The Bangor Daily News included several on-campus holiday events at the University of Maine in a roundup of holiday events in eastern Maine. According to the BDN, the Page Farm and Home Museum at UMaine is hosting wreathmaking workshops led by museum director Patricia Henner. Cost is $20 and includes all materials; upcoming workshops run […]
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The December issue of Maine Home + Design includes a profile of the University of Maine Museum of Art exhibition “So Real: Selections from the Museum Collection.” The magazine’s “Showcase” story highlights the realism depicted in the “extreme commitment to detail and the portrayal of real-life events” of the works by painters, woodcarvers and embroiderers. […]
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The Penobscot Bay Pilot previewed two photography exhibits to be on display in Belfast at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center’s H. Allen and Sally Fernald Art Gallery Dec. 7–March 28. “Kosti Comes Home: An Exhibit of Maritime Images by Maine’s Iconic Photographer Kosti Ruohomaa” will focus on Maine coastal and maritime works, according to […]
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In December, Micmac Donna Sanipass’ spectacular, detailed pinecone basket made of brown ash and sweetgrass will be raffled off at the Maine Indian Basketmakers Holiday Market. Proceeds will support the 24th annual market that will be held 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 8, at the Collins Center for the Arts at the University […]
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The Cultural Affairs/Distinguished Lecture Series Committee is accepting grant applications from the University of Maine community. Grants support up to 50 percent of expenses associated with cultural events that enhance the artistic, cultural and intellectual life of UMaine. The CA/DLS committee accepts applications four times a year. The next application deadline is Nov. 26 for […]
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John Patrick’s classic play “The Curious Savage” is the latest offering from the University of Maine School of Performing Arts, opening Friday, Nov. 9 at Hauck Auditorium. The production runs for seven performances: 7:30 p.m. Nov. 9–10 and Nov. 16–17; 2 p.m. Nov. 11 and 18; and 10 a.m. Nov. 15. Tickets are $10 and […]
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Fiddlehead Focus reported members of the Pride of Madawaska Band recently performed for thousands of fans at the University of Maine’s Harold Alfond Sports Stadium. Twenty-five students joined the Pride of Maine Black Bear Marching Band for a halftime performance during an Oct. 6 football game. Valley Unified music teacher Taylor Martin, director of the […]
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A choral concert and poetry reading commemorating World War I will be held Nov. 9 at the University of Maine and Nov. 11 at the Church of Universal Fellowship in Orono. “We Are the Dead: The Legacy of Loss” is the first set of performance events in the UMaine Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center’s […]
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The University of Maine will host the Orono premiere of the critically acclaimed documentary “Dawnland” at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 29. The showing will be held in 100 D.P. Corbett Business Building. Filmmakers and film participants are expected to attend. “Dawnland” is a documentary about cultural survival and stolen children — inside the first truth and […]
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The Journal Tribune reported Biddeford artist Roland Salazar Rose is teaming up with the Emera Astronomy Center at the University of Maine to present a public show based on his series of 11 “Solar Flare” paintings. The show, “Solar Flares and Salazar — An Art/Science Collaboration,” includes five evening programs in November where the paintings […]
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