Events, Announcements & Highlights, March 13-20, 2026

When people lie awake with their thoughts, their mind often turns to how life has changed and what may come.Spinning in the dark hours, thoughts swirl with fears, hopes and reflections.People change as they pass through time.So, too, does the world they live in, their friends and their environment and the society they live in.The Midnight Work, professor of English Jennifer Moxley's eighth book of poetry, contemplates these changes as she enters and experiences midlife.Woven with nostalgia and tension, the professor of English at the University of Maine connects her immediate present and recent past through conversations with the more distant past or even the ancient world through lyrics and epistles, or letter poems."This book deals a lot with a contemplation of life at midlife, a little past midlife and thinking about a sort of metaphysical disquiet when looking back," said Moxley."There is a lot of nostalgia in this book and trying to figure out what it means to be in this world right at this moment."Read more here.The School of Performing Arts Division of Music will once again host one of the state's premiere high school choral events.On March 18, young singers will come to Orono from all over the state for the SCORE Festival for High School Choruses, an all-day event featuring lessons, workshops and ending in a combined concert.