This event is part of the Stephen E. King Chair Spring Lecture Series Public Lecture Thursday, February 28th at the Orono High School library. Adam Barr, "Made for TV: Writing to Keep Hollywood Relevant" Adam Barr is a writer and producer of film and television in Los Angeles. He was born and raised in Lewiston, […]
Join us at the University of Maine Museum of Art for a kick-off reception for the seventh annual Bangor Humanities Day. The reception will include food and drink catered by Fork & Spoon followed by an exclusive tour of current exhibitions by MMA Director George Kinghorn.
Every year we take a break from the winter chill to celebrate the humanities with the Bangor community. In collaboration with area businesses, museums, and public spaces, as well as local collectives and experts, we host a day of diverse and fun events. Since 2013, The Center has sponsored Bangor Humanities Day, formally Downtown Bangor Public Humanities Day, sometimes organizing […]
Curious about how television gets made? Do you like to write or act? Have you ever watched television? Come join Emmy Award-winning television writer and Executive Producer of Will & Grace Adam WILL & GRACE -- Season: 1 -- Pictured: (l-r) Megan Mullally as Karen Walker, Eric McCormack as Will Truman, Debra Messing as Grace Adler, Sean […]
This free lecture is by Brian Purnell, Geoffrey Canada Associate Professor of Africana Studies and History Bowdoin College “The Wire and the case for Radical Optimism” Socialist and Marxist Studies Lecture Series Bangor Room, Memorial Student Union 12:30-1:45 pm
Diane Tye’s research is located in Atlantic Canada; much of it centers on the uses women make of folklore in their everyday lives. She is author of Baking as Biography. A Life Story on Recipes(2010), winner of the Elli Köngäs-Maranda Book Prize by the Women’s Section of the American Folklore Society (AFS). With Pauline Greenhill, Dr. […]
“I’m Sorry You Don’t Know Me:” Martin Luther King, Jr., Like You’ve Never Learned about Him Before, a free lecture by Brian Purnell, Geoffrey Canada Associate Professor of Africana Studies and History Bowdoin College. Howard B. Schonberger Peace and Social Justice Lecture Bodwell Lounge, Collins Center for the Arts 5:00 pm reception (continuing after lecture) […]
As part of the Socialist and Marxist Studies Series, Lucas Stanczyk, Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Harvard University, will present: "The Political Morality of Social Reproduction" Coe Room, Memorial Union 12:30 p.m.
The Philosophy Colloquium presents: Lucas Stanczyk, Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Harvard University: For the PHI colloquium: "Reckoning with Class Inequality" Bangor Room, Memorial Union 4 p.m.
The departments of History and Art and the McGillicuddy Humanities Center, with support from the UMS Program and Innovation Fund, are co-sponsoring a FREE full-day trip to Portland for all UMaine students. Special programs are planned at the Portland Museum of Art (PMA) and the Maine Historical Society (MHS). Images: Left, Nadia Huggins (Trinidad and […]
