7 events found.
Week of Events
Sunday, October 19, 2025
-
October 19, 2025 –Halloween: Celestial Origins
-
October 19, 2025 –Monster Mash: A Halloween Spooktacular!
Halloween: Celestial Origins
Vampires, Witches, Goblins, and other spooky creatures! What do you associate with Halloween? Trick-or-Treating, costumes, or something more… Be it ghoulish or ghostly, Halloween is an astronomical holiday! Experience the history of Halloween and how it fits into the seasons as a “cross-quarter day.” From Celtic roots around the harvest and bonfires to modern celebrations, […]
Monster Mash: A Halloween Spooktacular!
You do not have to wait until 3 a.m. to experience the true terror of the witching hour! Take your “Spooky Scary Skeletons” out of the closet and join us at the Versant Power Astronomy Center for a month-long “Monster Mash”! We will “Put a Spell on You” for the entire month of October with a menacing […]
Monday, October 20, 2025
No events on this day.
Tuesday, October 21, 2025
No events on this day.
Wednesday, October 22, 2025
No events on this day.
Thursday, October 23, 2025
-
October 23, 2025 –Halcyon String Quartet: Tipping Points
Halcyon String Quartet: Tipping Points
Halcyon String Quartet is a Maine-based artist collective that weaves together music, film, and storytelling to explore themes of climate, community, and connection. Their multimedia program Tipping Points blends live performance with animation and video to reflect on the forces shaping our world. Presented in partnership with the University of Maine Climate Change Institute. Program includes: Cuimhne – Christine Delphine […]
Friday, October 24, 2025
-
October 24, 2025 –Fermentation Friday – October 24 – All Hallowed Bagels & Spooky Spreads
-
October 24, 2025 –Phantom of the Universe
Fermentation Friday – October 24 – All Hallowed Bagels & Spooky Spreads
Fermentation Friday takes place at the University of Maine in Orono. During Fermentation Friday, held at the UMaine Food Lab in Hitchner Hall, participants cook, create, share, and connect. Using recipes as starting points, we explore fermentation, storytelling, food rescue, and local food systems. Over the past four semesters, we have hosted authors and chefs […]
Phantom of the Universe
From the journey of protons racing through the world’s largest particle collider to up-close views of the Big Bang and emergent universe, and the nearly mile-deep descent to an underground experiment, Phantom of the Universe immerses audiences in the search for dark matter. Explore this mysterious matter and how we are using discoveries at the Large Hadron Collider […]
Saturday, October 25, 2025
No events on this day.
