All events are open to the public, and are free of charge unless otherwise indicated.
Saturday, Feb. 1
9 a.m.
Conference: Art and Activism, sponsored by the Women's Resource Center and the Program in Women and Gender Studies.
Chase, Hirasawa and Skelton lounges, Chase Hall
3 p.m.
Men's basketball vs. Amherst.
Alumni Gymnasium
7 p.m.
Film: Latin Film Festival, sponsored by the student group Solidaridad Latina. Titles to be announced.
Room 105, Olin Arts Center
Sunday, Feb. 2
7 p.m.
Film: Latin Film Festival, sponsored by the student group Solidaridad Latina. Titles to be announced.
Room 105, Olin Arts Center
7 p.m.
Taizé Service: A candlelit contemplative service in the Christian tradition, modeled after the liturgies of the ecumenical monastic community in Taizé, France. Brief readings and prayers, chants and silence.
Bates College Chapel
Monday, Feb. 3
7 p.m.
Lecture: Gwendolyn Midlo Hall, professor emerita of history at Rutgers University and author of several books on African American history, discusses her CD-ROM titled Databases for the Study of Afro-Louisiana History and Genealogy, 1699-1860. Sponsored by the Multicultural Center. For information call 207-786-8376.
Edmund S. Muskie Archives
7:30 p.m.
Lecture: Cyborgs, Posthumans, and Other Waking Dreams in the 21st Century by Chris Hables Gray. Gray is a cyberculture expert and activist, editor of The Cyborg Handbook and author of the book Postmodern War, and teaches at the University of Great Falls, Montana, and The Union Institute and University, Cincinnati.
Room G52 (Keck Classroom), Pettengill Hall
Tuesday, Feb. 4
12:30 p.m.
Noonday Concert: Jazz performed by Professor of Physics John Smedley, guitar; Jesse Fox '03, drums; and Michael Roberts '04, bass. For information call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
7 p.m.
Book Discussion: Stephen King's The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon. Panelists include Edward Little High School English teacher Laura Sturgis; Merton Ricker '55, one of King's high school teachers; and local Red Sox fan Skip Mowry. Part of Two Books-Two Cities, a community reading festival created by the Lewiston and Auburn public libraries.
Edmund S. Muskie Archives
Wednesday, Feb. 5
4:15 p.m.
Lecture: Animals in Space: Contributions by Psychologists to the Early Soviet and American Space Flights by David Hothersall, Department of Psychology, Ohio State University. Sponsored by the psychology department.
Room G52 (Keck Classroom), Pettengill Hall
6-9 p.m.
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).
Room 259, Olin Arts Center
9 p.m.
Reflections: Busy Life, Peaceful Center: A Weekly Time of Rest for Body and Soul. A candlelit contemplative time of meditation, quiet and short readings from various spiritual traditions. Each week a student or faculty performance of music or dance is featured. For more information call the chaplain's office at 207-786-8272.
Bates College Chapel
Thursday, Feb. 6
4:10 p.m.
Lecture: Maine Mussel Beds as Ecosystem Engineers: Evidence for Self-Organized Criticality in a Spatially Complex Marine Community by J. A. Commito, departments of environmental studies and biology, Gettysburg College. Refreshments served from 3:45 p.m. Sponsored by the biology department.
Room 204, Carnegie Science Hall
4:10 p.m.
Lecture: The Story Catches You and You Fall Down: Tragedy, Ethnography, and "Cultural Competence," by Janelle Taylor, Department of Anthropology, University of Washington. Part of the interdisciplinary lecture series Science, Power and Difference.
Edmund S. Muskie Archives
4:30 p.m.
Lecture: A Politics and Spirituality of Place by Julie A. Wortman, editor and publisher of Witness magazine, Tenants Harbor. Part of the Spiritual Journeys: Stories of the Soul series. For more information call 207-786-8272.
Skelton Lounge, Chase Hall
7:30 p.m.
Lecture: Christopher Pyle, professor of politics and constitutional law at Mount Holyoke College, on a topic to be announced.
Edmund S. Muskie Archives
Friday, Feb. 7
6 p.m.
Women's indoor track: State of Maine Intercollegiate Championships.
Walter Slovenski Indoor Track, Merrill Gymnasium
7 p.m.
Men's basketball vs. Colby.
Alumni Gymnasium
8 p.m.
Concert: Bates College Orchestra, conducted by Philip Carlsen, visiting assistant professor of music. With student and faculty soloists, the orchestra performs music by Bach (Brandenburg Concerto No. 5), Charles Ives (Symphony No. 3), Gounod and Carlsen himself (Nocturne, for three trumpets and three flutes). For information call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
8:30 p.m.
Contradance: Traditional New England folk dancing to the band Wake the Neighbors. No experience needed; dances taught and called. Admission: $6/$3.
Chase Hall Lounge
Saturday, Feb. 8
3 p.m.
Men's basketball vs. Bowdoin.
Alumni Gymnasium
7 p.m.
Film: The Farewell by Jan Schutte (2002). During a single day, a prolific writer based on playwright Bertolt Brecht reviews a tumultuous life riven by romance and driven by art. (German with English subtitles.) Admission: $5/$2. Sponsored by the Bates College Filmboard and L/A Arts. For information call 207-782-7228.
Room 104, Olin Arts Center
Sunday, Feb. 9
2 p.m.
Film: The Farewell by Jan Schutte (see Feb. 8 listing).
Room 104, Olin Arts Center
Monday, Feb. 10
7 p.m.
Lecture: Staging Identity: The Baghdad Group of Modern Art by Sarah Rogers '97, a Ph.D. candidate in Islamic art and architecture at MIT. Rogers looks at the Baghdad Group's formulation of a style dedicated to "a distinctive national artistic identity." Sponsored by the Christian A. Johnson Endeavor Foundation. Room 104, Olin Arts Center
Tuesday, Feb. 11
12:30 p.m.
Noonday Concert: Bates Brass Quintet. For information call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
8 p.m.
Performance: Solo-performance thesis project by Elizabeth Fatum '03. Admission: $6/$3. For information call 207-786-6161.
Black Box Theater, Pettigrew Hall
8 p.m.
Concert: Bates Jazz Band and Jazz Combo. The concert location may change; to confirm or for other information, call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
Wednesday, Feb. 12
6-9 p.m.
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).
Room 259, Olin Arts Center
7 p.m.
Video Presentation: WCSH-TV reporter Bill Green shows and discusses his reports from Maine's woods in a presentation related to Stephen King's novel The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon. Part of Two Books-Two Cities, a reading festival
created by the Lewiston and Auburn public libraries.
Edmund S. Muskie Archives
8 p.m.
Performance: Elizabeth Fatum '03 (see Feb. 11 listing).
Black Box Theater, Pettigrew Hall
9 p.m.
Reflections: Busy Life, Peaceful Center: A Weekly Time of Rest for Body and Soul. A candlelit contemplative time of meditation, quiet and short readings from various spiritual traditions. Each week a student or faculty performance of music or dance is featured. For more information call the chaplain's office at 207-786-8272.
Bates College Chapel
Thursday, Feb. 13
8 p.m.
Performance: Elizabeth Fatum '03 (see Feb. 11 listing).
Black Box Theater, Pettigrew Hall
Friday, Feb. 14
7 p.m.
Women's basketball vs. Williams.
Alumni Gymnasium
8 p.m.
Performance: The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler. A series of monologues performed by Bates students celebrating women's rights and women's bodies. Sponsored by the theater department. Donations will support a local charitable organization.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
Saturday, Feb. 15
3 p.m.
Women's basketball vs. Middlebury.
Alumni Gymnasium
Sunday, Feb. 16
3 p.m.
Concert: Pianist Frank Glazer, artist in residence, performs works of Carl Maria von Weber, including the well-known Invitation to the Dance.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
Monday-Friday, Feb. 17-21
Winter Recess: Administrative offices remain open.
Wednesday, Feb. 19
6-9 p.m.
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).
Room 259, Olin Arts Center
Thursday, Feb. 20
7 p.m.
Women's basketball vs. Springfield.
Alumni Gymnasium
Tuesday, Feb. 25
12:30 p.m.
Noonday Concert: Bates voice students. For information call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
4:10 p.m.
Lecture: Reconstructing the 'Hiroshima Maidens': Cosmetic Surgery and Cultural Imperialism by David Serlin, Department of Social Sciences, Bard High School Early College. Part of the interdisciplinary lecture series Science, Power and Difference.
Edmund S. Muskie Archives
Wednesday, Feb. 26
4:10 p.m.
Lecture: Disturbance and Recovery of Eelgrass in New England: Impacts of Commercial Mussel Harvest in Maquoit Bay, Maine by H. Neckles, United States Geological Survey. Refreshments served from 3:45 p.m. Sponsored by the biology department.
Room 204, Carnegie Science Hall
6-9 p.m.
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).
Room 259, Olin Arts Center
7:30 p.m.
Lecture: Wendy Porter, director of environmental management for Interface Fabrics Group, on a topic to be announced. The annual Muskie Environmental Lecture.
Edmund S. Muskie Archives
9 p.m.
Reflections: Busy Life, Peaceful Center: A Weekly Time of Rest for Body and Soul. A candlelit contemplative time of meditation, quiet and short readings from various spiritual traditions. Each week a student or faculty performance of music or dance is featured. For more information call the chaplain's office at 207-786-8272.
Bates College Chapel
Thursday, Feb. 27
7 p.m.
Lecture: Bringing the Periphery Back to the Center: Sichuan's Buddhist Cave Temples (ca. 600-1250), on the importance of Sichuan province to Chinese art and how it was marginalized by art historians; by Angela Howard, associate professor of Asian art history, Rutgers University. The annual Lockwood Lecture, made possible by the Alison Lockwood Fund for Art History, given by Stephen and Frances Lockwood and their daughter, Alison Lockwood '97.
Room 105, Olin Arts Center
7 p.m.
Lecture: Crossing Thresholds: The Environment as a Moral Question by Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature. The annual Bertha May Bell Andrews Memorial Lecture in Ethics and Education. For more information call 207-786-8272.
Chase Hall Lounge
Friday, Feb. 28
7:30 a.m.
Symposium: Muskie Environmental Symposium.
Edmund S. Muskie Archives
4:30 p.m.
Lecture: Stumbling Along the Path: A Buddhist Lama's Journey by John Makransky (Lama Jamyang Dorje), professor of comparative theology, Boston College, and director of Vajrayana studies, Barre Center for Buddhist Studies, Barre, Mass. Part of the Spiritual Journeys: Stories of the Soul series. For more information call 207-786-8272.
Skelton Lounge, Chase Hall
7:30 p.m.
Concert: Midcoast Symphony Orchestra, performing Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 1, Vivaldi's Concerto for Two Trumpets and Strings, Beethoven's Leonore Overture No. 2 and Debussy's Petite Suite. Free admission for ages 21 and younger made possible by the Davis Fund of Brunswick. Otherwise, admission at the door is $12 ($10 for ages 62-plus) and in advance, $10. For ticket locations and other information, call 207-846-6658.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
