“Plan B,” a new multimedia art exhibit curated by Larraine Brown of Artivism in Maine, is at the H. Allen and Sally Fernald Art Gallery at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast. The show, on display through Jan. 9, is free and open to the public from 8 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Monday–Friday. There will […]
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The Times Record, Boothbay Register and Penobscot Bay Pilot reported that Elizabeth Downing, instructor of flute at the University of Maine, will perform with Grammy-winning composer and pianist Paul Sullivan at the Boothbay Harbor Opera House on Dec. 3 for the first in a series of holiday concerts at the historic venue.
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Turner Publishing Inc. noted that the First Concert of Sebago-Long Lake Music Festival’s 50th season, which will be broadcast on Maine Public Radio’s Maine Stage, at 8 p.m. Nov. 23 includes “The Lake Guide,” a piece commissioned by the festival to commemorate its 50th anniversary written by Beth Wiemann, a music professor at the University […]
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The Office of International Programs and the International Student Association is issuing a call for performers for the 2023 International Dance Festival in the Collins Center for the Arts on Feb. 11, with shows at 2 p.m. and 7 .p.m. The annual event showcasing performances from around the world is a unique opportunity for cross-cultural […]
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This year, the Studio Art Senior Capstone exhibit in Lord Hall Gallery is called “Énouement.” As always, the students in the class chose the name, which is French for the bittersweetness of having arrived here in the future without being able to tell your past self how everything turned out. The pieces are at once […]
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The Collins Center for the Arts has been awarded the new “Spirit of the Region” Cultural Award from the Bangor Region Chamber of Commerce. The award recognizes an individual, business or organization that has made significant contributions to the arts, entertainment and cultural opportunities in the Bangor region. The Collins Center will be recognized at […]
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The Bangor Daily News shared that the film “Hungry Now,” which was created through a documentary filmmaking course at University of Maine Machias, will premiere at the Collins Center for the Arts in Orono on Nov. 13 at 3 p.m. The UMaine Machias Performing Arts Center will host a second screening in-person on Dec. 2 […]
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Broadway World promoted the premiere broadcast of the opera “I Give You My Home,” with music and libretto composed by Beth Wiemann, a professor in the University of Maine School of Performing Arts, at the Guerilla Emergence Festival, a virtual festival of ground-breaking works commissioned by Guerilla Opera that runs Nov. 29–Dec. 2, streaming online […]
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The University of Maine Division of Lifelong Learning will hold its second annual UMaine campuswide contest to determine next year’s Summer University poster. The contest is now open to all current University of Maine students. Contestants should create a piece of original, digital art considering what summer at UMaine means to them. The winning entry […]
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The film “Hungry Now,” which was created through a documentary filmmaking course at University of Maine at Machias, will premiere at the Collins Center for the Arts in Orono on Nov. 13 at 3 p.m. “Hungry Now” is an hour-long documentary that looks to answer the everyday questions of homelessness through a series of interviews […]
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