The McGillicuddy Humanities Center and the Multicultural Student Center are holding a Black Digital History lunch and learn on Wednesday, February 26, 2020 at 12 p.m. in the Multicultural Student Center on the 3rd floor of Memorial Union. Stop by for lunch. Leave with new tools in your knowledge arsenal.

Karen Sieber from the McGillicuddy Humanities Center will discuss digital humanities tools and resources for remembering, teaching, examining, understanding, and celebrating the Black experience in America.

From interactive maps and timelines to digital archives and databases, pop in to learn more about ways in which the digital humanities can help us better understand topics like slavery, Reconstruction, the long Civil Rights movement, Urban Renewal, and even hip-hop history.

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“This dance form, these artists won’t be boxed in.” – New York Times

Following breakthrough performances at New York’s Park Avenue Armory, Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, Manchester International Festival, and an upcoming residency for the inaugural season of The Shed in New York City, FLEX AVE., the brand new creation of Flexn dance pioneer Reggie “Regg Roc” Gray, will be coming to the University of Maine’s Collins Center for the Arts.

Join the McGillicuddy Humanities Center in Bodwell Lounge (3rd floor of CCA) prior to the performance for a lecture by 91���� dance instructor Birdie Sawyer, who will be offering insight to help the audience get the most out of the performance.

2-2:15 reception (FREE)

2:15-2:45 lecture (FREE)

show- 3 p.m. (Tickets required)

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