Tuesday, Jan. 29
Open House for the Master of Social Work (MSW) Program Room 311 Masterton Hall, 4:30-6 p.m. Refreshments, faculty and staff available, info on major and social work careers. FMI 780-4120.
Pagan Students Association meeting Husky Hut, in the Brooks Campus Center, Gorham campus, 6:30 p.m. This meeting is open to all faiths and paths. Encourages understanding and tolerance of all religious paths. FMI contact [email protected]
GLBTQA Brown Bag Lunches this week with special guest Jenn Carrier from the planning board of Southern Maine Pride. 12-1 p.m., every Tuesday through May 7, Boiler Room in Woodbury Campus Center, Portland, 228-8235.
Sing rounds and women-centered chants Honors House basement, 102 Bedford St., Portland. 12-1 p.m., Tuesdays. Free and open to the public, 780-4321.
Wednesday,
Jan. 30
“An Artist Collects” USM Professor of Art Juris Ubans’ collection of a variety of works, Art Gallery, University of New England’s Westbrook College campus, 716 Stevens Ave., Portland. Through Saturday March 9. Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday 1-4 p.m., Thursday 1-7 p.m., free and open to the public. FMI 797-7261 ext. 4499 or www.une.edu/art_gallery
Thursday, Jan. 31
Commuter Appreciation Day Woodbury Campus Center, Portland campus. Discounts at dining and bookstore all day, commuter info display. Check out plans for new parking garage and bioresearch center, let ’em know your top commuter concerns, win prizes. Commuter Lite Bite Gathering 2:30-4:30 p.m. in Commuter Lounge, free coffee & donuts, meet other commuter students, faculty, and staff, Sponsored by Commuter Life, FMI call 780-4090.
Friday, Feb. 1
Lobsang Samten Tibetan Buddhist artist and former monk, will present a dharma talk and peace meditation, part of exhibit “When Horses Have Wings: Tibetan Artists in Exile” (see Ongoing). Luther Bonney Auditorium, Portland, 7:30 p.m., free and open to the public, 780-5009.
Faculty Concert Series “Music, Dear Solace to My Thoughts,” early music performed by Bruce Fithian, tenor, Olav Chris Henriksen, lute, and Judith Hunt Quimby, piano, 8 p.m., Corthell Concert Hall, Gorham, sponsored by Filene’s, $10 public, $7 seniors/staff, $5 students, 780-5555.
Faculty 2002 opening reception for annual faculty exhibition, Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art, Porteous Building, 522 Congress St. Portland. 5-7 p.m., FMI 879-5742 ext. 229 or www.meca.edu
“An Artist Collects” opening reception, Art Gallery, University of New England’s Westbrook College campus, 716 Stevens Ave., Portland, 6-8 p.m., with gallery tour at 5 p.m. See full listing under WEDNESDAY.
Saturday, Feb. 2
Greatful Dead USM Southworth Planetarium laser show, 8:30 p.m., see full listing under ONGOING.
Sunday, Feb. 3
Food Not Bombs serves free food every Sunday afternoon. Monument Square, Portland, 2-4:20 p.m.
Ongoing
Public skating at the USM Ice Arena, Gorham, 9:30-10:45 a.m., Monday-Friday, call for Sunday hours, $4 public/staff, $2 under 18, under 6 free, 780-5991.
USM Southworth Planetarium astronomy shows, 7 p.m., Fridays & Saturdays; laser shows, 8:30 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays; children’s shows 3 p.m., Saturdays and Sundays; star shows $4.50 adults, $3.50 children/seniors/students; laser shows $5 adults, $4 children/students; matinees $3.50 per person, http://www.usm.maine.edu/planet, 780-4249.
“When Horses Have Wings: Tibetan Artists in Exile” 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Tuesday-Friday, 1-4 p.m., Saturday, Art Gallery, Gorham, through March 9. Free and open to the public, 780-5009. Tibetan Buddhist artist Lobsang Samten will be making a mandala from colored grains of sand in the gallery during the first two weeks of the exhibit.
Residency Jack Stamp, band conductor. Featuring workshops, rehearsals and a concert with community and USM groups, USM School of Music, through Friday, Feb. 1 FMI, 773-3150.
Display of pop-up books through Thursday, Jan. 31, for hours of operation see http://library.usm.maine.edu/hours.html, fourth floor of the Glickman Family Library, Portland, free and open to the public, 780-4269.
“Marcia Wislin Carner: In Memorium” 8 a.m.-10 p.m., Monday-Thursday; 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Friday; 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday; through Monday, Feb. 4. Area Gallery, Woodbury Campus Center, Portland, free and open to the public, 780-5009/4090.
“Exodus and Exile: The Spaces of Diaspora” part of the Gloria S. Duclos Convocation “Diaspora: Meanings of Home.”12:30-4:30 p.m., Tuesdays-Thursdays; 6-8 p.m., Wednesdays & Thursdays; 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Saturdays. Through Jan. 5, 2003 at the Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education in the Glickman Family Library, free and open to the public, call for information and to confirm hours, 780-4850.
“Of Reveries and Myths: New Work by Anthony Shostak” paintings and drawings, through Saturday, March 2, Atrium Gallery, Lewiston-Auburn College, 51 Westminster St., Lewiston, 8 a.m.-8 p.m., Monday-Thursday; 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Friday; 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Saturday; closed holidays, free and open to the public, http://www.usm.maine.edu/lac/art; or call 753-6554/753-6500.
“Robert Doisneau’s Paris” over 100 photographs of Paris during the mid-20th century by the legendary French shutterbug, through March 24. Portland Museum of Art, 7 Congress Sq., Portland. FMI, 775-6148.
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