While searching through documents about slavery, thinking about history, and wondering how to celebrate the humanity within us all, children’s book artist and illustrator Ashley Bryan saw a world waiting...
It’s not unusual for Abby Segal ’23 to be seen walking down College Street at three in the morning carrying a big pile of seemingly random objects. In fact, it’s quite typical. Segal, who has been...
Eleanor Boyle, Community Outreach Coordinator
• March 3, 2021
Currently streaming on the the L/A Arts YouTube channel, the Bates Winter Arts Festival offers viewers a chance to see all that the L/A community and Bates College has to offer.
Have you ever wanted...
Eleanor Boyle, Community Outreach Coordinator
• February 24, 2021
The Bates Winter Arts Festival, which returned last year after a two-year hiatus, will feature students' work and shows put on by performance groups as well as work from artists in the Lewiston/Auburn...
Olivia Dimond, Managing Arts & Leisure Editor
• February 24, 2021
How do you ballroom dance six feet apart? Can you sing in a mask? What does it look like to perform chemical experiments in a pandemic? Questions like these have plagued many of Bates’ clubs this year...
Sacha Feldberg, Assistant News Editor
• February 23, 2021
In a Zoom-dominated world, Bates students may be looking for an entertaining virtual event — the Bates Winter Arts Festival promises art, beauty, and connection.
The festival, known for celebrating...
Eleanor Boyle, Community Outreach Coordinator
• February 10, 2021
Though Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) Day looked different this year due to COVID-19 regulations and the fact that students were not on campus like past years, students and faculty were still able to put...
Olivia Dimond, Managing Arts & Leisure Editor
• February 10, 2021
I could write this article the way I write my others, bending to the rules of the powerful Associated Press (whomever and wherever they are). Ou peut-être, pour m’amuser, je peux essayer d’écrire...
Eleanor Boyle, Community Outreach Coordinator
• December 2, 2020
When considering adding a new language to their repertoire, some Bates students may decide to take a Spanish class or try French out; others may choose Russian or Mandarin. However, a language that many...
Olivia Dimond, Managing Arts & Leisure Editor
• December 2, 2020
Playwriting is a rather nebulous area of study – does it belong in English, with the other creative writing disciplines, or in theater, the art that could not exist without playwrights? There are merits...
Jessica Gross, Assistant Arts & Leisure Editor
• November 25, 2020
The weather has been getting colder, the days are growing shorter, and Bobcats are migrating back home for break. That can only mean one thing – the beginning of the winter holiday season and gift giving....
Not long ago did i take a trip to our beloved walmart supercenter on mount auburn avenue. i came across 1. silly straws, but also 2. construction paper. You know, that cheap, dull, colored paper that we...
