UMaine Calendar

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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, […]

The University of Maine School of Performing Arts Division of Theatre is bringing one of the 21st century’s most acclaimed plays to the stage. Rabbit Hole, by David Lindsay-Abaire, will be running at UMaine’s Hauck Auditorium October 19-22, with performances at 7:30 PM Oct. 19-21 and 2:00 PM Oct. 21-22. The show is directed by theatre […]

Featuring former members of the Capitol Steps! What happens when Washington, D.C.’s premiere, political satire group – The Capitol Steps – call it quits after nearly 40 years? Most folks would agree that it was a great run, and the story would end there. But an intrepid group of cast members and a co-writer would […]

You do not have to wait until 3 a.m. to experience the true terror of the witching hour. Take your "Spooky Scary Skeletons" out of the closet and join us at the Versant Power Astronomy Center for a month-long "Monster Mash". We will "Put a Spell on You" for the entire month of October with a menacing myriad […]

Drink tea, listen to tunes, and paint stones with us!

  Embracing Differences, Empowering Discoveries: Tracing the Journey of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Fisheries Sciences Dr. Ivan Arismendi

Speaker: Lloyd Irland, The Irland Group Studying the winding course of Maine’s rivers over 5 centuries takes us through a series of distinct periods of history and engages multiple sciences.  It illuminates a fraught series of interactions between society and the rivers, often calling on images of a vanished “Golden Age”. The period imagined here […]

Join us for DEPSCoR Day at the Portland Art Museum, 7 Congress Sq. Portland, ME 04101, to learn about the Defense Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (DEPSCoR). - Learn about working with DEPSCoR - Connect with DoD research program officers - Learn about DEPSCoR funding opportunities - Network with the New England research community […]

  Join IMRC Center staff for a general tour of the facility's event space, classrooms, common areas, audiovisual studios, and maker labs. The tour is anticipated to last approximately 45 minutes. Offered on the 4th Tuesday of each month. Guests of any background, including UMaine students, faculty, and staff, community group representatives, business representatives, and […]

“This book has it all: Hair-raising suspense, love after loss, hot-button issues of the day and, my favorite, legal thrills! Having been an adjunct professor, I can say this is must reading for everyone in academia including students and parents. Put it on Joe College’s Reading List!” - Bruce Pratt, author of “The Serpentsof Blissfull” […]

Dr. Joshua Walton presents a series of public lectures on biblical archaeology, drawing on his experience in Israel.  Lectures will be live-streamed as well, click here.

The Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program is hosting an event discussing healthcare in Maine.  A WGS-Studies Healthcare Today in Maine will feature reflections from two physicians, a certified clinical ethicist, and the Community Engagement Coordinator at the Mabel Wadsworth Center. The speakers will be followed by a Q&A.   

The Advanced Apiary Management Course is designed for beekeepers with 5 to 8 hives and a minimum of 3 years of experience. This 5-part course will cover topics including overwintering hives, disease and pest identification and management, mite management including monitoring and treatment options, swarm management, and queen rearing. The program will be offered over […]

This nationally recognized certification is for anyone working in the food industry, including nonprofit organizations. The course covers topics such as food safety; personal hygiene; preventing cross-contamination; cleaning and sanitizing; time and temperature control; and receiving and storing food. Students will receive the ServSafe® Manager book 7th Ed., diagnostic exam and practice exam approximately two […]

Kate Dickerson and the design team of the Maine Discovery Museum in downtown Bangor will join the McGillicuddy Humanities Center to discuss the museum’s new River In My Backyard exhibit and the design process the team used to bring it to life. This presentation is part of the MHC’s River Symposium for 2023-24, and is the first presentation in that series. You're invited to […]

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The School of Performing Arts Division of Theatre and Dance will be presenting their annual Emerging Works Dance Concert on October 26 in Hauck Auditorium at 7 PM. This performance is intended to give student choreographers and dancers to share the pieces they are developing for full showcase performance at the end of the semester. Admission is […]

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The Franco-American Centre will host an event with author Dana Murch on October 27 at 1 PM at Crossland Hall. The presentation, titled The French Connection: The Ancestors and Descendants of Daniel Thibodeau and Rebecca Jandreau, delves into some of the research Murch did on the life and times of Acadian and Quebecois families for his book […]

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Black Hole First Picture features the human attempt to create the very first picture of a black hole with the Event Horizon Telescope - a network of 8 Radio telescopes at  remote locations in the world ranging from Europe, North and South America, Hawaii to Antarctica. For years, the Event Horizon Telescope has been staring into […]

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