Starr Kelly (Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg), Curator of Education at the Abbe Museum, will be speaking on "Decolonizing Museum Practices: Implications for Universities and Schools" from 4:00 to 5:30 pm on Monday, January 27. The talk will be held in Bodwell Lounge on the third floor of Collins Center for the Arts. Light refreshments will be […]
The Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center invites community members, faculty and students to attend a showcase of current research and creative projects in the humanities. The event, “2020 Visions: The Humanities at UMaine,” will be held on Friday, January 31, 2020 at the Buchanan Alumni House from 2-5 p.m. The event is free and […]
The 8th Annual Bangor Humanities Day on Feb. 1 will celebrate music, art, history, literature and other humanities disciplines at venues throughout downtown Bangor. The free public event is sponsored […]
THE COLOR PURPLE is the 2016 Tony Award® winner for Best Musical Revival! Hailed as “a direct hit to the heart” (The Hollywood Reporter), this joyous American classic conquered Broadway in an all-new “ravishingly re-conceived production that is a glory to behold” (TheNew York Times). Don’t miss this stunning re-imagining of an epic story about […]
RESCDHEDULED FOR SNOW NEW DATE: Sunday, February 9, 2020 12 p.m. reception and lecture (FREE) 1 p.m. show (WITH TICKET) The McGillicuddy Humanities Center presents UMaine professor Dick Brucher, who […]
Join us in Miller's Cafe in Collins Center for the Arts for a FREE pre-performance lecture by Jack Burt (SPA) before the afternoon performance by Septura Brass. 2:00 coffee & tea, light refreshments 2:15 - 2:45 lecture and Q&A 3 p.m. concert Reception to follow concert Septura brings together London’s leading players to redefine brass […]
The McGillicuddy Humanities Center and the Multicultural Student Center are holding a Black Digital History lunch and learn on Wednesday, February 26, 2020 at 12 p.m. in the Multicultural Student Center on the 3rd floor of Memorial Union. Stop by for lunch. Leave with new tools in your knowledge arsenal. Karen Sieber from the McGillicuddy […]
“This dance form, these artists won’t be boxed in.” – New York Times Following breakthrough performances at New York’s Park Avenue Armory, Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, Manchester International Festival, and an upcoming residency for the inaugural season of The Shed in New York City, FLEX AVE., the brand new creation of Flexn dance pioneer Reggie “Regg Roc” […]
Visiting professor Erin J. Kappeler (Tulane University) will be speaking in Hill Auditorium in Barrows Hall on Wednesday, March 4, at 3PM. Kappeler will explore key texts by the modernist poet and activist Mary Austin, who helped to invent Native American poetry as a field, to show that the concept of free verse was a […]
Are you an undergraduate student at UMaine studying art, music, history, performing arts, English, journalism, communications, new media, philosophy, languages or other humanities fields? Would you like to earn $4,000 per semester for two consecutive semesters working on your own independent research or creative project? The McGillicuddy Humanities Center is holding an information session and […]
