Month: October 2021

NCP Keynote Lecture: Kevin Wynter, “The Final Brother: On Horror and Black Survivability” November 10, 11:45am-1:00pm Emery Performance Space This event is free and open to the public.   Do Black people always die first in horror movies? Is it possible to be Black and successfully survive a horror film? This…

  Michael Johnson, “GET OUT and the History of African Americans in Horror Films“ November 5, 11:45am-1pm Emery Performance Space This event is free and open to the public.   Join Dr. Michael Johnson (Professor of English at UMF) for an examination of Get Out‘s place within a long lineage of…

Musical Temporalities: Bach’s Goldberg Variations and Anna Thorvaldsdottir’s Trajectories 11/2/21: 6:00pm 11/3/21: 11:45am Emery Community Arts Center Performance Space This event is free and open to the public.   Steven Pane, UMF professor of music, presents Musical Temporalities: Bach’s Goldberg Variations & Anna Thorvaldsdóttir’s Trajectories. The Goldberg Variations is composed for keyboard and comprised of a theme played at the…

November 12, 2021 7:00pm Masks and vaccination are both required. Admission is $10, free for 18 and under and for UMF Students.  Tickets are for sale at the website: artsfarmington.org and at the door on the evening of the event. ArtsFarmington is pleased to present An Evening of Poetry Reading…

Delimited Space: Aaron Wyanski in Recital October 28, 2021 7:00pm This event is free and open to the public. Join UMF’s Assistant Professor of Music Composition Aaron Wyanski for a program of solo piano music including works by Charlie Parker, Henry Mancini, and Billie Eilish.

  **This event has been RESCHEDULED for Wednesday, Nov. 17 at 11:45am**   Aaron Wyanski, “Get Out and Horror Soundtracks” November 17, 2021 11:45am-1:00pm This event is free and open to the public. Join Dr. Aaron Wyanski (composer, pianist, and Assistant Professor of Music Composition at UMF) for a critical…

Shelton Waldrep, Lecture on David Bowie’s, “Life on Mars?” October 25, 2021 6:00pm-7:30pm This event is free and open to the public. Join Dr. Shelton Waldrep (Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Southern Maine) for an original exploration of David Bowie’s “Life on Mars?”, including its meaning and…

Dr. Darren J. Ranco, “Decolonizing the University Through Placed-Based Agreements with Tribal Nations” October 15, 2021 11:45am-1:00pm This event is free and open to the public. Decolonization. What does it mean and require of us here at the University of Maine at Farmington? Associate Professor of Anthropology and Chair of…

The New Commons Film Series: THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH October 14, 2021 7:00pm-9:00pm This event is free and open to the public. The New Commons Film Series presents THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH, the classic 1976 science fiction film starring David Bowie as alien Thomas Jerome Newton.…

#LandBack, Water Rights, and Decolonization in Wabanaki Territory October 13, 2021 11:45am-1:00pm This event is free and open to the public.   The Wabanaki people have been protecting their homelands – where UMF resides – since time immemorial, and continue to do so today. Wabanaki land-defenders and water protectors Dawn Neptune-Adams, Maria…