LEWISTON — Early next month, Bates College dancers will give two performances of widely diverse repertoire, including the influential masterwork “Tensile Involvement” by Alwin Nikolais. Featuring the Bates Dance Company, student dance clubs and faculty performers, these performances on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 6-7, the college’s parents and family weekend, are open to the public at no […]
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Bates student injured in fall in stairwell
LEWISTON — A Bates College student from Eliot was seriously injured over the weekend after falling down a stairwell. Troy J. Pappas, 18, a first-year student at the college was taken to Central Maine Medical Center for treatment after he fell down a stairwell Saturday at about 9:30 p.m. in Parker Hall, an on-campus student […]
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Bates College panel to discuss history, future of Clean Water Act
LEWISTON — One of the landmark environmental laws developed by the late U.S. Sen. Edmund Muskie, the Clean Water Act turns 40 in mid-October. Bates College, from which Muskie graduated in 1936, will present a panel discussion exploring the history and future of the Clean Water Act at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 1, in the […]
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Weekend concerts: Chamber music and ‘bhangra’-brass hybrid
LEWISTON — Demonstrating the bold diversity of music performed at the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall, Bates College will present two distinctly different performances on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 29-30. Saturday will bring an evening of chamber music featuring Maine musicians and music by Mozart, Faure and Dvorak. The following evening, the world-music band Red Baraat will […]
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Seven Bates College graduates receive Fulbright awards to teach, conduct research abroad
LEWISTON — Seven recent Bates College graduates received 2012 Fulbright grants or related awards for teaching and conducting research in Argentina, Austria, Germany, Poland, the Slovak Republic and Vietnam. Claire Lampen of St. Louis, Mo., received an academic grant from the Fulbright U.S. Student Program to conduct research in Germany under the auspices of the […]
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People You Know: Dr. Paul Cain — Helping people here and away
AUBURN — Dr. Paul Cain recently put out the call: He’d like a few spare legs. The prosthetics would be added to an active collection of screws, plates and braces. Cain, an orthopedic surgeon and team physician for Bates College Athletics, has treated thousands of local athletes over the years. This winter, for the third […]
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Glazer is featured speaker at Thursday forum
LEWISTON — Frank Glazer, artist in residence at Bates College, will be the featured speaker at the Great Falls Forum lecture series at noon on Thursday, Sept. 20, in Callahan Hall at the Lewiston Public Library. Glazer will be presenting a talk titled, “Reminiscences from 90 Years at the Piano.” Glazer will be reflecting back […]
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Wagner cancels tonight’s concert at Bates
LEWISTON — Singer-songwriter Mirel Wagner has canceled her Sept. 12 performance at Bates College. According to her Facebook page, she has dropped the remainder of her North American tour for unspecified reasons.
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Pianist Glazer will celebrate three decades at Bates
LEWISTON — Frank Glazer, a pianist of international renown, became an artist-in-residence at Bates College in 1980. This academic year, the 97-year-old musician will perform an entire season of concerts comprising his favorite music from his 30-plus years in that role. The autumn half of the series will begin with a Sept. 14 performance in […]