Campus events: Oct. 3–30, 2016 (updated)
Known for her writings about the environment, Elizabeth Kolbert gives the Otis Lecture at Bates on Oct. 24. (Nicholas Whitman)
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This is an updated listing of public events at the college during October 2016.
The public is invited to events in this listing. Except as noted, admission is free.
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New in this updated edition: The lecture Suguwara no Michizane: The Illustrated Version on Oct. 3.
The annual Zerby Lecture on Oct. 10.
A talk by racial justice advocate Shaun King on Oct. 11.
Also, a photo caption with a wrong date for the Oct. 12 concert by the Thomas Snow Quartet has been corrected.
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Recurring Events
Taking place while Bates is in session. Please call ahead to confirm.
4:15pm weekdays | Buddhist meditation led by the Dharma Society. FMI 207-786-8272.
Gomes Chapel
12:10pm Mon | Noontime meditation: Different teachers lead this meditation circle in a different practice each week. Beginners welcome. FMI 207-786-8272.
Gomes Chapel
6pm Wed | Life drawing with the Museum of Art. Dry-media easels and drawing benches provided, bring drawing board and supplies. $10/$9 museum members. FMI 207-786-8302.
Olin 259
9pm Wed | {Pause}: A reflective secular service of silence, poetry, music, dance and art. FMI 207-786-8272.
Gomes Chapel
10am Sun | Quaker meeting presented by the Lewiston Friends. FMI 207-786-8272.
163 Wood St.
4pm Sun | Bates Christian Fellowship chapel service with gospel singing, preceded by prayer time at 3pm. FMI 207-786-8272.
Gomes Chapel
5pm Sun | Badminton Club. Note: The club doesn’t meet on Oct. 23. FMI aandre@bates.edu.
Gray Athletic Building
“Sunday of This Year” appears in “The Book of Only Enoch,” a show of prints by Jay Bolotin at the Museum of Art. Bolotin screens his animated-woodcut film “The Jackleg Testament” on Oct. 3.
3 Mon
4pm | Suguwara no Michizane: The Illustrated Version. Robert Borgen, professor emeritus of history at the University of California, Davis, discusses Suguwara no Michizane, an aristocratic ninth-century Japanese poet and statesman whose unexpected rise to high office was met with slander and expulsion by the traditional power structure. Presented by the Asian studies program. FMI 207-786-8293.
Olin 105
6pm | The Jackleg Testament: Jay Bolotin, a versatile artist whose print exhibition The Book of Only Enoch is showing at the Museum of Art (see below), screens his work The Jackleg Testament — possibly the only motion picture ever created from woodcut prints. A reception follows at 7pm in the museum. FMI museum@bates.edu or 207-786-6158.
Olin 104
5 Wed
4:15 pm | Film Blackness: American Cinema and the Idea of Black Film: A talk by Michael B. Gillespie, associate professor of black studies and media communication arts at The City College of the City University of New York. The talk is named for a book by Gillespie that was recently published by Duke University Press. FMI 207-753-6963.
Pettengill G52
7pm | Field hockey vs. Endicott.
Campus Avenue Field
Cate Marvin, poet.
6 Thu
6pm | Caribbean Student Association club meeting: The Caribbean Student Association offers a weekly opportunity to get in touch with your Caribbean side, learn about the culture and just meet a cool group of students. All are welcome. FMI canglin@bates.edu.
Commons, Whelon Balcony
6:30pm | Literary Arts Live: Cate Marvin, poet. A reading by Marvin, visiting professor of English at Colby College and a Guggenheim Fellow whose most recent poetry collection, Oracle, was published by W.W. Norton in 2015. (Note: The reading on this date by Natalie Diaz was canceled.) FMI 207-753-6963.
Pettengill G52
7:30 pm | Tomorrow in the Battle: Sally Wood, visiting assistant professor of theater, directs Kieron Barry’s play depicting a threesome whose choices have led them into a labyrinth of infidelity, honor and power. “Memorable, penetrating theater that will make you think and feel.” — The Berkshire Edge. FMI 207-786-6161.
Schaeffer Theatre, Black Box Teaching Lab
7 Fri
7pm | Volleyball vs. Wesleyan.
Alumni Gym
7:30 pm | The Revenant (2015, 156 min.): Presented by the Filmboard. $1. FMI 207-786-6135 or the Filmboard website.
Olin 104
7:30 pm | Tomorrow in the Battle (see Oct. 6).
Schaeffer Theatre, Black Box Teaching Lab
Visiting Assistant Professor of Theater Sally Wood directs “Tomorrow in the Battle.” (Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College)
8 Sat
8am | Men’s Wallach Tennis Tournament (day one).
Wallach Tennis Center (rain site: Merrill Gym Courts)
11am | Women’s soccer vs. Connecticut College.
Russell Street Field
Noon | “Back to Bates Weekend” Dance Concert: Join visiting Bates families and alumni for this noonday celebration of music, theater and dance by students, faculty and guest artists. FMI 207-786-6161.
Schaeffer Theatre
Noon | Field hockey vs. Connecticut College.
Campus Avenue Field
1 pm | Football vs. Williams.
Garcelon Field
1 pm | Volleyball vs. Trinity.
Alumni Gym
2pm | Men’s soccer vs. Connecticut College.
Russell Street Field
2 & 7:30 pm | The Revenant (see Oct. 7).
Olin 104
7:30 pm | Tomorrow in the Battle (see Oct. 6).
Schaeffer Theatre, Black Box Teaching Lab
9 Sun
8am | Men’s Wallach Tennis Tournament (day two).
Wallach Tennis Center (rain site: Merrill Gym Courts)
Noon | “Back to Bates Weekend” Dance Concert (see Oct. 8).
Schaeffer Theatre
2 & 4:30 pm | The Revenant (see Oct. 7).
Olin 104
7:30 pm | Tomorrow in the Battle (see Oct. 6).
Schaeffer Theatre, Black Box Teaching Lab
10 Mon
7pm | The End of War: An Islamic Perspective. Imam Sohaib N. Sultan, the first full-time Muslim chaplain at Princeton University and the author of two books on the Qur’an, delivers the annual Zerby Lecture. The Rayborn Lindley Zerby Lectureship on Contemporary Religious Thought honors a man who devoted many years to Bates College as a teacher and dean of the faculty. FMI 207-786-8272.
Muskie Archives
7:30 pm | Tomorrow in the Battle (see Oct. 6).
Schaeffer Theatre, Black Box Teaching Lab
11 Tue
4:15 pm | Professors and Social Media: What Happens When Political Scientists Blog the 2016 Presidential Election: A talk by Julia Azari, associate professor of political science at Marquette University. Part of the Presidential Election Lecture Series at Bates. FMI 207-786-8295.
Commons 221–222
4:15pm | Scientific Utopia: Improving Openness and Reproducibility in Science. Brian Nosek, of the University of Virginia psychology department and the Center for Open Science, discusses beauty, quality and integrity in academic science publications. Sponsored by the departments of psychology, economics, politics and sociology; the Program in Neuroscience; and the social sciences division chair. FMI 207-786-8297.
Pettengill G52
7pm | Why Colin Kaepernick Is Right to Take a Knee: Racial Justice and Police Brutality. A talk by Shaun King, senior justice writer for the New York Daily News and a prominent voice, thanks to his skill with social media, in crucial conversations about social justice and equality. Sponsored by the Office of Equity and Diversity, the programs in African American and American cultural studies, and the athletics department. Free, but tickets required: bit.ly/shaunking. FMI 207-786-6033.
Gomes Chapel
Shown in 2014, jazz pianist and former Bates Jazz Band director Thomas Snow leads a tribute to Duke Ellington on Oct. 12. (Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College)
12 Wed
Noon | Public Works in Progress: Spotlight on Student Work. Students share their experiences working in diverse nonprofit settings during the past summer. FMI 207-786-6202.
Commons 221–222
7:30 pm | Duke’s Diamonds: An Ellington Celebration. The Thomas Snow Quartet, led by the pianist and former director of the Bates Jazz Band, pays tribute to the Duke. Performers include students and Tom Hayward, lecturer emeritus in classical and medieval studies. Free, but tickets required, available at batesconcerts.eventbrite.com. FMI 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.
Olin Concert Hall
13 Thu
4pm | Women’s soccer vs. Thomas.
Russell Street Field
6pm | Caribbean Student Association (see Oct. 6).
Commons, Whelon Balcony
15 Sat
1pm | Football vs. Wesleyan.
Garcelon Field
17 Mon
4:15 pm | A Scholar Tea: Racing and Gendering Arab America: History, Culture, Politics. Tea and a conversation with Charlotte Karem Albrecht, assistant professor in the departments of Arab and Muslim American studies and women’s studies at the University of Michigan. Hosted by Therí Pickens, associate professor of English. Sponsored by the Learning Associates Program. FMI 207-753-6963.
Commons 211
18 Tue
6pm | Field hockey vs. Southern Maine.
Campus Avenue Field
7pm | Volleyball vs. Maine Maritime.
Alumni Gym
24 Mon
7:30 pm | Elizabeth Kolbert: A science writer and journalist known for her work in The New Yorker, Kolbert is the author of such influential works as Field Notes from a Catastrophe, a groundbreaking work on climate change; and the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Sixth Extinction, which provides the topic of this lecture. The Otis Lecture is sponsored by the Philip J. Otis Endowment at Bates, which supports programs focusing on the environment and its spiritual and moral dimensions. Free, but tickets required: bit.ly/Otisoct24. FMI 207-755-5989.
Olin Concert Hall
25 Tue
4:15 pm | Providing the Spark: Impact of Financial Incentives on Battery Electric Vehicle Adoption. A talk by Ben Clinton ’07, an economic analyst (Analysis Group, Boston; National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Colorado) and a doctoral candidate at the University of Colorado, Boulder. FMI 207-786-8296.
Pettengill G21
7pm | Volleyball vs. Husson.
Alumni Gym
26 Wed
7pm | Field hockey vs. Colby.
Campus Avenue Field
8pm | Men’s soccer vs. Colby.
Garcelon Field
“Statesman” author Douglas Rooks speaks about former U.S. Sen. George Mitchell on Oct. 27.
27 Thu
7pm | Edmund Muskie ’36 and the Campaign Against Nixon in 1968: A talk by Douglas Rooks, longtime Maine journalist, former editor of the pioneering alt-newsweekly Maine Times and the author of the new Statesman: George Mitchell and the Art of the Possible. FMI 207-786-8295.
Pettengill G52
28 Fri
2:30pm | Building New Lives with Old Books in Renaissance Italy: A talk by Sarah Gwyneth Ross, an associate professor of history at Boston College who studies Renaissance Europe, focusing on Italy, women writers and the dynamics of Renaissance feminism. FMI 207-753-6963.
Olin 105
6:30pm | Lecture by Phantom Punch artist Ahmed Mater: A talk by one of the participants in this significant exhibition of leading and emerging Saudi artists — people never before exhibited in the U.S. and makers of smart, topical, funny and culturally resonant work. A reception follows in the Museum of Art. FMI 207-786-6158 or museum@bates.edu.
Olin 105
Joyce Yang, pianist, opens the 2016–17 Olin Concert Series on Oct. 28. (KT Kim)
8pm | Joyce Yang, pianist: The Olin Concert Series presents an award-winning musician blessed with “poetic and sensitive pianism” (The Washington Post). Yang offers a program comprising four Scarlatti sonatas and works by Schumann, Debussy, Ginastera and Carl Vine. Tickets: $30, available at batesconcerts.eventbrite.com. FMI 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.
Olin Concert Hall
8pm | Volleyball vs. Hamilton.
Alumni Gym
29 Sat
1pm | Football vs. Colby.
Garcelon Field
2pm | Volleyball vs. Middlebury.
Alumni Gym
30 Sun
7pm | Diwali: A celebration of this beautiful holiday of lights with hot chai, traditional desserts, candle lighting and Kirtan chanting with guest musicians Swan Kirtan. FMI 207-786-8272.
Gomes Chapel
A still from Arwa Al Neami’s 2014 video “Never Never Land,” on view in the Museum of Art exhibition “Phantom Punch.”
Museum of Art
Through Oct. 8
Jay Bolotin: The Book of Only Enoch: Bolotin shows prints and plates that tell the dreamlike story of a sensitive Southern Jewish boy named after an apocryphal book left out of the Hebrew Bible.
Robert Indiana: Now and Then: Surveying the career of the pioneering Pop artist known for his monumental works “LOVE,” “EAT” and “THE ALPHABET,” this show debuts Indiana’s series “Like a Rolling Stone,” based on lyrics from Bob Dylan’s musical landmark.
Oct. 28–March 18
Phantom Punch: Contemporary Art from Saudi Arabia in Lewiston, Maine: Very little is known in America about contemporary Saudi art and artists. This project includes a significant exhibition of leading and emerging Saudi artists, along with lectures, visiting artists and other programming that sparks timely cross-cultural dialogue. One of a series of related exhibitions presented nationwide, Phantom Punch introduces artists who create smart, topical, funny, culturally resonant and technically savvy work.
Through Dec. 23
Mythology: Drawing on six centuries’ worth of works from the museum’s collection, this exhibition explores classical Greco-Roman mythology. Organized by museum education intern Lillie Shulman ’17, under the direction of Anthony Shostak, education curator.
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