All events are open to the public, and are free of charge unless otherwise indicated.
Saturday, March 1
1 p.m.
Men’s lacrosse vs. New England College.
Campus Avenue Field
8 p.m.
A cappella concert: The Merimanders-Deansmen Invitational, with guest singers from other schools.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
Sunday, March 2
7 p.m.
Taizé Service: A candlelit contemplative service modeled after the liturgies of the ecumenical Christian monastic community in Taizé, France. Brief readings, prayers, chants and silence.
Bates College Chapel
7 p.m.
Concert: Maine jazz pianist Tom Snow and his trio.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
7:30 p.m.
Lecture: Margaret Williams, a forestry expert with the Center for Russian Nature Conservation, discusses Russian wilderness areas. Sponsored by the environmental studies program.
Room G52 (Keck Classroom), Pettengill Hall
Monday, March 3
6:10 p.m.
Lecture: Science and Values: A Feminist Perspective, by Helen Longino, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. Part of the interdisciplinary lecture series Science, Power, and Difference. For more information call 207-786-8296.
Muskie Archives
Tuesday, March 4
12:30 p.m.
Noonday Concert: Flutist Kay Hamlin, of the Bates applied music faculty, and pianist Jacqueline Gourdine, of Portland, perform music by Gaetano Donizetti and Eugène Bozza.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
4:30 p.m.
Lecture: The Sacredness of Place: A Spiritual Journey in Rural Maine by Rob McCall, writer and pastor of Blue Hill Congregational Church, Blue Hill. Part of the Spiritual Journeys: Stories of the Soul series. For more information call 207-786-8272.
Skelton Lounge, Chase Hall
Wednesday, March 5
Noon-4 p.m.
Walking a Sacred Path: Walking meditation on the Bates Labyrinth.
Clifton Daggett Gray Athletic Building
4:30 p.m.
Ecumenical Ash Wednesday Service.
Bates College Chapel
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 performance of music or dance is featured. For more information call the chaplain’s office at 207-786-8272.
Bates College Chapel
Thursday, March 6
5:30 p.m.
Lecture: Photographer Gary Green, assistant professor of art at the University of Southern Maine, discusses the images he calls Landscape Diaries. Sponsored by the art department. For more information call 207-786-6224.
Room 104, Olin Arts Center
6 p.m.
Art exhibit opening reception: Lewiston Middle School Student Show. For more information call 207-786-6158.
Bates College Museum of Art, Olin Arts Center
8 p.m.
Poetry reading: Jamaican poet Lorna Goodison, associate professor of English at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and winner of the Commonwealth Poetry Prize (Americas Region). The annual Carleton Lecture. Chase Hall Lounge
Friday, March 7
6:30 p.m.
Water polo tournament: The Bobcats welcome women’s teams from Boston University, Bowdoin, Colby, MIT and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
Tarbell Pool, Merrill Gymnasium
7 p.m.
Lecture: Robert Farris Thompson, Yale University. Thompson is a renowned expert in the links between the arts and performance of Africa, America and the Caribbean. Sponsored by the Multicultural Center. For information call 207-786-8215.
Muskie Archives
7:30 p.m.
Performance: Always The Women, a one-person drama about Jesus’ interactions with women, performed by Nina Thiel. Sponsored by the Bates Christian Fellowship and the theater department. For information call 207-786-8272.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
8 p.m.
Concert: Todd Myers ’06, acoustic guitar and piano.
Bates College Chapel
8 p.m.
Play: subUrbia by Eric Bogosian, directed by Martin Andrucki, Charles A. Dana Professor of Theater. A rock star’s reunion with his old ne’er-do-well gang explodes into violence. Admission: $6/$3. For information call 207-786-6161.
Gannett Theater, Pettigrew Hall
Saturday, March 8
10 a.m.
Water polo tournament (see March 7 listing).
Tarbell Pool, Merrill Gymnasium
10 a.m.
Women’s tennis vs. Wesleyan.
James G. Wallach Tennis Center
1 p.m.
Men’s lacrosse vs. Williams.
Campus Avenue Field
7 p.m.
Film: Kandahar, directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf (Iran, 2001). The true story of a Canadian woman who enters Taliban-controlled Afghanistan to rescue her sister. The people she meets provide poignant insight into life under the Taliban. Admission: $5/$2. Sponsored by the Bates Filmboard and L/A Arts. For information call 207-782-7228.
Room 104, Olin Arts Center
7:30 p.m.
Film: Ruthie and Connie: Every Room in the House. Deborah Dickson’s awardwinning documentary is about two lesbians who won a landmark domestic-partner benefits case. Ruthie Berman and Connie Kurtz will attend the screening. Sponsored by Bates Hillel and the Maine Jewish Film Festival. Admission: $3 (free for students). For more information call 207-786-9717.
Room G52 (Keck Classroom), Pettengill Hall
8 p.m.
Play: subUrbia by Eric Bogosian (see March 7 listing).
Gannett Theater, Pettigrew Hall
8 p.m.
Bates Concert Series: The Brentano String Quartet, quartet-in-residence at Princeton University, with guest pianist Yuri Funahashi, University of Maine at Farmington. Music by Bach, Webern, Dvorak and Shostakovich (Piano Quintet, Op. 57). Admission: $7/$5.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
Sunday, March 9
9:30 a.m.
Water polo tournament (see March 7 listing).
Tarbell Pool, Merrill Gymnasium
2 p.m.
Play: subUrbia by Eric Bogosian (see March 7 listing).
Gannett Theater, Pettigrew Hall
2 p.m.
Film: Kandahar (see March 8 listing).
Room 104, Olin Arts Center
Monday, March 10
4:10 p.m.
Lecture: Crack, Abortion, the Culture of Poverty, and Welfare Cheats: The Making of the ‘Healthy White Baby Crisis,’ by Laura Briggs, University of Arizona. Part of the lecture series Science, Power, and Difference. For more information, call 207-786-8296.
Muskie Archives
Tuesday, March 11
12:30 p.m.
Noonday Concert: Bates voice students.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
4:30 p.m.
Lecture: Overturning the Filthy, Rotten System: From Aspiring Accountant to Pacifist Anarchist by the Age of 22 by Matt Daloisio, a Catholic Worker at the historic Maryhouse, New York City. Part of the Spiritual Journeys: Stories of the Soul series. For more information call 207-786-8272.
Skelton Lounge, Chase Hall
Wednesday, March 12
9 a.m., 10 a.m., 11 a.m.
Kinderkonzert: Strings: Fiddle Fun. Portland Symphony musicians demonstrate differences between fiddle and violin. Admission: $3. For more information call 207-773-6128, ext. 308, or e-mail education@portlandsymphony.com.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
Noon-4 p.m.
Walking a Sacred Path: Walking meditation on the Bates Labyrinth.
Clifton Daggett Gray Athletic Building
4:10 p.m.
Lecture: Forest Ecosystem Response to Elevated Atmospheric CO2 by J. Litchner, Bowdoin College. Sponsored by the biology department.
Room 204, Carnegie Science Hall
6-9 p.m.
Figure drawing, Bates College Museum of Art (see March 5 listing).
Room 259, Olin Arts Center
8 p.m.
Lecture: Sarah Weddington, the attorney who won Roe v. Wade, discusses the case and answers questions in an event marking the 30th anniversary of the decision that legalized abortion in the United States. Sponsored by the Bates Democrats.
Benjamin Mays Center
9 p.m.
Reflections: Busy Life, Peaceful Center: A Weekly Time of Rest for Body and Soul (see March 5 listing).
Bates College Chapel
Friday, March 14
3-9 p.m.
Conference: Toward Harmony: Understanding a New Diversity in Lewiston-Auburn. The Bates philosophy and religion department presents a two-day event designed to further the discussion about diversity in the Twin Cities. Presenters include faculty, civic leaders and members of the Somali community. For registration information, call 207-786-8209.
Chase Hall
4 p.m.
Women’s lacrosse vs. University of New England.
Campus Avenue Field
7 p.m.
Art exhibit opening reception: Third Annual Off-Campus Study Photo Exhibit. Work made by Bates students studying off-campus. Sponsored by the Barlow Endowment for Study Abroad.
Perry Atrium, Pettengill Hall
8 p.m.
Concert: Pianist Frank Glazer, artist in residence at Bates, performs works by Bach, Beethoven, Ravel and Chopin. Sponsored by the music department.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
8 p.m.
Play: subUrbia by Eric Bogosian (see March 7 listing).
Gannett Theater, Pettigrew Hall
Saturday, March 15
8 a.m.-8 p.m.
Conference: Toward Harmony: Understanding a New Diversity in Lewiston-Auburn (see March 14 listing). For registration information, call 207-786-8209.
Carnegie Science Hall and Alumni Gymnasium
8 p.m.
Play: subUrbia by Eric Bogosian (see March 7 listing).
Gannett Theater, Pettigrew Hall
8 p.m.
Concert: Flutist Sarah Rorimer ’03.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
Sunday, March 16
2 p.m.
Play: subUrbia by Eric Bogosian (see March 7 listing).
Gannett Theater, Pettigrew Hall
Tuesday, March 18
12:30 p.m.
Noonday Concert: Barbara Moore ’03, trumpet.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
Wednesday, March 19
Noon-4 p.m.
Walking a Sacred Path: Walking meditation on the Bates Labyrinth.
Clifton Daggett Gray Athletic Building
6-9 p.m.
Figure drawing, Bates College Museum of Art (see March 5 listing).
Room 259, Olin Arts Center
7:30 p.m.
Lecture: What’s So Great About America by Dinesh D’Souza, the Hoover Institution fellow and best-selling author. Sponsored by the Bates College Republicans with support from Young America’s Foundation. For more information call 207-795-7335.
Benjamin Mays Center
8 p.m.
Lecture: Frankenstein: A Child’s Tale, a lecture about Mary Shelley’s classic novel by Marshall Brown, author of a forthcoming study of gothic fiction. Sponsored by the English department. For information call 207-786-6255.
Chase Hall Lounge
9 p.m.
Reflections: Busy Life, Peaceful Center (see March 5 listing).
Bates College Chapel
Thursday, March 20
7:30 p.m.
Lecture: Bizu Riki Mullu, an Ethiopian Jewish artist, discusses Ethiopian Jewry and the importance of Israel’s survival. Sponsored by Bates Hillel. For more information call 207-786-9717.
Skelton Lounge, Chase Hall
7:30 p.m.
Dance Performance: Annual Spring Concert of New Works (Program A), Bates College Modern Dance Company. Free; no reservations. For information call 207-786-6161.
Schaeffer Theatre
Friday, March 21
7:30 p.m.
Dance Performance: Annual Spring Concert of New Works (Program B), Bates College Modern Dance Company. Free; no reservations. For information call 207-786-6161.
Schaeffer Theatre
8 p.m.
Play: The Spanish Tragedy, by Thomas Kyd, a thesis production by Dominick Pangallo ’03. Tickets: $6/$3. For information call 207-786-6161.
Gannett Theater, Pettigrew Hall
8 p.m.
Concert: Mozart’s Requiem, performed by the Bates College Choir, directed by John Corrie.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
Saturday, March 22
1 p.m.
Women’s lacrosse vs. Wesleyan.
Campus Avenue Field
7 p.m.
Concert: Mozart’s Requiem (see March 21 listing).
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
4 p.m.
Dance Performance: Bates College Modern Dance Company, Program A (see March 20 listing).
Schaeffer Theatre
8 p.m.
Play: The Spanish Tragedy (see March 21 listing).
Gannett Theater, Pettigrew Hall
Sunday, March 23
2 p.m.
Performance: Bates College Modern Dance Company, Program B (see March 21 listing).
Schaeffer Theatre
2 p.m.
Play: The Spanish Tragedy (see March 21 listing).
Gannett Theater, Pettigrew Hall
Tuesday, March 25
12:30 p.m.
Noonday Concert: Bates College viola students.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
7 p.m.
Men’s lacrosse vs. Plymouth State.
Campus Avenue Field
8 p.m.
Concert: Bates Brass Quintet, with guests the Bowdoin Brass Quintet. Program includes music by Bach, Gabrieli and others.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
Wednesday, March 26
Noon-4 p.m.
Walking a Sacred Path: Walking meditation on the Bates Labyrinth.
Clifton Daggett Gray Athletic Building
3 p.m.
Softball vs. University of New England (doubleheader).
Lafayette Street Field
4:10 p.m.
Lecture: From the Harpoon to the Heat: Climate Change and the Response of the International Whaling Commission by W. Burns, Colby College. Sponsored by the biology department.
Room 204, Carnegie Science Hall
6-9 p.m.
Figure drawing, Bates College Museum of Art (see March 5 listing).
Room 259, Olin Arts Center
8 p.m.
Concert: Bates Concert Band.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
9 p.m.
Reflections: Busy Life, Peaceful Center (see March 5 listing).
Bates College Chapel
Friday, March 28
4 p.m.
Lecture: How to Dig the Bible Through Archaeology by Rabbi Bernard Zlotowitz, senior scholar at the Union of American Hebrew Congregations. Sponsored by the Bates Hillel.
Room G52 (Keck Classroom), Pettengill Hall
8 p.m.
Performance: Solo thesis performance by Andrew Akre ’03. Admission: $6/$3. For information call 207-786-6161.
Gannett Theater, Pettigrew Hall
8 p.m.
Performance: In an "East meets West" program, the Bates College Orchestra and the college's Indonesian-music ensemble, the Gamelan Mawar Mekar, perform music including a new work by Maine composer Philip Carlsen, who also conducts the orchestra.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall, Russell Street, Lewiston. 207-786-6135.
Saturday, March 29
8 a.m.-6 p.m.
Academic competition: Odyssey of the Mind, Maine State Tournament. More than 100 teams of K-12 students showcase solutions to challenging problems in this competition.
Alumni Gym and other locations on campus
8 p.m.
Performance: Solo thesis performance by Andrew Akre ’03 (see March 28 listing).
Gannett Theater, Pettigrew Hall
8 p.m.
Concert: Laurel Killough ’03, senior thesis recital.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
Sunday, March 30
Noon
Softball vs. Brandeis (doubleheader).
Lafayette Street Field
2 p.m.
Performance: Solo thesis performance by Andrew Akre ’03 (see March 28 listing).
Gannett Theater, Pettigrew Hall
8 p.m.
Concert: Jesse Fox ’03, senior thesis recital.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
