Singer-songwriter Josh Ritter

An acclaimed singer-songwriter influenced by Dylan and Springsteen, Josh Ritter performs at 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 7, in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall at Bates College, 75 Russell St.

The concert is presented by the Olin Arts Center in partnership with the Student Activities Office and the Chase Hall Committee. Tickets are $20 and available at www.batestickets.com. For more information please contact 207-786-6135 or this E-mail. (more...)

Jessica Harris, a professor at Queens College and an expert in African American foodways, speaks at 4:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 4, in the Edmund S. Muskie Archives at Bates College, 70 Campus Ave.

Titled Cane Confluences: Sugar and Slaves in the Caribbean and Louisiana, the lecture is sponsored by the Multicultural Center and is open to the public at no cost. For more information, please call 207-786-8376.

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John Corrie directs the Bates College Choir.

A choral work popular for its drama and earthy power, Orff's Carmina Burana will be performed by the Bates College Choir, directed by John Corrie, at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 4, and Saturday, Dec. 5, in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall at Bates College, 75 Russell St.

Admission is free, but tickets are required. For more information, contact 207-786-6135 or this E-mail. (more...)

Robert Moses of The Algebra Project. Photo: Geri Reinhart Tse/National Visionary Leadership Project

Civil rights activist and noted mathematician Robert Moses offers two lectures at Bates College on Wednesday, Dec. 2.

Sponsored by the mathematics department in conjunction for the second year with the Multicultural Center, and with other offices at Bates, both lectures are open to the public at no cost. However, an RSVP is required because of limited seating. Please RSVP to Heidi Howard at 207-753-6993 or this E-mail by Monday, Nov. 30. (more...)

Nezha Rahil portrays Kenza in Fouzi Bensaidi's "What a Wonderful World."

The Global Lens film series at Bates College continues with What a Wonderful World by Moroccan director Faouzi Bensaïdi in 8 p.m. showings on Friday, Dec. 4, and Sunday, Dec. 6, in Room 105, Olin Arts Center, 75 Russell St.

Admission is $5. What a Wonderful World (94 min.) is in French and Arabic with English subtitles. For more information, please contact 207-786-6135 or this E-mail. (more...)

Jared Golden '11, whose Marine and civilian experiences are the subject of a Sun Journal profile, and Mustafa Basij-Rasikh '12 of Afghanistan, who is among several siblings who have come to the U.S. for education, will be interviewed on the community radio station WMPG on Monday, Nov. 16, 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Listeners can tune to 90.9 or 104.1 FM, or hear the streaming signal. Appearing on the award-winning Blunt Youth Radio call-in program, Golden and Basij-Rasikh will be interviewed by high school co-hosts Tim Woods, a Cheverus High School senior, and Lilly Pearlman, a South Portland High School senior.

Pizza Today reports that the Hobart Center for Foodservice Sustainability has awarded a $5,000 grant to Bates Dining Services for its comprehensive approach to foodservice sustainability and named Christine Schwartz, Dining Services director, an HCFS Fellow. View story from Pizza Today, Sept. 30, 2009.

Timothy Fox '11, left, portrays Hamlet and Kevin Chambers '10 is Iago in the Bates theater department production of "All the World's a Grave."

Bates College presents John Reed's All the World's a Grave, a new play weaving together some of Shakespeare's most compelling characters and language, in performances at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Friday, Sunday and Monday, Nov. 12-13 and 15-16, and at 1 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 15, in Schaeffer Theatre, 305 College St.

Professor of Theater Paul Kuritz directs this theater department production. Admission is $6 general admission and $3 for senior citizens and non-Bates students. For more information, please visit www.batestickets.com or call 207-786-6161.

Playwright John Reed holds a public "talkback" at 4 p.m. Monday, Nov. 16, in Schaeffer Theatre. His visit is sponsored by the college Learning Associates program. (more...)

Hiroya Miura, assistant professor of music, directs the Bates College Orchestra.

In their first collaboration in several years, the Bates College Orchestra and the Bowdoin College Orchestra will join forces to perform music by Beethoven, Rossini, Schumann and

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Admission to both concerts is free, but tickets are required for the Bates performance. For more information about the Bates event, contact 207-786-6135 or this E-mail. (more...)

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Sophomore defensive end Tyler Kuehl's interception and 25-yard return for a touchdown gave Bates College its first lead of the game with 9:39 left in the fourth quarter, and the Bobcats went on to win 28-24 over Bowdoin, the Bobcats' first win over their in-state rivals since 2003. See a video of the Bobcats' Garcelon Field postgame fight song posted on YouTube.