{"id":42745,"date":"2011-05-09T11:45:01","date_gmt":"2011-05-09T15:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/home.bates.edu\/?p=42745"},"modified":"2016-02-02T16:03:30","modified_gmt":"2016-02-02T21:03:30","slug":"events-may2011-revised","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2011\/05\/09\/events-may2011-revised\/","title":{"rendered":"Events Schedule: May 2011, revised"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Rachel<\/a><\/p>\n

Hello from Bates<\/strong>! This revised listing of public events at the college during the remaining days of May 2011 reflects cancellations, event updates and events added since the April 25 edition. 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

For a printable version<\/strong>: If you’re viewing this in the e-mail update<\/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 up-to-date 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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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><\/a> by Howard Kunreuther ’59. A professor of decision sciences and public policy at the Wharton School, risk analysis expert Kunreuther discusses how the public and private sectors can reduce future damage from, and costs of, losses following extreme events. Sponsored by the economics department and the Bates Career Development Center. FMI <\/strong>dbegin@bates.edu.
\nPettengill G52<\/em><\/p>\n

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\"Lupe<\/a><\/p>\n

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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\"Jon<\/a><\/p>\n

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<\/a>. 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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19 Thurs<\/h3>\n

2pm Workshop: <\/strong><\/strong>In this hands-on workshop, participants will learn about sustainable energy, pedal-powered electric generators\u00a0 and how the makers of the documentary Ciclovida<\/em> (see next item) power each film screening with their bicycles. Sponsored by the Bates Environmental Coalition, and co-sponsored by the environmental studies program, the physics, Spanish and rhetoric faculties, Lewiston Public Library, Lots to Gardens, Spoke Folks and the Harward Center for Community Partnerships.
\nMuskie Archives
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7pm Film:<\/strong> Ciclovida<\/em>. In\u00e1cio do Nascimento and Iv\u00e1nia Cavalcante were part of a group of landless Brazilian farmers who bicycled the length of South America to collect natural seeds and stories of how industrial agriculture is displacing small farmers. They and filmmaker Matt Feinstein share their award-winning documentary<\/a> about the journey, and discuss important agricultural issues in Brazil and Maine. Sponsored by the Bates Environmental Coalition, and co-sponsored by the environmental studies program, the physics, Spanish and rhetoric faculties, Lewiston Public Library, Lots to Gardens, Spoke Folks and the Harward Center for Community Partnerships.
\nMuskie Archives<\/em><\/p>\n

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22 Sun<\/h3>\n

\"David<\/a><\/p>\n

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 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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