Publication Note: May is the final monthly calendar for the academic year. In late spring, the Office of Communications and Media Relations publishes a listing of summer events at Bates College.
2:30 p.m. — Mount David Summit
The annual campus-wide celebration of student academic achievement highlights undergraduate research, creative work in the visual and performing arts, projects conducted for academic courses and service-learning.
Perry Atrium, Pettengill Hall
8 p.m. — Concert
Bates College Choir, directed by John Corrie. For more information call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
8 p.m. — Contradance
Traditional New England folk dancing to the band Wake the Neighbors. No experience needed; all dances taught and called. Admission: $7/$5. Sponsored by the Freewill Folk Society.
Chase Hall Lounge
8 p.m. — Dance Performance
The Bates College Modern Dance Company's Annual Spring Concert of New Works features choreography by students and guest artists. Admission: $6/$3. For more information call 207-786-6161.
Schaeffer Theatre
8 a.m. — Odyssey of the Mind State Tournament
125 Maine teams from ages kindergarten through high school devise creative solutions to challenging problems. For more information call 207-646-4268.
Alumni Gymnasium
1 p.m. — Athletic Event
Men's Lacrosse vs. Williams.
Campus Avenue Field
8 p.m. — Concert
Bates College Choir (see April 1 listing).
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
8 p.m. — Dance Performance
Bates College Modern Dance Company (see April 1 listing).
Schaeffer Theatre
Noon — Athletic Event
Softball vs. Maine-Farmington (doubleheader).
Lafayette Street Field
2 p.m. — Dance Performance
Bates College Modern Dance Company (see April 1 listing).
Schaeffer Theatre
8 p.m. — Concert
Kathryn Franich '05, cellist, and James Parakilas, James L. Moody Jr. Family Professor of Performing Arts, pianist. For more information call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center, Room 210
7 p.m. — Lecture
Infinite Life: Buddha's Positive Vision of Life as Amitayus, and What It Means to Us Today by Dr. Robert Thurman, professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist studies, Columbia University. Sponsored by the Multicultural Center. For more information call 207-786-8376.
Chase Hall Lounge
12:30 p.m. — Noonday Concert
Piano students of Natasha Chances, lecturer in music. For more information call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
8 p.m. — Dance Performance
Works by faculty and by senior choreographers Sarabelle Marsh, Sarah Jesse and Abigail Raymond. For more information call 207-786-6161.
Schaeffer Theatre
4 p.m. — Athletic Event
Men's Lacrosse vs. Colby.
Campus Avenues
4 p.m. — Athletic Event
Women's Tennis vs. Colby.
Wallach Tennis Center (rain site: Merrill Gymnasium)
6 p.m. — Lecture
Cancer: Footprints in Our Genes by Karen Rasmussen, cancer geneticist, Maine Center for Cancer Medicine. Presented by the Maine Cancer Foundation. For more information call 207-786-6490.
Carnegie Science Building, Room 204
6-9 p.m. — Figure Drawing
Artists should bring drawing board and supplies. Easels provided. Admission: $7 (free for Bates students). Sponsored by the Bates College Museum of Art.
Olin Arts Center, Room 259
7 p.m. — Concert
Bates Jazz Band, directed by Tom Snow. For more information call 207-786-6135.
Benjamin Mays Center
8 p.m. — Concert
Katrina Bergevin '05, Rebecca Westlake '07 and Emily Williams '07, flutists. Sponsored by the music department. For more information call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
8 p.m. — Dance Performance
Works by faculty and senior choreographers (see April 5 listing).
Schaeffer Theatre
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
9, 10 and 11 a.m. — Kinderkonzert
Percussion: Goin' to the Zoo. Portland Symphony Orchestra musicians 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
3 p.m. — Athletic Event
Men's outdoor track: Bates Decathlon.
Russell Street Track
8 p.m. — Senior Thesis Musical Performance
Jessica Matthiae, bassoonist. For more information call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
3 p.m. — Athletic Event
Baseball vs. Trinity.
Leahey Field
3 p.m. — Athletic Event
Men's outdoor track: Bates Decathlon.
Russell Street Track
4 p.m. — Lecture
It's Called Wealth, Mon by Emily Parr '05, who taps her senior thesis research in American cultural studies, as well as her background as nanny to a wealthy family, to examine issues of domestic labor and motherhood.
Chase Hall, Hirasawa Lounge
6 p.m. — Museum Exhibition Opening
A lecture and reception open two exhibitions (described below) at the Museum of Art. Preceding the reception for the annual Senior Exhibition and the show French Photography: Art and Industry, Darsie Alexander '88, of the Baltimore Museum of Art, offers the inaugural lecture in the Bates Alums in the Arts series. Sponsored by the Friends of the Museum. For more information call 207-786-6158.
Olin Arts Center, Room 105 and Museum of Art
7 p.m. — Dance Performance
Faculty choreographers and classes in ballroom, hip hop, Arabic, Indian and other styles present work. For more information call 207-786-6161.
Merrill Gymnasium, 2nd floor, Plavin Studios
7 p.m. — Lecture
Topic TBA presented by the Geological Society of Maine.
Carnegie Science Building, Room 204
8 p.m. — Senior Thesis Musical Performance
Musical composition by Joseph Maurey. Sponsored by the music department. For more information call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
Noon — Athletic Event
Baseball vs. Trinity (doubleheader).
Leahey Field
1 p.m. — Athletic Event
Men's lacrosse vs. Connecticut College.
Campus Avenue Field
4 p.m. — Athletic Event
Women's tennis vs. Smith.
Wallach Tennis Center (rain site, Merrill Gymnasium)
8 p.m. — Concert
Bates student composers perform music involving computers. Sponsored by the music department. For more information call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
11 a.m. — Athletic Event
Men's tennis vs. Middlebury.
Wallach Tennis Center (rain site, Merrill Gymnasium)
3 p.m. — Concert
Pianist Frank Glazer, artist in residence, performs works by Schumann. For more information call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
4 p.m. — Senior Thesis Musical Performance
Musical composition by Ben Strange. Sponsored by the music department. For more information call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
12:30 p.m. — Noonday Concert
Linnzi Furman '05, piano. For more information call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
6-9 p.m. — Figure Drawing
Artists should bring drawing board and supplies. Easels provided. Admission: $7 (free for Bates students). Sponsored by the Bates College Museum of Art.
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
Noon — Athletic Event
Men's outdoor track: Bates Invitational.
Russell Street Track
Spring Break: April 18-22 (administrative offices remain open)
3:30 p.m. — Athletic Event
Baseball vs. Thomas College.
Leahey Field
Spring Break: April 18-22 (administrative offices remain open)
3 p.m. — Athletic Event
Softball vs. Colby (doubleheader).
Lafayette Street Field
11 a.m. — Athletic Event
Softball vs. Wesleyan (doubleheader).
Lafayette Street Field
Noon — Athletic Event
Baseball vs. Colby (doubleheader).
Leahey Field
Noon — Athletic Event
Men's outdoor track: State meet.
Russell Street Track
11 a.m. — Athletic Event
Women's lacrosse vs. Colorado College.
Campus Avenue Field
1 p.m. — Lecture
How Can You Tell if You Are Being Militarized? Some Feminist Clues in the Midst of the Iraq War, by Cynthia Enloe, a professor at Clark University and specialist in women's politics in the national and international arenas. Sponsored by the political science department.
Pettengill Hall, Keck Classroom (G52)
3:30 p.m. — Athletic Event
Baseball vs. Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Leahey Field
4 p.m. — Athletic Event
Women's tennis vs. Bowdoin.
Wallach Tennis Center (rain site, Merrill Gymnasium)
7 p.m. — Lecture
Speaker TBA, presented by the Bates Seminar Series on Entrepreneurship. Sponsored by the Office of Career Services. For more information call 207-786-6232.
Chase Hall Lounge
12:30 p.m. — Noonday Concert
Pianists Chiharu Naruse and Mark Howard. For more information call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
4 p.m. — Athletic Event
Men's tennis vs. Southern Maine.
Wallach Tennis Center (rain site, Merrill Gymnasium)
4 p.m. — Athletic Event
Men's lacrosse vs. Bowdoin.
Campus Avenue Field
4 p.m. — Athletic Event
Men's tennis vs. Bowdoin.
Wallach Tennis Center (rain site, Merrill Gymnasium)
6 p.m. — Athletic Event
Women's lacrosse vs. Bowdoin.
Campus Avenue Field
6-9 p.m. — Figure Drawing
Artists should bring drawing board and supplies. Easels provided. Admission: $7 (free for Bates students). Sponsored by the Bates College Museum of Art.
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
11 a.m. — Gallery Talk
Britt Eilhardt '05, curator of the current French photography exhibition, offers a talk under the aegis of the Students in the Vault program. For more information call 207-786-6158.
Olin Arts Center, Museum of Art
3 p.m. — Athletic Event
Baseball vs. Bowdoin.
Leahey Field
Noon — Athletic Event
Softball vs. Trinity (doubleheader).
Lafayette Street Field
12:30 p.m. — Athletic Event
Women's lacrosse vs. Tufts.
Campus Avenue Field
