Bangor Humanities Day*
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 […]
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 […]
Bangor Humanities Day kicks-off on Friday evening (Feb. 2nd) at 6pm with a Humanities Powered by PechaKucha event at COESPACE. Presentations topics will include making a living as an author, medical ethics, the Maine Multi-Cultural Center, Peter Archambault (an artist from Madawaska), wedding perfection hysteria, and bacteriophage. For the big day (Saturday Feb. 3rd) there are three […]
Every year we take a break from the winter chill to celebrate the humanities with the Bangor community. In collaboration with area businesses, museums, and public spaces, as well as local collectives and experts, we host a day of diverse and fun events. Since 2013, The Center has sponsored Bangor Humanities Day, formally Downtown Bangor Public Humanities Day, sometimes organizing […]
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 […]
The McGillicuddy Humanities Center and the Bangor Public Library present “Mary and Molly: In the Spirit of the Ancestors, a Birthday to Remember” A One Act play by Donna M. Loring PRODUCED BY THE MCGILLICUDDY HUMANITIES CENTER DIRECTED BY WILLIAM S. YELLOW ROBE, JR. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16 2:00 - 4:00 PM Minsky Lecture Hall, Bangor […]
On Tuesday, September 27 at 6:00 pm in the atrium of the Bangor Public Library, the Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center will co-present an event with Phuc Tran, author of the memior Sigh, Gone (Flatiron Books, 2020). The discussion will be led by longtime UMaine lecturer of English Margery Irvine. As part of his visit, Tran will also drop […]