The University of Maine Standardbred Drill Team invites the public and campus community to its free Santa’s Reindeer holiday event from 5–7 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 16 at the J.F. Witter Teaching and Research Center on University Farm Road, off College Avenue in Old Town, for crafts, games, baked goods, hot cocoa and to meet the […]
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The University of Maine School of Performing Arts will present its annual Fall Dance Concert at 7:30 p.m., Thursday and Friday, Dec. 13–14 at Hauck Auditorium. Tickets are $10; free with a student MaineCard, and available online or at the door beginning at 6:30 p.m. Faculty and students choreographed the concert, directed by Ann Ross, […]
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His Excellency Jamal Al-Suwaidi, a member of the royal family and director general of the Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research (ECSSR) in Abu Dhabi, was the fourth inductee in the University of Maine Graduate School’s George Davis Chase Society. Al-Suwaidi is a member of the UMaine School of Policy and International Affairs (SPIA) […]
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The University Bookstore at UMaine invites the campus community to a holiday party, 8 a.m.–6 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 12. Highlights of the day include a 99-cent book sale, 50-percent off on select UMaine apparel and gift items, a 3:30–4 p.m. performance of the Renaissance Singers, games, giveaways, door prizes, free snacks and drinks, a UMaine […]
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The Bangor Foreign Policy Forum is presenting “Mexico, the Maya, and the End of Time?” a free public talk by speaker Angela Thompson, assistant professor of history at East Carolina University, at 2:45 p.m., Monday, Dec. 17 in the Bodwell Lounge of the Collins Center for the Arts. Thompson, who once taught at UMaine, will […]
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The University of Maine German Club — Deutscher Verein — will hold its annual “Weihnachtsmarkt,” or Christmas market, this year from 12–3:30 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 15 at the University of Maine Museum of Art, 40 Harlow St., Bangor. Holiday cookies, stollen holiday bread and traditional holiday decoration demonstrations will be available. A little cafe will […]
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The University of Maine Equestrian Team will hold a spaghetti dinner fundraiser from 6–7:30 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 11, at the Herbert Sargent Community Center, 342 Bennoch Road, Stillwater to raise funds for team activities over the coming months. Tickets are $5 per person or $15 for families. The event includes live bluegrass music by the […]
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The University Bookstore at UMaine has selected the Orono Student Nurses’ Association (OSNA) as the 2012 recipient of proceeds from the annual commemorative holiday ornament sale. OSNA is a pre-professional organization for nursing students at UMaine that offers a strong mentorship program essential in the progression from a student to a professional nurse, according to […]
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Author and award-winning national food writer Barry Estabrook will give a free public presentation on how modern industrial agriculture “has ruined the tomato in all ways — gastronomic, environmental and in terms of labor abuse” at 2:15 p.m., Friday, Dec. 7, in 100 Corbett Business Building. The talk is part of the seminar series of […]
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The University of Maine Page Farm and Home Museum has planned its annual “Ye Olde Holiday Shoppe” from 10 a.m.–4 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 1. The free public event provides nearly two dozen Maine crafters and artisans a venue for displaying and selling their unique products, including woven rugs, reproduction 19th century toys, hand-wrapped wreaths, handcrafted […]
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