LEWISTON — Lisa Genova, best-selling author of novels “Still Alice” and “Left Neglected,” will speak at Bates College, her alma mater, on Wednesday, Feb. 1. The free talk will be at 7:30 p.m. in the Olin Concert Hall, 75 Russell St. A 1992 Bates graduate with a doctorate in neuroscience from Harvard, Genova is recognized […]
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Celebrated pianists in classical, jazz coming to Bates
LEWISTON — At a couple of February concerts, two young but accomplished pianists, one playing classical and the other jazz, will perform at Bates College. Described as “eminently musical” by The New York Times, French classical pianist Lise de la Salle will perform at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 2. Tickets, $10, may be purchased in […]
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“In the Blood:” Documentary looks at the lives of Maine lumberjacks
LEWISTON– Wiscasset resident Sumner McKane shows his new documentary on Maine logging history, “In the Blood,” at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3, at Bates College’s Olin Concert Hall, 75 Russell St. The event is presented by L/A Arts and the Olin Arts Center. Tickets are $6 and available at www.batestickets.com. For more information, please contact […]
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Acclaimed novelist, cultural critic will offer insights on racial identity
LEWISTON — In January and February, Bates College will present talks on race, identity and 21st-century America by best-selling novelist Danzy Senna and author-cultural critic Toure. Senna’s novel “Caucasia” (Riverhead Trade, 1999) won the Book of the Month Award for First Fiction and the American Library Association’s Alex Award. It was named a Los Angeles […]
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Bates College graduate and board chair named among top U.S. CEOs
LEWISTON — Mike Bonney, a 1980 Bates College graduate who now chairs the college’s Board of Trustees, has been named one of the six best corporate leaders in America by MarketWatch, a leading financial news source published by Dow Jones & Co., publisher of the Wall Street Journal. Bonney is CEO of Cubist Pharmaceuticals Inc., […]
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Bates College’s Arts Crawl: Campus will offer a cappella singing, ice sculpture contest, pop dances, film and more
LEWISTON — Bates College will presents its second annual Arts Crawl on Friday, Jan. 27, concluding with the variety show called Asia Night. The event is open to the public at no cost. The Arts Crawl will begin with outdoor activities across campus at 4:30 p.m. For more information, call 786-6417. Asia Night, reflecting the […]
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King would find inequality in the environment
LEWISTON — If the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. were alive today, he might preach sermons about giving people equal rights to clean air and water. It’s the “unfinished business” that Julian Agyeman believes King alluded to in speeches but never spoke about explicitly before his assassination, the author and teacher told a Bates College crowd […]
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Correction: Bates presidency can’t be rushed
LEWISTON — The caption for an online picture on the Sun Journal’s website Monday should have stated that Clayton Spencer is Bates College’s president-elect. She will take office officially in July. Nancy J. Cable remains interim president of Bates. It was a reporting error.
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Students’ work recognizes beauty of the Androscoggin
Members of a Bates College class tackle aspects of the river and the community. Last fall, 28 environmental studies students at Bates College traded classrooms for community spaces, and community members became their unofficial teachers. The students were taking “Community-Engaged Research in Environmental Studies,” a required course involving semester-long projects undertaken with community partners and […]