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Bangor arts adapt to stay afloat in sinking economy

Amy Brooks for The Maine Campus

The Bangor Symphony Orchestra has had to reduce overhead costs by reducing its number of salaried employees and forming new partnerships.
By Zach Dionne
As the economy worsens, organizations like the Penobscot Theater, the University of Maine Museum of Art and the 113-year-old Bangor Symphony Orchestra are adapting to survive the recession.

Chickenfest

Partiers take to Maine wilderness for secretive, one-of-a-kind experience

Zach Dionne for The Maine Campus

A couch burns at Chickenfest, an annual underground party.
By Zach Dionne
Chickenfest is canceled. It’s three in the afternoon Saturday and I’m at a friend of a friend’s house. Before it even got off the ground, the yearly underground romp in the woods has been busted or called …

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Funk Thrust: This is the sound of partying

By Kegan Zema
Every band has a different reason for playing. Some play to express themselves; for others it’s an emotional outlet. But for Funk Thrust, it’s all about having fun, feeling good and being surrounded by friends. As I …

Gamer-musicians prepare for shred-off

By Spencer Morton
Fingers will dance from green to blue, back to green, then on to red and yellow. Sticks will twirl and pound ferociously while the singer does his or her best imitation of some of the worlds …

TV Snob: Disgust me, shock me, make me laugh

By William P. Davis
How can you take a great cast, give them a funny plot and still see your show crash and burn? This is the question I was asking myself while I watched Fox’s newest show, “Sit Down, …

CD Review: Doom

By Andrew Catalina
At one time, Doom - with aliases such as MF Doom, Viktor Vaughn, King Geedorah and the Supervillain - was the poster child for underground hip-hop. After withdrawing from the mainstream in the early ’90s following …

Film Review: The Soloist

By Zach Dionne
The minute Robert Downey, Jr.’s jaded reporter meets up with Jamie Foxx’s babbling musician in “The Soloist,” it seems the film is going to be a treat. These terrific performers sharing the screen should and often …

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