In a performance themed "Death and Heaven," Senior Lecturer in Music Tony Antolini will lead the Bowdoin Chorus and the Mozart Mentors Orchestra in a range of pieces including the New England premiere of Karl Jenkins' "Requiem." After premiering last night, the show will be performed again tonight at 7:30 p.m.

New York-based art critic Donald Kuspit will speak on Monday, May 7 about persisting distinctions in art criticism through the 19th and 20th centuries. His lecture, "Critical Consciousness of the Arts," will explore the divisions between realism and abstraction that have evolved throughout the last two centuries of art criticism.

Tonight's concert will be The Transports' third performance; the comedy punk group debuted their sound at the Art and Music Party at Quinby House in February and competed in last week's Battle of the Bands, where they placed second after the NARPs. The group is comprised of seniors Mikel McCavana and Nyle Usmani, Kendhall Davis '13, and Sam Seda '15.

Novelists Susan Choi and Young-ha Kim will come to Bowdoin next Monday for a panel discussion on Korean literature, moderated by Bruce Fulton '70, an associate professor of Asian studies at the University of British Columbia.

Film producer Mitchell Block will come to campus next Thursday for a screening and discussion of his 2010 documentary, "Poster Girl." "Poster Girl" tells the story of a female Iraq War veteran who is struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject) in 2011.

In the first installment of a two-part lecture series celebrating 200 years of art collecting at Bowdoin, Andrew McClellan, professor of art history at Tufts University, will deliver a lecture titled "Private Collecting in the Age of Museums" next Thursday.

Writer Heidi Julavits will read excerpts from her newest novel, "The Vanishers," when her book tour for the work hits campus today

Rapper Spose will perform tonight at the Pub as the debut act in the WBOR Spring Concert Series. Spose, who came to national renown when his single "I'm Awesome" reached the Billboard's Top 40 in January 2010, has released two full-length albums and is set to release a third, "The Audacity!," on April 17.

Author of the "The Best People in the World," Justin Tussing will visit campus on Monday for a reading of his work.

Peter Coviello, chair of the English department, will lead a discussion of Herman Melville's "Benito Cereno" Wednesday as part of the Bowdoin Book Lecture series.

Four professional Maine-based poets will be coming to campus tomorrow and Sunday for the first two events of Bowdoin's annual Longfellow Days celebration.

Richard F. Thomas, professor of classics and director of undergraduate studies in the classics department at Harvard University, will deliver a lecture on Wednesday that should appeal to classics and English majors alike.

Artist Kristen Martincic will deliver a lecture about her printmaking, sculpture, and installations when she comes to campus next Thursday.

The Bowdoin Film Society (BFS) will be showing four student-produced films at its annual 48 Hour Film Festival tomorrow night. Now in its fourth year, the 48-Hour Film Festival restricts students to what its name states: forty-eight hours to write, shoot, and edit a film.

Cross-dressing and confusion will hit Wish Theater next week when Masque and Gown puts on its production of William Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night." "Twelfth Night" is a tale of misplaced love and mistaken identity. However, "Twelfth Night" is more complex than the typical Shakespearian comedy.

Renowned printmaker and public artist Tomie Arai will arrive on campus on Monday to kick off a week of print media collaborations.

"Stars," a Bulgarian film set during the Holocaust, will be shown following a panel discussion with three German scholars Monday,. Despite being heavily censored in Bulgaria, the film won the Special Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 1959.

The Departments of Music, Film Studies, and Theatre and Dance will be sponsoring the documentary, "In Good Time: The Piano Jazz of Marian McPartland," next Tuesday.

Associate Professor of English Ann Kibbie will present a lecture on Patricia Highsmith's "Strangers on a Train" next Tuesday at 7 p.m. in Main Lounge, Moulton Union as part of the Bowdoin Book Lecture Series. Highsmith (1921-1995) was an American novelist and short story writer who was perhaps best known for her psychological thrillers. Her works have garnered both commercial and critical acclaim.

Bowdoin's student-run theater group, Masque and Gown, will be putting on its annual 24-hour show this Saturday.

Cellist Maren Askins '12 will perform a classical concert on Sunday, the culmination of her advanced lessons this semester.

In her recital next Saturday, Katarina Holmgren '13 will sing selections that range from opera to musical theater pieces.

Music from the southern-Pacific region of Colombia filled Studzinki Recital Hall on Wednesday when the Afro-Colombian Music Ensemble played marimba under the direction of Professor Michael Birenbaum Quintero.

The Women's Resource Center (WRC) helped sponsor a three-part series of lectures and screenings about incarcerated women this week, in effort to bring attention to the often-overloaded issue.

Following a screening of the film "Bad Education," Lee Edelman, chair of the English department at Tufts University, led a discussion on queer identity.

Students got an opportunity to learn about 3000-year-old archaeological marvels from the film "Song of the Drum: The Petroglyphs of Maine," which was screened in Smith Auditorium in Sills Hall on Wednesday.

On Wednesday, Dennis Looney, professor of Italian and classics at the University of Pittsburgh, spoke about the relationship between Dante and African-American culture.

Annie Sprinkle and Elizabeth Stephens explored how to expresss love through art on Monday in their talk titled "Assuming the Ecosexual Position: Adventures of the Love Art Lab."

On Tuesday, the Peter Buck Center was the greenest part of campus after hosting Atayne's CEO and founder Jeremy Litchfield '99.

One need not travel to the Middle East to learn about diversity in Israel. Tonight's screening of "Shiva" will bring to life the story of a Jewish Morrocan family in mourning.

KASA (Korean American Students Association) has organized several events in order to exhibit the diversity and vivacity of Korean culture.

Take a study break and go listen to your peers perform in tomorrow's Chamber Ensembles Concert.

With a portfolio that ranges from photos of buzkashi in Tajikistan, to a three-year-old girl who weighs 14 lbs in Niger and to a woman with tuberculosis in the Republic of Georgia, freelance photographer Thatcher Cook chronicles the everyday lives of people living in developing countries.

Wednesday's screening of "It's Kind of a Funny Story" led students not to laughter, but to questions about mental health.

Though we are months away from July 4, Bowdoin is celebrating American heritage ahead of schedule.

The Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP) will present the final piece in its three-part series on campus this Sunday.

In celebration of Cuba Week, the Bowdoin community will be presented with the unique opportunity to explore and participate in an engaging Afro-Cuban drumming workshop this weekend.

"Diva," a riveting French film by director Jean-Jacques Beineix, will bring the vibrant streets of Paris to the Visual Arts Center on Sunday evening. The film is being shown for Intermediate French II with Professor William VanderWolk but is open to the entire Bowdoin community.

George Lopez, an accomplished pianist and musician, is wrapping up the first year of his two-year tenure as an artist-in-residency with a concert featuring the acclaimed Esterhazy string quartet.

Every now and then, we all think negatively. In her lecture titled "The Power of Negative Thinking," Dr. Julie Norem spoke yesterday about the psychological effects of negative thinking.

Reading the proverbial "writing on the wall" is a useful skill and Jeannine Uzzi has made an academic career of uncovering social conditions in visual Roman reliefs.

Community members gathered yesterday to listen to Dean of Academic Affairs and Professor of Music Cristle Collins Judd chronicle Bowdoin's arts programs in her talk, "The Arts in the Bowdoin Curriculum."

Drawer and printmaker Amze Emmons gave a lecture about his work titled "Refugee Architecture and other Systems of Daily Experience" on Monday.

Last night, William P. Harman, professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion at the University of Tennessee, discussed the relationship between religion and female suicide bombings of Sri Lanka in his lecture.

Thanks to the impressive wartime feats of famous alumnus Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, Bowdoin has a special connection to the Civil War era. Jonathan Sarna, the Chief Historian of the National Museum of American Jewish History, offered a new take on this legacy when he delivered this year's Harry Spindel Memorial Lecture in Kresge Auditorium on March 29.

The Longfellows advanced to the semifinals of the International Collegiate Championship of A Cappella (ICCA), the only tournament of its kind, following a strong showing in quarterfinals last Saturday at Brown University. The all-male Bowdoin a cappella group, along with The Dynamics of University of Massachusetts-Amherst, beat out five other ensembles from the northeast.

Paddling its way around the country, the Reel Paddling Film Festival will make a stop at Bowdoin tonight. Self-described as showing "The Best Paddling Films of the year," the film festival lends out its films to outing clubs, stores and theaters nationwide.

The Bowdoin Chamber Choir and the University of Southern Maine (USM) Chamber Singers, will perform a mixture of contemporary American music, spirituals and classical music this Sunday.

Artist Anna Schuleit returned to campus this week to talk with the community about her latest creative pursuits. Schuleit was last at Bowdoin in early 2008, when she was the Coastal Studies Center artist in residence.

The Beehive Design Collective visited campus early in the week to talk on the application of visual art to social change.

Telling your parents that you don't know what you want to do with your life, or worse, that you want to major in art history can be a challenge. But never fear, the collaboration between the Career Planning Center (CPC), the Bowdoin College Museum of Art (BCMA) and the art history department is here to the rescue.

Three weeks in the making, the final product of FLOAT is nearly ready for its Bowdoin debut. The collaboration between visiting artist Layla Mrozowski, Assistant Professor of Art Alicia Eggert's Sculpture I Class and three dancers will culminate in a performance on Sunday in Morrell Lounge.

For Samantha Farrell '05, an aspiring musician with golden hair and a soulful, jazzy voice, it is an amazing honor to be nominated among the first round of nominations for "Best Pop Album of the Year."

Award-winning photographer Sandy Flint will come to Bowdoin for his upcoming exhibit, "A Perspective View." Over 20 digital prints, portraying Flint's landscapes and wildlife scenes, will be on display in color and black and white, as well as on the inkjet canvas.

The musical quartet In Flux will perform at 7:30 p.m. in Studzinski Hall on Friday February 26. The group consists of mezzo soprano Rachel Calloway, violinist Noah Geller, violist Eric Nowlin and cellist Jason Calloway. All four performers are graduates of the Juilliard School in New York City.

Guitarist Dan Lippel will perform this Wednesday, March 3 at 7:30p.m. in Studzinski Hall.

The DaPonte String Quartet will bring its acclaimed sound to Bowdoin on Saturday, performing songs by sibling prodigies Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn.

Bowling and hip-hop may not have much in common, but the two collided last night.

The Milkman's Union, the much-publicized Bowdoin student band, was honored with the opportunity to open for Lady Lamb The Beekeeper at SPACE Gallery in Portland on Wednesday.

Boston-based ensemble Dünya performed a variety of Turkish music in Kanbar Auditorium on Wednesday.

Beloved '80s cover band Racer X, which counts Associate Professor of Music Vineet Shinde and Associate Professor of English Aaron Kitch as members, will light up another Homecoming weekend with a performance on Saturday night in Morrell Gym.

For those who have not yet visited the Bowdoin College Museum of Art or met with its new director, there will be an opportunity to do both this weekend. Director of the Museum of Art Kevin Salatino will be hosting a gallery talk on Saturday as part of the Homecoming festivities.