The University of Maine’s Jordan Planetarium will be the setting for “Constellations,” a play by British playwright Nick Payne that opens Nov. 15 as part of the School of Performing Arts season. Associate Professor of Theater Marcia Joy Douglas will direct the production that features a cast of two. UMaine’s Innovative Media Research and Commercialization […]
Read more
A California-based artist who uses photography, installation and sculpture to draw attention to the mundane and find meaning in the human experience, will deliver a presentation at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 8 at the Innovative Media Research and Communication Center at the University of Maine. Will Rogan’s free, public presentation is part of “Tuesdays at […]
Read more
The Maine Edge published a review of the University of Maine School of Performing Arts production of “Big Love.” The play by Charles Mee is adapted from the ancient Greek play “The Suppliant Women” by Aeschylus, according to the article. The show, directed by Tom Mikotowicz, runs through Oct. 30 at Hauck Auditorium on the […]
Read more
A cast of nine undergraduates will premiere “Wood Bones,” a play by Assiniboine playwright William Yellow Robe Jr., at the University of Maine Nov. 4. Yellow Robe will direct the production, which is part of the School of Performing Arts season. Performances in the Black Box Theatre are at 7:30 p.m., Nov. 4–5 and Nov. […]
Read more
A multimedia documentary theater piece about the life-altering impact of war on veterans and their families will be performed at 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 29, at the Collins Center for the Arts at the University of Maine. BASETRACK LIVE is a viscerally powerful collaboration between the award-winning theater company En Garde Arts and corpsmen from […]
Read more
When Samuel Borer isn’t choreographing the University of Maine’s next School of Performing Arts dance performance, running an ultramarathon, protecting the nation from weapons of mass destruction or figuring out new ways to detect one of the physical world’s most elusive subatomic particles, he’s probably thinking about space exploration. Borer has wanted to be an […]
Read more
Skilled computer animators and artists play an important role in helping the general public grasp complicated scientific concepts. Chuck Carter will discuss his work creating science visualizations in a Nov. 3 lecture at the Emera Astronomy Center. An experienced science illustrator, Carter also designs video games and virtual reality experiences. He’s done science illustrations for […]
Read more
The University of Maine Bureau of Labor Education will hold an event to commemorate 50 years of service to the working women and men of Maine on Oct. 27. Edward C. Schlick, former communications director of the Maine AFL-CIO, friend of labor, activist and artist (1928–2013), will be honored with an unveiling of five new […]
Read more
WVII (channel 7) aired a conversation with Kat Johnson, education coordinator at the University of Maine Museum of Art in Bangor. In the chat, Johnson previewed some of the upcoming events at the museum.
Read more
The U.S. Army Jazz Ambassadors, the United States Army Field Band based in Washington, D.C., will perform in a free public concert at 7:30 p.m., Nov. 11 at the Collins Center for the Arts. The concert is sponsored by a partnership of the School of Performing Arts, Collins Center for the Arts and the Bangor […]
Read more