EXHIBITION: Barça/Barzak: The immigrant’s hope | Papa Mendy

SPEEDWELL 630 Forest Avenue, Portland, ME, United States

Hosted by SPEEDWELL Projects, Barça/Barzak is a pop up shop featuring furniture by Senegalese artist Papa Mendy in conjunction with Making Migration Visible: Traces, Tracks, and Pathways. Each piece is handcrafted and […]

FOOD: Community Garden Potluck

Boyd Street Urban Farm 5 Boyd Street, Portland, ME, United States

Please join Sister Makings & Cultivating Community for a community potluck in one of the most creative and diverse growing spaces in Portland. All are welcome, please bring a dish […]

RECEPTION: Barça/Barzak: The immigrant’s hope | Papa Mendy

SPEEDWELL 630 Forest Avenue, Portland, ME, United States

Barça/Barzak: The immigrant's hope | Papa Mendy Exhibition On View: October 13 - 21, 2018 Opening Reception: Saturday, October 13, 6-8PM Hosted by SPEEDWELL Projects, Barça/Barzak is a pop up […]

MUSIC: Okbari Middle Eastern Ensemble

Mayo Street Arts 10 Mayo Street, Portland, ME, United States

The Okbari Middle Eastern Ensemble presents music from the richly varied contemporary and historic cultural traditions of the Middle East including Ottoman Turkish Classical compositions, rural Turkish folk and devotional […]

EXHIBITION: Seeing Otherwise

Colby College Museum of Art 5600 Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME, United States

Exhibition that confronts and explores representations of mobility in art. Curated by Catherine Besteman, Chloé Powers, and Caroline Webb.     Featuring work by: Romare Bearden, Phong Bui, Lalla Essaydi, Whitfield Lovell, Meleko Mokgosi, Richard Mosse, Fred Wilson, […]

CONVERSATION: Page to Stage at the Portland Public Library

Rhines Auditorium, Portland Public Library 5 Monument Way, Portland, ME, United States

                          A brown bag lunch and discussion of the themes and ideas addressed in Refuge Malja ملجأ, moderated […]

FILM: Help Wanted? Immigration and Work

Museum L-A 35 Canal St., Lewiston, ME, United States

Screening of Destination America Episode 1: The Golden Door by Stephen Stept and David Grubin. In this first episode from the acclaimed four-part series on immigration, historians Donna Gabaccia and […]