College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

In The Life of Trees a cheeky ladybug called Dolores and a quirky firefly called Mike take the audience on an adventurous journey of exploration into the wondrous world of trees. Attend the Creepy Crawlies Educational Institution to find out how trees live and their importance to the wider environment. On the excursion Delores and […]

2:00 p.m. • Minsky Recital Hall • Admission: $9, free with student MaineCard

Conversation in French. All levels of ability are welcome. Feel free to bring your lunch. Occurs weekly on Mondays when classes are in session. Little Hall, Room 207

NAME: HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY ceremony, film, discussion. PRESENTED BY: Judaic Studies Program, Hillel, Office of Multicultural Student Life, WIlson Center, Honors College, Student Heritage Alliance Council DATE:  Monday, April 24 TIME: 3 p.m. LOCATION: Martin Luther King Plaza, followed by FFA Room in Memorial Union. SPONSOR:   Judaic Studies Program, Hillel, Office of Multicultural Student Life, Wilson Center, […]

"The Lipstick Project: Contributing to a Very Good Death" Tuesday, April 25 12:30-1:45pm Bangor Room, Memorial Union

"The Lipstick Project" Public Address Tuesday, April 25 7pm 100 Corbett

7:30 p.m. • Minsky Recital Hall • Admission: $9, free with student MaineCard

Conversation in German. All levels of ability are welcome. Feel free to bring your lunch. Occurs weekly on Wednesdays when classes are in session. Little Hall, 207

Speaker: Paul Kunoni, UMaine MA in Global Policy candidate and author of The Breaking Spears: A Culture at Crossroads with Modernity (iUniverse, 2015) Time: 5:00 p.m. Location: 235 North Stevens Hall Paul Kunoni is the author of The Breaking Spears: A Culture at Crossroads with Modernity (iUniverse, 2015), a detailed account of how his tradition and family background shaped his resolve […]

Conversation in Spanish. All levels of ability are welcome. Feel free to bring your lunch. Occurs weekly on Thursdays when classes are in session. Little Hall, 207

The recipients of this year’s Grady Awards for Creative Writing will read from their winning manuscripts in a special New Writing Series event on Thursday, April 27, 2017. The reading, which will be hosted by members of the creative writing faculty, starts at 4:30pm in the Allen & Sally Fernald APPE Space, 104 Stewart Commons, University of […]

7:30 p.m. • Collins Center for the Arts • Admission: $12, free with student MaineCard

“Les Magasins,” a 48-minute documentary exploring the history of small, family-owned grocery stores located on Sand Hill, Augusta throughout the 1900s. Film showing and Q&A with director Norm Rodrigue. Free and open to the public. Friday, April 28 7:00pm Franco American Centre

Join the young Charles Darwin on an adventurous voyage of exploration circumnavigating the World with the HMS Beagle. In the 19th century in Victorian times many physical phenomena were already discovered and described by natural laws, but life’s most eloquent mechanism was still unknown: How could new species arise to replace those lost in extinction? […]

Film screening and Q&A with Pierre Marier, director, and Ray “Luc” Levasseur. Free and open to the public. For more info about the film, go to http://www.f3msurdemande.ca/unamericain/. Saturday, April 29 7:00pm Soderberg Hall

Dr. Wieck, violin and viola, and Gena Raps, piano, will perform work by Gregory Palitz, Debussy, Bartók, Schumann, and others. 7:30 p.m. • Minsky Recital Hall This event is FREE and open to the public.