{"id":59003,"date":"2012-09-14T13:11:22","date_gmt":"2012-09-14T17:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=59003"},"modified":"2018-10-26T13:20:42","modified_gmt":"2018-10-26T17:20:42","slug":"la-arts12-landing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2012\/09\/14\/la-arts12-landing\/","title":{"rendered":"Longstanding Bates-L\/A Arts partnership picks up pace with theater, poetry, music"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Aquila Theatre Company performs “Cyrano de Bergerac” at Bates on Sept. 27.<\/p><\/div>\n

Bates and the local arts agency L\/A Arts have been collaborators for years, jointly presenting arts and cultural events, but the partnership has gained a new intensity for autumn 2012.<\/p>\n

In part, this higher level of activity is simply reflecting a new excitement and cooperative spirit in Lewiston-Auburn. And in part, it’s directly attributable to Odelle Bowman, executive director of the arts agency for 18 months.<\/p>\n

“I\u2019m a collaborator by nature and a community person,” says Bowman. “It’s my nature to want to bring people together, because we are stronger together than by ourselves.”<\/p>\n

The college and L\/A Arts are jointly hosting the Aquila Theatre Company<\/a> in a three-day residency (Sept. 27-29). Dedicated to bringing the greatest works of the stage to the greatest possible number of viewers, Aquila is known for a robust touring program that takes in some 70 cities across the country each year. Learn more<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Coinciding with the Aquila visit are two readings, Sept. 27-28, by Brian Turner<\/a>, known as a soldier-poet who served as an infantry team leader in Iraq, and has two published poetry to his credit. Learn more<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>As if all that weren’t plenty, Bates’ Olin Arts Center and L\/A Arts are also jointly presenting a return performance by jazz-gospel-blues singer Francine Reed<\/a>, whose 2011 date at the college was one of the highlights of the concert season. Learn more<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here are the specifics:<\/p>\n

Aquila Theatre<\/strong><\/a>: All at 7:30 p.m., Aquila performs Cyrano de Bergerac<\/em> on Thursday, Sept. 27, in Bates’ Schaeffer Theatre; Ancient Greeks \/ Modern Lives: Poetry-Drama-Dialogue*<\/em>, which combines a community discussion with excerpts from ancient Greek drama about war, on Friday, Sept. 28, in Lewiston Public Library’s Callahan Hall; and Shakespeare\u2019s The Taming of the Shrew<\/em> on Saturday, Sept. 29, back at Schaeffer.<\/p>\n

Schaeffer Theatre is located at 305 College St., Lewiston, and the public library is downtown at 200 Lisbon St. Admission to Cyrano<\/em> and Taming of the Shrew<\/em> is $15, and discussions precede each of those performances at 6 p.m. in the college Chapel, 275 College St.<\/p>\n

Ancient Greeks<\/em> is open to the public at no cost. For tickets or more information, please contact 207-782-7228 or visit www.laarts.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Brian Turner<\/strong><\/a>: Both open to the public at no cost, Turner’s readings take place at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 27, at Bates College’s Edmund S. Muskie Archives, 70 Campus Ave., as part of the Language Arts Live series of literary readings at Bates; and at 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 28, in Callahan Hall, Lewiston Public Library, 200 Lisbon St.\u00a0This Poet As Art<\/em> series reading coincides with the monthly Art Walk Lewiston Auburn.<\/p>\n

Also supporting Turner’s appearances are the library, the Harward Center for Community Partnerships and the Spanish department at Bates, and the Maine Humanities Council.<\/p>\n

For more information, please contact L\/A Arts at 207-782-7228 or www.laarts.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Francine Reed<\/strong><\/a>: Reed takes the stage at the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall, 75 Russell St., at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 13, presented by the Olin Arts Alive<\/em> concert series in collaboration with L\/A Arts. Admission: $15 \/ $10, increasing to $20 \/$10 on the day of the show. Available at batestickets.com<\/a>. For more information, please contact 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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L\/A Arts<\/strong><\/a>, the designated Local Arts Agency of the Twin Cities, has a 35-year history of arts and cultural initiatives, partnerships and performances. L\/A Arts combines arts-centered educational programming, MainStage performance series, free summer concerts, gallery installations and more.<\/p>\n

Frequently partnering with local community organizations, L\/A Arts promotes the arts and culture in various forms — from benefit concerts for veterans to Art Walk Lewiston Auburn, the Auburn Art Wall to Arts in Education.<\/p>\n

*<\/strong>Ancient Greeks\/Modern Lives<\/em> has been made possible by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: great ideas brought to life. ancientgreeksmodernlives.org<\/em><\/a>. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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