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'Musical Dim Sum' with the Ying Quartet May 8

The concert program will include Haydn's Quartet in G Major, Ravel's Quartet in F, Chou Wen-chung's Leggeriezza and Larghetto nostalgico, Lei Liang's Gobi Gloria, and Vivan Fung's Pizzicato for String Quartet.

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'Dogs, Men, and the Race to Save Nome, Alaska' May 8

In 1925 a deadly diphtheria epidemic swept through icebound Nome, Alaska. In her book Salisbury recounts the heroic 674-mile journey made by men and dogs to bring a lifesaving serum to Nome.

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Service Learning Symposium May 8

The Community Service Resource Center's Service Learning Symposium will be held Thursday, May 8, 2008, from 2 to 4 p.m., in Main Lounge, Moulton Union.

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An Evening of Emerging Poets from Maine Colleges May 5

The Theater Project in Brunswick is hosting "An Evening of Emerging Poets from Maine Colleges," a poetry reading to celebrate Bowdoin, Bates and Colby student poets Monday, May 5, 2008, from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.

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Honors Day May 7 to Recognize Student Achievements

Students, faculty and staff will gather Wednesday, May 7, 2008, for the twelfth annual Honors Day ceremony, a program recognizing publicly the college-wide academic and extracurricular achievements of Bowdoin students.

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Joy Kogawa in Conversation May 5

Like other Japanese-Canadians, Joy Kogawa and her family were evacuated from their home during World War II and interned in the interior of British Columbia.

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Arctic Museum's 'Exploring the World Around Bowdoin' May 3

The annual Family Day at the Arctic Museum will feature learning how to use a compass, making Peary mustaches, and hunting for fossils.

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Museum Pieces, Renaissance Wedding, and Shakespeare May 2

The first Friday in May will find dozens of Bowdoin's performing and visual arts students bringing their creativity and talents to the campus Quad for a series of al fresco performances.

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Beethoven, Orff, Student Premiere Featured in May 2-3 Concert

Under the direction of Anthony Antolini '63, the Chorus will perform Orff's Trionfo di Afrodite with the Bowdoin Orchestra, members of the Portland Ballet Company, and guest soloists.

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Museum of Art, Studzinski Recital Hall, Part of Historic Preservation Month Activities

The Brunswick Village Review Board has planned a series of activities for National Historic Preservation Month, including guided tours of Studzinski Recital Hall and Kanbar Auditorium, and the Bowdoin College Museum of Art.

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Presentation on Traditional Japanese Boat Building May 1

Douglas Brooks has apprenticed with four boat builders in Japan since 1996, building five types of Japanese boats.

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Scholars Gather for Maine Marine Ecology Symposium May 2-3

The symposium is one of the few formal opportunities for marine ecologists in the Gulf of Maine to gather and discuss their research and its implications.

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'A Pageant for a Prince' Lecture Apr. 30

Maria Ruvoldt, a specialist in Italian Renaissance art, will give a presentation titled "A Pageant for a Prince: The Wedding of Francesco de' Medici and Joanna of Austria."

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The Intersection of Baseball and Physics Apr. 24

Alan Nathan has been a physicist for all his professional life. He has been a baseball fan even longer. And in recent years, he has figured out that he can do both physics and baseball at the same time.

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Thomas Green Discusses Cultural Identity and Archaeology Apr. 24

Green, who has dealt with Native American tribal burial issues since the early 1980s, will give a talk titled "Cultural Identity and Archaeology: Native Americans and Repatriation."

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Artist Shahzia Sikander to Deliver Santagata Lecture Apr. 24

Sikander specializes in Indian and Persian miniature painting. Her talk is titled "Transformation as Narrative."

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Art Historian Charles Dempsey on 'Adornment of Beauty' Apr. 23

Dempsey's talk is presented in conjunction with the Bowdoin College Museum of Art's major Beauty and Duty: The Art and Business of Renaissance Marriage.

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Lois Brown to Wrap up Africana Studies Lecture Series Apr. 22

Brown, director of the Weissman Center for Leadership and the Liberal Arts at Mount Holyoke College, will give a talk titled "Reclaiming Property: Race, Enterprise, and Culture in Early New England."

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Theater and Dance Presents 'Babes in Arms' Apr. 24-26

This production of Babes in Arms is based on the original 1937 theatrical musical, which originated the phrase, "I've got a barn, let's put on a show."

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Eva Brann to Discuss the Common Good and a Liberal Arts Education Apr. 18

Brann's lecture, titled "The Common Good and Liberal Arts Education," will offer an analysis of the terms common and good, and show what role, if any, these terms have in liberal learning.

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Angus King to Discuss Future of Maine's Energy Supply Apr. 15

Governor King will outline the magnitude of the national energy challenge — with a particular focus on Maine — and the potential of offshore wind as a major part of the solution.

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Ray Pierrehumbert on Climate Stewardship Apr. 15

The problem of global warming caused by carbon dioxide pollution is unlike any other environmental problem faced previously by society, and perhaps unlike any crisis confronted throughout human history.

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Patsy Dickinson to Deliver Little Professorship Inaugural Lecture Apr. 14

Prof. Dickinson's research interests include neurophysiology, with an emphasis on the generation and modulation of rhythmic motor patterns in relatively simple nervous systems.

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CSC Artist Trimpin to Discuss 'Sound Sculpture' Apr. 14

A sound sculptor, composer, and inventor, Trimpin is a specialist in interfacing computers with traditional acoustic instruments. He has developed myriad methods for playing trombones, cymbals, pianos, and other instruments with Macintosh computers.

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Wabanaki Festival of the Arts Apr. 12

The all-day event will bring artists and craftspeople from all over the state, two drum groups featuring the Sukulis and Burnurwurbskek singers, a root-carving demonstration by Stanley Neptune and Joseph Dana, and Native storytelling by John Bear Mitchell.

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