From Page to Stage: 鈥淢idsummer Night鈥檚 Dream鈥 Post-Show Discussion Join theater professionals Pier Carlo Talenti and Toby Bercovici for a post-show discussion on Sunday, Nov. 12, after the聽聽matinee of Shakespeare鈥檚 鈥淎 Midsummer Night鈥檚 Dream鈥 in Hauck Auditorium. If you can鈥檛 make the show that day, you are welcome to come to the discussion. Food and […]
The featured film is a documentary that follows a retirement community as they prepare a production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream." Part of the聽2017-2018 Symposium: Juvenescence/Obsolescence: Humanities Approaches to Aging Across the Ages.聽聽Brought to you by the Stephen King Chair in Literature.聽
The lecture is free and open to the public. JAMES M.聽SMITH聽is an Associate Professor in the English Department and Irish聽Studies Program at Boston College. His book,聽Ireland鈥檚 Magdalen Laundries聽and the Nation鈥檚 Architecture of Containment, was praised by Colm T贸ib铆n as essential reading 鈥渇or anyone interested in the fear and cruelty surrounding women鈥檚 sexuality in the Ireland […]
Public Lecture: Patricia Wen, 鈥淕etting it Right: Investigative Journalism in a 鈥楶ost-Truth鈥 Age鈥 PATRICIA WEN聽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 social service, legal and聽medical issues. Her work focused largely on investigative […]
Come join this one-day workshop for undergrads with guest panelists talking about how they came up with their research questions.聽 Created by聽Stephen E. King Chair of Literature,聽Caroline Bicks.聽 This is a one-day conference for humanities undergrads looking for inspiration and guidance on how to come up with a research topic. The day will include panels […]
This event is part of the Stephen E. King Chair Spring Lecture Series Public Lecture Thursday, February 28th at the Orono High School library. Adam Barr, "Made for TV: Writing to Keep Hollywood Relevant" Adam Barr is a writer and producer of film and television in Los Angeles. He was born and raised in Lewiston, […]
Curious 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聽Will & Grace聽Adam WILL & GRACE -- Season: 1 -- Pictured: (l-r) Megan Mullally as Karen Walker, Eric McCormack as Will Truman, Debra Messing as Grace Adler, Sean […]
This event is part of the King Chair Spring Lecture Series Public Lecture: Friday, April 12th, Lisa Klein, former Shakespeare professor and author of the popular young adult novel Ophelia (now a soon-to-be-released major motion picture), will talk about how she went from studying Shakespeare to reinventing his most famous female character for a new […]
Join us on Thursday October 19 from 3:30-5:30 at IMRC 104 (The Fernald Adaptive Presentation & Performance Environment) for a public discussion of two films based on Stephen King novels鈥擯et […]
