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Week of Events
Sunday, April 21, 2019
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Monday, April 22, 2019
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Tuesday, April 23, 2019
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Wednesday, April 24, 2019
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April 24, 2019 -Handel’s Messiah in America
Handel’s Messiah in America
"Their sound is gone out": Handel's Messiah in America. Francis John Vogt, Director of Choral Activities and Lecturer in the School of Performing Arts, will give a talk on the performance history of George Frideric Handel’s oratorio Messiah in the United States and the work's enduring influence on classical music performers and audience. This lecture […]
Thursday, April 25, 2019
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April 25, 2019 -Poets/Speak!
Poets/Speak!
The 17th annual POETS/SPEAK! is a celebration of National Poetry Month with readings by well-known and emerging poets, a local Poetry Out Loud winner, UMaine student poets, live jazz, and a panel on "Poetry Without Borders." Poets/Speak! will also feature readings by our MHC Fellows Kim Crowley and Nick Rotter-Weller. The panel will present the […]
Friday, April 26, 2019
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April 26, 2019 -Franco Americans, Acadians, and the Great War: The Legacies of WWI
Franco Americans, Acadians, and the Great War: The Legacies of WWI
This panel will examine Franco American experience during and after World War I. This spring marks one hundred years since the first Red Scare, landmark pieces of linguistic and educational legislation in New England, and Franco Americans’ Worchester convention, all which were closely connected to Francos’ wartime experience. Speakers Severin M. Beliveau, "My Father’s experience […]
Saturday, April 27, 2019
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