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Ruth W. Messinger to Deliver Spindel Lecture March 9
Messinger, president of American Jewish World Service, will give a talk titled "Jews as Global Citizens: Our Responsibility in the World."
Sun Come Up Looks at Community Destroyed by Climate Change Mar. 8
As their beloved homeland disappears into the sea, the Carteret Islanders will lose their connection to their culture, history, and close community.
Theater and Dance Presents The Cripple of Inishmaan Mar. 4-6
The Cripple of Inishmaan is the painfully funny story of the false hopes and dreams that invade the bleak existence of a small island off the coast of Ireland in 1934.
London 2012: John Gold Discusses First Sustainable Olympics Mar. 4
At the heart of its bid for the 2012 Olympic Summer Games, London promised to offer the first sustainable games, setting new standards for the world to follow.
Archaeologist to Discuss the Sahara, Past Climate Change and Evolution Mar. 4
Today, the Sahara Desert is the largest desert on earth. It wasn't always so-6,000 years ago this area contained some of the largest freshwater lakes in the world.
Bowdoin Hosts Premiere of HBO Miniseries 'The Pacific' March 4
The Pacific, an epic 10-part miniseries based on the true stories of three World War II marines, comes from producers Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg, and Gary Goetzman—the team behind the Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning 2001 HBO miniseries Band of Brothers.
Mass Media Scholar Ron Krabill to Speak Mar. 1
Ron Krabill will give a talk titled "Mandela, Cosby, Obama: Making Sense of Globalized Media and Racialized Politics."
Educator, Activist Angela Davis to Speak at Bowdoin March 3
Through her activism and her scholarship over the last decades, Angela Davis has been deeply involved in our nation's quest for social justice. Her work as an educator—both at the university level and in the larger public sphere—has always emphasized the importance of building communities of struggle for economic, racial, and gender equality.
Art Dealer George Adams to Speak about His Career Feb. 22
Adams, owner of the George Adams Gallery in New York City, will give a talk titled "Thirty Years in the Art World."
Angus King to Discuss Health Care Feb. 23
King's talk, titled "An Independent's View of Health Care: Politics, Policy and Prescriptions," is open to the public and admission is free.
Bela Fleck and Guest Musicians Bring 'The Africa Project' to Bowdoin March 2
Considered by many to be the premier banjo player in the world, Béla Fleck has reinvented the image and the sound of the banjo through a remarkable performing and recording career that has taken him all over the musical map and on a range of solo projects and collaborations.
Arctic Animal Extravaganza: Family Day at the Arctic Museum Feb. 20
Kids can decorate a pair of wearable polar bear ears, caribou antlers, or a narwhal horn; then transform themselves into a favorite arctic animal by having their faces painted.
Prof. Chakkalakal to Lecture on Uncle Tom's Cabin Feb. 24
Uncle Tom's Cabin was one of the greatest successes of American publishing history, as well as one of the most influential books to have ever appeared in the United States. Stowe wrote some of the novel in her husband Calvin's study in Appleton Hall.
Santagata Lecture: Harvard Scholar Examines Disappearing Island Nations and Common Ownership of the Earth
Mathias Risse, from Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, will give a talk titled "The Right to Relocation: Disappearing Island Nations and Common Ownership of the Earth."
DJ Spooky to Present Next Common Hour
Miller's presentation, titled "Sound Unbound," is based on his book of the same name, which was a follow up to his award-winning first book, Rhythm Science (MIT Press, 2004).
DJ Spooky's 'Terra Nova: Sinfonia Antarctica' Feb. 11
Sinfonia Antarctica is an acoustic portrait of a rapidly changing continent. It transforms Miller's first-person encounter with the harsh, dynamic landscape into multimedia portraits with music composed from the different geographies that make up the landmass.
Archaeologist to Discuss 300-Year-Old Scottish Coastal Disaster Feb. 10
A little over 300 years ago a small, coastal township in the Shetland Islands was buried in windblown sand and never resettled. An international team of archaeologists, historians, and environmental scientists is investigating this catastrophe.
'Why African Americans Care about the Environment' Feb. 8
The environmental justice movement has challenged the conventional wisdom that African Americans "just don't care" about the environment. In fact, the philosophy of the Environmental Justice (EJ) movement has deep roots in African American political thought.
Playing It Cool: Marcus Roberts Trio Jazz Concert Feb. 10
A highly innovative and original piano style, creative imagination, philosophy of jazz improvisation, and deep respect for the great masters of jazz and classical music, all combine to make Marcus Roberts one of the most diverse and acclaimed artists in jazz.
Oscar Nominee 'The Necessities of Life' Feb. 5
Set in the 1950s, the film follows Tivi, an Inuit hunter who is sent to a sanatorium in Quebec to recover from tuberculosis. He is unable to communicate with the staff or other patients, all French speakers, until a nurse brings him together with a young Inuit boy in another facility.
Longfellow Days in February: Longfellow and the Landscape
"Longfellow and the Landscape: Earth, Sea and Sky" will include lectures and presentations by authors and community members, a locavore dinner at Bowdoin College, poetry readings, and art exhibitions.
Prof. Saiber to Speak at Semester's First Common Hour
Arielle Saiber has published on Dante, Renaissance Florence, Renaissance mathematics and philosophy, early modern typography, literature and science studies, genre theory, and electronic music.
CANCELED: Children's Celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Jan. 18
Children's book authors Charlotte Agell (Shift; Dancing Feet) and Rohan Henry (The Perfect Gift; Good Night, Baby Ruby) will be on hand for "illustrated storytelling," singing, and activities in remembrance of Dr. King.
Current Exhibitions at the Museum of Art
The collection numbers more than 17,000 objects, including paintings, sculpture, works on paper, decorative arts, and artifacts from prehistory to the present from civilizations around the world.
Current Exhibitions at the Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum
The museum's collections include equipment, paintings, and photographs relating to the history of Arctic exploration, natural history specimens, and artifacts and drawings made by indigenous people of Arctic North America....