Public Lecture: Patricia Wen, “Getting it Right: Investigative Journalism in a ‘Post-Truth’ Age”
Wells Conference Center University of Maine, Orono, Maine, United StatesPATRICIA WEN is the editor of the Boston Globe Spotlight Team.She took over this six-member investigative unit after several decades as a reporter at the Globe, with a special emphasis on […]
Stephen E. King Chair Lecture: “Graphic Witness: Testimony, Confession, and the #MeToo Movement”
The University of Maine's Stephen E. King Chair Lecture Series presents Leigh Gilmore: "Graphic Witness: Testimony, Confession, and the #MeToo Movement." Leigh Gilmore is Distinguished Visiting Professor of Women’s and […]
Humanities Collaboration Discussion of Social Media and the #MeToo Movement
Orono High School 14 Goodridge Drive, Orono, ME, United StatesThe UMaine/Orono High School Humanities Collaboration invites you to a discussion of social media and the #MeToo movement. Members of the community, UMaine faculty and students, and local high school […]
Humanities Collaboration Discussion of “Keeping Hollywood Relevant”
Orono High School 14 Goodridge Drive, Orono, ME, United StatesThis discussion, led by Adam Barr, writer and producer of hit shows including The New Adventures of Old Christine and Will & Grace, will address topics such as how ideas age and how television […]
Stephen E. King Chair Lecture: “Made for TV: Writing to Keep Hollywood Relevant”
Wells Conference Center University of Maine, Orono, Maine, United StatesAdam Barr is a writer and producer of film and television in Los Angeles. He was born and raised in Lewiston, Maine, where he attended Lewiston High School, then went […]
TV Writing Workshop with Adam Barr
Foster Center for Innovation 5798 Student Innovation Center, Orono, ME, United StatesCurious about how television gets made? Do you like to write or act? Have you ever watched television? Come join Emmy Award-winning television writer and Executive Producer of Will & […]
Stephen E. King Chair Lecture: “Hamlet’s Girlfriend Gets a Life”
Neville HallLisa Klein, author of the young adult novel Ophelia, discusses her reinterpretation of Hamlet as a tale told from Ophelia's point of view. Klein will talk about the process of transforming the […]
Others, Othering, and “Othello”
Cyrus Pavilion Theatre 6 Sebago Rd., Orono, ME, United States
Community Workshop: Others, Othering, and “Othello”
Cyrus Pavilion Theatre 6 Sebago Rd., Orono, ME, United StatesIn this performance-based workshop, we will explore the characters of Othello, and the ways in which they “Other” one another. How do race, gender, religion, and class function in the play, and what can we learn by getting on our feet and exploring some scenes from one of Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies together? We will dig into […]
Virtual lecture: Rebecca Traister on women, anger and political change
Pre-register at: http://our.umaine.edu/king-chair-lecture-series