Museum of Art
The museum is closed for renovations during summer 2013. It reopens Sept. 13 with the exhibition Redefining the Multiple: 13 Japanese Printmakers.
What’s Happening at Bates
Except as noted, these events are open to the public at no charge. (Where there is an admission fee, the cost for the general public appears first, followed by the cost for students and seniors.)
02 July 2013
07:30 PM
07:30 PM
Ladysmith Black Mambazo — Gomes Chapel
Concert. L/A Arts presents the renowned South African singing group in a concert rescheduled from February. All tickets purchased or won for the February date will be honored. For more information, please contact 207-782-7228 or mail@laarts.org.
09 July 2013
07:30 PM
07:30 PM
Bates Dance Festival Show & Tell: Nejla Yatkin / NY2 — Schaeffer Theatre
Dance. Yatkin and members of her company give a lecture-demonstration about their piece "Oasis," based on the story of Layla and Majnoon, an allegorical tale regarded as the Middle Eastern forerunner of "Romeo and Juliet." FMI 207-786-6381.
12 July 2013
07:30 PM
07:30 PM
Bates Dance Festival Performance: Nejla Yatkin / NY2Dance — Schaeffer Theatre
Dance. One of Dance Magazine's recent "Top 25 to Watch," Nejla Yatkin / NY2Dance performs the world premiere of Oasis, an evening-length multimedia work based on the story of Layla and Majnoon, an allegorical tale regarded as the Middle Eastern forerunner of "Romeo and Juliet." Admission $25 / $18 / $12 (adults/seniors/students). FMI: Visit the website.
13 July 2013
07:30 PM
07:30 PM
Bates Dance Festival Performance: Nejla Yatkin / NY2Dance — Schaeffer Theatre
Dance. One of Dance Magazine's recent "Top 25 to Watch," Nejla Yatkin / NY2Dance performs the world premiere of Oasis, an evening-length multimedia work based on the story of Layla and Majnoon, an allegorical tale regarded as the Middle Eastern forerunner of "Romeo and Juliet." Admission $25 / $18 / $12 (adults/seniors/students). FMI: Visit the website.
16 July 2013
07:30 PM
07:30 PM
Bates Dance Festival Show & Tell: Doug Varone and Dancers — Schaeffer Theatre
Dance. Varone and his superb dancers pull back the curtain on 25 years of their dancemaking process. FMI 207-786-6381.
18 July 2013
06:30 PM
06:30 PM
Concerts on the Quad: Corey Harris — Historic Quad
Concert. Supplanting the college's Midsummer Lakeside Concerts, Bates' new Concerts on the Quad concentrate on that quintessential American music, the blues. Corey Harris '91, a singer-songwriter featured in the 2003 Martin Scorsese blues documentary Feel Like Going Home, opens the series with a solo show. Admission is free, and audience members are encouraged to bring picnics and chairs or blankets. FMI 207-786-6400.
18 July 2013
07:30 PM
07:30 PM
Bates Dance Festival performance: Doug Varone and Dancers — Schaeffer Theatre
Dance. Celebrated dancemakers Doug Varone and Dancers return to the festival to celebrate their 25th anniversary with a stunning new work, Mouth Above Water, and Varone's signature work Rise, inspired by an ecstatic John Adams score. $25 / $18 / $12 (adults / seniors / students). FMI: Visit the website.
20 July 2013
07:30 PM
07:30 PM
Bates Dance Festival performance: Doug Varone and Dancers — Schaeffer Theatre
Dance. Celebrated dancemakers Doug Varone and Dancers return to the festival to celebrate their 25th anniversary with a stunning new work, Mouth Above Water, and Varone's signature work Rise, inspired by an ecstatic John Adams score. $25 / $18 / $12 (adults / seniors / students). FMI: Visit the website.
23 July 2013
07:30 PM
07:30 PM
Bates Dance Festival Show & Tell: Bebe Miller Company — Schaeffer Theatre
Dance. Miller offers insight on the making of her 25-year retrospective work, A History. FMI 207-786-6381.
26 July 2013
07:30 PM
07:30 PM
Bates Dance Company performance: Bebe Miller Company — Schaeffer Theatre
Dance. Exploring the unruly edges of heart and mind, the award-winning Bebe Miller Company celebrates 25 years of dancemaking with the retrospective performance installation A History. This evening-length work centers on the decade-long dancing relationship between veteran company members, Angie Hauser and Darrell Jones. Admission: $25 / $18 / $12 (adults / seniors / students). FMI: Visit the website.