Unity College News

Peter Wolf will be the narrator for the Portland Symphony Orchestra's upcoming classical concert GREAT STORIES TO TELL ! on Sunday, November 8th at 2:30 PM at Merrill Auditorium.

RESIDENTS in Burnley are being asked to say what changes they would like to see at historic Towneley Hall during the next five years.

BELFAST : Approximately 100 people joined a rally on Belfast Common Oct. 24 to draw attention to the importance of reducing humanity's carbon footprint and stopping climate change, and it didn't matter that it was pouring buckets and freezing cold to this hardy group.

LEWISTON a ' BLOU, an internationally acclaimed band from Nova Scotia known for creating an energetic and festive environment, will perform at the Franco-American Heritage Center on Tuesday, Oct.

Maine communities, including Belfast, will join more than 3,500 groups from 160 countries on Saturday, Oct.

UNITY : Members of the Unity College community will host the 15th annual Empty Bowls fundraising dinner Wednesday, Nov.

UNITY : Tree by Leaf will perform a benefit concert for hunger-relief efforts in Waldo County as part of the third annual Arts for Hunger sponsored by the Unity Area Rotary Club.

UNITY : On Thursday, Oct. 15 at 7 p.m. at the Unity College Centre for the Performing Arts, Walkin' Jim Stoltz will perform a benefit concert for Friends of Unity Wetlands .

Food for Maine's Future announced that Friday, Oct. 16, 2009, is International Day of Opposition to Monsanto.

The Maine Humanities Council will present a public symposium, Looking For Zora: The Many Lives of Zora Neale Hurston on October 17, 2009, from 8:30 am - 3:00 pm at Bates College's Pettengill Hall.

Marc Daigle of Dresden is the winner of a $1,000 scholarship courtesy of the Maine Advantage Education Loan Program.

With the cooler weather at my heels, I decided to put the garden to bed. I have a small raised bed and Ia TMm hoping Bill will build me another before winter hits.

UNITY : Local music group Dog Wants Out will perform Saturday, Oct. 3 at Unity College Centre for the Performing Arts, 42 Depot St.

SCHOOLS in Burnley and Pendle are paying a outrageousa prices for essential equipment as part of the Building Schools for the Future scheme, it has been revealed.

CIFF 2009 will open and close at the Camden Opera House, 29 Elm St./Route 1, the first time the fest has been at that downtown venue since 2005.

UNITY : The third annual Arts for Hunger, organized by the Unity Area Rotary Club to raise awareness and funding for local hunger relief efforts, will take place during the month of October in the Art Gallery at the Unity College Centre for the Performing Arts.

BELFAST : The city of Belfast has proclaimed Oct. 24 "Belfast Climate Action Day." Community members will gather at the Common to join the worldwide call to set the global target for CO2 emissions at 350 parts per million.

UNITY : "VOICES: Schrock & Schrock" will present music by Maine singer/songwriter Kate Schrock and readings by her father Gladden Schrock, an actor and Pulitzer-nominated novelist, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept.

That's what happened last week when I saw an evergreen groundcover called bearberry growing in a bog garden on the Unity College campus.

UNITY : Defending Water for Life in Maine will present "Hurricane Season," a multi-media two-woman show about unnatural disaster and a great shift in universal consciousness, 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept.