Leaders in the art community will speak on the role of art in cultivating spaces for civic engagement on controversial topics and sparking social change. Break-out groups led by local […]
A discussion with members of the immigrant community from entrepreneurs to teachers. Following the 4pm matinee of Refuge Malja ملجأ at Portland Stage. >> Click here to return to Exhibition Affiliated Events […]
Artistic Perspective discussion following the 2pm matinee of Refuge Malja ملجأ at Portland Stage inviting immigrant community members to talk about what they left behind. >> Click here to return to […]
An immersive and enthralling journey through the Sonoran Desert on the U.S.-Mexico border, EL MAR LA MAR weaves together harrowing oral histories from the area with hand-processed 16mm images of […]
The Center for Global Humanities at the University of New England will be hosting Anthropologist and Colby College Professor Catherine Besteman who will be speaking on the immigration debate in […]
Chen Chen is the author of When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities, which was longlisted for the National Book Award and won the A. […]
IXNOS (which means “trace” in Greek) will focus on Lesvos, one of the most significant locations involved in the current worldwide movement of migrants and refugees. This year Portland celebrates its […]
Screening of The Search for General Tso by Ian Chenney. As much an immigration history as a culinary one, this entertaining and informative documentary uses the ubiquitous Americanized Chinese dish, General […]
A discussion with a Rabbi and an Imam about their faiths, and about what different scriptures say with regard to how we care for those we don't know. Following the […]
