Reconsidering the Counterculture: A panel discussion
Bangor Room, Memorial Union Orono, ME, United StatesReconsidering the Counterculture 50 Years On. Panelists: Stephen Hornsby, Richard Judd, and Frédéric Rondeau.
Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center
Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center
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Advocating for Justice: Lawyers’ Roles in Social Change
Donald P Corbett Bldg UMaine, Orono, ME, United StatesThe Honors College presents, as part of its 2019 John M. Rezendes Visitng Scholar in Ethics, a lecture by Sally Curran, Esq. It is often said that the law can be used as a sword or a shield, but for public interest and pro bono lawyers the law is often used as a tool to […]
Handel’s Messiah in America
Minsky Recital Hall Collins Center for the Arts, University of Maine, Orono, ME, United States"Their sound is gone out": Handel's Messiah in America. Francis John Vogt, Director of Choral Activities and Lecturer in the School of Performing Arts, will give a talk on the performance history of George Frideric Handel’s oratorio Messiah in the United States and the work's enduring influence on classical music performers and audience. This lecture […]
Poets/Speak!
Bangor Public Library 145 Harlow St., Bangor, ME, United StatesThe 17th annual POETS/SPEAK! is a celebration of National Poetry Month with readings by well-known and emerging poets, a local Poetry Out Loud winner, UMaine student poets, live jazz, and a panel on "Poetry Without Borders." Poets/Speak! will also feature readings by our MHC Fellows Kim Crowley and Nick Rotter-Weller. The panel will present the […]
Franco Americans, Acadians, and the Great War: The Legacies of WWI
Franco-American Centre 110 Crossland Hall, UMaine, Orono, ME, United StatesThis panel will examine Franco American experience during and after World War I. This spring marks one hundred years since the first Red Scare, landmark pieces of linguistic and educational legislation in New England, and Franco Americans’ Worchester convention, all which were closely connected to Francos’ wartime experience. Speakers Severin M. Beliveau, "My Father’s experience […]
University of Maine Singers presents Handel’s “Messiah”
Collins Center for the Arts 2 Flagstaff Road, Orono, ME, United StatesThe University of Maine Singers, under the direction of Francis John Vogt, will perform George Frideric Handel’s beloved oratorio Messiah. They will be joined by an orchestra of School of Performing Arts faculty, students, and regional professionals. Featured as soloists will be undergraduate Vocal Performance majors Kayla M’Lynn Gayton, soprano and Zachary Fisher, tenor; guest […]
Maine Statehood and Bicentennial Conference
he Maine Statehood and Bicentennial Conference will be held at the beautiful University of Maine campus in Orono, ME, from May 30 to June 1, 2019. Please join us for a […]
Until the War is Over: An Opera in One Act
Class of 1944 HallA lecture by Jennifer Moxley will precede a public workshop of selections from Until the War is Over: An Opera in One Act, Based on H.D.’s Bid Me to Live Lindsay Conrad as H.D. (Hilda Doolittle) Isaac Bray as Richard Aldington Caitlin Felsman as Bella Joseph Cough as D.H. Lawrence Libretto: Jennifer Moxley Music: Beth […]
Wabanaki Artist Showcase – Molly Neptune Parker
Hudson MuseumWabanaki Artist Showcases at the Hudson Museum provide an opportunity to see artists in action. Molly Neptune Parker, Passamaquoddy Basketmaker and 2012 National Heritage Fellow, will be presenting a free […]
Lecture by Professor Ann M. Little of Colorado State University on “The Many Captivities of Esther Wheelwright: Communities of Women in the Northeast Borderlands”
Bumps Room, Memorial Student UnionAnn M. Little, Professor of History at Colorado State University, will offer a lecture and discussion on, “The Many Captivities of Esther Wheelwright: Communities of Women in the Northeast Borderlands.” The event, part of the Alice Stewart Lecture Series, will be held from 12:00pm-1:30pm in the Bumpus Room of Memorial Student Union. The lecture emphasizes the methodology in […]
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