WABI covers annual Bangor Humanities Day
WABI (Channel 5) reported on the fifth annual Bangor Humanities Day hosted by the University of Maine Humanities Center. Free events to celebrate art, literature and history for participants of all ages were offered at venues including the University of Maine Museum of Art, Bangor Public Library and Maine Discovery Museum. Organizers told WABI the day is about making connections in ways you might not otherwise have. “Often if you go to the museum, or to an event, you would go with your family, you would stay within that unit. Here, you’re invited to speak outside of your group and meet all kinds of different people and take that little time-out from what William Wordsworth called ‘getting and spending’ to really talk about issues,” said Jennifer Moxley, a UMaine English professor and director of the UMaine Humanities Center.