cappella thrives at Bates
Monday, February 16, 2009 3:49 pm
The Deansmen, one of Bates College’s two all-male a cappella groups, peforms during the Fourth Annual Harward Center Community Partnerships Community Celebration at the Lewiston Public Library.