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All Things Equal The Life & Trials of Ruth Bader Ginsburg Supreme Court Justice “RBG” welcomes a friend of the family to her cozy chambers to convey, over the course of ninety fascinating and often funny minutes, a sense of her life and its many trials: losing her mother the day before she graduated as...
Ivalas Quartet with Pianist Ying Li – With a mission to enrich the classical music world by spotlighting past and present BIPOC composers alongside the standard repertory, the Ivalas Quartet teams up with Chinese piano virtuoso Ying Li for a concert in Minsky Recital Hall to open the 2026-27 Chamber Music season.
Celebrate Family & Friends Weekend with one of New England’s favorite comedians. Bob Marley returns to the Collins Center with another evening of laugh-out-loud stories, sharp observations, and the unmistakable humor that has made him a regional institution. Drawing inspiration from everyday life, family, work, and the quirks of living in Maine, Marley has a...
Swan Lake: Symphony of Lights is the landmark new production of the upcoming season. Tchaikovsky’s iconic score opens the door to an entirely reimagined world: vivid light design, illuminated costumes, and world-class dancers from around the globe transform the classic ballet into a mesmerizing visual experience. This is more than a performance — it’s an...
Join our festive open mic night! There is something for everyone at this harvest community event. "Trunk-or-treat" is from 4:00 - 5:30 followed by the open mic! We will have a bonfire, pumpkin carving and decorating, face painting, hot cocoa and cider, smores, and food from Black Sheep Food Truck! Admission is free but donations...
The Met: Live in HD season kicks off with Mozart’s satirical comedy of fickle young love, one of the composer’s most sublime creations. Phelim McDermott’s “colorful, inventive” (The New York Times) staging, inspired by Coney Island in the 1950s, sets the uproarious story at a boardwalk amusement park, where the two pairs of lovers at...
St. John's Organ Society presents an organ concert on Tuesday, October 13, at 7:30 pm, featuring Anne Laver (Syracuse, NY) performing works of Bach, Franck, Vierne, Clara Schumann, and others. St. John’s Catholic Church is located at 207 York Street in Bangor. https://hookopus288.org/
Returning to cinemas for the first time in over a decade, Helen Mirren plays Queen Elizabeth II in the Olivier and Tony Award®-winning hit production, directed by Stephen Daldry. For 60 years, Queen Elizabeth II met with each of her 12 prime ministers in a private weekly meeting. This meeting is known as The Audience....
Everybody is a master of something. Blink, step, jump, balance, flip, fly. This is an ode to the countless hours needed to achieve great things. A tribute to the dedication required to realise our physical ambitions. An acknowledgement of the backstory that is often more spectacular than the finished product. Eight world class acrobats investigate...
Returning to Minsky Recital Hall for the second time, the U.K.’s Maxwell Quartet will offer a concert of music by Haydn, Beethoven, arrangements of Scottish folk song, and a new yet-to-be-announced quartet by the highly-regarded contemporary British composer Eleanor Alberga.
Take a chance on an evening filled with the music, style, and excitement of one of pop music’s most celebrated groups. Direct from London’s West End, Mania: The Abba Tribute is widely regarded as the world’s leading ABBA tribute production, having performed more than 3,000 concerts in over 35 countries. Featuring stunning costumes, dynamic choreography,...
Nicola Coughlan (Bridgerton) joins Éanna Hardwicke (The Sixth Commandment) and Siobhán McSweeney (Derry Girls) in John Millington Synge’s riveting play of youth and self-discovery. Pegeen Flaherty’s life is turned upside down when a young man walks into her pub claiming that he’s killed his father. Instead of being shunned, the killer becomes a local hero...