Explore the night sky with your favorite friends from Sesame Street in "One World, One Sky: Big Bird’s Adventure". Follow along with Big Bird, Elmo and their friend from China, Hu Hu Zhu, as they take an imaginary trip from Sesame Street to the moon, where they discover how different it is from earth. They […]
The stellar sounds of Sir Elton John are now here at the planetarium. Come join Versant Power Astronomy Center and listen to some of Elton's greatest hits, like Crocodile Rock, Rocket Man, I'm still Standing, and more. Each song has its own custom visuals/music videos made to be played in our dome, so come rock […]
Kathy Olmstead, professor emerita, former CLAS associate dean, and member of the UMaine Board of Visitors, will deliver a webinar presentation, “True North: Finding the Essence of Aroostook,” on Thursday, […]
For thousands of years, humanity has gazed up at the stars in wonder, searching for truth, understanding and insight. Embark on a journey with the Indigenous peoples of the western plains of Canada and share in their wisdom conveyed by the stars. Alongside Ocek, the fisher, and his band of animal friends, audiences take an […]
A performance by pianist Deiran Manning, faculty in the School for Performing Arts, at 7 p.m. Friday, May 6, at Hammond Hall. Manning will perform with soprano Celine Mogielnick for a recital called “Sirens and Sailors — Songs of Love and the Sea,” featuring a range of songs, from Mozart, Strauss and Rachmaninov to traditional folk, sea […]
Explore the night sky with your favorite friends from Sesame Street in "One World, One Sky: Big Bird’s Adventure". Follow along with Big Bird, Elmo and their friend from China, Hu Hu Zhu, as they take an imaginary trip from Sesame Street to the moon, where they discover how different it is from earth. They […]
The stellar sounds of Sir Elton John are now here at the planetarium. Come join Versant Power Astronomy Center and listen to some of Elton's greatest hits, like Crocodile Rock, Rocket Man, I'm still Standing, and more. Each song has its own custom visuals/music videos made to be played in our dome, so come rock […]
Volcanoes tower 80,000 feet above a barren surface. Monstrous hurricanes rage for 400 years. And multicolored rings sit suspended in space. In Cosmic Journey: A Solar system Adventure, you will travel through our solar system faster than the speed of light, taking in the wonders of the planets and their moons. Tickets for planetarium programs are $7 […]
UMaine Physics and Astronomy alumni and valedictorian Graham van Goffrier is returning to campus to give a talk on May 12 at noon in Bennett Hall 140. He is currently working at University College in London. The focus of his discussion will be "Theoretical Frontiers in Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay." Remote users can join using this link.
For thousands of years, humanity has gazed up at the stars in wonder, searching for truth, understanding and insight. Embark on a journey with the Indigenous peoples of the western plains of Canada and share in their wisdom conveyed by the stars. Alongside Ocek, the fisher, and his band of animal friends, audiences take an […]
