Tuesday, Dec. 2

12:30pm

Noonday Concert: Steve Lin, classical guitarist. For more information, contact 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.

Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

5pm

Celebratory meal: The annual Christmas Dinner sponsored by the Bates Christian Fellowship offers good food, fun and reflections on the meaning of the holiday. All are welcome but RSVPs are necessary as space is limited to about 100. Please e-mail rwason@bates.edu.

Benjamin Mays Center

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

7pm

Concert: Bates College Jazz Band, directed by Thomas Snow. For more information contact 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.

Chase Hall Lounge

7pm

Film: Luxury Car (2006, 88 min.). Wang Chao’s award-winning film about an estranged family is part of the Global Lens series of international films. Sponsored by the Multicultural Center and the Bates College Museum of Art. For more information contact 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.

Olin Arts Center, Room 105

7 and 9:30pm

Film: Burn After Reading (2008, 97 min.). Sponsored by the Filmboard. Admission: $1.

Olin Arts Center, Room 104

7:30pm

Performance: Students in Katalin Vecsey’s voice and speech course perform their final projects. Admission is free; no reservations. For more information call 207-786-6161 or visit batestickets.com.

Pettigrew Hall, Gannett Theater

4:30pm

Lecture: Marta Moreno Vega, an authority on Yoruba belief systems reflected in the African diaspora, speaks on a topic TBA. The talk opens the Schomburg Afro-Latino Speaker Series, a Multicultural Center program exploring contemporary research and issues in the Afro-Latino realm. For more information call 207-786-8376.

Benjamin Mays Center

6pm

Women’s basketball vs. Wentworth.

Alumni Gymnasium

7pm

Film: Opera Jawa (2006, 120 min.). Garin Nugroho’s contemporary adaptation of the traditional South Asian story "The Abduction of Sita" is part of the Global Lens series of international films. Sponsored by the Multicultural Center and the Bates College Museum of Art. For more information contact 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.

Olin Arts Center, Room 105

8pm

Concert: Maine’s best-known pianist, Bates artist-in-residence Frank Glazer, performs music by Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Ravel and Chopin. Admission is free, but tickets are required. For more information contact 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.

Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

7pm

Holiday celebration: Carols by Candlelight. Sponsored by the Multifaith Chaplaincy. For more information call 207-786-8273.

Bates College Chapel

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

Winter Recess: Administrative offices close at noon Wednesday, Dec. 24, and reopen at 8am Monday, Jan. 5, 2009.

7pm

Concert: The Auburn Community Band, comprising 50 volunteer musicians from 16 Maine communities, presents its 27th annual holiday concert. For more information, contact 207-786-6400.

Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

7pm

Men’s basketball vs. Husson.

Alumni Gymnasium

Dec. 2–11

Paint Your Heart Out: Embracing Art and Healing: These expressive watercolor paintings were created by adults from Lewiston-Auburn who took part in the "Paint Your Heart Out" course at the Patrick Dempsey Center for Cancer Hope and Healing. The course was developed and led by artist-educator Elaine Tselikis and Cindy Visbaras, Bates health educator and expressive arts facilitator. Kelly Gollogly '10, Adam Goodwin '09 and Brynne Underhill '10 assisted with the project, which received funding from a Publicly Engaged Academic Project grant from the Harward Center for Community Partnerships.

Chase Hall Gallery

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.