• Advocating for Justice: Lawyers’ Roles in Social Change

    Donald P Corbett Bldg 91, Orono, ME, United States

    The Honors College presents, as part of its 2019 John M. Rezendes Visitng Scholar in Ethics, a lecture by Sally Curran, Esq. It is often said that the law can be used as a sword or a shield, but for public interest and pro bono lawyers the law is often used as a tool to […]

  • Handel’s Messiah in America

    Minsky Recital Hall Collins Center for the Arts, University of Maine, Orono, ME, United States

    "Their sound is gone out": Handel's Messiah in America. Francis John Vogt, Director of Choral Activities and Lecturer in the School of Performing Arts, will give a talk on the performance history of George Frideric Handel’s oratorio Messiah in the United States and the work's enduring influence on classical music performers and  audience. This lecture […]

  • Maine Statehood and Bicentennial Conference

    he Maine Statehood and Bicentennial Conference will be held at the beautiful University of Maine campus in Orono, ME, from May 30 to June 1, 2019. Please join us for a series of events, panels, presentations, and concerts celebrating the unique history of Maine, its peoples, culture, politics, art and music. Please see our program for a complete […]

  • Until the War is Over: An Opera in One Act

    Class of 1944 Hall

    A lecture by Jennifer Moxley will precede a public workshop of selections from Until the War is Over: An Opera in One Act, Based on H.D.’s Bid Me to Live Lindsay Conrad as H.D. (Hilda Doolittle) Isaac Bray as Richard Aldington Caitlin Felsman as Bella Joseph Cough as D.H. Lawrence Libretto: Jennifer Moxley Music: Beth […]

  • “De-colonization is not a reality show” a one-person performance by William S. Yellow Robe, Jr.

    Lord Hall, room 100

    “De-colonization is not a reality show” a one-person performance/first draft written by William S. Yellow Robe, Jr. directed by visiting Libra Professor Madeline Sayet Wednesday, October 16, 6:00 p.m. Lord Hall, Room 100 Free and open to the public Co-sponsored by the McGillicuddy Humanities Center, the 91 Department of Art, and the 91 Department of English

  • Arthur Rimbaud: A 165th Birthday Celebration and Poetry Reading

    Coe Room, Memorial Union University of Maine, Orono, United States

    McGillicuddy Humanities Center Fellow Noah Loveless will lead a group reading of poet Arthur Rimbaud's work "A Season In Hell" on the 165th anniversary of Rimbaud's birth. Join the MHC […]

    Free
  • McGillicuddy Humanities Center Film Series : Zama

    Arthur St. John Hill Auditorium Barrows Hall, University of Maine, Orono, ME, United States

    The McGillicuddy Humanities Center Film Series will feature a collection of six films throughout the academic year related to "The Cinema of Colonization and Decolonization." The global films in the […]

  • Human Beans: A Bean Supper Series

    Recurring
    Church of Universal Fellowship 82 Main Street, Orono, ME, United States

    Throughout the Fall, the McGillicuddy Humanities Center will be holding a series of bean suppers as part of our annual symposium theme of "Society, Colonization and Decolonization." Each of the suppers […]

    Free