Calendar of Events

Book Talk: Here to Stay: Lives in 17th Century Canada
2025-10-15 18:30 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | Massachusetts
Denis Ledoux
Denis Ledoux is known for writing his family stories (his mother’s, We Were Not Spoiled/A Franco-American Memoir; his spouse’s, A Sugary Frosting/Life in a New
England Parsonage; and his own, French Boy/A 1950s Franco-American Childhood). He has now taken his family writing into the far past with Here to Stay/Lives in 17th
Century Canada. In this latest book, he writes of four early family members from the 1660s, and by placing them in a carefully delineated historical context, has
created a glimpse into the first century of French Canada as our ancestors struggled against odds to maintain a foothold on the continent. Here to Stay is a
book filled with heroic effort, profound tragedy and perilous survival. “They were not like us,” he concludes. “They were epic heroes!”

University of Southern Maine Women's Soccer at Bates College
2025-10-15 19:00 - 21:00 | Lewiston, ME, Lewiston, Maine, 04240, United States
University of Southern Maine Women’s Soccer at Bates College
Streaming Video: https://www.nsnsports.net/colleges/bates

University of Southern Maine Field Hockey vs Thomas College
2025-10-15 19:00 - 22:00 | Massachusetts
University of Southern Maine Field Hockey vs Thomas College
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Streaming Video: https://flosports.link/40b4Ijo

Indigenous Peoples' Day Celebration
2025-10-16 12:00 - 15:00 | McGoldrick Center for Career & Student Success, 35 Bedford Street, Portland, ME, 04101, United States
Join the Office of Student Engagement & Belonging and Sodexo for a vibrant community celebration honoring Indigenous Peoples’ Day.
On Thursday, October 16th traditional Indigenous meals will be served during lunch at the Brooks Dining Hall in Gorham and at the McGoldrick Dining Center in Portland. From 12PM-3PM on the McGoldrick Patio we’ll be hosting Mi’kmaq, Passamaquoddy, and Wabanaki performers and artists. Stop on by to enjoy the shared warmth of music, storytelling, community, and complimentary coffee and tea provided by Sodexo.
In addition to the performances, USM alum Marissa Joly will be selling her artwork and the University Store will be hosting a pop-up bookstore featuring over 50 titles written by Indigenous authors including fiction, nonfiction, and children’s books.
All are welcome. Come celebrate, learn, and support Indigenous voices.

Dark Matter Mystery
2025-10-16 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-10-17 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-10-17 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-10-18 13:00 - 14:00 | Massachusetts
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.

Walking Meditation: Walk with Lin Lisberger and Patty Dodd
2025-10-16 16:00 - 17:00 | Art Gallery, 5 University Way, Gorham, ME, 04038, United States
Walking Meditation brings together artist Lin Lisberger (featured in the University of Southern Maine Art Gallery’s upcoming exhibition, 20 Walks) and meditation teacher Patty Dodd for a calming stroll on the University of Southern Maine Gorham campus pathways. Departing from the University of Southern Maine Art Gallery (5 University Way, Gorham), Dodd will lead the pre and post walk discussions. Lisberger will lead the walk and discuss themes of walking as a practice.

The walk will take place over the course of one hour on light terrain. Participants are encouraged to wear close-toed walking shoes, bring water, and a small trail snack if they like. Leave no trace principles will be observed. Please, no pets. So that we may have an accurate headcount for the event, we kindly ask that you please register at the Eventbrite link below. Lin Lisberger will be available for questions at the University of Southern Maine Art Gallery following the Walking Meditation. Please join us for an intimate exhibition viewing.

Capacity is limited to 30 participants! Please register via the Eventbrite link to reserve your place.

About the speakers:
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 work 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.
In a local high school gym, in 1970, Patty Dodd took a Transcendental Meditation class. Sitting amongst many other students, she felt the magic of meditation and meditating with others. Patty has sought out this experience ever since. She has been a serious student of Tibetan Buddhism since 2010. Lama Willa Baker of Natural Dharma Fellowship, is her main teacher. Patty is primarily interested in body based meditations and meditating in nature. She finds that nature can meditate you.In 2017 Patty started teaching meditation to high school students. She also has held meditations for staff and teachers at Portland Adult Ed and hosts a Thursday night meditation group on Zoom and hybrid.You will find Patty meditating on the Eastern Prom many mornings. You’re always welcome to join her.
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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University of Southern Maine Women's Volleyball at Colby-Sawyer College
2025-10-16 19:00 - 21:00 | New London, NH, New London, New Hampshire, United States
University of Southern Maine Women’s Volleyball at Colby-Sawyer College
Streaming Video: https://team1sports.com/colbysawyerchargers/

University of Southern Maine Women's Soccer at Vermont State University Castleton
2025-10-17 16:00 - 18:00 | Castleton, VT, Castleton, Vermont, United States
University of Southern Maine Women’s Soccer at Vermont State University Castleton
Streaming Video: https://flosports.link/40b4Ijo

Laura Kargul & the Portland String Quartet
2025-10-17 19:00 - 21:00 | 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

University of Southern Maine Men's Soccer vs Vermont State University Castleton - Senior Day
2025-10-18 13:00 - 15:00 | Massachusetts
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
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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 | Massachusetts
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 | Massachusetts
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.

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 | Massachusetts
University of Southern Maine Field Hockey vs New England College
Streaming Video: https://flosports.link/40b4Ijo
