Thursday, May 1
3 p.m.
Men’s outdoor track: New England Division III Men’s Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Day One: Decathlon. For information visit www.bates.edu/~afereshe/nediv3outdoors/neoutdoor2003.htm or call 207-786-6360.
Russell Street Outdoor Track & Field Complex
Friday, May 2
11 a.m.
Men’s outdoor track: New England Division III Men’s Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Day Two: Decathlon. For contact information, see May 1 listing.
Russell Street Outdoor Track & Field Complex
Noon
Baseball vs. Williams (doubleheader).
Leahey Field
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, May 3
10:15 a.m.
Men’s outdoor track: New England Division III Men’s Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Day Three: Trials and finals in various events. For contact information, see
May 1 listing.
Russell Street Outdoor Track & Field Complex
Monday, May 5
7 p.m.
Lecture: Northern Forest Visions Project by Matt Schlobohm ’00 and Ethan Miller ’00. The annual Philip J. Otis Lecture. For information call 207-786-6464.
Benjamin Mays Center
Tuesday, May 6
12:30 p.m.
Noonday Concert: Westbrook oboist Kristen Fox. For information call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
Wednesday, May 7
3:30 p.m.
Baseball vs. Gordon.
Leahey 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
7 p.m.
Slide lecture: Cool Chic: Geisha in Japanese Prints by Elizabeth de Sabato Swinton, Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies, Harvard University. Swinton discusses ways Japanese artists imagined and depicted geisha, especially in woodblock prints. Sponsored by the Freeman Foundation.
Room 105, Olin Arts Center
7 p.m.
Film: Katahdin, the latest documentary by Maine’s best-known filmmaker, Huey Coleman. Sponsored by the Dean of the College. For more information call 207-786-6202.
Room 104, Olin Arts Center
Friday, May 9
8 p.m.
Concert: Katie Franich ’05, cello. For information call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
Saturday, May 10
11 a.m.
Juggling Festival: The Bates Juggling Club presents a day of workshops followed by an evening of performance starting at 7 p.m. in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall, featuring Bates performers and such prominent Maine jugglers as Michael Miclon, Jason and Matthew Tardy, and Fritz Grobe. For more information, see www.bates.edu/people/orgs/juggling/fest.htm.
Clifton Daggett Gray Athletic Building
Sunday, May 11
3 p.m.
Concert: Brunswick Regional Youth Orchestra. Admission: $5. For information call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
Tuesday, May 13
12:30 p.m.
Noonday Concert: Edward Gabrielsen, tenor. For information call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
Wednesday, May 14
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.
Concert: Sneak Preview. The Auburn Community Band, conducted and directed by Milt Simon, performs songs learned this winter for the band’s summer repertoire. For information call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
Friday, May 16
8 p.m.
Play: Tereus in Fragments: A Lost Play of Sophocles, adapted and written by Lisa Maurizio, directed by Ellen Seeling and performed by members of Classical and Medieval Studies/Theater s20. A re-imagination of Sophocles’ lost drama about Tereus’ betrayal of his wife, Procne, and her sister Philomela, their horrifying revenge and the haunting transformation of all three into mournful birds. Admission: $6/$3. For reservations call 207-786-6161.
Gannett Theater
Saturday, May 17
Noon–6 p.m.
Music Festival: Second annual WRBC Roots Music Festival, featuring Barn Burning, Natalie Flanagan, Frank Morey, Anders Parker (of Varnaline), Little Grizzly and Clem Snide. Sponsored by the Bates College radio station, WRBC-FM. For more information call 207-777-7915.
Florence Keigwin Amphitheater (rain site: Clifton Daggett Gray Athletic Building)
8 p.m.
Play: Tereus in Fragments: A Lost Play of Sophocles (see May 16 listing).
Gannett Theater
8 p.m.
Comedy performance: Strange Bedfellows Alumni Show. Present and former members of the Bates improv troupe offer an evening of laughs. No reserved seats.
Schaeffer Theatre
8:30 p.m.
Contradance: Music by Scrod Pudding, with caller Bill Olson. Admission: $7 (free for Bates students).
Chase Hall Lounge
Sunday, May 18
2 p.m.
Play: Tereus in Fragments: A Lost Play of Sophocles (see May 16 listing).
Gannett Theater
3 p.m.
Concert: Androscoggin Valley Community Orchestra. Admission: $5. For information call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
Monday, May 19
6 p.m.
Concert: John Corrie of the Bates music faculty is one of the organists affiliated with the Maine Chapter of the American Organists Guild taking part in this performance.
Bates College Chapel
Tuesday, May 20
12:30 p.m.
Noonday Concert: Pianist Tanya Nauvel ’06 performs Haydn, Chopin and Poulenc. For information call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
Wednesday, May 21
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
Monday, May 26
10 a.m.
Commencement exercises. Lunch follows on library patio for the Bates community, members of the graduating class and their guests.
Main Quadrangle (rain site: Merrill Gymnasium)
Wednesday, May 28
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
Friday, May 30
8 p.m.
Concert: L/A Children’s Chorus. For information call
207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
Saturday, May 31
7:30 p.m.
Concert: The Androscoggin Chorale performs Luigi Cherubini’s Requiem in C minor. Presented by the Maine Music Society. For admission costs call 207-782-1403.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
