![Nuns from Jangchub Choeling Nunnery in Mundgod, South India, begin the creation of the Medicine Buddha Sand Mandala at the Peter J. Gomes Chapel in Lewiston, Maine, as part of the Jangchub Jamtse Tour, on June 24, 2024. The mandala is part of the Jangchub Jamtse Tour and aims to generate positive energy and mend physical, emotional, spiritual, and environmental ailments.The event is open to the public until June 28, 2024. (Theophil Syslo | Bates College)](https://www.bates.edu/news/files/2024/06/4x6_-200x133.webp)
Cultural calendar available from Bates
Close to 100 lectures, concerts, theater performances and art exhibits, all open to the public, are planned for the 1997-98 academic year at Bates College.
The diverse offerings begin in September with talks by two of the nation’s most prominent thinkers and the premiere of a one-woman play based on a holocaust-era diary.
The Rev. Peter J. Gomes, the Plummer Professor of Christian Morals at Harvard University and minister of Harvard University’s Memorial Church, will discuss The Good Book: Reading the Bible with Mind and Heart 4 p.m. Sept. 9, in the Muskie Archives, 70 Campus Ave.
Cornel West, professor of Afro-American studies and philosophy of religion at Harvard, will talk about The Matter(s) of Race on Sept. 12 in the Alumni Gymnasium.
A Thinking Heart: The Diary of Etty Hillesum, directed by Ellen Seeling and featuring actress Suzanne Sturn, is based on the writings of a young woman who lived in Holland during the Nazi occupation. Performances will be given Sept. 11 through Sept. 14.
The college publishes a semester-long cultural calendar of events and a monthly calendar of more up-to-date information. Anyone interested in receiving these Bates calendars should call 207-786-6330.