Month-long event shines spotlight on Bangor's arts and culture

BANGOR The creative culture of a place often serves as a major catalyst for revitalization. The past decade has seen that energy permeate the City of Bangor, where we've seen a boom in cultural excitement exciting new restaurants and interesting shops and a wealth of artistic and entertainment options.

University of Maine Museum of Art to offer trivia program

BANGOR The University of Maine Museum of Art is set to kick off a new programming series aimed at bringing people of all stripes to the museum to test their knowledge and have some fun.

'4 Contemporary Sound Poets' defies definition

ORONO - A new audio DVD produced by the University of Maine's IMRC Center titled '4 Contemporary Sound Poets' brings the work of a quartet of practitioners - Tomomi Adachi, Owen F. Smith, Duane Ingalls and Jaap Blonk - in the art of sound poetry to life.

PHILADELPHIA Candy Chang's public art pieces more than please the eye. They demand dialogue and encourage conversations. Her best-known project, 'Before I die,' was duplicated in 1,000 cities in 70 countries as thousands of people chalked their hopes and dreams on walls and fences.

New book explores cultural evolution by way of the internet

In a world increasingly driven by rapid advancement in technological capabilities, it can be a little weird to exist as one of those people who, by accident of birth, straddles the line between those largely disconnected from the internet world and those who have no concept of a world without it.

ORONO The University of Maine Intermedia MFA program presents 'Without Borders XIII: Play on Worlds,' a free gallery exhibit featuring thesis work by the six members of the 2016 graduating Master of Fine Arts class.

BANGOR The University of Maine Coaction Lab, in collaboration with UMaine's Intermedia MFA program and the Bangor Water District, presented 'FLOW: An evening of water-themed light & projection' on May 11.

Some of central and coastal Maine's summer theater offerings

ROCKLAND The Center for Maine Contemporary Art (CMCA) in Rockland has announced the 25 artists whose work will be included in the2016 CMCA Biennialexhibition.

ALLAGASH The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry's Bureau of Parks and Lands is now offering 500 signed, numbered, limited-edition art prints of a painting by noted wildlife artist Mark McCollough.