The Epic and the Novel: Saga and Story Symposium Final Event
From its roots in Old Norse, the word “saga” has been adopted into English as well as a number of other modern languages. In a medieval context, sagas were long […]
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Foster Innovation Center UMaine, Orono, ME, United States
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National History Day*
University of Maine Wells Conference Center, Stevens Hall, North Stevens Hall, The Union, Folger Library, and The Page Farm Museum, Orono, ME, United StatesMaine National History Day is one of the events we help sponsor. "Maine National History Day (NHD) is an annual event for teachers and students in grades 6-12 that promotes […]
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Sean Mills, “Transnationalism, Race, and Quebec” (CanAm Lecture Series)
Arthur St. John Hill Auditorium Barrows Hall, University of Maine, Orono, ME, United StatesFrom the Canadian-American website: “In this paper I will explore new ways of thinking about Quebec and its connections to other societies and cultures, with a particular emphasis on debates […]
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The Lipstick Project*
Donald P Corbett Bldg UMaine, Orono, ME, United StatesLeigh Boyle, whom Mimi Killinger has worked to bring to UMaine and local high schools, is founder of an organization that goes to the heart of the humanistic endeavor. The Lipstick Project (named for the story of a crate of lipstick that mysteriously appeared during the liberation of the Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp) provides free, professional […]
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15th Annual POETS/SPEAK!*
Bangor Public Library 145 Harlow St., Bangor, ME, United StatesThe 15th Annual POETS/SPEAK! event on Thursday, April 27 at the Bangor Public Library in celebration of National Poetry Month. Our 15th anniversary event celebrates “Origins: Roots & Sources” in conjunction with the […]
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SPA & CCA Pre-performance lecture: Philip Edelman on the Combined Band Concert*
Bodwell Lounge, Collins Center for the Arts 2 Flagstaff Rd., Orono, ME, United StatesThe SPA & CCA pre-performance talk will be given by Philip Edelman, assistant professor of music education and the concert band director. During the talk, he will familiarize the audience […]
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Pre-performance talk: Richard Brucher on Hedda Gabler*
Bodwell Lounge, Collins Center for the Arts 2 Flagstaff Rd., Orono, ME, United StatesRichard Brucher Come listen to UMaine English Professor Richard Brucher discuss the brilliance of Henrik Ibsen’s masterpiece Hedda Gabler. Brucher will examine the various problems of interpretation posed by the play, particularly regarding Hedda’s acerbic, malicious, and principled resistance to stifling social, moral, and economic conventions. Although attracted to a bohemian life, she has married down […]
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Explore Maine History with Maine-Wabanaki REACH and UMaine Art Education Students*
Lord Hall, room 202 UMaine, Orono, ME, United StatesJoin Maine-Wabanaki REACH and UMaine Art Education Students for an interactive story-telling event. We will be exploring events in the shared history of Europeans and their descendants and Wabanaki people. Participation is limited to a maximum of 30. To enroll, you must RSVP by April 26th to Constant Albertson at constant@maine.edu. First come, first serve, and […]
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FLOW Fort Knox
Fort Knox 740 Ft Knox Rd., Prospect, ME, United StatesFLOW Fort Knox – Art • Water • Energy • History • Ecology Mind-blowingly innovative New Media artist Gene Felice will join with a transdisciplinary array of artists, scientists, historians […]
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The Poetry & Poetics of the 1990s
University of Maine Wells Conference Center, Stevens Hall, North Stevens Hall, The Union, Folger Library, and The Page Farm Museum, Orono, ME, United StatesThe National Poetry Foundation (NPF) is hosting the last in their sequence of “decade” conferences, this one focused on the 1990s, American and international. The conference, The Poetry & Poetics of the […]