Contact: Nate Aldrich, 322-5738, Owen Smith, 581-4389 ORONO — As sound is created by wind in the trees or a waterfall, a new art installation at the University of Maine’s Memorial Union is converting pedestrian motion to computer-generated “ambient music.” Since May 26, visitors to the Bookstore and pedestrian mall in the Union building may […]
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Contact: Gretchen Faulkner, 581-1901, George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — The artwork of Jeanne Seronde Perkins, an artist from Mount Desert Island who works with batik, collage and primary shapes, is currently on exhibit at the University of Maine’s Hudson Museum. Working with hand-painted or dyed mulberry paper, hot wax, crayon, glue, silk, watercolor and materials […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571. BAR HARBOR, ME– A sea kayaker a mile out to sea is not clearly visible from shore. The same principle holds true on the water: if a lobsterman is working traps a mile away from where a kayaker paddles, chances are the lobsterman will not know the kayaker is […]
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Contact: Kathryn Olmstead, 581-3844, Patty Henner, 581-4100, George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — Middle schools throughout Maine recently received a booklet titled “Maine: A Place to Grow,” a collection of articles about Maine agriculture released this month in memory of the author, Anne S. Johnson of Orono. Johnson, who died in December, was a co-founder of […]
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Contact: Nick Houtman, Dept. of Public Affairs, 207-581-3777 ORONO, Maine — Students from Monmouth Academy will put spaghetti noodles — Delverde perciatelli #6, to be precise — to the test during the third annual Spaghetti Bridge Breaking Competition at the University of Maine on May 25. The event will be held in Boardman Hall, room […]
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Contact: Kathryn Jovanelli 207.561.3352 ART EXHIBITION July 15 — October 8, 2005 Bangor, Maine – Inspired by the 100th anniversary of Adams’s birth in 2002, George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film revisited its extensive collection of Adams’s work, creating a new exhibition of 150 photographs that reflects Adams’s full career. Ansel Adams: […]
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Contact: Heidi Carlow, 581-1512 Administered by the Cultural Affairs/Distinguished Lecture Series Committee Objective: Income from the Fund shall be used to support cultural activities in arts, drama, literature, or music for the enjoyment of University students, faculty, staff, and friends. Guidelines: 1. Who may submit applications? On-campus organizations. Proposals for events that showcase the creative […]
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Contact: Patty Henner, (207) 581-4100, George Manlove, (207) 581-3756 ORONO — The UMaine Page Farm and Home Museum brown bag lunch lecture June 1 will feature organic herbalists Nancy Lowry and Roseanna Rich from Indian Meadows Herbals, LLC, a small Downeast company that produces home-grown salves, balms and creams. The one-hour program, which begins at […]
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Contact: Kay Hyatt (207) 581-2761 ORONO, Maine — More than 50 Maine school districts representing nearly 160 communities will send school-community teams to the University of Maine to learn more about the Sports Done Right interscholastic athletics reform initiative during a free training session on Wednesday, May 25. The workshop runs from 9 a.m. to […]
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Contact: Alan Parks, 581-1236 ORONO –Three individuals will be honored Thursday, May 19, by the UMaine Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies for outstanding vision and leadership that contribute to advancing the rights of people with disabilities and their families. The Daring to Dream Awards luncheon will be held Thursday, May 19 in the […]
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