Stories about "Maine and New England"
Kittery-based quartet to open Bates jazz series
Tuesday, May 1, 2007 3:08 pm
Equal Time, a quartet that plays obscure covers, originals and free improvisations, opens the Bates College Jazz at the Olin Arts Center series at 8 p.m. Saturday, May 5, in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall, 75 Russell St. Admission is free, but tickets are required. For more information, please call 207-786-6135.
College joins Maine Music Society to amass 260 musicians for Brahms concert
Tuesday, March 27, 2007 1:43 pm
In a landmark musical event, Bates College and the Maine Music Society will muster some 260 musicians for an evening of music by Johannes Brahms, including his exquisite "Deutsches Requiem," Saturday, March 31, in the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul, 27 Bartlett St.
Harward Center screens film about Lewiston gun control activist
Monday, March 19, 2007 2:39 pm
Bates College's Harward Center for Community Partnerships will screen "There Ought to Be a Law" a new documentary film about a Lewiston woman who became a gun control activist after her teenager's suicide.
Matthews composition featured by Portland Chamber Music Festival
Thursday, March 1, 2007 4:05 pm
A work by William Matthews, Alice Swanson Esty Professor of Music at Bates, is featured as musicians from the Portland Chamber Music Festival return to Bates for a concert Sunday, March 4, in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall, 75 Russell St.
U.S. Rep. Michaud takes 'green' tour of college
Monday, February 26, 2007 4:12 pm
"What I see happening here at Bates is definitely going in the right direction," said U.S. Rep. Michael Michaud, D-Maine, during a "green tour" of Bates Feb. 20.
College, Maine Music Society gather 260 musicians for all-Brahms concert
Friday, February 16, 2007 4:42 pm
In a landmark event for the Androscoggin Valley cultural community, Bates College and the Maine Music Society will muster an ensemble of some 260 musicians for a performance of music by Johannes Brahms, including his monumental "Requiem," Saturday, March 31, in the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul, 27 Bartlett St.
Maine College Republicans host Youth Leadership School at College
Thursday, February 15, 2007 11:09 am
The Maine College Republicans will host the Youth Leadership School, the flagship program of the Leadership Institute, at Bates College Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 17-18. The school will be held in the Edmund S. Muskie Archives, at 70 Campus Ave.
College receives national recognition for community partnerships
Monday, January 22, 2007 2:44 pm
The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching recently selected Bates College for its new Community Engagement Classification, created to recognize colleges and universities that have institutionalized community engagement in their endeavors.
College wins grant for collaborative library program with Colby, Bowdoin
Friday, January 5, 2007 4:00 pm
Colby, Bates and Bowdoin colleges have received a $280,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to build a model program for the collaborative development of library collections.
Award-winning mathematician to give annual Sampson Lecture
Thursday, November 9, 2006 3:58 pm
Jennifer J. Quinn, executive director of the Association for Women in Mathematics, presents two lectures at Bates on Friday, Nov. 10. At 4 p.m., she gives a talk titled "Synchronicity: Alternating Sums, Determinants, Continued Fractions and More." At 7:30 p.m., in the college's annual Richard W. Sampson Lecture, her subject is "Fabulous Fibonacci Numbers." Sponsored by the mathematics department, both talks are open to the public at no cost and take place in the Keck Classroom (G52), Pettengill Hall, 4 Andrews Road. For more information, please call the college concierge at 207-786-6255.