Category: Events

Artist Talk with Huey Coleman March 23, 2022 12:00pm-1:00pm For Common Time at UMF Huey will show selections from his feature length documentary film portraits on Maine Franco-American musicians, Jazz legend Marian McPartland, Literary icon Henry David Thoreau, and Maine’s Greatest Mountain, Katahdin.             Huey’s Bio:…

New Commons Project: Emily Dickinson Symposium March 9, 2022 Emery Community Arts Center This event is free and open to the public.   Join us for a day-long exploration and celebration of the poetry of Emily Dickinson.   10:00am-11:00am: Student Panel 11:45am-1:00pm: “Composed of Nows”. A Keynote conversation on Emily…

Dr. Kristen Case, “Making Nothing Happen: Emily Dickinson’s Poetic Magic” March 2 at 4:00pm Emery Community Arts Center Performance Space This event is free and open to the public.   This talk will discuss Dickinson’s striking ability to pull readers into her poetry through her use of elision, omission, and…

Film Screening: TRUTH TELLERS Thursday, March 24, 2022 at 7:00pm Emery Performance Space Free and open to the public.   THIS NEW DOCUMENTARY FILM DIVES INTO THE LIVES OF COURAGEOUS AMERICANS FIGHTING FOR RACIAL JUSTICE, CLIMATE CHANGE AND INDIGENOUS RIGHTS THROUGH THE EYES OF ROBERT SHETTERLY, A LONG TIME ACTIVIST…

New Commons Film Series: Wild Nights With Emily February 23, 2022, 7:00pm-9:00pm Emery Performance Space This event is free and open to the public.   Just us for a screening of Madeline Olnek’s 2018 film, Wild Nights with Emily.   This event is sponsored by The New Commons Project.

New Commons Keynote: Rachel Lindsay, “PERSEPOLIS & the Graphic Memoir” February 23, 2022, 11:45am-1:00pm Emery Performance Space This event is free and open to the public. Vermont-based cartoonist Rachel Lindsay examines why comics are a powerful storytelling tool, and where Satrapi’s work fits into the medium. Rachel Lindsay’s book, RX: A…

New Commons Keynote Lecture: Liz Prince, “PERSEPOLIS and the Autobiographical Comic Book” February 16, 11:45am-1:00pm Emery Community Arts Center Performance Space This event is free and open to the public. Award-winning cartoonist Liz Prince examines why comics are a powerful storytelling tool, and where Satrapi’s work fits into the medium. Come…

New Commons Project Film Series: PERSEPOLIS February 12, 7:00pm-9:00pm Emery Community Arts Center Performance Space This event is free and open to the public. Join us in a screening of the highly acclaimed film adaptation of Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis. Discussion to follow.   Notes from Dr. Erika Rodrigeuz, NCP Assistant…

Faculty Panel: The Cultural Context of Persepolis February 7, 11:45am-1:00pm Emery Community Arts Center This event is free and open to the public.   Join Professors Waleck Dalpour, Nasser Rohani, Ali Geshnizjani, and Linda Beck in a conversation about Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis that delves into Iranian history.   Notes from…

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…