Wednesday, Sept. 8
4:10 p.m.
Convocation: Paul Rogat Loeb, author of the acclaimed Soul of a Citizen: Living with Conviction in a Cynical Time, a book about community involvement, gives the Convocation address to begin the 150th academic year at Bates.
Main Quadrangle (rain site: Alumni 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).
Olin Arts Center, Room 259
Friday, Sept. 10
6:30 p.m.Lecture: Vietnam: A Nation, Not a War by Kenneth J. Herrmann and Nguyen Thi My Hoa, director and vice-director of SUNY Brockport's Vietnam program, discuss postwar Vietnam, its relations with the United States and the legacy of Agent Orange. Sponsored by the International Club.
Edmund S. Muskie Archives
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
Tuesday, Sept. 14
12:30 p.m.
Noonday Concert: Pianist Frank Glazer, artist in residence, performs music by Bach, Busoni, Haydn and Mendelssohn. For more information call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
4 p.m.
Men's soccer vs. Maine-Farmington.
Russell Street Field
Wednesday, Sept. 15
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.
The Bates College Museum of Art lecture by Joshua Holdeman listed for Sept. 15 has been rescheduled. Holdeman will speak on the following day, Thursday, Sept. 16, at 7 p.m. in the Olin Arts Center, Room 105.
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, Sept. 16
4 p.m.
Field hockey vs. Southern Maine.
Campus Avenue Field
Saturday, Sept. 18
7:30 p.m.
Concert: The Maine Music Society concert listed for Sept. 18 has been canceled.
Sunday, Sept. 19
3 p.m.
Concert: The Verdehr Trio, acknowledged leaders in the field of new music, for more than 30 years has concentrated on molding and defining the personality of the violin-clarinet-piano trio. For more information call 207-786-6135.Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
Monday, Sept. 20
8 p.m.
Panel discussion: Iraq and Vietnam, compared and contrasted. Sponsored by the history department. For more information call 207-786-6428.
Edmund S. Muskie Archives
Tuesday, Sept. 21
12:30 p.m.
Noonday Concert: Atsuko Hirai, a soprano and the Kazushige Hirasawa Professor of History at Bates, is accompanied by pianist Frank Glazer, artist in residence, in a program of songs by Johannes Brahms. For more information call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
Wednesday, Sept. 22
7 p.m.
Volleyball vs. Southern Maine.
Alumni 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).
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, Sept. 23
5 p.m.
Field hockey vs. Gordon College.
Campus Avenue Field
Friday, Sept. 24
8 p.m.
Concert: Pianist Frank Glazer, artist in residence, performs music by Mozart, Schubert and Schumann. For more information call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
Saturday, Sept. 25
11 a.m.
Women's soccer vs. Connecticut College.
Russell Street Field
12:00 p.m.
Field hockey vs. Connecticut College.
Campus Avenue Field
2 p.m.
Men's soccer vs. Connecticut College.
Russell Street Field
Sunday, Sept. 26
2 p.m.
Women's soccer vs. Salem State.
Russell Street Field
Monday, Sept. 27
7 p.m.
Lecture: The Bates College Seminar Series on Entrepreneurship presents a speaker to be announced. For information call the Office of Career Services at 207-786-6232.
Chase Hall Lounge
Tuesday, Sept. 28
12:30 p.m.
Noonday Concert: Performer to be announced. For more information call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
Wednesday, Sept. 29
4:10 p.m.
Lecture: The Causes of Preeclampsia, A Potentially Harmful Complication of Pregnancy by Dr. S. Ananth Karumanchi, of Boston's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School. Sponsored by the biology department. For more information call 207-786-6490.
Carnegie Science, Room 204
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. Bowdoin.
Alumni Gymnasium
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
