Bates College | April 2004 Calendar

Thursday, April 1
12:30 p.m.
Noonday Concert: Voice students of John Corrie, lecturer in music. For more information call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

7 p.m.
Panel discussion: Beth Nagusky, head of the Maine Office of Energy Independence and Security, joins Terry Beckmann, Bates vice president for finance and administration, and others to explore possibilities for lowering energy use and greenhouse-gas emissions at Bates. Sponsored by the Environmental Coalition.
Chase Hall Lounge

Friday, April 2
Mount David Summit: The annual campus-wide celebration of student academic achievement highlights undergraduate research, student creative work in the visual and performing arts, projects conducted for academic courses and service-learning. For more information see www.bates.edu/mt-david-summit.xml.
Pettengill Hall

Concert: Pianist Frank Glazer, Bates artist in residence, joins the Bates College Orchestra in a performance of César Franck’s Symphonic Variations. Also: music by John Corigliano, Debussy and Mozart, with a vocal solo by Cass Panuska ’04. For more information call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

Performance: For her senior thesis performance, Saida L. Cooper performs Jane Wagner’s The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe. For more information call 207-786-6161.
Pettigrew Hall, Gannett Theater

Contradance: Traditional New England folk dancing to the band Wake the Neighbors. No experience needed; all dances taught and called. Admission: $6/3. Sponsored by the Freewill Folk Society.
Chase Hall Lounge

Saturday, April 3
Odyssey of the Mind State Tournament: 130 Maine teams from kindergarten through high school present creative solutions to challenging problems. Closing ceremonies at 4:30 p.m. For more information call 207-646-4268.
Alumni Gymnasium

Men’s tennis vs. Rochester.
James G. Wallach Tennis Center (in case of inclement weather, Merrill Gymnasium)

Women’s lacrosse vs. Connecticut College
Campus Avenue Field

World Music Weekend lecture: “Singing The Pipes”: The Construction of Scottish Highland Piping Traditions by Paul Heckler ’04. For more information call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center, Third Floor Lounge

World Music Weekend lecture: Gregory Rosenthal ’05 discusses the ch’in, a kind of zither, as a medium for communion with nature in ancient China. For more information call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center, Room 104

World Music Weekend lecture: Rembetika: Music of the Greek Underground by Alex Bushe ’06. For more information call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center, Room 104

Concert: Yo La Tengo, the Hoboken, N.J.-based trio called “one of rock’s last true visionary bands” by USA Today. Sponsored by WRBC-FM. Admission: $5/$3.
Clifton Daggett Gray Athletic Building

World Music Weekend concert: Bates College Steel Pan Orchestra and Gamelan Mawar Mekar. For more information call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

Performance: The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe (see April 2 listing).
Pettigrew Hall, Gannett Theater

Sunday, April 4
Women’s tennis vs. Brandeis.
James G. Wallach Tennis Center (in case of inclement weather, Merrill Gymnasium)

Men’s tennis vs. Brandeis.
James G. Wallach Tennis Center (in case of inclement weather, Merrill Gymnasium)

Performance: The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe (see April 2 listing).
Pettigrew Hall, Gannett Theater

World Music Weekend concert: The Gamelan Galak Tika, from MIT, performs gong-chime orchestral music of Bali. For more information call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

Taizé Service: A half-hour candlelit contemplative service in the Christian tradition, patterned after the liturgies of the ecumenical monastic community in Taizé, France. Brief readings and prayers, chants and silence.
Bates College Chapel

Concert: For his senior thesis concert, composer Mike Silvers presents a cantata for choir and instruments based on Brazilian folk literature and rhythms. For more information call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

Monday, April 5
Lecture: Faisal Alam, Muslim gay rights activist. Sponsored by the Multicultural Center. For more information call 207-786-8376.
Edmund S. Muskie Archives

Tuesday, April 6
Noonday Concert: Piano students of Natasha Chances, applied music faculty. For more information call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

Men’s tennis vs. Colby.
James G. Wallach Tennis Center (in case of inclement weather, Merrill Gymnasium)

Performance: Advanced voice and speech students of Katalin Vecsey, lecturer in theater. Sponsored by the theater and rhetoric department. For more information call 207-786-6161.
Pettigrew Hall, Gannett Theater

Wednesday, April 7
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

Concert: Bates College Jazz Band, directed by Tom Snow. For more information call 207-786-6135.
Chase Hall Lounge

Concert: The Merimanders, Bates’ female a cappella group. For more information call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center, Room 210

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, a performance of music or dance is featured. For more information, call the chaplain’s office at 207-786-8272.
Bates College Chapel

Thursday, April 8
Noonday Concert: Piano students of Mark Howard, applied music faculty. For more information call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

Concert: Gamelan Mawar Mekar, Bates’ Javanese gamelan orchestra. For more information call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

Lecture: Immune Modulation by Stress: New Mechanisms of Immunosuppression by Toxins, Microgravity and Final Exams by Michael Lynes, professor of molecular and cellular biology, University of Connecticut. Sponsored by the Program in Biological Chemistry.
Carnegie Science Hall, Room 204

Concert: Bates College Brass Quintet. For more information call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

Slide lecture: Artist Emily Buchanan ’89 shows slides of her impressionist landscape paintings and discusses her training and career. Sponsored by the Bates College Museum of Art. For more information call 207-786-6158.
Olin Arts Center, Room 104

Friday, April 9
KinderKonzerts: Portland Symphony Orchestra members introduce children ages 3 to 7 to symphonic music and the instrumental families. Admission: $3. For reservations call 207-773-6128, ext. 308.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

Poster session: Students present posters about topics studied in the “Introduction to Neuroscience” course.
Chase Hall Lounge

Baseball vs. Colby.
Leahey Field

Opening reception: Senior Art Exhibition, a perennial favorite featuring work by senior art majors.
Bates College Museum of Art

Concert: Clarinetist Elizabeth Floryan in a senior thesis concert. Sponsored by the music department. For more information call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

Saturday, April 10
Softball vs. Tufts (doubleheader).
Lafayette Street Field

Concert: Soprano Cass Panuska in a senior thesis concert. Sponsored by the music department. For more information call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

Sunday, April 11
Concert: Composer Clayton Sanders in a senior thesis concert. Sponsored by the music department. For more information call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

Concert: Composer Chris Regan in a senior thesis concert. Sponsored by the music department. For more information call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

Tuesday, April 13
Noonday Concert: Bates Woodwind Quintet. For more information call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

Wednesday, April 14
Lecture: Del LaGrace Volcano is a British filmmaker, photographer and theorist who “subverts, destabilizes and challenges the binary gender system.” Sponsored by the Bates College Museum of Art, art department and women’s and gender studies program. For more information call 207-786-6158.
Olin Arts Center, Room 105

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

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, 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 15
Noonday Concert: Voice students of John Corrie, lecturer in music. For more information call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

Sunday, April 18
Softball vs. Middlebury (doubleheader).
Lafayette Street Field

Baseball vs. Williams (doubleheader).
Leahey Field

Rowing vs. Colby and Bowdoin.
(Location TBA)

Tuesday, April 20
Softball vs. Bowdoin (doubleheader).
Lafayette Street Field

Wednesday, April 21
Baseball vs. St. Joseph’s (doubleheader).
Leahey Field

Saturday, April 24
Women’s lacrosse vs. Middlebury.
Campus Avenue Field

Baseball vs. Bowdoin (doubleheader).
Leahey Field

Men’s lacrosse vs. Tufts.
Campus Avenue Field

Monday, April 26
Softball vs. Southern Maine (doubleheader).
Lafayette Street Field

Lecture: The Bates College Seminar Series on Entrepreneurship presents Trustee David S. Barlow ’79. For information call the Office of Career Services at 207-786-6232.

Wednesday, April 28
Baseball vs. Southern Maine.
Leahey Field

Thursday, April 29
Earth Day celebration: Affirming Our Community. Bates invites Lewiston-Auburn residents to this annual event featuring a free barbecue supper, spring bulbs for planting and traditional folk dance music of the Northeast by Scrod Pudding.
Clifton Daggett Gray Athletic Building

Friday, April 30
Baseball vs. Tufts.
Leahey Field