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Women's History Celebration Spring 2009, University Of Maine- Women's Studies

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

Spring 2009 Women's History Celebration, March 16 to March 31. This year's celebration, "Sustaining Our Lives: Women Take the Lead to Save Our Planet" will focus on the role of women involved with environmental projects, activism, and scholarship. We would like to encourage students' environmental engagement by presenting what women have done in the past and what issues they might like to address in the present and the future. As always, we will provide an array of speakers, panels, films, and displays that will reflect the diversity of women's experiences locally, nationally, and internationally.

The Belle Of Amherst, Guest Artist-Pamela Chabora, University Of Maine- School Of Performing Arts

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

The School of Performing Arts is inviting Pam Chabora to come to the University of Maine to treat the campus population and the general public to a one-woman production that will bring Emily Dickinson's work to life. The play, called "The Belle of Amherst" will be performed by Chabora, a veteran stage actor and professor of theatre and dance at North Dakota State University. The two-act play highlights the events of Dickinson's life, sprinkled with selections of her poetry. According to Chabora, when the audience hears those poems quoted in the context of Dickinson's personal life, they gain an even …

2009 International Dance Festival, University Of Maine

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

The 2009 Festival will be held at the Maine Center for the Arts on February 14th and will feature matinee and evening performances. We intend to involve as many relevant campus groups and departments as possible to make this a true campus wide collaboration. As in past years this event will be free so that people of Maine have access to the cultural vitality of the University of Maine. In past years people have come from as far away as Presque Isle and Portland to enjoy this event.

Visiting Lecture- Professor Daniel Nocera, University Of Maine

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

The Maine Chapter of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society, will host Distinguished Lecturer, Professor Daniel Nocera from MIT on April 22,2009. He will give two talks. His major talk, presented at 7PM in the Arthur St. John Hill auditorium is entitled, "Artificial Photosynthesis: The Molecular Chemistry of Renewable Energy," and will be presented in conjunction with Sigma Xi's induction ceremony of new members and associate members. His other talk (title to be announced) will be more technical and will be presented at 3PM in the Arthur St. John Hill auditorium. Both talks will be free and open to the …

Spring 2009 New Writing Series, University Of Maine- English Department

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

The spring Series is projected to comprise six CADLS-supported events featuring eight writers whose work covers a wide spectrum of contemporary literary practice and whose visits lend themselves naturally to collaboration with other programs on campus: the well-known African-American poet and editor Claudia Rankine is projected to be our Honors College featured writer for the semester; the visit of poet Richard Blanco is scheduled to coincide with a UMaine Museum of Art exhibition by Blanco's frequent collaborator, the visual artist John Bailly; the innovative conceptual artist and digital archivist Kenneth Goldsmith will perform and lecture in the first of what …

Intermedia Visiting Artist Program, Spring 2009, University Of Maine- New Media Department

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

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The Franco-American Experience In New England, University Of Maine- Franco-American Studies

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

I would like to invite Grégoire Chabot, a Franco American play-write, and his bilingual troupe to campus. Greg Chabot is originally from Waterville, Maine. He is one of the few Franco Americans who continues to write in French. His theater troupe, Da monde d'á côtá, has performed his plays in France, Quebec, and Louisiana. He also represents the entire New England Franco American community to the recently established Centre de la Francophonie des Amériques . He is an important voice of the Franco American community.

27th Annual Northeast Conference On Andean Archaeology And Ethnohistory, University Of Maine

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

Keynote Speaker: Peruvian archaeologist Luis Jaime Castillo will present a public lecture on his eighteen years of archaeological research on the Moche cultute (2nd -8th centuries AD) of northern Peru. Castillo is currently Professor of the Humanities Department and Director of the International Relations and Cooperation Department at the Pontifcia Universidad Catolica del Peru, in Lima, Peru. The lecture will be delivered in English.

Exploring Jewish Racial Identity, History, And Social Justice, University Of Maine

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

" Exploring Jewish Racial identity, History, and Social Justice," an evening Howard Schonberger Peace and Social Justice Memorial Lecture based on Dr. Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz' recent book: The Colors of Jews: Racial Politics and Radical Diasporism [lndiana Univ. Press, 20071. Also "Fighting Discrimination as a Jewish Lesbian; and other issues in Racial Politics from an Autobiographical Perspective," a more informal talk with readings from her scholarly, literary, and activist work at the Marxist-Socialist Lunch series.

The Changing Role Of Russia In The World: Menace Or Opportunity?, University Of Maine Department Of Political Society

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

We propose to bring two highly regarded scholars of Russian political affairs to the University of Maine to share their expertise with the University community, and the general public, regarding the changing role of Russia in world affairs.

Our proposed guest speakers are each highly accomplished scholars; Dr. Thomas F. Remington is presently Scholar-in-Residence at the Harvard University Davis Center while on leave from Emory University, where is Professor of Political Science; Dr. Brian D. Taylor is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs Syracuse University. Each has published widely on Russian political …

2008-2009 Philosophy Colloquium Series, University Of Maine- Department Of Philosophy

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

The Department of Philosophy is seeking funding support from the Cultural Affairs/Distinguished Lecture Series Fund for its 2008-2009 Philosophy Colloquium Series. This series of public talks will provide the opportunity for students, faculty, and community members both within and beyond the Department of Philosophy to hear and discuss stimulating lectures on a wide range of topics that are relevant both to the core themes of the department's philosophy curriculum as well as to current issues of ethical, political, law, and philosophic import.

Fall Lecture Series- New Media Department & Intermedia Mfa Program, University Of Maine- New Media Department

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

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Side Show, University Of Maine- School Of Performing Arts

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

Based on the true story of Siamese twins Violet and Daisy Hilton who became stars during the Depression, Side Show is a moving portrait of two women joined at the hip whose tragic comedic bondage creates riveting theatre. The musical includes an extraordinary cast of characters, freaks as they were called in the days of vaudeville. Told in song, the show follows their progression from England to America, around the vaudeville circuit and to Hollywood on the eve of their appearance in the 1932 movie Freaks.

Guest Artist- Ferdinand Liva, School Of Performing Arts

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

The Silver Duo will welcome as guest artist the renowned violinist Ferdinand Liva of the DaPonte Quartet on their February'o9 per^formance. Last season Ferdinand appeared with the Silvers in performances of works by Shostakovich and Ravel that were musical revelations. The excellence of ensemble performance on that occasion led all thre

For this year's concert the Silvers and Liva wíll perform of one of the most powerful and difficult works in the chamber music repertoire, the Piano Trio by Tchaikovsky. This is a work that literally separates the professionals from the artistic wannabes, a work that places herculean demands upon …

The Conjurer: Images And Forms By David Larson, Department Of Art

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

The Department of Art cultural programming will consist of two related events: L) a major exhibition The Conjurer: Images and Forms by David Larson; and 2) a gallery talk by Soren Larson, son of David Larson, producer for Reuters News and film-maker. David Larson (1931,-2007) was a Maine artist whose mysterious images are powerfully hypnotizing and wonderfully beguiling. These events will offer students, faculty, staff., and the local community a wonderful opportunity to experience the mesmerizing works of a highly respected but under-exhibited Maine artist.

Scapino, School Of Performing Arts

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

One such play that falls into the commedia category is Motiere's Scapino, which is the play Goell will direct for the fall production. The play was revived on Broadway to rave reviews. In the story, two young men falt in love, but not with women that meet their fathers' approval. ln order to get the girts they want they plead with Scapino, a servant, to help them out of their dilemma. As Scapino says himself, "The good Lord has blessed me with quite a genius for clever ideas and inspired inventions which the less talented, in their jealousies, call deceits …

Guest Artist, Michelle Kelly, University Of Maine- School Of Performing Arts

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

Baycka Voronietsky is very interested in bringing Kelley to UMaine to work with piano students and to perform a concert for the public. Kelley has an interesting background in that she plays a classical version of jazz. She will share this style in the concert and with students throughout the area who will be invited to attend a master class.

Senator George J. Mitchell Center Lecture On The Environment, University Of Maine

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

2008 Senator George J. Mitchell Lecture on the Environment On Thursday, September 18th, 2008 the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Environmental & Watershed Research will host the second annual Senator George J. Mitchell Lecture on the Environment. Mary Evelyn Tucker, co-founder and co-director of the Forum on Religion and Ecology, and Senator George J. Mitchell will be the keynote speakers at the event

New Writing Series Fall 2008, University Of Maine

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

I write to request the Committee's support for the fall 2008 New V/riting Series, an innovative literary arts program sponsored by the English Department and the National Poetry Foundation.

The fall Series is projected to comprise seven events featuring eight writers, including three nationally prominent fiction writers (Lydia Millet, Diane Williams, and Davis Schneiderman), four poets from the United Kingdom (Alan Hasley, Geraldine Monk, Tom Pickard, and Tom Raworth), and the multi-talented African American poet and sound artist Tracie Morris. Capsule biographies of all eight writers are appended to this letter.

Guest Artist- Bruno Campo, Orchestra Concert, University Of Maine- School Of Performing Arts

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

Bruno Campo is the conductor, founder, and director of music programs of the Metropolitan Youth Orchestra and School in Guatemala. What is his connection to the University of Maine? The relationship started two years ago when UMaine Professor of Music Anatole Wieck was invited to the country to help nurture a newly founded youth orchestra. As a Fulbright Senior Specialist, Wieck spent three weeks in the country, establishing such a strong connection that Campo invited him to return to Guatemala during his sabbatical last year.

Twarted Voices Concert- Guest Artist, Deborah Cook, University Of Maine- School Of Performing Arts

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

The next Thwarted Voices concert on Oct. 26,2008 will feature Deborah Cook, a popular guest artist who has assisted Phillip Silver during the past several seasons. Her magnificent artistry, beside being very much appreciated by the audience, has greatly enriched Silver's choice of programming for these concerts. The repertoire is highly specialized and requires performers with emotional as well as purely musical attachment to the material.

Jaed Coffin, Book Signing, University Of Maine

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

Brunswick-based author, boxer, kayaker and lobster fisherman, Jaed Coffin, will lead a discussion and sign copies of his first book, "A Chant to Soothe Wild Elephants" which chronicles his time at the Buddhist temple in Thailand where he was ordained as a monk. A graduate of Middlebury College and the University of Southern Maine's Stonecoast Writing Program, Jaed's first book has been hailed as a coming-of-age story that transcends the memoir genre.