The Bates College Modern Dance Company performs Peter Kyle's "Serenade." See Dec. 1.

Saturday, Dec. 1

Noon

Swimming vs. Trinity.
Merrill Gymnasium, Tarbell Pool

5pm

Dance performance: In the program Unearthed, the Bates College Modern Dance Company features new works by New York choreographer Peter Kyle, artist-in-residence Heather McArdle and dance program director Carol Dilley. Also, Danny Buraczeski reconstructs his classic Swing Concerto. Admission: $6/$3. For more information call 207-786-6161 or visit the online box office.
Schaeffer Theatre

7pm

Men's basketball vs. Bowdoin.
Alumni Gymnasium

7 and 9:30pm

Film: The Simpsons Movie (2007, 87 min.). Sponsored by the Filmboard. Admission: $1.
Olin Arts Center, Room 104

John Corrie

8pm

Concert: The Bates College Choir, directed by John Corrie, performs the first part of Handel's Messiah. For more information contact 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

9pm

Concert: In this evening of folk music, Bates' own Chase the Fiddlers opens for the Boston-based McHaggis and the Bridge Builders. Sponsored by the Freewill Folk Society.
Benjamin Mays Center

Sunday, Dec. 2

2pm

Dance performance: Bates College Modern Dance Company (see Dec. 1 listing).
Schaeffer Theatre

2 and 4:30pm

Film: The Simpsons Movie (see Dec. 1 listing).
Olin Arts Center, Room 104

5:30pm

Weekly Protestant worship service. For more information call 207-786-8272.
Bates College Chapel

Monday, Dec. 3

7:30pm

Dance performance: Bates College Modern Dance Company (see Dec. 1 listing).
Schaeffer Theatre

Tuesday, Dec. 4

12:30pm

Noonday Concert: Bates Gamelan Orchestra. For more information contact 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

7pm

Men's basketball vs. Thomas.
Alumni Gymnasium

Wednesday, Dec. 5

6–9pm

Figure drawing sponsored by the Bates College Museum of Art. Artists should bring drawing board and supplies. Easels provided. Admission: $7 (free for Bates students).
Olin Arts Center, Room 259

7pm

Tom Snow

Concert: The Bates College Jazz Band, directed by Thomas Snow. For more information contact 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.
Chase Hall Lounge

7:30pm

Performance: Students in a voice and speech course perform their final projects (free; no reservations). For more information call 207-786-6161 or visit the online box office.
Pettigrew Hall, Gannett Theater

7 and 9:30pm

Film: Balls of Fury (2007, 90 min.). Sponsored by the Filmboard. Admission: $1.
Olin Arts Center, Room 104

Thursday, Dec. 6

7pm

Poetry reading: Gabriel Gudding, assistant professor of creative writing at Illinois State University, is the author of A Defense of Poetry (Pitt Poetry Series, University of Pittsburgh Press, 2002) and the new Rhode Island Notebook (Dalkey Archive Press). Sponsored by the English department.
Chase Hall, Skelton Lounge

Friday, Dec. 7

Gamelan Galak Tika

8pm

Bates College Concert Series: Gamelan Galak Tika, New England's foremost Balinese gamelan, performs traditional and modern Balinese music and dance, and develops innovative genre-defying works. Featured is legendary Balinese dancer and scholar I Made Bandem, former head of Bali's prestigious ISI Arts Academy. Admission: $10/$3. For more information contact 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

Saturday, Dec. 8

Noon

Men's and women's track and field: Bates Pentathlon.
Merrill Gymnasium

8pm

Dance performance: The DC-Dabkeh Troupe performs Middle Eastern folkloric dance — particularly "dabkeh," a celebratory style found in Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and Palestine. Sponsored by Mushahada, the Bates organization of Muslim students and students interested in the Islamic faith. For more information contact 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu, or visit the troupe's Web site.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

Sunday, Dec. 9

5pm

Worship service: Service of Light. Bates students, faculty and staff observe the holiday season. For more information call 207-786-8272.
Bates College Chapel

Wednesday, Dec. 12

6–9pm

Figure drawing sponsored by the Bates College Museum of Art. Artists should bring drawing board and supplies. Easels provided. Admission: $7 (free for Bates students).
Olin Arts Center, Room 259

7pm

Concert: The Auburn Community Band, directed by Milt Simon, presents its 26th annual holiday concert, featuring popular songs of the season. For more information call the Auburn recreation department at 207-784-0191.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

Dec. 17–Jan. 4

Winter Recess:

Administrative offices are closed as of Monday, Dec. 24, and will reopen at 8 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2008.

Bates College Museum of Art

Ends Dec. 9

Green Horizons: This dynamic interdisciplinary project presents important artists from Maine and the world in an attempt to spark conversations around the urgent questions: What is green? What is sustainable? Transcending traditional exhibition practices to include collaborations with writers and choreographers, the project reaches beyond the museum walls to site-specific works on the Bates campus and elsewhere. Sponsors include the Synergy Fund. Museum hours: 10am–5pm Tuesday–Saturday.

"Manifest Destiny" by Alexis Rockman, 2003-04. Courtesy Leo Koenig Inc.