Campus events: Summer 2015
Roots musician Dom Flemons opens Bates’ Concerts on the Quad series on July 16.
Hello from Bates!
These are public events at the college for summer 2015.
The public is invited to events in this listing. Except for Bates Dance Festival mainstage performances, admission is free.
Want the latest events information? Visit the daily Events page.
Questions or comments? Contact events editor Doug Hubley at calendar@bates.edu.
See you at Bates!
Robert Moses’ Kin performs at the 2015 Bates Dance Festival. (Toni Gauthier)
Bates Dance Festival
July 10–Aug. 8
The 2015 festival features Sean Dorsey Dance, Delfos Danza Contemporanea and Robert Moses’ Kin. See the schedule. Buy tickets. FMI 207-786-6381.
June 12
7pm | Opening reception: Coinciding with the college’s Reunion, the Bates College Museum of Art launches three exhibitions including Points of View: New and Recent Photographs by Jay Gould, Gary Green, David Maisel and Shoshannah White (see Museum of Art, below). FMI 207-786-6158.
Museum of Art
June 20
8am | Clean Sweep: Lewiston’s popular “garage sale” benefits both the environment and local nonprofits. FMI 207-786-6464.
Underhill Arena
July 16
6:30pm | Dom Flemons: Known from his work with the Carolina Chocolate Drops, Flemons draws deeply from America’s rich folk tradition — ragtime, early blues, Southern folk, spiritual, string and jug band music — and revives it for today’s audiences. The Concerts on the Quad are family-friendly outdoor concerts. Bring a picnic and folding chairs or blankets. Rain site: Peter J. Gomes Chapel. FMI 207-753-6953.
Historic Quad
July 23
5pm | Reception and gallery talk: Three of the four photographers represented in the Bates museum exhibition Points of View — Jay Gould, Gary Green and Shoshannah White — discuss their work. (The fourth is David Maisel.) A reception precedes the talk at 5 p.m. FMI 207-786-6158 or museum@bates.edu.
The great Buckwheat Zydeco performs at Bates on July 30.
July 30
6:30pm | Buckwheat Zydeco: The premiere artist in zydeco music, this accordionist-keyboardist has brought his energetic blend of blues and Creole to audiences far from its birthplace in Lafayette, La. NOTE: Because of inclement weather predicted for showtime, this Concert on the Quad has been moved indoors.
Gomes Chapel
Aug. 13
6:30pm | Stephanie Fogg Band: Maine-based singer Fogg grew up listening to jazz and soul artists like Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding and Etta James. A Concert on the Quad (see July 16).
Historic Quad
“Fade” is a 2015 photograph by Jay Gould, on display in the Bates College Museum of Art exhibition “Points of View.” Courtesy of the artist.
Museum of Art
FMI 207-786-6158
bates.edu/museum
museum@bates.edu
Hours: 10am–5pm Mon–Sat
June 12–Oct. 24
Points of View: New and Recent Photographs by Jay Gould, Gary Green, David Maisel and Shoshannah White. Part of the statewide Maine Photo Project, Points of View presents work by four photographers who explore relationships between humanity and nature through Maine’s landscape.
The Painter of Maine: Photographs of Marsden Hartley. Images depicting one of Maine’s best-loved artists, drawn from the museum’s founding Marsden Hartley Memorial Collection.
June 12–March 26, 2016
Maine Collected: Contemporary Selections from the Permanent Collection. Exhibiting artists include such major Maine figures as Amy Stacy Curtis, Paul Heroux, Charlie Hewitt, Eric Hopkins, Dahlov Ipcar, Alex Katz, William Manning, Rose Marasco, Joseph Nicoletti and Abby Shahn.
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