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- ↑ "Tech Specs - Collins Center for the Arts".
- ↑ "A New Center of Attention," Bangor Daily News, January 28, 2009. Accessed October 10, 2022.
- ↑ "UMaine Announces $6 Million Gift; Landmark Facility to Become Collins Center for the Arts - UMaine News - University of Maine". August 30, 2007.
- ↑ "'Talk about transformation!'". October 2, 2009.