The University of Maine Humanities Center (UMHC) has awarded more than $10,000 to seven faculty grant projects, including several based in the community. Spring 2016 UMHC Faculty Grants were awarded to: Constant Albertson, associate professor of art, to support the new media component of her ceramic art project, “Coordinates of Collateral Damage.” Kirsten Jacobson, associate […]
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A piano trio named after a witty German poet will play at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 1, in Minsky Recital Hall at the University of Maine. Catherine Klipfel, piano; Stefan Hempel, violin; and Emanuel Wehse, cello, compose the Morgenstern Trio, whose namesake is Christian Morgenstern. The musicians met while studying at Folkwang Conservatory in Germany. […]
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Darren Ranco, chair of Native American Programs and coordinator of Native American Research at the University of Maine, was mentioned in a Portland Press Herald article about the Portland Museum of Art exhibit, “Edward Curtis: Selections from the North American Indian.” Ranco, who also is an anthropology professor at UMaine, will participate in the panel […]
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The Maine Edge reported the 22nd HOPE Festival will take place from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 23 at the New Balance Student Recreation Center at the University of Maine. An organizational fair of more than 50 tables sponsored by progressive groups in Eastern Maine also will be part of the event, according […]
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A project to bring full-text scores from the Maine Music Box database into Digital Commons is underway. The first of several series to be migrated is the “Vocal Popular Sheet Music Collection” with 5,200 illustrated sheet music scores now available on Digital Commons. Materials in the public domain, or published before 1923, may be downloaded […]
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The University of Maine Department of Art will present the 2016 annual Juried Student Art Exhibition that features work by current studio art, art history and art education students. The exhibition will be on display from April 8 to May 6 in the Lord Hall Gallery. The venue provides the opportunity for undergraduate students at […]
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The Bangor Daily News published the opinion piece, “Here’s my big hope: One day, being born a female won’t be a curse,” by Reza Jalali, coordinator the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs at the University of Southern Maine. Jalali is the author of “The Poets and the Assassin,” a play about women in Iran and […]
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The Sun Journal reported bands from Leavitt, Edward Little and Lewiston high schools will perform a free concert with the University of Maine Symphonic Band at 7 p.m. Friday, April 8, at the Leavitt Area High School. The show is part of the UMaine Symphonic Band’s performance tour through southern Maine that includes 10 free […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported on a performance by the World Famous Popovich Comedy Pet Theater at the University of Maine’s Collins Center for the Arts. For the last nine years, the family-friendly extravaganza has been based at Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. It includes European-style clowns, juggling acts and performing pets. Popovich, […]
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Members of the University of Maine community and general public are invited to join a bus trip to Portland to tour collections at the Osher Map Library, as well as attend a public lecture and view William Shakespeare’s First Folio at the Portland Public Library. The UMaine Humanities Center (UMHC) and Department of English are […]
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