Publication Note: This is the final monthly calendar for the 2006–07 academic year. In late spring, the Office of Communications and Media Relations publishes a listing of summer events open to the public at Bates College.

 

Yellow + Orange, a 2007 oil painting by Deanna D'Entremont, appears in the Senior Exhibition at the Bates College Museum of Art.

Tuesday, May 1

Noon

Gallery talk: Studio art majors discuss their work in the annual Senior Exhibition (described at the end of this calendar). For more information call 207-786-6158.

Bates College Museum of Art

12:30 p.m.

Noonday Concert: Christina Astrachan, soprano, and artist-in-residence Frank Glazer, pianist. For more information call 207-786-6135.

Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

7 p.m.

Lecture: Haiti: The Struggle Against Child Slavery by Briel Levielle, co-founder of the Committee to Protect the Rights of "Restavek" Children of Fond des Blancs, Haiti; and J.P. Shuster, a member of the committee. Sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Affairs and St. Mary's Regional Medical Center.

Benjamin Mays Center

Wednesday, May 2

4 p.m.

Softball vs. Brandeis (doubleheader).

Lafayette Street Field

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

Thursday, May 3

9, 10, 11 a.m.

Kinderkonzert: Strings: Fiddling Fun. What’s the difference between a violin and a fiddle? How can you tell classical, bluegrass, folk and other styles apart? Portland Symphony Orchestra musicians introduce children ages 3 to 7 to symphonic music and the instrumental families. Admission: $3. For reservations call 207-773-6128 x306.

Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

4:15 p.m.

Lecture: Gender and Wabanaki Catholicism in the Late 17th Century by Alice Nash, assistant professor of history at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Sponsored by the Charles and Virginia Tangney American History Fund.

Pettengill Hall, Room G21

Friday, May 4

Calder Quartet

8 p.m.

Concert: The Calder String Quartet is joined by Bates artist-in-residence Frank Glazer, pianist, for Brahms’ Piano Quintet. Admission is free, but tickets are required. For more information call 207-786-6135.

Olin Arts Center Hall

8 p.m.

Contradance: Traditional New England folk dancing to the band Wake the Neighbors. No experience needed; all dances taught and called. Admission: $5. Sponsored by the Freewill Folk Society.

Chase Hall Lounge

Saturday, May 5

1 p.m.

Baseball vs. Bates alumni.

Leahey Field

8 p.m.

Jazz at the Olin Arts Center: Equal Time, a Kittery-based quartet that plays obscure covers, originals and free improvisations. Admission is free, but tickets are required. For more information call 207-786-6135.

Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

Monday, May 7

2 p.m.

Baseball vs. Fisher College (doubleheader).

Leahey Field

Tuesday, May 8

Noon

Gallery talk: Studio art majors discuss their work in the annual Senior Exhibition (see May 1 listing).

Bates College Museum of Art

12:30 p.m.

Noonday Concert: The Boston-based early-music ensemble Music for a While performs works by Purcell and others. For more information call 207-786-6135.

Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

4:30 p.m.

Lecture: Nefertari, Vishnu, Pencils and Thalidomide: Stories of Molecular and Other Handedness by Tom Wenzel, Charles A. Dana Professor of Chemistry. This Faculty Excellence in Scholarship Series entry is sponsored by the chemistry department, the division chairs, Information and Library Services and the Dean of the Faculty's Office.

Pettengill Hall, Keck Classroom (G52)

Wednesday, May 9

6–9 p.m.

Figure drawing sponsored by the Bates College Museum of Art (see May 2 listing).

Olin Arts Center, Room 259

Thursday, May 10

1:30–5:30 p.m.

Presidential symposium: A College for “Coming Time”: Diversity and Changing Demographics in Higher Education. Hosted by Bates President Elaine Tuttle Hansen, this symposium includes as speakers Jamie Merisotis ’86, president, Institute for Higher Education Policy, and Blenda Wilson, former president and CEO, Nellie Mae Education Foundation. To attend, please contact Alicia Richard at 207-786-6336 or arichard@bates.edu.

Olin Arts Center

7 p.m.

Film: El Enemigo Comun, a documentary connecting the struggles of indigenous people in Oaxaca, Mexico, with the international human rights movement. Filmmaker Simon Sedillo screens and discusses the film in this event sponsored by the New World Coalition. For more information call 207-777-7581.

Pettengill Hall, Keck Classroom (G52)

Monday, May 14

3–8 p.m.

Red Cross blood drive. Sponsored by the Bates Emergency Medical Services. For information call 207-795-4004.

Chase Hall Lounge

Tuesday, May 15

Noon

Gallery talk: Studio art majors discuss their work in the annual Senior Exhibition (see May 1 listing).

Bates College Museum of Art

12:30 p.m.

Noonday Concert: The ensemble Talisker performs traditional music from the British Isles. For more information call 207-786-6135.

Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

3–8 p.m.

Red Cross blood drive (see May 14 listing).

Chase Hall Lounge

7 p.m.

Lecture: Mollishmael Kwame Gabah, of Ghana’s Peace and Love Culture Dance Ensemble, discusses the Maine-Ghana Youth Network, founded with his participation by Ian Jones ’04. Sponsored by the International Club.

Chase Hall, Skelton Lounge

Wednesday, May 16

6–9 p.m.

Figure drawing sponsored by the Bates College Museum of Art (see May 2 listing).

Olin Arts Center, Room 259

6:30 p.m.

Lecture: How Stories Make Experience Possible, and How They Make Life Dangerous by Arthur W. Frank, a leading bioethicist and professor of sociology, University of Calgary. Sponsored by the Mellon Learning Associates Program.

Edmund S. Muskie Archives

Thursday, May 17

4:30 p.m.

Lecture: Calvin Dube and Kim Wettlaufer ’80 discuss their work at Trinity Jubilee Center, a Lewiston resource for people in need. The Spiritual Sojourners series is sponsored by the chaplain’s office. For information call 207-786-8272.

161–163 Wood St., Seminar Room

Alice Reagan '97

7:30 p.m.

Theater: Big Night. Alice Reagan ’97 directs Dawn Powell’s fast-paced satire set during the last days of Prohibition. Admission: $6/$3. For reservations call 207-786-6161 or visit the online box office.

Pettigrew Hall, Gannett Theater

Friday, May 18

7:30 p.m.

Theater: Big Night (see May 17 listing).

Pettigrew Hall, Gannett Theater

The G-Sharp Duo

8 p.m.

Concert: The G-Sharp Duo, consisting of Juilliard musicians Emilie-Anne Gendron, violinist, and Yelena Grinberg, pianist, offer music by Schubert, Beethoven and Schumann, as well as the Maine premiere of Moon Petals by Bates faculty member Hiroya Miura. For more information call 207-786-6135.

Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

Saturday, May 19

7:30 p.m.

Theater: Big Night (see May 17 listing).

Pettigrew Hall, Gannett Theater

Shawn Thwaites

8 p.m.

Concert: In Soul Meets Steel, Shawn Thwaites, director of Bates’ Steel Pan Orchestra, fronts a six-piece band to perform jazz standards and selections from his debut solo CD. For more information call 207-786-6135.

Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

Sunday, May 20

2 p.m.

Theater: Big Night (see May 17 listing).

Pettigrew Hall, Gannett Theater

Tuesday, May 22

12:30 p.m.

Noonday Concert: Seth Warner, Renaissance lute. For more information call 207-786-6135.

Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

5 p.m.

Ballroom dance performance: Students in a ballroom dance Short Term unit perform their final projects. For more information call 207-786-6161 or visit the online box office.

Schaeffer Theatre

7 p.m.

Performance: Students in William Pope.L’s contemporary performance poetry course perform their final projects. Free; no reservations. For more information call 207-786-6161 or visit the online box office.

Schaeffer Theatre

Wednesday, May 23

7:30 p.m.

Ballroom dance performance (see May 22 listing).

Schaeffer Theatre

Thursday, May 24

12:30 p.m.

Noonday Concert: The Bates Gamelan Mawar Mekar (“Blossom of Inspiration”), directed by Gina Fatone. For more information call 207-786-6135.

Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

Exhibition

May 24–29

Chinese Calligraphy and Etymology: Students in this Short Term course display their brush-pen achievements.

Chase Hall Gallery

Museum of Art

Through May 26

Senior Exhibition 2007: For their thesis projects, 17 graduating studio art majors show artwork in media from painting to photography to printmaking.