Calendar of Events

Laura Kargul & the Portland String Quartet
2025-10-17 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Performance Hall — Crewe Center for the Arts, 111 Bedford St, Portland, ME, 04101, United States
Experience the expressive power and intimate beauty of chamber music as renowned pianist Laura Kargul joins members of the Portland String Quartet for an evening of works for piano and strings. Anchoring the program is a piano quartet by Johannes Brahms, a composer whose chamber works are celebrated for their emotional depth and lush harmonies. With some of Maine’s most distinguished classical musicians onstage, this performance promises nuance, connection, and the timeless pleasure of great music shared in close conversation.

Tickets go on-sale September 5th.
Tickets available through PortTIX, the official box office for the Osher School of Music.
PHONE 207-842-0800
ONLINE www.porttix.com
IN-PERSON 400 Congress St Suite A, Portland, ME 04101

Event Details
Parking
Due to limited resources, parking is not free on our Portland and Gorham campuses. You must purchase a parking permit or paid parking session to park on campus. We recommend reserving your parking in advance at https://events.parkengage.com/usm.
For easy access to the Crewe Center for the Arts, choose either Parking Garage 1 (attached to the Abromson Community Education Center), Lot P1 (off of Bedford St. by Luther Bonney) or Lot P6 (off of Exeter St. or Deering Ave by the former Maine Law building).
Disability Access and Accommodations
If you have questions about disability access or need to request disability accommodations (e.g. sign language interpreters, materials in electronic format, etc.), please contact Hanna Flewelling at (207) 780-5256 or hanna.flewelling@maine.edu. Requests should be made as soon as possible to allow sufficient time for the accommodation process.

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University of Southern Maine Women's Golf vs New England Intercollegiate Golf Association Championship
2025-10-18 09:00 - 12:00, 2025-10-19 09:00 - 12:00 | Brewster, MA / The Captains Course, Freemans Way 1000, Brewster, Massachusetts, 02631, United States
University of Southern Maine Women’s Golf vs New England Intercollegiate Golf Association Championship

University of Southern Maine Men's Golf vs New England Intercollegiate Golf Association Championship
2025-10-18 09:00 - 12:00, 2025-10-19 09:00 - 12:00 | Brewster, MA / The Captains Course, Freemans Way 1000, Brewster, Massachusetts, 02631, United States
University of Southern Maine Men’s Golf vs New England Intercollegiate Golf Association Championship

Undergraduate Open House
2025-10-18 09:00 - 15:00 | McGoldrick Center for Career & Student Success, 35 Bedford Street, Portland, ME, 04101, United States
We invite you to join us for one of our undergraduate Open Houses! This is an exciting opportunity for you and your loved ones to learn more about the University of Southern Maine (USM) and what it’s like to be a Husky.

University of Southern Maine Men's Cross Country at Coach Dann Runnin' Monks Classic
2025-10-18 11:15 - 14:15 | Standish, ME, Standish, Maine, United States
University of Southern Maine Men’s Cross Country at Coach Dann Runnin’ Monks Classic

University of Southern Maine Women's Volleyball at Keene State
2025-10-18 12:00 - 14:00 | Keene, NH, Keene, New Hampshire, United States
University of Southern Maine Women’s Volleyball at Keene State

University of Southern Maine Women's Volleyball at Keene State
2025-10-18 12:00 - 14:00 | Keene, NH, Keene, New Hampshire, United States
University of Southern Maine Women’s Volleyball at Keene State
Streaming Video: https://flosports.link/40b4Ijo

University of Southern Maine Women's Cross Country at Coach Dann Runnin' Monks Classic
2025-10-18 12:30 - 15:30 | Standish, ME, Standish, Maine, United States
University of Southern Maine Women’s Cross Country at Coach Dann Runnin’ Monks Classic

Dark Matter Mystery
2025-10-18 13:00 - 14:00 | ME
Dark Matter Mystery
What keeps galaxies together? What are the building blocks of the Universe? What makes the Universe look the way it looks today? Researchers all around the world try to answer these questions. We know today that approximately a quarter of the Universe is filled with a mysterious glue: Dark Matter. We know that it is out there. But we have no idea what it is made out of.

University of Southern Maine Men's Soccer vs Vermont State University Castleton - Senior Day
2025-10-18 13:00 - 15:00 | ME
University of Southern Maine Men’s Soccer vs Vermont State University Castleton – Senior Day
Streaming Video: https://flosports.link/40b4Ijo

University of Southern Maine Women's Volleyball vs Regis College - at Keene State
2025-10-18 14:00 - 16:00 | Keene, NH, Keene, New Hampshire, United States
University of Southern Maine Women’s Volleyball vs Regis College – at Keene State
Streaming Video: https://flosports.link/40b4Ijo

University of Southern Maine Field Hockey at Vermont State University Castleton
2025-10-18 17:00 - 20:00 | Castleton, VT, Castleton, Vermont, United States
University of Southern Maine Field Hockey at Vermont State University Castleton
W 2-0
Streaming Video: https://flosports.link/40b4Ijo

University of Southern Maine Men's Soccer vs University of Maine, Presque Isle
2025-10-19 12:00 - 14:00 | ME
University of Southern Maine Men’s Soccer vs University of Maine, Presque Isle Streaming Video: https://flosports.link/40b4Ijo

Natural Selection
2025-10-20 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-10-21 13:00 - 14:00 | ME
Natural Selection
We join Darwin on his voyage to the Galapagos Islands where he was inspired to develop his theory of transmutation by natural selection. From the comfort of Down House, Darwin himself will explain the mechanism of natural selection to the audience, and support it by showing examples in nature.

Coffee and Crosswords
2025-10-21 09:00 - 09:30 | ME
Calling all puzzle fans! Start your Tuesdays off right with the New York Times Mini Crossword (and share your time, if you’re the competitive type) online or on our Portland campus. Sudoku fans also welcome! Coffee, while not provided virtually, is highly encouraged.

Employer On-Campus Visits: Central Maine Healthcare
2025-10-21 11:00 - 14:00 | McGoldrick Center for Career & Student Success, 35 Bedford Street, Portland, ME, 04101, United States
Network with local employers without having to leave campus! Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. on the first floor of the McGoldrick Center on the Portland campus, various employers will be on campus to talk about their work and answer any questions.

University of Southern Maine Women's Tennis at UMass Boston - Little East Conference Tournament Quarterfinal - No. 6 Southern Maine at No. 3 UMass Boston
2025-10-21 12:30 - 15:30 | Weymouth, MA / Weymouth Club, Finnell Drive 75, Weymouth, Massachusetts, 02188, United States
University of Southern Maine Women’s Tennis at UMass Boston – Little East Conference Tournament Quarterfinal – No. 6 Southern Maine at No. 3 UMass Boston

University of Southern Maine Field Hockey vs New England College
2025-10-21 19:00 - 22:00 | ME
University of Southern Maine Field Hockey vs New England College
Streaming Video: https://flosports.link/40b4Ijo

Student Recital Series: Aberdeen Brickett & Olivia Fanjoy
2025-10-21 19:30 - 20:30 | Crewe Center for the Arts, 111 Bedford St, Portland, ME, 04101, United States
The Osher School of Music is pleased to present Aberdeen Brickett and Olivia Fanjoy in their junior recital. Aberdeen is the student of Malinda Haslett and Scott Wheatley. Olivia is the student of Thomas Parchman.
Student recitals are free and open to the public.

Event Details
Parking
Due to limited resources, parking is not free on our Portland and Gorham campuses. You must purchase a parking permit or paid parking session to park on campus. We recommend reserving your parking in advance at https://events.parkengage.com/usm.
For easy access to the Crewe Center for the Arts, choose either Parking Garage 1 (attached to the Abromson Community Education Center), Lot P1 (off of Bedford St. by Luther Bonney) or Lot P6 (off of Exeter St. or Deering Ave by the former Maine Law building).
Reserve Your Parking

Disability Access and Accommodations
If you have questions about disability access or need to request disability accommodations (e.g. sign language interpreters, materials in electronic format, etc.), please contact Hanna Flewelling at (207) 780-5256 or hanna.flewelling@maine.edu. Requests should be made as soon as possible to allow sufficient time for the accommodation process.

Subscribe to our patron newsletter to stay up-to-date on all Osher School of Music events.
Join the Osher School of Music as a volunteer usher.

AI Resources for Graduate Students (Virtual Workshop)
2025-10-22 11:00 - 12:00 | Zoom meeting
Are you a grad student, ready to dive into artificial intelligence but don’t know where to start? Join the Office of Graduate Studies and Graduate Research Opportunity (GRO) Program on Wednesday, October 22 at 11:00 AM for a virtual workshop where we’ll provide an overview of the key AI resources available to you with your maine.edu account! Attendees will become familiar with essential tools like Notebook LM and Google Gemini, and learn about practical ways to integrate their features into approaching coursework and enhancing academic research capabilities.

While this session will be recorded for enduring access, students are encouraged to join in real-time and ask questions to help boost their understanding of the full benefits available to them with the AI tools at their disposal, using their maine.edu credentials.
Please RSVP for this event by Tuesday, October 21 to receive the Zoom link ahead of the event on October 22.
In the meantime, if you are curious about incorporating AI into your coursework, check out the USM Student Guide to AI and Learning.
If you have questions about disability access or need to request disability accommodations (e.g., sign language interpreters, materials in print format, etc.), please contact the Office of Graduate Studies. Requests should be made as soon as possible to allow sufficient time for the accommodation process.
We hope to see you there!

University of Southern Maine Men's Soccer vs UMass Boston
2025-10-22 18:00 - 20:00 | ME
University of Southern Maine Men’s Soccer vs UMass Boston
Streaming Video: https://flosports.link/40b4Ijo

University of Southern Maine Women's Soccer at UMass Boston
2025-10-22 19:00 - 21:00 | Boston, MA, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
University of Southern Maine Women’s Soccer at UMass Boston
Streaming Video: https://flosports.link/40b4Ijo

University of Southern Maine Women's Volleyball vs Plymouth State University - Dig Pink Match
2025-10-22 19:00 - 21:00 | ME
University of Southern Maine Women’s Volleyball vs Plymouth State University – Dig Pink Match
L 0-3
Streaming Video: https://flosports.link/40b4Ijo

University of Southern Maine Women's Golf vs Little East Conference Championship - Hosted by Rhode Island College
2025-10-23 09:00 - 12:00 | Warwick, RI – Valley Country Club, New London Avenue 251, Warwick, Rhode Island, 02886, United States
University of Southern Maine Women’s Golf vs Little East Conference Championship – Hosted by Rhode Island College

Employer On-Campus Visits
2025-10-23 11:00 - 14:00 | McGoldrick Center for Career & Student Success, 35 Bedford Street, Portland, ME, 04101, United States
Network with local employers without having to leave campus! Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. on the first floor of the McGoldrick Center on the Portland campus, various employers will be on campus to talk about their work and answer any questions.

Louden Family Lecture Series Event: What Will It Take To Fix Social Media
2025-10-23 12:30 - 13:45 | University Events Room, 7th floor — Glickman Library, 314 Forest Ave, Portland, ME, 04101, United States
What Will It Take to Fix Social Media?

Professor Karen Frost-Arnold will present a talk entitled, “What Will it Take to Fix Social Media?” for the third annual Louden Family Lecture Series event. Social media is plagued with problems of disinformation, harassment, censorship, and digital colonialism. Decisions about what kinds of speech are permitted and who can speak online are made with very little input from marginalized people, especially those in the Global South. There is a moral and epistemic imperative for us to collectively imagine alternative futures for our social media communities. This talk investigates the promises and perils of decentralized, non-corporate alternative social media platforms.

Professor Karen Frost-Arnold of Hobart and William Smith Colleges is the author of the forthcoming book, Who Should We Be Online? A Social Epistemology for the Internet, (New York: Oxford University Press). Professor Frost-Arnold’s scholarly interests include Trust, Social epistemology, Philosophy of the Internet, Ethics, Philosophy of Science, and Feminist Philosophy. You can read more about Professor Frost-Arnold here

Dinosaurs At Dusk
2025-10-23 13:00 - 14:00 | ME
Dinosaurs at Dusk
A whirlwind time travel adventure back to the epoch of the dinosaurs! A larger than life extravaganza rife with roaring monsters from the ancient age: bounding, stomping, flying, hunting, and foraging frenetically above us.
