Adapted from celebrated folk singer and social activist Woody Guthrie's autobiography, Bound for Glory centers on a few pivotal years during the Great Depression. Midwesterner Guthrie plays music locally but can't earn enough as a sign painter to support his wife and children. With only his paintbrushes and guitar, Guthrie joins the migration westward from […]

In 2001 EMI Energy began efforts to construct the first offshore wind project in U.S. coastal waters. With a proposed location in Nantucket Sound about six miles from Hyannis, nine miles from Martha's Vineyard, and 13 miles from Nantucket Island, the 468-megawatt Cape Wind project is one of the most disputed wind projects in history. […]

Matt Silverman, Colby Class of '12, is a conservation assistant with Kennebec Land Trust, working on KLT's Local Wood and Conservation Initiative as well as on other land-trust duties. Following lunch at 11:30 a.m., Silverman will speak at noon about land conservation in central Maine. Fairchild Room, Dana Dining Hall, Colby College.

Do you want to make an informed choice about insurance for yourself or family? Malory Shaughnessy, Outreach and Education Specialist from Maine Community Health Options, will give an overview of the new marketplace, new requirements and new options for affordable health insurance, what assistance is available, what a Health Insurance CO-OP is, and will answer […]

The Portland Symphony Orchestra with Robert Moody, Music Director, and Suzanne Nance, Guest Soprano will be back to entertain central Maine. Proceeds from the event will go toward the purchase of fetal monitoring equipment in the Inland Birthing Center. The program will include: CoplandFanfare for the Common Man SchubertAve Maria w/Suzanne Nance Elgar"Nimrod" from the […]

The royal apartments of Queen Mekhmene Banu are plunged into mourning — her young sister, Princess Shyrin, is dying. The Princess will only be saved if the Queen gives Shyrin her beauty. The Queen decides to sacrifice herself, but later regrets her action when she is disfigured and Shyrin falls in love with the Queen's […]

Cyber warfare can be thought of as the latest embodiment of military intelligence. The ubiquity of computing devices has blurred the distinction between kinetic and non-kinetic forms of warfare. In his talk, Prof. George Markowsky will survey the precursors of cyberwarfare, the current state of cyberwarfare and some scenarios for how it might develop in […]

It's that time again! Please join us for our annual Kringleville Dinner and Auction, which is sponsored by Camden National Bank. We'll have a Happy Hour with a silent auction, 5:00 — 6:00, followed by a full sit-down dinner, which will include Roasted Vegetable Salad, Oven Roasted Breast of Turkey w/herb sauce, sourdough stuffing, and […]