Arts

Deadline extended for Summer University 2022 poster art contest

The deadline for the University of Maine Division of Lifelong Learning campuswide contest to determine next year’s Summer University poster has been extended to Jan. 2. The contest is open to all current UMaine students. Contestants should create a piece of original, digital art considering what UMaine Summer means to them and how “Your adventure starts […]

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News Center, WABI report on Wabanaki Winter Market

News Center Maine and WABI (Channel 5) reported on the annual Wabanaki Winter Market, a celebration of art created by Wabanaki artists, held Saturday at the University of Maine Collins Center for the Arts. The event was co-sponsored by the UMaine Hudson Museum and the Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance (MIBA).

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Fall Dance Showcase returns this week at Hauck Auditorium

The UMaine School of Performing Arts Division of Theatre and Dance will present its biannual Dance Showcase live at 7:30 pm Thursday–Saturday, Dec. 9–11 at the Hauck Auditorium.  The Fall Dance Showcase is the highlight and culmination of a semester of work from dance students practicing a variety of styles and techniques, including modern, jazz, […]

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Media promote Wabanaki Winter Market

The Bangor Daily News, Sun Journal and Centralmaine.com promoted the annual Wabanaki Winter Market, which will return with in-person shopping and demonstrations from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 11 at the University of Maine Collins Center for the Arts.

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Tickets go on sale Dec. 10 for ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic at the UMaine Collins Center

Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Dec. 10 for the “Weird Al” Yankovic’s “The Unfortunate Return of the Ridiculously Self-Indulgent, Ill-Advised Vanity Tour,” coming to the Collins Center for the Arts at the University of Maine on April 30. Tickets for the 8 p.m. performance are available at collinscenterforthearts.com.  In 2022, Yankovic will launch […]

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Media highlight upcoming performance by choir with UMaine members

The Ellsworth American and The Weekly Packet highlighted an upcoming performance of Orono’s chamber choir Euphony directed by Francis John Vogt, director of choral programs at the University of Maine, at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 12, at St. Francis By the Sea Episcopal Church. The choir includes UMaine students, alumni and faculty.

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Greenlaw’s book presentation noted in Pen Bay Pilot

The Penobscot Bay Pilot highlighted a recent presentation at Cushing Public Library in which Suzanne Greenlaw, a Ph.D. student with the University of Maine School of Forest Resources, and Gabriel Frey about their book “First Blade of Sweetgrass.” 

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