“Behind the Beautiful Forevers,” a gripping play about people living in a slum in Mumbai, will be broadcast live from London to the Collins Center for the Arts at the University of Maine at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 28. David Hare’s play is based on the unflinching book of the same name that Katherine Boo […]
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The Cape Cod Times and CapeNews.net reported the Maine Steiners, the University of Maine’s oldest a cappella group, will perform in A Cappella Fest at Falmouth High School in Falmouth, Massachusetts on May 14. The group is scheduled to perform with the high school’s Soulfege and the Bluestockings from Amherst College, according to the reports. […]
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The Maine Edge published a University of Maine news release advancing the live broadcast of “Man and Superman” at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 14, at the Collins Center for the Arts. Academy Award-nominee Ralph Fiennes plays Jack Tanner in the sold-out stage production at the Lyttelton Theatre in London. “Man and Superman” is billed as […]
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WCSH6 highlighted The Museum of What’s Left, a final class project created by University of Maine intermediate art students. Students’ sentimental objects, including love letters, records, necklaces and a stuffed animal, were objects inside the repurposed 1985 Burro camper. Students were invited to take another person’s donated piece as a way of continuing the story.
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Simon Godwin’s reinvention of Bernard Shaw’s witty 1903 classic “Man and Superman” will be broadcast live on the big screen at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 14, at the Collins Center for the Arts at the University of Maine. Academy Award-nominee Ralph Fiennes plays Jack Tanner in the sold-out stage production at the Lyttelton Theatre in […]
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“Memphis, the Musical” winner of the 2010 Tony Award for Best Musical, will bring energy, explosive dancing and electrifying songs to the Collins Center for the Arts at the University of Maine at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 28. Inspired by actual events in the underground dance clubs of 1950s Memphis, Tennessee, the musical tells the […]
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The Met: Live in HD’s broadcast of “Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci” will be shown at the University of Maine Collins Center for the Arts at 12:30 p.m. Saturday, April 25. “Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci” is opera’s most enduring tragic double bill and in Sir David McVicar’s evocative new production the action takes place across two time periods in the […]
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Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain members will sing, whistle and play ukuleles they bought with loose change at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 23, at the Collins Center for the Arts at the University of Maine. The eight-member ukulele orchestra, which formed in 1985, is on its 30 Plucking Years World Tour. In June 2015, it […]
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The Maine Edge published a University of Maine news release announcing the University of Maine Department of Art will present the 2015 annual Juried Student Art Exhibition until May 1 in the Lord Hall Gallery. The exhibition features more than 90 works of art that were selected from over 300 submissions in a range of […]
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The Maine Edge published a University of Maine news release announcing former Celtic Thunder and “Glee” star Damian McGinty will be the special guest artist for “The Very Best of Celtic Thunder” show April 7 at the Collins Center for the Arts. McGinty will join Celtic Thunder performers for the nostalgic Irish music show that […]
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