Tuesday, Jan. 6

5:30pm

Women’s basketball vs. U. of New England.

Alumni Gymnasium

7:30pm

Men’s basketball vs. U. of New England.

Alumni Gymnasium

Thursday, Jan. 8

5:30pm

Men’s basketball vs. Endicott.

Alumni Gymnasium

7:30pm

Women’s basketball vs. Bowdoin.

Alumni Gymnasium

Saturday, Jan. 10

2pm

Women’s basketball vs. Tufts.

Alumni Gymnasium

Tuesday, Jan. 13

12:30pm

Noonday Concert: Bates College Jazz Combo. For more information contact 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.

Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

7pm

Women’s basketball vs. Colby.

Alumni Gymnasium

Wednesday, Jan. 14

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

Friday, Jan. 16

7pm

Women’s basketball vs. Middlebury.

Alumni Gymnasium

8pm

Contradance: 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.

Chase Hall Lounge

Saturday, Jan. 17

Noon

Men’s and women’s track and field vs. MIT and Colby.

Merrill Gymnasium, Slovenski Track

1pm

Swimming vs. Bowdoin.

Merrill Gymnasium, Tarbell Pool

3pm

Women’s basketball vs. Williams.

Alumni Gymnasium

Sunday, Jan. 18

7pm

Worship service: A sermon by Melissa Harris-Lacewell, associate professor of politics and African American studies at Princeton University, highlights the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Service of Worship. Harris-Lacewell wrote the award-winning book, Barbershops, Bibles and BET: Everyday Talk and Black Political Thought. Service includes music by Bates students.

Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

8:30pm

Reception: Meet Melissa Harris-Lacewell (see preceding item).

Multicultural Center

Monday, Jan. 19  |  Martin Luther King Jr. Day

In observance of the holiday, classes are canceled and special programming takes place throughout the day (see Sunday, Jan. 18, and Thursday, Jan. 22, for related events). This year’s King Day theme at Bates is Inaugurating Change: Where Do We Go from Here? For more information, call 207-786-6400.

9am

Reception: Meet the students from Morehouse and Bates colleges and local high schools who will participate in the morning’s oratorical event. Refreshments will be offered.

Benjamin Mays Center

9:30am

Oratorical event: Minutes and Words of Eternity: The Dr. Benjamin Elijah Mays Speech Invitational. Local high school orators and debaters from Morehouse and Bates speak on the day’s theme.

Benjamin Mays Center

10:45am

Keynote address: Melissa Harris-Lacewell, associate professor of politics and African American studies at Princeton University, speaks on a topic TBA.

Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

From 1:20pm

Workshops: Students, staff, guests and faculty lead readings, presentations and discussions related to the King Day theme (times and rooms TBA). For a schedule, call 207-786-6400.

Pettengill and Dana Chemistry halls

7:30pm

Performance: Bates students commissioned to create cultural work for King Day present music, dance and spoken pieces.

Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

Tuesday, Jan. 20

12:30pm

Noonday Concert: The Bow and String Band performs trios that Haydn wrote for a complex, now obsolete stringed instrument called the “baryton.” For more information contact 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.

Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

6pm

Women’s squash vs. Colby.

Bates Squash Center, 56 Plourde Parkway

Wednesday, Jan. 21

6–9pm

Figure drawing (see Jan. 14 listing).

Olin Arts Center, Room 259

7pm

Presentation: Teaching English in Malawi by Phillips Student Fellow Emily Treat ’10. For more information call 207-753-6952.

Chase Hall Lounge

7:30pm

Panel discussion: Women’s Rights and Women’s Activism. Panelists include Debra Schultz, historian and human rights consultant; Jael Silliman, women’s rights program officer for the Ford Foundation; and Shalom Odokara, executive director of Women in Need Industries. Part of the Harward Center for Community Partnerships’ Civic Forum series. For more information call 207-786-6400.

Edmund S. Muskie Archives

Thursday, Jan. 22

1:30pm

Read-in: The annual King Day Read-In asks faculty, staff, students and members of the community to share a book with Martel School students in grades 4–6. Volunteers should call 908-642-2620 or e-mail Anne Fischer at afischer@bates.edu (snow date: Jan. 23).

Martel Elementary School, 880 Lisbon St.

7pm

Lecture: Jeffrey Miron, senior lecturer in economics at Harvard, discusses the U.S. economy and the economics of libertarianism. Miron, who has commented for CNN during the current economic crisis, was one of 166 academic economists who signed a letter to Congress opposing government bailout plans. Sponsored by the Bates College Republicans.

Chase Hall Lounge

Friday, Jan. 23

9:30am

Winter Carnival: Day One. Men’s and women’s skiing, with Nordic events at Black Mountain and alpine at Sunday River. For more information call 207-786-6341.

Sunday River Ski Resort, Bethel, and Black Mountain, Rumford

7pm

Men’s basketball vs. Bowdoin.

Alumni Gymnasium

8pm

Concert: Jacob Rhodebeck and Shiau-uen Ding, pianists, perform music by visiting composer Chris Bailey and others. For more information contact 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu

Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

Saturday, Jan. 24

9am

Winter Carnival: Day Two (see Jan. 23 listing).

Sunday River Ski Resort, Bethel, and Black Mountain, Rumford

3pm

Men’s basketball vs. Colby.

Alumni Gymnasium

7pm

Performance: A Broadway Musical Review. The Robinson Players present your favorite Broadway hits.

Benjamin Mays Center

Sunday, Jan. 25

5:30pm

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

Bates College Chapel

Tuesday, Jan. 27

12:30pm

Noonday Concert: Performer TBA. For more information contact 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.

Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

7pm

Men’s basketball vs. Maine-Farmington.

Alumni Gymnasium

Wednesday, Jan. 28

6–9pm

Figure drawing (see Jan. 14 listing).

Olin Arts Center, Room 259

7pm

CANCELED: The scheduled lecture on this date by Ward Connerly, founder and president of the American Civil Rights Institute.

Thursday, Jan. 29

7pm

Poetry and fiction reading: Magdalena Zurawski, author of the prizewinning debut novel The Bruise, and CAConrad, author of several books and a member of the PhillySound poets, read from their work. Sponsored by the English department.

Chase Hall, Skelton Lounge

Friday, Jan. 30

7pm

Women’s basketball vs. Connecticut College.

Alumni Gymnasium

8pm

Concert: The Bates College Orchestra, conducted by William Matthews, Alice Swanson Esty Professor of Music. For more information contact 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.

Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

Saturday, Jan. 31

11am

Diving vs. Tufts and Wheaton.

Merrill Gymnasium, Tarbell Pool

1pm

Swimming vs. Tufts and Wheaton.

Merrill Gymnasium, Tarbell Pool

3pm

Women’s basketball vs. Wesleyan.

Alumni Gymnasium

Time TBA

Performance: Sangai Asia Night, an annual event held by the student organization Sangai Asia, showcasing diverse Asian cultures. New this year is a sushi-making workshop that precedes the performances. For more information call 808-398-1373.

Schaeffer Theatre

8pm

Bates Concert Series: The Assad Brothers. Equally at home in South American, European Baroque and contemporary art music, Brazilian brothers Sergio and Odair Assad have set new standards for classical guitar. Admission: $10/$4. Tickets available via www.batestickets.com.

Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

Museum of Art

Jan. 23–May 29

Stories of the Somali Diaspora: Photographs by Abdi Roble: A Somali-born photographer, Roble has documented the diaspora of the Somali population for five years. These 55 black-and-white images depict the transition of Somali communities from Africa to the United States, from refugee status to integration in American society. Included are photographs made in Minneapolis, Minnesota; Columbus, Ohio; and Maine — locations of three of the larger Somali communities in the U.S.

Jan. 23–March 30

Recent Acquisitions: Collection Project III: Five Bates students serving as curatorial interns have created thematic cluster exhibitions from works acquired by the museum in the past few years, including art by Berenice Abbott, Ansel Adams, Amy Stacey Curtis, Paul Heroux, Louis Hine, William Pope.L and Cindy Sherman.