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Four Foundational Theories of Labor Activism in Maine

Bangor Room, Memorial Union Orono

Four Foundational Theories of Labor Activism in Maine: The Knights of Labor, the AFL, the IWW, and the Socialist Part of Eugene Debs Part of the Marxist-Socialist Studies Controversies Series. A talk by Marc Cryer, Director of the Bureau of Labor Education, UMaine. The lecture and brown-bag lunch will be followed by a discussion. Free and open to […]

Tour of the “Model Citizens: Art and Identity in the US, 1770-1830” exhibit at the Portland Museum of Art

Portland Museum of Art 7 Congress Square, Portland

The “Model Citizens: Art and Identity in the US, 1770-1830” tour will begin at 2 pm and will include a meeting with Diana Greenwold, the Associate Curator of American Art at the Portland Museum of Art. We will use a university van to make a day-trip to Portland with plenty of time to explore this great […]

Films at Fogler: “Still Dreaming”

CETA Room, Fogler 5729 Fogler Library, Orono

The featured film is a documentary that follows a retirement community as they prepare a production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream." Part of the 2017-2018 Symposium: Juvenescence/Obsolescence: Humanities Approaches to Aging Across the Ages.  Brought to you by the Stephen King Chair in Literature.