{"id":105231,"date":"2017-01-13T15:03:40","date_gmt":"2017-01-13T20:03:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=105231"},"modified":"2017-02-02T16:44:42","modified_gmt":"2017-02-02T21:44:42","slug":"campus-events-feb-2-28-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2017\/01\/13\/campus-events-feb-2-28-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Campus events: Feb. 2\u201328, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_105271\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/01\/FAB17_161007_Dance_057_LR.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-105271\" class=\"size-large wp-image-105271\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/01\/FAB17_161007_Dance_057_LR-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"Bates students are among the performers in the 12th annual FAB Winter Dance Showcase on Feb. 11. (Josh Kuckens\/Bates College)\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/01\/FAB17_161007_Dance_057_LR-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/01\/FAB17_161007_Dance_057_LR-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/01\/FAB17_161007_Dance_057_LR-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/01\/FAB17_161007_Dance_057_LR.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-105271\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bates students are among the performers in the 12th annual FAB Winter Dance Showcase on Feb. 11. (Josh Kuckens\/Bates College)<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Hello from Bates!<\/h3>\n<p><strong>This is a listing of public events<\/strong> at the college during February 2017.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The public is invited to these events<\/strong>. Except as noted, admission is free.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Want the latest events information<\/strong>? Visit the daily Events page.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Can&#8217;t attend the game<\/strong>? Watch the livestream:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Go to athletics.bates.edu<\/li>\n<li>Click the &#8220;Upcoming Events&#8221; tab<\/li>\n<li>Find your event and click the &#8220;Video&#8221; link (not all games are available on video).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Questions or comments<\/strong>? Contact events editor Doug Hubley at <a href=\"mailto:calendar@bates.edu\">calendar@bates.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_85914\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/02\/web_L3A0127.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-85914\" class=\"wp-image-85914 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/02\/web_L3A0127-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"Student work in the visual, literary and performing arts takes center stage at Bates' annual Arts Crawl. In this 2015 image, studio art major Hannah McGrath '15 of Longmeadow, Mass., explains the process used by a fellow member of her thesis group, Ayse Ikizler '15 of Nashville, to create the painting seen at left. (Max Huang '18 for Bates College)\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/02\/web_L3A0127-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/02\/web_L3A0127-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/02\/web_L3A0127-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/02\/web_L3A0127.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-85914\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Student work in the visual, literary and performing arts takes center stage at Bates&#8217; Arts Crawl, happening this year on Feb. 3. In this 2015 image, studio art major Hannah McGrath &#8217;15 explains the process used by a fellow member of her thesis group, Ayse Ikizler &#8217;15, to create the painting at left. (Max Huang &#8217;18 for Bates College)<\/p><\/div>\n<hr style=\"clear: none;\" \/>\n<h3>Recurring Events<\/h3>\n<p><em>Taking place while Bates is in session. Please confirm before you go<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>10:30am Mon | Buddhist meditation<\/strong> led by the Dharma Society. Beginners welcome. <strong>FMI<\/strong> 207-786-8272.<br \/>\n<em>Gomes Chapel<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>12:15pm Mon | Noontime meditation<\/strong>: Different teachers each week bring different practices to this meditation circle. Beginners welcome. <strong>FMI<\/strong> 207-786-8272.<br \/>\n<em>Gomes Chapel<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>10:30am Tue | Walking meditation<\/strong> led by the Dharma Society. <strong>FMI<\/strong> 207-786-8272.<br \/>\n<em>Gomes Chapel<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>6pm Wed | Life drawing with the Museum of Art<\/strong>: Dry-media easels and drawing benches provided, bring drawing board and supplies. $10\/$9 museum members. <strong>FMI<\/strong> 207-786-8302.<br \/>\n<em>Olin 259<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>9pm Wed | {Pause}<\/strong>: A reflective secular service of silence, poetry, music, dance and art. <strong>FMI<\/strong> 207-786-8272.<br \/>\n<em>Gomes Chapel<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>10am Sun | Quaker meeting<\/strong> presented by the Lewiston Friends. <strong>FMI<\/strong> 207-786-8272.<br \/>\n<em>163 Wood St. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>4pm Sun | Bates Christian Fellowship chapel service<\/strong> with gospel singing, preceded by prayer time at 3pm. <strong>FMI<\/strong> 207-786-8272.<br \/>\n<em>Gomes Chapel<\/em><\/p>\n<hr style=\"clear: none;\" \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_105281\" style=\"width: 272px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/01\/LAL17_Dawson1_LR.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-105281\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-105281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/01\/LAL17_Dawson1_LR-262x300.jpg\" alt=\"Erica Dawson reads from her poetry in a Feb. 2 Literary Arts Live event.\" width=\"262\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/01\/LAL17_Dawson1_LR-262x300.jpg 262w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/01\/LAL17_Dawson1_LR-787x900.jpg 787w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/01\/LAL17_Dawson1_LR-175x200.jpg 175w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/01\/LAL17_Dawson1_LR.jpg 944w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 262px) 100vw, 262px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-105281\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Erica Dawson reads from her poetry in a Feb. 2 Literary Arts Live event.<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>2 Thu<\/h3>\n<p><strong>7:30pm | Literary Arts Live: Erica Dawson, poet<\/strong>: A reading by and conversation with the author of the collections <em>The Small Blades Hurt<\/em> and <em>Big-Eyed Afraid<\/em>. A book sale and signing follow. Dawson &#8220;generates great energy by pulling at the impossible and sometimes pleasurable tangles of what is constant in us, and what is disposable in the world.&#8221; \u2014 <em>Slate<\/em>.<strong> FMI <\/strong>207-753-6963 or <a href=\"mailto:lwardwel@bates.edu\">lwardwel@bates.edu<\/a>.<br \/>\n<em>Chase Hall, Skelton Lounge<\/em><\/p>\n<hr style=\"clear: none;\" \/>\n<h3>3 Fri<\/h3>\n<p><strong>4pm | Arts Crawl<\/strong>: Every winter, Bates&#8217; celebration of student achievement in the visual, literary and performing arts is a lively smorgasbord of creativity and skill. <strong>FMI<\/strong> 207-786-8294.<br \/>\n<em>Chase Hall (4\u20135:30pm), Olin Arts Center (5:30\u20137pm), Commons Fireplace Lounge (<\/em>a cappella<em> at 5pm)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>7pm | Women&#8217;s basketball<\/strong> vs. Amherst.<br \/>\n<em>Alumni Gym<\/em><\/p>\n<hr style=\"clear: none;\" \/>\n<h3>4 Sat<\/h3>\n<p><strong>10am | Ladd Planetarium show<\/strong>: <span id=\"ctl00_pc_Description\" class=\"float\">What\u2019s in the sky tonight? This planetarium show for general audiences shows the sky as you&#8217;ll see it this evening, illustrating well-known constellations and explaining what else you may see. <strong>FMI<\/strong> <a href=\"mailto:nhasting@bates.edu\">nhasting@bates.edu<\/a>.<\/span><br \/>\n<em>Carnegie Science Hall<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>3pm | Women&#8217;s basketball<\/strong> vs. Trinity.<br \/>\n<em>Alumni Gym<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>3pm | Women&#8217;s club hockey<\/strong> vs. Maine.<br \/>\n<em>Underhill Arena<\/em><\/p>\n<hr style=\"clear: none;\" \/>\n<h3>7 Tue<\/h3>\n<p><strong>3pm | American Red Cross blood drive<\/strong> hosted by the Bates Emergency Medical Services. <strong>FMI<\/strong> 800-RED-CROSS (800-733-2767).<br \/>\n<em> Chase Hall, Memorial Commons<\/em><\/p>\n<hr style=\"clear: none;\" \/>\n<h3>8 Wed<\/h3>\n<p><strong>7pm | Talk by Jacob Watson, founder, Chaplaincy Institute of Maine<\/strong>: <span id=\"ctl00_pc_Description\" class=\"float\">Watson speaks to interfaith and multifaith spirituality, how to embrace the &#8220;Yesses&#8221; and &#8220;Ands&#8221; in a respectful sensitive way and how to commit to spiritual growth after college. <b>FMI<\/b> 207-786-8272.<br \/>\n<em>Benjamin Mays Center<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<hr style=\"clear: none;\" \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_100868\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/Contradance.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-100868\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-100868\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/Contradance-400x300.jpeg\" alt=\"A Friday night contradance at Bates.\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/Contradance-400x300.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/Contradance-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/Contradance-900x675.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/Contradance-200x150.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/04\/Contradance.jpeg 1066w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-100868\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Friday night contradance at Bates.<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>10 Fri<\/h3>\n<p><strong>7pm | Women&#8217;s basketball<\/strong> vs. Maine\u2013Augusta.<br \/>\n<em>Alumni Gym<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>7:30pm | Contradance<\/strong>: <span id=\"ctl00_pc_Description\" class=\"float\">Dance with everyone in the room as you move in repeating patterns down long lines. Come for just one dance or stay the whole night! Music by Kyra and Dana, calling by Alex Hennings. All dances taught, no previous experience necessary. Beginner lesson at 7:30pm, dancing starts at 8. Admission: $5\u2013$8 on a sliding scale. <b>FMI<\/b> <a href=\"mailto:freewillfolk@gmail.com\">freewillfolk@gmail.com<\/a>.<br \/>\n<em>Muskie Archives<\/em><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<hr style=\"clear: none;\" \/>\n<h3>11 Sat<\/h3>\n<p><strong> 7:30pm | FAB 12th Annual Winter Dance Showcase<\/strong>: F.A.B. stands for &#8220;Franco American and Bates,&#8221; and in this joyful concert the Gendron Franco Center and the college present original dance and music from Bates students and artists around New England. $15\/$12, available at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brownpapertickets.com\/event\/2774818\">Brown Paper Tickets<\/a>. <strong>FMI<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.francocenter.org\/events\/317\/f-a-b-dance-showcase\/\">the Franco Center<\/a>.<br \/>\n<em>Gendron\u00a0Franco Center, 46 Cedar St., Lewiston<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<hr style=\"clear: none;\" \/>\n<h3>12 Sun<\/h3>\n<p><strong>2pm | Men&#8217;s basketball<\/strong> vs. Williams.<br \/>\n<em>Alumni Gym<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>2pm | Women&#8217;s club hockey<\/strong> vs. University of New England.<br \/>\n<em>Underhill Arena<\/em><\/p>\n<hr style=\"clear: none;\" \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_83350\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/01\/web-_140220_Winter_Snow_0034.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-83350\" class=\"wp-image-83350 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/01\/web-_140220_Winter_Snow_0034-400x267.jpg\" alt=\"With the cold comes moments of great beauty, too. (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/01\/web-_140220_Winter_Snow_0034-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/01\/web-_140220_Winter_Snow_0034-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/01\/web-_140220_Winter_Snow_0034-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/01\/web-_140220_Winter_Snow_0034.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-83350\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">With the cold comes moments of great beauty, too. (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>18 Sat\u201325 Sun<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Winter Recess<\/strong>: No classes are held, but administrative offices are open.<\/p>\n<hr style=\"clear: none;\" \/>\n<h3>18 Sat<\/h3>\n<p><strong>10am | Ladd Planetarium show<\/strong> (see Feb. 4)<span id=\"ctl00_pc_Description\" class=\"float\">.<\/span><br \/>\n<em>Carnegie Science Hall<\/em><\/p>\n<hr style=\"clear: none;\" \/>\n<h3>23 Thu<\/h3>\n<p><strong>6:30pm | <\/strong><span class=\"float bold\"><strong>First Degree<\/strong>, <strong>a documentary<\/strong>: <\/span><span id=\"ctl00_pc_Description\" class=\"float\">College Guild, a nonprofit based in Brunswick, Maine, that offers free nontraditional correspondence courses to inmates across the country, shows a documentary about three inmates pursuing college degrees. A short discussion and questions follow. <b>FMI<\/b> 207-786-6202.<br \/>\n<em>Pettengill G52<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<hr style=\"clear: none;\" \/>\n<h3>25 Sat<\/h3>\n<p><strong>1pm | Men&#8217;s lacrosse <\/strong>vs. Roger Williams.<br \/>\n<em>Garcelon Football Field<\/em><\/p>\n<hr style=\"clear: none;\" \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_105273\" style=\"width: 234px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/01\/BCMA_Puryear-Phrygian-Cap_LR.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-105273\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-105273\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/01\/BCMA_Puryear-Phrygian-Cap_LR-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;Phrygian Cap in the Air&quot; is a 2012 etching with drypoint and chine-coll\u00e9 by Martin Puryear.\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/01\/BCMA_Puryear-Phrygian-Cap_LR-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/01\/BCMA_Puryear-Phrygian-Cap_LR-671x900.jpg 671w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/01\/BCMA_Puryear-Phrygian-Cap_LR-149x200.jpg 149w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/01\/BCMA_Puryear-Phrygian-Cap_LR.jpg 805w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-105273\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Phrygian Cap in the Air&#8221; is a 2012 etching by Martin Puryear.<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Museum of Art<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\">bates.edu\/museum<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Through March 18<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2016\/10\/26\/phantom-punch-among-first-in-us-to-present-saudi-artists\/\"><strong>Phantom Punch: Contemporary Art from Saudi Arabia in Lewiston, Maine<\/strong><\/a>: A significant exhibition of leading and emerging Saudi artists, along with programming designed to spark timely cross-cultural dialogue. One of a series of related exhibitions presented nationwide, <em>Phantom Punch<\/em> introduces artists who create smart, topical, funny, culturally resonant and technically savvy work.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/exhibitions\/upcoming\/martin-puryear-recent-acquisitions\/\"><strong>Martin Puryear: Prints<\/strong><\/a>: Renowned for his sculpture, at Bates Puryear is showing etchings and woodcuts recently added to the museum&#8217;s permanent collection \u2014 work that&#8217;s organic, reductive, referential and often geometric.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a listing of public events at Bates College during February 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":105,"featured_media":105271,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_hide_ai_chatbot":false,"_ai_chatbot_style":"","associated_faculty":[],"_Page_Specific_Css":"","_bates_restrict_mod":false,"_table_of_contents_display":false,"_table_of_contents_location":"","_table_of_contents_disableSticky":false,"_is_featured":false,"footnotes":"","_bates_seo_meta_description":"","_bates_seo_block_robots":false,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_id":0,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_twitter_id":0,"_bates_seo_share_title":"","_bates_seo_canonical_overwrite":"","_bates_seo_twitter_template":""},"categories":[4,1,133,9946],"tags":[6054],"class_list":["post-105231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-life","category-batesnews","category-creativity","category-exclude-from-loops","tag-public-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/105"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105231"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105231\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":105376,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105231\/revisions\/105376"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}