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Updates: An earlier version of this calendar incorrectly listed the time for Ravi Shankar's reading on Monday, March 9. The correct time is 4:15pm. Also updated is the time for the Marfa Inofuentes event on March 23: The correct time is 4:15pm. Sunday, March 12 & 4:30pmFilm: Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008, 89 min.). Sponsored by the Filmboard. Admission: $1. Olin Arts Center, Room 104 5:30pmSpiritual gathering: Weekly Protestant worship service. For more information call 207-786-8272. Chase Hall Lounge Monday, March 28pmLecture: Cornell University professor Per Pinstrup-Andersen, who researches economics, food and public policy, discusses the impacts of globalization on poverty, food security and nutrition. Sponsored by the economics department. Pettengill Hall, Keck Classroom (G52) Tuesday, March 312:30pmNoonday Concert: Fumito Nunoya, a marimbist acclaimed by the Boston Herald as “terrifically talented.” For more information contact 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu. Olin Arts Center Concert Hall 5pmWomen’s lacrosse vs. Gordon. Campus Avenue Field Wednesday, March 46–9pmFigure drawing sponsored by the Bates College Museum of Art. Artists should bring drawing board and supplies. Easels provided. Admission: $7 (free for Bates students). Olin Arts Center, Room 259 7 & 9:30pmFilm: Milk (2008, 128 min.). Sponsored by the Filmboard. Admission: $1. Olin Arts Center, Room 104 7:30pmConcert: Sixty years to the day after his 1948 Carnegie Hall debut, pianist Frank Glazer, Bates artist in residence, reprises the same program, including works by Handel, Brahms, Schubert and Copland. Admission is free but tickets are required. For more information contact 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu. Olin Arts Center Concert Hall Thursday, March 57:30pmReading: Poet Jeffrey Thomson, associate professor of English and creative writing at the University of Maine at Farmington, reads from his new collection. Part of the English department’s Language Arts Live series. For more information contact 207-786-6326 or eosucha@bates.edu. Chase Hall, Skelton Lounge Friday, March 67 & 9:30pmFilm: Frost/Nixon (2008, 122 min.). Sponsored by the Filmboard. Admission: $1. Olin Arts Center, Room 104 7:30pmTheater: Euripides’ Alcestis, translated and adapted by Ted Hughes and directed by Martin Andrucki, Charles A. Dana Professor of Theater. A story of struggle, hope and the victory of unswerving love over death. Admission: $6/$3. For more information call 207-786-6161 or visit www.batestickets.com. Pettigrew Hall, Gannett Theater 8pmConcert: The ensemble "Music for a while" plays Renaissance, Baroque and early classical music, set for voice, guitar, vihuela and strings. Admission: $12/$6. Tickets are available at www.batestickets.com. For more information contact 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu. Olin Arts Center Concert Hall Saturday, March 7NoonWomen’s lacrosse vs. Middlebury. Campus Avenue Field 1:30pmWomen’s tennis vs. Mount Holyoke. Wallach Tennis Center 2 & 7pmFilm: Frost/Nixon (see March 6 listing). Olin Arts Center, Room 104 7:30pmTheater: Alcestis (see March 6 listing). Pettigrew Hall, Gannett Theater Sunday, March 82pmDance performance: Bates dancers and musicians are among the regional performers taking part in the fourth annual F.A.B Winter Dance Showcase, a collaboration between Bates and the Franco American Heritage Center. Admission: $12 for general seating/ $10 for students and senior citizens. For reservations, please call 207-689-2000 or purchase tickets online. Franco American Heritage Center, 46 Cedar St. 2pmTheater: Alcestis (see March 6 listing). Pettigrew Hall, Gannett Theater 2 & 4:30pmFilm: Frost/Nixon (see March 6 listing). Olin Arts Center, Room 104 5:30pmSpiritual gathering: Weekly Protestant worship (see March 1 listing). Chase Hall Lounge Monday, March 94:15pmReading: Ravi Shankar, poet-in-residence at Central Connecticut State University and founding editor of the online journal of the arts Drunken Boat, reads from his work. Part of the English department’s Language Arts Live series. For more information contact 207-786-6326 or eosucha@bates.edu. Chase Hall, Skelton Lounge 7pmLecture: The Most Trusted Stranger in America by Frank Warren, creator of the popular Web site PostSecret. Followed by book signing. Admission: $10/$3. Sponsored by the Multifaith Chaplaincy, the departments of psychology and sociology, the Harward Center for Community Partnerships and several student organizations. For more information call 207-786-8272. Lewiston Middle School Auditorium, 75 Central Ave. Tuesday, March 1012:30pmNoonday Concert: Soprano Courtney Curtis with Seth Warner, guitar and vihuela. Note location change for this Noonday Concert only. For more information contact 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu. Bates College Museum of Art Wednesday, March 119amNCAA Championships: Bates hosts the 2009 NCAA National Collegiate Men’s and Women’s Skiing Championships, beginning today with men’s and women’s giant slalom alpine racing. See a full schedule. Sunday River, Bethel 4pmMen’s lacrosse vs. Western New England College. Campus Avenue Field 4pmSeminar: Biochemistry majors Nick Swerdlow ’09 and Kelsey Clements ’09 discuss topics TBA. Pettengill Hall, Room G21 6–9pmFigure drawing (see March 4 listing). Olin Arts Center, Room 25 6pmFilm: Jerusalem: East Side Story, by The Iron Wall director Mohammed Alatar, examines the impacts of Israeli rule on the Palestinian districts of Jerusalem. Sponsored by Students for Justice in Palestine. Pettigrew Hall, Room 301 7:30pmLecture: Charles Darwin: After the Origin and Before the Descent.. Historian of science Sheila Ann Dean, a visiting scholar in science and technology studies at Cornell University and editor for the Darwin Correspondence Project, discusses letters of Charles Darwin. Part of the Darwin at 200 project created by Bates and the Lewiston Public Library. Chase Hall Lounge Thursday, March 1210amNCAA Championships: Bates hosts the 2009 NCAA National Collegiate Men’s and Women’s Skiing Championships, today with men’s and women’s classical Nordic racing. See a full schedule. Black Mountain, Rumford 4pmMen’s tennis vs. Babson. Wallach Tennis Center 4:15pmLecture: Preparing College Students for a Diverse Democracy by Sylvia Hurtado, professor and director of the Higher Education Research Institute, UCLA. Part of the psychology department’s Diversity and Domains of Life series. Pettengill Hall, Keck Classroom (G52) 7:30pmLecture: Global Warming: Fighting Against It, Living With It by Bill McKibben, the influential environmental journalist and scholar-in-residence in environmental studies at Middlebury. Part of the Harward Center for Community Partnerships series The Civic Forum: Maine in a Transnational Age. For more information call 207-786-6202. Chase Hall Lounge Friday, March 139amNCAA Championships: Bates hosts the 2009 NCAA National Collegiate Men’s and Women’s Skiing Championships, today with men’s and women’s alpine slalom racing. See a full schedule. Sunday River, Bethel 2:45pmLecture: Sören Hermansen, named one of Time Magazine's 2008 Heroes of the Environment for his leadership as the Danish island of Samsø converted to fully sustainable, carbon-neutral energy, discusses the project. Sponsored by the Program in Environmental Studies. For more information call 207-786-6490. Pettengill Hall, Keck Classroom (G52) 4:30pmLecture: Heiko Hesse, an economist in the Monetary and Capital Markets Department at the International Monetary Fund, addresses a topic TBA. Sponsored by the economics department. Pettengill Hall, Room G65 7 & 9:30pmFilm: Quantum of Solace (2008, 106 min.). Sponsored by the Filmboard. Admission: $1. Olin Arts Center, Room 104 7:30pmTheater: Alcestis (see March 6 listing). Pettigrew Hall, Gannett Theater 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. Chase Hall Lounge Saturday, March 1410amNCAA Championships: Bates hosts the 2009 NCAA National Collegiate Men’s and Women’s Skiing Championships, today with men’s and women’s freestyle Nordic racing. See a full schedule. Black Mountain, Rumford NoonWomen’s lacrosse vs. Williams. Campus Avenue Field 2 & 7pmFilm: Quantum of Solace (see March 13 listing). Olin Arts Center, Room 104 7:30pmTheater: Alcestis (see March 6 listing). Pettigrew Hall, Gannett Theater 8pmConcert: The Bates College Gamelan Orchestra, featuring four popular dance and virtuosic drumming from Indonesia. For more information contact 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu. Olin Arts Center Concert Hall Sunday, March 152pmTheater: Alcestis (see March 6 listing). Pettigrew Hall, Gannett Theater 2 & 4:30pmFilm: Quantum of Solace (see March 13 listing). Olin Arts Center, Room 104 5:30pmSpiritual gathering: Weekly Protestant worship (see March 1 listing). Chase Hall Lounge Monday, March 164:15pmReading: Samantha Hunt, author of the novels The Invention of Everything Else, based on the life of inventor Nikola Tesla, and The Seas, set on the Maine coast, reads from her work. Part of the English department’s Language Arts Live series. For more information contact 207-786-6326 or eosucha@bates.edu. Chase Hall, Skelton Lounge 4:30pmPanel discussion: An examination of Maine food issues by: Jim Amaral ’80, founder of Borealis Breads; Steve Hoad ’72 of Emma’s Family Farm, Windsor; Nicolas Lindholm ’86 of Hackmatack Farm, Penobscot; and Kirsten Walter ’00, founder of Lots to Gardens and now director of the St. Mary’s Nutrition Center. Sponsored by the Bates Contemplates Food Committee. Pettengill Hall, Keck Classroom (G52) 7pmFilm: Ziad Abbas, a Palestinian refugee and journalist working with the Middle East Children's Alliance, speaks on a topic TBA. The event supports the efforts of MECA, a humanitarian organization, in Gaza. Sponsored by Students for Justice in Palestine. Benjamin Mays Center Tuesday, March 1712:30pmNoonday Concert: Chase the Fiddlers, directed by Greg Boardman. For more information contact 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu. Olin Arts Center Concert Hall 4pmFilm: Chalk (2007, 85 min.), a mockumentary in the style of The Office, depicting the experiences of three novice high school teachers. Sponsored by the Education Club. Pettengill Hall, Room G63 5pmWomen’s lacrosse vs. New England. Campus Avenue Field Wednesday, March 184pmMen’s lacrosse vs. Gordon. Campus Avenue Field 6–9pmFigure drawing (see March 4 listing). Olin Arts Center, Room 259 Thursday, March 19Time TBALecture: Collecting Gothic Sculpture in America by Susan Ward, professor of art history at the Rhode Island School of Design. Sponsored by the department of art and visual culture. For more information call 207-786-6135. Olin Arts Center, Room 104 7:30pmReading: Sarah Manguso, author of the memoir The Two Kinds of Decay and winner of the American Academy of Arts and Letters’ 2008 Joseph Brodsky Rome Prize in literature, reads from her work. Part of the English department’s Language Arts Live series. For more information contact 207-786-6326 or eosucha@bates.edu. Chase Hall, Skelton Lounge Friday, March 204pmConcert: Jazz performance by artists TBA. For more information contact 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu. Olin Arts Center Concert Hall 4pmMen’s tennis vs. Southern Maine. Wallach Tennis Center 4:30pmLecture: A talk on a topic TBA by Junot Díaz, author of the prizewinning The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. Sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Affairs. For more information contact 207-786-8376. Benjamin Mays Center 5pmLecture: A talk on a topic TBA by Stephanie Blackwood, an expert in community relations and marketing who has launched several prominent GLBT-focused businesses, most recently the award-winning marketing communications agency Double Platinum. Sponsored by OUTfront. Edmund S. Muskie Archives 7 & 9:30pmFilm: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008, 166 min.). Sponsored by the Filmboard. Admission: $1. Olin Arts Center, Room 104 Saturday, March 211pmMen’s lacrosse vs. Wesleyan. Campus Avenue Field 2 & 7pmFilm: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (see March 20 listing). Olin Arts Center, Room 104 9pmConcert: Braddigan and Pete Francis, presented by the Chase Hall Committee. Tickets are $10 for Bates students (these tickets are limited and IDs will be checked at the door) and $15 for general admission. Buy tickets here. For more information call 207-795-7496. Chase Hall, Old Commons Sunday, March 222 & 4:30pmFilm: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (see March 20 listing). Olin Arts Center, Room 104 5:30pmSpiritual gathering: Weekly Protestant worship (see March 1 listing). Chase Hall Lounge 8pmConcert: Senior recital by pianist Kate Lyczkowski. For more information contact 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu. Olin Arts Center Concert Hall Monday, March 234:15pmLecture: Marfa Inofuentes, president of Bolivia’s Afro-Bolivian Cultural Movement, discusses a topic TBA. Sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Affairs. For more information call 207-786-8376. Benjamin Mays Center Tuesday, March 2412:30pmNoonday Concert: Piano students of Anastasia Antonacos. For more information contact 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu. Olin Arts Center Concert Hall Wednesday, March 256–9pmFigure drawing (see March 4 listing). Olin Arts Center, Room 259 7pmFilm: Neighbor by Neighbor, by local filmmaker Craig Saddlemire '05, documents the successful 2004 effort by the advocacy group Visible Community to stop a street construction project that would have seriously disrupted a low-income neighborhood in downtown Lewiston. Saddlemire answers questions after the screening. Sponsored by the Harward Center for Community Partnerships. For more information call 207-786-6202. Pettengill Hall, Keck Classroom (G52) 7pmLecture: Protecting the Environment: Reflections on the Role of Leadership by Angus King, former Maine governor and wind power advocate. This year’s Muskie Environmental Lecture is co-sponsored by the Edmund S. Muskie Archives and the Natural Resources Council of Maine, which turns 50 this year. For more information call 207-786-6354. Edmund S. Muskie Archives Thursday, March 264pmWomen’s tennis vs. Bowdoin. Wallach Tennis Center 4:30pmLecture: The economics department presents a speaker TBA. Pettengill Hall, Room G65 Friday, March 27NoonFilm: King Lati The First (2008, 70 min.). This documentary by Israeli director Uri Bar-On depicts Lati, a typical Israeli 8-year-old — and also heir to the throne of a Senegalese tribe. He is about to travel to his kingdom for the first time, where more than 1 million of his subjects await him. Presented by the Maine Jewish Film Festival. A panel discussion follows. Admission will be charged: For more information contact 207-831-7495 or filmfest@mjff.org, or visit www.mjff.org. Olin Arts Center Concert Hall 7 & 9:30pmFilm: Seven Pounds (2008, 123 min.). Sponsored by the Filmboard. Admission: $1. Olin Arts Center, Room 104 8pmConcert: The Bates College Choir presents Mozart’s Coronation Mass and Faure’s Requiem. Admission is free but tickets are required. For more information contact 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu. Olin Arts Center Concert Hall Saturday, March 28NoonWomen’s lacrosse vs. Amherst. Campus Avenue Field 2 & 7pmFilm: Seven Pounds (see March 27 listing). Olin Arts Center, Room 104 Sunday, March 29NoonSoftball vs. Brandeis (doubleheader). Lafayette Street Field 2 & 4:30pmFilm: Seven Pounds (see March 27 listing). Olin Arts Center, Room 104 5:30pmSpiritual gathering: Weekly Protestant worship (see March 1 listing). Chase Hall Lounge 8pmConcert: Bates College Choir (see March 27 listing). Olin Arts Center Concert Hall Monday, March 307:30pmLecture: Food Justice and Good Food — When Shall the Twain Meet? by Mark Winne ’72, food-justice activist and author of Closing the Food Gap — Resetting the Table in the Land of Plenty. Sponsored by the Bates Contemplates Food committee. A book signing follows in the Benjamin Mays Center. For more information, visit www.bates.edu/food. Olin Arts Center Concert Hall Tuesday, March 3112:30pmNoonday Concert: Pianist Anastasia Antonacos, violinist Jennifer Elowitch and cellist Benjamin Noyes. For more information contact 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu. Olin Arts Center Concert Hall 3pmBaseball vs. Husson. Leahey Field 4:15pmPanel discussion: Writing Africa in Spanish: Four Equatorial Guinean Writers Speak of Exiled Dreams. Donato Ndongo, Justo Bolekia, Francisco Zamora and Remei Sipi reflect on the 40th anniversary of the independence of their country, the only Spanish-speaking nation in Africa, and their different forms of exile from their native land. Sponsored by the Spanish program at Bates. Edmund S. Muskie Archives Museum of ArtThrough May 29Stories 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 30Recent 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. |
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