Humanities to be celebrated in downtown Bangor during annual event
The Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center at the University of Maine will host the sixth annual Downtown Bangor Public Humanities Day at various locations Feb. 3 with a kickoff event Feb. 2.
Free events for participants of all ages will be offered at venues including the UMaine Museum of Art, Bangor Public Library, Maine Discovery Museum, Nocturnem Draft Haus and COESPACE. In addition, some downtown businesses will offer a 10 percent discount throughout the day for UMaine students with a valid MaineCard.
The Downtown Bangor Public Humanities Day began in 2013 to create a better forum for connecting UMaine faculty, staff and students with the general public in the region.
This year’s partners include the Bangor Symphony Youth Orchestra, The Happening Series, Bangor Public Library and UMaine Department of Art.
The celebration will kick off 6 p.m. Friday, Feb. 2 with a Humanities Powered by PechaKucha presentation at COESPACE.
All-day events on Saturday, Feb. 3 include a student art show at COESPACE, downtown cultural scavenger hunt, and a StoryWalk of “Kunu’s Basket: A story from Indian Island,” a children’s book by local author Lee DeCora Francis that can be found in the windows of 15 businesses.
Other scheduled events include a BSYO concert and petting zoo at the Maine Discovery Museum; a Celtic Quartet performance and grant and oral history workshops at Bangor Public Library; a poetry and prose reading at Nocturnem Draft Haus; and gallery tours, hors d’oeuvres and a scavenger hunt prize drawing at the UMaine Museum of Art.
More information, including a complete schedule and Google map of the StoryWalk and event venues, is online.