University of Southern Maine Men's Indoor Track at Tufts National Qualifying Meet
2025-03-08 11:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | Medford, MA, Medford, Massachusetts, United States
University of Southern Maine Men’s Indoor Track at Tufts National Qualifying Meet
Streaming Video: https://tuftsjumbocast.com/

University of Southern Maine Women's Indoor Track at Tufts National Qualifying Meet
2025-03-08 11:00 - 14:00 | Medford, MA, Medford, Massachusetts, United States
University of Southern Maine Women’s Indoor Track at Tufts National Qualifying Meet
Streaming Video: https://tuftsjumbocast.com/

Lars the Little Polar Bear
2025-03-08 13:00 - 14:00
What happens when a frisky little polar bear named Lars ventures out on the first day of spring? He explores his Arctic home, meets new friends, and saves some endangered whales. Show length: 27 minutes

Seeing a Photons Journey
2025-03-09 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-03-10 13:00 - 14:00
Follow the journey of a photon as it’s produced in a distant star, and travels across the vast expanse of space to land on someone’s retina. See the fascinating processes of the cosmos, from astrophysics to the biology of the eye and brain. Show length: 26 minutes

Student Recital Series: Chase Whelan
2025-03-09 19:30 - 20:30 | Corthell Hall, 13 University Way, Gorham, ME, 04038, United States
The Osher School of Music is pleased to present Chase Whelan in his senior recital.
Student recitals are free and open to the public.

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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 the USM Music Box Office, (207) 780-5555, usm.music@maine.edu, TTY 711 (Maine Relay). Requests should be made as soon as possible to allow sufficient time for the accommodation process.

Visiting Artist: Masterclass with Conrad Tao
2025-03-10 11:00 - 13:00 | Corthell Hall, 13 University Way, Gorham, ME, 04038, United States
Join us for a piano masterclass with Conrad Tao!
Presented with Portland Ovations.

Conrad Tao has appeared worldwide as a pianist and composer and has been dubbed “the kind of musician who is shaping the future of classical music” by New York Magazine, and an artist of “probing intellect and open-hearted vision” by The New York Times.Tao has performed as soloist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, and Boston Symphony. As a composer, his work has been performed by orchestras throughout the world; his first large scale orchestral work, Everything Must Go, received its world premiere with the New York Philharmonic, and its European premiere with the Antwerp Symphony, and he was the recipient of a New York Dance and Performance “Bessie” Award, for Outstanding Sound Design / Music Composition, for his work on More Forever, in collaboration with dancer and choreographer Caleb Teicher. He is also the recipient of the prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant and was named a Gilmore Young Artist—an honor awarded every two years highlighting the most promising American pianists of the new generation.
In the 2023-24 season, Tao makes his subscription debut with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra performing Gershwin’s Concerto in F major with James Gaffigan. He also re-unites with the New York Philharmonic to perform Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 17, following his curated program for them last season as part of the Artist Spotlight series. Meanwhile, he celebrates the 100th anniversary of Rhapsody in Blue with multiple performances of the work and a new companion piece commissioned from him by the Santa Rosa Symphony. His return engagements include performances with the Cincinnati Symphony alongside Matthias Pintscher, the Oregon Symphony alongside David Danzmayr, and the Seattle Symphony, whom he play-directs in Conrad Tao’s Playlist, weaving Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 24 into an adventurous program of Stravinsky, Purcell, Linda Catlin Smith, and Morton Feldman. As part of the celebration of Rachmaninoff’s 150th birthday, Tao brings Rachmaninoff Songbook to the 92NY and Germany’s Klavierfestival Ruhr, presenting a direct line from Rachmaninoff to the music of Billy Strayhorn, Harold Arlen, and Stephen Sondheim.
In a concert curated by Tao himself, Tao invites UK-based new-music collective Distractfold to make their NYC debut at Kaufman Music Center with the world premiere of Andrew Greenwald’s A Thing Made Whole VIII along with music by Jürg Frey, Hanna Hartman and Mauricio Pauly. This season also includes performances with dancer Caleb Teicher in the duo’s Counterpoint program, which synthesizes the two seemingly disparate artforms of piano and tap dance. More collaborations include a multi-city tour throughout the season with the Junction Trio, including a program of John Zorn, Ives, and Beethoven at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, and the trio’s Detroit debut, among many others.
In the 2022-23 season, Tao performed Mozart with the New York Philharmonic, for whom he also curated a program for their Artist Spotlight series, featuring collaborations with vocalist Charmaine Lee, and wind ensemble The Westerlies. Tao also made an appearance with the Cleveland Orchestra at Blossom and the San Francisco Symphony, both as a soloist in Gershwin’s Concerto in F major at Davies Symphony Hall, and as a curator for their SoundBox series. In Washington, DC, he made his debut with the National Symphony Orchestra performing Shostakovich with Dalia Staveska, and, following Atlanta Symphony’s premiere of his Violin Concerto with Stefan Jackiw in 2021, he appeared as soloist with the orchestra performing Ravel with Ryan Bancroft. After their successful collaboration with the Finnish Radio Symphony, Tao further re-united with Hannu Lintu to perform Tchaikovsky with the Naples Philharmonic, as well as returned to Finland to open the season with the Tampere Philharmonic and Santtu-Matias Rouvali.
A Warner Classics recording artist, Tao’s debut disc Voyages was declared a “spiky debut” by The New Yorker’s Alex Ross. Of the album, NPR wrote: “Tao proves himself to be a musician of deep intellectual and emotional means”. His next album, Pictures, with works by David Lang, Toru Takemitsu, Elliott Carter, Mussorgsky, and Tao himself, was hailed by The New York Times as “a fascinating album [by] a thoughtful artist and dynamic performer…played with enormous imagination, color and command.” His third album, American Rage, featuring works by Julia Wolfe, Frederic Rzewski, and Aaron Copland, was released in the fall of 2019. In 2021, Tao and brass quartet The Westerlies released Bricolage, an album of improvisations and experiments recorded in a small cabin in rural New Hampshire in June 2019.
Tao was born in Urbana, Illinois in 1994. He has studied piano with Emilio del Rosario in Chicago and Yoheved Kaplinsky in New York, and composition with Christopher Theofanidis.

Event Details
Parking
Reserve Your Parking
Alternatively, payment kiosks are available both in the parking lot outside Bailey Hall and within the Corthell Hall lobby.
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 the USM Music Box Office, (207) 780-5555, usm.music@maine.edu, TTY 711 (Maine Relay). Requests should be made as soon as possible to allow sufficient time for the accommodation process.

On-Campus Recruitment: Central Maine Healthcare
2025-03-11 10:00 - 14:00 | McGoldrick Center for Career & Student Success, 35 Bedford Street, Portland, ME, 04101, United States
Connect with local employers! Various employers will be on campus almost every week to talk about their work and answer any questions. These visits are great opportunities to network and learn about potential career paths.

Our Favorite Things: Gallery Exhibition
2025-03-11 10:00 - 16:00, 2025-03-12 10:00 - 16:00, 2025-03-13 10:00 - 16:00, 2025-03-14 10:00 - 16:00 | Osher Map Library — Glickman Family Library, 314 Forest Ave, Portland, ME, 04101, United States
Our Favorite Things: A Special Selection of Items from the Collection Chosen by Staff and Friends
This gallery exhibition highlights a special selection of items from the collection chosen by the OML staff and friends. It will be on view to the public from February 28, 2025 through April 22, 2025.

Walk-ins are welcome or set up a Gallery Appointment for a guided tour! Please note, on Saturdays we close at 2 PM.

Dinosaurs at Dusk
2025-03-11 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-03-12 13:00 - 14:00
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 frantically above us. Show length: 43 minutes

University of Southern Maine Men's Lacrosse vs Maine Maritime Academy - Note time change
2025-03-11 17:00 - 20:00
University of Southern Maine Men’s Lacrosse vs Maine Maritime Academy – Note time change
L 3-23
Streaming Video: https://www.littleeast.tv/southernmaine/

Yoga in the Gallery
2025-03-12 18:00 - 19:00 | Art Gallery, 5 University Way, Gorham, ME, 04038, United States
Join us in the University of Southern Maine Art Gallery for an instructor-led yoga session, open to participants of all levels. A limited number of yoga mats are available on a first-come, first-served basis – we encourage you to bring your own.

Roople Unia will be leading this upcoming “Yoga in the Gallery” session. Roople is a neurologist in the Brunswick area and a 200 hour trained Yoga instructor. Roople leads deep, relaxing yoga sessions and we’re super happy she is willing to support this.

Please note: participants are required to sign health waivers in order to engage in this event for the protection of campus facilities and our instructors. This event is free and open to the public. Relax, spread out in our gallery space, and breathe!

This USM Gorham campus event is co-presented by the Recovery Oriented Campus Center and SKY@USM.

International Women's Day Event - Transnational Health Initiatives: A Dialogue
2025-03-12 18:00 - 20:00 | McGoldrick Center for Career & Student Success, 35 Bedford Street, Portland, ME, 04101, United States
Partners for World Health and the School of Nursing present International Women’s Day 2025 – Transnational Health Initiatives: A Dialogue on March 12th, 2025 from 6-8 pm in the McGoldrick Center 2nd floor

University of Southern Maine Women's Lacrosse vs Saint Joseph's College of Maine
2025-03-12 18:00 - 21:00
University of Southern Maine Women’s Lacrosse vs Saint Joseph’s College of Maine
Streaming Video: https://www.littleeast.tv/southernmaine/

Living Worlds
2025-03-13 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-03-14 13:00 - 14:00
What forms might life take in the Solar System and beyond? Journey through the cosmos to discover how a deeper understanding of Earth can help us spot other living worlds light-years away.

MAEA Spring Art Exhibition: "Fulfillment"
2025-03-14 - 2025-04-21 | Atrium Gallery — LAC, 51 Westminster St, Lewiston, ME, 04240, United States
Fulfillment, features artwork by members of the Maine Art Education Association (MAEA), celebrating the creative talents of Maine’s dedicated art educators, demonstrating that they are not only teachers but also practicing artists in their own right. Visitors to the gallery will have the opportunity to experience firsthand the depth of talent and passion that Maine’s art teachers bring to their craft. These educators, devoted to fostering creativity in their classrooms, now take center stage to share their artistic practices in a variety of mediums. This exhibition not only showcases members’ artistic abilities but reinforces the significance of maintaining a personal artistic practice while inspiring the next generation of creators.
The Maine Art Education Association is a professional organization that promotes visual arts education in Maine. With over 200 members throughout the state, MAEA’s goals include encouraging best practices in visual arts classrooms, supporting professional development for its members, and recognizing and celebrating outstanding educators. The association is dedicated to supporting art educators and advocating for the importance of visual arts in schools and communities.
To request accessibility accommodations or ask a question, please contact Netty Provost at netty.provost@maine.edu.

Coffee and Crosswords
2025-03-14 08:00 - 08:30
Calling all mini crossword fans! Start your Fridays off right with the New York Times Mini Crossword (and share your time, if you’re the competitive type) in the Virtual VRC. Sudoku fans also welcome, and coffee, while not provided virtually, is highly encouraged.

University of Southern Maine Wrestling vs NCAA Division III National Championship - Amica Mutual Pavilion - Providence, R.I.
2025-03-14 10:00 - 13:00 | Providence, RI, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
University of Southern Maine Wrestling vs NCAA Division III National Championship – Amica Mutual Pavilion – Providence, R.I. Streaming Video: https://www.ncaa.com/liveschedule/2025/03/14

University of Southern Maine Baseball vs La Roche University - Lake Myrtle, Fla. - Main Field
2025-03-14 10:00 - 13:00
University of Southern Maine Baseball vs La Roche University – Lake Myrtle, Fla. – Main Field Streaming Video: https://russmatt.com/tournament-info/live-streaming/

2025-26 Graduate Fellowship Information Session
2025-03-14 11:00 - 12:00 | Zoom meeting
As valued members of the University of Southern Maine (USM) community, there are a number of fellowships available to our graduate students. These opportunities are designed to provide grad students with enriching experiences, professional connections, cross-disciplinary collaborations, and financial support.

The Graduate Research Opportunity (GRO) Program and Office of Graduate Studies teams want to make sure our students have the information needed in order to determine the most fitting possibilities for their research and creative pursuits. We are pleased to invite you to the 2025-26 Graduate Fellowship Virtual Information Session to learn more about each fellowship program: participation expectations, application process, program benefits, and provide space for students to get their questions answered.

Register today to receive a Zoom link to the virtual event being held on Friday, March 14, 2025 at 11:00 AM EST. Please RSVP by Wednesday, March 12.

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 the Graduate Research Opportunity Program: usm.gro@maine.edu. Requests should be made as soon as possible to allow sufficient time for the accommodation process.

University of Southern Maine Women's Indoor Track at NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships - Hammith (LJ): 12:00 PM
2025-03-14 12:00 - 15:00 | Rochester, NY – Nazareth University, East Avenue 4245, Rochester, New York, 14618, United States
University of Southern Maine Women’s Indoor Track at NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships – Hammith (LJ): 12:00 PM
Streaming Video: https://www.ncaa.com/event/4573

University of Southern Maine Men's Indoor Track at NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships - Shain (60m): 2:00 PM - Richards (400m): 3:05 PM - Drummey (PV): 3:30 PM
2025-03-14 14:00 - 17:00 | Rochester, NY – Nazareth University, East Avenue 4245, Rochester, New York, 14618, United States
University of Southern Maine Men’s Indoor Track at NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships – Shain (60m): 2:00 PM – Richards (400m): 3:05 PM – Drummey (PV): 3:30 PM
Streaming Video: https://www.ncaa.com/event/4573

CANCELLED University of Southern Maine Men's Lacrosse vs Vermont State University Lyndon
2025-03-14 16:00 - 19:00
CANCELLED University of Southern Maine Men’s Lacrosse vs Vermont State University Lyndon

University of Southern Maine Men's Lacrosse vs Regis College
2025-03-14 16:00 - 19:00
University of Southern Maine Men’s Lacrosse vs Regis College
Streaming Video: https://www.littleeast.tv/southernmaine/

Opening Reception for "Fulfillment" — MAEA Spring Art Exhibition
2025-03-14 17:30 - 19:00 | Atrium Gallery — LAC, 51 Westminster St, Lewiston, ME, 04240, United States
You are cordially invited to the opening reception for Fulfillment, an exhibition showcasing the work of Maine’s art educators! An artist talk will take place at 6:00 PM, offering insight into the artistic practices of these educators.
The reception is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.
Fulfillment, features artwork by members of the Maine Art Education Association (MAEA), celebrating the creative talents of Maine’s dedicated art educators, demonstrating that they are not only teachers but also practicing artists in their own right. Visitors to the gallery will have the opportunity to experience firsthand the depth of talent and passion that Maine’s art teachers bring to their craft. These educators, devoted to fostering creativity in their classrooms, now take center stage to share their artistic practices in a variety of mediums. This exhibition not only showcases members’ artistic abilities but reinforces the significance of maintaining a personal artistic practice while inspiring the next generation of creators.
The Maine Art Education Association is a professional organization that promotes visual arts education in Maine. With over 200 members throughout the state, MAEA’s goals include encouraging best practices in visual arts classrooms, supporting professional development for its members, and recognizing and celebrating outstanding educators. The association is dedicated to supporting art educators and advocating for the importance of visual arts in schools and communities.
Fulfillment is on display at the LAC Atrium Gallery from March 14 – April 21, 2025.
To request accessibility accommodations or ask a question, please contact Netty Provost at netty.provost@maine.edu.
