Wednesday, Feb. 1
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: The Economic Rationality Assumption and Its Challengers
by Alan Schwartz '61, author and Sterling Professor of Law at Yale University. Sponsored by the College Key Distinguished Alumni in Residence Program.
Edmund S. Muskie Archives
8 p.m.
Service: Busy Life, Peaceful Center: A Weekly Time of Rest for Body and Soul. A non-denominational contemplative time of quiet and candlelight, with 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
Thursday, Feb. 2
7 p.m.
Artist's talk: Amy Stacey Curtis talks about her installation in the current Bates Museum of Art exhibition Activator (described below). For more information call 207-786-6158.
Olin Arts Center, Room 104
7 p.m.
Men's basketball vs. Plymouth State.
Alumni Gymnasium
7:30 p.m.
Lecture: Reconstructing Civil Rights for an Uncertain Future by Patricia Williams, author and James L. Dohr Professor of Law, Columbia Law School. Presented by the Bates College Lecture Series.
Bates College Chapel
Friday, Feb. 3
5 p.m.
Men's and women's squash vs. Dartmouth.
Bates Squash Center, 56 Plourde Parkway
6 p.m.
Women's track and field: State of Maine Championship.
Merrill Gymnasium
Saturday, Feb. 4
11:30 a.m.
Men's and women's squash vs. Tufts.
Bates Squash Center, 56 Plourde Parkway
Noon
Men's and women's swimming and diving vs. Connecticut and Wellesley colleges.
Merrill Gymnasium, Tarbell Pool
2 p.m.
Poetry workshop: Spoken-word poet Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai, who has appeared on “Russell Simmons Presents HBO Def Poetry,” offers a workshop. Tsai also gives a public reading at 8 p.m. today (see listing below). Sponsored by SEED Magazine, a student-run alternative journal of literature and the arts at Bates.
Multicultural Center
3 p.m.
Women's basketball vs. Tufts.
Alumni Gymnasium
7 p.m.
Men's and women's squash vs. Northeastern.
Bates Squash Center, 56 Plourde Parkway
8 p.m.
Bates College Concert Series: The St. Lawrence String Quartet, described by The Washington Post as “emotionally high-charged but never out of control.” Admission: $8/$5. For reservations call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
8 p.m.
Performance: Poet Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai (see 2 p.m. listing) offers an evening of spoken-word poetry. Sponsored by SEED Magazine.
Benjamin Mays Center
Sunday, Feb. 5
10 a.m.
Men's and women's squash vs. St. Lawrence.
Bates Squash Center, 56 Plourde Parkway
Monday, Feb. 6
4:30 p.m.
Lecture: This talk by a speaker TBA is part of the series Spiritual Journeys: Stories of the Soul 2005–06, sponsored by the chaplain's office. For information call 207-786-8272.
Chase Hall, Skelton Lounge
Tuesday, Feb. 7
12:30 p.m.
Noonday Concert: Pianist Frank Glazer, artist in residence. For more information call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
3 p.m.
American Red Cross blood drive. Sponsored by the Bates Emergency Medical Services. Call 800-482-0743 for an appointment.
Chase Hall Lounge
5 p.m.
Lecture: Ted Hayes, founder of the Dome Village settlement for the homeless. Sponsored by the Bates College Republicans.
Edmund S. Muskie Archives
6 p.m.
Men's and women's squash vs. Bowdoin.
Bates Squash Center, 56 Plourde Parkway
Wednesday, Feb. 8
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 and candlelight, with 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
Friday, Feb. 10
7 p.m.
Play: The Vagina Monologues, in a Robinson Players production directed by Elizabeth Brady '07. Admission: $3 for all, with proceeds benefiting women's advocacy efforts.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
7 p.m.
Women's basketball vs. Amherst.
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
Saturday, Feb. 11
3 p.m.
Women's basketball vs. Trinity.
Alumni Gymnasium
7 p.m.
Play: The Vagina Monologues (see Feb. 10 listing).
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
Tuesday, Feb. 14
12:30 p.m.
Noonday Concert: Performer TBA. For more information call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
Wednesday, Feb. 15
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 p.m.
Slide lecture: Development of a Personal Direction by Barry Nemett, chair of the painting department at Maryland Institute College of Art. Sponsored by the art and visual culture department.
Olin Arts Center, Room 104
8 p.m.
Service: Busy Life, Peaceful Center: A Weekly Time of Rest for Body and Soul. A non-denominational contemplative time of quiet and candlelight, with 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
Monday–Friday, Feb. 20–24
Winter Recess. Administrative offices remain open.
Wednesday, Feb. 22
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
Monday, Feb. 27
7 p.m.
Bates Seminar Series on Entrepreneurship. Speaker TBA. For more information call 207-786-6232.
Chase Hall Lounge
Tuesday, Feb. 28
12:30 p.m.
Noonday Concert: Performer TBA. For more information call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
