• New Native Tribal Plays with Madeline Sayet*

    Recurring
    Penobscot Theatre 51 Main St., Bangor, ME, United States

    Tan Katotsanin "how strong are you?" presents New Native Tribal Plays directed by Madeline Sayet at the Penobscot Theatre Company's Rehearsal Hall, 51 Maine St. Bangor.  Madeline Sayet is a Mohegan […]

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  • Examining the Life of Maine Missionary and Suffragist Elizabeth Upham Yates

    Soderberg Lecture Hall Jenness Hall, UMaine, Orono, ME, United States

    Shannon M. Risk, ’96, ’09, Associate Professor of History at Niagara University, will deliver a lecture entitled: “Examining the Life of Maine Missionary and Suffragist Elizabeth Upham Yates — The Importance of Biography.” “Elizabeth Upham Yates (1857-1942) was a missionary and suffragist, born and raised in Coastal Maine, who rose to national prominence as a […]

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  • New Writing Series: poetry reading by Allison Cobb

    Allen and Sally Fernald AP/PE Space Stewart Commons IMRC, UMaine, Orono, ME, United States

    Poetry reading by Allison Cobb. Introduced by Benjamin Friedlander. About Cobb from her website: "Allison Cobb is the author of After We All Died (Ahsahta Press); Plastic: an autobiography (Essay Press EP series); Born2 (Chax Press); and Green-Wood, originally […]

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  • Getting it Right: Investigative Journalism in a “Post-Truth” Age

    Wells Conference Center University of Maine, Orono, ME, United States

    Public Lecture: Patricia Wen, “Getting it Right: Investigative Journalism in a ‘Post-Truth’ Age” PATRICIA WEN is the editor of the Boston Globe Spotlight Team. She took over this six-member investigative unit after several decades as a reporter at the Globe, with a special emphasis on social service, legal and medical issues. Her work focused largely on investigative […]

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  • How Did You Think of That?*

    Come join this one-day workshop for undergrads with guest panelists talking about how they came up with their research questions.  Created by Stephen E. King Chair of Literature, Caroline Bicks.  This is […]

  • Creativity in Art, Change and Survival*

    Soderberg Lecture Hall Jenness Hall, UMaine, Orono, ME, United States

    With Don Foresta and Edwige Armand  Tuesday 24 April 3:30PM Soderberg Lecture Hall, 116 Jenness Hall Abstract: Why art is linked to the survival of humans in general. We start from an ancestral point of view and end with a look at the world today. The roots of art are to be found very far in the […]

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  • Dr. Sylvia Earle: Exploring the Ocean in the 21st Century*

    Collins Center for the Arts 2 Flagstaff Road, Orono, ME, United States

    Renowned oceanographer and National Geographic Society Explorer-in-Residence Sylvia Earle will give a lecture, “Exploring the Ocean in the 21st Century,” 4:30–5:30 p.m. Monday, April 30 in the Collins Center for the Arts. Tickets will be available in March and a second announcement will be posted when they become available. Tickets are free, but will require […]

    free with registration
  • Kitchen Party with Frantically Atlantic

    Franco-American Centre 110 Crossland Hall, UMaine, Orono, ME, United States

    Potluck lunch, interactive kitchen party, and dancing!

  • Euphony: Orono’s Chamber Choir concert

    Recurring
    Orono Orono, ME, United States

    EUPHONY is Orono's chamber choir, conducted by Francis John Vogt  (of UMaine SPA).  Many UMaine voice majors and some faculty sing in the group. Come see them either Saturday at The Church of Universal Fellowship or Tuesday at Dirigo Pines Retirement Community.