Modern Dance Company members Sarah Bumbarger, Kelly Griffin and Marlee Weinberg dance a piece by Ali Spangler. Photo by H. Lincoln Benedict '09.

Sunday, April 1

2 p.m.

Dance performance: The Bates College Modern Dance Company presents one of two programs in its annual spring concert. Admission: $6/$3. For reservations call 207-786-6161.

Schaeffer Theatre

2 and 4:30 p.m.

Film: Pursuit of Happyness (2006), Will Smith’s acclaimed portrayal of a newly single father struggling to turn his life around. Admission: $1. Presented by the Filmboard.

Olin Arts Center, Room 104

2 p.m.

Softball vs. Maine-Farmington (doubleheader).

Lafayette Street Field

3 p.m.

Concert: Senior thesis performance by Kevin Cox, composer. For more information call 207-786-6135.

Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

7:30 p.m.

Lecture: Knowledge, Power, Sexual Poetic Justice by Professor Greg Thomas, assistant professor of English at Syracuse University. Sponsored by the women and gender studies program.

Olin Arts Center, Room 105

8 p.m.

Concert: Senior thesis performance by Sam Welles, composer. For more information call 207-786-6135.

Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

Monday, April 2

6 p.m.

Concert: Voice students of Bonnie Scarpelli perform. For more information call 207-786-6135.

Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

7 p.m.

Concert: Students in Tom Snow’s "Contemporary Popular Composition" course present their final projects. For more information call 207-786-6135.

Benjamin Mays Center

7:30 p.m.

Dance performance: The Bates College Modern Dance Company presents the second of two programs in its annual spring concert. Admission: $6/$3. For reservations call 207-786-6161.

Schaeffer Theatre

Tuesday, April 3

12:30 p.m.

Noonday Concert: Piano students of Natasha Chances perform. For information call 207-786-6135.

Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

Fabrizio Paladin and Amanda Huotari

7:30 p.m.

Theater workshop: Commedia Dell’Arte  — A Tradition of Playing Now! by Fabrizio Paladin. Paladin, an award-winning Italian actor and playwright, discusses and demonstrates the influential 16th-century comedic tradition “commedia dell’arte.” The Celebration Barn Theater presents this interactive workshop.

Merrill Gymnasium, Plavin Dance Studio

Wednesday, April 4

4 p.m.

Lecture: Barun Sen Gupta, H.V. Howe Professor Emeritus of Geology at Louisiana State University, discusses the Gulf Coast "dead zone." Sponsored by the geology department.

Carnegie Science Building, Room 204

4 p.m.

Men’s tennis vs. Bowdoin.

Wallach Tennis Center

4:15 p.m.

Reading: Poets Michael Gizzi and Tim Atkins read from their work. Gizzi, a visiting lecturer at Brown University, has written several volumes of poetry, most recently My Terza Rima. The books of Atkins, a lecturer at the University of East London, include Sonnets and To Repel Ghosts. Presented by the Program in Environmental Studies.

Benjamin Mays Center

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.

Concert: The Bates Jazz Band, conducted by Tom Snow. For information call 207-786-6135.

Chase Hall Lounge

7 p.m.

Men’s lacrosse vs. Colby.

Campus Avenue Field

7:30 p.m.

Performance: Students in an advanced voice and speech course present their final project, Variations on a Button, based on Raymond Queneau's Exercises in Style. Free; no reservations. For more information call 207-786-6161.

Pettigrew Hall, Gannett Theater

Thursday, April 5

Noon

Service: Ecumenical Christian worship with Eucharist, led by the college chaplain. For more information call 207-786-8272.

Bates College Chapel

12:30 p.m.

Concert: Flute students of Krysia Tripp. For more information call 207-786-6135.

Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

4 p.m.

Women’s tennis vs. Bowdoin

Wallach Tennis Center

4:30 p.m.

Lecture: Famine, Metahistory and Interdisciplinarity by Michael Jones, professor of history, on the occasion of his inauguration as Christian A. Johnson Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies. Sponsored by the dean of the faculty’s office.

Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

Negress Return" by Nakeisha Gumbs

7 p.m.

Exhibition opening: A reception opens the annual Senior Exhibition, featuring artwork produced as thesis projects by 17 seniors. For more information call 207-786-6158.

Bates College Museum of Art

Friday, April 6

3 p.m.

Baseball vs. Trinity.

Leahey Field

4 p.m.

Softball vs. Trinity.

Lafayette Street Field

7 and 9:30 p.m.

Film: Happy Feet (2006), the Oscar-winning animated film about a tap-dancing penguin who goes from outcast to hero. Admission: $1. Sponsored by the Filmboard.

Olin Arts Center, Room 104

8 p.m.

Concert: Senior thesis performance by Evan Phillips, pianist. For more information call 207-786-6135.

Olin Arts Center Concert 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, April 7

11 a.m.

Women’s lacrosse vs. Connecticut College.

Campus Avenue Field

Noon

Baseball vs. Trinity (doubleheader).

Leahey Field

Noon

Softball vs. Trinity (doubleheader).

Lafayette Street Field

Noon

Men’s and women’s track and field vs. Colby.

Russell Street Field

2 p.m.

Men’s lacrosse vs. Connecticut College.

Campus Avenue Field

7 and 9:30 p.m.

Film: Happy Feet (see April 6 listing).

Olin Arts Center, Room 104

8 p.m.

Concert: Senior thesis performance by Charlie Hely, composer. For more information call 207-786-6135.

Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

Sunday, April 8

2 and 4:30 p.m.

Film: Happy Feet (see April 6 listing).

Olin Arts Center, Room 104

Wednesday, April 11

4 p.m.

Seminar: Senior chemistry majors and/or visiting researchers discuss a topic TBA. For more information call 207-786-6294.

Dana Chemistry Hall, Room 300

6–9 p.m.

Figure drawing (see April 4 listing).

Olin Arts Center, Room 259

Thursday, April 12

Noon

Service: Ecumenical Christian worship with Eucharist (see April 5 listing).

Bates College Chapel

Sunday, April 15

Time TBA

Men’s and women’s tennis vs. Middlebury.

Wallach Tennis Center

Noon

Baseball vs. Middlebury (doubleheader).

Leahey Field

Monday, April 16

3 p.m.

Baseball vs. Thomas.

Leahey Field

Wednesday, April 18

6–9 p.m.

Figure drawing (see April 4 listing).

Olin Arts Center, Room 259

Friday, April 20

Noon

Softball vs. Colby (doubleheader).

Lafayette Street Field

Saturday, April 21

Noon

Baseball vs. Colby (doubleheader).

Leahey Field

Noon

Softball vs. Wesleyan (doubleheader).

Lafayette Street Field

Noon

State of Maine Men’s Outdoor Track and Field Championships.

Russell Street Field

Noon

Women’s lacrosse vs. Tufts.

Campus Avenue Field

Tuesday, April 24

"Julio" by Julia Rice

Noon

Gallery tour: Studio art majors discuss their work in the annual Senior Exhibition. For more information call 207-786-6158.

Bates College Museum of Art

12:30 p.m.

Noonday Concert: Performer to be announced. For more information call 207-786-6135.

Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

3:30 p.m.

Baseball vs. Southern Maine.

Leahey Field

4 p.m.

Women’s tennis vs. Colby.

Wallach Tennis Center

4:30 p.m.

Men’s lacrosse vs. Bowdoin.

Campus Avenue Field

Fallon

8 p.m.

Reading: Writer, teacher and publisher Peter Fallon, whom one critic called “a major presence in Irish poetry for the past 20 years,” reads from his work. Sponsored by the English department.

Chase Hall Lounge

Wednesday, April 25

6–9 p.m.

Figure drawing (see April 4 listing).

Olin Arts Center, Room 259

Thursday, April 26

Noon

Service: Ecumenical Christian worship with Eucharist (see April 5 listing).

Bates College Chapel

4:30 p.m.

Lecture: The Rev. Deborah Little, founding director of Ecclesia Ministries and founder of an outdoor church on the Boston Common, shares her spiritual journey. The Spiritual Sojourners series is sponsored by the chaplain’s office. For more information call 207-786-8272.

Chase Hall Lounge

Friday, April 27

Noon

Lecture: Dr. Robert M. Roth of Dartmouth Medical School’s psychiatry department speaks about brain-behavior relationships in schizophrenia and severe mental illness. Please RSVP to Nancy Koven. Sponsored by the psychology department and the neuroscience program.

Chase Hall, Hirasawa Lounge

3 p.m.

Baseball vs. Bowdoin.

Leahey Field

4:30 p.m.

Softball vs. Bowdoin.

Lafayette Street Field

Saturday, April 28

Noon

Women’s lacrosse vs. Wesleyan.

Campus Avenue Field

Exhibition

April 29–May 13

Iranian Art Show: Works by students from Iran. Sponsored by Mushahada, a Bates organization that promotes greater awareness of the Islamic faith and traditions.

Chase Hall Gallery

Museum of Art

April 5–May 26

Senior Exhibition: Seventeen graduating studio art majors show work from their year-long thesis projects. The emphasis of this thesis program is to create a cohesive body of related works through sustained studio practice and critical inquiry. Media include paintings, sculptures, photographs and prints.