Saturday, Sept. 1

Noon  Men's cross country vs. alumni. Garcelon Field

Wednesday, Sept. 5

4:10 p.m. Convocation: The Color of Water: A Meditation on Identity. James McBride, award-winning composer, saxophonist and journalist and author of the critically acclaimed book The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother. Main Quadrangle (Rain site: Clifton Daggett Gray Athletic Building)

8 p.m. Bates College Concert Series: Richard Goode, pianist. Acknowledged worldwide as one of today's leading interpreters of Beethoven, Goode will perform the works of classical composers. Tickets available on a first-come, first-served basis. Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

Friday, Sept. 7

8 p.m. Bates College Concert Series: Richard Goode, piano, and Marcia Weinfeld, violin. Admission: $12/$8. For tickets call 207-786-6252. Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

Tuesday, Sept. 11

12:30 p.m Noonday concert: Pianists Frank Glazer, artist-in-residence, and James Parakilas, James L. Moody Jr. Family Professor of Performing Arts, perform Andante and Variations for Two Pianos, Two Cellos and Horn. Olin Arts Center Concert Hall. Admission is free.

Wednesday, Sept. 12

6 p.m. - 9 p.m. Figure drawing sponsored by the Bates College Museum of Art. Artists should bring drawing board and supplies. Easels provided. Admission: $7. Room 259, Olin Arts Center

Friday, Sept. 14

4 p.m. NESCAC volleyball tournament. Alumni Gymnasium

4:15 p.m. T.G.I.F. Lecture Series, Women in the World. Speaker to be announced. Muskie Archives

5 p.m. Reception: To launch a celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, the Multicultural Center hosts an informal lawn reception with diplomatic representatives from several countries, including Spain, Paraguay and Costa Rica. Featuring conversation, cultural exchange, music and food, representing the diversity of Hispanic culture. Multicultural Center

7 p.m. Opening Reception: Hyman Bloom: The Lubec Woods. Upper Gallery, Museum of Art

8:30 p.m. Contradance: Wake the Neighbors. Admission:$6/$3. Chase Hall Lounge

Saturday, Sept. 15

9 a.m. NESCAC volleyball tournament. Alumni Gymnasium

4 p.m. Concert: La Onda Va Bien. The seven-member, New-York based Latin jazz group performs two sets of music influenced by Cal Tjader and Tito Fuentes. Sponsored by the Multicultural Center as part of Hispanic Heritage Month. Main Quadrangle (Rain site: Chase Hall Lounge)

8 p.m. Bates College Concert Series: Trio Parole. Philippe Couvert, violin; Andrea Fossà, cello; and Zvi Meniker, fortepianist, perform the first of two separate programs featuring Mozart piano trios. Co-sponsored by the music department. Admission: $12/$8. For tickets call 207-786-6252. Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

Sunday, Sept. 16

8 p.m. Bates College Concert Series: Trio Parole (see Sept. 15) performs the second of two separate programs featuring Mozart piano trios. Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

Tuesday, Sept. 18

12:30 p.m. Noonday Concert: Performer to be announced. Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

4 p.m. Women's soccer vs. Southern Maine. Russell Street Field

Wednesday, Sept. 19

4 p.m. Field hockey vs. Bowdoin. Campus Avenue Field

4 p.m.  Men's soccer vs. St. Joseph's. Russell Street Field

4 p.m. Women's tennis vs. Southern Maine. James G. Wallach Tennis Center

6 p.m. - 9 p.m. Figure drawing sponsored by the Bates College Museum of Art. Artists should bring drawing board and supplies. Easels provided. Admission: $7. Room 259, Olin Arts Center

7 p.m. Dance: Bates Modern Dance Company. No reservations necessary. First-come, first-served basis. Chase Hall Lounge

9 p.m.  Reflections: Busy Life, Peaceful Center; A Weekly Time of Rest for Body and Soul. A candlelit contemplative time of meditation, quiet and short readings from a variety of spiritual traditions. Each week features a student or faculty performance of music or dance. For more information call the chaplain's office at 207-786-8272. Bates College Chapel

Friday, Sept. 21

4:15 p.m. T.G.I.F. lecture Series, Women in the World. Atsuko Hirai, Kazushige Hirasawa Professor of History. Muskie Archives

8 p.m. Concert: Curtis Macomber, violin, and pianist Frank Glazer, artist-in-residence, perform three sonatas by Beethoven, Bach and Cesar Franck. Sponsored by the music department. Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

Saturday, Sept. 22

11 a.m. Field hockey vs. Trinity. Campus Avenue Field

11 a.m. Women's soccer vs. Trinity. Russell Street Field

1 p.m.  Football vs. Trinity. Garcelon Field

2 p.m.  Men's soccer vs. Trinity. Russell Street Field

Sunday, Sept. 23

1 p.m.  Field hockey vs. Middlebury. Campus Avenue Field

1 p.m. Women's soccer vs. Middlebury. Russell Street Field

7 p.m. Taizé Service: A candlelight contemplative service in the Christian tradition modeled after the liturgies of the ecumenical monastic community in Taizé, France. Brief readings and prayers, chants and silence. Bates College Chapel

Monday, Sept. 24

7 p.m. Lecture: The Bates Seminar Series in Entrepreneurship. Speaker to be announced. For information call 207-786-6232. Muskie Archives

Tuesday, Sept. 25

12:30 p.m. Noonday Concert: Performer to be announced. Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

Wednesday, Sept. 26

4 p.m. Men's soccer vs. Plymouth State. Russell Street Field

6 p.m. - 9 p.m. Figure drawing sponsored by the Bates College Museum of Art. Artists should bring drawing board and supplies. Easels provided. Admission: $7. Room 259, Olin Arts Center

9 p.m. Reflections: Busy Life, Peaceful Center; A Weekly Time of Rest for Body and Soul. A candlelit contemplative time of meditation, quiet and short readings from a variety of spiritual traditions. Each week features a student or faculty performance of music or dance. For more information call the chaplain's office at 207-786-8272.

Thursday, Sept. 27

8 p.m. Reading: Fiction writer Christina Chiu, Bates class of 1991, and author of Troublemaker and Other Saints, reads from her work. Sponsored by the English department. Chase Hall Lounge

Friday, Sept. 28

Celebrate Bates! Alumni and Parents Weekend

4:30 p.m Lecture: Flophouse: Life on the Bowery: Photographs and Stories from America's Most Famous Skid Row. Photographer Harvey Wang discusses his interest in documenting the lost humanity of seven New York City lodging houses. Spiritual Journeys: Stories of the Soul 2001-02 Series. Skelton Lounge, Chase Hall

5 p.m. Volleyball: Bates invitational. Alumni Gymnasium

8 p.m. Dance: Bates Modern Dance Company performance. Student work along with a piece by guest artist Alexandra Beller, formerly of the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company. No reservations necessary. First-come, first-served basis. Schaeffer Theatre

9 p.m. Volleyball vs. Bates invitational. Alumni Gymnasium

Saturday, Sept. 29

Celebrate Bates! Alumni and Parents Weekend

Noon Women's soccer vs. Tufts. Russell Street Field

12:30 p.m. Field hockey vs. Tufts. Campus Avenue Field

1 p.m. Football vs. Tufts. Garcelon Field

2:30 p.m. Men's soccer vs. Tufts. Russell Street Field

3 p.m.  Men's cross country: Bates invitational. Twinbrook Recreation Center, Cumberland

8 p.m. Dance: Bates Modern Dance Company performance (see Sept. 28). No reservations necessary. First-come, first-served basis. Schaeffer Theatre

Sunday, Sept. 30

Celebrate Bates! Alumni and Parents Weekend

EXHIBITIONS

Bates College Chapel Sept. 21 - Oct. 6: Opening showing of Evocations of Spirit. An exhibition of works by Bates artists exploring the spiritual life.

Ladd Library Sept. 21­ - Nov. 23: Flophouse: Life on the Bowery. An exhibition of photographs by New-York based photographer Harvey Wang (see Sept. 28). Sponsored by the chaplain's office.

Museum of Art Sept. 14 -­ Oct. 17: Upper Gallery: Hyman Bloom: The Lubec Woods. Sept. 28 ­- Nov. 25: Lower Gallery: Zhang Yi: Watercolors from China. Museum hours are Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., and Sunday, 1 p.m.-5 p.m. Closed on Mondays. School groups are welcome to all exhibitions. Tours conducted by museum staff. Advance registration for groups required. Call 207-786-6158. Visitors are welcome throughout the exhibition. Information: 207-786-6158.