Campus events: Dec. 1–19, 2016
Shown in an October 2016 rehearsal, Bates dancers present the annual Fall Dance Concert Dec. 3–5. (Josh Kuckens/Bates College)
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This is a listing of public events at the college during December 2016.
The public is invited to these events. Except as noted, admission is free.
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An essayist, novelist and poet, Terese Svoboda reads from her work Dec. 1.
Can’t attend the game? Watch the livestream:
- Go to athletics.bates.edu
- Click the “Upcoming Events” tab
- Find your event and click the “Video” link (not all games are available on video).
Questions or comments? Contact events editor Doug Hubley at calendar@bates.edu.
Recurring Events
Taking place while Bates is in session. Please confirm before you go.
4:15pm weekdays | Buddhist meditation led by the Dharma Society. FMI 207-786-8272.
Gomes Chapel
12:15pm Mon | Noontime meditation: Different teachers each week bring different practices to this meditation circle. Beginners welcome. FMI 207-786-8272.
Gomes Chapel
6pm Wed | Life drawing with the Museum of Art. Dry-media easels and drawing benches provided, bring drawing board and supplies. $10/$9 museum members. FMI 207-786-8302.
Olin 259
9pm Wed | {Pause}: A reflective secular service of silence, poetry, music, dance and art. FMI 207-786-8272.
Gomes Chapel
6pm Thu | Caribbean Student Association club meeting: A weekly opportunity to get in touch with your Caribbean side, learn about the culture and meet some cool students. FMI canglin@bates.edu.
Commons, Whelan Balcony Overlook
10am Sun | Quaker meeting presented by the Lewiston Friends. FMI 207-786-8272.
163 Wood St.
4pm Sun | Bates Christian Fellowship chapel service with gospel singing, preceded by prayer time at 3pm. FMI 207-786-8272.
Gomes Chapel
5pm Sun | Badminton Club: FMI aandre@bates.edu.
Gray Athletic Building
An assistant professor of sociology at the University of Toronto, Ellen Berrey gives a talk titled “The Enigma of Diversity: The Language of Race and the Limits of Racial Justice” on Dec. 1.
1 Thu
4:15pm | Economics lecture: A talk on a topic TBA by Gonca Senel, a macroeconomist at Bowdoin College specializing in international finance. Sponsored by the economics department. FMI 207-786-8296.
Pettengill G52
4:30pm | The Enigma of Diversity: The Language of Race and the Limits of Racial Justice. An assistant professor of sociology at the University of Toronto, Ellen Berrey opens the Bates lecture series Moral Obligations of Race at Liberal Arts Colleges. Sponsored by the Andrews Fund of the Multifaith Chaplaincy, the offices of Equity and Diversity and of the Dean of the Faculty, and the departments of education, philosophy and psychology. Free, but tickets required: http://bit.ly/2fn6f18. FMI 207-786-8272.
Olin Concert Hall
6:30pm | Literary Arts Live: Terese Svoboda. An award-winning poet, essayist and novelist, Svoboda has published five books of fiction and six of poetry, and her Collected and New Poems appeared last month. Her memoir, Black Glasses Like Clark Kent, won the Graywolf Nonfiction Prize. FMI 207-753-6963.
Muskie Archives
7pm | Game Night: The First Year Seminar “Games, Mathematics and Life” hosts a game night for Bates students, faculty, staff and members of the Lewiston-Auburn community. Featured games include bridge and board games. FMI zdoyon@bates.edu or wbessey@bates.edu.
Chase Hall, Memorial Commons
2 Fri
6pm | Men’s & women’s squash vs. Bowdoin.
Squash Center, 56 Plourde Parkway
7:30pm | Elf (2003, 97 min.): Presented by the Filmboard. Admission: $1. FMI 207-786-6135 or the Filmboard website.
Olin 104
8pm | Bates College Choir and Orchestra: John Corrie directs the choir and orchestra in Part I of Messiah by Georg Frederic Handel. This masterpiece by the renowned Baroque composer will be performed with soloists from the choir: Sarah Freyd ’19, Amelia Green ’17, Maddie McLean ’17, Ryen Martinez ’17 and James Erwin ’18. Free, but tickets required: batesconcerts.eventbrite.com. FMI 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.
Olin Concert Hall
John Corrie conducts the Bates College Choir in Handel’s “Messiah” Dec. 2–3. (Josh Kuckens/Bates College)
3 Sat
9am | D4D On the Road: This daylong workshop provides both novice and seasoned activists with skills for developing advocacy and education campaigns through effective messaging to policy makers, community leaders and the public. Bates’ Harward Center presents the workshop in partnership with Project Pericles and the FrameWorks Institute, known for developing Strategic Frame Analysis, which roots communications practice in the cognitive and social sciences. Free, but advance registration required: bit.ly/D4D-2016.
Muskie Archives
5pm | Fall Dance Concert: The annual concert this year features repertory pieces by visiting guest artists Claudia Lavista and Omar Carrum; Sean Dorsey; Takehiro Ueyama in collaboration with Hideki Kato, the music department and department chair Hiroya Miura; and Visiting Assistant Professor of Dance Julie Fox. Also on the program is work by students in a 200-level improvisation class. FMI 207-786-6161.
Schaeffer Theatre
7:30pm | Movember Concert: This performance by the Manic Optimists and the Deansmen, Bates’ two all-male a cappella singing ensembles, supports mental health and suicide awareness and the Movember Foundation, which addresses major health issues faced by men. FMI fscott@bates.edu.
Benjamin Mays Center
8pm | Bates College Choir and Orchestra (see Dec. 2).
Olin Concert Hall
9pm | Elf (see Dec. 2).
Olin 104
4 Sun
2pm | Fall Dance Concert (see Dec. 3).
Schaeffer Theatre
7:30pm | Recital by voice students of John Corrie: FMI 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.
Olin Concert Hall
5 Mon
7:30pm | Fall Dance Concert (see Dec. 3).
Schaeffer Theatre
7:30pm | Piano recital: Performances by piano students of Chiharu Naruse, Bridget Convey and John Corrie. FMI 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.
Olin Concert Hall
6 Tues
7:30pm | Ensemble Blurb: An experimental, improvisational musical group featuring Visiting Artist in Music Arthur Kampela. FMI 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.
Olin Concert Hall
7 Wed
7pm | Men’s basketball vs. Bowdoin.
Alumni Gym
7:30pm | Full Frontal Nudity: For their final project of the semester, students in Senior Lecturer in Theater Kati Vecsey’s voice and speech course perform Terrence McNally’s play exploring the reaction of American tourists to the perfection and beauty of Michelangelo’s “David.” FMI 207-786-6161.
Schaeffer Theatre
Sam Wheeler ’17 directs Martin McDonagh’s The Pillowman Dec. 8–12. (Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College)
8 Thu
5pm | Psychology poster session: Psychology seniors present their thesis projects as posters and/or brief talks. FMI 207-786-8297.
Pettengill G52
7:30pm | A night of jazz : In a program that includes a tribute to the late Steve Grover, a composer and drummer who taught at Bates, the Bates Jazz Band shares the Olin Concert Hall stage with the Portland Jazz Orchestra. Free, but tickets required: batesconcerts.eventbrite.com. FMI 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.
Olin Concert Hall
7:30pm | The Pillowman by Martin McDonagh: Sam Wheeler ’17 directs this drama in which a box of unpublished stories bearing a striking resemblance to several recent murders brings the writer and his brother in for interrogation. Not suitable for young children. Free, but $5 donation gratefully accepted and tickets recommended: batestheateranddance.eventbrite.com. FMI 207-786-6161.
Gannett Theater
9 Fri
7pm | Brass & steel: Two Bates student music ensembles and a visiting group share a program. Alan Carr directs the debut of the Bates Brass Ensemble, playing music by the Beatles, Henry Mancini and John Dowland. Two steel pan ensembles, the Bates Steel Orchestra and Sister Steel, blend mainstream pop sounds with traditional Caribbean steel music. Duncan Hardy directs the Bates band and belongs to Sister Steel, which is rooted in the longstanding Blue Hill steel pan scene. Free, but tickets required: batesconcerts.eventbrite.com. FMI 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.
Olin Concert Hall
7:30pm | The Pillowman (see Dec. 8).
Gannett Theater
10 Sat
5pm | The Pillowman (see Dec. 8).
Gannett Theater
6pm | Men’s basketball vs. Colby.
Alumni Gym
A scene from the 2011 service of Lessons and Carols. (Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College)
11 Sun
2pm | The Pillowman (see Dec. 8).
Gannett Theater
7pm | Lessons and Carols: This annual campus and community service of hope, longing, and light combines music by student a cappella groups, the Bates College Choir and director-organist John Corrie with readings by students, faculty and staff from the Bates community. FMI 207-786-8272.
Gomes Chapel
12 Mon
7:30pm | The Pillowman (see Dec. 8).
Gannett Theater
19 Mon
1pm | Women’s basketball vs. WPI.
Alumni Gym
Dec. 19–Jan. 8, 2017
Winter Recess: No classes are held, but administrative offices are open through Dec. 22 and again Jan. 2–6.
From “Elementary 240,” 12 photographic prints and a video by Njoud Alanbari on display in the Bates Museum of Art exhibition Phantom Punch. (Courtesy of the artist)
Museum of Art
Through Dec. 23
Mythology: Drawing on six centuries’ worth of works from the museum’s collection, this exhibition explores classical Greco-Roman mythology. Organized by museum education intern Lillie Shulman ’17, under the direction of Anthony Shostak, education curator.
Through March 18
Phantom Punch: Contemporary Art from Saudi Arabia in Lewiston, Maine: Very little is known in America about contemporary Saudi art and artists. This project includes a significant exhibition of leading and emerging Saudi artists, along with lectures, visiting artists and other programming that sparks timely cross-cultural dialogue. One of a series of related exhibitions presented nationwide, Phantom Punch introduces artists who create smart, topical, funny, culturally resonant and technically savvy work.
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