Tuesday, Aug. 2

8 p.m. — Bates Dance Festival
Performance: The Musician’s Concert. In an annual favorite, nine remarkable composers and multi-instrumentalists perform original and improvised music from around the world. Admission: $5.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall

Thursday, Aug. 4

6 p.m. — Bates Midsummer Lakeside Concert Series
World-class musicians from the 2005 Bates Dance Festival create a tapestry of sound on instruments from around the world: percussion, accordion, bouzouki, marimba, kalimba and more. Bring blankets or lawn chairs and a picnic supper.
Florence Keigwin Amphitheater, overlooking Lake Andrews
(rain site: Olin Arts Center Concert Hall)

Saturday, Aug. 6

8 p.m. — Bates Dance Festival
Performance: Faculty Gala. Sean Curran, David Dorfman, Clara Ramona, Vincent Mantsoe and other renowned artists present an eclectic evening of modern, flamenco, Afro fusion and baroque dance. Admission: $18/$12.
Schaeffer Theatre

Tuesday, Aug. 9

8 p.m. — Bates Dance Festival
Performance: Moving in the Moment. An annual crowd-pleaser, this evening of improvisational dance and music features contact improvisers Olivier Besson and Ray Eliot Schwartz along with members of the festival dance and music faculty.
Alumni Gymnasium

Thursday, Aug. 11

6 p.m. — Bates Midsummer Lakeside Concert Series
Brendan Taaffe, with Matt and Shannon Heaton, presents Ireland Reclaimed. Taaffe is known for his lyric fiddling and singing, as well as his work on banjo, guitar and whistle. The Heatons are instrumentalists and singers active in Boston's Irish music scene. Bring blankets or lawn chairs and a picnic supper.
Florence Keigwin Amphitheater, overlooking Lake Andrews
(rain site: Olin Arts Center Concert Hall)

Friday, Aug. 12

8 p.m. — Bates Dance Festival
Performance: Different Voices features new works from around the world by choreographers from China, Japan, Indonesia, Africa and Mexico, and emerging artist Shani Collins, among others. Admission: $18/$12.
Schaeffer Theatre

Saturday, Aug. 13

1-5 p.m. — Bates Dance Festival
Performance: Young Choreographers/New Works. An adjudicated informal showing of more than 20 new works by festival students. Faculty members provide insightful critical feedback throughout the afternoon.
Schaeffer Theatre

7:30 p.m. — Bates Dance Festival
Performance: Festival Finale. Festival participants of all ages perform modern and postmodern works by Bebe Miller, David Dorfman, Terry Creach and Jane Comfort. Featured is a new work by 70 local artists from our Youth Arts Project. Admission: $5.
Alumni Gymnasium

Museum of Art

Through Oct. 1
The Environment of Landscape: Works from the Olivia and Ellwood Straub Collection. On the occasion of Carl B. Straub’s retirement as professor of religion and Clark A. Griffiths Professor of Environmental Studies at Bates, the Bates College Museum of Art is pleased to exhibit a selection of landscape work purchased with funds from the Olivia and Ellwood Straub Endowment.
Seminar Gallery

June 12–Oct. 2
Innovation and Opportunity: Bates College Faculty. The museum joins in celebrating the college's sesquicentennial year with an exhibition by faculty from the Department of Art and Visual Culture. Artists included are Robert Feintuch, Jessica Gandolf, Paul Heroux, Pamela Johnson, Penelope Jones, Elke Morris, Joseph Nicoletti and Erica Rand.
Bates Gallery

June 12–May 30, 2006
Off the Coast: A Landscape Chronology. This exhibition deconstructs the historical paradigm of New England and Maine while exploring innovations in contemporary landscape art.
Collection Gallery