Travis Baker, who teaches English at the University of Maine, was the focus of the latest column in the Bangor Daily News’ Conversations with Maine series. Baker spoke about the inspiration for his play “One Blue Tarp,” which was named Best Play for the state of Maine in the 2013 Clauder New England Playwright Competition. […]
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The University of Maine will hold the 10th annual International Dance Festival (IDF) on Feb. 15 at the Collins Center for the Arts. The performances, which are free and open to the public, will take place at 2 and 7 p.m. The event, featuring more than 100 individuals from all over the globe, is expected […]
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University of Maine alumnus David Demsey will play the saxophone with the Bangor Symphony on Saturday, Feb. 1 and host a master class with six UMaine School of Performing Arts saxophone students on Jan. 31. During his visit, Demsey will also work with the UMaine Jazz Ensemble. Demsey is a professor of music and coordinator […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported on the retirement of Ludlow Hallman, a music professor and conductor at the University of Maine. Hallman conducted his last Oratorio Society concert Jan. 20 at the Hampden Academy Performing Arts Center in Hampden. Hallman, who plans to spend the first year of his retirement in Italy, said this is a […]
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The Maine Edge reviewed Orono Community Theatre’s production of “Proof,” a psychological drama, that is being performed in the Cyrus Pavilion Theatre on campus. The play, directed by UMaine alumna and Orono Community Theatre Director Sandy Cyrus, stars Dick Brucher, a professor in and chair of the UMaine English Department; Jennifer Hancock, a current UMaine […]
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WVII (Channel 7) reported on the University of Maine School of Performing Arts’ presentation of “Ein deutsches Requiem” by Johannes Brahms at the Hampden Academy Performing Arts Center in Hampden. Retiring Professor Ludlow Hallman conducted the concert, which was dedicated to the memory of those killed during the December 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary […]
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The Portland Press Herald reported on a current exhibition at the University of Maine Museum of Art that features work by Monroe, Maine, artist Kenny Cole. Cole’s “Parabellum,” an interactive painting installation that rewrites some Civil War history, is one of the museum’s three exhibits running January through March. George Kinghorn, UMMA director and curator, […]
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WVII (Channel 7) reported on the University of Maine Museum of Art’s winter exhibitions that will open to the public on Jan. 17 and run through March 22. The exhibits, “From Piranesi to Picasso: Master Prints from the Permanent Collection,” Hannah Cole’s “Time’s Wife” and Kenny Cole’s “Parabellum (Prepare for War)” include art from Maine […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported John Patches, executive director of the Collins Center for the Arts at the University of Maine, announced he will retire effective Jan. 31. Patches, 70, has been the head of the center since 1992 and said he is retiring to spend more time with family in Maine and California.
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John Patches, the longtime director of the University of Maine Collins Center for the Arts, has announced he will retire effective Jan. 31 in order to spend more time with his family. Patches will be dividing his time between Maine and California to be with his grandson. Recognition of Patches’ 22-year legacy and role in […]
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