LEWISTON – Martin Luther King Jr.’s speech “I Have a Dream” almost wasn’t, British author Gary Younge told an MLK Day audience at Bates College on Monday. In the hours before King gave his famous 1963 speech, members of his team urged him not to say that he had a dream, Younge said. His chief […]
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College women’s basketball: Hancock sparks Trinity
LEWISTON — It didn’t take long for the Bates College women’s basketball team to see a different opponent in the second half Friday night. Trinity came out in the second stanza and was a much more energized and intense team after a slow first half. And there was little the Bobcats could do about it. […]
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Wyeth’s paintings brought to life in granddaughter’s lecture
LEWISTON — Andrew Wyeth’s only granddaughter painted a colorful, humorous and fascinating insider’s picture of the famous artist in an illustrated lecture at the Great Falls Forum on Friday. “I am so proud to be this man’s granddaughter,” Victoria Wyeth told an audience of more than 100 people in Callahan Hall at the Lewiston Public […]
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Great Falls Forum to host Victoria Wyeth
LEWISTON — The Great Falls Forum will feature Victoria Wyeth, Bates College alumna and granddaughter of Andrew Wyeth, Friday, Jan. 17. Her illustrated talk titled “An Insider’s View of Andrew Wyeth” will be from noon to 1 p.m. in Callahan Hall at the Lewiston Public Library. Wyeth, the only grandchild of iconic American artist Andrew […]
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Graduate school fair to be held Tuesday
LEWISTON — Bates College will host its annual Graduate and Professional School Fair from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 29, in the Clifton Daggett Gray Athletic Building, 130 Central Ave. The community is invited. There is no admission charge and no prior registration is required. For more information, call the Bates Career Development […]
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Woods presents “When We Were the Kennedys” at Bates
LEWISTON — Award-winning Maine author Monica Wood spoke Monday night to a crowd at Bates College about her newest work, “When We Were the Kennedys: A Memoir from Mexico, Maine.” Winner of the May Sarton Women’s Memoir Award for best women’s memoir published in the U.S. and Canada, “When We Were the Kennedys” looks at […]
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Activist: Women still can’t drive in Saudi Arabia, but ‘things are changing’
LEWISTON — There’s a New England connection to the woman who received worldwide attention in 2011 for being being jailed for driving in Saudi Arabia, a country where it is illegal for women to drive. Activist Manal al-Sharif spoke to a packed Bates College audience Wednesday night. She’s been named by Time magazine one of […]
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Bates reveals next steps in facilities master plan
LEWISTON — Bates College officials unveiled plans Tuesday night for modernizing the campus and creating additional dormitory space. Presenters outlined the current phase of a 20- to 25-year road map initiated in 2004 under the “Campus Facilities Master Planning” process. The City Council was advised of Bates’ intentions to renovate, expand and adapt to its […]
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Bates College fireworks planned Friday
LEWISTON — A fireworks display will be held at Bates College on Friday, Sept. 6, as part of events welcoming students for the academic year. The display is scheduled to begin at 8:30 p.m. over Lake Andrews, between College and Russell streets. Produced by Central Maine Pyrotechnics, the show is expected to last less than […]