Sunday, Feb. 1

11am

Master class: The Assad Brothers, classical guitarists and Bates College Concert Series artists, conduct this session. For more information contact 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.

Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

3pm

Concert: Portland Chamber Music Festival musicians and pianist Frank Glazer, Bates artist in residence, celebrate the 80th anniversary of Glazer’s first and only performance of Felix Mendelssohn’s Piano Concerto No. 1. 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.

Chase Hall Lounge

Tuesday, Feb. 3

12:30pm

Noonday Concert: Pianist Frank Glazer, Bates artist in residence, commemorates composer Felix Mendelssohn’s 200th birthday. For more information contact 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.

Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

Wednesday, Feb. 4

4pm

Seminar: "Not From Around Here: Tracking Animal Migration in the Marine Environment" by Kelton McMahon '05, who is now a Ph.D. candidate in the MIT-Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Joint Program in Oceanography. Presented by the biology department.

Carnegie Science Hall, Room 204

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

Thursday, Feb. 5

7:30pm

Theater: The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler. Liz Wilcox ’09 directs the Robinson Players in this production benefiting the Abused Women’s Advocacy Project. Admission: $3. For more information call 207-786-6161.

Schaeffer Theatre

8pm

Bates College Concert Series: Germany’s acclaimed Auryn String Quartet begins a three-year presentation at Bates of the complete Beethoven string quartets (a second installment takes place on Feb. 6). Admission: $10/$4. Tickets available at www.batestickets.com. For more information contact 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.

Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

Friday, Feb. 6

3pm

Women’s squash vs. University of Toronto, scrimmage.

Bates Squash Center, 56 Plourde Parkway

4pm

Lecture: Philip Cerny, professor of global political economy at Rutgers University, discusses a topic TBA in a presentation sponsored by the politics department.

Pettengill Hall, Keck Classroom (G52)

5:30pm

Men’s and women’s squash vs. Tufts.

Bates Squash Center, 56 Plourde Parkway

6pm

Women’s track and field: State of Maine Indoor Championships.

Merrill Gymnasium

7 & 9:30pm

Film: Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008, 101 min.). Sponsored by the Filmboard. Admission: $1.

Olin Arts Center, Room 104

7pm

Men’s basketball vs. Amherst.

Alumni Gymnasium

7:30pm

Theater: The Vagina Monologues (see Feb. 5 listing).

Schaeffer Theatre

8pm

Bates College Concert Series: Auryn String Quartet (see Feb. 5 listing).

Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

8:30pm

Men’s squash vs. George Washington.

Bates Squash Center, 56 Plourde Parkway

Saturday, Feb. 7

11am

Diving vs. Wellesley and Connecticut College.

Merrill Gymnasium, Tarbell Pool

11am

Women’s squash vs. George Washington.

Bates Squash Center, 56 Plourde Parkway

12:30pm

Men’s squash vs. MIT.

Bates Squash Center, 56 Plourde Parkway

1pm

Swimming vs. Wellesley and Connecticut College.

Merrill Gymnasium, Tarbell Pool

2 & 7pm

Film: Zack and Miri Make a Porno (see Feb. 6 listing).

Olin Arts Center, Room 104

3pm

Men’s basketball vs. Trinity.

Alumni Gymnasium

6pm

Men’s track and field: State of Maine Indoor Championships.

Merrill Gymnasium

6pm

Women’s squash vs. Northeastern.

Bates Squash Center, 56 Plourde Parkway

7:30pm

Theater: The Vagina Monologues (see Feb. 5 listing).

Schaeffer Theatre

8pm

Concert: The Neo Jazz Collective, a group of musicians aged 11–18 from Birmingham, Ala. Sponsored by the Multicultural Center. For information call 207-786-8376.

Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

9pm

Concert: Barefoot Truth, the eclectic green-conscious quartet, is presented by the Chase Hall Committee. The Pete and Mike Band, a folk-rock-reggae outfit, opens. For ticket information call 207-795-7496.

Benjamin Mays Center

Sunday, Feb. 8

2 & 4:30pm

Film: Zack and Miri Make a Porno (see Feb. 6 listing).

Olin Arts Center, Room 104

3pm

Concert: Piano trios of Schubert and Ravel performed by violinist Mary Hunter, pianist and James L. Moody Jr. Family Professor of Performing Arts James Parakilas and cellist Steve Witkin. For more information contact 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.

Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

5:30pm

Spiritual gathering: Protestant worship service (see Feb. 1 listing).

Chase Hall Lounge

Monday, Feb. 9

7pm

Poetry reading: Novelist and poet James Koller, author of Snows Gone By: New & Uncollected Poems, 1964–2002, and Maine poet Jennifer Moxley, whose collections include The Middle Room and The Line, read from their work. Sponsored by the Language Arts Live series.

Chase Hall, Skelton Lounge

Tuesday, Feb. 10

12:30pm

Noonday Concert: A trio led by jazz pianist Ahmad Hassan Muhammad performs. For more information contact 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.

Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

Wednesday, Feb. 11

6pm

Men’s squash vs. Colby.

Bates Squash Center, 56 Plourde Parkway

6–9pm

Figure drawing (see Feb. 4 listing).

Olin Arts Center, Room 259

7:30pm

Theater: In the CBB One-Act Festival, students from Bates, Bowdoin and Colby perform one-act plays. Sponsored by the Robinson Players.

Schaeffer Theatre, Black Box Theater

Thursday, Feb. 12

7:30pm

Theater: CBB One-Act Festival (see Feb. 11 listing).

Schaeffer Theatre, Black Box Theater

Saturday, Feb. 14

3pm

Men’s basketball vs. Tufts.

Alumni Gymnasium

Sunday, Feb. 15

5:30pm

Spiritual gathering: Protestant worship service (see Feb. 1 listing).

Chase Hall Lounge

Monday–Friday, Feb. 16–20

Winter Recess: Administrative offices remain open.

Monday, Feb. 23

4pm

Lecture: Diversity in Mental Health Settings by Jordana Muroff, assistant professor at the School of Social Work at Boston University. Part of the psychology department’s Diversity and Domains of Life series.

Pettengill Hall, Keck Classroom (G52)

Tuesday, Feb. 24

12:30pm

Noonday Concert: Anthony Shostak, uilleann pipes, performs traditional Irish music with special guests. For more information contact 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.

Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

Wednesday, Feb. 25

4pm

Seminar: Patsy Dickinson, professor of biology and director of the neuroscience program at Bowdoin, discusses a topic TBA. Presented by the biology department.

Carnegie Science Hall, Room 204

6–9pm

Figure drawing (see Feb. 4 listing).

Olin Arts Center, Room 259

Thursday, Feb. 26

7:30pm

Reading: Poet Simon Pettet, whose works include Hearth and More Winnowed Fragments, reads from his work and discusses his collaboration with photographer-filmmaker Rudy Burckhardt. An entry in the English department's Language Arts Live series.

Chase Hall, Skelton Lounge

Friday, Feb. 27

7 & 9:30pm

Film: Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008, 89 min.). Sponsored by the Filmboard. Admission: $1.

Olin Arts Center, Room 104

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, Feb. 28

2 & 7pm

Film: Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (see Feb. 27 listing).

Olin Arts Center, Room 104

Museum of Art

Through 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 Minnesota, Ohio and Maine — locations of three of the larger Somali communities in the U.S.

Through 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.