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King Day focus: 'Faith and Ethics in the Public Sphere'

Phyllis Graber Jensen — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 13:10:10 +0000

An expert in African American political and religious history gives the Martin Luther King Jr. Day keynote address at �ֲ��ý at 10:45 a.m. Monday, Jan. 18, in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall, 75 Russell St.

The college traditionally cancels classes and offers special programming for King Day. This year’s theme is Faith and Ethics in the Public Sphere: What is the Dream?

Events are open to the public at no cost. For a and or to learn more about Martin Luther King Jr. Day at �ֲ��ý, please or call 207-786-6400.

, Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Thought at the University of Pennsylvania, offers both Monday’s keynote and, the evening before, a sermon for the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Memorial Service of Worship. The service is held at 7 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 17, in the College Chapel. Sponsored by the Multifaith Chaplaincy, the event features music by �ֲ��ý students and a reception at 8:30 p.m. For more information, contact 207-786-8272.

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Student debaters from �ֲ��ý and Morehouse colleges and from local high schools begin King Day events with an oratorical event at 9:30 a.m., Monday, Jan. 18, in the Benjamin Mays Center, 95 Russell St. They will debate the topic Religion is a necessary element of a just social change. A reception precedes the event at 9 a.m.

Students from Morehouse, King’s alma mater, have long been a part of the �ֲ��ý King Day observances. Benjamin Mays, a 1920 �ֲ��ý graduate and debater, was a longtime Morehouse president and lifelong adviser to King.

Mays is the topic of Savage’s keynote address, titled Benjamin Mays and the Politics of Black Religion in the Age of Desegregation. He was an ordained Baptist minister and one of the most outspoken critics of segregation during the civil rights movement. His belief in the fundamental dignity of all human beings drove both his religious and political philosophies. Savage will address Mays’ religious history and lessons he imparted to future generations.

Beginning at 1:20 p.m. and continuing throughout the afternoon in four concurrent sessions per time slot (times and rooms TBA), students, staff, guests and faculty will lead readings, presentations and discussions reflecting the King Day theme in Pettengill Hall, 4 Andrews Road (Alumni Walk). See a .

Workshops include Somethin’ Sanctified: How Church Music Influenced Jazz, sponsored by Ladd Library and the program in classical and medieval studies; Thinking about “Good Hair,” which will use comedian Chris Rock’s recent documentary about African American hair culture as a basis for discussion; and student poetry readings in various languages.

Among afternoon programs is a in Pettengill’s Perry Atrium curated by filmmaker , a member of the class of 2005, and an art project presented by the 2010 Eco Rep Team and sustainability coordinator Julie Rosenbach called What’s on Your Green Conscience? The project offers participants a chance to see what’s on others’ green consciences and express their own.

King Day concludes with a performance by �ֲ��ý students at 7:30 p.m. in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall. Students commissioned to create cultural work for the day’s events will present music, dance and spoken pieces. Performers include �ֲ��ý College Step Team; the Robinson Players, a campus theater group; the �ֲ��ý Gospelaires, a gospel choir; Justified; Hans Johnson and the Hybrid Sun; Lindsey Reuter; and Clyde Bango.

Savage researches 20th-century African American political and religious history and the intersections between race, media and politics. She is the author of Your Spirits Walk Beside Us: The Politics of Black Religion (Harvard University Press, 2008), an examination of the role of religion in racial leadership; and Broadcasting Freedom: Radio, War and the Politics of Race, 1938-1948 (University of North Carolina Press, 1999), which won the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library Award.

Savage is the interim director of the University of Pennsylvania’s Center for Africana Studies. She received her doctorate in history from Yale, also holds a doctorate in law from Georgetown University and earned her bachelor’s degree at the University of Virginia.

Events Schedule: January 2010

Doug Hubley — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:05:07 +0000

Here is a preview of public events for January 2010. Click “Print this post” at the bottom of the page for a version especially formatted for printing.

For up-to-date information throughout the month, see our Upcoming Events list, updated daily [intlink id=”10234″ type=”page”]here[/intlink].

Except as noted, these events are open to the public at no charge.

Saturday, Jan. 9

1pm Swimming vs. Norwich and New England. Merrill Gymnasium, Tarbell Pool

2pm Men’s and women’s squash vs. Williams. �ֲ��ý Squash Center, 56 Plourde Parkway

Sunday, Jan. 10

Noon Swimming vs. Middlebury. Merrill Gymnasium, Tarbell Pool

Tuesday, Jan. 12

12:30pm Noonday Concert: The �ֲ��ý College Jazz Combo led by Benjamin Smeltzer ’10. For more information contact 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu. Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

Wednesday, Jan. 13

6–9�賾 Figure drawing sponsored by the �ֲ��ý College Museum of Art. Artists, bring drawing board and supplies! Easels provided. Admission: $7 (free for �ֲ��ý students). Olin Arts Center, Room 259

Friday, Jan. 15

6pm Exhibition opening: A reception opens the Museum of Art exhibition Collection Project 4: Selections from Alumni Collections (see Museum of Art, below). For more information call 207-786-6158. �ֲ��ý College Museum of Art

7 & 9:30pm Film: Zombieland (2009, 81 min.) Sponsored by the Filmboard. Admission: $1. Olin Arts Center, Room 104

7:30pm Concert: In a performance rescheduled from last fall, acclaimed German fortepianist Andreas Staier performs sonatas and variations by Haydn. Tickets are $12/$6 and available from . Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

Saturday, Jan. 16

2 & 7pm Film: Zombieland (see Jan. 15). Olin Arts Center, Room 104

Sunday, Jan. 17

2 & 4:30pm Film: Zombieland (see Jan. 15). Olin Arts Center, Room 104

3pm Concert: Frank Glazer, artist in residence, performs the fifth installment in his survey of the complete Beethoven piano sonatas. Program includes Ops. 49, 53, 54 and 57 (“Appassionata”). Free, but tickets required. For more information contact 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu. Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

5:30pm Spiritual gathering: Protestant worship service, incorporating music and liturgy from Catholic, Orthodox and Protestant sources. The Rev. William Cutler leads the service with faculty, staff and students speaking. All are welcome. For more information call 207-786-8272. Chase Hall Lounge

7pm Worship service: A sermon by Barbara D. Savage, Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought and professor of history at the University of Pennsylvania, highlights the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Memorial Service of Worship. (Savage also gives the keynote speech during King Day observances at �ֲ��ý the following day.) The service includes music by �ֲ��ý students. Sponsored by the Multifaith Chaplaincy. For more information call 207-786-8272. �ֲ��ý College Chapel

8:30pm Reception: Meet Professor Savage (see preceding item). Multicultural Center

Monday, Jan. 18 Martin Luther King Jr. Day

In observance of the holiday, classes are canceled and special programming takes place throughout the day. (See Sunday, Jan. 17, for related events.) This year’s King Day theme at �ֲ��ý is Faith and Ethics in the Public Sphere: What Is the Dream? For more information, call 207-786-6400.

9am Reception: Meet the students from Morehouse and �ֲ��ý colleges and local high schools who will participate in the morning’s debate (see following item). Benjamin Mays Center

9:30am Oratorical event: Members of the debate teams from Morehouse and �ֲ��ý colleges and local high school orators debate the resolution, “This house believes that religion is a necessary element of a just social change.” Benjamin Mays Center

10:45am Martin Luther King Jr. Day keynote address: Benjamin Mays and the Politics of Black Religion in the Age of Desegregation by Barbara Savage (see Jan. 17). Mays, a member of the �ֲ��ý Class of 1920, was an important figure in the civil rights movement and the longtime president of Morehouse College. Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

1:20pm and throughout the afternoon Workshops: In three concurrent sessions (times and rooms TBA), students, staff, guests and faculty lead readings, presentations and discussions on topics connected to the King Day theme, Faith and Ethics in the Public Sphere: What Is the Dream? The afternoon includes a video exhibition in the Perry Atrium curated by filmmaker Craig Saddlemire ’05. For a complete schedule, call 207-786-6400. Pettengill Hall

7:30pm Performance: �ֲ��ý students, commissioned to create cultural work for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, present music, dance and spoken pieces. Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

Tuesday, Jan. 19

12:30pm Noonday Concert: Futaba Niekawa, pianist, performs Alban Berg’s Sonata, Op. 1, and other works. For more information contact 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu. Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

Wednesday, Jan. 20

5:30pm Women’s basketball vs. St. Joseph’s. Alumni Gymnasium

6–9�賾 Figure drawing (see Jan. 13). Olin Arts Center, Room 259

7:30pm Men’s basketball vs. St. Joseph’s. Alumni Gymnasium

Thursday, Jan. 21

6pm Women’s squash vs. Colby. �ֲ��ý Squash Center, 56 Plourde Parkway

Friday, Jan. 22

Time TBA Workshops: Suzanne Vega, the renowned singer-songwriter, offers a creative writing workshop and a business-of-the-arts workshop during the day. Watch the �ֲ��ý Web site for details. Vega performs two shows the following evening. Presented by the College Concerts Committee. Olin Arts Center

6pm Women’s basketball vs. Bowdoin. Alumni Gymnasium

6pm Men’s squash vs. Bowdoin. �ֲ��ý Squash Center, 56 Plourde Parkway

7 & 9:30pm Film: Where the Wild Things Are (2009, 101 min.) Sponsored by the Filmboard. Admission: $1. Olin Arts Center, Room 104

8pm Men’s basketball vs. Bowdoin. Alumni Gymnasium

Saturday, Jan. 23

Noon Men’s and women’s track and field vs. Colby and Southern Maine. Merrill Gymnasium, Slovenski Track

1pm Swimming vs. Colby. Merrill Gymnasium, Tarbell Pool

2pm Women’s basketball vs. Colby. Alumni Gymnasium

2 & 7pm Film: Where the Wild Things Are (see Jan. 22).
Olin Arts Center, Room 104

4pm Men’s basketball vs. Colby. Alumni Gymnasium

4pm Men’s squash vs. Boston University. �ֲ��ý Squash Center, 56 Plourde Parkway

6pm Men’s and women’s squash vs. Northeastern. �ֲ��ý Squash Center, 56 Plourde Parkway

7 & 9:30pm Concert: Suzanne Vega, a renowned singer-songwriter who has made brilliant use of both high-tech and folk settings for her cool observations of city life, is presented by the �ֲ��ý College Concerts Committee. Tickets are $20/$12 per show and available at . Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

Sunday, Jan. 24

2 & 4:30pm Film: Where the Wild Things Are (see Jan. 22). Olin Arts Center, Room 104

5:30pm Spiritual gathering: Protestant worship service (see Jan. 17). Chase Hall Lounge

Tuesday, Jan. 26

12:30pm Noonday Concert: Folk music by Anthony Shostak and friends. For more information contact 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu. Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

Wednesday, Jan. 27

6–9�賾 Figure drawing (see Jan. 13). Olin Arts Center, Room 259

Thursday, Jan. 28

4:15pm Lecture: Wand Me! Assuming the (Subject) Position of the Compliant Body in the Age of Terror by Alan Nadel, William T. Bryan Professor of English at the University of Kentucky. Nadel examines the visual and verbal rhetoric of airport security and the Transportation Security Administration Web site. Sponsored by the English department and the �ֲ��ý Learning Associates Program. Pettigrew Hall, Room 200

Friday, Jan. 29

6pm Men’s and women’s squash vs. Columbia. �ֲ��ý Squash Center, 56 Plourde Parkway

7 & 9:30pm Film: Paranormal Activity (2009, 86 min.) Sponsored by the Filmboard. Admission: $1. Olin Arts Center, Room 104

Saturday, Jan. 30

10am Workshop: Debating 4 Democracy (D4D) on the Road. Facilitators from Midwest Academy offer a six-hour training workshop designed to help novice and seasoned political activists develop effective strategies to advocate their positions on current public policy issues. Registration required. For more information and to register, . Chase Hall Lounge

11am Men’s squash vs. MIT. �ֲ��ý Squash Center, 56 Plourde Parkway

2pm Women’s squash vs. Mount Holyoke. �ֲ��ý Squash Center, 56 Plourde Parkway

2 & 7pm Film: Paranormal Activity (see Jan. 29). Olin Arts Center, Room 104

3:30pm Men’s squash vs. Denison. �ֲ��ý Squash Center, 56 Plourde Parkway

5pm Men’s squash vs. Stanford. �ֲ��ý Squash Center, 56 Plourde Parkway

7pm Lecture: The �ֲ��ý Outing Club celebrates its 90th anniversary in 2010. This inaugural program in the celebration is a lecture and discussion with Tyler Fish ’96, who successfully completed the first unsupported American cross-country ski expedition to the North Pole last April. For more information call 207-786-8344. Benjamin Mays Center

7:30pm Concert: The Auryn Quartet, from Germany, returns for two nights to continue the complete cycle of Beethoven string quartets that it began last year. Sponsored by the �ֲ��ý Concerts Committee. Tickets are $10/$4 and available at . Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

Sunday, Jan. 31

11am Men’s squash vs. Dartmouth. �ֲ��ý Squash Center, 56 Plourde Parkway

2 & 4:30pm Film: Paranormal Activity (see Jan. 29). Olin Arts Center, Room 104

3pm Concert: Auryn Quartet (see Jan. 30). Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

4pm Men’s and women’s squash vs. Brown. �ֲ��ý Squash Center, 56 Plourde Parkway

5:30pm Spiritual gathering: Protestant worship service (see Jan. 17). Chase Hall Lounge

�ֲ��ý College Museum of Art

Museum hours: 10am–5pm Tuesday–Saturday

Jan. 15–March 27

Collection Project 4: Selections from Alumni Collections: This exhibition, fourth in a series examining works from the permanent collection, focuses on some of the holdings donated by �ֲ��ý alumni. Not a comprehensive survey of alumni gifts, the exhibition highlights collections that have had a significant impact on the museum, underscoring the importance of alumni gifts to the richness of the permanent collection. The museum has invited student curatorial interns from the art and visual culture department to develop an exhibition from within these collections: seniors Molly Richmond, Emma Scott and Annie Svigals, under the guidance of the museum’s curator, Bill Low, and curator of education Anthony Shostak.

Through March 26

Joel Babb: The Process Revealed: Curated by Bill Low, this exhibition investigates the role of both the act of drawing and the drawings themselves in making a painting. Rather than mere by-products of the act of creating paintings, drawings are engaging, satisfying and instructive in their own right. Pairing preparatory drawings with finished paintings, this exhibition reveals the stages of work that go into a resolved piece of art. Displayed are works from three of ’s areas of interest: cityscapes, wilderness landscapes and figural works such as history painting.

Barry Nemett: Drawings from Italy: This exhibition presents landscapes made during travels to Italy. , a Mellon Fellow at �ֲ��ý and chair of the painting department at the Maryland Institute College of Art, has received numerous awards including two from the Alfred and Trafford Klots Residency Program to paint in France and a Ford Foundation grant to support his work in Italy.

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�ֲ��ý to screen 'Visible Community' documentary by Saddlemire '05

�ֲ��ý News — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:12:02 +0000

�ֲ��ý College graduate’s documentary about a citizen response to a controversial construction proposal in Lewiston will be screened at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 25, in �ֲ��ý College’s Pettengill Hall, Keck Classroom (G52), 4 Andrews Road (Alumni Walk).

Presented by the Harward Center for Community Partnerships at �ֲ��ý, the screening of “Neighbor by Neighbor: Mobilizing an Invisible Community in Lewiston, Maine” is open to the public at no cost. For more information, please call 207-786-6202.

Created by Craig Saddlemire, a Lewiston resident and member of the �ֲ��ý class of 2005, the film follows the response to the 2004 Heritage Initiative, the city of Lewiston’s plan to build a four-lane boulevard through a low-income downtown neighborhood. The project would have displaced 850 residents and destroyed playgrounds, vegetable gardens and historic buildings.

Residents of the neighborhood, supported by �ֲ��ý student organizations, organized the Visible Community Initiative and halted the construction project.

Saddlemire became involved with the project when members of the Visible Community wanted raw video footage to serve as a record of the group.

The film documents a significant period in Lewiston’s history, depicting how the town dealt with urban revitalization during a depressed economy. It provides not only a record of the work of the Visible Community, but also a visual chronicle of changes in the neighborhood through the past five years.

“Once I started videotaping for the group, I never stopped,” says Saddlemire, who now has his own film production company, . “This movie documents how hard some of the residents downtown have worked to make good lives for themselves in this neighborhood, and how much a misguided development plan can affect their lives.”

After his senior year at �ֲ��ý, Saddlemire settled in downtown Lewiston and took a more active role in the initiative. The idea for a documentary developed when the Visible Community applied for a grant from the Self-Development of People Fund to develop a master plan for downtown Lewiston, created by the residents.

The group used grant money to document the planning process and edit other footage into a comprehensive history of the work the Visible Community had done.

After the Heritage Initiative was defeated, the organization lobbied to replace a closed city park, held demonstrations and eventually authored its own master plan for downtown Lewiston.

“Through the film, current students will be able to see how �ֲ��ý students played a supportive role to the downtown residents, who in turn really impacted the �ֲ��ý students that were involved,” says Saddlemire. The Visible Community, he says, effectively brought town and gown closer.

“The film demonstrates that there’s a lot to learn about the world beyond academia, and you can do that by just stepping off campus,” says Saddlemire. “People have misconceptions about downtown Lewiston, and I think seeing the people in this film tell their story will make people who hold those misperceptions think twice.”

The Harward Center for Community Partnerships leads �ֲ��ý’ efforts in community involvement, including programs in service-learning, community volunteerism and environmental stewardship. The center works with community partners to meet community needs and, in the process, to integrate civic engagement with the �ֲ��ý educational experience.

-Becca Chacko ’10, Office of Communications and Media Relations

�ֲ��ý alum's documentary to be shown

�ֲ��ý News — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:25:15 +0000

A �ֲ��ý College graduate’s documentary about a citizen response to a controversial construction proposal in Lewiston will be screened at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 25, in �ֲ��ý College’s Pettengill Hall, Keck Classroom (G52), 4 Andrews Road (Alumni Walk).