Category: Events

Artist Talk with Dawn Nye February 2, 2022 at 11:45am Performance Space, Emery Community Arts Center Please join us for an artist talk with UMF Associate Professor of Art, Dawn Nye. During her presentation, Professor Nye will discuss her recent documentary projects and her new exhibition, American Conversations, on view from…

  Death of a Salesman December 9th, 10th & 11th at 7:00pm December 12th at 2:00pm This event is free and open to the public, but reservations are required. Make your reservation here: https://forms.gle/DrT4EHUnLdqjDAjb8 Widely considered one of the best plays of the 20th century, Death of a Salesman explores…

21st Annual Animation Show of Shows November 18, 2021 7:00pm Emery Community Arts Center Performance Space This event is free and open to the public *Some subject matter is of a mature nature and not intended for young children. Trailer: https://www.facebook.com/AnimationShowOfShows/videos/the-21st-annual-animation-show-of-shows-trailer/513535475902572/ THE 21ST ANNUAL ANIMATION SHOW OF SHOWS OFFERS A DIVERSE…

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…