LEWISTON — Bates College will presents its second annual Arts Crawl on Friday, Jan. 27, concluding with the variety show called Asia Night.

The event is open to the public at no cost.

The Arts Crawl will begin with outdoor activities across campus at 4:30 p.m. For more information, call 786-6417.

Asia Night, reflecting the diversity of Asian cultures, ends the Arts Crawl at 7:30 p.m. in Schaeffer Theatre, 305 College St. On the program are such pop dances as Bollywood numbers, performance art and gamelan music.

Sangai Asia, the student organization producing Asia Night, will present a second performance the following night, also at 7:30. For more information, email scheung@bates.edu.

Produced by the Bates Arts Collaborative, a group of faculty, staff and students working to raise the profile of the arts on campus and in the community, the Arts Crawl features more than 100 students sharing their creative voices through visual art, film, dance, music, spoken word and theater.

 The Bates College Museum of Art, at 75 Russell St., will stay open past its usual 5 p.m. closing time for the occasion. Showing are “Xiaoze Xie: Amplified Moments (1993–2008),” a major survey of work by a Chinese-American artist known for his explorations of time, memory, history and the media; and “James Ensor: Scenes de la vie du Christ and other works,” featuring lithographs and etchings inspired by late-medieval combinations of religious and carnival imagery.

Arts Crawl events will take place simultaneously across campus. The outdoor events include a cappella singing, as well as snow painting and ice sculpture contests open to public participation.

Myriad indoor activities beginning at 5 p.m. include the following:

* Acoustic music and dance improvisation in the art museum;

* Sangai Asia performances, original choreography, rock bands and theatrical monologues in Chase Hall, 56 Campus Ave.;

*World and acoustic music, including the Bates Gamelan Orchestra, in Pettengill Hall’s Perry Atrium, 4 Andrews Road (Alumni Walk);

*Student film shorts in Coram Library, 42 Campus Ave.;

*And performances of spoken-word pieces and poetry from 6 to 6:30 p.m. in Roger Williams Hall, 9 Andrews Road.

* Displays of student artwork in media including drawing, painting, photography, ceramics and printmaking, as well as open studios hosted by senior studio art majors showing their thesis work in progress, all in the Olin Arts Center, 75 Russell St.

Popcorn, hot chocolate and hot apple crisp will be served around campus, along with an “all things chocolate” station in Olin Arts Center, 75 Campus Ave., and international foods in Perry Atrium.

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