Saturday, Nov. 1

Noon

Men’s and women’s cross country: NESCAC Championships. Women’s events begin at 1pm.

Pineland Farms, New Gloucester

2 and 7pm

Film: Pineapple Express (2008, 111 min.). Sponsored by the Filmboard. Admission: $1.

Olin Arts Center, Room 104

2 and 7:30pm

Theater: A Lie of the Mind by Sam Shepard. For her senior thesis project, Sulochana Dissanayake ’09 directs this riveting, emotionally raw tale of two families torn apart by spousal abuse. Admission: $6/$3. For more information call 207-786-6161 or visit www.batestickets.com.

Schaeffer Theatre

8pm

Concert: The Parker String Quartet performs Haydn’s String Quartet Op. 20, No. 6 (“The Sun”), Stravinsky’s Three Pieces for String Quartet, Puccini’s Chrysanthemums and, with pianist and Bates artist in residence Frank Glazer, Dvorak’s Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major, Op. 81. Free admission, but tickets required. For more information contact 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.

Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

Sunday, Nov. 2

2pm

Theater: A Lie Of The Mind (see Nov. 1 listing).

Schaeffer Theatre

2 and 4:30pm

Film: Pineapple Express (see Nov.1 listing).

Olin Arts Center, Room 104

3pm

Concert: Violinist Nicholas Kitchen and cellist Yeesun Kim of the Borromeo String Quartet are joined by clarinetist Derek Bermel and pianist Bruce Brubaker in a performance, celebrating the composer’s centenary, of Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time. Also: a Bach sonata for solo violin and Ravel’s Sonata for Violin and Cello. Free admission, but tickets required. For more information contact 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.

Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

5:30pm

Spiritual gathering: Weekly Protestant worship service. Contact 207-786-8272.

Bates College Chapel

Monday, Nov. 3

7pm

Presentations: Two Otis Fellows present their fellowship-funded projects: Toward a Culture of Sustainability by Tucker Pawlick ’09 and Following the Ganges — A Collision of Flesh and Spirit in Water by Hewi Ling Ng ’09. For information call 207-753-6952.

Chase Hall, Skelton Lounge

Tuesday, Nov. 4

12:30pm

Noonday Concert: An Election Day celebration with the members of the music department. For more information contact 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.

Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

Wednesday, Nov. 5

6–9pm

Figure drawing sponsored by the Bates College Museum of Art. Artists should bring a drawing board and supplies. Easels provided. Admission: $7 (free for Bates students).

Olin Arts Center, Room 259

7pm

Film: The Fish Fall in Love (Iran, 2006, 96 min.). An entry in the touring Global Lens series of films from Latin America, the Middle East, Africa, Europe and Asia. Sponsored by the Bates College Museum of Art and the Multicultural Center. For more information call 207-786-6158.

Olin Arts Center, Room 104

Thursday, Nov. 6

7pm

Film: Kept and Dreamless (Argentina, 2005, 94 min.). An entry in the touring Global Lens series of films (see Nov. 5 listing).

Olin Arts Center, Room 105

7:30pm

Lecture: Bodies and Souls, by Paul Bloom, a professor of psychology at Yale. He'll discuss the notion that humans are innate dualists in their sense of a fundamental distinction between physical entities, such as bodies, and psychological entities, such as souls. Presented by the psychology and philosophy departments, with funding by the Mellon Innovation Fund.

Pettengill Hall, Keck Classroom (G52)

Friday, Nov. 7

7 and 9:30pm

Film: Mamma Mia! (2008, 108 min.). Sponsored by the Filmboard. Admission: $1.

Olin Arts Center, Room 104

Saturday, Nov. 8

Noon

Football vs. Hamilton.

Garcelon Field

2pm

Film: Mamma Mia! (see Nov. 7 listing, but note location change).

Pettigrew Hall, Filene Room

7pm

Film: Mamma Mia! (see Nov. 7 listing).

Olin Arts Center, Room 104

Sunday, Nov. 9

2 and 4:30pm

Film: Mamma Mia! (see Nov. 7 listing).

Olin Arts Center, Room 104

5:30pm

Spiritual gathering: Protestant worship service (see Nov. 2 listing).

Bates College Chapel

Monday, Nov. 10

7:30pm

Reading: Novelist Miriam Colwell reads from and discusses her work, including her most recent book, Contentment Cove. Born in 1917 in Prospect Harbor, Colwell has convincingly depicted small-town Maine. A presentation of the Language Arts Live Series, sponsored by the English department, the programs in Asian, environmental and women and gender studies, the college Museum of Art, the Bates Humanities Fund and the John Tagliabue Poetry Fund.

Bates College Museum of Art

Tuesday, Nov. 11

12:30pm

Noonday Concert: Ken Labreque and John Smedley, jazz guitarists. For more information contact 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.

Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

7:30pm

Theater: Ten-Minute Plays from the Actors Theater of Louisville, directed by students in Professor Paul Kuritz’s course “Directing.” Free; no reservations. For more information call 207-786-6161 or visit www.batestickets.com.

Gannett Theater

Wednesday, Nov. 12

6–9pm

Figure drawing (see Nov. 5 listing).

Olin Arts Center, Room 259

6:30pm

Lecture: Is Religion Just a Cultural Thing? by Mako Nagasawa, a Boston area director for the InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, a nationwide evangelical campus mission. Sponsored by the Bates Christian Fellowship. For information call 207-786-8272.

Chase Hall Lounge

7pm

Film: The Kite (Lebanon, 2004, 80 min.). Part of the Global Lens series of films (see Nov. 5 listing).

Olin Arts Center, Room 104

7:30pm

Reading: An evening with Andrew Schelling, a poet and a translator and scholar of classical Indian poetry. His collections of essays and poems include the recent Old Tale Road. A presentation of the Language Arts Live Series, sponsored by the English department, the programs in Asian, environmental and women and gender studies, the college Museum of Art, the Bates Humanities Fund and the John Tagliabue Poetry Fund.

Benjamin Mays Center

Friday, Nov. 14

7 and 9:30pm

Film: The Dark Knight (2008, 152 min.). Sponsored by the Filmboard. Admission: $1.

Olin Arts Center, Room 104

Note: The Bates College Orchestra concert scheduled for this date has been postponed. For more information contact 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.

Saturday, Nov. 15

2 and 7pm

Film: The Dark Knight (see Nov. 14 listing).

Olin Arts Center, Room 104

5pm

Dance performance: The Bates College Modern Dance Company features works developed with students in a repertory performance course by noted choreographers Janis Brenner, Kellie Lynch and Tania Isaac. Also: a piece by Portland hip hop choreographer Tina Rae Kelly, performed by volunteer dancers. Admission: $6/$3. For more information call 207-786-6161 or visit www.batestickets.com.

Schaeffer Theatre

8pm

Concert: The Bates College Choir, directed by John Corrie, performs Benjamin Britten’s Ceremony of Carols. Free admission, but tickets required. For more information contact 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.

Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

Editor's note: The concert on this date by Braddigan and Pete Francis Heimbold has been canceled. For information call 207-795-7496.

Sunday, Nov. 16

2pm

Dance performance: Bates College Modern Dance Company (see Nov. 15 listing).

Schaeffer Theatre

2 and 4:30pm

Film: The Dark Knight (see Nov. 14 listing).

Olin Arts Center, Room 104

5:30pm

Spiritual gathering: Protestant worship service (see Nov. 2 listing).

Bates College Chapel

8pm

Concert: The Bates College Choir (see Nov. 15 listing).

Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

Monday, Nov. 17

7:30pm

Dance performance: Bates College Modern Dance Company (see Nov. 15 listing).

Schaeffer Theatre

Tuesday, Nov. 18

12:30pm

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

Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

Wednesday, Nov. 19

6–9pm

Figure drawing (see Nov. 5 listing).

Olin Arts Center, Room 259

7pm

Film: Let the Wind Blow (India, 2004, 93 min.). Part of the Global Lens series of films (see Nov. 5 listing).

Olin Arts Center, Room 104

7:30pm

Panel discussion: Homeland Security, Terrorism and Our Civil Liberties. Panelists include Maine’s secretary of state, Matthew Dunlap; Shenna Bellows, executive director of the Maine Civil Liberties Union; and Warren Bamford, head of the FBI’s Boston office. Part of the Harward Center for Community Partnerships’ Civic Forum series. For more information call 207-786-6202.

Edmund S. Muskie Archives

Thursday, Nov. 20

7:30pm

Theater: Ten-Minute Plays (see Nov. 11 listing).

Gannett Theater

Sunday, Nov. 23

5:30pm

Spiritual gathering: Protestant worship service (see Nov. 2 listing).

Bates College Chapel

Nov. 24–30

Thanksgiving Recess: No classes; administrative offices are open through Nov. 26.

Sunday, Nov. 30

5:30pm

Spiritual gathering: Protestant worship service (see Nov. 2 listing).

Bates College Chapel

Museum of Art Exhibitions

Through Dec. 14

Stairway to Heaven: From Chinese Streets to Monuments and Skyscrapers: This exhibition offers alternative perspectives on the intriguing, dynamic nation of China. Seventeen Chinese artists use photographs and other media to examine how rapid economic reform, new personal wealth and rapid industrialization have changed China’s urban environment, from street scenes to skyscrapers and iconic national monuments.

Flourishing Folk: New England Decorated Works on Paper And Document Boxes from the Deborah N. Isaacson Trust: This exhibit represents Bates in the Maine Folk Art Trail, a collaboration among 11 museums and historical societies statewide to guide visitors to the best of Maine folk art. Shown are beautifully decorated family records and presentation pieces, as well as ornate document boxes and rare woodblock “ream sheet prints” that early paper companies used to label their products.

A Selection of Figure Drawings from the Marsden Hartley Memorial Collection: Selections from the 99 drawings by Marsden Hartley left to the College by the heirs of the estate of this pioneering American modernist.