Bates College will host a free Martin Luther King Jr. Day observance Jan. 19 and 20.
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Bates College program encourages diverse picture books for children
Children should be able to see themselves in the books they read, educators say, because it will help them succeed in an increasingly diverse nation.
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Children’s book about Santa’s reindeer lands Bates grad on bestseller list
In his 20th book, “Dasher,” Matt Tavares of Ogunquit provides an origin story for Santa’s famed sleigh-pulling team.
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Bates dining by the numbers
Number of meals served a day: 5,000 Number of events catered every year: 6,000 Number of recipes: 3,000 Percentage of food that is from Maine: 28% Percentage of waste diverted from waste stream: 84%-plus Kinds of bread: 12 Varieties of cereal: 30-plus Drink options: 45 How often particular dishes appear: Every 5 weeks Most requested […]
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Bates College offers upper-class cuisine to students and public
Bates College’s mission to feed young minds extends to nourishing student bodies — and the public — with nationally recognized fare. Go curry!
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Bates College dining for the public
If you’re not an employee or student, here’s what you should know before you go.
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Poet Franny Choi will wrap up Bates College reading series for 2019
Bates College’s Literary Arts Live reading series presents Franny Choi, the author of the poetry collections, “Floating, Brilliant, Gone” and “Soft Science,” which Publishers Weekly described as “an exhilarating matrix of poetry, science and technology.” Choi is an editor and podcast co-host as well as poet. A book signing will follow the reading, which will […]
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Bates College presents Momenta Quartet violist in two very different concerts
Stephanie Griffin, a founder of the Momenta Quartet and the group’s violist, will perform in two concerts at Bates College. The quartet is the Bates Music Department artists-in-residence for 2019-20. Griffin’s first concert is with the Bates Gamelan Orchestra, directed by Gina Fatone, in a program of traditional and contemporary works at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, […]
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Bates College literary reading series presents Indian American poet Raena Shirali
Bates College presents a Literary Arts Live appearance by Raena Shirali 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 7, at the Muskie Archives. Shirali is an esteemed Indian American poet, author of the award-winning book “Gilt” and assistant professor of English at Holy Family University in Philadelphia. Her work grapples with the standards created by family, relationships and […]