Starr Kelly (Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg), Curator of Education at the Abbe Museum, will be speaking on "Decolonizing Museum Practices: Implications for Universities and Schools" from 4:00 to 5:30 pm on […]
Pre-performance reception and lecture entitled “Midsummer-Night Queens”, presented by the McGillicuddy Humanities Center. UMaine professor and Stephen E. King Chair Caroline Bicks, a Shakespeare scholar, will conduct the lecture about […]
“I’m Sorry You Don’t Know Me:” Martin Luther King, Jr., Like You’ve Never Learned about Him Before, a free lecture by Brian Purnell, Geoffrey Canada Associate Professor of Africana Studies and History Bowdoin College. Howard B. Schonberger Peace and Social Justice Lecture Bodwell Lounge, Collins Center for the Arts 5:00 pm reception (continuing after lecture) […]
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, […]
Richard Brucher Come 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 […]
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 […]
CCA Pre-performance lecture: Anatole Wieck with Marisa Soloman on The Danish String Quartet. The lecture is free and open to the public. Following 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. According to the UMaine event calendar the Danish String […]
CCA Pre-performance lecture with Dan Barrett on Pat Metheny. The lecture is free and open to the public. Following 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. According to the Collins Center for […]
