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<\/a>The 2019 MLK Day keynote address by Barbara Ransby has been canceled due to travel restrictions imposed by inclement weather. Please note that MLK Day programming on Jan. 21 has been rescheduled to begin at 10:45am with the first session of concurrent workshops.<\/p><\/div>\n
Happy New Year from Bates!<\/h3>\n
This is a listing of public events<\/strong> at the college during January 2019. Bates’ holiday recess ends on Jan. 7 as classes resume.<\/p>\n The public is invited<\/strong> to these events. Except as noted, admission is free.<\/p>\n Need directions<\/strong>? Here\u2019s a campus map<\/a>.<\/p>\n Want the latest events information<\/strong>? Visit the daily Events<\/a> page.<\/p>\n Updated in this edition<\/strong>:<\/p>\n Can\u2019t attend the game<\/strong>? Watch the livestream:<\/p>\n Questions or comments<\/strong>? Contact events editor Doug Hubley at calendar@bates.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n Taking place while Bates is in session. Please confirm before you go<\/em>.<\/p>\n 4:15pm daily | Dharma Society sit<\/strong>: A 20-minute group meditation. Wednesday\u2013Sunday, meditation is silent. Beginners are welcome and orientations provided. FMI<\/strong> abrownel@bates.edu<\/a>. Noon Mon | Monday Meditation<\/strong>: Start your week well with a 20-minute meditation facilitated by the Multifaith Chaplaincy. Beginners welcome. FMI<\/strong> 207-786-8272. 6:30pm Mon | Zen meditation<\/strong> led by Associated Buddhist Chaplain Jaime McLeod. Cushions provided, beginners welcome. FMI<\/strong> jaime@treetopzencenter.org<\/a>. 6pm Wed | Life drawing<\/strong> with the Museum of Art. Dry-media easels and drawing benches provided, bring drawing board and supplies. $10\/$9 museum members; $90\/$80 for pre-purchased 10-session tickets. FMI<\/strong> 207-786-8302. 9pm Wed | {Pause}<\/strong>: The Multifaith Chaplaincy offers a deeply reflective, secular half-hour of silence, poetry, music, dance and art. FMI<\/strong> 207-786-8272. In the women\u2019s basketball home opener, on Nov. 25, Ariana Dalia \u201922 of Brick, N.J., makes a basket as Bates defeats the University of New England. (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)<\/p><\/div>\n 7pm | Women\u2019s basketball<\/strong> vs. Bowdoin. 3pm | Women\u2019s basketball<\/strong> vs. Colby. 5:30pm | Women\u2019s basketball<\/strong> vs. Maine\u2013Farmington. 6pm | Men\u2019s & women\u2019s squash<\/strong> vs. Wesleyan. 7:30pm | Men\u2019s basketball<\/strong> vs. Thomas. Culomba, a Boston-based musical ensemble, presents an event\u00a0exploring a world of harmony styles on Jan. 10.<\/p><\/div>\n 4:30pm | Culomba Workshop & Community Sing<\/strong>: Culomba, a Boston-based vocal ensemble, offers a singing workshop and concert exploring harmony styles from South African church music to American gospel to Balkan folk songs. Presented by the Freewill Folk Society and the Multifaith Chaplaincy, the event comprises a 4:30pm workshop, 5:30pm potluck dinner and 6:30pm concert. Suggested donation: $10\u2013$30 (sliding scale). Free for members of the Bates community. FMI<\/strong> Eventbrite<\/a>. Sandglass Theater performs Babylon, Journeys of Refugees<\/em>.<\/p><\/div>\n 7pm | Men\u2019s basketball<\/strong> vs. Middlebury. 7pm | Men’s club hockey <\/strong>vs. Thomas. 7:30pm | Babylon, Journeys of Refugees<\/strong>: Vermont’s award-winning Sandglass Theater presents an original work that mixes live actors and puppets in an exploration of the relationship between refugees, their homelands \u2014 both lost and new \u2014 and the conflicts that arise in the countries to which they flee. FMI<\/strong> 207-786-6161. 8pm | Freewill Folk Society Contradance<\/strong>: Bates’ monthly dance resumes with calling by Dugan Murphy and music by John Pranio, Glen Loper and David Stimson, providing an innovative take on traditional tunes. All dances taught, beginners welcome \u2014 no experience necessary. Beginner lesson at 7:45pm, dancing 8\u201310:45pm. Suggested donation $5\u2013$8 for the general public; free for Bates students. FMI\u00a0<\/strong>freewillfolk@gmail.com<\/a> Noon | Women’s club hockey <\/strong>vs. MIT. 3pm | Men\u2019s basketball<\/strong> vs. Williams. 5pm | Babylon, Journeys of Refugees\u00a0<\/strong>(see Jan. 11). Noon | Making Art: Then, Now & Tomorrow<\/strong>: A gallery talk by Amy Stacey Curtis, a widely known Maine artist whose drawings appear in the Museum of Art exhibition Time and Place<\/em> (see Museum of Art, below). FMI<\/strong> 207-786-6158. 5:30pm | Women\u2019s basketball<\/strong> vs. Norwich. Dr. Bonnie L. Bassler, who received an honorary degree from Bates in 2012, discusses cell-to-cell communication in this year’s George S. Hammond Eminent Scientist Lecture. (Alena Soboleva)<\/p><\/div>\n 7:30pm | Tiny Conspiracies<\/strong>: Cell-to-Cell Communication in Bacteria<\/em>: A talk by Bonnie L. Bassler, Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator and Squibb Professor of Molecular Biology at Princeton. Bassler received an honorary degree from Bates in 2012. The George S. Hammond Eminent Scientist Lecture is sponsored by the chemistry department.\u00a0FMI<\/strong> coloughl@bates.edu<\/a>. 2pm | Swimming &<\/strong> diving<\/strong> vs. Bowdoin. Noon | Women\u2019s & men\u2019s track & field<\/strong>: Bates Invitational. 3pm | Men\u2019s basketball<\/strong> vs. Tufts. 2pm | Strong Island<\/strong>: Director Yance Ford’s film follows the Ford family from the Jim Crow South to New York City; and from the presumed safety of middle-class suburbs to the maelstrom of an unexpected, violent death. Strong Island<\/em> portrays a family experiencing loss while the world around them engages in historical injustice and the complicity of silence. Facilitated by Associate Dean for International Student Programs James Reese, a discussion follows the screening. (2017; 107 min.) Presented as part of Bates\u2019 2019 Martin Luther King Jr. Day observances. FMI<\/strong> 207-786-6400 or bates.edu\/mlk<\/a> (after Dec. 21). 4pm | Sankofa<\/strong>: Please note<\/strong>: Because of inclement weather, this rehearsal is no longer open to the public. 7pm | The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Interfaith Service<\/strong>:\u00a0Please note<\/strong>: Because of inclement weather, this event has been canceled.\u00a0FMI<\/strong> 207-786-8272. Martin Luther King Jr. Day<\/strong>: In observance of the holiday, classes are canceled and a wealth of special programming takes place around campus throughout the day \u2014 just the highlights are shown here. This year’s theme is Lifting Every Voice: Intersectionality & Activism<\/em>.\u00a0Please note<\/strong> that inclement weather has forced the cancellation of some events and logistic changes to others. Today’s MLK Day programming begins at 10:45am.\u00a0<\/strong>FMI<\/strong>\u00a0bates.edu\/mlk<\/a>.<\/p>\n 9am | Martin Luther King Jr. Day Keynote<\/strong>: This event has been canceled<\/strong> because of travel restrictions imposed by inclement weather.\u00a0FMI <\/strong>207-786-6400 or bates.edu\/mlk<\/a>. Or watch the livestream: bates.edu\/mlk\/live<\/a>. 10:45am & 2pm | MLK Day workshops<\/strong>: In morning and afternoon sessions, faculty, staff, students, alumni and guests lead workshops related to this year’s MLK Day theme. FMI<\/strong> 207-786-6400 or bates.edu\/mlk<\/a> (after Dec. 21). 1:15pm | Sorry to Bother You<\/strong>: Boots Riley\u2019s 2018 film takes code-switching to a new level as an African American telemarketer finds stunning success, and ultimately a moral dilemma, when he develops a new sales pitch. A discussion follows the screening. Presented as part of Bates’ MLK Day programming. (2018, 111 min.) FMI<\/strong> 207-786-6400 or bates.edu\/mlk<\/a> (after Dec. 21). Abby Westberry ’19 and senior William Coggins of the Morehouse College debate team deliberate before the Rev. Dr. Benjamin Elijah Mays, Class of 1920, Debate on Jan. 15, 2018. (Theophil Syslo\/Bates College)<\/p><\/div>\n 3:45pm | The Rev. Dr. Benjamin Elijah Mays, Class of 1920, Debate<\/strong>: In a popular MLK Day tradition, Morehouse College debaters take on Bates’ Brooks Quimby Debate Council. This year’s motion: “This House believes that social justice movements should prioritize socioeconomic class over race and gender.” Free but tickets required: bit.ly\/2019debate<\/a> or 207-786-6400. 7pm | Women\u2019s basketball<\/strong> vs. Colby-Sawyer. 7:30pm | Sankofa<\/strong>: The students of Sankofa explore the stories of the African diaspora through dance, music, theater, spoken word, and more. Sankofa\u2019s annual MLK Day production is a symbol of pride and accomplishment for members of the African diaspora at Bates, and a diversifying experience for the Bates community. <\/span>Free but tickets required: bit.ly\/sankofa19<\/a>. “The Ghostly Crew of the Andrea Gail” is a 2011 sculpture by Nathalie Miebach, who is displaying the piece in the Bates Museum of Art exhibition Anthropocenic<\/em> and will take part in a Jan. 23 panel related to the show.<\/p><\/div>\n 7pm | Water & Sea Level Rise<\/strong>: Maine Perspectives<\/em>. Presented in conjunction with the Bates College Museum of Art exhibition Anthropocenic<\/a>, which explores human impacts on the natural world, this panel features three artists participating in the show: Michel Droge, Nathalie Miebach and Jan Piribeck, whose work looks specifically at the effects of rising sea levels in Portland, Maine. Raj Saha, lecturer in geology at Bates, represents the scientific community in this event. FMI<\/strong> 207-786-6158. Moments from the 2018 edition of Sangai Asia Night event, at Schaeffer Theatre. (Theophil Syslo\/Bates College)<\/p><\/div>\n 7pm | Men\u2019s basketball<\/strong> vs. Wesleyan. 7:30pm | Sangai Asia Night<\/strong>: In this popular annual event, the student club Sangai Asia celebrates Asian and Asian American cultures through dance and music. Indonesian, Indian, Japanese, Chinese and Korean cultures will be represented \u2014 there’s a lot more to be discovered through the performance! Made possible by the Gamelan Orchestra, Bollywood Club, Taiko Club, 2Beats, the academic major in Japanese and individual performers. Free but tickets required: Eventbrite<\/a>. FMI<\/strong> 207-786-6161. 3pm | Men\u2019s basketball<\/strong> vs. Connecticut College. 7pm | Men’s club hockey <\/strong>vs. Colby-Sawyer. 11am | Women’s club hockey <\/strong>vs. UMaine. 7pm | Women\u2019s basketball<\/strong> vs. Regis. This Radical Land<\/em> author Daegan Miller speaks at Bates on Jan. 30.<\/p><\/div>\n Noon | Public Works in Progress<\/strong>: A casual lunchtime program featuring presentations of community-engaged work undertaken by Bates students. Off-campus guests are invited to charge their Commons lunch to the Harward Center for Community Partnerships and take it upstairs to Room 221\u2013222 for the program. FMI<\/strong> Darby Ray at dray3@bates.edu<\/a> or 207-786-8241. 7pm | Men’s club hockey<\/strong> vs. Central Maine. 7pm | The Work of Imagination in the Age of Catastrophe<\/strong>: A talk by Daegan Miller, whose writings include 2018’s This Radical Land: A Natural History of American Dissent<\/em>, a chronicle of American “radical thinkers, settlers and artists who grounded their ideas of freedom, justice, and progress in the very landscapes around them.” Sponsored by the environmental studies program and the departments of history and English. FMI<\/strong> jbelive2@bates.edu<\/a>.\n
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\nRecurring Events<\/h3>\n
\nGomes Chapel<\/em><\/p>\n
\nGomes Chapel<\/em><\/p>\n
\nGomes Chapel<\/em><\/p>\n
\nOlin 259<\/em><\/p>\n
\nGomes Chapel<\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/a>4 Fri<\/h3>\n
\nAlumni Gym<\/em><\/p>\n
\n5 Sat<\/h3>\n
\nAlumni Gym<\/em><\/p>\n
\n8 Tue<\/h3>\n
\nAlumni Gym<\/em><\/p>\n
\nBates Squash Center, 56 Alfred Plourde Parkway<\/em><\/p>\n
\nAlumni Gym<\/em><\/p>\n
\n10 Thu<\/h3>\n
\nMays Center<\/em><\/p>\n
\n11 Fri<\/h3>\n
\nAlumni Gym<\/em><\/p>\n
\nAndroscoggin Bank Colis\u00e9e, 190 Birch St.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n
\n Pettigrew Hall, Gannett Theater<\/em><\/p>\n
\nMuskie Archives<\/em><\/p>\n
\n12 Sat<\/h3>\n
\nAndroscoggin Bank Colis\u00e9e, 190 Birch St.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n
\nAlumni Gym<\/em><\/p>\n
\nGannett Theater<\/em><\/p>\n
\n14 Mon<\/h3>\n
\nMuseum of Art<\/em><\/p>\n
\n15 Tue<\/h3>\n
\nAlumni Gym<\/em><\/p>\n
\n16 Wed<\/h3>\n
\nPettengill G52<\/em><\/p>\n
\n18 Fri<\/h3>\n
\nMerrill Gym, Tarbell Pool<\/em><\/p>\n
\n19 Sat<\/h3>\n
\nMerrill Gym<\/em><\/p>\n
\nAlumni Gym<\/em><\/p>\n
\n20 Sun<\/h3>\n
\nPettengill G52<\/em><\/p>\n
\nSchaeffer Theatre<\/em><\/p>\n
\nGomes Chapel<\/em><\/p>\n
\n21 Mon<\/h3>\n
\nGomes Chapel<\/em><\/p>\n
\nPettengill & Hedge halls | Ladd Library | Commons<\/em><\/p>\n
\nOlin 104<\/em><\/p>\n<\/a>
\nOlin Concert Hall<\/em><\/p>\n
\nAlumni Gym<\/em><\/p>\n
\nSchaeffer Theatre<\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/a>23 Wed<\/h3>\n
\nOlin 104 <\/em><\/p>\n
\n25 Fri<\/h3>\n
\nAlumni Gym<\/em><\/p>\n
\nSchaeffer Theatre<\/em><\/p>\n
\n26 Sat<\/h3>\n
\nAlumni Gym<\/em><\/p>\n
\nAndroscoggin Bank Colis\u00e9e, 190 Birch St.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n
\n27 Sun<\/h3>\n
\nAndroscoggin Bank Colis\u00e9e, 190 Birch St.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n
\n29 Tue<\/h3>\n
\nAlumni Gym<\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/a>30 Wed<\/h3>\n
\nCommons 221\u2013222<\/em><\/p>\n
\nAndroscoggin Bank Colis\u00e9e, 190 Birch St.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n
\nCarnegie 204
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