FILM + PANEL: There is My Home

Bailey Hall, USM Gorham Campus 16 University Way, Gorham, ME, United States

There Is My Home features Hawa Ibrahim and Batula Ismail, two women trying to support their families as farmers in Maine. Born and raised in the Jubba River Valley of Somalia, […]

2018 Dorothy Schwartz Forum: who is we?

Congregation Bet Ha'am 81 Westbrook St., South Portland, ME, United States

(Above) Schwartz Forum installation sketch by Lisa Pixley.  The Schwartz Forum brings people together with expert guides to grapple with a big question. This year’s question – who is we? […]

PANEL: Printers Without Margins: A Fellowship for Change

SPEEDWELL 630 Forest Avenue, Portland, ME, United States

Pickwick Independent Press is a community print shop in Portland, Maine that had the opportunity to give six activists a fellowship this year. Each Fellow was guided through the process […]

PANEL: History of Immigration in Maine

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

Held in conjunction with the exhibition Home: Reflections on Place, hosted by the Portland Public Library. Join us for a panel discussion about the History of Immigration in Maine hosted by Portland […]

FILM: Family and Community

YWCA Central Maine 130 East Ave., Lewiston, ME, United States

Screening of My American Girls by Aaron Matthews. Described by the Los Angeles Times as “packed with uncommon honesty and humor,” this intimate cinema-verite documentary captures the contradictions of contemporary immigrant life […]

EXHIBITION: Out of the Fog: Retracing the Path to Greenland

Maine Women Writers Collection 716 Stevens Ave., Portland, ME, United States

Pairing Iceblink, a project by artist Carrie Scanga, with the archival source materials from Marie Peary Stafford’s papers that inspired Scanga’s work, this exhibit explores the personal and societal projections […]

Gallery Talk: Seeing Otherwise | Caroline Webb

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

Co-curator Caroline Webb will introduce visitors to the Seeing Otherwise exhibition at the Colby College Museum of Art. Featured work by Romare Bearden, Phong Bui, Lalla Essaydi, Whitfield Lovell, Meleko Mokgosi, Richard […]

FILM+PANEL: There Is My Home

Payson Smith Hall, USM Portland Campus 96 Falmouth St., Portland, ME, United States

There Is My Home features Hawa Ibrahim and Batula Ismail, two women trying to support their families as farmers in Maine. Born and raised in the Jubba River Valley of Somalia, […]