Bates College | January 2002 Calendar

All events are open to the public and are free of charge unless otherwise indicated.

Saturday, Jan. 5

1 p.m. Men's and women's swimming and diving vs. Norwich.
Tarbell Pool, Merrill Gymnasium

2 p.m. Women's basketball vs. Wellesley.
Alumni Gymnasium

Sunday, Jan. 6

Noon Men's and women's swimming and diving vs. Middlebury.
Tarbell Pool, Merrill Gymnasium

8 p.m. Concert Series: Guarneri String Quartet. Founded in 1964, the quartet is one of America's best-known, beloved for the sheer beauty of its sound. Admission: To be announced.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

Tuesday, Jan. 8

12:30 p.m. Noonday concert: Performer to be announced.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

Wednesday, Jan. 9

6 p.m.-9 p.m. Figure drawing sponsored by the Bates College Museum of Art. Bring drawing board and supplies. Easels provided. Admission: $7.
Room 259, Olin Arts Center

Thursday, Jan. 10

7 p.m. Men's basketball vs. Gordon College.
Alumni Gymnasium

Friday, Jan. 11

7 p.m. Lecture and Exhibition Opening: Two Photographic Promenades: Le Corbusier's Villa La Roche-Jeanneret and the Villa Savoye, by Elizabeth Donoff '89. Donoff discusses spatial representation in Le Corbusier's designs at 7 p.m., followed by a reception. For information call 207-786-6158.
Room 104, Olin Arts Center

8 p.m. Dance: Bates College Modern Dance Company in concert. New work by students. Free, no reservations. For information call 207-786-6161.
Schaeffer Theatre

8:30 p.m. Contradance: An evening of traditional New England folk dancing to fiddle, flute, guitar and banjo by the band Wake the Neighbors and caller Bennett Stewart. No experience necessary; all dances taught. Admission $6/$3. For information call 207-786-6255.
Chase Hall Lounge

Saturday, Jan. 12

2 p.m. Women's basketball vs. Babson.
Alumni Gymnasium

4 p.m. Men's basketball vs. Colby.
Alumni Gymnasium

7 p.m. Film: Orfeu, directed by Carlos Diegues, Brazil, 1999. A contemporary retelling of the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, exposing the brutality and cynicism that dominate daily life in the slums. In Portuguese with English subtitles. Admission: $5/$2. Sponsored by the Bates College Film Board and L/A Arts. For information call 207-782-7228.
Room 104, Olin Arts Center

8 p.m. Dance: Bates College Modern Dance Company in concert. New work by students. Free, no reservations. For information call 207-786-6161.
Schaeffer Theatre

Sunday, Jan. 13

2 p.m. Film: Orfeu, directed by Carlos Diegues, Brazil, 1999 (see Jan. 12 listing).
Room 104, Olin Arts Center

2 p.m. Dance: Bates College Modern Dance Company in concert. New work by students. Free, no reservations. For information call 207-786-6161.
Schaeffer Theatre

7 p.m. Taize Service: A candlelight contemplative service in the Christian tradition modeled after the liturgies of the ecumenical monastic community in Taizé, France. Brief readings and prayers, chants and silence.
Bates College Chapel

Tuesday, Jan. 15

12:30 p.m. Noonday concert: Performer to be announced.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

7 p.m. Men's basketball vs. Wentworth College.
Alumni Gymnasium

Wednesday, Jan. 16

6 p.m.-9 p.m. Figure drawing sponsored by the Bates College Museum of Art. Bring drawing board and supplies. Easels provided. Admission: $7.
Room 259, Olin Arts Center

9 p.m. Reflections: Busy Life, Peaceful Center; A Weekly Time of Rest for Body and Soul. A candlelit contemplative time of meditation, quiet and short readings from a variety of spiritual traditions. Each week features a student or faculty performance of music or dance. For more information call the chaplain's office at 207-786-8272.
Bates College Chapel

Friday, Jan. 18

8 p.m. Concert: Robert Earl Keen, Americana and country musician. Admission: To be announced. Sponsored by the Chase Hall Committee. For information call 207-786-6305.
Clifton Daggett Gray Athletic Building

Saturday, Jan. 19

1 p.m. Men's and women's swimming and diving vs. Colby.
Tarbell Pool, Merrill Gymnasium

1 p.m. Women's indoor track and field: Bates Invitational.
Walter Slovenski Indoor Track, Merrill Gymnasium

3 p.m. Women's basketball vs. Tufts.
Alumni Gymnasium

Sunday, Jan. 20

7 p.m. Service: Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Memorial Service of Worship. The Rev. Joan Martin, William Rankin Professor of Ethics, Episcopal Divinity School, Cambridge, Mass., will deliver the sermon Not Fear, Not Safety, But Courage. Music by the Bates College Deansmen and Northfield Singers; dance by Bates students.
Bates College Chapel

Monday, Jan. 21

Classes canceled in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Special programming scheduled throughout the day, with an emphasis on the theme Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?

10 a.m. Keynote Address: James H. Cone, America’s pre-eminent black theologian and Charles A. Briggs Distinguished Professor of Systematic Theology, Union Theological Seminary, New York.

12:45-1:45 p.m. Debate: Bates College debaters will square off against Morehouse College debaters on a civil rights topic.
Chase Hall Lounge

2-3 p.m. and 3:10-4:10 p.m. Workshops: To observe Martin Luther King Jr. Day, academic departments will host discussions and speakers on various topics at locations in Pettengill Hall. For a complete schedule of workshops, call 207-786-6436.

4:30 p.m. Lecture: African American Mysticism: A Father and Son's Spiritual Journey with Contemporary Mystic Howard Thurman. John McClendon II and John McClendon III, associate professor of African American and American cultural studies at Bates. Spiritual Journeys: Stories of the Soul 2001-02 Series.
Skelton Lounge, Chase Hall

7:30 p.m. Performance: A cappella recording artists Suddenly Seven will present a musical program. Bates dancers, under the direction of Lewiston hip-hop choreographer W. Barry Dean, will perform an original piece commissioned for King's birthday.
Olin Arts Concert Hall

Tuesday, Jan. 22

12:30 p.m. Noonday concert: Performer to be announced.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

Wednesday, Jan. 23

6 p.m.-9 p.m. Figure drawing sponsored by the Bates College Museum of Art. Bring drawing board and supplies. Easels provided. Admission: $7.
Room 259, Olin Arts Center

Friday, Jan. 25

7:30 p.m. Women's basketball vs. Amherst.
Alumni Gymnasium

Saturday, Jan. 26

Noon Men's and women's indoor track: Bates Co-ed Invitational.
Walter Slovenski Indoor Track, Merrill Gymnasium

1 p.m. Men's and women's swimming and diving vs. Tufts.
Tarbell Pool, Merrill Gymnasium

3 p.m. Women's basketball vs. Trinity.
Alumni Gymnasium

Monday, Jan. 28

7 p.m. Lecture: The Bates Seminar Series in Entrepreneurship. Speaker to be announced. For information call 207-786-6232.
Chase Hall Lounge

7 p.m. Dance: Bates College Modern Dance Company. Informal showing of a new work by visiting artist, Tere O'Connor, New York choreographer. Free; no reservations. For information call 207-786-6161.
Schaeffer Theatre

Tuesday, Jan. 29

12:30 p.m. Noonday concert: Songs by Debussy and Duparc, performed by Christina Astrachan, soprano, and Frank Glazer, pianist and artist in residence.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

7 p.m. Lecture: America's War on Terrorism: Human Rights, Civil Rights and Homeland Security. A presentation on the ethical and legal challenges facing the United States in its pursuit of national domestic security. Robert Drinan, S.J., professor of law, Georgetown University.
Chase Hall Lounge

Wednesday, Jan. 30

4:30 p.m. Lecture: Holy Fragments: A Rabbi's Faith in a Broken World. Alice Dubinsky, rabbi, Congregation Bet Ha'am, South Portland. Spiritual Journeys: Stories of the Soul 2001-02 Series.
Skelton Lounge, Chase Hall

6 p.m.-9 p.m. Figure drawing sponsored by the Bates College Museum of Art. Bring drawing board and supplies. Easels provided. Admission: $7.
Room 259, Olin Arts Center

Thursday, Jan. 31

7 p.m. Lecture: Grace Lee Boggs, civil rights activist in the Asian and African American communities, discusses her longtime involvement in social justice issues. Sponsored by the Multicultural Center. For information call 207-786-8215.
Benjamin Mays Center