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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The University of Maine School of Performing Arts will present its annual Yuletide concert, a choral performance featuring holiday favorites, at 2 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 2 at the Collins Center for the Arts. The concert fills the stage with members of six university choral ensembles performing works including standard carols like “Silent Night,” the Austrian […]
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The Center for Undergraduate Research at the University of Maine has announced the recipients of the Center for Undergraduate Research Fellowships for 2012–13. The fellowships were developed to enhance and increase undergraduate student involvement in faculty supervised research, and are supported through a PRE-VUE grant awarded by the UMaine President’s Office. Each fellowship provides a […]
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The University of Maine Museum of Art, 40 Harlow St., Bangor is inviting the public to a free informal gallery talk with museum educator Eva Wagner at 12 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 5. Wagner will discuss the current exhibit by Susan Jane Belton, “What’s Yours?” and several selections from the permanent collection. For additional information or […]
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The University of Maine will open its Senior Art Exhibition, “ThinkMake,” with a reception from 5:30 p.m.–7 p.m., Friday, Dec. 7 at the Lord Hall Gallery. The show runs until Jan. 25, displaying paintings, sculpture, photography, digital and other artwork created by 15 UMaine studio art majors graduating in December or in the spring. Student […]
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Ivan Manev, dean of the University of Maine College of Business, Public Policy and Health, recently made a presentation on entrepreneurship in transitional economies at a conference in Moscow. He also visited the Komi Republic Academy of Public Service and Administration in Syktyvkar, the capital of the Komi Republic. The academy is a partner institution […]
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