Maine author Bill Roorbach, recipient of the Flannery O’Connor and O. Henry prizes, as well as the Maine Literary Award in creative nonfiction, will give a reading and discussion at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 25, at Bates College. His works include the story collection “The Girl of the Lake” and the best-selling “Life Among Giants,” […]
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Men's soccer: Second half defensive lapse costs Bobcats
BRUNSWICK — The end of the season slate for the Bowdoin College men’s soccer team is stacked, with undefeated Connecticut College and Tufts scheduled to visit the Polar Bears to close out the regular NESCAC season. On Wednesday, the Polar Bears hosted NESCAC rival Bates College on Pickard Field, knowing they were not going to […]
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Human rights talk to be feature of UN Day celebration at Bates
LEWISTON — UNA-Maine, a chapter of the United Nations Association of the USA (UNA-USA), will celebrate United Nations Day with a presentation by renowned human rights educator Steve Wessler at Bates College at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 24. The event is being co-sponsored by the Holocaust and Human Rights Center of Maine and Bates College. Wessler […]
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Bates, Franco Center celebrate francophone culture with Tournees Film Festival
LEWISTON — In partnership with Bates College and the Gendron Franco Center, the Tournees Film Festival returns to Lewiston for the third year to present French-language film screenings from Oct. 24 through Nov. 7. The lineup comprises six films new and old and in diverse genres. Ranging from the Democratic Republic of the Congo to Paris, […]
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Digital music concert to conclude Bates College symposium
A public concert concludes a daylong Digital Music Symposium at Bates College with Hiroya Miura, a composer and associate professor of music at Bates College, at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 26. Emerging composers present works created with handmade instruments, systems using bodily sensations and motions to interact with the computer, and a live interactive video game […]
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College football: Wesleyan rolls over Bates
LEWISTON — Bates College’s defense broke down on third downs and then Wesleyan pulled away for 44-13 NESCAC football win at Garcelon Field on Saturday. The Cardinals’ first three touchdowns came on third-down plays as they built a 24-6 lead over the Bobcats. “Third down is the hardest down for the offense. For them to […]
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Local roundup: Audrey Fletcher leads Monmouth to girls' soccer win over Hyde
MONMOUTH — Audrey Fletcher had a goal and two assists to lead Monmouth to a 3-1 Class C girls’ soccer win over Hyde on Wednesday. Tabbie Crawford added a goal and an assist and Alicen Burnham had a goal for the Mustangs (11-1). Emma Johnson made seven saves in the win. Ingrid Schroeter scored Hyde’s (5-7) lone […]
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Officials urge improvements in Maine's criminal justice system
LEWISTON — Though Maine has the lowest incarceration rate in the country and prisoners are often allowed to create new lives for themselves, two of the men who oversee the criminal justice system in the Pine Tree State see plenty of room for improvement. Speaking to about 75 people Wednesday night at a Bates College […]
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College field hockey: Bates overpowers UMaine-Farmington
Bates’ Emma Patterson powerslides while shooting at the goal during Tuesday night’s field hockey game in Lewiston. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) Bates’ Meghan Lapar slams the ball down the field as Univeristy of Maine at Farmington’s Nickyia Lovely comes into the play from the right. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) LEWISTON — Bates College spent the most of Tuesday […]
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Author of acclaimed book on sea level rise to deliver Otis Lecture at Bates
Writer and photographer Elizabeth Rush will deliver the Otis Lecture at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27, in Bates College’s Olin Arts Center Concert Hall. Rush’s book, “Rising: Dispatches From the New American Shore,” was excerpted by The Guardian and praised by the Los Angeles Review of Books. Rush’s book details communities’ responses to rising sea levels. […]