Monday, Oct. 17-Sunday, Oct. 23
WMPG Community Radio Beg-A-Thon, visit the station, learn about volunteer opportunities, donate money, and listen at 90.9 or 104.1 FM, 780-4424.
EXHIBITS/ARTIST’S LECTURES
Continuing through Monday, July 31
Cartographic exhibit, “The Changing Peninsula: Two Centuries of Portland Maps and City Views,” 12:30-4:30 p.m., Tuesdays; 12:30-4:30 and 6-8 p.m., Wednesdays & Thursdays; 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Saturdays; The Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education in the Glickman Family Library, Portland, free and open to the public, call for information and to confirm hours, 780-4850.
Saturday, Oct. 15-Friday, Jan. 20
Exhibit, “Will Richard: Arctic & Subarctic,” color photographs from Labrador, Nunavut, and Greenland, UnumProvident Great Reading Room, Glickman Library, Portland, open during library operating hours; reception 2-3:30 p.m., Saturday, October 15; free and open to the public, 780-4276.
Tuesday, Oct. 18
Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education Annual Meeting of the Osher Library Associates, Reception and Lecture: meeting at 5 p.m., Special Events Room, Glickman Library, Portland; reception at 6 p.m., 7th Floor, Glickman Library; lecture, “Picturing Place: Portland and the Visual Arts” by Donna Cassidy, professor American and New England Studies and art history, College of Arts and Sciences, at 6:30 p.m., seventh floor, Glickman Library, free and open to the public, 780-4850.
Thursday, Oct. 20
Lecture Series in the Visual Arts, Aaron Stephan will discuss his sculpture, including successful Maine Percent for Art proposals, 4:15 p.m., Room 10, Bailey Hall, Gorham, free and open to the public, 780-5008.
Thursday, Oct. 27
Lecture Series in the Visual Arts, artist, appraiser and former art critic for the Christian Science Monitor Ted Wolff discusses the art of Joyce Treiman, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Art Gallery, Gorham, free and open to the public, www.usm.maine.edu/gallery/cal.htm, 780-5008.
Thursday, Oct. 27-Saturday, Dec. 10
Exhibit, “Paintings, Drawings, and Prints” by Los Angeles painter Joyce Treiman (1922-1991); opening reception 4-7 p.m., Thursday, October 27-gallery talk by Ted Wolff at 6 p.m.; 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Tuesday-Friday, 1-4 p.m. Saturday, free and open to the public, www.usm.maine.edu/gallery/cal.htm, 780-5008.
Thursday, Oct. 27-Friday, Jan. 27
Annual Sampson Center for Diversity Exhibit, “The Ties That Bind: Experiences of Family in Maine, 1900 to Present,” 6th Floor Glickman Library, Portland, open during library hours; opening reception, 5-7 p.m., 7th Floor, Glickman Library; free and open to the public, 780-4269.
Continuing through Saturday, Oct. 15
Exhibit, “Unveiling: Sama Alshaibi & Joel Seah,” featuring the photography, video and installation art by two new art faculty members, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Tuesday-Friday, 1-4 p.m. Saturday, free and open to the public, www.usm.maine.edu/gallery/cal.htm, 780-5008.
Continuing through Friday, Oct. 14
Exhibit, “Act Up/Fight Back/Take Pictures: Photographs of Annette Dragon,” Sixth Floor, Glickman Library, Portland, free and open to the public during library hours, 780-4269.
Continuing through Thursday, Oct. 20
Exhibit, “Recent USM Percent for Art Projects,” 8 a.m.-10 p.m., Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Friday, Area Gallery, Woodbury Campus Center, Portland, free and open to the public, www.usm.maine.edu/gallery/cal, 780-5008.
Continuing through Saturday, Oct. 22
Exhibit, “The Figure Revealed II,” 8 a.m.-8 p.m., Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Friday, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Saturday, Atrium Art Gallery, USM’s Lewiston-Auburn College, 51 Westminster St., Lewiston, free and open to the public, www.usm.maine.edu/lac/art/figure, 753-6500.
LECTURES/FILMS/WORKSHOPS
Thursday, Oct. 13
“Equal Rights for ME: The 30-year Struggle for LGBT Rights in the Maine Legislature,” featuring Herb Adams, Portland State Representative and lecturer in political science, USM College of Arts and Sciences, will be joined by former state legislators Gerald E. Talbot and Harland Baker, discussion and refreshments, 7 p.m., 7th Floor, Glickman Library, Portland, free and open to the public, 780-4269.
Friday, Oct. 14
“The Next Generation of Democracy,” youth and college civic organizations displaying materials, creative performances and films will encourage civic engagement for the 2006 election year while commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, 5-8 p.m., Space Gallery, Congress St., Portland, free and open to the public, rtr@portlandmaine.gov, 780-4428.
Tuesday, Oct. 18
University of Maine School of Law 14th Annual Frank M. Coffin Lecture on Law and Public Service featuring New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, 7 p.m., Hannaford Lecture Hall, Abromson Center, Portland, free and open to the public, RSVP by 10/11 by calling 780-4344 or e-mail jessicab@usm.maine.edu.
Wednesday, Oct. 19
Duclos Convocation Reading by African American Poet Cheryl Clarke with introduction by Eve Raimon, Lewiston-Auburn College, 7-9:30 p.m., 7th floor Glickman Family Library, Portland, free and open to the public, 780-4862.
Friday, Oct. 21
Annual Katherine O’Brien Poetry Celebration, reading and discussion featuring Carolyn ForchA?© author of “Gathering the Tribes,” 4 p.m., 7th Floor, Glickman Library, Portland, free and open to the public, 780-4275.
Monday, Oct. 24
“Power and the Press” commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, featuring keynote speaker Matt Cooper, Time magazine reporter, followed by a panel of local journalists, 6:30-9 p.m., Portland High School Auditorium, free and open to the public, rtr@portlandmaine.gov, 780-4428.
Wednesday, Oct. 26
School of Applied Science, Engineering, and Technology Libra Professor Lecture, “Implementing Construction Technologies to Conserve Energy Resources in Our Commercial and Residential Buildings,” Hank Campbell, professor emeritus, Dept. of Technology, Illinois State University, 4 p.m., Hannaford Lecture Hall, Abromson Center, Portland, free and open to the public, 780-5440.
Thursday, Oct. 27
Discussion commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, “One Nation Under God? The Role of Religion in Politics,” featuring representatives from Americans United for the Separation of Church and State, Maine Council of Churches, the Jewish Federation and the Islamic Society of Maine, 7-9 p.m., Rines Auditorium, Portland Public Library, Congress St., Portland, free and open to the public, rtr@portlandmaine.gov, 780-4428.
Friday, Oct. 28
USM Duclos Convocation 2005-2007 Keynote Address, Lee Knefelkamp, Teachers College of Columbia University, 10:30 a.m.-12 noon, Hannaford Lecture Hall, Abromson Center, Portland, free and open to the public, 780-4586.
Friday, Oct. 28
USM ASL Club/Linguistics book signing and reception for deaf author Gina Oliva, author of “Alone in the Mainestream”; 4 p.m. presentation in Luther Bonney Auditorium, Portland; 6 p.m. reception and book signing in Woodbury Campus Center, Portland; 780-4989.
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