Except as noted, events in the following listing are open to the public at no charge.<\/p>\n
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Saturday, May 1<\/h3>\n
Noon<\/strong> Noon<\/strong> 7:30pm<\/strong> 10am<\/strong> Noon<\/strong> 5:30pm<\/strong> 12:30pm<\/strong> 2pm<\/strong> 3pm<\/strong> 7pm<\/strong> 4:15pm<\/strong> 6\u20139pm<\/strong> 4pm<\/strong> 5:30pm<\/strong> 12:30pm<\/strong> 3pm<\/strong> 3:30pm<\/strong> 6\u20139pm<\/strong> 7pm<\/strong> 7:30pm<\/strong> 8pm<\/strong> 1pm<\/strong> Leahey Field<\/em><\/p>\n 5:30pm<\/strong> 4pm<\/strong> 12:30pm<\/strong> 6\u20139pm<\/strong> 9, 10 and 11am<\/strong> Kinderkonzert: The Portland Symphony Orchestra\u2019s Percussion Trio presents The Beat Goes On<\/em>. For more information contact this hklenow@portlandsymphony.com or 207-773-6128, ext. 308. 7:30pm<\/strong> 7:30pm<\/strong> 7:30pm<\/strong> 2pm<\/strong> 3pm<\/strong> 5:30pm<\/strong> 12:30pm<\/strong> 7:30pm<\/strong> 5pm<\/strong> 10am<\/strong>
\nBaseball vs. Bowdoin (doubleheader).
\nLeahey Field<\/em><\/p>\n
\nSoftball vs. Bowdoin (doubleheader).
\nLafayette Street Field<\/em><\/p>\n
\nDance performance: Adele Myers and Dancers<\/a>, a five-member contemporary company combining robust athleticism, theatricality and social commentary. Tickets are $6\/$3 and will be available at batestickets.com<\/a>. For more information call 207-786-6161. Sponsored by the Bates dance program with support from the Bates Learning Associates program and the New England Foundation for the Arts.
\nSchaeffer Theatre<\/em><\/p>\n
\n![\"Adele](\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2010\/04\/adelemyers1web-400x265.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\nSunday, May 2<\/h3>\n
\nDance master class: Adele Myers (see previous item) offers a master class for intermediate and advanced modern dancers. Sponsored by the Bates dance program with support from the Bates Learning Associates program and the New England Foundation for the Arts. For more information call 207-786-8294.
\nMerrill Gymnasium, Plavin Studios<\/em><\/p>\n
\nMen\u2019s tennis vs. Tufts.
\nWallach Tennis Center<\/em><\/p>\n
\nSpiritual gathering: This Protestant worship service incorporates music and liturgy from Catholic, Orthodox and Protestant sources. The Rev. William Cutler leads the service. All are welcome. For more information call 207-786-8272.
\nBates College Chapel<\/em><\/p>\n
\nTuesday, May 4<\/h3>\n
\nNoonday Concert: Anthony Shostak plays the uilleann pipes. For more information contact 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.
\nOlin Arts Center Concert Hall<\/em><\/p>\n
\nBaseball vs. Fisher (doubleheader).
\nLeahey Field<\/em><\/p>\n
\nSoftball vs. Fisher (doubleheader).
\nLafayette Street Field<\/em><\/p>\n
\nLecture: The Future of Islam and West-Muslim Relations<\/em> by John L. Esposito, a professor of religion and international affairs and an expert in Islamic studies at Georgetown University. Sponsored by the Multifaith Chaplain\u2019s office and Mushahada, the Muslim student association. For more information call 207-786-8272.
\nChase Hall Lounge<\/em><\/p>\n
\nWednesday, May 5<\/h3>\n
\nLecture: The Good, the Bad, and the (Race-) Biased<\/em>. Catherine Norris of the Dartmouth College psychological and brain sciences department discusses how variations among individuals in ways that they perceive the world modulate their emotional processes. (Lecture rescheduled from February.) Sponsored by the psychology department and the neuroscience program.
\nPettengill Hall, Keck Classroom (G52)<\/em><\/p>\n
\nFigure drawing sponsored by the Bates College Museum of Art. Artists, bring your drawing boards and supplies! Easels provided. Admission: $7 (free for Bates students). For more information call 207-786-6158.
\nOlin Arts Center, Room 259<\/em><\/p>\n
\nThursday, May 6<\/h3>\n
\n![\"Edmund](\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2010\/04\/muskie_udall_web-382x300.jpg\")
<\/a>Panel discussion: Earth Day, Then and Now<\/em><\/a>. The panel examines the changing meanings of Earth Day, from the debut in 1970 \u2014 which featured U.S. Sen. Edmund Muskie \u201936 and occurred when environmentalism was considered radical \u2014 to today, a time when sustainability has become mainstream. Participants include Muskie\u2019s former chief of staff, Leon Billings, and Don Hudson of the Chewonki Foundation. Sponsored by the Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library. For more information contact 207-786-6354 or this E-mail<\/a>.
\nEdmund S. Muskie Archives<\/em><\/p>\n
\nSunday, May 9<\/h3>\n
\nSpiritual gathering: Protestant worship service (see May 2).
\nBates College Chapel<\/em><\/p>\nTuesday, May 11<\/h3>\n
\nNoonday Concert: Fumito Nunoya, marimbist. For more information contact 207-786-6135 or this olinarts@bates.edu<\/a>.
\nOlin Arts Center Concert Hall<\/em><\/p>\n
\nBlood drive: An American Red Cross blood drive is sponsored by Bates College Emergency Medical Services. For more information call 207-775-2367.
\nChase Hall Lounge<\/em><\/p>\n
\nWednesday, May 12<\/h3>\n
\nPanel discussion: A Diverse History: Race, Class and Gender at Bates College in the 19th Century<\/em><\/a>. Drawing upon photographs, the papers of Bates\u2019 founders and oral histories about the first African American woman to graduate from Bates, the panel discusses the early days of New England\u2019s first coeducational college and what diversity has meant for it. History professor Margaret Creighton chairs a panel including Bill Hiss \u201966, executive director for international advancement; physics professor John Smedley; and Tim Larson \u201905<\/a>, whose senior thesis explored 19th-century Bates attitudes toward race, women and issues of class. Sponsored by the Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library. For more information contact 207-786-6354 or this E-mail<\/a>.
\nEdmund S. Muskie Archives<\/em><\/p>\n
\nFigure drawing (see May 5).
\nOlin Arts Center, Room 259<\/em><\/p>\n
\nThursday, May 13<\/h3>\n
\nReading: Paul LaFarge<\/a>, whose novels include Haussmann, or the Distinction<\/em> (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2001), and The Facts of Winter<\/em> (McSweeney\u2019s, 2005), reads from his work. The Language Arts Live series of literary readings is sponsored by the English department, the John Tagliabue Fund for Poetry and the Bates Learning Associates program. For more information contact this eosucha@bates.edu.
\nChase Hall, Skelton Lounge<\/em><\/p>\n
\nFriday, May 14<\/h3>\n
\nConcert: Pianist Frank Glazer, artist in residence, performs an all-Chopin program. Admission is free, but tickets are required. For more information contact 207-786-6135 or this olinarts@bates.edu.
\nOlin Arts Center Concert Hall<\/em><\/p>\n
\nContradance: Traditional New England folk dancing to the band Scoot! with caller Maggie Robinson. No experience needed; all dances taught and called. Admission: $6. Sponsored by the Freewill Folk Society.
\nChase Hall Lounge<\/em><\/p>\n
\nSaturday, May 15<\/h3>\n
\nBaseball: alumni game.<\/p>\n
\nSunday, May 16<\/h3>\n
\nSpiritual gathering: Protestant worship service (see May 2).
\nBates College Chapel<\/em><\/p>\n
\nMonday, May 17<\/h3>\n
\nLecture: A topic TBA addressed by Peter Andreas, associate professor of political science and international studies at Brown University and an expert on transnational crime and crime intervention. Sponsored by the politics department.
\nPettengill Hall, Room G21<\/em><\/p>\n
\nTuesday, May 18<\/h3>\n
\nNoonday Concert: Chiharu Naruse and Bridget Convey, piano duo. For more information contact 207-786-6135 or this olinarts@bates.edu.
\nOlin Arts Center Concert Hall<\/em><\/p>\n
\nWednesday, May 19<\/h3>\n
\nFigure drawing (see May 5).
\nOlin Arts Center, Room 259<\/em><\/p>\n
\n![\"Figures](\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2010\/04\/theratswedding_web-300x300.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\nThursday, May 20<\/h3>\n
\nOlin Arts Center Concert Hall<\/em><\/p>\n
\nTheater: Dragon\u2019s Daughter<\/em>, an Asian folk tale adapted by Freeport’s acclaimed Figures of Speech Theatre, which brings an intensive program in bunraku-style puppetry, masks and movement to Bates\u2019 annual Short Term theater production workshop. Tickets are $6\/$3 and available from batestickets.com<\/a>. For more information call 207-786-6161.
\nSchaeffer Theatre, Black Box Theater<\/em><\/p>\n
\nFriday, May 21<\/h3>\n
\nTheater: Dragon\u2019s Daughter<\/em> (see May 20).
\nSchaeffer Theatre, Black Box Theater<\/em><\/p>\n
\nSaturday, May 22<\/h3>\n
\nTheater: Dragon\u2019s Daughter<\/em> (see May 20).
\nSchaeffer Theatre, Black Box Theater<\/em><\/p>\n
\nSunday, May 23<\/h3>\n
\nTheater: Dragon\u2019s Daughter<\/em> (see May 20).
\nSchaeffer Theatre, Black Box Theater<\/em><\/p>\n
\nConcert: Jessica Cooper \u201913 offers a viola recital. For more information contact 207-786-6135 or this olinarts@bates.edu.
\nOlin Arts Center Concert Hall<\/em><\/p>\n
\nSpiritual gathering: Protestant worship service (see May 2).
\nBates College Chapel<\/em><\/p>\n
\nTuesday, May 25<\/h3>\n
\nNoonday Concert: Classical guitarists Miles Isacke \u201913 and Seth Warner perform Bach\u2019s French Suite No. 3 (BWV 814). For more information contact 207-786-6135 or this olinarts@bates.edu.
\nOlin Arts Center Concert Hall<\/em><\/p>\n
\nPerformance: Students in William Pope.L\u2019s course in contemporary performance poetry perform their final projects. For more information call 207-786-6161.
\nPettigrew Hall, Gannett Theater<\/em><\/p>\n
\nWednesday, May 26<\/h3>\n
\nDance performance: The annual Short Term variety show presents a variety of dance genres from Bollywood to contemporary choreography reflecting the diversity of Bates dancers. Free; no reservations. For more information call 207-786-6161.
\nSchaeffer Theatre<\/em><\/p>\n
\n![\"turningpoints-spring2010-strout\"](\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2011\/01\/turningpoints-spring2010-strout-400x266.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\nSunday, May 30<\/h3>\n
\nCommencement: Bates College\u2019s 144th annual graduation exercises.
\nHistoric Quad<\/em><\/p>\n
\nBates College Museum of Art<\/h3>\n
![\"Alexandra](\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/files\/2010\/04\/senex10-strada-400x266.jpg\")
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\nMuseum hours:
10am\u20135pm Tuesday\u2013Saturday<\/em><\/p>\nThrough May 30<\/h4>\n