Events schedule: April 2012, 2nd revision

Hello again from Bates!  This edition of the April public events listing includes a corrected date for the NESCAC Men’s and Women’s Outdoor Track Championships — April 28, not 29.

In addition, former Maine House Speaker Glenn Cummings speaks about Maine’s new charter school legislation in a newly announced April 3 event; and the concerts by the Steel Pan Orchestra and by computer-music students have been moved to April 2 and 5, respectively. Finally, we’ve highlighted the fact that children 14 and younger will be admitted to the April 1 dance concert for free.

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.)

Want updated events information? Visit Upcoming Events. Questions or comments? Contact events editor Doug Hubley at calendar@bates.edu.

Thanks for your interest in Bates!

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1 Sun

11am Holy Communion. Music by John Corrie. FMI 207-786-8272.
Chapel

2 pm Modern Dance Company: Creations by faculty and student choreographers, including three of Bates’ first dance majors. Today is Family Day — kids under 15 enter for free. Otherwise, admission is $6/$3, available at batestickets.com. FMI 207-786-8294 or 207-786-6161.
Schaeffer Theatre

2 & 4:30 pm Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2011, 129 min.). Presented by the Filmboard. $1.
Olin 104

5:30pm Protestant worship with gospel singing led by Stephen Saxon. FMI 207-786-8272.
Chapel

7:30pm Buddhist meditation led by Aung Myint ’14. FMI 207-786-8272.
Chapel

8pm Jack Schneider, composer, presents his work in a senior thesis concert. FMI 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.
Olin Concert Hall

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2 Mon

7pm Global Lens film: A Useful Life (Uruguay, 2010, 63 min.). Sponsored by the Bates College Museum of Art. FMI 207-786-6158.
Olin 104

7pm Steel Pan Orchestra in concert (rescheduled from April 7). FMI 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.
Olin Concert Hall

7:30pm Modern Dance Company: The annual Winter Concert comprises two programs. Tonight: Works from 10 choreographers in a dance composition course. Admission is $6/$3, available at batestickets.com. FMI 207-786-8294 or 207-786-6161.
Schaeffer Theatre

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3 Tue

4:15pm Many Paths up an Old Mountain: New Opportunities for American Education, an address about Maine’s new charter school legislation by Glenn Cummings, president and executive director of Good Will-Hinckley and the Maine Academy of Natural Sciences. Part of Bates’ third annual Education Symposium, which starts at 1pm. FMI 207-786-8297.
New Commons 221

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4 Wed

3:30pm Softball vs. Maine Maritime (doubleheader).
Lafayette Street Field

4:15pm Voice students of John Corrie and Bonnie Scarpelli in recital. FMI 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.
Olin Concert Hall

6pm Life drawing sponsored by the Museum of Art. Dry-media easels and drawing benches provided, bring drawing board and supplies. $7. FMI 207-786-6158.
Olin 259

7pm Bates Jazz Band: Thomas Snow directs this concert featuring big-band arrangements and small combo settings in styles spanning bossa nova, funk, swing and standards. Free, but tickets required. FMI 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.
Olin Concert Hall

7pm Men’s lacrosse vs. Bowdoin.
Garcelon Field

7:30pm Spike Heels by Theresa Rebeck. Exploring unresolved societal issues of sexuality and power, this full-length play is performed by students in Katalin Vecsey’s advanced voice and speech course. Free; no reservations. FMI 207-786-8294 or 207-786-6161.
Gannett Theater


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5 Thu

7:30pm Buddhist meditation (see April 1).
Chapel

7:30pm Computer music students present their final projects (rescheduled from April 2). FMI 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.
Olin Concert Hall

7:30pm Spike Heels (see April 4).
Gannett Theater

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6 Fri

4pm Piano students of Chiharu Naruse in recital. FMI 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.
Olin Concert Hall

4pm Softball vs. Colby.
Lafayette Street Field

5pm BatesDowntown: The Olin Arts Center presents jazz in the heart of Lewiston by pianist Steve Grover and bassist Greg Loughman. FMI 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.
22 Park St. (former Maple Room)

6pm Senior Exhibition opening reception. Fourteen studio art majors present artwork in diverse media. FMI 207-786-6158.
Museum of Art

7 & 9:30pm Tower Heist (2011; 144 min). Presented by the Filmboard. $1.
Olin 104

7:30pm Spike Heels (see April 4).
Gannett Theater

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7 Sat

Noon Baseball vs. Bowdoin (doubleheader).
Leahey Field

Noon Women’s lacrosse vs. Hamilton.
Garcelon Field

1pm Men’s tennis vs. Amherst.
Wallach Tennis Center

2 & 7pm Tower Heist (see April 6).
Olin 104

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8 Sun

11am Holy Communion (see April 1).
Chapel

2 & 4:30pm Tower Heist (see April 6).
Olin 104

5:30pm Protestant worship (see April 1).
Chapel

7:30 pm Buddhist meditation (see April 1).
Chapel

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11 Wed

6pm Life drawing (see April 4).
Olin 259

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12 Thu

4:30pm Different Voices of Meryl Streep by Senior Lecturer in Theater Katalin Vecsey, recipient of the Kroepsch Award for Excellence in Teaching. Vecsey, an expert in theatrical uses of voice and speech, uses Streep to exemplify the power of voice in creating characters. Refreshments at 4:15. FMI 207-786-6066.
Pettengill G52

7:30pm Buddhist meditation (see April 1).
Chapel

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14 Sat

Noon Baseball vs. Becker (doubleheader).
Leahey Field

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15 Sun

1pm Softball: Bates alumnae.
Lafayette Street Field

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17 Tue

3:30pm Softball vs. Southern Maine (doubleheader).
Lafayette Street Field

4pm Baseball vs. Curry.
Leahey Field

7pm Men’s lacrosse vs. Tufts.
Garcelon Field

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20 Fri

4pm Softball vs. Tufts.
Lafayette Street Field

4pm Women’s tennis vs. Bowdoin.
Wallach Tennis Center

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21 Sat

10am Women’s tennis vs. Connecticut College.
Wallach Tennis Center

Noon Softball vs. Tufts (doubleheader).
Lafayette Street Field

1pm Men’s lacrosse vs. Connecticut College.
Garcelon Field

2pm Men’s tennis vs. Connecticut College.
Wallach Tennis Center

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22 Sun

9:30am Men’s and women’s rowing host Presidents Cup vs. Bowdoin and Colby.
Bates Boathouse, Greene

5:30pm Protestant worship (see April 1).
Chapel

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24 Tue

3:30pm Softball vs. Husson (doubleheader).
Lafayette Street Field

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25 Wed

4:15pm South African Literature and the Missing Woman Syndrome, a lecture by Frederick Vusi Khumalo, South African novelist and journalist, and Fellow at the Neiman Institute for Journalism at Harvard. Sponsored by the programs in African American, American cultural, and women and gender studies, and by the Africana Club and Amandla!. FMI 207-786-8296.
Pettengill G65

7pm Women’s lacrosse vs. Colby.
Garcelon Field

6pm Life drawing (see April 4).
Olin 259

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26 Thu

7:30pm Buddhist meditation (see April 1).
Chapel

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27 Fri

4pm Men’s tennis vs. Tufts.
Wallach Tennis Center

7:30pm Glazer and Woolweaver: Former bandmates in the New England Piano Quartette, pianist Frank Glazer and violist Scott Woolweaver join forces again for a recital. Free, but tickets required. FMI 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.
Olin Concert Hall

8pm red, black & GREEN: a blues: Led by poet-dancer-activist Marc Bamuthi Joseph, this piece combines spoken word, music and movement to spark a conversation on environmental justice, social ecology and collective responsibility in the climate-change era. Admission: $20 / $10, available at batestickets.com. FMI 207-786-6163.
Lewiston Memorial Armory, 65 Central Ave.

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28 Sat

9am Men’s and women’s track and field host NESCAC Outdoor Championships.
Russell Street Track

4pm Women’s tennis vs. Williams.
Wallach Tennis Center

8pm red, black & GREEN: a blues (see April 27).
Lewiston Memorial Armory

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29 Sun

9:30am Men’s and women’s rowing host Middlebury, et al.
Bates Boathouse, Greene

10am Men’s tennis vs. Williams.
Wallach Tennis Center

11am Holy Communion (see April 1).
Chapel

Noon Softball vs. Bowdoin (doubleheader).
Lafayette Street Field

4pm Men’s tennis vs. Southern Maine.
Wallach Tennis Center

5pm Baseball vs. Colby.
Hadlock Field, Park Avenue, Portland

5:30pm Protestant worship (see April 1).
Chapel

7:30 pm Buddhist meditation (see April 1).
Chapel

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Museum of Art

Celebrating 25 years in 2011–12!

10am–5pm Tue-Sat

FMI 207-786-6158 or
museum@bates.edu

April 6 – May 26

Annual Senior Exhibition: Culminating their yearlong thesis project, 14 studio art majors present work in a variety of media.