{"id":42236,"date":"2011-04-25T13:01:29","date_gmt":"2011-04-25T17:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/home.bates.edu\/?p=42236"},"modified":"2016-02-02T16:27:54","modified_gmt":"2016-02-02T21:27:54","slug":"eventsked-may11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2011\/04\/25\/eventsked-may11\/","title":{"rendered":"Events Schedule: May 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hello from Bates<\/strong>! Here’s a preview of public events at the college in May 2011. Except as noted, these events are open to the public at no charge. (Where there is an admission fee, the cost for the general public appears first, followed by the cost for students and seniors.)<\/p>\n

Print it!<\/strong> If you’re viewing this in the email version<\/strong>, please click here<\/a> to go to the Events Schedule website. At the website, go to the bottom of the page and click “print” (as in “print this page”) for the printable format.<\/p>\n

For updated events information<\/strong> throughout the month, see our Upcoming Events<\/a> page. Questions or comments? Contact events editor Doug Hubley at calendar@bates.edu<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

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1 Sun<\/h3>\n

5:30pm<\/strong> Spiritual gathering<\/strong>: Protestant worship service with gospel music. FMI<\/strong> 207-786-8272.
\nChapel<\/em><\/p>\n

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3 Tue<\/h3>\n

12:30pm<\/strong> Noonday Concert<\/strong>: Lecturer in music Jennifer Woodruff, soprano. FMI<\/strong> 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu<\/em>.
\nOlin Concert Hall<\/em><\/p>\n

4:15pm<\/strong> Lecture<\/strong>: Selling Objects of Science: Radium as a Commodity in the Early 20th Century<\/em> by Maria Rentetzi, professor at the National Technical University of Athens, Greece. Sponsored by the women and gender studies program. FMI<\/strong> dbegin@bates.edu<\/em>.
\nPettengill G52<\/em><\/p>\n

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4 Wed<\/h3>\n

4pm<\/strong> Baseball <\/strong>vs. Southern Maine.
\nLeahey Field<\/em><\/p>\n

4:15pm<\/strong> Lecture<\/strong>: On Bigness: Wealth, Power and Body Size in African Political Cartoons<\/em><\/a> by Tejumola Olaniyan, University of Wisconsin\u2013Madison. The Considering Africa<\/em> seminar is sponsored by the anthropology department. FMI<\/strong> 207-753
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\nPettengill G52<\/em><\/p>\n

5:30pm<\/strong> Public Scholars Symposium<\/strong><\/a>: Fran Ansley, law professor emerita at the University of Tennessee Knoxville, presents the documentary film about globalization Morristown: In the Air and Sun<\/em><\/a>. Sponsored by the Harward Center for Community Partnerships. FMI <\/strong>207-786-6202.
\nIBEW 567 Hall, 238 Goddard Road, Lewiston<\/em><\/p>\n

6pm<\/strong> Figure drawin<\/strong>g sponsored by the Bates College Museum of Art. Easels provided, bring drawing board and supplies. $7. FMI<\/strong> 207-786-6158.
\nOlin 259<\/em><\/p>\n

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6 Fri<\/h3>\n

7:30pm<\/strong> Concert<\/strong>: Pianist Frank Glazer, artist in residence, performs Bach, Beethoven and Liszt<\/a>. Free; tickets required. FMI<\/strong> 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu<\/em>.
\nOlin Concert Hall<\/em><\/p>\n

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7 Sat<\/h3>\n

1pm<\/strong> Baseball<\/strong>: Alumni game.
\nLeahey Field<\/em><\/p>\n

7pm<\/strong> Performance<\/strong>: Lewistunning Dragapalooza<\/em>. The third annual drag performance to benefit Outright L\/A features drag artists Miss Eon, Goldie Peacock, Kings of the Hill and others, including Bates student performers. Sponsored by OUTfront. $10\/$5. FMI<\/strong> 207-795-8956 or www.outrightla.org<\/a><\/em>.
\nSchaeffer Theatre<\/em><\/p>\n

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8 Sun<\/h3>\n

5pm<\/strong> Baseball<\/strong> vs. Amherst.
\nHadlock Field, 271 Park Ave., Portland<\/em><\/p>\n

5:30pm<\/strong> Spiritual gathering<\/strong>: Protestant worship (see May 1).
\nChapel<\/em><\/p>\n

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10 Tue<\/h3>\n

12:30pm<\/strong> Noonday Concert<\/strong>: Ken Labrecque Quartet, jazz. FMI <\/strong>207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu<\/em>.
\nOlin Concert Hall<\/em><\/p>\n

3pm<\/strong> Blood drive<\/strong>: American Red Cross blood drive sponsored by the Bates College Emergency Medical Services. FMI<\/strong> 207-775-2367.
\nChase Hall Lounge<\/em><\/p>\n

4:15pm Lecture<\/strong>: Learning from Catastrophes: Overcoming Myopia Through Private-Public Partnerships<\/em> by Howard Kunreuther ’59. A professor of decision sciences and public policy at the Wharton School and an expert in risk analysis, Kunreuther will discuss what the public and private sectors can do to reduce future damage and pay for losses following extreme events. Sponsored by the economics department and Bates Career Development Center. FMI <\/strong>dbegin@bates.edu.
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11 Wed<\/h3>\n

3pm<\/strong> Baseball<\/strong> vs. St. Joseph\u2019s.
\nLeahey Field<\/em><\/p>\n

6pm<\/strong> Figure drawing<\/strong> sponsored by the Museum of Art (see May 4).
\nOlin 259<\/em><\/p>\n

9pm<\/strong> Concert<\/strong>: The acclaimed rapper Lupe Fiasco<\/a>, touring behind his long-awaited new CD Lasers<\/em>, performs in a Chase Hall Committee event. Tickets are $40 plus $2 transaction fee, available at www.batestickets.com<\/a><\/em> (four-ticket max per buyer). Doors open at 8pm. FMI<\/strong> 207-795-7496.
\nGray Athletic Building<\/em><\/p>\n

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13 Fri<\/h3>\n

8pm<\/strong> Contradance<\/strong>: New England country dancing. All dances taught and called. Beginners’ workshop, 7:30pm. $6. Sponsored by the Freewill Folk Society.
\nChase Hall Lounge<\/em><\/p>\n

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14 Sat<\/h3>\n

7:30pm<\/strong> Concert<\/strong>: Violist Robert Dan of Michigan State University and pianist Chiharu Naruse of the Bates faculty play Beethoven, Schubert, Franck and more. Free, but tickets required. FMI<\/strong> 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu<\/em>.
\nOlin Concert Hall<\/em><\/p>\n

15 Sun<\/h3>\n

5:30pm<\/strong> Spiritual gathering<\/em>: Protestant worship (see May 1).
\nChapel<\/em><\/p>\n

7:30pm<\/strong> Concert<\/strong>: An acoustic evening with Jon Anderson<\/a>, the voice of the seminal progressive rock band Yes. $37.50, available at www.batestickets.com<\/em>. FMI<\/strong> 207-786-6163 or olinarts@bates.edu<\/em>.
\nOlin Concert Hall<\/em><\/p>\n

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16 Mon<\/h3>\n

7pm<\/strong> Dance performance<\/strong>: In the Very Eye of the Night<\/em><\/a>. Rachel Boggia, acting director of the college dance program, performs and discusses a structured improvisational piece with interactive video, directed and programmed by Marlon Barrios Solano<\/a>. The event concludes the yearlong College Lecture Committee series Race in a Post-Human World<\/em>. FMI<\/strong> dbegin@bates.edu<\/em>.
\nMerrill Gymnasium, Plavin Dance Studio<\/em><\/p>\n

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17 Tue<\/h3>\n

12:30pm<\/strong> Noonday Concert<\/strong>: Artist-in-residence Frank Glazer, pianist. FMI<\/strong> 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu<\/em>.
\nOlin Concert Hall<\/em><\/p>\n

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18 Wed<\/h3>\n

6pm<\/strong> Figure drawing<\/strong> sponsored by the Bates College Museum of Art (see May 4).
\nOlin 259<\/em><\/p>\n

7:30pm<\/strong> Concert<\/strong>: Jessica Cooper ’13, violist, and Bo Ra Kim ’14, violinist, play Bach, Bruch, Mozart and Sarasate. FMI<\/strong> 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu<\/em>.
\nOlin Concert Hall<\/em><\/p>\n

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21 Sat<\/h3>\n

7:30pm<\/strong> Concert<\/strong><\/a>: The David Wax Museum<\/a>, Americana, and Dawn Landes and the Hounds<\/a>, country-flavored rock. $18\/$10 adv., $20\/$12 day of show, available at www.batestickets.com<\/a>. (Active-duty military and veterans, please contact 786-6163 or olinarts@bates.edu<\/em> for a special thank-you offer.)
\nOlin Concert Hall<\/em><\/p>\n

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22 Sun<\/h3>\n

5:30pm<\/strong> Spiritual gathering<\/em>: Protestant worship (see May 1).
\nChapel<\/em><\/p>\n

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24 Tue<\/h3>\n

12:30pm<\/strong> Noonday Concert<\/em>: Performer TBA. FMI<\/strong> 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu<\/em>.
\nOlin Concert Hall<\/em><\/p>\n

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25 Wed<\/h3>\n

5pm<\/strong> Dance performance<\/strong>: Short Term Dance Variety Show<\/em>. The student-produced event reflects the cultural diversity of Bates dance, with genres ranging from Bollywood to modern. Free; no reservations. FMI<\/strong> 207-786-6161.
\nSchaeffer Theatre<\/em><\/p>\n

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29 Sun<\/h3>\n

10am<\/strong> Commencement<\/strong>: Bates College’s 145th annual graduation<\/a> exercises, with pianist and Bates artist-in-residence Frank Glazer; science historian Evelynn M. Hammonds, dean of Harvard College; and inventor Robert S. Langer, David H. Koch Institute Professor at MIT as the honorary degree recipients.
\nHistoric Quad<\/em><\/p>\n

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Bates College Museum of Art<\/h3>\n

Hours: 10am\u20135pm Tuesday\u2013Saturday<\/em><\/p>\n

April 8\u2013May 28<\/h3>\n

Annual Senior Exhibition<\/em><\/a>: Culminating their yearlong thesis project, 15 studio art majors present work in a variety of media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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