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April 2009
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Wednesday, April 1

3pm

Baseball vs. Maine-Farmington.
Leahey Field

5pm

Women’s lacrosse vs. Tufts.
Campus Avenue Field

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.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

7pm

Open rehearsal: Directed by Greg Boardman, the Bates ensemble Chase the Fiddlers plays French-Canadian, Irish, bluegrass and other traditional styles of fiddle music. For more information contact gboardman@lewnet.avcnet.org.
Chase Hall Lounge

Friday, April 3

2:30pm

Mount David Summit: More than 280 students take part in this year’s celebration of research, service-learning and creative work. Presentations include research posters, short talks, panel discussions, a photography exhibition and film screenings. Learn more.
Pettengill Hall

4:30pm

Film festival: Students in Paul Kuritz’s course “Acting and Directing for the Camera” screen their final projects. For more information call 207-786-8294.
Pettigrew Hall, Filene Room (Room 301)

7 & 9:30pm

Film: Defiance (2008, 137 min.). Sponsored by the Filmboard. Admission: $1.
Olin Arts Center, Room 104

7:30pm

Dance performance: Presented in two programs over four days, the Bates College Modern Dance Company’s Spring Concert of New Works features creations by student choreographers and lighting designers. Tonight: Program A. Admission: $6/$3. For more information call 207-786-6161 or visit batestickets.com.
Schaeffer Theatre

Saturday, April 4

Noon

Baseball vs. Colby (doubleheader).
Leahey Field

Noon

Softball vs. Colby (doubleheader).
Lafayette Street Field

1pm

Men’s lacrosse vs. Connecticut College.
Campus Avenue Field

2 & 7 pm

Film: Defiance (see April 3).
Olin Arts Center, Room 104

5pm

Dance performance: Bates College Modern Dance Company, Program B (see April 3).
Schaeffer Theatre

7:30pm

Theater: Closer, Patrick Marber’s critically acclaimed dissection of love and lust (and the basis for Mike Nichols’ 2004 film of the same name), is the final project for students in Katalin Vecsey’s advanced voice and speech course. For more information call 207-786-6161 or visit batestickets.com.
Pettigrew Hall, Gannett Theater

Sunday, April 5

Noon

Softball vs. Maine-Farmington (doubleheader).
Lafayette Street Field

2pm

Dance performance: Bates College Modern Dance Company, Program A (see April 3).
Schaeffer Theatre

2 & 4:30pm

Film: Defiance (see April 3).
Olin Arts Center, Room 104

5:30pm

Spiritual gathering: Weekly Protestant worship service. For more information call 207-786-8272.
Chase Hall Lounge

Monday, April 6

7pm

Lecture: Interracial Asian Adoption: Issues and Identity in 21st-Century American Society by C.N. Le, director of the Asian and Asian American Studies Program at UMass Amherst. Sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Affairs at Bates. For more information call 207-786-8376.
Edmund S. Muskie Archives

7:30pm

Dance performance: Bates College Modern Dance Company, Program B (see April 3).
Schaeffer Theatre

Tuesday, April 7

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

7:30pm

Concert: Computers, Music and the Arts. Work by students in Chris Bailey’s course that explores music-making with computers. For more information contact 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

Wednesday, April 8

6-9pm

Figure drawing (see April 1).
Olin Arts Center, Room 259

7pm

Open rehearsal: Chase the Fiddlers (see April 1).
Chase Hall Lounge

7 & 9:30pm

Film: The Spirit (2008, 108 min.). Sponsored by the Filmboard. Admission: $1.
Olin Arts Center, Room 104

7:30pm

Theater: Closer (see April 4).
Pettigrew Hall, Gannett Theater

Thursday, April 9

4pm

Concert: A recital by voice students of Bonnie Scarpelli. For more information contact 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

4pm

Men’s tennis vs. Bowdoin.
Wallach Tennis Center

5pm

Women’s lacrosse vs. Gordon.
Campus Avenue Field

7pm

Concert: The Bates College Steel Pan Orchestra. For more information contact 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

7:30pm

Performance: Closer (see April 4).
Pettigrew Hall, Gannett Theater

Friday, April 10

3pm

Baseball vs. Trinity.
Leahey Field

4:30pm

Softball vs. Bowdoin.
Lafayette Street Field

6pm

Exhibition: A reception opens the annual Senior Exhibition (described below).
Bates College Museum of Art

8pm

Concert: Frank Glazer, pianist and Bates artist in residence, performs music by Schubert, Beethoven, Chopin and Schumann. Admission is free, but tickets are required. For information call 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

Saturday, April 11

10am

Women’s tennis vs. Trinity.
Wallach Tennis Center

Noon

Baseball vs. Trinity (doubleheader).
Leahey Field

1pm

Men’s lacrosse vs. Trinity.
Campus Avenue Field

8pm

Concert: Sophia Budianto, flutist, presents her senior recital. For more information contact 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

Sunday, April 12

2pm

Spiritual gathering: Easter Worship and Celebration! Songs, the preached word and dramatic interpretations of Scripture mark the holiday. Sponsored by the Bates Gospel Choir and by Bates Worship, an interfaith, multi-ethnic program.
Chase Hall Lounge

5:30pm

Spiritual gathering: Protestant worship service (see April 5).
Chase Hall Lounge

Wednesday, April 15

6-9pm

Figure drawing (see April 1).
Olin Arts Center, Room 259

Saturday, April 18

1pm

Men’s track and field: State of Maine Championships.
Russell Street Track

3pm

Baseball vs. Wesleyan.
Leahey Field

Sunday, April 19

Time TBA

Rowing: CBB Presidents’ Cup.
Bates Boathouse, Meadow Hill Road, Greene

Noon

Baseball vs. Wesleyan (doubleheader).
Leahey Field

1pm

Women’s lacrosse vs. Southern Maine.
Campus Avenue Field

5:30pm

Spiritual gathering: Protestant worship service (see April 5).
Chase Hall Lounge

Tuesday, April 21

3:30pm

Baseball vs. Southern Maine.
Leahey Field

4:30pm

Men’s lacrosse vs. Bowdoin.
Campus Avenue Field

Thursday, April 23

4pm

Men’s tennis vs. Colby.
Wallach Tennis Center

Friday, April 24

3pm

Baseball vs. Bowdoin.
Leahey Field

4pm

Softball vs. Trinity.
Lafayette Street Field

4pm

Women’s tennis vs. Colby.
Wallach Tennis Center

7pm

Women’s lacrosse vs. Colby.
Campus Avenue Field

Saturday, April 25

Noon

Softball vs. Trinity (doubleheader).
Lafayette Street Field

2pm

Men’s tennis vs. Trinity.
Wallach Tennis Center

Sunday, April 26

10am

Women’s tennis vs. Wesleyan.
Wallach Tennis Center

2pm

Men’s tennis vs. Wesleyan.
Wallach Tennis Center

5:30pm

Spiritual gathering: Protestant worship service (see April 5).
Chase Hall Lounge

Tuesday, April 28

12:30pm

Noonday Concert: Tracy Cowart, mezzo-soprano. For more information contact 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

Wednesday, April 29

4pm

Lecture: A topic TBA, by John Comaroff, professor of anthropology and social sciences at the University of Chicago. Sponsored by the programs in African American and American cultural studies.
Pettengill Hall, Keck Classroom (G52)

6-9pm

Figure drawing (see April 1).
Olin Arts Center, Room 259

Thursday, April 30

Noon

Presidential Symposium: The Teaching and Learning Shift: Diversity and Technology in the Twenty-First Century.
Olin Arts Center

Bates College Museum of Art

Museum hours: 10am-5pm Tuesday-Saturday

April 10-May 30

Senior Exhibition 2009: Working in a variety of media, 14 studio art majors explore aesthetic issues raised in their training. Some of these are formal, such as compositional, spatial and color decisions. Other issues involve content, such as the inclusion of social or political commentary.

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.


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