Contact: Kay Hyatt at (207) 581-2761 ORONO, Maine — The University of Maine College of Education and Human Development, in partnership with the Old Town-Orono Kiwanis Club, has launched the 28th annual drive to collect books for needy youngsters. The public is invited to join in the tradition by donating new books suitable for toddlers […]
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Contact: Karen Cole, 581-4704; George Manlove, 581-3756 Composer and poet Jan Gilbert, a music lecturer at Macalester College in Minnesota, an authority on the music of Africa and Asia and a former UMaine faculty member in the 1980s, is visiting campus classrooms and performance halls Nov. 9-13. Gilbert, appearing at the invitation of UMaine music […]
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Contact: Capt. James C. Moreno, enrollment officer, University of Maine Army ROTC, (207) 581-1125 Cadets from the Army and Navy ROTC programs at the University of Maine will participate in the annual Veterans’ Day Vigil on Friday, Nov. 11. The solemn event will occur from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. on the steps of the […]
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Contact: None Nov. 4 Blithe Spirit, 7:30 p.m., Hauck Auditorium Part of the School of Performing Arts theater; also Nov. 3-5, 7:30 p.m. & Nov. 6, 2 p.m. Sweet Honey in the Rock, 8 p.m., MCA (Admission) Nov. 5 17th Annual Culturefest, 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Memorial Gym, featuring exhibits, games, food court, music, art and […]
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Contact: Doug Allen, 581-3860 ORONO — Long time peace activist, attorney and author Jerry Elmer will discuss lessons learned from the Vietnam War that might help understand today’s war in Iraq during a Maine Peace Action Committee lecture Nov. 10 from 5:30-7 p.m. in the Bangor Room of the Memorial Union at UMaine.. Elmer’s talk […]
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Contact: Kay Hyatt (207) 581-2761 ORONO, Maine — Keeping up with changing state and federal regulations is a constant struggle and huge responsibility for Maine public school administrators. Now busy K-12 school leaders can find the latest updates on school law and liability in the recently released second edition of “Legal Issues for Maine Educators,” […]
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Contact: Kay Hyatt (207) 581-2761 ORONO, Maine — Students from 11 Maine high schools will sharpen their leadership and mediation skills during The Courage to Create Change Conference, taking place Friday, Nov. 4 at the University of Maine. One hundred students and 20 advisors will attend the daylong conference to learn how to deal with […]
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Contact: Patty Henner, 581-4401, George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — The UMaine Page Farm and Home Museum is offering home gardeners a chance on Nov. 8 to learn all they ever wanted to know about growing tomatoes. “Tomato City” co-owner Tom Roberts of Snakeroot Organic Farm in Pittsfield is the scheduled guest speaker at the museum’s […]
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Contact: Charlene Herrick, 581-3204 or 800-648-0597 (in Maine) JONESBORO — The University of Maine’s Agricultural and Forest Experiment Station is hosting a public open house at the university’s new Wild Blueberry Research Facility at Blueberry Hill Farm on Route 1 in Jonesboro on Wednesday, Nov. 9. A ceremony begins at 11:30 a.m., to be followed […]
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Contact: Karen Cole, 581-4704; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO – For the first performance in the newly renovated Hauck Auditorium, the UMaine School of Performing Arts has conjured up an enchanting play for Halloween weekend, complete with seances, ghosts and mischievous mayhem. Written in 1941 by British playwright Noel Coward and directed by Marcia Joy Douglas, […]
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