UMPI news in brief
PRESQUE ISLE — The University of Maine at Presque Isle will observe the 25th annual Breast Cancer Awareness Month by holding a candlelight vigil at 5 p.m. on Oct. 6 outside of the Campus Center in honor of those affected by the disease. The public is invited to attend the silent vigil, and light a candle in honor of a friend or loved one. Candles lit during the event will burn through the night, in memory of those lost, until the candle wicks naturally burn out. All are invited to light a candle or simply come and support other University or community members. To learn more about Breast Cancer Awareness Month activities to be held at UMPI, call 768-9852.
Registered attendees will visit the Homestead Lodge in Oxbow, departing at 11 a.m. and returning at approximately 4:30 p.m. on Oct. 7. While visiting, participants will get to learn more about the buffalo that are raised there and will also be able to purchase a buffalo burger lunch for $10 if they choose to. They will also stop at the Oxbow Wreaths Deep in the Woods Gift Shop where arts and crafts of over 75 Maine artisans are carried and wreaths are made. A demonstration on wreath-making will be given and attendees will learn more about the Christmas tree farm. FMI, call 768-9502.
The University of Maine at Presque Isle’s Reed Fine Art Gallery will present the exhibition Maine Woods: Observations by Bert Lincoln Call & Henry David Thoreau from Sept. 17 through Oct. 16, providing an up-close look at 35 photographs and quotations from the 1800s describing the Northern Maine wilderness. This exhibit comes to the Reed Gallery courtesy of the Dexter Historical Society and has traveled throughout the state of Maine and consists of photographs by Bert Lincoln Call and quotations from Henry David Thoreau’s “The Maine Woods.” The Reed Fine Art Gallery is open Monday through Saturday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The gallery is closed Sundays and university holidays. For more information, please call Sandra Huck at 768-9611.
