The Bangor Daily News advanced the second annual Maine Science Festival set for March 18–20 throughout Bangor. The University of Maine is participating in several demonstrations, hands-on activities and panels at the festival, which seeks to stimulate interest in science and heighten awareness of its impacts. The article mentioned 10 can’t-miss events at this year’s […]
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“Documenting China,” an exhibition of photographs by University of Maine Professor of Art Laurie Hicks, taken during three research trips beginning in 2010, will be on display March 25–June 30 at UMaine’s Hudson Museum. An artist’s reception will be held from 5:30–7 p.m., March 31. The Hudson Museum, located in the Collins Center for the […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported the University of Maine Humanities Center (UMHC) will host the fourth annual Downtown Bangor Public Humanities Day at various locations Jan. 30 with a kickoff event Jan. 29. “The goal of the event is to better connect UMaine students, staff and faculty with local institutions and the general public in […]
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The University of Maine Humanities Center will host the fourth annual Downtown Bangor Public Humanities Day at various locations Jan. 30 with a kickoff event Jan. 29. Free events for participants of all ages will be offered at venues including the University of Maine Museum of Art (UMMA), Bangor Public Library and Maine Discovery Museum. […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported the University of Maine Museum of Art will host an event as part of downtown Bangor’s Winter WigOut Weekend. The museum’s Wigtopia will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Jan. 22 and will include snacks, beer, wine, wig-themed games such as toss the hair bun, prizes for most […]
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The Bangor Daily News, The Maine Edge and Village Soup reported the University of Maine Museum of Art in downtown Bangor will open three new exhibitions for winter 2016 beginning Jan. 15. “Three-Sided Dream” by Jon Davis, “Studiolo” by Richard Whitten and “thick skinned” by Dan Dowd will be on display at the museum until […]
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Ben McNaboe wants performers to be inspired and audiences to be amazed. So the University of Maine graduate student in music education has organized “Astonishing! The Songs and Stories of Broadway’s Best,” to be held at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 30, at the Collins Center for the Arts at the University of Maine. A 50-member […]
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WVII (Channel 7) reported on a crown-making event held at the University of Maine Museum of Art (UMMA) in downtown Bangor on New Year’s Eve. The free event was open to anyone who wanted to use art supplies to decorate a crown or tiara for the holiday, according to the report.
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The Maine Edge reported the University of Maine Museum of Art (UMMA) in downtown Bangor will offer a Winter Art Camp from 8:30 a.m. to noon Feb. 15–19 during school vacation week. Children in grades three and four will enjoy gallery games, art projects and a Friday art show and reception for family and friends. […]
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A publication that Steve Evans, an English professor at the University of Maine, contributed to was included in The New York Times 2015 Holiday Gift Ideas and Guide. Evans wrote four essays for “Leap Before You Look: Black Mountain College, 1933–1957,” the catalog for an exhibition of the same name at the Institute of Contemporary […]
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