Arts

WVII Advances CCA, Public Library Opera Series

The Collins Center for the Arts at the University of Maine has teamed with area public libraries to offer an opera series with discussions ahead of performances that are broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera. WVII (Channel 7) reported a discussion was held this week at the Bangor Public Library about the opera “Il Barbiere […]

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Maine Indian Basketmakers Holiday Market Artist Featured in Press Herald

George Soctomah Neptune, an accomplished Peskotomuhkati (Passamaquoddy) artist that will be featured at the 20th annual Maine Indian Basketmakers Holiday Market, was named by the Portland Press Herald as one of the “Ten Mainers we’re thankful for.” Neptune, 26, and his 75-year-old grandmother, Molly Neptune Parker, will showcase and sell their signature baskets during the […]

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WABI Covers UMaine Museum of Art’s Drop and Shop Event

WABI (Channel 5) reported on the University of Maine Museum of Art’s Drop and Shop event held in downtown Bangor on Small Business Saturday. Parents dropped off their children while they shopped downtown to support local businesses. Children explored the galleries and created holiday ornaments, cards and gifts. “We felt it was really important to […]

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UMaine German Club to Hold Christmas Market Dec. 13 at UMMA

The University of Maine German Club — Deutscher Verein — will hold its annual traditional Weihnachtsmarkt, or Christmas market, at the University of Maine Museum of Art in downtown Bangor from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 13. Holiday treats — including cookies, stollen (holiday bread) and Gluhwein (alcohol-free mulled wine) — and traditional […]

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Neptune, Parker Highlight 20th Indian Basketmakers Market at CCA

Weaving baskets is a family tradition for Molly Neptune Parker and her grandson, George Soctomah Neptune. So too is attending the annual Maine Indian Basketmakers Holiday Market at the University of Maine. Parker, 75, has been selling her signature baskets and sharing her weaving technique since the beginning of the market, which marks its 20th […]

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Free Art Factory Family Fun Day at UMMA Dec. 6

The University of Maine Museum of Art in downtown Bangor will host its seventh annual Art Factory Family Fun Day on Saturday, Dec. 6. Members of the public are invited to drop by the museum anytime between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. to take part in the art-making event. Multiple art stations will be set […]

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UMMA to Host Drop and Shop Nov. 29

The University of Maine Museum of Art in downtown Bangor will host Drop and Shop from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 29. Parents are invited to drop off their children, who are in grades three through six, while they shop downtown and support local business on Small Business Saturday. Participants will be able […]

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Ghost Brothers About to Thrill Maine Audiences

A Southern supernatural musical written by Maine’s king of horror will begin its 2014 fall tour at the University of Maine. Ghost Brothers of Darkland County, a haunting, gothic musical set in Mississippi and penned by best-selling author and UMaine alumnus Stephen King, will be presented Nov. 8 and Sunday, Nov. 9, at the Collins […]

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International Exhibition at IMRC Through Nov. 15

De.fragmentation, an exhibition featuring the works of 26 individual artists and groups from Europe, Asia and the United States/Maine, is open through Nov. 15 at IMRC, Stewart Commons. Sponsored in part by the Ministry of Culture of Slovenia, the exhibition was organized by IMRC’s recent Researchers in Residence — the group BridA — Tom Kersevan, […]

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Art Department Accepting Scholarship Applications from High School Students

The University of Maine’s Department of Art is accepting scholarship applications from current high school seniors who will be applying to enter UMaine as art majors in the fall of 2015. The Visual Arts Awards are $1,000 and $2,000 scholarships that are renewable for eight semesters and must be used within a five-year period. The […]

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