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In a talk rescheduled from February due to inclement weather, Rob Farnsworth, recipient of the Kroepsch Award for Excellence in Teaching, discusses teaching poetry at 4:30 p.m. March 19 in the Edmund S. Muskie Archives. Saturday, March 11pmWomen's tennis vs. MIT. 
8pmBates College Concert Series: The Holmes Brothers, a blues and roots band revered for impassioned harmonies, simmering energy and telepathic musicianship. Admission for their Bates concert is $16/$6 (this price includes a $1 online handling fee). Tickets are available only at the online box office. For more information contact 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu. Sunday, March 25:30pmSpiritual gathering: Weekly Protestant worship service. For more information call 207-786-8272. Monday, March 34:30pmSpiritual gathering: Meditation. For more information call 207-786-8272. Tuesday, March 4NoonLecture: Android Automata and the Man (Woman)/Machine Boundary in the European Enlightenment by Adelheid Voskuhl, assistant professor of the history of science at Harvard University. Sponsored by the women and gender studies program, the history department and the Society for Women in Math and Science. A light lunch is available. For more information call 207-786-6335. 12:30pmNoonday Concert: Chase the Fiddlers, directed by Greg Boardman. For more information contact 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu. Wednesday, March 5
NoonWorkshop: Human and Divine Love in the Lyrics of South Indian Music and Dance, with Aniruddha Knight, dancer, and Sagaree Sengupta, lecturer in Asian studies. Lunch provided with reservation. This event begins World Music Week at Bates: With the theme Musical Legacies of South and Southeast Asia, this exciting series actually runs closer to two weeks. For more information contact 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu. 4pmMen's lacrosse vs. Keene State. 6–9pmFigure drawing sponsored by the Bates College Museum of Art. Artists should bring drawing board and supplies. Easels provided. Admission: $7 (free for Bates students).
7pmLecture: Jeffrey Brown, a senior correspondent for PBS's NewsHour specializing in culture, arts and the media, discusses his experiences covering the arts, the state of the media and issues around the "public voice" in our society. Sponsored by the College Lectures Committee. 7:30pmLecture-presentation: Bharata Natyam dancer Aniruddha Knight and his ensemble of South Indian musicians demonstrate classical South Asian dance as a contemporary style (see more about World Music Week). Thursday, March 611amIntroductory workshop: Dancer Aniruddha Knight teaches techniques of the South Indian style Bharata Natyam (see more about World Music Week). Friday, March 77:30pmPlay: Measure for Measure, William Shakespeare's dark comedy about sex, public morality and private hypocrisy, is directed by Dana Professor of Theater Martin Andrucki. Admission: $6/$3. For information call 207-786-6161 or visit transact.bates.edu/boxoffice. 8pmConcert: The Bates College Orchestra, directed by Hiroya Miura, offers a program reflecting influences from around the globe, including works by Jean-Philippe Rameau, Joaquin Rodrigo and contemporary pieces inspired by music of Southeast Asia and the Middle East (see more about World Music Week). Saturday, March 811:30amWomen's lacrosse vs. Middlebury. 2pmMen's lacrosse vs. Middlebury. 7:30pmPlay: Measure for Measure. 8pmDance performance: Aniruddha Knight and his ensemble premiere From the Heart of a Tradition, a fresh interpretation of South Indian classical music and dance (see more about World Music Week). Sunday, March 91pmWomen's lacrosse vs. Babson. 2pmPlay: Measure for Measure. 5:30pmSpiritual gathering: Protestant worship service (see March 2 listing). Monday, March 104pmLecture: Casey Dué Hackney, associate professor and director of classical studies at the University of Houston, addresses a topic TBA. Sponsored by the classical and medieval studies program. 4:30pmSpiritual gathering: Meditation (see March 3 listing). 7pmLecture: The New Landscape of Development Finance -- Snowed under with Money? by Mark Plant, deputy director of the Policy Development and Review Department at the International Monetary Fund. Sponsored by the economics department. Tuesday, March 1112:30pmNoonday Concert: David Pontbriand, sitar, and Amos Libby, percussionist (see more about World Music Week). 4pmPercussion workshop: Amos Libby demonstrates South Asian drumming in a World Music Week event. For more information call 207-753-6968. Wednesday, March 124:15pmLecture: Our Changing Atmosphere: (1) The Ozone Hole (2) Carbon Dioxide by F. Sherwood Rowland, professor of chemistry at the University of California, Irvine. Rowland shared a 1995 Nobel Prize for his investigation of the role of chlorofluorocarbons in depleting the ozone layer. The Muskie Environmental Lecture honors Edmund Muskie '36, who as a U.S. senator sponsored landmark legislation to protect the environment. For more information contact 207-786-6272. 6–9pmFigure drawing (see March 5 listing). Thursday, March 13Note:Correction: The print calendar Bates Invites You incorrectly listed March 13 as the date for a talk by Rob Farnsworth. The correct date is March 19. 4pmMen's tennis vs. MIT. Friday, March 144:30pmLecture: The Large-Scale Geometry of Groups by Ruth Charney, professor of mathematics at Brandeis University. A reception follows in Hathorn 209, and Charney offers a second lecture at 7:30 (below). Sponsored by the mathematics department, the annual Sampson Lecture honors the memory of Richard W. Sampson, professor emeritus of mathematics. 7:30pmLecture: From Robotics to Geometry: Building Models with Cubes by Ruth Charney, professor of mathematics at Brandeis (see 4:30pm item). Reception follows. 7:30pmPlay: Measure for Measure. 8pmContradance: Traditional New England folk dancing to the band Bustopher Jones. No experience needed; all dances taught and called. Beginners' workshop at 7:30pm. Admission: $5. Sponsored by the Freewill Folk Society. Saturday, March 15NoonWomen's lacrosse vs. Trinity. NoonWomen's tennis vs. Brandeis.
3 and 4:30pmFilm: A New Life, the premiere of a piece by Professor of Theater Paul Kuritz, based on the short story by Mary Ward Brown. 4pmMen's tennis vs. Brandeis. 7:30pmPlay: Measure for Measure.
8pmConcert: The Bates Gamelan Orchestra performs with guest artist Nano S., an Indonesian composer and Mellon Learning Associate at Bates. Other guest artists are percussionist Undang Sumarna, flutist Burhan Sukarma and dancer Ben Arcangel (see more about World Music Week). Sunday, March 161:30pmWomen's lacrosse vs. Southern New Hampshire. 2pmPlay: Measure for Measure. 5:30pmSpiritual gathering: Protestant worship service (see March 2 listing). Monday, March 174:30pmSpiritual gathering: Meditation (see March 3 listing). 5pmMen's tennis vs. Colby. Tuesday, March 1812:30pmNoonday Concert: Classical guitarist Keith Crook performs selections by J.S. Bach and 19th-century guitar virtuoso Simon Molitor. For more information contact 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu. 4pmLecture: Jonathan Adler '00, a graduate student in psychology at Northwestern University, speaks on a topic TBA. Sponsored by the Psychology Club. Wednesday, March 194pmMen's lacrosse vs. Southern Maine. 4pmLecture: R. William DePaolo '99 of the University of Chicago discusses the targeting of immune cells by plague bacteria. Sponsored by the biology department. 4:30pmLecture: Psst ! Poetry Teaches Itself by Robert Farnsworth, lecturer and writer in residence at Bates, and the college's 2008 Kroepsch Award for Excellence in Teaching honoree. Co-sponsored by the Kroepsch Award Selection Committee, division chairs, Information and Library Services, and the Dean of the Faculty's Office. 6–9pmFigure drawing (see March 5 listing). 7:30pmDebate: Bates' award-winning Brooks Quimby Debate Council argues the resolution "Should communities have the right to ban books from school libraries?" Presented as part of The Big Read, a nationwide initiative funded by the National Endowment for the Arts and presented locally by the Lewiston and Auburn public libraries. Contact 207-513-3050. Thursday, March 2012:30pmNoonday Concert: Clarinetist Vantiel Elizabeth Duncan '10 performs a Brahms sonata. For more information contact 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu. 7pmFilm: The Colonial Misunderstanding (2005, 78 min.) by Jean-Marie Téno, internationally renowned Cameroonian filmmaker. Téno offers a presentation and question-and-answer period after the film. Sponsored by the romance languages and literatures department. 7:30pmReading: Adrian Blevins, award-winning poet, professor of English at Colby College and author of The Brass Girl Brouhaha (Ausable Press, 2003), reads from her work. Sponsored by the English department. Friday, March 2111am & 2:40pmWorkshops: Jeff Robbins teaches "gymcraftics," a group practice that involves balancing on other people and moving to music. No dance experience required. Saturday, March 22NoonBaseball vs. Maine-Presque Isle (doubleheader). 2pmMen's lacrosse vs. Amherst. Sunday, March 235:30pmSpiritual gathering: Protestant worship service (see March 2 listing). Monday, March 244:30pmSpiritual gathering: Meditation (see March 3 listing). Tuesday, March 2512:30pmNoonday Concert: Pianist Minji Noh and cellist Aristides Rivas perform works by Elliot Carter and Beethoven. For more information contact 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu. 3pmBaseball vs. Maine-Farmington. Wednesday, March 264:30pmDiscussion: In the Passion Narratives series, presenters reflect on a shared passion that inspires conversation about meaning, feelings and connections. Sponsored by the Multifaith Chaplaincy. For more information call 207-786-8272. 6–9pmFigure drawing (see March 5 listing). 7pmLecture: How to Be Good Without God by Dan Barker, president of the Freedom from Religion Foundation. Barker explores the potential for a morality that is not based on religion. Sponsored by the Bates Secular Students Alliance. 7pmLecture: Paper conservator Christopher Sokolowski '90 discusses his path to the field of conservation, his work at the Northeast Document Conservation Center and interesting projects along the way. Part of the Bates College Museum of Art's Alumni in the Arts series. For more information call 207-786-6158. Thursday, March 277:30pmLecture: Geological Storage as a Carbon Mitigation Option by Michael Celia, 2008 Darcy Lecturer and chair of the civil and environmental engineering department at Princeton University. Sponsored by the environmental studies program. Friday, March 282:30pmMount David Summit: This annual celebration of student research, service-learning and creative work spotlights the wealth of Bates students’ academic achievements across the disciplines. For more information visit www.bates.edu/mt-david-summit.xml. 3pmBaseball vs. Tufts. 7:30pmDance performance: In two programs over four days, the Bates College Modern Dance Company offers its spring concert of new works by student choreographers. Tonight: Program A. Admission: $6/$3. For information call 207-786-6161 or visit transact.bates.edu/boxoffice. 8pmConcert: The 76-voice Bates College Choir, directed by John Corrie and supported by a 21-piece orchestra, performs Parts II and III of Handel's Messiah. For more information contact 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu. Saturday, March 29NoonBaseball vs. Tufts (doubleheader). NoonWomen's lacrosse vs. Williams. 2pmDance performance: Bates College Modern Dance Company, Program B (see March 28 listing). Sunday, March 3010:30amWomen's tennis vs. Tufts. 2pmDance performance: Bates College Modern Dance Company, Program A (see March 28 listing). 2pmSoftball vs. Maine-Farmington (doubleheader). 5:30pmSpiritual gathering: Protestant worship service (see March 2 listing). 8pmConcert: Bates College Choir (see March 28 listing). Monday, March 319, 10 and 11amKinderkonzerts: Strings at School. Portland Symphony Orchestra musicians reveal their favorite subjects from school and how they relate to music. Admission: $3. For more information call 207-773-6128, ext. 306. 4:30pmSpiritual gathering: Meditation (see March 3 listing). 7:30pmDance performance: Bates College Modern Dance Company, Program B (see March 28 listing). Bates College Museum of ArtThrough March 4Taking Different Trails: The Artists’ Journey to Katahdin Lake: Scenes of and from Katahdin Lake, known for its views of Maine’s tallest mountain, by artists who took part in a historic public-private effort to preserve nearly 7,000 acres of land including the lake and old-growth forests around it. Through May 24Wildness Within, Wildness Without: Exploring Maine’s Thoreau-Wabanaki Trail: Images by nationally known photographer Bridget Besaw depict locations along the Thoreau-Wabanaki Trail, tracing Henry David Thoreau’s three Maine treks following ancient Native American canoe routes through the wilderness. Museum hours: 10am–5pm Tuesday–Saturday |
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