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“Every Brilliant Thing”: A Perfect Send-Off for Johnny Esposito ‘22

“Every Brilliant Thing”: A Perfect Send-Off for Johnny Esposito ‘22

Olivia Dimond, Managing Arts & Leisure Editor May 31, 2022

Content warning: the following article includes discussion of suicide. As I walked into Gannett Theater on May 21, my friend and I were greeted by Johnny Esposito ‘22. He asked us to each take two...

Melting Pot Achieves Nirvana

Olivia Dimond, Managing Arts & Leisure Editor April 6, 2022

The week of March 9, 2020 was a very strange time to be on campus. Colleges throughout the country began to close. At every Commons meal, a new piece of cutlery or tableware was suddenly plastic. 100,...

Me (right) and my roommate before Gala 2019. Credit: Olivia Dimond/The Bates Student

Get Ready for Gala: Advice from A Senior

Olivia Dimond, Managing Arts & Leisure Editor March 23, 2022

Despite being in the middle of an anxiety spiral for most of Gala weekend in 2019, the dance quickly rose to one of my favorite Bates traditions. I have (perhaps selfishly) long-awaited its return so that...

Hybrid Winter Arts Festival Celebrates Student Brilliance

Hybrid Winter Arts Festival Celebrates Student Brilliance

Olivia Dimond, Managing Arts & Leisure Editor February 16, 2022

The Winter Arts Festival, which was held Feb. 11-13 this semester, has been through several iterations in recent years. Prior to its 2020 revival, the festival was known as the Bates Arts Crawl. With its...

From Garcelon to the Studio: 2B.E.A.T.S. Is Ready to Return

Olivia Dimond, Managing Arts & Leisure Editor February 8, 2022

Bates’s dance program — specifically, the Bates Dance Festival — is well-known and respected among its peers. But, like many college dance programs, while it offers classes in a variety of styles,...

Professor of French Kirk Read, guest artist Destini Stewart and Jenna Perry ‘25 perform from Kirsten Greenidge’s “Luck of the Irish,” directed by Assistant Professor of Theater Cliff Odle.

Odle’s “Luck of the Irish” Brings a Different Black Story to the Stage

Olivia Dimond, Managing Arts & Leisure Editor November 3, 2021

Last Thursday, Assistant Professor of Theater Cliff Odle made his Bates College directorial debut with “Luck of the Irish” by Kirsten Greenidge. The show, which ran from Oct. 28 to Oct. 31, follows...

Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was killed when Alec Baldwin’s gun misfired on the set of “Rust.”

Baldwin, Batwoman and Barely-Avoided Strikes: Hollywood’s Bad Week

Olivia Dimond, Managing Arts & Leisure Editor October 26, 2021

The death on the set of Alec Baldwin’s “Rust” might be the first you’ve heard of it, but it hasn’t been a great week for film and television. When I sat down to write this article, it was just...

Literary Arts Live is a monthly reading series sponsored by the English department.

Corinna Vallianatos Brings “Origin Stories” to Literary Arts Live

Olivia Dimond, Managing Arts & Leisure Editor October 13, 2021

On Wednesday, Oct. 6, the English department hosted their next installment of Literary Arts Live, a monthly series featuring writers reading and discussing their work. This month’s session was moderated...

The Ballroom Team before their annual Gala performance in 2019.

Take a Spin With the Bates Ballroom Team

Olivia Dimond, Managing Arts & Leisure Editor October 6, 2021

Ever watched an episode of “Dancing with the Stars” and thought, “God, I wish that were me”? Well, this upcoming Saturday, Oct. 9, you can have the chance to make your dancing dreams come true...

Maria Gray ‘23 is a poet from Portland, Oregon studying creative writing at Bates. (Maria Gray/Contributed Photo)

“Running Around With a Butterfly Net”: An Interview With Maria Gray, ‘23

Olivia Dimond, Managing Arts & Leisure Editor September 22, 2021

Imagine being six years old and having poetry workshops with an award-winning poet. This was life for Maria Gray, ‘23. Gray recounted that her first exposure to poetry came through her elementary...

Cherry Lemonade (left) and Gigi Gabor (right) are the stars of Curbside Queens, a traveling drag show.

The Curbside Queens Bring Live Drag to Alumni Walk

Olivia Dimond, Managing Arts & Leisure Editor September 12, 2021

The intersection of Bardwell Street and Alumni Walk is perhaps not a natural spot for a performance, but when the Curbside Queens rolled onto campus on Sept. 11, it certainly felt like one. The Curbside...

Sit-Down, Self-Serve Summer Commons Provides Hope for Fall Semester

Sit-Down, Self-Serve Summer Commons Provides Hope for Fall Semester

Olivia Dimond, Managing Arts & Leisure Editor July 12, 2021

On May 28, a complete transformation hit campus, for both first-years and recently graduated seniors alike: sit-down, self-serve Commons. Governor Janet Mills ended Maine’s mask mandate for vaccinated...

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