University of Maine November 2006 Special Events Calendar

Contact: George Manlove, 581-3756

The following is a list of special events offered through or at the University of Maine in Orono and scheduled for this month. Athletic events are not included, but can be accessed on the UMaine Athletics Department website (http://goblackbears.cstv.com/).

Nov. 3
Latino Heritage Celebration 2006!, 7 p.m.-11 p.m., Stodder Hall and Commons,
a cultural celebration dedicated to Latin America

“Wintertime,” 7:30 p.m., Hauck Auditorium; a play by Charles Mee, directed by Tom Mikotowicz; part of the School of Performing Arts season (admission/ students free with MaineCard)

Nov. 4
“Decadancetheatre vs. The Firebird,” 8 p.m., MCA; part of the Maine Center for the Arts season (admission)

Nov. 5
“Wintertime,” 2 p.m., Hauck Auditorium; a play by Charles Mee, directed by Tom Mikotowicz, part of the School of Performing Arts season (admission/ students free with MaineCard)

“An Afternoon of Two Pianos and Percussion: Jonathan Biss and Benjamin Hochman,” 3 p.m., Minsky Recital Hall, Class of 1944 Hall; part of the Maine Center for the Arts season (admission)

Nov. 6
Basics of Using a GPS Receiver, 9 a.m.-12 p.m., Fogler Library; computer mapping workshop (admission & advance registration)

Nov. 7
“Around the Kitchen Table: The Women’s Movement and the ERA in Maine, 1970-82,” 12:15-1:30 p.m., Bangor Lounge, with Stephanie Phillbrick, Maine Historical Society Library and freelance producer/researcher; part of the Women in the Curriculum and Women’s Studies Program Lunch Series

Financial Aid Workshop, 6:30-8 p.m., University Credit Union, Rangeley Road; offered by University Credit Union (advance registration)

Chamber Jazz Performance, 7:30 p.m., Minsky Recital Hall, Class of 1944 Hall; part of the School of Performing Arts season; (admission/ students free with MaineCard)

Breast Cancer Research: New Insights into the Etiology of the Disease, 7:30 p.m., McIntire Room, Buchanan Alumni House, with Joan Brugge, professor and chair of the Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, and UMaine’s 2006 Staples Lecturer in Biochemistry

Nov. 8
Financial Aid Workshop, 6:30-8 p.m., UCU Bangor, 977 Union Street; offered by University Credit Union

Nov. 9
“The Task of Justice: Witnessing Genocide in Bosnia,” 12:30-1:45 p.m., Bangor Lounge, Memorial Union, with David Pettigrew, professor of philosophy, Southern Connecticut State University; part of the Socialist and Marxist Studies Series

Ethical Implications of Heidegger’s Thought, 4 p.m., The Maples, with David Pettigrew, professor of philosophy, Southern Connecticut State University; part of the Socialist and Marxist Studies Series

“Wintertime,” 7:30 p.m., Hauck Auditorium, a play by Charles Mee, directed by Tom Mikotowicz; part of the School of Performing Arts season (admission/students free with MaineCard)

What is a Planet? And Why Not Pluto!?, 7-8 p.m., Room 100, D.P. Corbett Business Building, with visiting astronomer Darren Williams of Penn State Erie-The Behrend College

Nov. 10
“The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial,” 8 p.m., MCA, an LA Theatre Works production starring Eric Stoltz and David Selby; part of the Maine Center for the Arts season

Signs of Water on Distant Earth-like Planets, 3:10-4 p.m., Room 140, Bennett Hall, with Darren Williams of Penn State – Erie, the Behrend College; a physics colloquium

“Wintertime,” 7:30 p.m., Hauck Auditorium, a play by Charles Mee, directed by Tom Mikotowicz, part of the School of Performing Arts season (admission/students free with MaineCard)

The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, 8 p.m., MCA, an LA Theatre Works production starring Eric Stoltz and David Selby; part of the Maine Center for the Arts season (admission)

Nov. 11
“Wintertime,” 7:30 p.m., Hauck Auditorium, a play by Charles Mee, directed by Tom Mikotowicz, part of the School of Performing Arts season (admission/students free with MaineCard)

Rock for Diversity, 8-10 p.m., a benefit concert for ALANA student organizations

Nov. 12
University Singers in Concert, 2 p.m., Minsky recital Hall, Class of 1944 Hall;
part of the School of Performing Arts season (admission/ students free with MaineCard)

“Wintertime,” 7:30 p.m., Hauck Auditorium; a play by Charles Mee, directed by Tom Mikotowicz; part of the School of Performing Arts season, (admission/ students free with MaineCard)

Nov. 14
Performance by the Percussion Ensemble, 7:30 p.m., Minsky Recital Hall; part of the School of Performing Arts season (admission/ students free with MaineCard)

Nov. 15
“Reflections on a Career as Church Musician, Concert Organist, and Teacher in One of Europe’s Great Organ Cities,” 12:15-1:30 p.m., Bangor Lounge, Memorial Union, with Gemma Coebergh, president of the Andriessen/deKlerk Foundation, Haarlem, Netherlands; part of the Women in the Curriculum

Nov. 16
PEAC Fall Social, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Bodwell Lounge, MCA

“A NAFTA Dividend: Fair Trade, Immigration and Ending Poverty in North America,” 12:30-1:45 p.m., Bangor Lounge, Memorial Union, with Michael Howard, part of the Socialist and Marxist Studies Series

Guster in concert, 7 p.m., MCA, presented by Student Government (admission)

Performance by the Oratorio Society, 7:30 p.m., Minsky Recital Hall, Class of 1944 Hall; part of the School of Performing Arts season (admission/ students free with MaineCard)

Nov. 17
Go Blue Friday, campus wide

Holiday Bazaar, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., sales by craftspersons throughout the Union

Nov. 18
Maine Women’s Studies Conference: “Globalization, Immigration and Borderlands,” 8 a.m., DP Corbett Business Building

Nov. 19
Bangor Symphony Orchestra in Concert, 3 p.m., MCA, with Andrew Pelletier, French horn; part of the BSO Classical Concert Series (admission)

Nov. 20
Performance by the Symphonic Band, 7:30 p.m., Minsky Recital Hall; part of the School of Performing Arts season (admission/ students free with MaineCard)

Nov. 21
Evaluations and Exit Interviews, 12-1 p.m., Bumps Room, Memorial Union, with David Scheidt, Office of Human Resources, discussing evaluations and exit interviews as opportunities to review, understand and appreciate how the university’s reputation as an employer can remain in step with its reputation as an institute of higher learning

Nov. 22
Thinking about Retirement, 12-1 p.m., Bumps Room, Memorial Union, with Kathleen Bell, Office of Human Resources, discussing the many considerations when selecting pension funds, insurance choices, life insurance options and disability options

Thanksgiving break through Nov. 26

Nov. 26
“A Chanticleer Christmas,” 3 p.m., MCA; part of the Maine Center for the Arts season (admission)

Nov. 27
Alternatives to Punishment, 6-8:30 p.m., Bangor Extension Office, 307 Maine Avenue, Bangor, a two-part Cooperative Extension series for parents and childcare providers, addressing: How do children react to punishment? Is it necessary to rely on punishment as a means of discipline? Explore new techniques to discipline without hurting or alienating and to help your child develop positive and realistic self-image. (fee)

Nov. 28
“Just Call Me a Lobsterman: Women in the Lobster Industry,” 12:15-1:30 p.m., Bangor Lounge, Memorial Union, with Cathy Billings; part of the Women in the Curriculum and Women’s Studies Program Lunch Series

Understanding Performance Management, 12-1 p.m., Bumps Room, Memorial Union, with Dennis Corson and John Kidder addressing the complexities of the performance management process – fact finding, counseling and, in some cases, disciplin
e – and the value of appropriate follow-up and file maintenance

Chamber Music Concert, 7:30 p.m., Minsky Recital Hall; part of the School of Performing Arts season (admission/ students free with MaineCard)

Nov. 30
“Everything is ‘Rent’: The Musical, the World It Came from and the World It Calls for,” 12:30-1:45 p.m., Bangor Lounge, Memorial Union, with Isaac Curtis, UMaine alum and Ph.D. student in history at the University of Pittsburgh; part of the Socialist and Marxist Studies Series

The Element of Everyday Life: Three Lessons from Ancient Greece, 4 p.m., Levinson Room, The Maples, with John Russon, associate professor of philosophy, University of Guelph, and author of “Human Experience: Philosophy, Neurosis and the Elements of Everyday Life”; part of the Philosophy Colloquium Series

Celebrations of Sylvester Pollet’s Backwoods Broadsides, 4:30 p.m., Soderberg Auditorium, Jenness Hall; part of the New Writing Series

Jazz Concert, 7:30 p.m., Hauck Auditorium; part of the School of Performing Arts season (admission/ students free with MaineCard)

Dec. 1
Annual holiday tree sale, Nutting Hall Courtyard; Xi Sigma Pi and the School of Forest Resources; (Hours: Dec. 1, noon to dark, Dec. 2, 8 a.m. to dark, Dec. 3, 9 a.m.-dark, Dec. 4, 3 p.m. to dark)

Dec. 2
“The Nutcracker,” 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., Maine Center for the Arts, featuring the Bangor Symphony Orchestra, the Robinson Ballet and Bangor Area Children’s Choir (admission)

Ongoing

“The Art of Printed Books and Artists’ Multiples,” Mon.-Fri., 8 a.m.-5 p.m. & 10:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturdays, through Nov.18, Lord Hall gallery, curated by Owen Smith and Walter Tisdale, part of the Maine Print Project: 200 Years of Printmaking in Maine; through Nov. 22, 2006

“Bernard Langlais: Wood Reliefs,” Mon.-Sat. 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Norumbega Hall, Harlow Street, Bangor, a University of Maine Museum of Art exhibition, part of the Maine Print Project, 10/20/2006 – 1/13/2007 (admission)

“Richard Estes: Prints,” Mon.-Sat. 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Norumbega Hall, Harlow Street, Bangor, a University of Maine Museum of Art exhibition, part of the Maine Print Project; 10/20/2006 – 1/13/2007 (admission)

“John Marin: A Print Survey,” Mon.-Sat. 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Norumbega Hall, Harlow Street, Bangor, a University of Maine Museum of Art exhibition; part of the Maine Print Project 10/20/2006 – 1/13/2007 (admission)

“A Matter of Perception 2006: Exhibit by Artists with Disabilities,” 4 p.m., 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; exhibition organized by VSA arts of Maine and hosted on campus by the Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies; through Nov. 11, 2006.

Registration for spring classes, 11/7/2006 – 11/17/2006