Timothy Fox '11, left, portrays Hamlet and Kevin Chambers '10 is Iago in the Bates theater department production of "All the World's a Grave."

Bates College presents John Reed's All the World's a Grave, a new play weaving together some of Shakespeare's most compelling characters and language, in performances at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Friday, Sunday and Monday, Nov. 12-13 and 15-16, and at 1 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 15, in Schaeffer Theatre, 305 College St.

Professor of Theater Paul Kuritz directs this theater department production. Admission is $6 general admission and $3 for senior citizens and non-Bates students. For more information, please visit www.batestickets.com or call 207-786-6161.

Playwright John Reed holds a public "talkback" at 4 p.m. Monday, Nov. 16, in Schaeffer Theatre. His visit is sponsored by the college Learning Associates program. (more...)

"Beautiful Me" is choreographed and performed by Gregory Maqoma Photograph: John Hogg.

In its first-ever concert held during the academic year, the internationally acclaimed Bates Dance Festival collaborates with the Bates College Concerts Committee to present "Beautiful Me" by the renowned South African company Vuyani Dance Theatre Project at 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 16, in Bates College's Schaeffer Theatre, 305 College St.

The performance kicks off the troupe's North American tour. Tickets, at $20 for the general public and $12 for students and seniors, can be purchased on line at: www.batesdancefestival.org. (One hundred free tickets will be available at the door to Bates students on a first-come, first-served basis.) For more information call 207-786-6135. (more...)

The Bates College Modern Dance Company offers public performances at noon Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 3 and 4, in Schaeffer Theatre, 305 College St.

The Bates College Modern Dance Company is shown in an April 2009 rehearsal.

Readers, please note: The schedule of performances has been changed since the concerts were first publicized. A show Friday, Oct. 2, has been canceled and the Sunday show added. (more...)

The piano-violin duo of Duncan '93 and Hilary Cumming.

Pianist Duncan Cumming '93 returns to his alma mater with violinist Hilary Cumming, his wife, to perform works of Schubert, Brahms and Dvorák at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 2, in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall, 75 Russell St.

The program also includes Duo, a composition by William Matthews, Alice Swanson Esty Professor of Music at Bates. Admission is free, but tickets are required. For ticket reservations or more information, please contact 207-786-6135 or this E-mail.

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Bates College alumni from diverse backgrounds involved in the arts talk about their work in four events taking place Sept. 24-26, as part of the college's Alumni Homecoming Weekend.

Angela Perkins Palmer '00 wrote the screenplay for "Spent!" Shown here is Tracey Costello as the lead character, Cheryl Johnson.

Sponsored by the college's Multicultural Center, the Multicultural Alumni: Diversity in the Arts events are open to the public at no cost, but two events require RSVPs. For more information, please call 207-786-8376. (more...)

Frank Glazer

Frank Glazer, a pianist of international renown whose professional career began during the 1930s, continues his 2009-10 survey of the complete cycle of 32 Beethoven piano sonatas in concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 9, in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall, 75 Russell St.

All performances in the series and a related Nov. 8 lecture are open to the public at no cost, but tickets are required. For more information contact 207-786-6135 or use this E-mail. (more...)

Lisa Genova '92, photographed at home in Chatham, Mass., in May 2009.

On a brisk autumn night in 1998, 85-year-old Angie Genova grabbed her bowling bag and purse and set out on foot for her bowling league. Though the bowling alley was a half-mile from her home in suburban Waltham, Mass., the mother of nine and grandmother of more than 20 had little trouble navigating the way.

When Angie arrived at the Wal-Lex Recreation Center, she tried the doors and found they were locked. So she waited. And waited. And after a while, the tiny white-haired woman walked home and called her family to ask where everyone was.

It was 4 a.m. That's when her family knew for sure: Angie had Alzheimer's disease. (more...)

Lisa Genova '92

Lisa Genova '92, whose self-published novel about a professor succumbing to early-onset Alzheimer's disease became a best-seller earlier this year, offers a talk and reading at Bates on May 20. (more...)

Charlotte Brill '10 of Newton Highland, Mass., stands at the entrance to the new dining Commons to promote last spring's Art-In, held at Chase Hall to showcase student art at Bates.

Sociology professor Heidi Chirayath wondered what she was doing at an early meeting of a campus group formed to advance the arts at Bates.

All the others attending were faculty and staff involved in teaching and practicing the arts in myriad ways. After they introduced themselves, it was Chirayath's turn. (more...)

Réveillons! closes the 2009 Midsummer Lakeside Concert Series.

The Bates Dance Festival and the Bates College Midsummer Lakeside Concert Series end their seasons in high style this weekend, starting Thursday, Aug. 6, with the first of two "Different Voices" dance festival performances and a concert by Réveillons!, a Québécois folk band.

"Different Voices," a diverse program of new works by international and emerging choreographers, takes place at 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday, Aug. 6 and 7, in Schaeffer Theatre, 305 College St. Tickets are $20 for the general public and $12 for students and seniors, and can be purchased by calling 207-786-6161.

Réveillons!, known for its modern take on traditional French-Canadian music, closes the 2009 Bates College Midsummer Lakeside Concert Series at 6 p.m. Aug. 6 in the Florence Keigwin Amphitheater at the college's Lake Andrews.

Sponsored by the Harward Center for Community Partnerships at Bates and the Bingham Betterment Fund, Lakeside concerts are open to the public at no cost. Picnics are encouraged, as is bringing lawn chairs or blankets. For more information, please call 207-786-6400. (more...)