Category: Events

  10/27/22: Film Screening: I KNOW A MAN … ASHLEY BRYAN 7:00pm, Emery Performance Space Free and open to the public The documentary film, I KNOW A MAN … ASHLEY BRYAN, directed by Richard Kane, is a story about a 90+ year-old artist who skips and jumps in his heart…

10/18/22: Urban Maine: Stories and Sounds 3:00pm-5:00pm Free and open to the public Fusion First Year Students will present their video interviews of authors, booksellers, tattoo artists and other members of the Portland community. Additionally, work includes video and sound pieces of the UMF-Farmington area. 

10/14: Keynote Lecture: James Phelan, “Close Reading and Narrative Medicine: Edwidge Danticat’s ‘Sunrise/Sunset’” 11:45am-1:00pm Free and open to the public Dr. James Phelan (Ohio State University) teaches and writes about narrative theory, the medical humanities, and the English and American novel. Rather than working in only one historical period, Phelan gravitates toward theoretical…

Paying Attention: A Celebration of Dan Gunn and the Practice of Close Reading Friday, October 14, 2022 Emery Community Arts Center University of Maine Farmington Schedule of Events: 8:45 Welcome 9:00-10:15 Session 1 *Adèle St. Pierre (The Moses Brown School), “The beauty of words and the power of grammar in J.M.G. LeClézio’s ‘Mondo’” *Christine Darrohn (University of Maine Farmington), “Lingering: A Close Reading of Katherine Mansfield” *Astra Pierson…

10/6: Late Wonders: Book Launch and Poetry Reading with Wesley McNair 7:00pm, Emery Performance Space Free and open to the public With a plain-spoken tenderness, Wesley McNair’s story-like poems celebrate the dreamers and the misfits, the small but hard-earned triumphs of everyday life. Since the publication of his first book…

9/18/22: Outdoor Concert: Songs From Here 2:00pm, Emery’s Lawn ArtsFarmington presents, Songs from Here, poems and melodies from New England with Sarah Tuttle, Bridget Convey, Erica Ball and Christie Paul. If it rains, the concert will be moved indoors to Emery’s performance space. For more details and to make reservations, please visit: https://www.artsfarmington.org Songs…

9/8: Double-Feature Art Exhibition Reception COLLABORATION: THE POWER OF TWO & FRED DEARNLEY: NEW WORK 5:00pm-7:00pm Gallery Talks presented by the Artists begin at 5:30pm Free and open to the public Please join us for a special public reception celebrating two art exhibitions on view at Emery, “Collaboration: The Power…

9/9/22: Bread & Puppet Theater presents, “Our Domestic Resurrection Circus: Apocalypse Defiance” 8:00pm (Doors open at 7:30pm) General Admission: suggested donation of $10-$25 (no one turned away for lack of funds) Student Admission: FREE! Tickets will be available at the door beginning at 7:00pm on the evening of the performance.…

8/7/22: ArtsFarmington presents, BUTTONWOOD TRIO Benefit Concert 3:00pm Free and open to the public with contributions going for humanitarian aid to Ukraine through Save the Children ArtsFarmington presents the Buttonwood Trio featuring cellist Phil Carlsen, violinist Mary Hunter, and pianist James Parakilas. The program will include Beethoven and more. Masks Required,…

8/27/22: Outdoor Concert featuring LOUISA STANCIOFF and DEAD GOWNS 7:00pm, Emery’s Lawn Free and open to the public Enjoy an evening of free live music on Emery’s lawn featuring Louisa Stancioff with Dead Gowns! Audience members are welcome to bring lawn chairs or a picnic blanket. If it rains, the…