Thursday, Nov. 1

4pm

Lecture: Midge Potts, an openly transgendered Republican politician opposed to the Iraq war, discusses topics including CODEPINK, a women-initiated grassroots peace and social justice movement. Sponsored by OUTfront.

Edmund S. Muskie Archives

7:30pm

Play: Five Cups of Coffee by Gillette Elvgren. Professor of Theater Paul Kuritz directs the East Coast premiere of this comedy in which cups of coffee mark the turning points in a confused life. Admission: $6/$3. For reservations or more information call 207-786-6161 or visit the online box office.

Schaeffer Theatre

7:30pm

Reading: Poet Christian Barter ’90, author of The Singers I Prefer (Cavankerry Press, 2006), reads from his work. Sponsored by the English department.

Chase Hall Lounge

Friday, Nov. 2

7 and 9:30pm

Film: Sicko (2007, 113 min.). Sponsored by the Filmboard. Admission: $1.

Olin Arts Center, Room 104

7:30pm

Play: Five Cups of Coffee (see Nov. 1 listing).

Schaeffer Theatre

Cristian Amigo

8pm

Concert: Kingdom of Jones, consisting of composer-guitarist Cristian Amigo and percussionist Guillermo Cardenas, performs a blend of rock, world music, electronics, jazz and other forms. For more information contact 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu, or visit Amigo's Web site.

Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

Saturday, Nov. 3

12:30pm

Football vs. Bowdoin.

Garcelon Field

2 and 7:30pm

Play: Five Cups of Coffee (see Nov. 1 listing).

Schaeffer Theatre

7 and 9:30pm

Film: Sicko (see Nov. 2 listing).

Olin Arts Center, Room 104

Sunday, Nov. 4

2pm

Play: Five Cups of Coffee (see Nov. 1 listing).

Schaeffer Theatre

2 and 4:30pm

Film: Sicko (see Nov. 2 listing).

Olin Arts Center, Room 104

5:30pm

Weekly Protestant worship service. For more information call 207-786-8272.

Bates College Chapel

Monday, Nov. 5

72Lawrence-Lightfoot

7pm

Lecture: Balm in Gilead: On Love, Justice and the Word by renowned Harvard sociologist Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot. Lawrence-Lightfoot focuses on the emotional, spiritual and political aspects of the story of her mother, the first African-American psychoanalyst and first African-American woman certified to practice as a pediatrician in this country. The annual Bertha May Bell Andrews Lecture is sponsored by the chaplain’s office. For more information call 207-786-8272.

Edmund S. Muskie Archives

Tuesday, Nov. 6

12:30pm

Noonday Concert: The Bates College Jazz Combo, directed by Greg Waters '08. For more information call 207-786-6135.

Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

Wednesday, Nov. 7

6-9pm

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

4pm

Lecture: James Hu, associate professor of biochemistry and biophysics at Texas A&M, discusses a topic TBA.

Dana Chemistry Hall, Room 219

Thursday, Nov. 8

Noon

Lecture: James Hu,  associate professor of biochemistry and biophysics at Texas A&M, discusses a topic TBA.

Dana Chemistry Hall, Room 219

6pm

Slide lecture: In an event marking Veterans Day, Marine Corps. Capt. Anthony King shares images and experiences from Operation Iraqi Freedom through a slide show and question-and-answer session. Sponsored by the Bates College Republicans.

Pettengill Hall, Keck Classroom (G52)

8pm

Lecture: Norman Finkelstein, controversial author of such books as Beyond Chutzpah: On the Misuse of Anti-Semitism and the Abuse of History (University of California Press, 2005) and The Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the Exploitation of Jewish Suffering (Verso, 2000 and 2003), speaks on a topic TBA. Sponsored by Students for Justice in Palestine. (Please note that the time for this event has changed — Editor.)

Chase Hall Lounge

Friday, Nov. 9

2:40pm

Astronomy seminar: Reflections from Outbursts of Supermassive Black Holes at the Centers of Galaxies by Professor Christine Jones Forman, Department of Astronomy, Harvard University. This nontechnical talk presents recent X-ray and radio observations from the Chandra X-ray Observatory that are both beautiful images and rich in data about energy content, duration and frequency of outbursts from supermassive black holes. For more information call 207-786-6490.

Carnegie Science Hall, Room 113

4pm

Computational chemistry seminar: Speaker TBA.

Dana Chemistry Hall, Room 219

7 and 9:30pm

Film: Hairspray, the musical (2007, 117 min.). Sponsored by the Filmboard. Admission: $1.

Olin Arts Center, Room 104

8pm

Contradance: Traditional New England folk dancing to the band Bustopher Jones (formerly known as Wake the Neighbors). No experience needed; all dances taught and called. Beginners' workshop at 7:30 p.m. Admission: $5. Sponsored by the Freewill Folk Society.

Chase Hall Lounge

Saturday, Nov. 10

7 and 9:30pm

Film: Hairspray (see Nov. 9 listing).

Olin Arts Center, Room 104

Hiroya Miura

8pm

Concert: The Bates College Orchestra, directed by Hiroya Miura, is joined by pianist Frank Glazer in a performance of J.S. Bach's keyboard Concerto in D minor (BWV 1052). Also on the program is Beethoven's monumental Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67. Admission is free, but tickets are required. For information contact 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.

Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

Sunday, Nov. 11

2 and 4:30pm

Film: Hairspray (see Nov. 9 listing).

Olin Arts Center, Room 104

5:30pm

Weekly Protestant worship service. For more information call 207-786-8272.

Bates College Chapel

Monday, Nov. 12

4:10pm

Biology seminar: T.J. Macari '02 discusses the piriformis muscle and piriformis syndrome, caused when this muscle in the hip causes irritation in the sciatic nerve. Sponsored by the biology department. Refreshments precede the talk at 3:45. For more information call 207-786-6490.

Carnegie Science Hall, Room 204

7:30pm

Performance: The Bates student group Women of Color presents Floetry, an annual evening of performance pieces including poetry, prose, music and dance. The program includes an open mic session.

Benjamin Mays Center

Tuesday, Nov. 13

Steven Lin

12:30pm

Noonday Concert: Classical guitarist Steven Lin performs South American and Spanish-inspired waltzes by Augustin Barrios and Miguel Llobet. For more information contact 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu, or visit Lin's Web site.

Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

Wednesday, Nov. 14

4pm

Biochemistry Seminar: Seniors Marshall Karpel, Danilo Acosta and Kelsey Omstead present research projects.

Pettengill Hall, Room G21

7pm

Lecture: Karen Adrienne, an artist participating in the Museum of Art's Green Horizons exhibition (described below), discusses her work, her conversion of the UMaine-Augusta art department to nontoxic printing media and her founding of Artdogs, a residential and studio space for artists in Gardiner. Sponsored by the Bates College Museum of Art. For more information call 207-786-6158.

Olin Arts Center, Room 105

6-9pm

Figure drawing sponsored by the Bates College Museum of Art (see Nov. 7 listing).

Olin Arts Center, Room 259

7 and 9:30pm

Film: Superbad (2007, 114 min.), sponsored by the Filmboard. Admission $1.

Olin Arts Center, Room 104

Thursday, Nov. 15

7 and 9:30pm

Film: Superbad (see Nov. 14 listing).

Olin Arts Center, Room 104

7:30pm

Play: America-in-Play. Students in a directing course present an evening of short plays, inspired by early American dramas, that explore obscure archetypes and genres including the stage Yankee and race dramas of the Civil War era. Free; no reservations. For more information contact 207-786-6161 or visit the online box office.

Pettigrew Hall, Gannett Theater

Nov. 16

7pm

Debate: In a tradition more than 50 years old, Bates' Brooks Quimby Debate Council squares off against a team from Bowdoin College. Bates has never lost this competition. Sponsored by the Quimby Debate Council.

Chase Hall Lounge

Nov. 19-23

Thanksgiving Recess: No classes; administrative offices are open through Nov. 21.

Sunday, Nov. 25

5:30pm

Weekly Protestant worship service. For more information call 207-786-8272.

Bates College Chapel

Monday, Nov. 26

4pm

Chemistry seminar: Justin Gorham '03, a graduate student at Johns Hopkins University, discusses a topic TBA.

Dana Chemistry Hall, Room 300

4:10pm

Biology seminar: Norman Moore, of Inverness Medical in Scarborough, discusses respiratory diseases and techniques for their rapid diagnosis. Sponsored by the biology department. Refreshments precede the talk at 3:45. For more information call 207-786-6490.

Carnegie Science Hall, Room 204

Tuesday, Nov. 27

12:30pm

Noonday Concert: Voice students of John Corrie, lecturer in music. For more information contact 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.

Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

3-8pm

Blood drive: An American Red Cross blood drive is sponsored by the Bates College Emergency Medical Services. For more information call 207-795-4004.

Chase Hall Lounge

Wednesday, Nov. 28

4:30pm

Discussion: The subject for this month's Passion Narratives, in which presenters reflect on a shared passion to inspire conversation about meaning, feelings and connection, is photography. Sponsored by the chaplain's office. For more information call 207-786-8272.

161 Wood St., Seminar Room

4:30pm

Discussion: Last year's Phillips Fellowship honorees, professors Marcus Bruce, Mark Kessler and Michael Sargent, discuss how their year-long sabbatical reinvigorated their research and teaching. Refreshments will be available at 4:15pm. Part of the 2007-08 Faculty Excellence in Scholarship series, sponsored by the Dean of the Faculty's Office.

Pettengill G65

6-9pm

Figure drawing sponsored by the Bates College Museum of Art (see Nov. 7 listing).

Olin Arts Center, Room 259

7pm

Women's basketball vs. Husson.

Alumni Gymnasium

Thursday, Nov. 29

4:15pm

Lecture: Contemporary Changes in China through the Expression of Artists by Professor Huang Lin of Capital Normal University, Beijing. Sponsored by the Program in Asian Studies.

Pettengill Hall, Keck Classroom (G52)

7pm

Lecture: Glenn Cummings, a Democratic state representative from Portland and speaker of Maine's House, discusses a topic TBA. Sponsored by the Bates College Student Government, the Department of Politics and the Faculty-Student Committee on College Lectures.

Edmund S. Muskie Archives

Margaret Lloyd's A Moment in the Field

7pm

Reading: Margaret Lloyd, a poet and the chair of the humanities department at Springfield College, reads from her volume A Moment in the Field: Voices from Arthurian Legend (Plinth Books, 2006). Sponsored by the English department.

Chase Hall Lounge

7:30pm

Play: America-in-Play (see Nov. 15 listing).

Pettigrew Hall, Gannett Theater

Friday, Nov. 30

7 and 9:30pm

Film: The Simpsons Movie (2007, 87 min.). Sponsored by the Filmboard. Admission: $1.

Olin Arts Center, Room 104

John Corrie

8pm

Concert: The Bates College Choir, conducted by John Corrie, performs Part I of Handel's Messiah. Admission is free, but tickets are required. For more information contact 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.

Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

Exhibition

Nov. 7-15

The Bates Photography Club presents images of Oaxaca, Mexico.

Chase Hall Gallery

Bates College Museum of Art

Through Dec. 9

Green Horizons: This dynamic interdisciplinary project presents important artists from Maine and the world in an attempt to spark conversations around the urgent questions: What is green? What is sustainable? Transcending traditional exhibition practices to include collaborations with writers and choreographers, the project reaches beyond the museum walls to site-specific works on the Bates campus and elsewhere. Sponsors include the Synergy Fund.

Museum hours: 10am-5pm Tuesday-Saturday.