CONVERSATION: Page to Stage at the Portland Public Library

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

                          A brown bag lunch and discussion of the themes and ideas addressed in Refuge Malja ملجأ, moderated […]

FILM: Help Wanted? Immigration and Work

Museum L-A 35 Canal St., Lewiston, ME, United States

Screening 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 […]

Traces | READING: Refuge Malja ملجأ | @ MECA&D

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

A 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 […]

CONVERSATION: The Stories We Carry

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

This interactive literary event will help the audience to explore some of the ways in which storytelling and oral histories preserve our cultures and connect us to our origin.  A […]

FILM: To Light a Candle

Shettleworth Lecture Hall, Maine Historical Society 489 Congress St., Portland, ME, United States

Screening of To Light a Candle by Maziar Bahari. Through personal stories and dramatic archive footage, To Light a Candle gives a powerful account of the Baha’i people in Iran, a religious minority […]

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, […]

Closing Reception | Tim Bavington: Rock & Roll Abstraction

Closing Reception: Tim Bavington: Rock & Roll Abstraction Oct. 19, 5–7pm Abstract painter translates Rolling Stones, Beatles, Cream, and Jimi Hendrix songs into visual experiences Dedicated to using music and art as […]