Category: Events

10/22/26: BEAVERMOTH Live Storytelling Event 7:00pm, Emery Performance Space Free and open to the public Please join us on Oct. 22nd at 7:00pm to hear true stories told without notes by UMF students, faculty and staff.

10/21/26: “18th Annual Animation Show of Shows” 7:00pm, Emery Performance Space Free and open to the public The ANIMATION SHOW OF SHOW returns for its second year in theaters with 13 charming films. Highlights include Disney/Pixar’s ACADEMY AWARD WINNING “Piper,” the latest in 360º storytelling in Google’s touching father-and daughter-journey…

10/15/26: CANOE DIG IT? Screening and Q&A with filmmaker Sam Dunning 7:00pm, Emery Performance Space Free and open to the public Join the UMF Visiting Writers Series for a screening of the comedy mockumentary, Canoe Dig It?, followed by a Q&A with award-winning director and actor, Sam Dunning. Canoe Dig It? offers…

10/2/26: American Legion Post 28 Reception 6:30pm, Emery Community Arts Center Free and open to the public Please join the American Legion Post 28 for a festive reception celebrating the Declaration of Independence statewide tour at Emery Community Arts Center. At 7:00pm, UMF President Joe McDonnell, Police Chief Kenneth Charles, and…

10/1/26: UMF Student & Staff Day, Revolutionary Maine Exhibit 3:00pm-5:00pm, Emery Arts Center Gallery Reserve your FREE ticket here The Revolutionary Maine: America at 250 exhibit features a rare copy of the Dunlap Broadside of the Declaration of Independence. Come see the exhibit before it is open to the public!

10/3/26: Concert: “Ives and the Unfinished America” 3:00pm, Nordica Auditorium (Merrill Hall) Free and open to the public Join us for an afternoon of music by American composer, Charles Ives, featuring violinist Lydia Forbes and pianists Yuri Funahashi and Steven Pane. The program includes “Thoreau,” “4th Sonata,” and, for four-hand…

10/1/26: Panel Discussion, “Perspectives on the Declaration of Independence” 5:00pm, Emery Performance Space Free and open to the public Link to video recording of the event Join us for a lively panel discussion and Q&A featuring UMF professors Jim Melcher and Michael Schoeppner, Executive Director of Maine Historical Society Steve…

10/6/26: The Mind of a Cat 6:00pm, Emery Performance Space Free and open to the public Discover the latest insights from the Maine Cat Lab, which houses a comprehensive international database of cat-human dyads, feline personality assessments, and cognitive measures. Since 2024, co-investigators Dr. Karol Maybury (UMF Psychology) and Bryce…

9/15/26: A Conversation with Barry Dana, former Chief of the Penobscot Nation 7pm, Emery Performance Space Free and open to the public Link to video recording of the event The Farmington Public Library welcomes community members of all ages to a conversation with Barry Dana about Wabanaki history and culture.…

9/10/26: Bread & Puppet Theater presents “The Upside Down World Circus” 7:00pm (Doors open at 6:30pm) Location: Nordica Auditorium, Merrill Hall, 224 Main St., Farmington ME Tickets: $10-$25 suggested donation with no one turned away for lack of funds; free for UMF students. Advance tickets available beginning Aug. 4th at…