Maine Center for the Arts will hold a news conference and tours of the redesigned facility on Thursday
Maine Center for the Arts will host a brief news conference and tours of the recently completed renovation on Thursday, January 29, 2009 at 10:00 am in anticipation of the redesigned Center’s opening performance on Sunday, February 1, 2009.
Center and University officials will highlight the history of the newly redesigned performing arts center and share details about the new additions to the Center. Tours of the facility will be provided.
This initial phase of renovation cost approximately $11 million. Richard R. and Anne A. Collins of Key Largo, Fla. pledged $5 million toward renovations at the Maine Center for the Arts, which has been renamed the Richard R. and Anne A. Collins Center for the Arts.
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Editor’s Notes:
What: Tours of the renovated Maine Center for the Arts/Collins Center for the Arts
Who: Adele Adkins, Collins Center Associate Director, Richard McDonald, Chair, Collins Center Board of Directors, University of Maine President Robert Kennedy and Bangor Symphony Orchestra Executive Director David Whitehill
Where: Maine Center for the Arts/Collins Center for the Arts, University of Maine, Orono
When: Thursday, January 29, 2009 10:00 am
