As the leaves begin to turn and the semester hits its stride, Bates College presents a dynamic lineup of arts and literary events on campus, showcasing the creativity of students, faculty, and visiting artists. The season features readings from acclaimed authors, concerts spanning genre, and performances in dance and theater. From gallery openings to ensemble recitals, these coming events in the next month highlight the vibrant artistic community at Bates and are not to be missed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Literary Arts Live presents Iain Haley Pollock<\/strong> Crosscurrents in Jazz and Arabic Music: Dharma Down and Gideon Forbes<\/strong> Opening Reception: American Studio Ceramics and Shellburne Thurber: Full Circle<\/strong> Fitter Happier: A Tribute to Radiohead<\/strong> Spectre: A Musical S\u00e9ance<\/strong> Metamorphoses<\/strong> Portland Jazz Orchestra<\/strong> Museum Lecture with Ceramicist Lisa Orr<\/strong> MOSH! Concert and Magazine Launch<\/strong> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As the leaves begin to turn and the semester hits its stride, Bates College presents a dynamic lineup of arts and literary events on campus, showcasing the creativity of students, faculty, and visiting artists. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1819,"featured_media":170831,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_hide_ai_chatbot":false,"_ai_chatbot_style":"","associated_faculty":[],"_Page_Specific_Css":"","_bates_restrict_mod":false,"_table_of_contents_display":false,"_table_of_contents_location":"","_table_of_contents_disableSticky":false,"_is_featured":false,"footnotes":"","_bates_seo_meta_description":"","_bates_seo_block_robots":false,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_id":0,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_twitter_id":0,"_bates_seo_share_title":"","_bates_seo_canonical_overwrite":"","_bates_seo_twitter_template":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-170798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-batesnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1819"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170798"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170798\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":171037,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170798\/revisions\/171037"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/170831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Oct. 9, 7 p.m.<\/em>
Poet Iain Haley Pollock, winner of the Cave Canem Poetry Prize, will share new and selected poems from his upcoming collection All the Possible Bodies.<\/em>
Muskie 201<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Oct. 10, 7:30 p.m.<\/em>
A double bill concert featuring the ensemble Dharma Down and saxophonist Gideon Forbes, highlighting intersections of jazz and Arabic musical traditions.
Olin Arts Center<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Oct. 24, 4:30 p.m.<\/em>
Join the Bates Museum of Art for the opening of two exhibitions: American Studio Ceramics<\/em> and Shellburne Thurber: Full Circle.<\/em>
Bates Museum of Art<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Oct. 25, 7:30 p.m.<\/em>
Bates Student Strings and Horns join Fitter Happier for a tribute to the music of Radiohead.
Olin Arts Center 210<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Oct. 30, 7:30 p.m.<\/em>
A haunting concert featuring Jazmin Derice (voice) and Morgan Lee (piano), blending music and ghost stories from local Mainers.
Olin Arts Center 210<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Oct. 30 \u2013 Nov. 2<\/em>
A daring theatrical adaptation based on the myths of Roman poet Ovid, staged with an on-stage pool incorporated into the set design.
Schaeffer Theatre<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Nov. 2, 7:30 p.m.<\/em>
Maine\u2019s premier jazz ensemble performs a night of big band classics and contemporary arrangements.
Olin Arts Center 210<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Nov. 5, 7 p.m.<\/em>
Renowned ceramic artist Lisa Orr discusses her practice and the intersections of tradition and experimentation in contemporary ceramics.
Bates Museum of Art<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Nov. 21, 9 p.m.<\/em>
A collaboration between Snaggletooth<\/em> magazine and the Bates Musicians Union, this concert and arts showcase will celebrate the launch of MOSH!<\/em> magazine.
The Little Room in Chase<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n