Stories about "Maine and New England"
Bates' Language Arts Live series events span November
Friday, October 30, 2009 12:50 pm
Longtime Maine poet Theodore Enslin and poet-artist-filmmaker Cecilia Vicuña take part in the Bates College Language Arts Live series in November. Featuring noted writers reading from their work, Language Arts Live events are open to the public at no cost. The series is sponsored by the English department, the environmental studies and Spanish programs, the Learning Associates Program, the Bates Humanities Fund and the John Tagliabue Poetry fund. For more information, contact jskinner@bates.edu.
CEO of American Indian Higher Education Consortium to speak at Bates College
Friday, October 30, 2009 12:33 pm
Carrie Billy, president and chief executive officer of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium, discusses her work at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 2, in the Edmund S. Muskie Archives, Bates College, 70 Campus Ave. Sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Affairs, this event is open to the public at no cost. For more information, please call 207-786-8376. A dinner with Billy precedes the event at 5:15 p.m.; seating is limited and by RSVP only. For more information, contact ttaylor@bates.edu.
Bates to host Maine political forums
Thursday, October 29, 2009 12:14 pm
This winter, in collaboration with the Androscoggin Valley Regional Program for the Gifted and Talented, Bates College hosts three presentations related to the 2010 election for Maine governor. Former Maine Gov. Angus King opens the series with a discussion of his first Blaine House race at noon Tuesday, Dec. 8, in Chase Hall Lounge, 56 Campus Ave. King will also discuss his legacy as governor, including the Maine public school laptop program that provides every public middle-school student with an Apple laptop.
Huffington Post blogger Liz Neumark P'13 reviews Bates, Maine food
Thursday, October 8, 2009 10:23 am
Huffington Post blogger Liz Neumark P’13, sharing her splendid experience in Maine…
Monthly contradance at Bates welcomes new music
Tuesday, October 6, 2009 9:40 am
Matching Orange, a new high-energy folk band from the Boston area, makes its first performance at the monthly Bates College contradance at 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 9, in Chase Hall Lounge, 56 Campus Ave.
WRBC radio to present guitarist Glenn Jones
Tuesday, October 6, 2009 9:11 am
Guitarist Glenn Jones of Cambridge, Mass., plays an acoustic concert at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 10, in the Ronj, the student-run Bates College coffeehouse at 32 Frye St. Opening for Jones will be Micah Blue Smaldone of Portland. Admission is free.
Today Show turns to Andrew Knowlton '97 for fall food trends
Wednesday, September 30, 2009 3:10 pm
Bon Appetit food editor Andrew Knowlton ’97, a philosophy major at Bates,…
President Emeritus Thomas Hedley Reynolds, champion of academic excellence, dies at 88
Thursday, September 24, 2009 2:29 pm
Thomas Hedley Reynolds, known for nearly three decades of transformational leadership at…
President Emeritus Thomas Hedley Reynolds, champion of academic excellence, dies at 88
Thursday, September 24, 2009 11:13 am
Thomas Hedley Reynolds, known for nearly three decades of transformational leadership at two Maine educational institutions, died Tuesday, Sept. 22, at his home in Newcastle, Maine, after a long illness. He was 88 years old.
Art critic Carl Little discusses Bernard Langlais’ wood constructions
Monday, September 21, 2009 3:42 pm
Renowned Maine art critic Carl Little discusses Bernard Langlais' abstract wood constructions, currently featured in a Bates College Museum of Art exhibition, in lecture in the Olin Arts Center.