LEWISTON — Participants in an effort to provide humanitarian aid to Mexican migrants entering the U.S. will describe their work in a Bates College event at 4:15 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 5, in Room G65 of Pettengill Hall, 4 Andrews Road (Alumni Walk). Claudia Aburto Guzman, associate professor of Spanish at Bates, leads this Public Works […]
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Award-winning nature poet to lecture at Bates
LEWISTON — Camille Dungy, an award-winning environmental poet and editor of the first anthology of nature poetry by African-American writers, will present the Otis Lecture at Bates College on Thursday, Oct. 6. The 7:30 p.m. lecture in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall, 75 Russell St., is free, but tickets are required. Call 786-6135 or […]
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Bates concert blends video, music and desert tales
LEWISTON — A Native American musician and visual artist, a singer from a self-described fusion-trance-zouk band, a video artist and an avant-garde composer will join forces for a multimedia presentation at Bates College on Friday, Oct. 7. Brad Kahlhamer, long active in the Lower Manhattan music scene, and vocalist Kelsey Barrett of the Brooklyn-based band […]
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Pro Squash: Bobcat Classic part of growing pro tour
With equipment similar to tennis, rules and play more similar to racquetball, and well off the grid of mainstream sports — for now, at least — squash is an intense, close-quarters, person-to-person sport with a rabid following among those who play. This week, the Pro Squash Tour and Bates College are teaming up to host […]
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Pro Squash: Bahgat to compete against men in pro tourney
No political statement intended, Nour Bahgat just wants to play against, and hopefully defeat, the best competition. Bahgat, an Egyptian studying at Trinity College in Connecticut, won the intercollegiate squash title as a freshman. In the junior ranks, she won the German, Pioneer and Dutch Opens, as well as a world team championship while a […]
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Olin Arts Center: World-renowned pianist and a cappella ensemble will open seasonlong celebration of 25 years of music, theater, art, films and more at Bates College
LEWISTON — World-acclaimed American pianist Richard Goode and Chanticleer, an internationally renowned a cappella ensemble, will kick off the 25th anniversary celebratory season of the Olin Arts Center at Bates College. Goode will present a program of works by Mozart and Chopin at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 30, at the Olin Concert Hall, 75 Russell […]
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Pair of Bates College students rescued from river
AUBURN — Two Bates College students were plucked from the Androscoggin River early Wednesday night after being stranded on an island as the sun went down. Police went to Great Falls shortly after 6 p.m. when callers reported seeing the two men on the rocky island just below the falls. After several attempts to get […]
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Bates students’ startup: Buy together, save together
LEWISTON — The premise of NumbersPay.com: Commit to buy a digital camera, an iPad case or an Oakland Raiders’ cap and if a handful of buyers commit too, save a little money. Get 10 or 20 other college co-eds to join in, save a lot. Launched by four Bates College students in May, CNNMoney this summer […]
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Rapper and his DJ will give outdoor concert at Bates
LEWISTON — Fresh from their national touring debut as headliners, Seattle rapper Macklemore and his producer/DJ, Ryan Lewis, will give an an open-air performance at Bates College on Friday, Sept. 16. Open to the public at no cost, the 8 p.m. concert will be on the Library Quad, accessed from Campus Avenue between Chase Hall […]
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Well done – Thomas Esponnette
LEWISTON — Thomas R. Esponnette, son of Peter and Sally Esponnette of Auburn, received a bachelor of science degree from Bates College on May 29. He was one of 437 seniors to graduate during the college’s 145th commencement exercises. A 2007 graduate of Edward Little High School, Esponnette majored in biology. His undergraduate activities included […]