Hello from 乐播传媒! Here is a preview of public events at the college in February 2011. Except as noted, these events are open to the public at no charge. (Where there is an admission fee, the cost for the general public appears first, followed by the cost for students and seniors.)

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Tuesday, Feb. 1

12:30pm Noonday Concert: Performer TBA. FMI: 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

Wednesday, Feb. 2

6pm Figure drawing sponsored by the 乐播传媒 College Museum of Art. Artists should bring drawing board and supplies. Easels provided. Admission: $7 (free for 乐播传媒 students).
Olin Arts Center, Room 259

Friday, Feb. 4

5:30pm Celebration: The Harward Center for Community Partnerships, the 乐播传媒 office that weaves together campus and community to enrich both education and public life, hosts its seventh annual Community Celebration. Performers from 乐播传媒 and the wider community offer music and other entertainments. FMI: 207-786-6202.
Lewiston Public Library, Marsden Hartley Cultural Center, 200 Lisbon St.

7 & 9:30pm Film: Due Date (2010, 95 min.). Sponsored by the Filmboard. Admission: $1.
Olin Arts Center, Room 104

Saturday, Feb. 5

2 & 7pm Film: Due Date (see Feb. 4).
Olin Arts Center, Room 104

Sunday, Feb. 6

2 & 4:30pm Film: Due Date (see Feb. 4).
Olin Arts Center, Room 104

3pm Concert: Sundays with Schubert. Pianist Frank Glazer, artist in residence and one of Maine’s best-known pianists, spotlights the music of Franz Schubert in the series’ final program. Free but tickets required. FMI: 207-7866135 or olinarts@bates.edu.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

5:30pm Spiritual gathering: Protestant worship service with emphasis on the gospel choir. The Rev. Bill Blaine-Wallace, multifaith chaplain, leads the service with faculty, staff and students participating. FMI: 207-786-8272.
乐播传媒 College Chapel

Tuesday, Feb. 8

12:30pm Noonday Concert: Nathan Kolosko, classical guitarist. FMI: 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

3pm Blood drive: An American Red Cross blood drive is sponsored by the 乐播传媒 College Emergency Medical Services. FMI: 207-775-2367.
Chase Hall Lounge

4:15pm Biology seminar: Dead Clams Talking: Bivalves as Proxies of Local and Large-scale Climate Variation in the Arctic by biology professor Will Ambrose. FMI: 207-786-6490.
Carnegie Science Hall, Room 204

Wednesday, Feb. 9

6鈥�9辫尘 Figure drawing sponsored by the 乐播传媒 College Museum of Art (see Feb. 2).
Olin Arts Center, Room 259

Thursday, Feb. 10

7:30pm Concert: Gretchen Parlato. Never predictable but always striking an ideal balance between precision and freedom, Parlato takes jazz singing into new realms. Pianist Herbie Hancock says that Parlato has a “deep, almost magical connection to the music.” Admission: $12/$6. .
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

7:30pm Fiction reading: Emily Barton, author of Brookland and The Testament of Yves Gundron 鈥� each a New York Times “Notable Book of the Year” 鈥� reads from her work in this Language Arts Live presentation, sponsored by the English department, the programs in African American studies and American cultural studies, the Learning Associates Program, the Humanities Fund and the John Tagliabue Fund. FMI: 207-786-6256 or 207-786-6326. .
Chase Hall, Skelton Lounge

7:30pm Lecture: Marc Lamont Hill, associate professor of English education at Columbia University’s Teachers College and one of the leading intellectuals of the hip hop generation, addresses a topic TBA. Sponsored by the Office of Intercultural Education.聽 FMI: 207-786-8376. .
Pettengill Hall, Keck Classroom (G52)

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Friday, Feb. 11

4:15pm Panel presentation: Teaching and Learning With Wabanaki Material Culture. As part of a continuing effort to raise awareness of Native American cultures at 乐播传媒, Wabanaki basketmakers and artists discuss the material culture of the Wabanaki nations and the roles that material culture can play in intercultural education. (Also see 7pm item below.) Made possible by a CBB-Mellon Collaborative Faculty Enhancement Grant.
Pettengill Hall, Keck Classroom (G52)

4:30pm Festival: The Freewill Folk Society, a student organization, sponsors the 乐播传媒 Community Folk Festival. Music and dance performances feature student and local groups and include the Bridgebuilders, a Celtic-folk-fusion band that last came up from Boston in 2007. The regular second-Friday contradance follows at 8pm (see below). FMI: kwebber@bates.edu.
Chase Hall Lounge

7pm Lecture: A Basket is a Song Made Visible by Clara Sue Kidwell, Native American scholar and director of the American Indian Center at the University of North Carolina. The keynote address in the day’s examination of Wabanaki material culture (see 4:15pm item above), Kidwell’s talk addresses Native American knowledge systems and scientific thought and practice. Made possible by a CBB-Mellon Collaborative Faculty Enhancement Grant.
Edmund S. Muskie Archives

7 & 9:30pm Film: Waiting for Superman (2010, 111 min.). Sponsored by the Filmboard. Admission: $1.
Olin Arts Center, Room 104

7:30pm Concert: Germany’s Auryn Quartet returns to complete its three-year survey of the complete Beethoven string quartets. “There is no shortage of great and famous Beethoven cycles,” a reviewer for Gramophone said of the Auryn’s recordings, “but there are no performances such as these.” In the first of three weekend concerts, the ensemble performs Op.聽 74, E-flat major (鈥淗arp鈥�), Op.聽 18, No.聽 2, G major; and Op.聽 131, C-sharp minor. Admission: $10/$4 at . .
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

7:30pm Theater: The Vagina Monologues. Marketa Ort ’13 directs the Robinson Players’ annual production of Eve Ensler鈥檚 renowned play. Admission: $3, with all proceeds going to the Abused Women’s Advocacy Project. FMI: srooth@bates.edu.
Gannett聽 Theater

8pm Contradance: Traditional New England folk dancing to the bands Playgroup and Perpetual e-Motion, with caller Chrissy Fowler. Suggested donation: $5. Sponsored by the Freewill Folk Society.
Chase Hall Lounge

Saturday, Feb. 12

11:30am Open rehearsal: The Auryn Quartet, here to complete its Beethoven string quartet cycle (see Feb. 11), offers an open rehearsal and question-and-answer session, followed by a reception. Free, but seating is limited and reservations required. FMI: 207-786-6163 or olinarts@bates.edu.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

Noon Men鈥檚 squash vs. Colby.
乐播传媒 Squash Center, 156 Plourde Parkway

2 & 7pm Film: Waiting for Superman (see Feb. 11).
Olin Arts Center, Room 104

7:30pm Concert: The Auryn Quartet plays Beethoven (see Feb. 11). Program: Op. 18, No. 6, in B major; Op. 130, No. 13, B-flat major; and Op. 133, B-flat major (“Grosse Fuge”).
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

7:30pm Theater: The Vagina Monologues (see Feb. 11).
Gannett Theater

Sunday, Feb. 13

2 & 4:30pm Film: Waiting for Superman (see Feb. 11).
Olin Arts Center, Room 104

3pm Concert: The Auryn Quartet plays Beethoven (see Feb. 11). Program: Op. 18, No. 4, C minor; Op. 135, F major; and Op. 59, No. 2, E minor (“Razumowsky”).
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

5:30pm Spiritual gathering: Protestant worship service (see Feb. 6).
乐播传媒 College Chapel

7:30pm Theater: The Vagina Monologues (see Feb. 11).
Gannett Theater

Monday, Feb. 14

7pm Lecture: Ring, Ring, Ring: Popular Music and Mobile Technologies by Alexander Weheliye, associate professor of English African American studies at the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Northwestern University. Sponsored by the College Lectures Committee as part of the series Race in a Posthuman World. Note: Originally scheduled for 7:15, the start time of this event has been moved back to 7pm.
Pettengill Hall, Keck Classroom (G52)

Tuesday, Feb. 15

12:30pm Noonday Concert: The Hancock St. Quartet, a string quartet active Down East. FMI: 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

Wednesday, Feb. 16

6鈥�9辫尘 Figure drawing sponsored by the Museum of Art (see Feb. 2).
Olin Arts Center, Room 259

Thursday, Feb. 17

6pm Artist talk: Video artist Rachel Perry Welty, whose “Karaoke Wrong Number” is in continuous screenings as part of the Museum of Art’s Dialogue, a video series (described below), discusses her work. The piece depicts the artist lip-synching to wrong-number messages left on her answering machine. FMI: 207-786-6158 or museum@bates.edu.
乐播传媒 College Museum of Art

Monday-Friday, Feb. 21鈥�25

Winter Recess: Administrative offices remain open.

Saturday-Sunday, Feb. 26-27

9am both days Alpine skiing hosts NCAA East Regional Championship.
Sunday River, Newry

9am both days Nordic skiing hosts NCAA East Regional Championship.
Black Mountain, Rumford

Sunday, Feb. 27

5:30pm Spiritual gathering: Protestant worship service (see Feb. 6).
乐播传媒 College Chapel

Exhibition

Through Feb. 3 More Than a Rap Sheet [real stories of incarcerated women]: Photos of and poetry by women in Maine prisons in an exhibition organized by Jennifer Stasio ’07, who works for Family Crisis Services in Portland as an advocate for incarcerated women.
Chase Hall Gallery

乐播传媒 College Museum of Art

Museum hours: 10am鈥�5pm Tuesday鈥揝aturday

Jan. 14鈥揗arch 25 Bound to Art: Illustrated Books from the Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library: This exhibition celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library taps the archives’ collection of rare books, exploring the dimensions through which the fine-book form can delight our eyes and inspire our minds.

Selections From the Collection of the Ogunquit Museum of American Art: Devoted exclusively to American art, the OMAA has a superb assortment of works by Maine-related artists and is recognized for its holdings in modern and contemporary art. The collection represents artists such as Romare Bearden, Charles Burchfield, Marsden Hartley, John Marin and Louise Nevelson.

Dialogue, a video series: Reflecting 乐播传媒’ fundamental dedication to an open exchange of ideas and artistic expression, artists in this series explore communication in videos that are profound, humorous and provocative. New York artist Christian Marclay’s Telephones (1995, 7:30 min.),聽 runs through Feb. 5. Following is Boston artist Rachel Perry Welty’s Karaoke Wrong Number (2004; Feb. 8-March 3). Videos run continuously in the Synergy Space, on the Museum of Art’s lower level.

Those were a few of the topics some 60 parents raised in a conversation with President Elaine Tuttle Hansen and a handful of senior staff early on Parents & Family Saturday.

Hansen opened the session with an overview of the state of 乐播传媒 that ranged, as she put it, from “parents to peppers” (the latter referring to a vegetable garden that’s helping to supply Commons).

She began her overview with a theme from at 乐播传媒 on Oct. 4 explored chemical pollutants’ effects on human health. Steingraber says that parents have two primary responsibilities: protecting their children and planning for their future.

Thinking of a better future is the way to let in hope.

There’s so much, it seems, to protect them from — “many reasons for despair in the world,” Hansen said. But if there’s always trouble at the door, thinking of a better future is the way to let in hope. In a sense, that better future shows up at 乐播传媒 at the end of every summer, as students new and established arrive on campus.

And Hansen, citing a series of buoying encounters early in this academic year, noted that the consensus among faculty and staff is that the Class of 2014 is distinctively “engaged, participatory, enthusiastic and focused.”

She described the two major planning efforts that will shape both the 乐播传媒 education and the physical campus in the years to come. One is , a collaboratively developed strategy for 乐播传媒 academics that is re-emphasizing three programming areas: the ; a natural sciences and mathematics initiative; and ideas, such as a Learning Commons resource center, that will advance learning in the residential liberal arts setting.

The other planning effort resulted in the recently updated Campus Facilities Master Plan. The first phase is wrapping up with the renovations of Hedge and Roger Williams halls, and now the College is looking ahead, into the next decade, to new residences in the Garcelon Field area; a “Main Street” assemblage of facilities and residences with an inviting urban vibe to Campus Avenue; and a new math and science center at the corner of Campus and College Street.

The guiding principle for all these developments, Hansen explained, was a distributed model of facilities planning that “weaves together formal and informal learning and living.”

More than a dozen parents had questions for Hansen and the members of the senior staff. To the person who inquired about Chase Hall, Hansen replied that in the current thinking, this beloved but problematic building will be “edited,” as the architects say — some parts renovated, some parts removed — to fit into the Main Street mixed-use development.

Despite a couple of high-profile contretemps between students and local police during the past six months, Dean of Students Tedd Goundie said that relations between the College and the Lewiston Police Department were good, and that, compared with town-gown situations at other schools, “I’m pretty happy with where we are.”

Cable showcased the College’s newly revitalized career services office.

, added that the college’s robust programs in community-based learning and volunteerism make the town-gown bond much stronger. A different questioner, curious about career support for students after graduation, gave Cable the opportunity to showcase the College’s newly revitalized career services office — now known as the 乐播传媒 Career Development Center.

What about that “stocked with jocks” thing (a timely query with the Bobcats’ first game on the )? : how many students play sports and how many sports are offered (intramural, club, varsity); the quality of facilities and interest in sports; and how much money is spent on athletics. Said Goundie, “There’s no jock vs. nerd split at 乐播传媒 because so many students play a sport.” (The same ranking also noted that “with its Peace Corps鈥揻riendly student body and 21 percent of its federal work-study funds spent on community service, 乐播传媒 ranks as the sixth most service-minded school.”)

A couple of questions about the eternal tension between goals and financial resources led Hansen to spotlight how 乐播传媒 has been able, even in the current economic doldrums, to better support the faculty and maintain its longstanding level of financial aid.

But Vice President for College Advancement Kelly Kerner also pointed out, to appreciative laughter, that after decades of living by the mantra of “doing more with less,” 乐播传媒 is “working on doing more with more.”

Dixon’s talk, the second in a series to celebrate the establishment of a new 乐播传媒 major in biological chemistry, will include a discussion of the biochemistry of cell cycling and the role of biological chemistry research in society.

President-elect of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dixon has recieved numerous awards and research grants, including substantial support from the National Institutes of Health , Parke-Davis and Walther Cancer Institute. The Minor J. Coon Professor and chair of biological chemistry at the University of Michigan, Dixon was named Michigan Scientist of the Year in 1994.

Dixon serves as a consultant for Monsanto Chemical Company in St. Louis, Mitotix Incorporated in Cambridge, Mass., and Dendritech Inc. in Midland, Mich. The executive editor of “Analytical Biochemistry” and a member of the editorial boards for “American Journal of Physiology,” “Endocrinology” and “Biochemistry,” his current research focuses on the structure function of protein tyrosine phosphatases and on pancreatic hormones.

The author of close to 200 scientific papers and a contributor to scores of books, Dixon received a B.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles, a Ph.D from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and a postdoctoral fellowship in biochemistry at the University of California, San Diego.

Before moving to the University of Michigan in 1991, Dixon taught for 18 years at Purdue University where he was the Harvey W. Wiley Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry from 1986-91. He served as a faculty member of the Indiana University School of Medicine from 1976-91.

The seminar series is co-sponsored by the President’s Office and the Biological Chemistry Program Committee at 乐播传媒.