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The Dark Matter Mystery: Exploring a Cosmic Secret

Versant Power Astronomy Center 167 Rangeley Rd., Orono, ME, United States

What keeps Galaxies together? What are the building blocks of the Universe? What makes the Universe look the way it looks today? Researchers all around the world try to answer these questions. We know today that approximately a quarter of the Universe is filled with a mysterious glue: Dark Matter. We know that it is […]

York County Master Gardener Volunteer Plant Sale

UMaine Cooperative Extension York County 45 Kennebunk Road, Alfred, ME, United States

The University of Maine Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Plant Sale in York County will be held on Saturday, May 20 from 8:30 a.m. to Noon. The plant sale will take place outside the University of Maine Extension office in Springvale located at 15 Oak St. University of Maine Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Volunteers will be […]

Event Series Zillman Art Exhibition

Zillman Art Exhibition

Zillman Art Museum University of Maine 40 Harlow St., Bangor, ME, United States

The following items will be exhibited from May 19 to Sept 2: Nightlife NYC, 1977–2023 — Meryl Meisler Body Language — Lesia Sochor Signs of Life — ZAM's Young Curators 20023 The following items will be exhibited from May 19 to Aug 19: Gold Dust — Nathan Brad Hall Suburban 70s Sensibility | Friends and […]

The Met: Live in HD — Blanchard: Champion

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

Six-time Grammy Award–winning composer Terence Blanchard brings his first opera to the Met after his "Fire Shut Up in My Bones" triumphantly premiered with the company to universal acclaim in 2021. Bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green is the young boxer Emile Griffith, who rises from obscurity to become a world champion, and bass-baritone Eric Owens portrays […]

Lucia: The Secret of Shooting Stars

Versant Power Astronomy Center 167 Rangeley Rd., Orono, ME, United States

Vladimir, a polar bear, and James, a penguin, travel into space aboard the Polaris to study polar auroras.  Hit by a meteorite, they crash at the foot of a pre-Columbian pyramid and meet Lucia, a hummingbird who is passionate about rocks. She tells them about a legend evoking “stones of light”.  Meteorites, shooting stars, these […]

Event Series Styx

Styx

Versant Power Astronomy Center 167 Rangeley Rd., Orono, ME, United States

Strap into our planetarium seats to go on a trip to Mars with Styx. Take a dazzling journey with fulldome visual effects set to songs from this mega-band including "Come Sail Away", "Mr. Roboto", "The Grand Illusion", and more. Go on an epic space saga with the musical craftsmen of Styx. Tickets are $9 for […]

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