UMaine Special Events Calendar: October 2006

Contact: George Manlove, 581-3756

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Oct. 18

“Language and Culture in Violence Prevention,” 12:15-1:30 p.m., Bangor Lounge, Memorial Union, with Renate Klein; a Domestic Violence Awareness Month event and part of the Women in the Curriculum and Women’s Studies Program

Mountain Bike Race (M, W), 4:30 p.m., Memorial Gym, 5- and 10-mile races on University trails; public invited, (fee/students free/581-1234)

Women Composers Concert, 7:30 p.m., Minsky Recital Hall, Class of 1944 Hall; part of the School of Performing Arts season (fee/students free/581-4702)

Oct. 19

Engineering Job Fair, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., MCA and Hudson Museum; an opportunity for engineering students to meet with more than 30 employers to learn about co-ops, internships and full-time jobs after graduation

“Adult Men and Depression,” 12:10-1:30 p.m., Walker Room, Memorial Union, with psychologist James McDonald; part of the EAP Lunch and Learn Series

Conversation with Iranian Graphic Novelist Marjane Satrapi, 12:30-1:45 p.m., Room 130, Little Hall; part of the Socialist and Marxist Studies Series

Oct. 20

Homecoming Weekend (Oct. 20-22) campus-wide; athletic events, entertainment, receptions, banquets, recreation, sales, fairs, tours & open houses (581-1149)

Go Blue Friday

“Grand Opening +10,” 4-6 p.m., Class of 1944 Hall, a works-in-progress showcase to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Class of 1944 Hall, featuring music, theatre and dance

Performance by the Roy Haynes Quartet, 8 p.m.; part of the Maine Center for the Arts season (fee/581-1755)

Oct. 22

“Thwarted Voices,” 2 p.m., Minsky Recital Hall, performed by music Professor Phillip Silver with guest artist soprano Deborah Cook; part of the School of Performing Arts season (fee/students free/581-1755)

Black Bear 5K (M, W), 4:30 p.m., starts at Memorial Gym; all welcome (fee/581-1234)

Oct. 24

Basics of Using a GPS Receiver, 4-7 p.m., Computer Classroom, Fogler Library; computer mapping workshop (fee/ 581-1696)

Oct. 25

“Three Sisters Reclaim the Commons: Indigenous Culture, Perma-Culture and Digital Culture,” 12:15-1:30 p.m., Bangor Lounge, Memorial Union, withJoline Blais, professor, new media; part of the Women in the Curriculum and Women’s Studies Program Lunch Series

Adding your GPS Layer to a Digital Base Map, 4-7 p.m., Computer Classroom, Fogler Library; computer mapping workshop (fee/581-1696)

21st Annual Maryann Hartman Awards to Maine Women of Achievement, 5 p.m., Buchanan Alumni House, honoring Mary Cathcart, Lee Sharkey and Sarah Hudson; offered by the Women in the Curriculum and Women’s Studies Program

Readers Theater: “Doubt,” 7:30 p.m., Minsky Recital Hall, John Patrick Shanley’s 2005 Pulitzer Prize winning play explores a Catholic school principal’s suspicions of sexual misconduct of her resident priest; part of the School of Performing Arts season (fee/581-1755)

2006 Maine Archaeology Lecture, 7 p.m., Hudson Museum,with Lou McNally, host of MPBN’s Made in Maine, looking at three centuries of climate change in Maine, and a prediction for the future – how climate has affected and will continue to affect Mainer’s lives.

Oct. 26

“Lighten Up 101: Winter Blues and Seasonal Depression,” 12:10-1:30 p.m. Coe Room, Memorial Union, with by psychologist and psychology Professor Sandra Sigmon; part of the EAP Lunch and Learn Series

“Disappearing Civil Liberties: Abuse of Power Post 9/11,” 12:30-1:45 p.m., Bangor Lounge, Memorial Union, with Shenna Bellows, executive director of the Maine Civil Liberties Union; part of the Socialist and Marxist Studies Series

Oct. 28

Performance by the University Orchestra, 7:30 p.m., Minsky Recital Hall, Class of 1944 Hall; part of the School of Performing Arts season (fee/students free/581-1755)

Oct. 29

Performance by the Vienna Piano Trio, 3 p.m., part of the Maine Center for the Arts season (fee/581-1755)

Oct. 31

Performance by Bo Diddley and Friends, 7 p.m.; part of the Maine Center for the Arts season (fee/581-1755)

 

Ongoing events

“The Art of Printed Books and Artists’ Multiples,” Lord Hall, UMaine, featuring discussion by co-curators by Owen Smith and Walter Tisdale, part of “The Maine Print Project: 200 Years of Printmaking in Maine,” a series of exhibitions occurring at 25 museums, galleries and colleges throughout Maine; at UMaine Oct. 6-Nov. 11, 2006

“Destination Pluto”

A Jordan Planetarium program, Sundays through October, 2 p.m., Wingate Hall, Oct.1-29, 2006 (fee/581-1341)

“Jocelyn Lee: Youth” a University of Maine Museum of Art exhibition, Norumbega Hall, 40 Harlow St., Bangor; through Oct. 7

“Sam Cady: Reality and Reverie”a University of Maine Museum of Art exhibition, Norumbega Hall; through Oct. 7

“A Matter of Perception 2006: Exhibit by Artists with Disabilities,” Hauck Auditorium lobby, a biennial exhibit providing one of the few opportunities in the state for adult artists with disabilities to submit their work to a non-juried show; the exhibition, organized by VSA arts of Maine, is hosted on campus by the Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies; Sept.15 — Nov. 16

“Maman Disait,” Maine Center for the Arts and Hudson Museum, by artist and adjunct professor of women’s studies and Franco-American studies Rhea Cote Robbins; Cote explores her artistic side in a celebration of her Franco-American heritage and her mother’s French language proverbs; through Nov. 27

“Celebrating Richard G. Emerick: The Man and his Legacy,” Hudson Museum,Sept. 8 to May 2007

“Muwin and the Magic Hare: Robert Shetterly and the Hudson Museum,” featuring 12 images created by Maine Artist Robert Shetterly and published in “Muwin and the Magic Hare” (1993); Shetterly’s work features Muwin, the black bear, and Mahtoqehs, the great magic hare of the north woods, and draws upon a traditional Passamaquoddy tale from Dream Time–a time after the earth, the water, and the sun, moon and stars were made; September 2006 to January 2007

Sustainability for ME, 6:30-9 p.m., Messalonskee High School, Oakland. UM Cooperative Extension offers a six-week program to demonstrate how lifestyle choices affect the environment. Teachers, town officials and people interested in personal and community health, as well as environmental issues, will find the program beneficial. Participants expected to devote 20 hours to project of choice (fee and registration/581-3241)