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Note: This is Bates’ final monthly calendar for the 2008-09 academic year. In late spring, the college’s Office of Communications and Media Relations publishes a listing of summer events open to the public. Friday, May 13pmLecture: Phillipe Boukara, a historian specializing in Jewish studies at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques in Paris, offers a talk on the Shoah Memorial and Museum and Documentation Center for Contemporary Jewish Life in Paris. The Shoah Memorial Lecture is sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Affairs. 7:30pmConcert: Jazz by the five-piece Jonathan Batiste Band, whose leader was described by The New York Times as “an up and coming pianist with an ebullient style.” Admission: $16/$6. For more information contact 207-786-6135 or visit www.batestickets.com. Saturday, May 29amConvention: The annual Maine College Republican Convention. Speakers include gubernatorial candidates, local state representatives, state Republican Chairman Charles Webster and former Maine Gov. John McKernan. Advance registration required: Please visit the Web site or contact bobrien2@bates.edu. Sunday, May 35:30pmSpiritual gathering: Weekly Protestant worship service. For more information call 207-786-8272. Tuesday, May 512:30pmNoonday Concert: The eclectic, Boston-based Sirene Flute and Harp duo. For more information contact 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu. 4:30pmHarward Center for Community Partnerships Awards Celebration: The college’s focal point for connected learning that fuses academic discussion and the community, the Harward Center recognizes individuals who link Bates with the larger community through collaboration, research and service. For more information call 207-786-6202. Wednesday, May 66-9pmFigure drawing sponsored by the Bates College Museum of Art. Artists should bring drawing board and supplies. Easels provided. Admission: $7 (free for Bates students). Friday, May 84pmLecture: Sonya Kahlenberg, a primate specialist on the Bates biology faculty, discusses a topic TBA in a talk sponsored by the anthropology department. 7:30pmConcert: A Portland-based soprano whose supreme musicality, dramatic ability and vocal technique keep her in worldwide demand, Lisa Saffer is joined by pianist Anastasia Antonacos for this program. Tickets: $10/$4 (available via www.batestickets.com). For more information contact 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu. 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. Sunday, May 105:30pmSpiritual gathering: Weekly Protestant worship service (see May 3 listing). Tuesday, May 1212:30pmNoonday Concert: Chiharu Naruse, pianist, and Benjamin Noyes, cellist. For more information contact 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu. Wednesday, May 134pmLecture: Palestinian Human Rights in the Age of Obama: U.S., Israel and the 'War on Terror' by Jamil Dakwar, national director of the ACLU Human Rights Program. Sponsored by Bates Students for Peace and Justice in Palestine. 4:15pmLecture: A talk on a topic TBA by Judy Kegl, professor of linguistics at the University of Southern Maine and a researcher known for her study of the emergence of a signed language among deaf children in Nicaragua. Sponsored by the Psychology Club. 6-9pmFigure drawing (see May 6 listing). Lecture: Art Seen from Two Sides: Collector and Curator by Bruce Brown, for decades an influential member of Maine's art scene. Sponsored by the art and visual culture department. 7:30pmLecture: The Power of Melancholy by Eric Wilson, Thomas H. Pritchard Professor of English at Wake Forest University and author of the bestseller Against Happiness: In Praise of Melancholy. Sponsored by the College Lectures Committee. For more information call 207-786-6301. Thursday, May 147:30pmConcert: Madeline Shapiro, a cellist known for her commitment to contemporary repertoire. For more information contact 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu. Friday, May 154pmMaster class: Jazz guitarist Sheryl Bailey (see next item). For more information contact 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu. 7:30pmConcert: The Sheryl Bailey 3, a jazz trio led by an innovative, bop-based guitarist. For more information contact 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu. Saturday, May 167pmPerformance: The student organization Latinos Unidos presents the first Latino Night Performance, showcasing various talents and Latin American cultures. Sunday, May 175:30pmSpiritual gathering: Weekly Protestant worship service (see May 3 listing). Tuesday, May 1912:30pmNoonday Concert: Suzanne Nance, soprano. For more information contact 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu. Wednesday, May 206-9pmFigure drawing (see May 6 listing). 7pmLecture: Taking Italy Home: Souvenirs of the Grand Tour by Véronique Plesch, a Colby College professor and authority on Italian art. 7:30pmLecture: Lisa Genova '92, whose self-published novel Still Alice became a best-seller earlier this year, offers a talk and reading. Thursday, May 214pmLecture: A talk on a topic TBA by Terri Kapsalis, a teacher, musician, theatrical performer and author who wrote The Hysterical Alphabet and Public Privates: Performing Gynecology from Both Ends of the Speculum. 7:30pmTheater: Performance of a modern play in a production created by students and faculty in a Short Term theater production workshop. For more information call 207-786-6161 or visit batestickets.com. Friday, May 227:30pmTheater production workshop performance (see May 21 listing). Saturday, May 237:30pmTheater production workshop performance (see May 21 listing). Sunday, May 245:30pmSpiritual gathering: Weekly Protestant worship service (see May 3 listing). Tuesday, May 2612:30pmNoonday Concert: Lutists Timothy Burris and Seth Warner. For more information contact 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu. 7pmPerformance: Students from William Pope.L’s course in contemporary performance poetry offer their final projects. Free; no reservations. For more information call 207-786-6161 or visit batestickets.com. Wednesday, May 277:30pmDance performance: Dance Showcase, featuring choreography by students in the course “Tour, Teach, Perform” and other dances created during Short Term. Free; no reservations. For more information call 207-786-6161 or visit batestickets.com. Thursday, May 282:30pmPerformance: Students in the Short Term environmental studies course “The Soundscape” present their compositions. Sunday, May 3110amCommencement: Bates College’s 143rd annual Commencement exercises. Bates College Museum of ArtMuseum hours: 10am-5pm Tuesday-SaturdayThrough May 30Senior 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 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. |
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