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EXHIBITION: VR Pop-up: At the Periphery | Maine College of Art & Design

Maine College of Art & Design 522 Congress Street, Portland, ME, United States

Virtual reality filmmaker Daniel Quintanilla, working with the Yarn Corporation, will be in the gallery to share At the Periphery, a virtual experience that explores the often paradoxical idea of "visibility" as it relates to the immigrant experience. In this virtual journey, one is transported to spaces occupied temporarily or permanently by immigrant communities in […]

MUSIC: Wazo Daveed in Concert at Portland Public Library

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

Wazo Daveed is A 19-year-old artist, musician, and youth advocate.  Daveed spent his time building his art portfolio through the emerging arts community in Portland. Whether it’s through fashion, music, or visual arts, Daveed has been involved with it all, most significantly creating a youth art collective called Kesho Wazo. Kesho Wazo translates to “Tomorrow’s […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]