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Event Series Halloween: Celestial Origins

Halloween: Celestial Origins

Versant Power Astronomy Center 167 Rangeley Rd., Orono, ME, United States

Vampires, Witches, Goblins, and other spooky creatures.  What do you associate with Halloween? Trick-or-Treating, costumes, or something more…  Be it ghoulish or ghostly, Halloween is an astronomical holiday.  Experience the history of Halloween and how it fits into the seasons as a “cross-quarter day.”  From Celtic roots around the harvest and bonfires to modern celebrations, […]

Five Pillars of Resilience

Learn to manage uncomfortable feelings by recognizing they are there and make space for clarity!

Annual Robert Babcock Lecture – Dr. Graham Carr, President of Concordia University

Bodwell Lounge Collins Center for the Arts, Orono, ME, United States

Dr. Graham Carr, President and Vice-Chancellor of Concordia University, Montréal, will be giving a talk titled "The Histories We Inherit: Concordia's Reckoning With the Pasts of Its Founding Institutions." The event will be followed by a reception. A historian by training and a long-time leader in higher education in Canada, Carr returns to his alma […]

Halloweekend Author Panel/Fogler Library Conversation Series

Fogler Library, The Salon ME, United States

Three horror authors of Maine are visiting Fogler Library this Halloween Eve! Join us to listen to their panel and readings. For more information and to register, click here.

NT Live Broadcast – Frankenstein

Collins Center for the Arts 2 Flagstaff Road, Orono, ME, United States

Directed by Academy Award®-winner Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, Slumdog Millionaire), Frankenstein features Benedict Cumberbatch (Hamlet, BBC’s Sherlock) and Jonny Lee Miller (Elementary, Trainspotting). For this performance, Cumberbatch will play the role of Victor Frankenstein and Miller will play the role of his creation. Childlike in his innocence but grotesque in form, Frankenstein’s bewildered creature is cast […]

$15.00

Maine Horror Authors – Readings and Q&A

Fogler Library, The Salon ME, United States

This event will feature authors Emma Gibbon, Peter Dudar, and Morgan Syliva. Copies of books will be available for purchase and signing at the event through University Bookstore. Space is limited to register, click here. 

Literary Costume Contest

Fogler Library Oaks Room 5729 Fogler Library, Orono, ME, United States

Wear a Halloween costume that references any literary work. Enter to win a twenty-five dollar gift card. Enjoy cider and snacks.

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