Machias Valley News Observer reported the Machias Bay Chamber Concerts will present a classical music performance 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 8 at the Centre Street Congregational Church in Machias. The concert will feature classical bass trombonist Dan Barrett and pianist Laura Artesani, both music faculty members at the University of Maine. The program will include […]
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World-renowned violinist Francisco Fullana will perform Saturday, Aug. 5 in Minsky Recital Hall at the University of Maine. The concert begins at 7 p.m., with doors opening at 6:30 p.m. Admission is $20 at the door. The event is hosted by the Chamber Music Institute, a summer music camp for students of all ages that […]
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Mount Desert Islander reported the Barn Arts Collective will present an original performance by Bangladeshi artist Ali Asgar on Saturday, Aug. 5 at The Barn in Bass Harbor. Asgar is a multidisciplinary visual and performance artist who is an IMRC Center artist in residence for the academic year at the University of Maine. From 2 […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported on an innovative cognitive research project that teaches older adults to read and play music. The Maine Understanding Sensory Integration and Cognition (MUSIC) Project led by University of Maine psychology professor Rebecca MacAulay and music education professor Philip Edelman, recently wrapped up pilot programs with two groups of older adults […]
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Machias Valley News Observer reported an exhibition of watercolor paintings by Machias-based artist Margaret La Farge will be on display Aug. 16 through Sept. 29 at the University of Maine at Machias. An opening reception for the exhibition, “Interior Spaces — The Meaning of Home,” will be held 5–7 p.m. Aug. 16 in the Powers […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported on the American Folk Festival on the Bangor Waterfront’s announcement of the final six performers set for this year’s event, slated for Aug. 25–27. The University of Maine’s Pride of Maine Black Bear Marching Band, composed of more than 100 musicians, is set to kick off the festival the evening […]
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The Republican Journal reported FLOW Fort Knox, an event series produced by the Coaction Lab in association with the intermedia MFA and new media undergraduate programs at the University of Maine and in collaboration with the Friends of Fort Knox, will culminate July 29 at the fort in Prospect. FLOW Fort Knox producer and UMaine […]
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This summer, the Lord Hall Gallery on the University of Maine campus will host exhibitions by two of Maine’s leading artists, both of whom live in Port Clyde. The Susan Groce and Antonia Small exhibits will be on display from July 24 through Sept. 22. A free public reception for the artists will be held […]
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The University of Maine Museum of Art in downtown Bangor was included in a Bangor Daily News article about a recent study that found the city’s nonprofit art and cultural organizations in 2015 generated $10 million in economic activity and created hundreds of full-time jobs. The study, completed by the Washington D.C. lobbyist group Americans […]
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Paul Mayewski, director of the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine, was mentioned in a Morning Sentinel article about the opening of the 20th Maine International Film Festival in Waterville. The festival opened July 14 with a showing of “The Sounding,” a psychological mystery about a woman living on an island off the […]
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