Archive for October 2nd, 2011
On Saturday, local restaurants banded together in downtown Orono to present their own take on Oktoberfest, Germany’s 200-year-old celebration of German-brewed beer.
Appropriately, Orono’s event was named “OktoBEARfest” and exclusively featured Orono-brewed beers.
The University of Maine approached …
Following in the tracks of last year’s successful Daniel Tosh show, Student Entertainment has recently locked up another big-name comedian to perform on campus in October — Aziz Ansari.
Ansari rose to prominence in the MTV sketch …
The music department certainly offers an advantage for the students who may wonder about the personal endeavors of their professors.
Saturday brought the year’s first faculty chamber music concert as several members of the music department kicked …
This past weekend was Family and Friends Weekend at the University Of Maine, and as part of the festivities, John Rush, known as the “Human iPod,” provided entertainment in the College Ave. South Lot.
The turnout was …
3DS owners have been treated to a number of free games, including the non-early adopters of the system who were promised a bunch of cost-free goodies.
The most recent game Nintendo released for free is “The Legend …
If cancer doesn’t tickle your funny bone, chances are you haven’t seen “50/50” yet.
The expertly directed and flawlessly acted movie by breakout director Jonathan Levine tackles a heavy subject with surprising lightness.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, the beloved child …
“Defend pop-punk” sums up everything Man Overboard stands for, and it’s no surprise that quote is on nearly all band merchandise.
Man Overboard is proud of being a pop-punk band and not some metalcore, electrocore, grindcore or …
The New Writing Series is not always a big event on campus and typically draw a large crowd. However, last Thursday’s edition was probably one of the biggest audiences the NWS has ever seen.
It wasn’t even …
With the unknown of an entire season ahead, the University of Maine men’s hockey team got things started on the right skate in their exhibition against Canada’s national champion, the University of New Brunswick Sunday in …
On a gloomy Saturday at Morse Field, the University of Maine football team improved their record to 3-1 with a win over conference rival, No. 5 University of Delaware, who dropped to 3-2 for the year.
UMaine …
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