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Sunday

2

November

Bowdoin Meddiebempsters / Bates TakeNote

Mays Center 103 – Assembly: A cappella concert! Five songs from two groups!

Portland Jazz Orchestra

Olin Arts Center 210 – Olin Concert Hall: This group is one of Maine’s premier jazz ensembles! Featuring Larry Williams, director of the Bates Jazz E…

Saturday

15

November

Bates College Orchestra

Olin Arts Center 210 – Olin Concert Hall: TBD

Monday

1

December

Bates Jazz Ensemble

Olin Arts Center 210 – Olin Concert Hall: TBD

Wednesday

3

December

Bates Piano Recital

Olin Arts Center 210 – Olin Concert Hall: TBD

Bates Brass Ensemble and Steel Pan Orchestra

Olin Arts Center 210 – Olin Concert Hall: TBD

Friday

5

December

Bates College Choir

Olin Arts Center 210 – Olin Concert Hall: TBD

Bates News

October 30, 2025

Meet new faculty in chemistry, religious studies, and rhetori…

New faculty join Bates in chemistry, religious studies, and rhetoric. Bates is welcoming a large group of new faculty this year. Seventeen tenured or tenure-track professors will join the college over the course of the 2025-2026 academic year. Bates News is introducing them in groups over this semester. Part 1 ran in our newsletter of September 25, part 2 went out in our October 3 newsletter and Part 3 appeared in our October 10 newsletter.

October 30, 2025

Clarisa Pérez-Armendáriz, professor of politics, receives Kro…

Before she joined the U.S. Foreign Service, Clarisa Pérez-Armendáriz, professor of politics, was certain that she would never make a career out of studying Latin America. But, when she was assigned to Mexico for her first post as a Foreign Service officer, everything changed.

October 30, 2025

Radiohead Trending: Bates students jam in Olin with professio…

Her electric violin at the ready on her right shoulder, Mavy Ho-Le ’26 started to slowly tap her foot on the stage at Olin Arts Center. It was Saturday Oct. 25 and the first strains of Radiohead’s 2016 song “Daydreaming,” were beginning to emerge from Fitter Happier, a Radiohead tribute band based in Portland.