Maine Women Writers Collection announces fall 2009 author program series
The ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ's Maine Women Writers Collection will host a series of five author programs during fall 2009.
All events are free and open to the public. For more information or to RSVP, contact Cally Gurley, curator at
207-221-4324 or cgurley@une.edu
Film 9/29 & 9/30
"The Maine Women Writers Collection: The First Fifty Years"
Tuesday, September 29, noon St. Francis Room, Ketchum Library, Biddeford Campus, ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ
Wednesday, September 30, 1:00 p.m. WCHP Lecture Hall, Parker Pavilion, Portland Campus, ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ
Lecture 10/1
Inaugural Donna M. Loring Lecture
"Red Hope: Weaving Waponahki Policy toward Decolonization"
presented by Rebecca Sockbeson, University of Alberta Ph.D. Candidate
Thursday, October 1, noon St. Francis Room, Ketchum Library, Biddeford Campus, ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ
Sockbeson and Loring will participate in a colloquium on Maine Native American curriculum and the Maine Learning Initiative co-sponsored by the ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ Department of Education and the Office of Multicultural Affairs and Diversity Programs
Thursday, October 1, 4:00 p.m. St. Francis Room, Ketchum Library, Biddeford Campus, ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ
Reading 10/8
Portland author Nicole Chaison will read from her new book Passion of the Hausfrau
Thursday, October 8, 5:00 p.m. Sarton Room, MWWC, Abplanalp Library, Portland Campus, ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ
Event 11/10
New Mainers: Portraits of Our Immigrant Neighbors
A Perdita Huston Purple Starfish Event co-sponsored by the Maine Women Writers Collection, the ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ Office of Multicultural Affairs and Diversity Programs, and the ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ Art Gallery. Panel discussion.
Tuesday, November 10, 7:00 p.m. ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ Art Gallery, Portland Campus, ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ
Lecture 11/12
A Lady of Maine: The Life and Work of Sally Sayward Barrell Keating Wood
Presented by Karen A. Weyler, University of North Carolina Greensboro
Thursday, November 12, 7:00 p.m. Shettleworth Auditorium, Maine Historical Society, 485 Congress Street, Portland, 774-1822