Be immersed in a simulated tornado, illustrate nature, look through a solar telescope, hold an oyster, ask a genius a question. Do it all and more at the Maine Science Festival, being held March 18–20, at the Cross Insurance Center and other downtown Bangor venues. The University of Maine is participating in a number of […]
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The Ellsworth American published a performance review written by Ginger Yang Hwalek, a music instructor at the University of Maine. Hwalek reviewed a recent Bangor Symphony Orchestra performance at the Collins Center for the Arts, which featured the music of Brahms, Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky.
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The Aquila Theatre Company presents “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes” at 8 p.m. Saturday, March 19 at the Collins Center for the Arts at the University of Maine. Sherlock Holmes, legendary character of author and physician Sir Arthur Conan, will showcase skills in disguise, forensic science and logical reasoning in this witty, fast-paced production. Other […]
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WABI (Channel 5) spoke with members of the University of Maine’s University Singers, as well as the group’s conductor, Francis Vogt, ahead of their annual spring tour. The 66-member choral group will perform at high schools, churches and a community college in four states from March 7–12. “We really use it as way to get […]
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The Portland Press Herald published a feature article on painter Michael Lewis, who has taught art at the University of Maine for 50 years. The winter exhibition in UMaine’s Lord Hall Gallery focuses on Lewis, who is teaching his final two classes this semester, according to the article. Laurie Hicks, a UMaine art professor and […]
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The annual spring tour of the 66-member University Singers from the University of Maine will include performances at high schools, churches and a community college in four states, March 7–12. Free public concerts begin at 7:30 p.m. at the following locations: March 7, Winnisquam Regional High School, Tilton, New Hampshire; March 8, James and Betty […]
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The Maine Edge and Bangor Daily News published reviews of the University of Maine School of Performing Arts production of the award-winning Broadway hit “Urinetown, The Musical.” The satirical comedy by Mark Hollmann and Greg Kotis is the story of a bureaucracy run amok when a water shortage after a 20-year drought results in a […]
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WLBZ (Channel 2) and WABI (Channel 5) previewed the University of Maine School of Performing Arts production of the award-winning Broadway hit “Urinetown, The Musical.” Performances are scheduled Feb. 19–28 in Hauck Auditorium. The satirical comedy by Mark Hollmann and Greg Kotis is the story of a bureaucracy run amok when a water shortage after […]
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An upcoming concert by The Wailers at the Collins Center for the Arts at the University of Maine was the focus of a Maine Edge article. Together with Bob Marley, The Wailers have sold more than 250 million albums and have played to an estimated 24 million people across the globe performing an average of […]
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Castine Patriot reported on a recent talk at the Witherle Memorial Library in Castine by Michael Grillo, a University of Maine art historian and chairman of the Department of Art. To open the library’s Pulitzer Prize film series, Grillo spoke about several films that have been based on Pulitzer Prize-winning novels, including “This Is Our […]
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