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In the basement of Portland’s Equality Community Center, Portland’s newest gear library lacks the store-front appeal of the many outdoor retail shops in a state famous for its outdoor recreation. But one step inside Kindling Collective during its open house on June 10 and the orange and pink walls, the sound of laughter, and the mini outdoor-gear lessons breaking out spoke of a warm, welcoming community and, most of all: joy. Kindling Collective, a gear library focused on the queer community, was founded this spring by business partners, spouses and outdoor enthusiasts Hallie Herz ‘11 (wearing striped shirt) and Eva Fury in an effort to help the LGBTQ+ community access the outdoors in a safe, fulfilling and affordable way. The tiny 400-square-foot space welcome everyone, though it's focused on helping queer people specifically feel welcome, empowered and inspired. Focusing on joy, Hertz said, is central to their mission. Hertz and Fury were photographed at 15 Casco St. on June 15, 2023.
Hallie Herz ’11 co-founds nation’s first queer-focused outdoor gear lending library

Friday, June 23, 2023 9:52 am

Hallie Herz '11 co-founded the nation's first queer-focused outdoor gear library with their partner, Eva Fury. "Queer people need a space where they can be themselves and find connections to things that sustain them,” Herz said.

Announcing the 27th annual Bates College summer book list

Tuesday, June 20, 2023 1:52 pm

In the words of Madeleine L'Engle, “a book, too, can be a star." The Bates community offers up over 200 "stars" in this year's book list.

Bates students create a self-guided tour of Riverside Cemetery that tells historical stories of Lewiston

Thursday, June 8, 2023 12:46 pm

Created by Bates students, a self-guided online tour of Lewiston's Riverside Cemetery tells stories of Civil War veterans, immigrants to Lewiston, and Maine industrial workers.

Q&A: Bates Commencement senior speaker Rishi Madnani discovered a ‘big part of who I am’ at Bates

Thursday, May 25, 2023 10:42 am

This year's Senior Address at Commencement will be offered by Rishi Madnani ‘23 of Langhorne, Pa., who came to Bates with two major expectations about his path forward. And both were upended.

Picture Story: ‘Share our love for our sport’ 

Friday, March 3, 2023 12:10 pm

Enjoy this immersive look at the Bates women’s varsity teams mentoring the next generation as they host area children on National Girls and Women in Sports Day.

Through her mission to bring the great flavors of West Africa to a wider audience, Chef Zoe Adjonyoh has been pioneering modern West African food in the forms of supper clubs (London, Berlin, New York, Accra, Wales, Russia), her own restaurant in Brixton, pop-ups, street food, and events since 2010. She led a class/cooking demonstration with DCCE Chef Jason Tardif on Jan. 8, 2023. •12:00n-1:00p- 221/222 •Cooking Class for Students- •Red Red and Plantain: We are making Red Red Bean Stew! So good they named it twice - This dish is so called, I’m told, because it’s coloured red twice – once from the red of the palm oil and a second time from the tomatoes. But there’s a lot of duplication in the titles of dishes in Ghanaian cooking in any case. This stew of black-eyed beans (cowpeas) cooked in a gently spiced tomato sauce is a great vegan dish eaten all day long in Ghana – an alternative to baked beans for breakfast or as a bean casserole for lunch or dinner. Students who appear in the photos (and DCCE Chef Owen Keene and Assistant VP Christine Schwartz dropped by): Luz Rubio Vazquez ’23 (black sweater, front row) Adi Sandoval ’23 (purple top, second row) Danny Zuniga Zarat ’25 (multicolored collared shirt with glasses, second row) Starr Bradley ’25 (Nike t-shirt and garnet hat, third row) Rashad King ’25 (gray sweatshirt, scarf, third row) Maddie Lee ’24 (blue turtleneck, first row) Leah Belber ’26 (denim overalls, second row) Isaac Levinger ’24 (plaid shirt over hoodie, third row)
Picture Story: A delish dish from chef Zoe Adjonyoh

Friday, February 10, 2023 1:50 pm

Noted chef and writer Zoe Adjonyoh, author of Zoe's Ghanian Kitchen, visited Bates this week, giving a talk, working with Bates chefs, and — as seen in this delicious and immersive Picture Story — showing students how to prepare a traditional Ghanian dish.

From Bates History: Bib, trowel, and a pinback Bates button

Thursday, February 2, 2023 1:21 pm

Here are a few items from the Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library, including an item worn during autumn haze days decades ago.

‘Ba-ha-ha Mitzvah’: Thesis binding with Frances White ’23

Friday, December 16, 2022 8:53 am

Hugs were had, congratulations traded, and champagne and cola shaken and opened. Another edition of a sweet Bates ritual, melding academics, friendship, and community, neared its end.

They don’t call it a trash can’t: Can-do students model fashion created from campus trash

Friday, November 18, 2022 9:59 am

“One man’s trash is another man’s treasure,” as the proverb goes, and students took it to heart — and to the runway — during the 16th annual Trashion Show, and the first in-person edition since 2019.

An inside look at the ‘invention’ of New England with Victoria Wyeth ’01

Wednesday, November 9, 2022 3:46 pm

In Wasilla, Alaska, this summer, incoming Bates student Karsten Stiner ’26 looked…

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