Wednesday, Sept. 3
4:10 p.m.
Convocation: Aaron David Miller, former State Department Middle East expert and president of Seeds of Peace, offers the Convocation address to begin Bates’ 149th academic year.
Main Quadrangle (rain site: Clifton Daggett Gray Athletic Building)
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).
Olin Arts Center, Room 259
Thursday, Sept. 4
6 p.m.
Debate: The Brooks Quimby Debate Society on a resolution to be announced.
Chase Hall, Skelton Lounge
Friday, Sept. 5
7–9 p.m.
Reception and lecture: Manuel López Oliva and the Special Period in Cuba by Lillian Guerra, assistant professor of history. Event marks López Oliva’s first U.S. solo exhibition, Cuba and the Theatre of Desire (see Museum of Art listing at end).
Olin Arts Center, Room 104 and Museum of Art
Saturday, Sept. 6
1 p.m.
Gallery talk: Manuel López Oliva and the Special Period in Cuba by Lillian Guerra, assistant professor of history.
Olin Arts Center, Museum of Art
2 p.m.
Field hockey vs. Keene State.
Campus Avenue Field
Sunday, Sept. 7
11 a.m.
Men’s soccer vs. Trinity.
Russell Street Field
Tuesday, Sept. 9
12:30 p.m.
Noonday Concert: Performer to be announced. For more information call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
Wednesday, Sept. 10
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).
Olin Arts Center, Room 259
7 p.m.
Film: Livable Landscapes: By Chance or By Choice? is a documentary that explores how Northern New England residents are dealing with the challenges posed by land development. Filmmaker Melissa Paly will speak at the screening. Sponsored by the environmental studies program and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Pettengill Hall, Room G52 (Keck Classroom)
Friday, Sept. 12
8 p.m.
Concert: Frank Glazer and James Parakilas, pianists, performing music by Russian composers.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
8:30 p.m.
Music festival: Bates College Old-Time Fiddle Fest. The two-day festival opens with a contradance with caller John McIntire and music by Wake the Neighbors. Sponsored by the Freewill Folk Society. Admission, dance only: $6/$3. Full festival: $15/$10. For more information see www.bates.edu/fiddlefest.
Chase Hall Lounge
Saturday, Sept. 13
9 a.m.–5 p.m.
Music festival: Bates College Old-Time Fiddle Fest. The festival’s second day offers eclectic workshops for fiddle and other instruments, open jams and mini-concerts. Festival concludes with a 7 p.m. concert at Lewiston Middle School by the Cape Breton band Beòlach. Admission $15/$10 ($10 for Beòlach only). For more information see www.bates.edu/fiddlefest.
Olin Arts Center (daytime events only)
Sunday, Sept. 14
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
Tuesday, Sept. 16
12:30 p.m.
Noonday Concert: Performer to be announced. For more information call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
4 p.m.
Women’s tennis vs. Southern Maine.
James G. Wallach Tennis Center
4:30 p.m.
Lecture: Coming Home: Learning the Sacred and Practical Art of Return by Stephen Hyde, Zen priest and wilderness guide for Two Roads Maine, an organization that supports people affected by major life changes. Part of the series Spiritual Journeys: Stories of the Soul 2003-04.
Chase Hall, Skelton Lounge
Wednesday, Sept. 17
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).
Olin Arts Center, Room 259
7 p.m.
Volleyball vs. Colby.
Alumni Gymnasium
7:30 p.m.
Lecture: Documenting the City by Camilo Jose Vergara, a photographer and ethnographer whose work chronicles the transformation of urban landscapes across America. Sponsored by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the environmental studies program.
Muskie Archives, Muskie Room
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 a variety of spiritual traditions. Each week features a student or faculty performance of music or dance. For more information call the chaplain’s office at 207-786-8272.
Bates College Chapel
Thursday, Sept. 18
4 p.m.
Men’s soccer vs. St. Joseph’s.
Russell Street Field
4:30 p.m.
Exhibition opening: Children of Our Landscape: Voices from Lewiston. Reception with photographer Phyllis Graber Jensen (see Exhibitions listing at end).
Bates College Chapel
Friday, Sept. 19
7 p.m.
Lecture and reception: News from the Tropical Paradise: Cuban Art Now by Marilyn Zeitlin, director and chief curator at the Arizona State University Museum of Art. She appears in connection with the Manuel López Oliva exhibition (see Museum of Art listing at end).
Olin Arts Center, Room 104 and Museum of Art
Saturday, Sept. 20
11 a.m.
Field hockey vs. Amherst.
Campus Avenue Field
11 a.m.
Men’s soccer vs. Amherst.
Russell Street Field
11 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Gallery talks: Manuel López Oliva and the Special Period in Cuba by Lillian Guerra, assistant professor of history.
Olin Arts Center, Museum of Art
1 p.m.
Football vs. Amherst.
Garcelon Field
2 p.m.
Women’s soccer vs. Amherst.
Russell Street Field
7 p.m.
Video: Lights, Camera, Creole, produced by students and faculty during a spring 2003 cultural immersion in Puerto Rico. Sponsored by the Multicultural Center. For more information call 207-786-8215.
Olin Arts Center, Room 105
Sunday, Sept. 21
11 a.m.
Field hockey vs. Trinity.
Campus Avenue Field
Noon
Men’s soccer: Alumni game.
Russell Street Field
1 p.m.
Women’s soccer vs. Trinity.
Russell Street Field
Tuesday, Sept. 23
12:30 p.m.
Noonday Concert: Noh Dances from Japan by Stephen Comee ’72. This performer, scholar of Japanese classics and consultant to the Japan Foundation will teach and perform dance movements to a children’s song. For more information call 207-786-6195.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
4 p.m.
Women’s tennis vs. Tufts.
James G. Wallach Tennis Center
Wednesday, Sept. 24
4 p.m.
Women’s soccer vs. Southern Maine.
Russell Street Field
4 p.m.
Lecture: Federal Reserve Policy Issues by Professor Edward M. Gramlich, one of seven governors on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors.
Pettengill Hall, Keck Room
4:30 p.m.
Lecture: Micmac Songs and Stories: A Native American Journey of Spirit by David Sanipass, Micmac storyteller and flutist. Part of the series Spiritual Journeys: Stories of the Soul 2003–04.
Chase Hall, Skelton Lounge
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).
Olin Arts Center, Room 259
8 p.m.
Reading: The annual Writers Harvest reading is given by award-winning poet Donald Hall, Pulitzer Prize nominee and author of The Painted Bed. Sponsored by the national organization Share Our Strength, Writers Harvest is a benefit to fight hunger and poverty.
Chase Hall Lounge
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 a variety of spiritual traditions. Each week features a student or faculty performance of music or dance. For more information call the chaplain’s office at 207-786-8272.
Bates College Chapel
Thursday, Sept. 25
7:30 p.m.
Poetry reading: Alix Olson, internationally known spoken-work artist, activist and folk poet. Sponsored by Seed and OUTFront.
Chase Hall Lounge
Friday, Sept. 26
8 p.m.
Performance: An Evening of Japanese Noh Drama with Stephen Comee ’72. This accomplished performer, scholar of Japanese classics and special consultant to the Japan Foundation will discuss noh theater and perform solo dances. Sponsored by the Tanaka Memorial Foundation and the history department. For more information call 207-786-6195.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
Saturday, Sept. 27
2 p.m.
Men’s and women’s cross country: Bates–University of Southern Maine Invitational.
Twinbrook Recreation Area, Cumberland
Sunday, Sept. 28
(Time to be announced)
Concert: Maine Music Society. For information call 207-782-1403.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
11 a.m.
Women’s soccer vs. Tufts.
Russell Street Field
Noon
Field hockey vs. Tufts.
Campus Avenue Field
1 p.m.
Football vs. Tufts.
Garcelon Field
2 p.m.
Men’s soccer vs. Tufts.
Russell Street Field
8 p.m.
Concert: Guster. The tuneful, funny acoustic-pop trio is touring behind its new album, Keep It Together. Admission: $20 general public/$15 Bates students. Tickets available at Bates, Bowdoin and Colby colleges, Bull Moose Music and www.guster.com. Sponsored by the Chase Hall Committee.
Clifton Daggett Gray Athletic Building
Monday, Sept. 29
7 p.m.
Panel discussion: Political Issues Facing the Newest Territory in Canada—Nunavut. Speakers are Inuit leaders Aaju Peter and Meeka Kilabuk, photographer Will Richard and Don Hudson, president of the Chewonki Foundation. Part of an Arctic symposium co-sponsored by the environmental studies program and the Chewonki Foundation.
Muskie Archives
7 p.m.
Lecture: The Bates Seminar Series in Entrepreneurship. Speaker to be announced. For information call 207-786-6232.
Chase Hall Lounge
Tuesday, Sept. 30
12:30 p.m.
Noonday Concert: Performer to be announced. For more information call 207-786-6329.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
4 p.m.
Panel discussion: Women of Nunavut: Changes in the Role of Women in Politics, Education, Work Place. Speakers are Inuit leaders Meeka Kilabuk and Aaju Peter, Kati Dana, professor at the Center for Northern Studies, and Lindsay Dorney, adjunct professor of women’s studies, English and nature writing at the University of Southern Maine. Part of an Arctic symposium co-sponsored by the environmental studies program and the Chewonki Foundation.
Chase Hall Lounge
