Campus events updated: March 19-29, 2015
Dan Peeples ’17 of Pierpont, New York, portrays the husband in the Bates production of “The Breasts of Tiresias,” directed by Nick Auer ’15. See March 19. (Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College)
Hello again from Bates!
This is an updated list of public events at the college for the period March 19-29, 2015.
Corrected in this edition is the starting time for the Jon Nakamatsu concert on March 27. Listed incorrectly in the printed March at Bates mailing, the correct time is 7:30pm. We regret the error.
New to this edition:
- tonight’s Purposeful Work Unplugged conversation featuring life and athletics coach Carol Gaffney ’67 and Bates treasurer Geoffrey Swift;
- art historian Kathleen Maxwell’s March 25 discussion of an exceptional illustrated book from the Byzantine era;
- and Anne Brennan’s March 26 talk on attitudes toward infertility.
The public is invited to events in this listing. Except as noted, admission is free.
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See you at Bates!
Recurring Events
Taking place while Bates is in session. Please call ahead to confirm.
4:10pm Mon–Fri | Buddhist meditation facilitated by the Dharma Society, held most weekdays when school is in session. Open to all experience levels. FMI 207-786-8272.
Gomes Chapel
6pm Wed | Life drawing sponsored by the Museum of Art. Dry-media easels and drawing benches provided; bring drawing board and supplies. Admission is $10 public/$9 museum members, with discounts available for regulars. FMI 207-786-8302.
Olin 259
5:30pm Sat | Catholic Mass led each week by Bates’ associated Catholic chaplain, Fr. Paul Dumais of the Prince of Peace Parish. FMI 207-786-8272.
Gomes Chapel
5:30pm Sun | Christian worship with gospel singing. Coordinated by the Bates Christian Fellowship. FMI 207-786-8272.
Gomes Chapel
Carol Gaffney ’67.
19 Thu
7pm | Purposeful Work Unplugged with Carol Gaffney ’67, a consulting psychologist who coaches professionals seeking to improve people skills in personal life, business and on the playing field. CEO and president of peopleSOLUTIONS and Six Dimensions Sports Consulting, Gaffney will be interviewed by Geoff Swift, Bates treasurer and vice president for finance. Tweet your questions for the speakers using #purposefulwork. Refreshments. Purposeful Work Unplugged is a series of Q&A sessions with notable alumni, faculty and guests about career trajectories and the traits that support meaningful work. FMI 207-786-6128.
Commons, Fireplace Lounge
7 & 9pm | The Breasts of Tiresias by Guillaume Apollinaire: A thesis directing project by Nick Auer ’15. Inverting the Greek myth of the soothsayer Tiresias, this interactive theater-dance retelling of Apollinaire’s surrealist play explores issues of feminism and war. Free, but seating is limited and tickets are required, available at http://bit.do/tiresias. FMI 207-786-6161.
Chase Hall
“Unusual Positions” speaker Janet Bennion of Lyndon State College.
20 Fri
Noon | Progressive Polygamy in North America: Is Plural Marriage the New Civil Rights Frontier? A talk by Janet Bennion, professor of anthropology, Lyndon State College. Part of the Unusual Positions lecture series.
Commons 226
7 & 9pm | The Breasts of Tiresias (see March 19).
Chase Hall
8pm | Bates College Choir: John Corrie directs the college choir in Mozart’s final work, the brilliant Requiem. Free but tickets required, available at bit.ly/oacbates. FMI 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.
Olin Concert Hall
21 Sat
Noon | Women’s lacrosse vs. Williams.
Garcelon Field
7 & 9pm | The Breasts of Tiresias (see March 19).
Chase Hall
8pm | Bates College Choir (see March 20).
Olin Concert Hall
22 Sun
7 & 9pm | The Breasts of Tiresias (see March 19).
Chase Hall
Art historian Kathleen Maxwell.
25 Wed
4:30pm | Lecture by Kathleen Maxwell: A professor in the art and art history department at Santa Clara University, Kathleen Maxwell discusses her pioneering study — the first — of an exceptional illustrated book from the Byzantine era. FMI 207-786-8212.
Olin 104
5pm | Women’s lacrosse vs. Tufts.
Garcelon Field
26 Thu
4:15pm | Aphrodite, Shame and the Wandering Womb: Understanding the Legacy of Anguish, Shame and Silence Surrounding Infertility by Anne Brennan Belden, a coach, speaker and facilitator of groups dealing with reproductive issues. FMI 207-786-8297.
Pettigrew 301
7:30pm | Tyler Fish: A talk by Fish ’96, who with friend John Huston completed the first unsupported, unassisted American ski trek to the North Pole, in 2009. Fish and Huston skied roughly 475 miles from Ward Hunt Island, Canada, to the North Pole in 55 days. Sponsored by the Bates Outing Club. FMI jzimmer@bates.edu.
Muskie Archives
Pianist Jon Nakamatsu. (Christian Steiner)
27 Fri
3pm | Baseball vs. Trinity.
Leahey Field
5pm | Closer by Patrick Marber. Kati Vecsey of the theater faculty directs, and students in her advanced voice and speech course perform, a play described by New York Magazine as “a sad, savvy, often funny play that casts a steely, unblinking gaze at the world of relationships.” FMI 207-786-6161.
Pettigrew Hall, Gannett Theater
7:30pm | Jon Nakamatsu, pianist: “Nakamatsu plays with the calm assurance that comes of having both a solid technique and a gentle, introspective, interpretive spirit” — The New York Times. His appearance is funded through a generous bequest to the college by the late Atsuko Hirai, Kazushige Hirasawa Professor Emerita of History. A reception follows. Admission is $15, available at batestickets.com. A limited number of free tickets for Bates faculty and staff, and students and seniors 65-plus, are available at bit.ly/oacbates. FMI 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.
Olin Concert Hall
28 Sat
Noon | Baseball vs. Trinity (doubleheader).
Leahey Field
Noon | Men’s lacrosse vs. Hamilton.
Garcelon Field
1pm | Women’s tennis vs. Brandeis.
Merrill Gym
5pm | Closer (see March 27).
Pettigrew Hall, Gannett Theater
5pm | Men’s tennis vs. Brandeis.
Merrill Gym
Senior Lecturer in Theater Katalin Vecsey.
29 Sun
10am | Women’s tennis vs. Wesleyan.
Merrill Gym
2pm | Men’s tennis vs. Wesleyan.
Merrill Gym
5pm | Closer (see March 27).
Pettigrew Hall, Gannett Theater
Museum of Art
FMI 207-786-6158
museum@bates.edu
bates.edu/museum
Hours: 10am–5pm Mon–Sat
(till 7:30pm Wed)
Through March 21
Back and Forth: The Collaborative Works of Dawn Clements and Marc Leuthold. This is the first exhibition to focus on a remarkable collaborative project. Both highly respected artists, Clements primarily makes drawings and images on paper, and Leuthold works primarily in clay. Since 2008, the pair has pursued a courageous artistic dialogue, sharing works over a distance and expressing their responses through successive iterations in diverse media.
Photographs by Women: Recent Additions to the Permanent Collection. Artists include Kristin Capp, Donna Ferrato, Sally Gall, Irina Ionesco, Susan Moldenhauer, Claire Seidel and Portland, Maine-based Denise Froehlich. The work presented here focuses on selections from one series by each artist, all in black and white.
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