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MUSIC + POETRY: The Power of We: Celebrating the Opening of the GPIWC Digital Language Lab & Fourth Floor Expansion

Greater Portland Immigrant Welcome Center 24 Preble St. 4th Floor, Portland, ME, United States

The Greater Portland Immigrant Welcome Center believes in the Power of We.  By working together, we can make great things happen. It is in this spirit that the Center showcases its expansion and launch of English language programming with an evening of music, art and conversation.  Representatives from the business, non-profit and political sectors will […]

LECTURE: Fierce Compassion, Well-Being, and the Reclamation of our Shared Humanity | Dr. Kamilah Majied

USM Glickman Library, University Events Room, 7th floor 314 Forest Ave., Portland, ME, United States

The Bertha Crosley Ball Center for Compassion hosts a public lecture by Dr. Kamilah Majied, Howard University, Department of Social Work. This colloquy will offer participants the opportunity to learn about and practice cultivating fierce compassion through contemplative practice. The goal is to develop sustainability in our efforts to ground our day to day to […]

EXHIBITION: Peter Turnley: Refugees | Bates College Museum of Art

Olin Arts Center, Bates College 75 Russell St., Lewiston, ME, United States

Peter Turnley (American, b. 1955) is a photojournalist known for documenting the human condition and current events. Over the last thirty years, Turnley has photographed some of the world’s most significant conflicts including the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the 2003 war in Iraq. This exhibition, which is drawn from the permanent collection, focuses on one of […]

MUSIC: Hiroya Tsukamoto

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

Hiroya Tsukamoto is a one of a kind composer, guitarist and singer-songwriter from Kyoto, Japan. Hiroya takes you on an innovative, impressionistic journey filled with earthy, organic soundscapes that impart a mood of peace and tranquility. Tickets available here.     >> Click here to return to Exhibition Affiliated Events Calendar <<

PANEL: Welcoming the Stranger in Maine and in the Jewish Culture

Maine Jewish Museum 267 Congress Street, Portland, ME, United States

The discussion will relate to the history of Jews welcoming the stranger, giving refuge to immigrants as an act of love. The topic will be: "Why give refuge? Why is welcoming the stranger a time honored practice, and what are the costs and benefits?" The panel discussion will be followed by a reception.  Hosted by […]

THEATER: Refuge Malja ملجأ

Portland Stage 25 Forest Ave., Portland, ME, United States

When a Jewish-American war photographer feels compelled to assist a young refugee who steps in front her camera, she calls an old friend to translate but hesitates to reveal why she is so drawn to the boy. This poetic, decade-spanning drama explores how we each define and find our own malja (refuge). Written by Bess […]

Migrations: Poetry at SPACE

SPACE Gallery 538 Congress St., Portland, ME, United States

A diverse collection of poets who live in Maine read and perform work that tracks the traces, paths, and pathways of various kinds of migration. All of the participating poets have been featured in Deep Water, a weekly poetry column in the Maine Sunday Telegram.  Hosted by SPACE. Doors open at 6:30, event begins at 7. $5-$10 donation […]

LECTURE: Piro Rexhepi | Colby College

Diamond 343, Colby College 4000 Mayflower Hill, Waterville, ME, United States

Piro Rexhepi | Geopolitical Whiteness: Euro-Atlantic Integration and the Postsocialist Assembling of Race and Sexuality to Control Migration in the Balkans As the final integration of the Western Balkans into the EU and NATO security structures completes the legal and political infrastructure of sealing the Euro-Atlantic geopolitical borders along the Balkans Refugee Route, overlapping national […]

RECEPTION: Open Studios at Monson Arts Center

Monson Arts Center N Main St., Monson, ME, United States

Stop by the Monson Arts Center from 3-5PM to see what’s been happening in the studios during the October residency session. Making Migration Visible: Traces, Tracks & Pathways featured artist Maria Patricia Tinajero will be a resident artist at the Center, and will be on site showcasing work produced during her residency.   >> Click here to […]