Stories about "Society and culture"
Picture Story: A new wave of public art in downtown Lewiston
Friday, September 13, 2024 2:48 pm
Colorful, surprising, and shared by all, a new wave of downtown public art builds community in Lewiston.
Bates Bazaar: Online deals for Aug. 28, 2024
Wednesday, August 28, 2024 3:01 pm
Here's a curated offering of curious and quirky Bates-related items, such as a Maine charm bracelet, metal pen holder, and Village Club mug, that are just a click away on websites devoted to what's vintage, historical, and wicked cool.
In Gomes Chapel, a Buddhist healing ritual grows, one grain of sand at a time
Friday, June 28, 2024 11:50 am
Created in Gomes Chapel this week by Tibetan nuns, the colorful, exquisite sand mandala will be dissolved into Lake Andrews, but its healing energy will remain.
Announcing the 28th annual Bates College summer book list
Tuesday, June 25, 2024 12:09 pm
Fifty-six members of the Bates community — faculty, staff, retirees, and alumni — submitted book titles for this year's summer reading list, begun in 1997.
Stephen Engel: As we mark Pride 2024, remember our predecessors’ fight and demand for recognition
Friday, June 21, 2024 9:08 am
Speaking at the raising of the Progress Pride Flag at Bates on June 13, Professor of Politics and Associate Dean of the Faculty Stephen Engel said that "Pride is about demanding recognition [and] demanding rights."
NESCAC Heat Poll: June 18–20, 2024
Thursday, June 20, 2024 2:56 pm
Lyrically and meteorologically, the late Glenn Frey hinted as what causes a heat wave with his 1984 hit, "The Heat Is On." Here's our list of the hottest colleges in NESCAC this week.
‘What’s an ivy stone?’ 50 years later, the Class of 1974 joins a Bates tradition
Friday, June 14, 2024 11:01 am
The Class of 1974, launched from Bates into a sea of American malaise in the mid-1970s, would, 50 years later, strive for something of their own for their long-postponed ivy stone.
‘A really amazing thing’: The 2024 Senior Thesis Exhibition has arrived
Friday, April 12, 2024 10:03 am
Photographs and text about the eight seniors who have moved their artwork from studios into the Bates Museum of Art for the 2024 Senior Thesis Exhibition — a "moment that validates what is possible."
Solidarity, empathy, and political agendas: Bates professor explains how and why Irish famine relief ‘went viral’
Friday, March 15, 2024 1:00 pm
Anelise Hanson Shrout's new book about Ireland’s Great Famine documents the first instance of large-scale international philanthropy — and the reasons behind it.
Humanity comes first in casting students for Bates theater’s ‘The Gravediggers Union’
Friday, March 8, 2024 11:21 am
Filling in for a cast member during a dress rehearsal, visiting director Kevin R. Free hopped into a grave on the set, but not before offering a giggle and a burst of mirth because, he says, “Joy is my activism."