LEWISTON — Demonstrating the bold diversity of music performed at the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall, Bates College will present two distinctly different performances on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 29-30. Saturday will bring an evening of chamber music featuring Maine musicians and music by Mozart, Faure and Dvorak. The following evening, the world-music band Red Baraat will […]
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Seven Bates College graduates receive Fulbright awards to teach, conduct research abroad
LEWISTON — Seven recent Bates College graduates received 2012 Fulbright grants or related awards for teaching and conducting research in Argentina, Austria, Germany, Poland, the Slovak Republic and Vietnam. Claire Lampen of St. Louis, Mo., received an academic grant from the Fulbright U.S. Student Program to conduct research in Germany under the auspices of the […]
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People You Know: Dr. Paul Cain — Helping people here and away
AUBURN — Dr. Paul Cain recently put out the call: He’d like a few spare legs. The prosthetics would be added to an active collection of screws, plates and braces. Cain, an orthopedic surgeon and team physician for Bates College Athletics, has treated thousands of local athletes over the years. This winter, for the third […]
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Glazer is featured speaker at Thursday forum
LEWISTON — Frank Glazer, artist in residence at Bates College, will be the featured speaker at the Great Falls Forum lecture series at noon on Thursday, Sept. 20, in Callahan Hall at the Lewiston Public Library. Glazer will be presenting a talk titled, “Reminiscences from 90 Years at the Piano.” Glazer will be reflecting back […]
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Wagner cancels tonight’s concert at Bates
LEWISTON — Singer-songwriter Mirel Wagner has canceled her Sept. 12 performance at Bates College. According to her Facebook page, she has dropped the remainder of her North American tour for unspecified reasons.
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Pianist Glazer will celebrate three decades at Bates
LEWISTON — Frank Glazer, a pianist of international renown, became an artist-in-residence at Bates College in 1980. This academic year, the 97-year-old musician will perform an entire season of concerts comprising his favorite music from his 30-plus years in that role. The autumn half of the series will begin with a Sept. 14 performance in […]
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Domestic power plays prevail in ‘Taming of the Shrew’
LEWISTON — Aquila Theatre Company, in collaboration with L/A Arts and Bates College, will perform William Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew” on Saturday, Sept. 29. Set in the idyllic town of Padua, “The Taming of the Shrew” tells the timeless story of the battle of the sexes. Bianca Minola, the beautiful daughter of a lord, […]
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Bates to show films with global perspective
LEWISTON —The Global Lens 2012 film series, a showcase of 10 award-winning international features, will return to Bates College in weekly screenings beginning Monday, Sept. 17. The 2012 series comprises films from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Iran, Iraq, Morocco, Rwanda and Turkey, as well as Albania. “Our community grows more diverse each year, and providing films […]
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New Bates president hits the right note
Locals have long wondered what Bates College officials really thought of their host community. Officially, that relationships has always been cordial, and Bates has usually invited the community to college programs. Thousands of Bates students, meanwhile, have participated in the college’s excellent community service program. But, secretly, did they lament being located in the midst […]