Mixing West African Traditional Sounds and American R&B

State Theatre 609 Congress St, Portland, ME, United States

Five-time Grammy Award winner Angélique Kidjo is one of the greatest artists in international music today, a creative force with fourteen albums and innumerable accolades to her name. Kidjo cross-pollinates the West African traditional sounds of her childhood in Benin with elements of American R&B, funk and jazz, as well as influences from Europe and Latin America.

Evening Extra: Contested Nuclear Taboo in the Third Nuclear Age

University of Southern Maine, 102 Wishcamper 34 Bedford St, Portland, ME, United States

Over the past decade, there have been growing concerns that the renewed great power competition and the increasing salience of nuclear weapons in world politics could eventually lead to the erosion of the international norm against the use of nuclear weapons - the “nuclear taboo.” Join students and faculty with the Department of Political Science... Read more »

Weeknight Webinar: Syria in Transition

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Join Dr. Amy Austin Holmes, a leading expert on Syria and author of "Statelet of Survivors," for a critical discussion of the country's dramatic transition following Assad's fall. The conversation will draw on her seven years of field research in Northeast Syria and explore the challenges and opportunities of establishing governance and building an inclusive... Read more »

U.S. Foreign Policy at a Crossroads, with Secretary William S. Cohen

U.S. Foreign Policy at a Crossroads Featuring Secretary William S. Cohen Moderated by: Sarah Dawn Petrin, World Affairs Council of Maine, Nonresident Senior Fellow Atlantic Council Join the World Affairs Council of Maine for a thought-provoking evening with Secretary William S. Cohen, former U.S. Secretary of Defense (1997–2001), Senator (1979–1997), and Congressman (1973–1979). As Chairman... Read more »

$15

U.S.-China Relations with Susan Thornton

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Great Decisions 2025: U.S. Foreign Policy at a Crossroads NOW ONLINE -- U.S. - China Relations with Susan Thornton Join us for a compelling evening as the 2025 Great Decisions program continues with an insightful lecture on "US-China Relations" by Susan Thornton, former Acting Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, moderated... Read more »

$15

Community Calendar

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