Except as noted, these events take place at Bates College, Lewiston, and are open to the public at no charge. Where an admission fee is charged, the price format in these listings shows [adults]/[students and senior citizens]. To receive the printed monthly calendar, please call 207-786-6330 or e-mail the calendar editor.
Tuesday February 23
12:30 PM
Noonday Concert — Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
Concert. Pianists Keiko and Yukiko Sekino perform Ravel’s Rapsodie Espagnole and Stravinksy’s Rite of Spring. For more information contact 207-786-6135 or e-mail.
Wednesday February 24
06:00 PM
Figure Drawing — Olin Arts Center, Room 259
Drawing. Sponsored by the Bates College Museum of Art. Artists, bring drawing board and supplies! Easels provided. Admission: $7 (free for Bates students).
Wednesday February 24
07:00 PM
Andean music concert — Benjamin Mays Center
Concert. Concert: The Office of Multicultural Affairs presents Andean musician and performer Kike Pinto. Pinto is the founder and director of Taki Andean Music Museum located in Cusco, Peru. He is also a musician, performer, composer and researcher of Latin American indigenous instruments and music. His concert features a variety of native instruments. This program is also in conjunction with the Latin American Indigenous Movements: Frontiers of Activism Symposium.
Thursday February 25
07:30 PM
Language Arts Live — Chase Hall Lounge
Reading. Bates’ series of literary presentations offers an evening with Caroline Knox, Dorothea Lasky and Dara Wier, poets from Wave Books. Sponsored by the English department, the Bates Humanities Fund, the Learning Associates Program and the John Tagliabue Fund for Poetry. For more information, contact e-mail or 207-786-6326.
Friday February 26
07:00 PM
“Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire” — Olin Arts Center, Room 104
Film. (2009, 110 min.). Sponsored by the Filmboard. Admission: $1. Also showing at 9:30pm.
Saturday February 27
08:00 AM
Snoop Dogg Concert — Clifton Daggett Gray Athletic Building
Concert. Concert: Rapper Snoop Dogg to perform, hosted by the Chase Hall Committee. Tickets are available at www.batestickets.com.
Saturday February 27
02:00 PM
“Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire” — Olin Arts Center, Room 104
Film. (2009, 110 min.). Sponsored by the Filmboard. Admission: $1. Also showing at 7pm.
Sunday February 28
02:00 PM
“Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire” — Olin Arts Center Room 104
Film. (2009, 110 min.). Sponsored by the Filmboard. Admission: $1. Also showing at 4:30pm.
Sunday February 28
03:00 PM
Schubert’s song cycle — Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
concert. Winterreise performed by mezzo-soprano Elizabeth Patches and pianist Frank Glazer, artist in residence. Free, but tickets required. For information call 207-786-6135 or e-mail.
About The Olin Arts and Concert Hall
75 Russell Street
Built 1986; 45,000 square feet
The Olin Arts Center was built with a gift from the F. W. Olin Foundation in 1986. In addition to the Bates College Museum of Art and a 300-seat concert hall, Olin houses a slide library, classrooms, faculty offices, individual and group practice rooms for musicians, art studios (including a drawing studio with a panoramic view of Lake Andrews), and two photographic darkrooms.
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