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Past Events

Fall 2011 Events

  • Marcellus Shale
  • "The Science Behind Hydraulic Fracturing"

  • Saturday, September 10
    1:00pm
    The North Museum

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  • "American Plastic: Boob Jobs, Credit Cards, and Our Quest for Perfection"

  • Thursday, September 15
    11:30am
    Mayser Gymnasium

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  • Constitution Day Celebration

  • Friday, September 16
    11:00am
    Steinman College Center

  • Josh Fox
  • Reception with Filmmaker Josh Fox

  • Tuesday, September 20
    5:30pm
    New College House

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  • "Gasland"

  • Tuesday, September 20
    7:30pm
    Barshinger Center

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  • Craft Talk and Reception with Seth Mnookin

  • Wednesday, October 5
    4:30pm
    Writers House

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  • "The Panic Virus"

  • Thursday, October 6
    11:30am
    Mayser Gymnasium

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  • Potluck and Poetry Reading with Sandra Steingraber

  • Wednesday, October 12
    6:00pm
    New College House

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  • "Living Downstream"

  • Wednesday, October 12
    7:30pm
    Adams Auditorium

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  • "Living Downstream: An Ecologist's Personal Investigation of Cancer"

  • Thursday, October 13
    11:30am
    Mayser Gymnasium

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  • "At Home in Maine: The Zorachs at Robinhood Cove"

  • Wednesday, October 26, 5:00pm
    Bonchek Lecture Hall, Barshinger Life Sciences & Philosophy Building

    Presented by Libby Bischof (Assistant Professor of History, University of Southern Maine) and Susan Danly (Curator of Graphics, Photography, and Contemporary Art at the Portland Museum of Art). 

  • Zorach Postcard
  • "Zorach: Paint and Spirit"

  • Thursday, October 27, 4:45pm
    The Phillips Museum of Art, Steinman College Center

    This special exhibition was curated and designed by students of Professor Linda Aleci’s 2011 Curatorial Seminar and is the culmination of two semesters of research, planning, curation and design.

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  • "Golden Door" (2006)

  • Thursday, October 27, 7:30pm
    Lisa Bonchek Adams Auditorium, Kaufman Hall
    Part of the "Migrations" Film Series

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  • "Monkey Dance" (2005)

  • Monday, November 7, 7:30pm
    Lisa Bonchek Adams Auditorium, Kaufman Hall
    Part of the "Migrations" Film Series

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  • "Welcome" (2009)

  • Thursday, November 17, 7:00pm
    Stahr Auditorium, Stager Hall
    Part of the Tournées Film Festival sponsored by the Department of French

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  • "Sugar" (2009)

  • Wednesday, November 30, 7:30pm
    Lisa Bonchek Adams Auditorium, Kaufman Hall
    Part of the "Migrations" Film Series