UMaine News

Contact: Ann Schonberger, 581-1229; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — Native American activist, environmentalist and author Winona LaDuke from the White Earth Reservation in northern Minnesota will be on the UMaine campus Dec. 6 to deliver two public presentations as the 2005 Howard Schonberger Peace and Social Justice Memorial Lecturer. Both lectures are free, open to […]

Contact: Dawn Aubrey, director of Dining Services, at (207) 581-4408 ORONO — University of Maine diners will have the opportunity to “sea” what they’ve been missing on Wednesday, Dec. 7. UMaine’s Black Bear Dining will host a celebration of sea vegetables from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. on that day. Sea vegetables are wild ocean plants, popular […]

Contact: Joe Carr at 581-3571 ORONO — Thanks to the initiative of a UMaine student, Black Bear hockey fans will have the opportunity to donate to a worthy cause when they arrive at the Sunday University of Maine hockey game against Vermont. “Fans with Cans,” the brainchild of UMaine student Drew Borkovitz, will raise money […]

Contact: Karel Lidral, 581-1256, Karen Cole, 581-4704 ORONO — The University of Maine Jazz Ensemble concert Thursday, Dec. 1 in Hauck Auditorium will feature 18 student musicians, with associate music professor and jazz performer Karel Lidral directing, to offer a repertoire of favorite jazz standards as well as newly composed works. The jazz ensemble, an […]

Contact: Gretchen Faulkner, 581-1901; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — The Hudson Museum at the University of Maine will host its 11th annual Maine Indian Basketmakers Sale and Demonstration on Dec. 10 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The day is a celebration of traditional arts and cultures of the Maliseet, Micmac, Passamaquoddy and Penobscot people […]

Contact: Kathryn Jovanelli 207.561.3350 kj@umit.maine.edu The University of Maine Museum of Art will be closed November 24 – 25 in observance of the Thanksgiving Holiday. The museum will reopen on Saturday, November 26 at 9:00 am. Museum of Art Hours: Monday – Saturday 9 am – 5 pm. Admission: $3.00 per person. No charge for […]

Contact: Patricia Henner, 581-4100; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — The University of Maine’s Page Farm and Home Museum will hold its annual wreath-making workshops Nov. 29 and Dec. 1, from 5:30-8 p.m., offering participants an opportunity to enjoy a hands-on start to the holiday season. Local craftsperson Claire Ackeroyd, who has been conducting wreath workshops […]

Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO –In The Road, an art exhibition of work by emerging artists from the University of Maine senior capstone class, opens on Dec. 9 at UMaine’s Carnegie Hall. This show will include a variety of mediums from painting, sculpture, photography, installation pieces, interior design as well as furniture design. […]

Contact: Mark Hutchinson, Extension Educator, 1-800-244-2104 ORONO — Dec. 1 is the registration deadline for University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s nutrient management workshop. Farmers who had nutrient management plans certified in 2000 must be recertified by December 2005. The event is scheduled for Dec. 8 in Albion. Since 1998, Maine has had a nutrient management […]

Contact: Kyle McCaskill, 207-581-3185 or 800-287-0274 ORONO, ME–There is still an affordable way to get practical education that will help you at your job, in your business and in your home. The U.S has a national system for lifelong learning, based within its 100-plus land-grant colleges and universities: Cooperative Extension. Extension represents the largest publicly […]