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Jay Leno

Collins Center for the Arts 2 Flagstaff Road, Orono, ME, United States

Jay Leno’s late night television ratings domination included two decades as the host of the #1-rated “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” – after the first two years Jay Leno never lost a single ratings year in which he served as host. This fall Jay Leno brings back the classic game show You Bet Your […]

Steve Wilson and Bruce Barth

Minsky Recital Hall University of Maine, Orono, ME, United States

Thursday, Oct. 27 at 7:30 p.m. — Minsky Recital Hall Friday, Oct. 28 at 7:30 p.m. — UMaine Machias Performing Arts Center Jazz pianist and composer Bruce Barth has been sharing his music with listeners the world over for more than thirty-five years.  In addition to traveling widely performing his own music, he has also […]

Steve Wilson and Bruce Barth (Machias)

University of Maine at Machias Performing Arts Center University of Maine, Orono, ME, United States

Thursday, Oct. 27 at 7:30 p.m. — Minsky Recital Hall Friday, Oct. 28 at 7:30 p.m. — UMaine Machias Performing Arts Center Jazz pianist and composer Bruce Barth has been sharing his music with listeners the world over for more than thirty-five years.  In addition to traveling widely performing his own music, he has also […]

The Met: Live in HD — Medea

Collins Center for the Arts 2 Flagstaff Road, Orono, ME, United States

Having triumphed at the Met in some of the repertory’s fiercest soprano roles, Sondra Radvanovsky stars as the mythic sorceress who will stop at nothing in her quest for vengeance, kicking off the highly anticipated 2022–23 Live in HD season. Joining Radvanovsky in the Met-premiere production of Cherubini’s rarely performed masterpiece is tenor Matthew Polenzani […]

Ensemble 4.1

Minsky Recital Hall University of Maine, Orono, ME, United States

Their exceptional communicative power and their intoxicating atmosphere on stage are repeatedly praised by critics and have become the hallmark of Ensemble 4.1. In addition to the masterpieces for this original setting by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Ludwig van Beethoven, the ensemble is devoted to discovering rarely played compositions from the turn of the 19th […]

NT Live Broadcast — Frankenstein

Collins Center for the Arts 2 Flagstaff Road, Orono, ME, United States

Directed by Academy Award®-winner Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, Slumdog Millionaire), Frankenstein features Benedict Cumberbatch (Hamlet, BBC’s Sherlock) and Jonny Lee Miller (Elementary, Trainspotting) alternating between the roles of Victor Frankenstein and his creation. Childlike in his innocence but grotesque in form, Frankenstein’s bewildered creature is cast out into a hostile universe by his horror-struck maker. Meeting […]

The Met: Live in HD — La Traviata

Collins Center for the Arts 2 Flagstaff Road, Orono, ME, United States

Soprano Nadine Sierra Stars as the self-sacrificing courtesan Violetta — one of opera's ultimate heroines — in Michael Mayer's vibrant production of Verdi's beloved tragedy. Tenor Stephen Costello is her self-centered lover, Alfredo, alongside baritone Luca Salsi as his disapproving father, and Maestro Daniele Callegari on the podium. Tickets obtainable here.

Pre-Performance Lecture: Scott Cleveland on the Blind Boys of Alabama

Bodwell Lounge Collins Center for the Arts, Orono, ME, United States

Join the Collins Center for the Arts for a pre-performance lecture given by UMaine jazz professor Scott Cleveland, presented with Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center. This event will take place in the Bodwell Lounge of the Collins Center for the Arts. The Blind Boys of Alabama are recognized worldwide as living legends of gospel music. […]

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Blind Boys of Alabama with special guest Charlie Musselwhite

Collins Center for the Arts 2 Flagstaff Road, Orono, ME, United States

The Blind Boys of Alabama are recognized worldwide as living legends of gospel music. Celebrated by The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) with Lifetime Achievement Awards, inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame, and winners of five Grammy® Awards, they have attained the […]

Documentary Film: Hungry Now

Collins Center for the Arts 2 Flagstaff Road, Orono, ME, United States

We’ve all driven right by them. We’ve all walked on by, crossing to the other side out of caution. Who are they? What do they want? How did children grow up only to climb through a dumpster for half-eaten food, and end their winter days in a tent in the richest country in the world? […]

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