Events
What’s Happening at Bates
Except as noted, these events are open to the public at no charge. (Where there is an admission fee, the cost for the general public appears first, followed by the cost for students and seniors.)
Exhibitions at Bates
Zen Sit
Gomes Chapel 104 - Gomes Chapel: Zen meditation led by Associated Buddhist Chaplain Heiku Jaime McLeod. Cushions provided, beginners welcome. FMI jai…
Cello recital: Students of Christina Chute
Olin Arts Center 210 - Olin Concert Hall: FMI 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.
'The Wolves'
Pettigrew Hall 103 - Gannett Theater: A girls' soccer team performs their daily stretches while navigating conversations that range from adolescent d…
'Intersectional Feminist Praxis in the Black Freedom Movement from Ella Baker to Black Lives Matter'
Chase Hall 133 - Memorial Commons High Ceiling: A talk by Barbara Ransby, rescheduled from Bates’ Martin Luther King Jr. Day observance in January,…
Men's Basketball Clinic
Alumni Gymnasium 68 - Alumni Gym - Gymnasium: Youth Basketball Clinics
'A Conversation with Mexican Human Rights Activist Maria Luisa Aguilar Rodriguez'
Muskie Archives: Rodriguez is an international advocacy officer at the Miguel Agustin Pro Juarez Human Rights Center, where she focuses on access to …
Life Drawing Session
Olin Arts Center 259 - Drawing Studio: As a service to the artists in our community, we host a life drawing session every Wednesday throughout the ac…
Bates Gamelan Ensemble with Emilie-Anne Gendron, violinist
Olin Arts Center 210 - Olin Concert Hall: Bates' Javanese-style musical ensemble is joined by Gendron, violinist with the visiting Momenta Quartet. F…
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Gomes Chapel 104 - Gomes Chapel: The Multifaith Chaplaincy offers a deeply reflective, secular half-hour of silence, poetry, music, dance and art. FM…
Lecture, "On Recognizing Oneself in Others: A Meditation-Based Response to Mackie’s Argument from Queerness"
Hedge Hall 208 - Classroom: Abstract: In this talk, I will sketch a meditation-based response to John Mackie’s famous “Argument from Queerness”…
'Cigarettes, Inc.'
Pettengill Hall G65 - Classroom: Author Nan Enstad, professor of history at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, discusses her book Cigarettes, Inc…
Momenta Quartet: Music by Bill Matthews
Olin Arts Center 210 - Olin Concert Hall: Regular visitors to Bates and an ensemble known for their embrace of contemporary repertoire, the Momenta Q…
Pysanky! Learn the Art of Ukrainian Egg Decorating With Lesia Sochor
Benjamin Mays Center 103 - Assembly: The first of today's two Ukrainian egg decorating workshops with Lesia Sochor. A Maine artist of Ukrainian desce…
Pysanky! Learn the Art of Ukrainian Egg Decorating with Lesia Sochor
Benjamin Mays Center 103 - Assembly: The second of today's two Ukrainian egg decorating workshops with Lesia Sochor. A Maine artist of Ukrainian desc…
Spring Dance Concert
Schaeffer Theatre 204 - Theatre: In two different programs performed over four days, the focus is on student choreography and design work. Program A:…
Olin Concert Series: Momenta Quartet
Olin Concert Hall: A return visit by an ensemble nationally renowned for both its command of music across a breadth of centuries and its deep commitm…