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SUMMARY:The Poetry & Poetics of the 1990s
DESCRIPTION:The 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 1990s\, will be held June 28 – July 1\, 2017 here at UMaine. \nThe conference will focus on poetic practice in the decade of the 1990s. What emerged? What changed? What happened just out of frame? What connections brought poetry into dialog with other fields? What social and political contexts mattered most? What of the present can be traced back to that moment? What poets\, poetic formations\, tendencies in poetics warrant our continued attention? What accidents of reception might we now revisit and perhaps repair? \nAs with previous NPF conferences\, the scholarly presentations and panels will be complemented by numerous poetry readings\, including plenary readings by notable figures associated with the decade being explored. In addition\, there will be a book fair. (The above description was pilfered\, with permission\, from the NPF website). \nThe National Poetry Foundation is a group who focuses on modern and contemporary poetry and poetics at UMaine. They award the Edna St. Vincent Millay Prize to recognize achievements in poetry at UMaine and is co-sponsor with the Department of English of the UMaine New Writing Series. \nPlease go to the NPF website to register (free for graduate students!). \nUMHC is a partial sponsor of The Poetry & Poetics of the 1990s. \nSee director Jennifer Moxley in poetry action 9pm Friday June 30th.\nSchedule (courtesy of the NPF website):\nWEDNESDAY | JUNE 28\, 2017\n \nVenue: Buchanan Alumni House\n6:30pm Opening reception (buffet and cash bar) \nTHURSDAY | JUNE 29\, 2017\n \nVenue: DP Corbett\n10:00am First round of panels & roundtables\n11:30pm Box lunches and open forum\n12:45pm Second round of panels\n2:30pm Third round of panels\n\nVenue: IMRC Center – Stewart Commons\n4:30pm Plenary poetry reading by Ron Silliman\n8:00pm Featured reading by Jena Osman\n8:30pm Featured reading by Rod Smith\n9:00pm Featured reading by Lee Ann Brown\n9:30pm Featured reading by Elizabeth Willis\n10:15pm Late night readings curated by Jason Mitchell \nFRIDAY | JUNE 30\, 2017 \nVenue: DP Corbett\n10:00am Fourth round of panels & roundtables\n11:30pm Box lunches and open forum\n12:45pm Fifth round of panels\n2:30pm Sixth round of panels\n\nVenue: IMRC Center – Stewart Commons\n4:30pm Special event: Jayne Cortez\, Adrienne Rich and the Feminist Superhero\n \nVenue: Wells Conference Center\n6:00pm Banquet – preregistration required\n\nVenue: IMRC Center – Stewart Commons\n8:30pm Featured reading by Prageeta Sharma\n9:00pm Featured reading by Jennifer Moxley\n9:30pm Featured reading by David Trinidad\n10:15pm Late night readings curated by Jason Mitchell \nSATURDAY | JULY 1\, 2017\n \nVenue: DP Corbett\n10:00am Seventh round of panels & roundtables\n11:30pm Box lunches and open forum\n12:45pm Eighth round of panels & roundtables\n2:30pm Ninth round of panels & roundtables\n\nVenue: IMRC Center – Stewart Commons\n4:30pm Plenary poetry reading by Myung Mi Kim\n8:00pm Featured reading by Erica Hunt\n8:30pm Featured reading by Benjamin Friedlander\n9:00pm Featured reading by James Thomas Stevens\n9:30pm Featured reading by Dodie Bellamy\n10:15pm Late night readings curated by Jason Mitchell
URL:https://umaine.edu/mhc/event/poetry-poetics-1990s/
LOCATION:University of Maine\, Wells Conference Center\, Stevens Hall\, North Stevens Hall\, The Union\, Folger Library\, and The Page Farm Museum\, Orono\, ME\, 04469\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry,Public Humanities
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170624T150000
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SUMMARY:FLOW Fort Knox
DESCRIPTION:FLOW Fort Knox – Art • Water • Energy • History • Ecology \nMind-blowingly innovative New Media artist Gene Felice will join with a transdisciplinary array of artists\, scientists\, historians and local cultural groups to create a site-specific experience that will delight the senses and stimulate reflection. Another in his series of FLOW events (we used an image from a past event at the Bangor Thomas Hill Standpipe on our UMHC brochure – the image is above)\, Felice’s Coaction lab will collaborate with SCANZ 2017 Energy + Water (an organization exploring art\, science\, culture and technology) and others to create a multi-sensory / multi-perspective experience at the historic Fort Knox and Penobscot Narrows Bridge and Observatory in Bucksport\, ME on June 24th 2017. Not to be missed! \nFLOW Fort Knox is partially sponsored by a 2016 UMHC Faculty Grant Award received by Gene Felice. \nFrom the event website: “FLOW is an event series produced by the Coaction lab in association with the Intermedia MFA and New Media undergraduate programs at the University of Maine. This event series is focused on water as a precious resource that connects and supports the diverse range of living systems on our planet. This years event is in collaboration with the SCANZ 2017 Energy + Ocean\, international biennial and Intercreate\, an organization exploring art\, science\, culture & technology. Last year’s event took place at the Thomas Hill Standpipe in Bangor ME and this years FLOW Fort Knox event will take place on June 24th 2017 at the historic Fort Knox and Penobscot Narrows Bridge and Observatory in Prospect ME\, across the Penobscot Bay from Bucksport ME.” \nThis event is free and open to all ages. \nThere will be a free bus / shuttle from Orono and Bangor to and back from Fort Knox in Prospect\, ME.  See the event website for more details. For those driving\, on site parking will be available for a fee of $5 to be paid to the Friends of Fort Knox.
URL:https://umaine.edu/mhc/event/flow-fort-knox/
LOCATION:Fort Knox\, 740 Ft Knox Rd.\, Prospect\, ME\, 04981\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art Event,Public Humanities
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SUMMARY:Explore Maine History with Maine-Wabanaki REACH and UMaine Art Education Students*
DESCRIPTION:Join 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. \nParticipation 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 accepted participants will receive a confirmation email. A list of alternatives will be kept in case of spaces becoming available. \n \nRead more at UMaine CLAS News.
URL:https://umaine.edu/mhc/event/explore-maine-history-maine-wabanaki-reach-umaine-art-education-students/
LOCATION:Lord Hall\, room 202\, UMaine\, Orono\, ME\, 04468\, United States
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SUMMARY:Pre-performance talk: Richard Brucher on Hedda Gabler*
DESCRIPTION:Richard Brucher\nCome 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 to an ambitious but obtuse professor. (“Can you imagine!”). Hedda\, who scandalizes her husband Tesman and nemesis Judge Brack with her own self-determining act\, is a role that has attracted great actors for 125 years. This contemporary version uses a new adaptation by British playwright Patrick Marber\, with staging by Ivo van Hove\, one of the most provocative directors working today. \n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\nFollowing the talk is a National Theater Live broadcast of Hedda Gabler at 7pm\, tickets for which are available from the CCA website.\n\n\n\nA bit about the show according to the Collins Center for the Arts website: \n“ “I’ve no talent for life.” \nJust married. Bored already. Hedda longs to be free … \nHedda and Tesman have just returned from their honeymoon and the relationship is already in trouble. Trapped but determined\, Hedda tries to control those around her\, only to see her own world unravel. \nTony Award-winning director Ivo van Hove (A View from the Bridge at the Young Vic Theatre) returns to National Theatre Live screens with a modern production of Ibsen’s masterpiece.”
URL:https://umaine.edu/mhc/event/pre-performance-lecture-hedda-gabler/
LOCATION:Bodwell Lounge\, Collins Center for the Arts\, 2 Flagstaff Rd.\, Orono\, ME\, 04469\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170427T184500
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SUMMARY:SPA & CCA Pre-performance lecture: Philip Edelman on the Combined Band Concert*
DESCRIPTION:The 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 with the historical\, social\, and musical contexts surrounding An American Elegy and Grant them Eternal Rest\, two pieces which will be performed by the University of Maine Concert Band. Further\, Dr. Roy Magnuson\, composition professor at Illinois State University will provide special insight into his piece Houseplants in Terra Cotta Pots which will be performed by the University of Maine Symphonic Band. Finally\, Dr. Jack Burt\, professor of trumpet at the University of Maine will offer his insights into Arutunian’s trumpet concerto. This concerto will be performed by Kyle Goupille\, senior music education major and winner of the University of Maine Symphonic Band concerto competition. The pre-concert talk is free and open to the public. \nFollowing the lecture is the 7:30 performance (see below)\, tickets for which can be purchased online or on-site.  The concert is $12 or free with a MaineCard.\nDetails from the Collins Center for the Arts’s event site about the performance:\nEnjoy this combined concert\, featuring the UMaine Symphonic and Concert Bands\, Christopher White and Philip Edelman\, directors.
URL:https://umaine.edu/mhc/event/spa-cca-pre-performance-lecture-philip-edelman-combined-band-concert/
LOCATION:Bodwell Lounge\, Collins Center for the Arts\, 2 Flagstaff Rd.\, Orono\, ME\, 04469\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170427T163000
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SUMMARY:15th Annual POETS/SPEAK!*
DESCRIPTION:The 15th Annual POETS/SPEAK! event on Thursday\, April 27 at the Bangor Public Library in celebration of National Poetry Month. \nOur 15th anniversary event celebrates “Origins: Roots & Sources” in conjunction with the library’s month-long Smithsonian exhibit on “Human Origins.” Festivities open with a performance from Dear Darwin followed by readings by LEONORE HILDEBRANDT\, SIMIN KHOSRAVANI\, CARL LITTLE\, STEFANIA IRENE MARTHAKIS\, & DANIELLE WALCZAK; live jazz; Belfast poet laureate THOMAS MOORE; three former Belfast poets laureate; local Poetry Out Loud winner\, & many others. Come early to browse the Smithsonian exhibit\, enjoy refreshments\, buy books\, & meet the poets. \nSponsored by the Bangor Public Library\, the UMaine Department of English\, and UMHC.
URL:https://umaine.edu/mhc/event/15th-annual-poetsspeak/
LOCATION:Bangor Public Library\, 145 Harlow St.\, Bangor\, ME\, 04401\, United States
CATEGORIES:Public Humanities
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170425T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170425T203000
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SUMMARY:The Lipstick Project*
DESCRIPTION:Leigh 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 spa treatments to people in hospice and hospitals\, bringing beauty and dignity to them during the last days of their lives. This “collective assault” on institutional isolation is an exemplary model of feminist\, community engagement rooted in the belief that human touch is a powerful\, binding societal force that is essential to the human experience. \nThere are two events on April 25:\n12:30-1:45PM Bangor Room\, Memorial Union is a WGS Brown Bag Lunch talk “The Lipstick Project: Contributing to a Very Good Death.” \n7PM 100 Donald P Corbett Building. A public address “The Lipstick Project.” \nThis program is supported in part by a Fall 2016 UMHC Faculty Grant received by Mimi Killinger.
URL:https://umaine.edu/mhc/event/the-lipstick-project/
LOCATION:Donald P Corbett Bldg\, UMaine\, Orono\, ME\, 04469\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art Event,Public Humanities
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170410T120000
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SUMMARY:Sean Mills\, “Transnationalism\, Race\, and Quebec” (CanAm Lecture Series)
DESCRIPTION:From the Canadian-American website: \n“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 about race and the transnational circulation of people and ideas.  I will begin by looking at the relationship between language and race in Quebec the 1930s and 1940s\, with the arrival of increased numbers of Haitian intellectuals and Black American jazz musicians to the province.  I will then proceed to explore how debates about language and race played out in the artistic\, cultural\, and intellectual milieus of the 1960s\, 1970s\, and 1980s\, and will conclude with some reflections on the study of Quebec and Canadian history today.” – Professor Sean Mills \nSean Mills teaches in the Department of History at the University of Toronto.  He is the author of The Empire Within: Postcolonial Thought and Political Activism in Sixties Montreal\, as well as A Place in the Sun: Haiti\, Haitians\, and the Remaking of Quebec. \nThis event is free of charge and open to the public. Box lunches will be provided. \nRSVP on Facebook! Contact Professor Frederic Rondeau\, call 207-581-4220\, or visit the CanAm website for further information.
URL:https://umaine.edu/mhc/event/sean-mills-transnationalism-race-quebec-canam-lecture-series/
LOCATION:Arthur St. John Hill Auditorium\, Barrows Hall\, University of Maine\, Orono\, ME\, 04468\, United States
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170408
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170409
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SUMMARY:National History Day*
DESCRIPTION:Maine National History Day is one of the events we help sponsor. \n“Maine National History Day (NHD) is an annual event for teachers and students in grades 6-12 that promotes critical thinking skills through project-based learning.  The 2017 contest theme is “Taking A Stand in History.” The next state contest will be hosted at the University of Maine campus in Orono on Saturday\, April 8\, 2017. Top award winners in the state contest qualify for the national contest in Washington\, DC\, in June. \nMaine National History Day is co-organized by the University of Maine and the Margaret Chase Smith Library.  This year-long educational program for grade 6-12 students is made possible by the support of organizations and individuals throughout the state.  The major financial contributors this season are the Margaret Chase Smith Foundation\, four units from UMaine\, Orono (the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences\, the College of Education and Human Development\, the UMaine Humanities Center\, and the Department of History)\, the Maine Masonic College\, the Maine Humanities Council\, and the Maine Historical Society. In addition\, donations of time and money from scores of schools\, teachers\, parents\, students\, and local historical societies and cultural organizations from across the state make the program possible” (from the UMaine History website).
URL:https://umaine.edu/mhc/event/national-history-day/
LOCATION:University of Maine\, Wells Conference Center\, Stevens Hall\, North Stevens Hall\, The Union\, Folger Library\, and The Page Farm Museum\, Orono\, ME\, 04469\, United States
CATEGORIES:History Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170407T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170407T170000
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SUMMARY:The Epic and the Novel: Saga and Story Symposium Final Event
DESCRIPTION: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 prose narratives that told tales of fierce Vikings\, legendary heroes\, and long-running feuds. These stories feature unforgettable characters like Egil Skallagrímsson\, a figure capable of committing acts of staggering brutality and of composing poems of intricate beauty. Written primarily in thirteenth- and fourteenth-century Iceland\, the sagas are set mostly in the ninth- and tenth-century world of the Vikings\, far-flung adventurers whose exploits brought them from the shores of North America to the sands of the Near East. Defying easy categorization as either “history” or “literature\,” the sagas instead demand to be explored from interdisciplinary perspectives. This year’s UMHC Symposium takes up the challenge\, tracing the legacies of the sagas from the early Middle Ages to the present day. Invited speakers will address\, among other topics\, the oral origins and aesthetic value of Norse poetry\, the long traditions of manuscript copying and illumination in Iceland\, and the works of Halldór Laxness\, whose saga-inspired novels garnered him the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1955. \nThe final celebration of the Saga and Story UMaine Humanities Center 2016-2017 Symposium is a two-day exploration of the legacy of Icelandic author Halldór Laxness\, whose masterful writing has inspired generations of writers. During the New Writing Series event on Thursday April 6\, 2017 at 4:30pm in the IMRC building\, internationally celebrated writers Eileen Miles\, Justin Taylor\, Andrew Ervin\, and Gregory Howard will read their creative work that has been inspired by Laxness. \nOn Friday\, Friday\, April 7\, 2017\, come see “The Epic and the Novel: Saga and Story Symposium” from 3-5pm at the Foster Innovation Center. The first hour of this symposium will consist of writer-panelists’ perspectives on Laxness’ legacy and writing.From the Norse Sagas to Karl Ove Knausgaard\, writers have drawn a connection between the daily minutiae of human experience and the grand stuff of love and conflict about which epics are written. The work of Icelandic Nobel laureate Halldor Laxness explores questions of loneliness and connection\, and develops aesthetic strategies for depicting individuals in connection (or resistance) to each other\, as well as the natural and cultural landscapes they inhabit. This panel will offer an introduction to Laxness’s wide-ranging body of work\, and serve as a jumping-off point for a genre-spanning conversation about the ways we think and write about loneliness and connection\, language and tradition\, and the intersection of the personal and the historical. As Laxness writes\, “It is certain that people would understand one another better and love one another more if they would admit to one another how lonely they were\, how sad they were in their tormented\, anxious longings and feeble hopes.” \nThe second hour of this symposium will be a community discussion of Laxness’ Independent People—all are welcome to participate. A reception of Scandinavian food will follow this event.
URL:https://umaine.edu/mhc/event/epic-novel-saga-story-symposium-final-event/
LOCATION:Foster Innovation Center\, UMaine\, Orono\, ME\, 04469\, United States
CATEGORIES:Public Humanities,Saga and Story Event
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SUMMARY:UMHC Faculty Grant deadline
DESCRIPTION:The University of Maine Humanities Center Faculty Grant award process for 2017 is now open.\nSpring Deadline: Friday March 31\, 2017 \nApplications are being accepted for maximum awards of $2\,500 to support faculty research\, community engagement\, or innovative teaching proposals. The funds are normally used for expense reimbursement and cannot be used as compensation for faculty time. \nCompleted grant applications and budget forms should be emailed to UMHC Director jennifer.moxley@maine.edu by the March 31 deadline. \nForms and information are available on the center’s website. \nUMHC’s fall 2016 grantees.
URL:https://umaine.edu/mhc/event/umhc-faculty-grant-deadline/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170330T161500
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SUMMARY:Lecture by Svanhildur Óskarsdóttir: The Never-ending Popularity of Njáls Saga*
DESCRIPTION:Campus lecture by Svanhildur Óskarsdóttir (Research Associate Professor\, Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies\, University of Iceland)\, an expert on the study of medieval manuscripts from the University of Iceland\, will speak on the manuscripts of Njáls saga\, one of the masterpieces of medieval literature.  She will emphasize the sheer number of Njáls saga manuscripts\, their differences\, and the scribal and reader responses that can be gleaned from them.  Additional support provided by the Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship of Scholars in Critical Bibliography.  For more information\, please contact History Professor Joel Anderson at joel.anderson@maine.edu. \n \n 
URL:https://umaine.edu/mhc/event/lecture-svanhildur-oskarsdottir/
LOCATION:ME
CATEGORIES:Saga and Story Event
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SUMMARY:Clickbait\, Fake News and the Fourth Estate: Why Journalism is More Vital Than Ever
DESCRIPTION:Two young\, dynamic female journalists from the Washington Post—Jessica Contrera and Katie Mettler—will be giving a lecture from 2-3:30PM in Wells Conference Center Room 3. They will be talking on “Clickbait\, Fake News and the Fourth Estate: Why Journalism is More Vital Than Ever.” \nThis event\, organized by Josh Roiland\, is certain to be thrilling\, have high relevance\, and display lots of student engagement. It will be followed by a Q & A and lovely reception with refreshments from 3:30-5PM. \nUMHC\, along with the Honors College and CLAS\, are contributing to this signature event supported by the Allen Miller Fund for Excellence in Journalism.
URL:https://umaine.edu/mhc/event/clickbait-fake-news-fourth-estate-journalism-vital-ever/
LOCATION:Wells Conference Center\, University of Maine\, Orono\, ME\, 04469\, United States
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SUMMARY:Shakespeare and Contemporary Cancer Narratives
DESCRIPTION:Sujata Iyengar\, Professor of English\, University of Georgia\, will present a talk on “Shakespeare and Contemporary Cancer Narratives” at 4:00 on Monday February 27 in the Bangor Room\, Memorial Union.  A reception will follow. \nProfessor Iyengar is the author of Shakespeare’s Medical Language ( 2014)\,  Shades of Difference: Mythologies of Skin Color in Early Modern England  (2005)\, and essays in journals such as Shakespeare Survey\, Literature/Film Quarterly\, Shakespeare Quarterly\, Postmodern Culture\, and Medieval and Renaissance Drama in England.  She co-founded and edits the award-winning  online\, multimedia\, scholarly journal Borrowers and Lenders: The Journal of Shakespeare and Appropriation\, and edited a collection on Disability\, Health\, and Happiness in the Shakespearean Body (2015). Her current project is a study of Shakespeare and the Art of the Book. \nEvent sponsored by The English Department’s Lloyd Elliott Fund\, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences\, and the UMaine Humanities Center.
URL:https://umaine.edu/mhc/event/shakespeare-contemporary-cancer-narratives/
LOCATION:Bangor Room\, Memorial Union\, Orono\, ME\, 04469\, United States
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SUMMARY:Edna St. Vincent Millay Birthday Celebration Reading
DESCRIPTION:Edna St. Vincent Millay Birthday Celebration Reading in the Farnsworth auditorium.\n\n\n“A gala poetry reading will take place in honor of the life and work of Pulitzer Prize winning poet Edna St. Vincent Millay. The event will mark the poet’s 125th birthday and will feature poets Kathleen Ellis\, Arielle Greenberg\, Gary Lawless\, Kristen Lindquist\, Carl Little\, Dave Morrison\, Jennifer Moxley\, and Elizabeth Tibbets\, including Rockland’s current and former poet laureates\, Joanna Hynd\, Carol Bachofner\, and Kendall Merriam\, in addition to Maine’s poet laurate\, Stuart Kestenbaum. A celebratory reception with refreshments will take place directly following. \nEdna St. Vincent Millay was born in Rockland\, Maine\, on February 22\, 1892\, and her birthplace on Broadway has recently been purchased by the Rockland Historical Society. The program will include a brief presentation about the progress the renovation project. This gala poetry reading is a collaboration between the Millay House Committee of the Rockland Historical Society\, the UMaine Humanities Center\, and the Farnsworth Art Museum. \nCost: $8; $5 Farnsworth members & Rockland Historical Society members” (Farnsworth Museum)
URL:https://umaine.edu/mhc/event/edna-st-vincent-millay-birthday-celebration-reading/
LOCATION:Farnsworth Art Museum\, 16 Museum St.\, Rockland\, ME\, 04841\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170129T140000
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SUMMARY:CCA Pre-performance lecture: Anatole Wieck with Marisa Soloman on The Danish String Quartet*
DESCRIPTION:CCA Pre-performance lecture: Anatole Wieck with Marisa Soloman on The Danish String Quartet.  The lecture is free and open to the public. \nFollowing the lecture is the performance by the Danish Sting Quartet\, tickets for which can be purchased from the Collins Center of the Arts’s website or on-site. \nAccording to the UMaine event calendar the Danish String Quartet is: \nAs a string quartet\, the quartet is at the core of the classical music world. On a daily basis they delve deeply into works by great masters such as Beethoven and Mozart\, but also play the occasional folk gig. Over the years they have studied in many different places in masterclasses with renowned teachers and have had opportunities to perform in major concert halls across the world. \nYou can find more information about the Danish String Quartet here. \nJanuary 29\, 2017 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
URL:https://umaine.edu/mhc/event/cca-pre-performance-lecture-anatole-wieck-marisa-soloman-danish-string-quartet/
LOCATION:Bodwell Lounge\, Collins Center for the Arts\, 2 Flagstaff Rd.\, Orono\, ME\, 04469\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170128T110000
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SUMMARY:Bangor Humanities Day*
DESCRIPTION:UMHC brings a day of public humanities to downtown Bangor for a fun winter event!  For our five year anniversary\, we are teaming up with the Bangor Public Library\, the Discovery Museum\, UMaine Museum of Art\, Nocturnem Draft Haus\, and The Rock and Art Shop as host locations.  In addition to acting as a host\, the Bangor Public Library will also be providing programming related to the history of Bangor. The programming for the day consists of a poetry workshop for kids\, an a cappella performance\, a discussion on medicine and the humanities\, short lectures on the history of Bangor\, a poetry slam\, a reading by Mira Ptacin\, and self-guided tours of UMMA. Click the links above or scroll down to learn more about each event.\n \nAll events are free and open to the public! \n10am-5pm Self-Guided Tours of UMaine Museum of Art. On exhibit now is Jared Cowan’s The Life of David\, which inspired the 1pm discussion (see below for more details) on the relationship between art/humanities and medicine. \n11-11:45 a.m. Funky Words and Punky Poetry\, a children’s poetry workshop at the Maine Discovery Museum led by Jennifer Moxley\, poet\, UMaine English Professor\, and UMHC Director. For kids ages 7-10. \nWriting poems is as natural as skipping rope or stones\, that is if you know how to do it! No rights or wrongs\, only words\, wishes\, and dreams. We will start with a few simple poetry ideas and work together to create fun\, true (and false!) original poems. After this special class you may look like a regular kid\, but you will have discovered the hidden superpower known to all real poets: the power of words. Paper and pencils will be provided (please\, no electronic devices or screens). Click here for more information. \n12:00-12:45 Renaissance\, in the Bangor Public Library atrium. The UMaine all female a cappella group will be performing in the atrium (1st floor) of the library. You can bring lunch and enjoy being serenaded while you eat. \n1-2 Medicine and The Humanities\, at the UMaine Museum of Art (UMMA). A discussion with Senator Geoffrey Gratwick\, MD\, Dr. Constance Albertson\, Margery Irvine\, and Dr. Jessica Miller on the relationship between medicine and the humanities. Afterwards\, UMMA Education Coordinator Kat Johnson will introduce Jared Cowan’s The Life of David\, the exhibit that inspired the discussion. Click here for more details on the participants. \n2-3:30 A Brief History of Bangor\, in the Bangor Public Library lecture hall (3rd floor). Short lectures dealing with a variety of topic relating to the history of Bangor. Doug Farnham speaking about the ice industry\, Senator Gratwick about local medical practices\, Nelson Durgin about Dow Air Force Base\, and Mark Woodward about the history of the media in Bangor. Arranged by the Bangor Public Library. \n \n4-6 Poetry Slam at Nocturnem Draft Haus. Conducted by the Dirigo Poetry Collective. \nDinner break! There are lots of great eateries in Downtown Bangor\, enjoy one before heading to our final event. \n7:30-8:30 Reading by Mira Ptacin from her memoir\, at The Rock and Art Shop. Arranged by the Norumbega Collective. 
URL:https://umaine.edu/mhc/event/bangor-humanities-day/
LOCATION:Bangor Public Library\, 145 Harlow St.\, Bangor\, ME\, 04401\, United States
CATEGORIES:Public Humanities
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SUMMARY:Humanities 20x20 PechaKucha: Bangor Humanities Day kick-off*
DESCRIPTION:Bangor Humanities Day kick-off event: Humanities 20×20 PechaKucha. \nThe 5th annual Bangor Humanities Day will be kicked off with a PechaKucha 20×20 event the evening before. This year our lineup of presenters includes: \n\nElisa Sance “And you thought learning another language was overrated?” (UMaine History Ph.D. candidate) on her work with the celebration of Canada’s 150th Anniversary of Confederation.\nObrianna Cornelius on her journey to becoming an fine artist and illustrator.\n Becca Gallandt\, Liza Gallandt\, Michael Kennedy\, and Malik Robinson “A Slice of PAA: Community & Communication in Philosophy Across the Ages” (A collaborative presentation by Orono high school and UMaine college students)\nJordan LaBouff “Dualities: Humility\, Conviction\, Science\, and Humanities” (UMaine Psychology Department)\nJoel Anderson “Global Media Technologies in the Middle Ages” (UMaine Department of History)\nMargo Lukens “Transformer Tales: Finding the Penobscot in Penobscot Theatre” (UMaine Department of English)\n\nWe will have some light snacks provided by Basil Creek in Hampden\, Maine (you may be more familiar with the sister business in Bangor: Fork & Spoon).
URL:https://umaine.edu/mhc/event/humanities-20x20-pechakucha-downtown-bangor-public-humanities-day-kick-off/
LOCATION:COESPACE\, 48 Columbia Street\, Bangor\, ME\, 04401\, United States
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SUMMARY:CCA Pre-performance lecture: Dan Barrett on Pat Metheny*
DESCRIPTION:CCA Pre-performance lecture with Dan Barrett on Pat Metheny.  The lecture is free and open to the public. \nFollowing the lecture is the performance (An evening with Pat Metheny with Antonio Sanchez\, Linda Oh and Gwilym Simcock)\, tickets for which can be purchased from the CCA online or on-site. \nAccording to the Collins Center for the Arts’s event site: \nFar more than a guitar legend\, Pat Metheny is a brilliant builder of bands\, and he opens the Fifth Anniversary season with his latest game-changing ensemble. Featuring a powerhouse international cast of players who’ve distinguished themselves on a multitude of creative fronts\, the quartet continues Metheny’s groundbreaking run with Mexican-born drummer Antonio Sánchez. The motor for almost every Metheny project since the late 1990s\, Sánchez reconfigured the Hollywood soundtrack landscape with his percussion-driven score for 2015’s Academy Award-winning film Birdman. When Linda Oh’s not leading her own band\, the Malaysian-born\, Australian-raised bassist works with heavyweights like Joe Lovano and Dave Douglas. And 35-year-old British pianist Gwilym Simcock is one of Europe’s most acclaimed and influential young musicians\, equally in demand in jazz and classical settings as a player and composer. The quartet is just the latest sign that Metheny isn’t easing into his revered veteran status. Busier than ever these days\, the 20-time Grammy winner recently released two new Nonesuch albums\, and even did a sideman stint on rising sax star Logan Richardson’s Blue Note debut. \nJanuary 15\, 2017 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
URL:https://umaine.edu/mhc/event/cca-pre-performance-lecture-dan-barrett-pat-metheny/
LOCATION:Bodwell Lounge\, Collins Center for the Arts\, 2 Flagstaff Rd.\, Orono\, ME\, 04469\, United States
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