University of Maine Farmington

A Theatre UMF Production
2025-03-08 19:30 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | UMF Alumni Theater
100 Saints You Should Know by Kate Fodor, Directed by Jayne Decker. Produced by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service. Location: Alumni Theater. Admission: $8 Adults, $7 Seniors, $3 UMF Students with ID. Open to the Public. Sponsored by: Arts, Humanities, and Social Science Depts. Contact: Shari WItham, 207-778-7425, switham@maine.edu.
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John Harlow: Take Only What You Can Carry
2025-03-09 12:00 - 16:00, 2025-03-11 12:00 - 16:00, 2025-03-12 12:00 - 16:00, 2025-03-13 12:00 - 16:00, 2025-03-14 12:00 - 16:00, 2025-03-15 12:00 - 16:00, 2025-03-16 12:00 - 16:00, 2025-03-18 12:00 - 16:00 and 9 more dates | UMF Art Gallery, 246 Main St, Farmington, ME, United States
The UMF Art Gallery proudly presents ‘Take Only What You Can Carry,” a real-life photographic exhibit by John Harlow, UMF Art and New Media alumni. The exhibit is on display from Thursday, Feb. 6 through March 28.
Harlow’s work in photography and video conveys intimate, raw documents of family life, domestic spaces, and personal chaos. Inspired by conversations and encounters in his photowalks through poor and working-class neighborhoods of his hometown of Skowhegan, His work is deeply human, combining elements of documentary photography with a painterly sensibility that invites viewers to confront discomfort, beauty, and vulnerability all at once.
Location: UMF Art Gallery. FREE. Open to the Public. The UMF Art Gallery is dedicated to bringing contemporary art to the campus and regional communities. The gallery is located at 246 Main Street, behind the Admissions Office.
Gallery hours are Tuesdays-Sundays 12-4 p.m., and by appointment. Please contact Sarah at maline@maine.edu or 207-778-1062 for more information or to make an appointment. https://www.artgalleryumf.org/

A Theatre UMF Production
2025-03-09 14:00 - 15:30 | UMF Alumni Theater
100 Saints You Should Know by Kate Fodor, Directed by Jayne Decker. Produced by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service. Location: Alumni Theater. Admission: $8 Adults, $7 Seniors, $3 UMF Students with ID. Open to the Public. Sponsored by: Arts, Humanities, and Social Science Depts. Contact: Shari WItham, 207-778-7425, switham@maine.edu.
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Paint, Sip, & Self-Care Tips at the SLC!
2025-03-11 17:00 - 18:30 | Student Learning Commons
Welcome spring with a guided painting session! Relax with art, sip sparkling cider, and discover easy self-care tips. Join us for a creative, refreshing evening of fun and relaxation! Location: Student Learning Commons. FREE. UMF Community Only. Sponsored by: Academic Coaching. Contact: Jamie Richardson, 207-212-4676, jamie.richardson@maine.edu, https://sites.google.com/maine.edu/slc-umf/home?authuser=0&pli=1

John Harlow ArtistTalk
2025-03-26 18:30 - 19:30 | UMF Art Gallery, 246 Main St, Farmington, ME, United States
John Harlow will discuss and take questions on his work in the current exhibition, “Take Only What You Can Carry.” Location: UMF Art Gallery. FREE. Open to the Public. Sponsored by: Division of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences. Contact: Sarah Maline, 12-4pm daily and by appointment; closed Mondays. Call/text Sarah at 207-778-1062 for appointment; or email. maline@maine.edu. artgalleryumf.org.
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Maine Inside Out presents “Broken Clock: Film, Performance & Dialogue”
2025-03-26 18:30 - 20:30 | Emery Community Arts Center
“Broken Clock” is an original play about incarceration, gun violence, grief, family, trust, and time. Chasing your mom’s car down the street… being given your first gun… finding brotherhood in the streets… fighting for a loved one to come home from prison… These are a few of the moments from “Broken Clock” expressed through theater, poetry, music, and dance.
The play was first performed in June 2024 for the Lewiston Juneteenth Festival “The City That Carries Us: Pain Streets, and Heartbeats” and later developed in residency at Celebration Barn. The play is created by and continually developed by the performing cast with facilitation by Amanda Huotari. The play also features audio recordings of currently incarcerated MIO artists. Following the performance, the audience will be invited to dialogue with the performers about the themes of the play. Location: Emery Community Arts Center. Free, or by donation. Reserve tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/broken-clock-at-umf-tickets-1253230107989?aff=oddtdtcreator. Open to the Public. Sponsored by: Emery Community Arts Center. Contact: Ann Bartges, 207-778-7461, ann.bartges@maine.edu. https://wpsites.maine.edu/emerycommunityartscenter/2025/02/24/maine-inside-out-presents-broken-clock

Storytelling Workshop
2025-03-28 12:30 - 14:00 | The Landing, UMF Olsen Student Center
FREE Storytelling Workshop with international tale-teller Simon Brooks
“Crafting Our Stories: The Power of Words”. Registration required. Register for workshop by contacting Peggy Yocom at 207-860-0392 or at myocom@gmu.edu
Space is limited to 12. UMF Community Only.

Chinese Painting
2025-03-31 13:00 - 14:00
Visiting professor Dr. Ruifang Han will be hosting a Chinese Painting activity during common time, no experience necessary!
This co-curricular event is sponsored by the Office of Experiential and Global Education with funding from the UISFL Grant and is eligible for credit toward the first Global Competency Micro-Credential Badge. Location: UMF Fusion Center, Rm. 101. FREE. UMF Community Only. Sponsored by: Office of Experiential and Global Education. Contact: Brooke-Lynn Hinkley, 207-778-7519.

BEAVERMOTH Live Storytelling Event
2025-04-02 19:00 - 20:30 | Emery Community Arts Center
Join us on April 2nd at 7:00pm to hear true stories told without notes by UMF students, faculty and staff, hosted by Lewis Robinson.Location: Emery Community Arts Center. FREE. Open to the Public. Contact: Ann Bartges, 207-778-7461, ann.bartges@maine.edu.

Live Music with Liam Grant & Glenn Jones
2025-04-05 19:00 - 20:00 | Emery Community Arts Center
Emery Community Arts Center welcomes guitarists Liam Grant and Glenn Jones for a concert on Saturday, April 5th at 7:00pm in Emery’s performance space. Liam Grant is a New England guitarist with a punk ethos, cut from the American Primitive cloth. The restless guitar explorations, modal epics, and driving up-tempo rags recall the likes of Grant’s pedagogue; Takoma Records, and the path that was paved by his forebears John Fahey, Robbie Basho, Peter Walker, Max Ochs and later Glenn Jones, Steffen Basho-Junghans, Jack Rose, and others. Glenn Jones is a veteran guitarist from the cult post-rock ensemble CUL DE SAC and innovative fingerpicker who has spent the last two decades cultivating an idiosyncratic vernacular for guitar and banjo across ten critically acclaimed solo albums. Steeped in both American Primitive guitar music as well as rock and experimental music, Jones creates rich sonic tapestries with a distinct and stirring voice.Location: Emery Community Arts Center. FREE. Open to the Public. Sponsored by: Emery Community Arts Center. Contact: Ann Bartges, 207-778-7461, ann.bartges@maine.edu. https://wpsites.maine.edu/emerycommunityartscenter/

Japanese Calligraphy
2025-04-09 17:00 - 18:00 | UMF Kalikow Education Center
Visiting ALLEX fellow Atsumi Shibata will be hosting a Japanese Calligraphy event Wednesday evening, no experience necessary!
This co-curricular event is sponsored by the Office of Experiential and Global Education with funding from the UISFL Grant and is eligible for credit toward the first Global Competency Micro-Credential Badge. Location: UMF Kalikow Education Center, Rm. 103. FREE. UMF Community Only. Sponsored by: Office of Experiential and Global Education. Contact: Brooke-Lynn Hinkley, 207-778-7519.

Pixel Hunter Video and Animation Festival
2025-04-14 19:00 - 20:15 | UMF Emery Community Arts Center
The All UMF ALL Student Video and Animation Festival. This event is around an hour long, and showcases creative time based work from our students. Location: Emery Community Arts Center. FREE. Open to the Public. Sponsored by: UMF Art and Design. Contact: Dawn Nye, 207-778-7515, dawn.nye@maine.edu. https://wpsites.maine.edu/emerycommunityartscenter/category/events/.

Family Wellness Day
2025-04-19 10:00 - 12:00 | Emery Community Art Center, 16 Main St, Farmington, ME, United States
Bodhi Simpson, University of Maine at Farmington professor of counseling psychology with an emphasis in the creative arts, will share her award-winning story of “The Girl Who Cried for the Earth” along with images of the original painted illustrations. Following the story, she will facilitate a brief guided meditation and supportive creative practice with drawing materials. There will be a brief discussion of how individuals can use their imagination and creative expression to help themselves, to impact the world around us and to facilitate positive change on our planet. Location: Emery Community Arts Center. FREE. Open to the Public. Sponsored by: Emery Community Arts Center. Contact: Ann Bartges, director of the UMF Emery Community Arts Center at ann.bartges@maine.edu or 207-778-7461.

UMF Campus & Community Garden Earth Day Open House
2025-04-22 09:30 - 13:00 | UMF Campus & Community Garden on South Street
Need some nature therapy? Join Prof. Gretchen Legler’s ENG 100 Seeds of Change students in the UMF Campus & Community Garden as they host an Earth Day Open House. Help plant onions, get your hands in the dirt, tour the greenhouse, and plant your own seed in a cup. Location: UMF Campus & Community Garden on South Street. FREE. Open to the Public. Sponsored by: The UMF Garden. Contact: Gretchen Legler, 207-500-3251, gretchen.legler@maine.edu. https://sites.google.com/maine.edu/dig-it-umf/home.
