FEBRUARY 2005

Tuesday, Feb. 1

12:30 p.m.
Noonday Concert: Performer to be announced. For information call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

4:30 p.m.
Presentation: The Soul of the City: The Pursuit of Justice as a Work of Spirit in Lewiston-Auburn. Members of the Many and One Coalition speak of the relationship of their faith to their work for community, diversity and justice. Part of the Office of the Chaplain’s series Spiritual Journeys: Stories of the Soul 2004–2005. For more information call 207-786-8272.
Chase Hall, Hirasawa Lounge

7 p.m.
Women’s basketball vs. Bowdoin.
Alumni Gymnasium

Wednesday, Feb. 2

Time TBA
Lecture: A speaker TBA discusses the genocide in Darfur, Sudan.Sponsored by Amandla!
Edmund S. Muskie Archives

7:30 p.m.
Presentations: Otis Fellows discuss their research trips: Currier Stokes ’06, “Energy Use, Culture and Natural Place in Guatemala,” and Khoabane Phoofolo ’06, “Lesotho’s White Gold: Issues on Water Resource Management.”
Chase Hall, Skelton 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, 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, Feb. 3

5:30 p.m.
Women’s squash vs. Bowdoin.
Bates Squash Facility, 56 Alfred Plourde Parkway 

7 p.m.
Men’s basketball vs. Colby-Sawyer.
Alumni Gymnasium

7:30 p.m.
Discussion: What Next for the Democratic Party? Assistant professor of political science John Baughman and longtime party activist Don Nicoll are among panelists discussing the party’s future in the wake of the 2004 elections. Sponsored by the Bates Democrats.
Edmund S. Muskie Archives

Friday, Feb. 4

4:10 p.m.
Concert: Joanna Pecore performs on the Japanese zither called the koto. Pecore, who wears the traditional Japanese kimono in performance, is an educator for the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. Sponsored by the Tanaka Memorial and the Freeman foundations. For more information call 207-786-6195.
Chase Hall, Skelton Lounge

4:30 p.m.
Exhibition opening: A reception opens A Heavy Grace: Paintings and Sculpture, a showing of work by Portland artist Daniel Minter (see Exhibitions, below). Sponsored by the Multicultural Center. For information call 207-786-8376.
Chase Hall, Chase Gallery

8 p.m.
Concert: Singer-songwriter Brad Corrigan, better known as “Braddigan,” performs music and stories that are humorous and heartfelt. Sponsored by the Chase Hall Committee. Admission charge TBA. For information call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

Saturday, Feb. 5 

3 p.m.
Men’s basketball vs. Tufts.
Alumni Gymnasium

8 p.m.
Concert: In a performance rescheduled from January, pianist and artist-in-residence Frank Glazer offers a program of Mozart sonatas. For information call 207-786-6135.

Sunday, Feb. 6 

1 p.m.
Men’s and women’s swimming vs. Bowdoin.
Merrill Gymnasium, Tarbell Pool

3 p.m.
Concert: Four instrumentalists and a singer from the Portland Chamber Music Festival perform music by Haydn, Ives and Brahms. For information call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

Tuesday, Feb. 8

12:30 p.m.
Noonday Concert: Performer to be announced. For information call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

Wednesday, Feb. 9 

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, Feb. 10

5:30 p.m.
Men’s and women’s squash vs. Colby.
Bates Squash Facility, 56 Alfred Plourde Parkway 

7 p.m.
Lecture: Hong Lin, Bates professor of physics, joins Pearl John, a British-born artist who works in holography, in a lecture relating to the holography exhibition at the Bates College
Museum of Art (see below). For more information call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center, Room 104

Friday, Feb. 11

Time TBA
Men’s and women’s squash: Maine Round Robin.
Bates Squash Facility, 56 Alfred Plourde Parkway

4 p.m.
Lecture: Globalization by John Campbell, a sociologist from Dartmouth College. Sponsored by the Bates sociology department.
Pettengill Hall, Keck Classroom (G52)

7 p.m.
Men’s basketball vs. Amherst.
Alumni Gymnasium

8 p.m.
Contradance: Traditional New England folk dancing to the band Wake the Neighbors. No experience needed; all dances taught (workshop at 7:30) and called. Admission: $7/5. Sponsored by the Freewill Folk Society.
Chase Hall Lounge

8 p.m.
Performance: Students perform The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler in an annual celebration of women’s rights and women’s bodies. Sponsored by the Robinson Players. Donations support a local charitable organization.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

Saturday, Feb. 12 

Time TBA
Men’s and women’s squash: Maine Round Robin.
Bates Squash Facility, 56 Alfred Plourde Parkway

3 p.m.
Men’s basketball vs. Trinity.
Alumni Gymnasium

Time TBA
Performance: OUTfront, Bates’ student-run support and political group dealing with issues of sexuality and gender, offers its annual Drag Show. Admission: $3. For information call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

Sunday, Feb. 13

Time TBA
Men’s and women’s squash: Maine Round Robin.
Bates Squash Facility, 56 Alfred Plourde Parkway

8 p.m.
Performance: The Vagina Monologues (see Feb. 11 listing).
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

Tuesday, Feb. 15 

12:30 p.m.
Noonday Concert: Sidney Walker, vocalist. For information call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

Monday-Friday, Feb. 21–25

Winter Recess: Administrative offices remain open.

Wednesday, Feb. 23

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

Exhibitions

 

Feb. 1-28
A Heavy Grace: Paintings and Sculpture by Portland artist Daniel Minter, who designed the U.S. Postal Service’s 2004 Kwanzaa postage stamp and who weaves traditional and contemporary approaches to African diasporic and African American culture into his work. The Multicultural Center sponsors this Black History Month exhibition.
Chase Hall, Chase Gallery

 

Through Feb. 15
Photography of Griffith Jerome Davis, the late photojournalist and U.S. foreign service officer. This exhibition offered in honor of Martin Luther King Day and Black History Month includes images of the civil rights movement, the independence movement in Africa and African American life in segregated Atlanta, Ga.
George and Helen Ladd Library

 

 

Museum of Art

 

Through March 19
The Body Holographic: Harriet Casdin-Silver, a pioneer in the techniques and aesthetics of holography.
Upper Gallery

 

Between Science and Art: X-Ray Photographs by Judith K. McMillan, who uses X-ray technology to make unusual and beautiful images of plants.
Lower Gallery

 

Through May 30
New Acquisitions: Local and Global Contemporary Photography, featuring artists from Africa, China and Maine.
Lower Gallery

 

Regular museum hours are 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Tuesday–Saturday. Closed Sunday and Mondays. School groups are welcome to all exhibitions. Tours conducted by museum staff. Advance registration for groups required. Visitors are welcome throughout the exhibitions. Information: 207-786-6158.