Tuesday, April 1
12:30 p.m.
Noonday Concert: Bates voice students. For information call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
3 p.m.
Baseball vs. Maine-Farmington.
Leahey Field
Wednesday, April 2
9 a.m., 10 a.m., 11 a.m.
Kinderkonzert: Woodwinds: Express Yourself. Music is amazing in the way it can describe a mood or emotion without words. Portland Symphony Orchestra musicians show how to use music to convey feelings and celebrate special moments. 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 p.m.
Men's lacrosse vs. Colby.
John Bertram Field
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, April 3
12:30 p.m.
Noonday Concert: Bates voice students. For information call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
10 p.m.
Performance: Eleventh annual performance of student solo works from William Pope.L's course Theater 227. Free; no reservations accepted. For information call 207-786-6161.
Schaeffer Theatre
Friday, April 4
4 p.m.
Senior thesis recital: Yuko Eguchi, composer. Sponsored by the music department. For information call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
3 p.m.
Baseball vs. Trinity.
Leahey Field
7 p.m.
Opening reception: Senior Art Exhibition, a perennial favorite featuring work by senior art majors, advised by Robert Feintuch.
Bates College Museum of Art
8 p.m.
Concert: An evening of world music ensembles exploring island sounds. Performers are the Bowdoin College World Music Ensemble and two Bates bands, the Steel Pan Rhythm Riders, directed by Assistant Professor of Music Linda Williams, and the Gamelan Mawar Mekar, directed by Rose Pruiksma. For more 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, April 5
Noon
Baseball vs. Trinity (doubleheader).
Leahey Field
1 p.m.
Men's lacrosse vs. Connecticut College.
John Bertram Field
1 p.m.
Women's outdoor track: Bates Invitational.
Russell Street Track
8 p.m.
Concert: The Merimanders, Bates' female a cappella singers.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
Sunday, April 6
2 p.m.
Concert: Bates piano students in recital. For information call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
7 p.m.
Concert: The Pineland Fiddlers, a youth ensemble performing jigs, reels and other traditional tunes, and featuring French-Canadian jigs danced by Les Pieds Rigolants. Admission: $5. For more information call 207-782-0386.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
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, April 7
4 p.m.
Women's lacrosse vs. Gordon.
John Bertram Field
7:30 p.m.
Concert: Jazz improvisation students. For information call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
Tuesday, April 8
12:30 p.m.
Noonday Concert: Piano recital by students of Natasha Chances. For information call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
Wednesday, April 9
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
Saturday, April 12
Noon
Men's outdoor track vs. Colby and University of Southern Maine.
Russell Street Track
1:30 p.m.
Women's tennis vs. Mount Holyoke.
James G. Wallach Tennis Center (in case of inclement weather, Merrill Gymnasium)
4 p.m.
Women's tennis vs. Endicott College.
James G. Wallach Tennis Center (in case of inclement weather, Merrill Gymnasium)
7 p.m.
Film: Happenstance, director Laurent Firode's first feature (French, 2001). This romantic exploration of chaos theory depicts six strangers brought together by chance encounters during the course of a day. 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, April 13
10 a.m.
Men's tennis vs. Middlebury.
James G. Wallach Tennis Center (in case of inclement weather, Merrill Gymnasium)
1 p.m.
Men's outdoor track vs. Colby and University of Southern Maine.
Russell Street Track
2 p.m.
Film: Happenstance (see April 12 listing).
Room 104, Olin Arts Center
Monday, April 14
3 p.m.
Men's tennis vs. Southern Maine.
James G. Wallach Tennis Center (in case of inclement weather, Merrill Gymnasium)
April 14-18
Spring Break (administrative offices remain open)
Tuesday, April 15
4:30 p.m.
Men's lacrosse vs. Bowdoin.
John Bertram Field
Wednesday, April 16
11 a.m.
Men's tennis and women's tennis vs. College of New Jersey.
James G. Wallach Tennis Center (in case of inclement weather, Merrill Gymnasium)
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, April 17
4 p.m.
Softball vs. Plymouth State (doubleheader).
Lafayette Street Field
Saturday, April 19
11 a.m.
Softball vs. Trinity (doubleheader).
Lafayette Street Field
Noon
Baseball vs. Colby (doubleheader).
Leahey Field
1 p.m.
Women's lacrosse vs. Tufts.
John Bertram Field
Tuesday, April 22
12:30 p.m.
Noonday Concert: Clarinetist Jared Leaderman '03 in recital. For information call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
3 p.m.
Baseball vs. Thomas College.
Leahey Field
4 p.m.
Men's tennis vs. Bowdoin.
James G. Wallach Tennis Center (in case of inclement weather, Merrill Gymnasium)
Wednesday, April 23
4:30 p.m.
Women's lacrosse vs. Bowdoin.
John Bertram Field
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, April 24
3 p.m.
Softball vs. Colby (doubleheader).
Lafayette Street Field
4:30 p.m.
Earth Day Celebration: Affirming Our Community. Bates invites Lewiston-Auburn residents to this event featuring a free barbecue supper, bulbs for spring planting and music by Scrod Pudding, which plays traditional dance music of New England, Québec and the Appalachians.
Clifton Daggett Gray Athletic Building
Friday, April 25
3 p.m.
Softball vs. St. Joseph's (doubleheader).
Lafayette Street Field
3:30 p.m.
Baseball vs. Bowdoin.
Leahey Field
6 p.m.
Lecture: Stringfellow's Legacy of Resistance in a Time of War by Bill Wylie-Kellerman, activist and biographer of William Stringfellow '49. Part of the third annual William Stringfellow Peace and Justice Awards, honoring a major figure in theologically grounded social activism. Sponsored by the Office of the Chaplain. For information call 207-786-8272.
Benjamin Mays Center
Saturday, April 26
Noon
Softball vs. Wesleyan (doubleheader).
Lafayette Street Field
Tuesday, April 29
12:30 p.m.
Noonday Concert: Folk-fiddle students of Greg Boardman in recital. For information call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
Wednesday, April 30
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
