October Open House: MFA + MAT Admissions
Maine College of Art & Design, First Floor 522 Congress St., Portland, ME, United StatesCome see first-hand why students are choosing to study in MECA&D's close-knit community and rigorous artistic programs.
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EXHIBITION: VR Pop-up: A Shared Space | Lewiston | Daniel Quintanilla + UnitedYES
Center for Maine Contemporary Art 21 Winter St., Rockland, ME, United StatesA Shared Space | Lewiston by Daniel Quintanilla, Shuab Ahmed Mahat, and Hilowle Aden is a pop-up immersive 360° virtual reality experience inviting all of us to ask questions about the physical and social spaces we inhabit and what we lose when we are out of contact with one another. A Shared Space tells the […]
FOOD: Community Garden Potluck
Boyd Street Urban Farm 5 Boyd Street, Portland, ME, United StatesPlease 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 that you love, or from your cultural heritage to share. Sister Makings seeks to co-create sanctuary that promotes equitably shared learning experiences, we co-create space […]
RECEPTION: Barça/Barzak: The immigrant’s hope | Papa Mendy
SPEEDWELL 630 Forest Avenue, Portland, ME, United StatesBarça/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 shop featuring furniture by Senegalese artist Papa Mendy in conjunction with Making Migration Visible: Traces, Tracks, and Pathways. Each piece is handcrafted and made one-of-a-kind from repurposed […]
MUSIC: Okbari Middle Eastern Ensemble
Mayo Street Arts 10 Mayo Street, Portland, ME, United StatesThe 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 songs, Arabic classical and folk music, and dance music from the Armenian and Turkish immigrant diasporas. Tickets are available here. >> Click here […]
CONVERSATION: Page to Stage at the Portland Public Library
Rhines Auditorium, Portland Public Library 5 Monument Way, Portland, ME, United StatesA brown bag lunch and discussion of the themes and ideas addressed in Refuge Malja ملجأ, moderated by Portland Stage. Page to Stage is a discussion series run like a book group and hosted in collaboration between the Portland Public Library and […]
FILM: Help Wanted? Immigration and Work
Museum L-A 35 Canal St., Lewiston, ME, United StatesScreening 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 Janet Nolan, among others, provide a historical context for America’s longstanding and sometimes conflicted relationship with immigrant labor. Reflecting that “once, there was no such […]
READING: Refuge Malja ملجأ | hosted by Maine College of Art & Design
Maine College of Art & Design 522 Congress Street, Portland, ME, United StatesA reading from Refuge Malja ملجأ by Bess Welden with Arabic translation by Ali Al Mshakheel. A scene from the play Refuge Malja ملجأ will be read in English and Arabic. Portland Stage will present Refuge Malja ملجأ as a full lenth production October 30 – November 18, 2018. Short discussion regarding the play to […]
Traces | READING: Refuge Malja ملجأ | @ MECA&D
Maine College of Art & Design 522 Congress Street, Portland, ME, United StatesA reading from Refuge Malja ملجأ by Bess Welden with Arabic translation by Ali Al Mshakheel. A scene from the play Refuge Malja ملجأ will be read in English and Arabic. Portland Stage will present Refuge Malja ملجأ as a full lenth production October 30 – November 18, 2018. Short discussion regarding the play to […]