LEWISTON — Fourteen studio art majors at Bates College will show work from their yearlong thesis projects — from pencil drawing to digital painting — in the annual Senior Exhibition. The exhibit will open with a public reception at 6 p.m. Friday, April 6, in the Bates College Museum of Art, 75 Russell St. Besides […]
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Bates College will present documentary on societal healing
LEWISTON — Bates College will present “Fambul Tok,” an award-winning documentary depicting a journey of reconciliation in post-conflict Sierra Leone, on Thursday, March 22. Libby Hoffman, executive producer of the film, will take part in a discussion after the screening. Open to the public at no cost, the event will begin at 7 p.m. in […]
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Bates concert features Indonesian guest artists, work by Maine composer
LEWISTON — Guest artists from Indonesia, an Indonesian-style dancer from California and a Maine composer will all have a part in Bates College’s Gamelan Orchestra concert on Saturday, March 31. Joining the orchestra, which plays traditional Indonesian gamelan instruments, are drummer-composer Wahyu Roche and dancer Achmad Farmis, both of Indonesia, and dancer Ben Arcangel. The […]
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Bates’ Gamelan ensemble will perform at UMF
FARMINGTON — Bates College’s Gamelan Degung Ensemble will perform traditional and contemporary music from western Java on Sunday, March 18, at the University of Maine at Farmington. The ensemble will be joined by composer, cellist and UMF Professor of Music Philip Carlsen for the premiere of his “Tango Tanggung” for cello and gamelan. Admission to […]
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Bates Dance Festival holding arts camp for kids
LEWISTON — The Bates Dance Festival will offer its three-week Youth Arts Program from July 23 through Aug. 10 at the Benjamin Mays Center on the campus of Bates College. Now in its 19th year, YAP has changed the lives of many youth, enhancing their self-confidence and opening up new avenues of expression. Offering local […]
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Bates musicians will present Brahms, Debussy, Handel
LEWISTON — Bates College musicians will offer three masterpieces of the art music repertory in March: Brahms’ Symphony No. 3, Debussy’s “Prelude a l’apres-midi d’un faune” and the second and third parts of Handel’s “Messiah.” Conducted by Hiroya Miura of the Bates faculty, the Bates College Orchestra will perform the Brahms and Debussy compositions at […]
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Capital and Vienna piano trios will perform at Bates
LEWISTON — A couple of piano trios will give performances in March at Bates College. The Capital Trio — pianist and 1993 Bates graduate Duncan Cumming, violinist Hilary Cumming and cellist Selen Dikener — will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 9. The Vienna Piano Trio, which has performed in virtually every major music center […]
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Correction: Cochrane artwork locations
AUBURN — The River Views column on Page B1 on Feb. 7 about artwork by Harry Cochrane incorrectly named two locations of his paintings. The locations should have been the First Universalist Church of Auburn, which is on Pleasant Street, and the High Street Methodist Church in Auburn, now demolished. It was a reporting error.