Calendar of Events

Dinosaurs at Dusk
2025-11-03 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-11-04 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | Southworth Planetarium — Science Building, 70 Falmouth St, Portland, ME, 04103, United States
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

Coffee and Crosswords
2025-11-04 09:00 - 09:30, 2025-11-11 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: The Center for Autism and Related Disorders
2025-11-04 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.

The Art of Perception: Seeing What Matters
2025-11-04 17:00 - 19:30 | McGoldrick Center for Career & Student Success, 35 Bedford Street, Portland, ME, 04101, United States
Please join us on Tuesday, November 4th, from 5:00pm-7pm at USM’s McGoldrick Center for Career & Student Success Salons (2nd floor) as we welcome lawyer and Art Historian Amy Herman to Portland.
The Art of Perception program teaches leaders across professions and around the world to analyze works of art to strengthen their observation, perception, and communication skills. In this highly interactive presentation Amy Herman will demonstrate how examining works of painting, sculpture, and photography can serve as a powerful tool for tackling complex problems—as well as everyday challenges by using a different lens to see what is there and what we are overlooking. Prepare to have your eyes opened in ways you didn’t realize they were closed.
Reception: 5pm-5:30pm
Presentation: 5:30pm-6:45pm
Book Signing/Meet and Greet: 6:45pm-7:15pm
This event is free and open to the public.

This event is sponsored by the Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education and the Department of Public Safety, University of Southern Maine

University of Southern Maine Field Hockey vs Plymouth State University - Little East Conference Tourmament Quarterfinal - No. 3 Huskies host No. 6 Plymouth State
2025-11-04 19:00 - 22:00 | ME
University of Southern Maine Field Hockey vs Plymouth State University – Little East Conference Tourmament Quarterfinal – No. 3 Huskies host No. 6 Plymouth State
Streaming Video: https://flosports.link/40b4Ijo

CONVERSATION: Artists and Intentional Walking
2025-11-05 11:00 - 12:00 | Burnham Lounge — Robie-Andrews Hall, 39 University Way, Gorham, ME, 04038, United States
Conversation: Artists and Intentional Walking with Lin Lisberger and Professor Kim Theriault
Artists and Intentional Walking brings together artist Lin Lisberger (featured in the University of Southern Maine Art Gallery’s current exhibition, 20 Walks) and University of Southern Maine art history professor Kim Theriault for a public artist talk. Artists and Intentional Walking is a thought-provoking conversation that explores walking as a creative practice, highlighting examples of artists who have used walking to inform their work throughout history.
The discussion takes place indoors at Robie Andrews Hall, located on the University of Southern Maine Gorham campus. The talk will be held in Burnham Lounge (1st Floor) and is free and open to the general public. So that we may have an accurate headcount for the event, we kindly ask that you please register at the Eventbrite link. Lin Lisberger will be available at the University of Southern Maine Art Gallery following the artist conversation.

About the hosts:
Lin Lisberger has been a sculptor and woodcarver since the 1970s. She taught sculpture, drawing, and design at the University of Southern Maine from 1981 until her retirement in 2017. Lisberger has an MFA in Sculpture from the University of Pennsylvania (1980) and a BA in Literature from the University of California at Santa Cruz (1973), and she lives and has a studio in Portland. Her exhibition experience is widespread, and she has worked in several private and corporate collections. Her attention to form has been consistent, creating a foundation upon which an abstract narrative can be built, using narrative to emphasize her interest in humans and their journeys.
Kim S. Theriault holds a Ph.D. in Modernist and Contemporary Art History from the University of Virginia and is Professor Emerita of Art History, Theory, and Criticism at Dominican University in River Forest, Illinois. She is the author of the book Rethinking Arshile Gorky and contributor to the 2009 exhibition and catalog for Arshile Gorky: A Retrospective organized by the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Theriault has been a featured speaker at such institutions as the Library of Congress, Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, and Oxford University among others, and, having published articles exploring the seminal significance of the national Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC, this is the subject of her next book. Presently a part-time professor of art history in the Art Department at the University of Southern Maine, she is also curating Arshile Gorky: Connections and Community, an exhibition set to open at the Armenian Museum of America in Watertown, Massachusetts on December 11. Having spent a lifetime amongst visual artists, poets, writers, and performers, Theriault is acutely interested in what instigates creative practice, how process translates into product, and how cross-disciplinary approaches manifest new and exciting reinterpretations of art and history.
For more about 20 Walks, click here.

EVENT DETAILS
Parking is available in our University of Southern Maine Gorham campus lots G4, G4, and G6 at a rate of $1.05 per hour. You may reserve your parking ahead of time via the USM Parking Interface. Additionally, the Portland METRO Husky Bus picks up/drops off about a three-minute walk from the University of Southern Maine Art Gallery (Gorhamp campus). An updated bus schedule can be found on the METRO website and bus fair is $2 each way.

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Pluralism in Practice: A Conversation with Raj Vinnakota & President Jacqueline Edmondson
2025-11-05 17:00 - 18:30 | Hannaford Hall — Abromson Community Education Center, 88 Bedford St, Portland, ME, 04101, United States
President of the Institute for Citizens & Scholars, Raj Vinnakota.
The USM Forum on American Democracy conversation continues with Raj Vinnakota, President of the Institute for Citizens & Scholars, in a public dialogue with USM President Jacqueline Edmondson. Together, they will explore the challenges and opportunities of pluralism in contemporary American society, building on themes introduced in Eboo Patel’s keynote (September 3).
Drawing from his extensive work in civic learning, youth engagement, and public scholarship, Vinnakota will reflect on how pluralism can be practiced at scale — across institutions, communities, and generations — and what it will take to prepare citizens for a thriving, inclusive democracy. The evening will offer a deeper look at how leadership, education, and civic networks can support a more connected and participatory civic culture.

This event is free and open to the public, and registration is required in advance.
Register now

Meeting friends for the event? Wander over the street to the Husky Brew in the McGoldrick Center for Career & Student Success for a drink, coffee, or bite before or after the event!

About Raj Vinnakota
Civic Leader. Social Entrepreneur. Advocate for Democracy
Raj Vinnakota is the President of the Institute for Citizens & Scholars, where he leads a national effort to cultivate lifelong, effective citizens through civic learning, scholarship, and cross-sector partnerships. A pioneering social entrepreneur, Vinnakota co-founded the SEED Foundation, the first U.S. network of public, college-prep boarding schools for underserved students — work that earned recognition from Oprah Winfrey, Harvard University, and Fast Company.
Before his current role, Raj served as Executive Vice President at the Aspen Institute, where he launched the Youth & Engagement Programs division focused on youth leadership and civic opportunity. He currently co-chairs civic task forces for both the U.S. Semiquincentennial Commission and the Partnership for American Democracy, and is a frequent commentator in national media on Gen Z, civic education, and democratic renewal.
A graduate of Princeton University and recipient of its highest alumni honor — the Woodrow Wilson Award — Vinnakota’s career has been dedicated to ensuring that all Americans, regardless of background, are empowered to participate fully in civic life.

Learn more about Raj Vinnakota

🔗 Propelling Society Forward: Q&A with Rajiv Vinnakota, Institute for Citizens & Scholars
🎥 Arguing Joyfully with Raj Vinnakota, Liston on Purpose Podcast, LionTree

About the Forum
The USM Forum on American Democracy is a year-long public series designed to engage the University of Southern Maine (USM) and the broader community in thoughtful conversations on the foundations and future of a democratic society. Hosted by President Edmondson, the Forum invites multiple perspectives on timely civic topics through keynote speakers, panel discussions, and campus-wide engagement.
Check out the full event series

Special Thanks
This event is made possible by the generous support of the Pond Family Foundation.

University of Southern Maine Women's Soccer at Keene State - Little East Conference Tournament Semifinal - No. 3 Huskies at No. 2 Keene State
2025-11-05 18:00 - 20:00 | Keene, NH, Keene, New Hampshire, United States
University of Southern Maine Women’s Soccer at Keene State – Little East Conference Tournament Semifinal – No. 3 Huskies at No. 2 Keene State
Streaming Video: https://flosports.link/40b4Ijo
Tickets: https://usnh.evenue.net/event/KS25/PS01

University of Southern Maine Women's Volleyball vs Simmons University
2025-11-05 19:00 - 21:00 | ME
University of Southern Maine Women’s Volleyball vs Simmons University
Streaming Video: https://flosports.link/40b4Ijo

Employer On-Campus Visits: St. Mary's Health System
2025-11-06 11:00 - 14:00 | McGoldrick Center for Career & Student Success, 35 Bedford Street, Portland, ME, 04101, United States

Bella Gaia
2025-11-06 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-11-07 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-11-07 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-11-08 13:00 - 14:00 | Southworth Planetarium — Science Building, 70 Falmouth St, Portland, ME, 04103, United States
Bella Gaia
Bella Gaia takes the audience on a spectacular journey around planet Earth simulating the transformative effect astronauts feel while orbiting above. This poetic musical journey features astounding NASA visualizations of science data and enveloping scenery from around the world

Concept to Finish Line (or How I Make Books) Lecture + Reception by Rebecca Goodale
2025-11-06 17:00 - 19:00 | Book Arts Studio — Crewe Center for the Arts, 111 Bedford St, Portland, ME, 04101, United States
Please join the Kate Cheney Chappell ’83 Center for Book Arts (KCCCBA) and community for a public lecture titled Concept to Finish Line or How I Make Books presented by artist Rebecca Goodale. The lecture accompanies a book arts exhibition titled Imagining a No-Go Zone with Blue Horses and a Red Forest and other Artist’s Books: Artist’s Books by Rebecca Goodale.

The Artist’s Lecture starts at 5 PM and the reception runs until 7 PM at the new Kate Cheney Chappell ’83 Center for Book Arts Studio, located in Studio 160 at the Crewe Center for the Arts on our Portland Campus. This event is free and open to the public

The exhibition runs from September 2, 2025 – December 5, 2025. Please visit us at the new Kate Cheney Chappell ’83 Center for Book Arts Studio at the Crewe Center for the Arts.

Event Details:
Parking is available in our University of Southern Maine Portland Garages 1 and 2, or in Parking Lot P6, at a rate of $4.15 per hour. Use code KCBHALF for a 50% discount on parking. You may reserve your parking ahead of time via the USM Parking Interface. Additionally, the Portland METRO Husky Bus and the METRO #4 pickup/drop-off about a three-minute walk from the Crewe Center for the Arts. An updated bus schedule can be found on the METRO website and bus fair is $2 each way.

University of Southern Maine Field Hockey at Keene State - Little East Conference Tournament Semifinal - No. 3 Huskies at No. 2 Keene State
2025-11-06 18:00 - 21:00 | Keene, NH, Keene, New Hampshire, United States
University of Southern Maine Field Hockey at Keene State – Little East Conference Tournament Semifinal – No. 3 Huskies at No. 2 Keene State
Streaming Video: https://flosports.link/40b4Ijo

University of Southern Maine Women's Ice Hockey at New England College
2025-11-07 16:00 - 19:00 | Henniker, NH, Henniker, New Hampshire, United States
University of Southern Maine Women’s Ice Hockey at New England College
Streaming Video: https://flosports.link/40b4Ijo

University of Southern Maine Men's Ice Hockey at Western Connecticut State
2025-11-07 18:30 - 21:30 | Danbury, CT, Danbury, Connecticut, United States
University of Southern Maine Men’s Ice Hockey at Western Connecticut State
W 7-3
Streaming Video: https://flosports.link/40b4Ijo
Tickets: https://www.tixr.com/groups/danburyarena/events/university-of-southern-maine-157042

Port City
2025-11-07 19:00 - 20:30 | Performance Hall — Crewe Center for the Arts, 111 Bedford St, Portland, ME, 04101, United States
Port City explores tango music throughout the genre’s history, and features bandoneon visionary Heyni Solera as soloist and composer. Palaver will perform danceable classics alongside contemporary tango-inspired compositions. We will also welcome powerhouse dancers Luna Beller-Tadiar and Sheila Solis Arroyo to join us for a full tanda, or series of tango dances. This performance will celebrate tango’s ongoing evolution and the powerful interplay between music and dance, as well as how the genre is being reclaimed by marginalized identities, especially women and queer artists.
Feeling adventurous? Join us at 6 P.M. for a free tango workshop prior to the performance!

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 Wrestling at Roger Williams University Invitational
2025-11-08 09:00 - 12:00 | Bristol, RI, Bristol, Rhode Island, 02809, United States

Undergraduate Open House
2025-11-08 09:00 - 15:00 | Bailey Hall, 16 University Way, Gorham, ME, 04038, 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 Women's Volleyball vs Eastern Connecticut State - Senior Day
2025-11-08 12:00 - 14:00 | ME
University of Southern Maine Women’s Volleyball vs Eastern Connecticut State – Senior Day
Streaming Video: https://flosports.link/40b4Ijo

University of Southern Maine Women's Soccer vs WestConn - Little East Conference Tournament Final - No. 3 Huskies vs. No. 4 WestConn
2025-11-08 13:00 - 15:00 | ME
University of Southern Maine Women’s Soccer vs WestConn – Little East Conference Tournament Final – No. 3 Huskies vs. No. 4 WestConn
Streaming Video: https://flosports.link/40b4Ijo

University of Southern Maine Women's Ice Hockey vs UMass Boston
2025-11-08 15:00 - 18:00 | ME
University of Southern Maine Women’s Ice Hockey vs UMass Boston
L 0-1
Streaming Video: https://flosports.link/40b4Ijo

University of Southern Maine Men's Ice Hockey at Keene State
2025-11-08 15:30 - 18:30 | Keene, NH, Keene, New Hampshire, United States
University of Southern Maine Men’s Ice Hockey at Keene State
Streaming Video: https://flosports.link/40b4Ijo
Tickets: https://usnh.evenue.net/list/KSA

RESCHEDULED - Pianofest
2025-11-08 19:00 - 21:00 | Performance Hall — Crewe Center for the Arts, 111 Bedford St, Portland, ME, 04101, United States
We’re celebrating the spirit of the piano at Pianofest—a vibrant showcase featuring the talented students of the Osher School of Music’s classical piano studio. This recital offers a wide-ranging program that highlights our rising pianists.
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.

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.

Natural Selection
2025-11-10 13:00 - 14:00 | Southworth Planetarium — Science Building, 70 Falmouth St, Portland, ME, 04103, United States
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.

Veterans Appreciation Dinner
2025-11-10 17:00 - 19:00 | McGoldrick Center for Career & Student Success, 35 Bedford Street, Portland, ME, 04101, United States
Join us for dinner with your fellow student veterans and supportive staff and faculty while enjoying a local veteran comedian!
Please RSVP below so we can plan for your attendance.
