Events

FARMINGTON, ME  (May 27, 2026)—Looking for a fun summer camp in the Farmington area? The University of Maine at Farmington Fitness and Recreation Center is once again offering its annual Summer Daze Camp for children going into grades 1-7 in the fall. The camp runs for eight, 5-day sessions from Monday…

FARMINGTON, ME (May 21, 2026)—The UMF Emery Community Arts Center is excited to be exhibiting the artwork of Rumford native Phil Poirier with “A Retrospective, Interrupted: Landscape Paintings by Phil Poirier.”The solo exhibit will be on display in Emery’s Flex Gallery from June 13 – Sept. 17, 2026, with an opening…

FARMINGTON, ME  (April 2, 2026)—The University of Maine at Farmington is excited to announce Shana Youngdahl as the final reader of the 2026 spring semester schedule of its popular Visiting Writers series. Youngdahl will read from her work at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, April 16, in the Landing in the UMF Olsen…

FARMINGTON, ME  (March 30, 2026)— The University of Maine at Farmington in partnership with the UMF Office of Global Education is excited to announce that Dr. Thomas Gillman, a New Zealand specialist in sustainable tourism, will be collaborating with the University in a series of campus and local presentations as a…

FARMINGTON, ME  (March 12, 2026)—The University of Maine at Farmington is excited to present poet Isabel Neal as the second reader of the 2026 spring semester schedule of its popular Visiting Writers series. A poet and educator, Neal was awarded the 2025 Yale Younger Poets award, selected by poet Rae Armantrout.

FARMINGTON, ME  (February 19, 2026)—The University of Maine at Farmington is pleased to announce that C. Edward Watson, a UMF Spring ’26 Libra Scholar, will be presenting a keynote address, “Embracing AI as Essential Learning: Preparing Students for Life Beyond College,” on Wednesday, Feb. 25, from 12:30-1:30 p.m., in Lincoln Auditorium,…

FARMINGTON, ME  (February 12, 2026)—The University of Maine at Farmington is excited to present essayist, journalist and storyteller  Onnesha Roychoudhuri as the first reader of the 2026 spring semester schedule of its popular Visiting Writers series. Roychoudhuri’s book, “The Marginalized Majority: Claiming Our Power in a Post-Truth America” (Melville Press), was…

FARMINGTON, ME  (October 2, 2025)—The UMF Visiting Writer Series and Emery Community Arts Center are excited to present sophisti-pop trio, StarWound, to UMF in a collaborative performance melding poetry and music. StarWound will perform their collaborative work in the Emery Performance Space on the University of Maine at Farmington campus on…

FARMINGTON, ME (September 4, 2025)—The University of Maine at Farmington’s celebrated Visiting Writers Series is excited to present nonfiction writer Matthew J.C. Clark as the popular program’s first reader of the 2025/26 season. Clark will read from his work at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, September 18, 2025, in The Landing in…

FARMINGTON, ME (August 4, 2025)— High school students eager to find a writing community where they can feel at home and hone their craft traveled to Farmington recently to join nearly 70 other aspiring young writers at the University of Maine at Farmington’s annual Longfellow Young Writers’ Camp. Since 2010,…