Family & Friends Weekend

Fall 2018

Friday, September 21st

2:00pm – 7:00pm: Check-in/Packet Pick Up
- Memorial Union; Lown Room (Near Information Booth)
9:00am – 5:00pm: LLBean Pop Up Shop
- University Mall; near Little Hall
7:00pm: Planetarium Show – Cell! Cell! Cell!*
- Emera Astronomy Center
- Purchase Tickets Here
8:00pm: Pub Style Trivia
- Outside the Cafe & Pub in the Memorial Union
- $10 entry fee per team*
  - Please plan to pay cash at the event.

Saturday, September 22nd

8:00am – 1:00pm: Check-in/Packet Pick up
- University Mall; near the Black Bear Statue
10:00am – 12:00pm: Black Bear Attack Mud Run
- Outside New Balance Recreation Center
- Visit the Black Bear Attack website for more information & Register here!
9:00am – 5:00pm: LLBean Pop Up Shop
- University Mall; near Little Hall
10:00am: Planetarium Show – Explore*
- Emera Astronomy Center
- Purchase Tickets Here
11:00am – 2:00pm: Family & Friends Fall Fest
- University Mall
- Free entry!
- There will be family friendly activities!
11:00am – 2:00pm: Lobster Bake*
- Wells Conference Center
- Sponsored by the University Credit Union (UCU)
- *Purchased tickets are required for UMaine students*
11:30am: Planetarium Show – Out There: The Quest for Extrasolar Worlds*
- Emera Astronomy Center
- Purchase Tickets Here
2:30pm: Planetarium Show – Mars 1001*
- Emera Astronomy Center
- Purchase Tickets Here
3:00 – 6:00pm: Maine Bound Adventure Center Paddle Fest
- Steam Plant Parking Lot/Stillwater River
- Free use of water recreation equipment. All are welcome!
4:00pm: Planetarium Show – Phantom of the Universe*
- Emera Astronomy Center
- Purchase Tickets Here
6:00 – 8:00pm: Hirundo Wildlife Refuge Programming
- Full Moon Paddle
- Register here!
- Free for UMaine students!
7:00pm: The Evasons Mentalist Duo
- Check them out!
- Hauck Auditorium, Memorial Union
- Free entry!
8:00pm: Movie Showing: “Life of the Party”
- Neville 101
- Free entry!

Sunday, September 23rd

9:00am – 11:00am: Jazz Brunch*
- Wells Conference Center
- Featuring a performance by UMaine student musicians!
- *Purchased tickets are required for UMaine students*
11:00am – 1:00pm: Hirundo Wildlife Refuge Programming
- Fall Colors Paddle
- Register here!
- Free for UMaine students!
11:00am: Planetarium Show – We Are Astronomers*
- Emera Astronomy Center
- Purchase Tickets Here
12:30pm: Planetarium Show – Mayan Archeoastronomy*
- Emera Astronomy Center
- Purchase Tickets Here
2:00pm: Planetarium Show – Polaris: Mystery of Polar Night*
- Emera Astronomy Center
- Purchase Tickets Here
3:00 – 5:00pm: Hirundo Wildlife Refuge Programming
- Fall Colors Paddle
- Register here!
- Free for UMaine students!

~Planetarium show information can be found HERE!

Other activities:

Club Sports home games – TBD
University of Maine Self-Guided Walking Tours
- UMaine gardens, sculptures, historic district and more. Designed for use on mobile devices.