Category: Events

Welcome back UMF students, faculty and staff! Emery Community Arts Center kicks off the Fall semester by bringing a slice of the Portland music scene to Farmington: Friday, 9/14: Dominic Lavoie with Jeff Beam. 7pm Emery Community Arts Center Lawn This event is free and open to the public Dominic…

David Ross September 26th, 2018 Emery Performance Space Time: 7:30 PM This event is free and open to the public. About the speaker: Can art transform lives? Can art serve as a force for ethical dialogue and action within the public sphere? These are some of the questions that David A. Ross, scholar,…

  New Commons: Anthony Green, “Today’s Music Through Activism” November 20, 2018 Emery Performance Space 7:30-9:00PM This event is free and open to the public. Join musician Anthony Green for a lively consideration of the relationship between contemporary music and political activism. For more information about this event please click…

The New Commons Film Series: PERSUASION December 7, 2018 Emery Performance Space 7:00-9:00PM This event is free and open to the public. The New Commons Film Series presents PERSUASION, a well-loved 1995 adaptation of Austen’s novel directed by Roger Michell. For more information on this event click here: https://newcommonsproject.org/event/persuasion/

The New Commons Project: Dan Gunn, “Some Sentences from ​PERSUASION​” December 5, 2018 Emery Performance Space 11:45AM-1:00PM This event is free and open to the public. Dr. Dan Gunn, Professor of English at UMF, provides insight into the intricate writing style of Jane Austen’s PERSUASION. For more information on this…

Keynote Event: ​Wendy Lee, ​“​PERSUASION’s​ Long Goodbye: Jane Austen and the End of Life” November 28, 2018 Emery Performance Space 11:45AM-1:00PM This event is free and open to the public. Dr. Wendy Lee, Assistant Professor of English at New York University, situates Jane Austen’s PERSUASION (her final novel) as a work uniquely…

  G​ustavo Aguilar Get Libre Collective, ​”We Insist! Max Roach’s ‘Freedom Now Suite’ (with Coltrane’s ‘Alabama’)” November 7, 2018 Emery Performance Space 7:30-9:30PM This event is free and open to the public. The Gustavo Aguilar Get Libre Collective featuring ​Christine Correa​ (vocals), ​Jon Hallstrom​ (guitar), and ​Eric Thomas​ (woodwinds) perform…

The New Commons Film Series: CHASING TRANE November 1, 2018 Emery Performance Space 7:00-9:00PM This event is free and open to the public. The New Commons Film Series presents CHASING TRANE: THE JOHN COLTRANE DOCUMENTARY. This 2016 film (directed by John Scheinfeld) gives a thoughtful and thorough overview of the saxophonist’s…

  The New Commons Project: Keynote Event: Anthony Davis, ​”Race, White Backlash and the Spiritual Quest: Jazz Responds to the Struggle for Civil Rights” October 31, 2018 Emery Performance Space 11:45AM-1:00PM This event is free and open to the public. Join composer Anthony Davis for a lecture and performance to…

The New Commons Project: Nick Tobier, “Pardon the Interruption: Art as an Agent of Change in the Civic Sphere” October 10, 2018 Emery Performance Space 11:45AM-1:00PM This event is free and open to the public. Join Nick Tobier, artist and Professor in the School of Art & Design at the University of…