Category: Events

Frank Giampietro presents: Requiem for the Gettysburg Address November 16, 2019 7:00PM Emery Performance Space Free student admission; all others $5. In this high-energy, solo performance, Frank Giampietro employs music, the dramatic monologue, and digital media to present 13 close readings of the Gettysburg Address that de-construct in order to…

  Bread & Puppet presents: The Essential Furthermore Sunday, November 10th 4:00pm Emery Community Arts Center -UMF Student Admission: Free (Reservations recommended: please reserve your free ticket by contacting Ann Bartges [ann.bartges@maine.edu]) -General Admission: $10-$25 (no one turned away for lack of funds)–Advance tickets available for purchase at Up Front…

New Commons Project presents: Jericho Brown December 5, 2019 7:30PM Emery Performance Space Free and open to the public. Scholar and poet Jericho Brown (Associate Professor and the Director of the Creative Writing Program at Emory University) will discuss his own work, as well as situate James Baldwin’s writing within…

New Commons Project presents: James Baldwin Symposium November 22, 2019 9:00AM-4:00PM Emery Community Arts Center Free and open to the public. Join Guy Mark Foster (Baldwin scholar and Associate Professor of English at Bowdoin College), Stefania Heim (poet, scholar, translator, editor and educator), and Ian Davis (scholar of transnational modernisms,…

Jonathan Gray: “THE SIMPSONS, Parody, and Television Satire” November 13, 2019 11:45 AM Emery Performance Space Free and open to the public. Join Dr. Jonathan Gray (Professor of Media and Cultural Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison) for an analysis of the ways in which THE SIMPSONS changed television history.…

New Commons Project presents: Simpsons Roundtable 10/30/19 11:45 AM Emery Performance Space Free and open to the public. THE SIMPSONS has been a powerful force in American culture for over 30 years, blending satire on current events with the humorous pastiche of famous television, literary, film, and musical works. This…

New Commons Project presents: Cheryl Savageau October 16 2019 11:45AM Emery Performance Space Free and open to the public. The New Commons Project proudly presents a poetry reading by Cheryl Savageau, author of the Pulitzer-nominated poetry collection DIRT ROAD HOME (the New Commons selection for October 2018). Savageau’s poetry retells…

New Commons Project presents: Siobhan Senier October 11, 2019 11:45AM Emery Performance Space Free and open to the public. Join Dr. Siobhan Senier (Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies and English at the University of New Hampshire) for an incisive examination of local indigenous writing as part of the New…

New Commons Project presents: Canoe Trip Slideshows September 29, 2019 2:00PM-5:30PM Emery Performance Space Free and open to the public. Join local CANOE enthusiasts for multiple slideshows of canoeing experiences featuring beautiful panoramic photography. Rollin Thurlow (2 pm) will explore the history of the wood-and-canvas CANOE, while Garrett Conover’s presentation…

New Commons Project presents: Lisa Brooks September 27, 2019 11:45AM Emery Performance Space. Free and open to the public. Join Dr. Lisa Brooks (Professor of English and American Studies and Chair of American Studies at Amherst College) for a presentation on the historical relationship between the Native Americans of the…