A talk given by Alexandrea Herrera and Carlos Guzman, “Quiero Cafe” Owners as a part of the Hispanic Heritage Month Lecture Series. Sponsored by: CHISPA Centra Hispanic, the Department of Modern Languages and Classics, CLAS, McGillicuddy Humanities Center, and Student Life. For more information contact angel.loredo@maine.edu or maria.sandweiss@maine.edu
Kickoff Event, tour the UMaine Museum of Art, and join the year’s last Downtown Bangor ARTwalk How do I get on the bus? It’s easy! A first-come, first-served bus will leave from the Collins Center for the Arts parking lot at 4:00 p.m. and return to that location at about 8:15 p.m. You can also […]
A talk given by Angel Loredo, Director of Higher Education at the Maine Department of Education as a part of the Hispanic Heritage Month Lecture Series. Sponsored by: CHISPA Centra Hispanic, the Department of Modern Languages and Classics, CLAS, McGillicuddy Humanities Center, and Student Life. For more information contact angel.loredo@maine.edu or maria.sandweiss@maine.edu
FREE and open to the public Directed by Nancy Ogle with original music by Donald Hagar. Preceding the lecture at 6:45pm will be an introductory talk by visiting scholar David Butorac. Co-sponsored by the McGillicuddy Humanities Center and the Cultural Affairs/Distinguished Lecture Series.
Richard Rubin is the author of four books, two of which are about America and World War I: The Last of the Doughboys, and Back Over There. He has written for The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The New York Times Magazine, and Smithsonian, among others, and is a frequent contributor to the New York Times’ Travel section. […]
Portland Cello Project Pre-Show Lecture presented by Noreen Silver Thursday, October 25 Room 100, Class of 1944 Hall 6:00 pm (before the Portland Cello Project concert) You must have a ticket to the CCA’s Portland Cello Project concert to attend this event. NOREEN SILVER, Director of the Chamber Music Program at UMaine, has been described […]
Join us for refreshments and reunion in the Hudson Museum in the CCA at 4pm October 26. This event, sponsored by the Executive Committee of the McGillicuddy Humanities Center, is free and open to alumni, family and friends, students, faculty and staff. Immediately following this reception, please join us for the Maine Heritage Lecture with […]
Qualities of rural culture that helped build our nation are vanishing, but are still evident in places like northern Maine. There is value in remembering our roots as a source of permanence and direction in the midst of change. Kathryn Olmstead served 25 years on the journalism faculty of the University of Maine in Orono, […]
The Nature of Forgetting Pre-show panel discussion on Aging Issues Tuesday, October 30 Room 100, Class of 1944 Hall 6:00 pm Len Kaye, PhD, Moderator Professor of Social Work at the University of Maine School of Social Work and Director of the UMaine Center on Aging. Panelists: Fayeza S. Ahmed, PhD Assistant Professor in the […]
The UMaine/Orono High School Humanities Collaboration invites you to a discussion of Social Media and the #MeToo Movement Moderated by Judith Rosenbaum, Assistant Professor of Communication and Journalism Friday, November 2 Orono High School Library 5:30-7:00 pm This event is FREE and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. This event is co-sponsored by […]