6:30 p.m.
Women's basketball vs. Simmons.
Alumni Gymnasium
8 p.m.
Bates College Concert Series: Kenny Garrett Quartet, a band led by a composer and alto saxophonist dedicated to sustaining the freshness and vitality of jazz. Admission: $8/$5. For reservations call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
Noon
Men's and women's swimming vs. Norwich and University of New England.
Merrill Gymnasium, Tarbell Pool
3 p.m.
Men's basketball vs. Colby.
Alumni Gymnasium
8 p.m.
Concert: Burlington Taiko Drums, an award-winning Vermont-based ensemble that performs on the famous Japanese giant drums. Sponsored by Sangai Asia. For more information call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
Noon
Men's and women's squash vs. Williams.
Bates Squash Center, 56 Plourde Parkway
Noon
Men's and women's swimming vs. Middlebury.
Merrill Gymnasium, Tarbell Pool
12:30 p.m.
Noonday Concert: Artist-in-residence Frank Glazer, pianist. For more information call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
6-9 p.m.
Figure drawing sponsored by the Bates College Museum of Art. Artists should bring drawing board and supplies. Easels provided. Admission: $7 (free for Bates students).
Olin Arts Center, Room 259
8 p.m.
Service: Busy Life, Peaceful Center: A Weekly Time of Rest for Body and Soul. A non-denominational contemplative time of quiet, candlelight, poetry and musical performances by members of the campus community. Sponsored by the chaplain's office. For more information call 207-786-8272.
Bates College Chapel
7 p.m.
Women's basketball vs. Bowdoin.
Alumni Gymnasium
8 p.m.
Contradance: Traditional New England folk dancing to the band Wake the Neighbors. No experience needed; all dances taught and called. Admission: $8/$7. Sponsored by the Freewill Folk Society.
Chase Hall Lounge
3 p.m.
Women's basketball vs. Colby.
Alumni Gymnasium
7 p.m.
Worship service: I Have a Dream: Reflections, Reappraisal and Reconciliation, a talk by Florida State Univer-sity Professor Emeritus William R. Jones, highlights the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Service of Worship. Jones is a pathfinder in the field of African American philosophy. The service also includes music by Bates students.
Bates College Chapel
8:30 p.m.
Reception: Meet the Rev. William R. Jones (see preceding item).
Multicultural Center
In observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, classes are canceled and special programming takes place throughout the day. This year's King Day theme at Bates is The Noble Road to Peace: Storming the Bat-tlements of Injustice. For more information call 207-786-6400.
9 a.m.
Reception: Meet the students from Morehouse and Bates colleges who will participate in the morning debate. Re-freshments will be offered.
Chase Hall Lounge
9:30 a.m.
Debate: Students from Morehouse and Bates colleges debate the resolution On the Immediate Withdrawal of Troops from Iraq: Noble Road to Peace or Accommodate the Terrorism?
Chase Hall Lounge
10:45 a.m.
Keynote address: Race Women, Race Man: Imagined and Real Conversations Between Louise Thompson Pat-terson, Gloria Richardson and Martin Luther King Jr. by a pioneer in the field of African American women's history, Professor Sharon Harley, chair, Department of African American Studies, University of Maryland, Col-lege Park.
Bates College Chapel
1 p.m. and throughout the afternoon
Workshops: In three concurrent sessions (times and rooms TBA), students, staff, guests and faculty lead readings, presentations and discussions on topics connected to the King Day theme. For a complete schedule call 207-786-6400.
Pettengill Hall
4:45 p.m.
Workshop: Spelman College graduate Nishani Frazier, 2006
Mellon Learning Associate, African American history scholar and
doctoral candidate at Columbia University, leads a discussion about her alma mater with Spelman students, faculty and alumni.
Location TBA
7:30 p.m.
Performance and Hurricane Katrina fund-raiser: New Orleans-based tenor Chauncey Packer offers a concert of African American sacred music, with narratives of Katrina survivors read by Bates students.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
12:30 p.m.
Noonday Concert: Performer TBA. For more information call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
5 p.m.
Women's basketball vs. Babson.
Alumni Gymnasium
7 p.m.
Men's basketball vs. St. Joseph's.
Alumni Gymnasium
6-9 p.m.
Figure drawing sponsored by the Bates College Museum of Art. Artists should bring drawing board and supplies. Easels provided. Admission: $7 (free for Bates students).
Olin Arts Center, Room 259
8 p.m.
Service: Busy Life, Peaceful Center: A Weekly Time of Rest for Body and Soul. A non-denominational contemplative time of quiet, candlelight, poetry and musical performances by members of the campus community. Sponsored by the chaplain's office. For more information call 207-786-8272.
Bates College Chapel
7 p.m.
Men's basketball vs. Middlebury.
Alumni Gymnasium
Time and location TBA
Concert: Bates Steel Pan Orchestra. For more information call 207-786-6135.
1 p.m.
Men's and women's swimming vs. Colby.
Merrill Gymnasium, Tarbell Pool
3 p.m.
Men's basketball vs. Williams.
Alumni Gymnasium
Noon
Bates College Museum of Art tour: Join museum staff for a tour of the current exhibitions (listed below). For more information call 207-786-6158.
Bates College Museum of Art
12:30 p.m.
Noonday Concert: James Parakilas, James L. Moody Jr. Family Professor of Performing Arts and Music, pianist, and Mary Hunter, A. LeRoy Greason Professor of Music at Bowdoin
College, violinist. For more information call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
3:30 p.m.
Reception: Marking a new chapter in Bates' commitment to the Lewiston-Auburn community and to community-based education, the Harward Center for Community Partnerships holds a “Welcome Gathering.” An ex-hibit showing the past and present of Bates involvement in the community is featured. For more information call 207-786-6202.
Harward Center, 161-163 Wood St.
6-9 p.m.
Figure drawing sponsored by the Bates College Museum of Art. Artists should bring drawing board and supplies. Easels provided. Admission: $7 (free for Bates students).
Olin Arts Center, Room 259
7:30 p.m.
Lecture: Byzantium at the Met: Constructing Blockbuster Exhibitions by Helen Evans, curator of early Christian and Byzantine art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Sponsored by the Program in Classical and Medieval Art Lecture Series and the Alison Lockwood Fund of the Department of Art and Visual Culture. For more informa-tion call 207-786-6258 or 207-786-8205.
Pettengill Hall, Keck Classroom (G52)
7:30 p.m.
Lecture: Going Down the Hill: The Educational Value of Community Engagement by Nancy Cantor, chancellor, Syracuse University. This talk is the keynote address in a series of events highlighting the activities of the Harward Center for Community Partnerships. Reception follows. For more information call 207-786-6202.
Chase Hall Lounge
8 p.m.
Service: Busy Life, Peaceful Center: A Weekly Time of Rest for Body and Soul. A non-denominational contemplative time of quiet, candlelight, poetry and musical performances by members of the campus community. Sponsored by the chaplain's office. For more information call 207-786-8272.
Bates College Chapel
4:15 p.m.
Panel discussion: Bates alumni look at The Value of Community Engagement as Part of a Bates Education, part of a series of events highlighting the activities of the Harward Center for Community Partnerships. For more informa-tion call 207-786-6202.
Pettengill Hall, Keck Classroom (G52)
6 p.m.
Men's and women's squash vs. Colby.
Bates Squash Center, 56 Plourde Parkway
7:30 p.m.
Performance: The 51st (Dream) State by poet and composer Sekou Sundiata, New School University. Part of a series of events highlighting the activities of the Harward Center for Community Partnerships. Reception follows. For more information call 207-786-6202.
Schaeffer Theatre
6 p.m.
Party: The Harward Center for Community Partnerships and the Lewiston Public Library's Marsden Hartley Cultural Center hold a community party. For more information call 207-786-6202.
Marsden Hartley Cultural Center, 200 Lisbon St.
7 p.m.
Men's basketball vs. Connecticut College.
Alumni Gymnasium
8 p.m.
Concert: Pianist Frank Glazer, artist in residence, performs music by Mozart. For more information call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
1 p.m.
Men's and women's swimming vs. Tufts.
Merrill Gymnasium, Tarbell Pool
3 p.m.
Men's basketball vs. Wesleyan.
Alumni Gymnasium
7 p.m.
Concert: Androscoggin Valley Community Orchestra. For more information call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
11 a.m.
Men's and women's squash vs. Brown.
Bates Squash Center, 56 Plourde Parkway
6 p.m.
Men's basketball vs. Maine-Presque Isle.
Alumni Gymnasium
7 p.m.
Lecture: Bates Seminar Series on Entrepreneurship. Speaker TBA. For information call 207-786-6232.
Chase Hall Lounge
12:30 p.m.
Noonday Concert: Performer to be announced. For more information call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
