The Bowdoin Orient
Volume CXXXIX, Number 24
May 7, 2010
Events on Campus This Week
Friday
May 7, 2010
Museum Pieces
A tradition for over 20 years, the front steps of the Walker Art Building will play stage to several performances featuring class projects, independent student work and student clubs.
Front Steps, Walker Art Building. 12:30 p.m.
Note Book Café
Student musicians will perform their year-end concerts, including piano, guitar, flute, drums and viola.
Room 101, Gibson Hall. 4 p.m.
“Exhibition”
The fourth annual naked art show will return to Fort Andross.
Fort Andross. 7 p.m.
“La Mandragola”
Associate Professor Arielle Saiber’s Italian 314 class will present a production of the 1518 play by Niccolò Machiavelli.
Kresge Auditorium, Visual Arts Center. 7:30 p.m.
Comedy Night 2010
Comedians Will Alexander ’12, Lenny Pierce ’10, Matt Bruch ’10, Nick Rendall and Chris Adams-Wall ’10 will perform.
Pickard Theater, Memorial Hall. 8 p.m.
Muslim Punk Music
The Bowdoin Music Collective will host its final show of the year, a performance by The Kominas from Boston, Mass.
Jack Magee’s Pub, Smith Union. 9 p.m.
Saturday
May 8, 2010
Eighth Annual PolarBear Triathlon
Bowdoin Athletics will host the yearly triathlon competition.
Farley Field House. 8:30 a.m.
SolarFest 2010
The Evergreens will host the seventh annual SolarFest, celebrating clean energy and environmentalism.
Dudley Coe Quad (Rain site Sargent Gymnasium). Noon.
“Lose the Shoes” Soccer Tournament
The Bowdoin Men’s and Women’s soccer teams and Student Global AIDS Campaign will sponsor the first annual 3-on-3 tournament benefiting the non-profit Grassroot Soccer.
Bowdoin Athletic Fields. 1 p.m.
“Monteverdi and World Folk Music”
Robert K. Greenlee will direct the Bowdoin Chamber Choir.
Bowdoin Chapel. 3 p.m.
“Steps Towards an Unforeseen Future: Music of Sleep and Dreams”
Peter McLaughlin ’10 will present an original composition for saxophone, trumpet, piano, percussion and electronics.
Kanbar Auditorium. Studzinski Recital Hall. 8 p.m.
Spring Gala
The annual end-of-year dance will feature music by Downtown Fever. No tickets necessary, formal attire is requested.
Morrell Gymnasium. 9 p.m. – 1 a.m.
Sunday
May 9, 2010
Sunday Night Chapel Service
Bowdoin Chapel. 7 p.m.
Jazz Night Student Recital
Sophomore pianist Linna Gao will perform several pieces.
Kanbar Auditorium, Studzinski Recital Hall. 7:30 p.m.
Monday
May 10, 2010
Spring Sampler
A variety of student musicians will perform.
Room 101, Gibson Hall. 8 p.m.
Tuesday
May 11, 2010
Jazz Night Student Recital
Applied Music Instructor Frank Mauceri will direct.
Kanbar Auditorium, Studzinski Recital Hall. 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday
May 12, 2010
“George Bellows, Henry Clay Frick and the Summer of 1916”
Maggie Crosland ’10 and Caitlin Beach ’10 will speak about their respective honors projects for the Department of Art History.
Beam Classroom, Visual Arts Center. 4:30 p.m.
Thursday
May 13, 2010
“The Art of Memory: The Bowdoin Quadrangle”
The Community Lecture Series will feature a talk by Associate Professor of Art History Linda Docherty.
Lancaster Lounge, Moulton Union. 12:30 p.m.
“Celebrating Campus-Community Partnerships for the Common Good”
The McKeen Center for the Common Good will host a symposium highlighting student engagement in the local community.
Morrell Room, Curtis Memorial Library. 3 p.m.
BOC Year End Barbeque
The Bowdoin Outing Club (BOC) will host a final dinner featuring the premiere of “Fun Level,” a documentary film about whitewater paddling in the southeastern United States.
Schwartz Outdoor Leadership Center. 5 p.m.