Saturday, May 1
Noon
Baseball vs. Tufts (doubleheader).
Leahey Field
1 p.m.
Men’s lacrosse vs. Middlebury.
Campus Avenue Field
7 p.m.
Concert: Voices of Harmony, a gospel choir directed by Monica Parker and featuring Bates students and staff. Special guests include gospel ensembles from the Lewiston-Auburn community and Colby College. For more information call 207-786-6456.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
8 p.m.
Dance performance: The Alumni Concert: 35th Anniversary Celebration of the Bates College Modern Dance Company. Sponsored by the theater and dance department (free; no reservations). For more information call 207-786-6161.
Schaeffer Theatre
Sunday, May 2
Noon
Baseball vs. Amherst (doubleheader).
Leahey Field
Monday, May 3
7:30 p.m.
Concert-lecture: Portland String Quartet; first in a three-part series. For registration and admission information call the LARK Society at 207-761-1522.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
Tuesday, May 4
12:30 p.m.
Noonday Concert: Performer to be announced. For information call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
Wednesday, May 5
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
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, 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, May 6
2:30-5 p.m.
Lecture-demonstration: William Pope.L, lecturer in the Department of Theater and Rhetoric, brings the Black Factory to Bates. For more information see www.bates.edu/museum.xml or call 207-786-6158. (Note: The museum is open until 8 p.m. in conjunction with the Blaine House Conference on Maine’s Creative Economy.)
Bates College Museum of Art
Friday, May 7
9 a.m.
Track and field games sponsored by the Androscoggin County Special Olympics. For more information call 207-879-0489.
Lafayette Street Field
8:30 p.m.
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, May 8
2 p.m.
Concert: For his senior thesis performance, Ken Whitney performs music for oboe and English horn. For more information call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center, Room 210
7 p.m.
Concert: Androscoggin Valley Community Orchestra. For more information call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
Sunday, May 9
3 p.m.
Concert: Mary Jo Carlsen, violinist, Colby College. Sponsored by the music department. For more information call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
7 p.m.
Senior recital: Jessie Gagne-Hall, violin. Sponsored by the music department. For more information call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
Monday, May 10
7:30 p.m.
Concert-lecture: Portland String Quartet, second in a three-part series (see May 3 listing).
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
7:30 p.m.
Lecture: Photographing the Big Bang by Bruce Partridge, Bettye and Howard Marshall Professor of Natural Sciences, Haverford College. Presented by the Department of Physics and Astronomy and supported by the Harlow Shapley Visiting Lectureships Endowment and the American Astronomical Society.
Chase Hall Lounge
Tuesday, May 11
12:30 p.m.
Noonday Concert: Ben Yoon ’06, viola. For information call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
Wednesday, May 12
Time TBA
Tennis championships: The 29th annual National Collegiate Athletic Association men’s event comes to Bates. The top eight Division III teams square off in the team tournament for three days, and then 32 individuals and 16 doubles-pairs vie for individual titles over the final three days. For information call 207-786-6411.
James Wallach Tennis Center
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
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, 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, May 13
Time TBA
NCAA Men’s Tennis Championships: Team competitions continue on Day Two of the 29th annual National Collegiate Athletic Association event (see May 12 listing).
James Wallach Tennis Center
7:30 p.m.
Concert-lecture: Portland String Quartet, third in a three-part series (see May 3 listing).
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
Friday, May 14
Time TBA
NCAA Men’s Tennis Championships: The NCAA Division III team championships will be decided on Day Three of the 29th annual event (see May 12 listing).
James Wallach Tennis Center
8 p.m.
Play: Short Term production, title TBA, sponsored by the theater and rhetoric department. Admission is $6/$3. For more information call 207-786-6161.
Pettigrew Hall, Gannett Theater
Saturday, May 15
Time TBA
NCAA Men’s Tennis Championships: Singles and doubles tournaments begin on Day Four of the 29th annual event (see May 12 listing).
James Wallach Tennis Center
Noon
Concert: Third annual Roots Fest, featuring roots-rockers from all over, sponsored by WRBC 91.5 FM (Bates College radio). For more information call 207-777-7532.
Florence Keigwin Amphitheater
8 p.m.
Play: Short Term production (see May 14 listing).
Pettigrew Hall, Gannett Theater
Sunday, May 16
Time TBA
NCAA Men’s Tennis Championships: Singles and doubles tournaments continue on Day Five of the 29th annual event (see May 12 listing).
James Wallach Tennis Center
2 p.m.
Play: Short Term production (see May 14 listing).
Pettigrew Hall, Gannett Theater
7 p.m.
Performance: Jazz coffeehouse with Professor of Physics John Smedley, guitarist and composer; bassist Michael Roberts ’04; and on drums, Michael Hansen of Auburn. Refreshments provided.
Chase Hall Lounge
Monday, May 17
Time TBA
NCAA Men’s Tennis Championships: Singles and doubles championships will be decided on the final day of the 29th annual event (see May 12 listing).
James Wallach Tennis Center
7:30 p.m.
Lecture: Women and Peacebuilding in Cape Town, South Africa, by Fikile Mahlangu ’04, Phillips Fellowship recipient.
Chase Hall Lounge
Tuesday, May 18
12:30 p.m.
Noonday Concert: Soprano Susan Brownfield, applied music faculty. For information call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
Wednesday, May 19
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
7:30 p.m.
Lecture: Leonard Pitts, Pulitzer Prize-winning news columnist for The Miami Herald and author of Becoming Dad: Black Men and the Journey to Fatherhood. Sponsored by the history department.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
Friday, May 21
8 p.m.
Performance: The Memory of Salt by Lisa Maurizio, assistant professor of classics and classical and medieval studies. Directed by John Ambrosino ’01, founder of the Boston theater company The Animus Ensemble, and sponsored by the classical and medieval studies department.
Florence Keigwin Amphitheater
Saturday, May 22
8 p.m.
Performance: The Memory of Salt (see May 21 listing).
Florence Keigwin Amphitheater
Tuesday, May 25
12:30 p.m.
Noonday Concert: Voice students of John Corrie, lecturer in music. For information call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
Wednesday, May 26
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
