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AUGUSTA — The University of Maine at Augusta will hold a virtual event, hosted by the Belgrade Historical Society, on Elizabeth Arden’s Maine Chance Spa at 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 30.
The event is free and open to the public, but registration is required.
The spa, now the Travis Mills Foundation, overlooks Long Pond on the Mount Vernon-Rome line on Castle Island Road, and was a gathering place for movie stars and other elite in the 1930s. Lisa Walker, associate professor of English at the University of Southern Maine, who has conducted extensive research on Arden’s spa, will lead the discussion about its place in Maine’s mid-century history. Walker will also share slides of the spa and some of its clients as part of her presentation.
This event is part of UMA’s Maine’s Mid-Century Moment events exploring some of the artists, writers, and innovators who shaped and chronicled Maine’s mid-century cultural evolution. Maine’s Mid-Century Moment has been made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
