Events Schedule: April 2010
Here is a preview of public events for April 2010. Click “Print this post” at the bottom of the page for a version especially formatted for printing.
For up-to-date information throughout the month, see our Upcoming Events list.
Except as noted, these events are open to the public at no charge.
Thursday, April 1
7:30pm Concert: In celebration of his 60th birthday, Alice Swanson Esty Professor of Music William Matthews performs new music for piano, computer, flute and video in a program featuring faculty pianist Chiharu Naruse. For more information contact 207-786-6135 or this olinarts@bates.edu. Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
Friday, April 2
2:30pm Mount David Summit: Bates’ annual celebration of student achievement highlights research, creative work, projects conducted in the context of academic courses and community-based learning. Sponsored by the Dean of the Faculty’s office and the Student Research Program. Learn more. Pettengill Hall; New Commons Building; Pettigrew Hall, Gannett Theater
3pm Baseball vs. Tufts. Leahey Field
7 & 9pm Film: A title TBA. Sponsored by the Filmboard. Admission: $1. Olin Arts Center, Room 104
7:30pm Dance performance: Presented in two programs, the Bates College Modern Dance Company performs new works. Tonight: Program A. Admission: $6/$3. For more information call 207-786-6135. Schaeffer Theatre
8pm Concert: The Bates College Choir, conducted by John Corrie, performs Mozart’s Requiem and other works. Admission is free, but tickets are required. For more information contact 207-786-6135 or this olinarts@bates.edu. Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
Saturday, April 3
10am Men’s tennis vs. Middlebury. Wallach Tennis Center
Noon Baseball vs. Tufts (doubleheader). Leahey Field
1pm Men’s lacrosse vs. Amherst. Campus Avenue Field
1:30pm Forum: Jobs and the Clean Energy Race. This forum is an opportunity to learn about and discuss Maine’s clean energy future with a panel of elected officials, business leaders and other community leaders. For more information contact this mcohen@bates.edu. Pettengill Hall, Keck Classroom (G52)
2 & 7pm Film: A title TBA. Sponsored by the Filmboard. Admission: $1. Olin Arts Center, Room 104
4pm Women’s tennis vs. Tufts. Wallach Tennis Center
5pm Dance performance: Bates College Modern Dance Company, Program B (see April 2). Schaeffer Theatre
8pm Concert: Bates College Choir (see April 2). Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
Sunday, April 4
2pm Dance performance: Bates College Modern Dance Company, Program A (see April 2 listing). Schaeffer Theatre
2 & 4:30pm Film: A title TBA. Sponsored by the Filmboard. Admission: $1. Olin Arts Center, Room 104
5:30pm Spiritual gathering: Protestant worship service, incorporating music and liturgy from Catholic, Orthodox and Protestant sources. All are welcome. For more information call 207-786-8272. Chase Hall Lounge
Monday, April 5
3:30pm Presentation: A Fork in the Road on Nuclear Weapons: Which Path to Security? by retired Col. Richard Klaff, a 22-year U.S. Air Force veteran, and Dr. Ira Helsant of the organization Physicians for Social Responsibility, which sponsors this event. The pair offers medical and military perspectives on the role of nuclear weapons in national security policy. A question-and-answer session follows. For more information visit psrmaine.org or call 207-841-5291. Chase Hall Lounge
4:15pm Language Arts Live: Bates’ series of literary presentations offers a reading by novelist, writer and critic Paul LaFarge, author of The Facts of Winter (McSweeney’s Books, 2005). Sponsored by the English department, the John Tagliabue Fund for Poetry and the Learning Associates Program. For more information, contact this eosucha@bates.edu. Chase Hall, Skelton Lounge
7:30pm Dance performance: Bates College Modern Dance Company, Program B (see April 2 listing). Schaeffer Theatre
Tuesday, April 6
12:30pm Noonday Concert: Voice students of John Corrie, lecturer in music. For more information contact 207-786-6135 or this olinarts@bates.edu. Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
4pm Softball vs. Husson (doubleheader). Lafayette Street Field
2pm Lecture: Accounting for China’s Growth, a talk examining the sources and implications of China’s astonishing recent economic growth by Loren Brandt, a University of Toronto economist. Sponsored by the economics department. Pettengill Hall, Keck Classroom (G52)
4:30pm Women’s lacrosse vs. Endicott. Campus Avenue Field
7pm Men’s lacrosse vs. Tufts. Campus Avenue Field
Wednesday, April 7
6–9pm Figure drawing sponsored by the Bates College Museum of Art. Artists, bring drawing board and supplies! Easels provided. Admission: $7 (free for Bates students). Olin Arts Center, Room 259
7pm Concert: Bates College Jazz Band, directed by Tom Snow. For more information contact 207-786-6135 or this olinarts@bates.edu. Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
7:30pm Voice and speech performance: Students in Katalin Vecsey’s course in voice and speech perform their final project. No reservations. For more information call 207-786-6135. Gannett Theater
7pm Concert: Work by students in a course that explores making music with computers. For more information contact 207-786-6135 or this olinarts@bates.edu. Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
Thursday, April 8
9, 10 and 11am Kinderkonzert: The Portland Symphony Orchestra’s Woodwinds Quintet presents Aesop’s Fables. Sponsored by the PSO. For more information contact 207-773-6128, ext. 308 or this hklenow@portlandsymphony.com. Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
4:15pm Concert: Recital by voice students of Bonnie Scarpelli. For more information contact 207-786-6135 or this olinarts@bates.edu. Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
7:30pm Lecture: Paris Under Water: How The City of Light Survived the Great Flood of 1910 by Jeffrey H. Jackson, associate professor of history and director of the Environmental Studies program at Rhodes College. Sponsored by the religious studies department. Pettengill Hall, Keck Classroom (G52)
7:30pm Concert: Bates College Steel Pan Orchestra. For more information contact 207-786-6135 or this olinarts@bates.edu. Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
Friday, April 9
4pm Women’s tennis vs. Connecticut College. Wallach Tennis Center
4:30pm Softball vs. Tufts. Lafayette Street Field
6pm Exhibition opening: A reception opens the annual Senior Exhibition, featuring work by 16 studio art majors. For more information call 207-786-6158. Bates College Museum of Art
6:15pm Presentation: Frank Glazer: Fountain of Youth by Duncan Cumming ’93. Cumming, once a student of Glazer’s and now a music faculty member at the University of Albany, talks about his mentor in this event preceding Glazer’s final entry in a season-long review of the complete Beethoven sonatas. For more information contact 207-786-6135 or this olinarts@bates.edu. Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
7:30pm Concert: Pianist Frank Glazer, artist in residence, concludes his season-long review of the complete Beethoven sonatas. Admission is free, but tickets are required. For more information contact 207-786-6135 or this olinarts@bates.edu. Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
7:30pm Performance: Students from William Pope.L’s course in 1970s and ’80s avant-garde performance art perform their final projects. Free; no reservations. For more information call 207-786-6135. Pettigrew Hall, Black Box Theater
Saturday, April 10
10am Women’s tennis vs. Amherst. Wallach Tennis Center
Noon Softball vs. Tufts (doubleheader). Lafayette Street Field
Noon Women’s lacrosse vs. Connecticut College. Campus Avenue Field
4pm Men’s tennis vs. Amherst. Wallach Tennis Center
Sunday, April 11
10am Men’s tennis vs. Connecticut College. Wallach Tennis Center
3pm Concert: Piano recital by seniors Vanessa Truglio and Sarah Vigne. For more information call 207-786-6135 or this olinarts@bates.edu. Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
5:30pm Spiritual gathering: Protestant worship service (see April 4). Chase Hall Lounge
Wednesday, April 14
6–9pm Figure drawing sponsored by the Bates College Museum of Art (see April 7). Olin Arts Center, Room 259
Sunday, April 18
9am Men’s and women’s rowing host CBB President’s Cup. Bates Rowing House, Greene
10am Men’s and women’s tennis vs. Hamilton. Wallach Tennis Center
11am Women’s lacrosse vs. Colorado College. Campus Avenue Field
2 pm Softball vs. St. Joseph’s (doubleheader). Lafayette Street Field
5:30pm Spiritual gathering: Protestant worship service (see April 4). Chase Hall Lounge
Wednesday, April 21
1pm Baseball vs. Maine-Presque Isle (doubleheader). Leahey Field
Friday, April 23
3pm Baseball vs. Colby. Leahey Field
4pm Softball vs. Colby. Lafayette Street Field
Saturday, April 24
2pm Women’s lacrosse vs. Trinity. Campus Avenue Field
Sunday, April 25
3pm Concert: A program by violinist Mary Hunter, cellist Steve Witkin and pianist James Parakilas, James L. Moody Jr. Family Professor of Performing Arts. For more information call 207-786-6135 or this olinarts@bates.edu. Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
5:30pm Spiritual gathering: Protestant worship service (see April 4). Chase Hall Lounge
Tuesday, April 27
12:30pm Noonday Concert: Pianist Frank Glazer, artist in residence. For more information contact 207-786-6135 or this olinarts@bates.edu. Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
7pm Women’s lacrosse vs. Bowdoin. Campus Avenue Field
Wednesday, April 28
3:30pm Softball vs. Southern Maine (doubleheader). Lafayette Street Field
6–9pm Figure drawing sponsored by the Bates College Museum of Art (see April 7). Olin Arts Center, Room 259
Friday, April 30
4pm Men’s lacrosse vs. Colby. Campus Avenue Field
3pm Contradance: This “alternative contradance” offers traditional dancing to great modern bands. No experience needed; all dances taught and called. Beginners workshop at 7:30pm. Admission: $8/$5. Sponsored by the Freewill Folk Society. Chase Hall Lounge
Exhibits
April 2-16
Barlow Off-Campus Study Photo Exhibit: Photographs reveal the academic and immersion aspects of Bates students’ study-abroad experiences. Pettengill Hall, Perry Atrium
Bates College Museum of Art
Museum hours: 10am–5pm Tuesday–Saturday
April 9-May 30
Senior Exhibition 2010: Working in a variety of media, 16 studio art majors explore aesthetic issues raised in their training. Some of these are formal, such as compositional, spatial and color decisions. Other issues involve content, such as the inclusion of social or political commentary. The emphasis of the studio art program is to create a cohesive body of related works through sustained studio practice and critical inquiry. The yearlong process is overseen by art and visual culture faculty, and culminates in this exhibition.