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Sunday, April 22nd, 2012, 11:54 pm in Style & Culture
Over 30 acts played at two-day festival
By Kayla Riley

When local bands, DJs and reggae, jazz, and rock musicians alike converge to draw crowds to a corner of town for a two-night music festival, all signs point north.
Kingman’s, a Old Town bar, welcomed a total …


Wednesday, April 18th, 2012, 10:53 pm in Style & Culture
Bangor Bull Moose prepares for Record Store Day, an international celebration of independent music shops
By Derrick Rossignol

With the dawn of the digital age, fans of traditional music formats are right to fear the death of physical copies of music and real-life record stores.
iTunes, Spotify and similar services make it so convenient to …


Sunday, April 15th, 2012, 11:57 pm in Style & Culture
Drag Show concludes Pride Week
By Kayla Riley

The Memorial Union transformed from meeting place and eatery to an elaborate runway surrounded by people waiting to be wowed by professional and student drag queens and kings alike for the University of Maine Drag Show …


Thursday, April 12th, 2012, 12:05 am in Style & Culture
Local and national bands take Kingman’s next weekend
By Derrick Rossignol

When Old Town hot spot The Dime was open two years ago, the venue hosted Dimestock, a two-day festival that served both as a look into the local music scene and a big party for area …


Sunday, April 8th, 2012, 11:49 pm in Style & Culture
UMMA exhibits feature pelts, pottery, photography
By Kayla Riley

A tiger, a jaguar, an ocelot, oh my!
This is no “Wizard of Oz” moment, but rather a stunning display that meets visitors as part of the University of Maine Museum of Art’s latest exhibit, “Vanished Into …


Thursday, April 5th, 2012, 12:27 am in Style & Culture
For UMaine student project, senior photographer to exhibit work in late husband’s old haunt
By Derrick Rossignol

BANGOR — Anna Guesman is a resident of Boyd Place, an independent-living community in Bangor for seniors 65 and older. For as long as she can remember, she has had a passion for photography.
“I’ve always enjoyed …


Thursday, March 29th, 2012, 12:51 am in Style & Culture
Ugandan dance and music show a cultural journey
By Derrick Rossignol

It is widely believed that human life’s origins can be traced to Africa, so it’s not unreasonable to think that music and dance, two of mankind’s first and most prominent forms of artistic expression, have similar …


Sunday, March 25th, 2012, 11:39 pm in Style & Culture
‘The Music of Queen’ performs to a packed Collins Center with Bangor Symphony Orchestra
By Derrick Rossignol

In a world where music is easier to produce and access than ever before, listeners have so many options available to them.
Despite that, many music fans are still flocking to Queen because catchy melodies and Freddie …


Thursday, March 22nd, 2012, 2:01 am in Style & Culture
Alpha Omicron Pi’s Mr. Fraternity pageant raises almost $2,000 for charity fighting youth arthritis
By Derrick Rossignol

Guys doing girly things is only funny for so long.
Ask Adam Sandler, whose 2011 film “Jack and Jill” has been called one of the worst of all time and serves as proof that men in dresses …


Sunday, March 18th, 2012, 11:38 pm in Style & Culture
Theater student Clint Snyder presents original plays in bare-bones format
By Derrick Rossignol

The review process for a piece of writing is an arduous one.
First, you have to determine whether or not you’re actually finished with it. Then, you have to ask yourself if it’s any good. You have …