LEWISTON — Trans-masculine artists Rocco “Katastrophe” Kayiatos and Athens Boys Choir will present “F To eMbody: A Reconstruction of Gender,” a gender-deviant, multimedia, spoken word, homo-hop event at Bates College. They will perform at 8:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 3, at Benjamin Mays Center, 95 Russell St. Hurricane Sandy forced the postponement of the performance originally scheduled for Oct. […]
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Community group hosts showings of PBS documentary
LEWISTON — A Lewiston group hopes to spread goodwill and promote social integration by showing a PBS documentary several times over the coming weeks. Welcoming Maine, a community group that works to improve social integration between new and native Mainers, will show “Not in Our Town: Light in the Darkness” a PBS documentary about one […]
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Bates dance concert features hip-hop, videodance and more
Aaron Young of Taiwan, a member of the Bates Dance Company, rehearses for “Tensile Involvement,” a piece by modern-dance master Alwin Nikolais to be presented as part of Bates College’s Fall Dance Concert. LEWISTON — Bates College’s Fall Dance Concert will bring together a wide range of styles, from hip-hop to videodance to 1953 classic, in […]
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Cable named foundation president
LEWISTON — Bates College Vice President Nancy J. Cable has been appointed president of the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations, a Florida-based philanthropic organization dedicated to supporting education, theological education, public television and health care. Cable has built a national reputation in higher education, compiling a record of leadership at highly regarded colleges and universities and […]
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Italian Baroque music ensemble will perform at Bates
LEWISTON — Europa Galante, a Grammy-nominated Baroque music ensemble from Italy, will perform on Friday, Nov. 2, at Bates College. The concert program, “Apotheosis and Folia,” includes music by Vivaldi, Couperin, Mascitti, Corelli and C.P.E. Bach. Founded and directed by violinist Fabio Biondi, Europa Galante has performed at festivals and major venues worldwide, including La Scala in […]
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Squash: Pro tour returning to Bates College
LEWISTON — For the second year in a row, some of the world’s top talent in the sport of squash will converge on Bates College for the Bobcat Classic. And this year, the tour is bringing some of the top players in the world with it. David Palmer, originally of Australia and now living in […]
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Bates to present modern adaptation of ancient Greek drama
LEWISTON — New York City-based director Peter Richards helms the Bates College production of “Big Love,” a modern adaptation of an ancient Greek drama, to be staged in early November. Playwright Charles Mee’s inspiration for “Big Love” was the ancient Greek drama “The Suppliant Maidens,” in which 50 daughters of an Egyptian king flee Egypt […]
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Bates College prepares for president’s inauguration Friday
LEWISTON — Months after Clayton Spencer moved into her grand office at Bates College, the president is getting her inauguration. On Friday afternoon, in front of the Bates community and invited guests, she will be joined by delegates from 70 schools at Bates’ Merrill Gymnasium for speeches, pomp and pageantry. “This is the ceremonial installation […]
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Bates College names new faculty
LEWISTON — Six new tenure-track members of the faculty began teaching at Bates College this fall, representing the fields of dance, economics, German, neuroscience and psychology, religious studies, and classical and medieval studies. Beginning their Bates careers as assistant professors are: Ali Humayun Akhtar, religious studies and classical and medieval studies; Rachel Boggia, dance; Jason […]
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Author, poet will give readings at Bates
LEWISTON — Sarah Braunstein, author of the acclaimed novel “The Sweet Relief of Missing Children” and prize-winning poet Richard Blanco will give readings at Bates College as part of its Language Arts Live series. Braunstein’s appearance will be at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 24, in Chase Hall Lounge, 56 Campus Ave. Blanco will read at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, […]