Join us on Saturday, October 31, to wheatpaste posters across the city for ARISE!—a poetry and augmented-reality poster project dreamed up by TempoArt-commissioned poet Arisa White and artist Pame Chévez. Throw on your favorite Halloween costume and help us turn the city into a living poem! Whether you’re a seasoned street artist or just looking
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Sunday, October 18, 2026 | 9:00 am–4:00 pm North End Boat Launch → Maine Maritime Museum, Bath Free and open to the public · Registration required · Lunch provided What stories surface when we look at Maine’s maritime history from the waterline and when we peer between the ribs of the ships that built its
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Transcendence is a week-long poetry festival in Maine that celebrates, amplifies, and archives trans and nonbinary poets and artists through workshops, open mics, showcases, panels, poet receptions, and multimedia collaborations. WORKSHOP – Intertextual Freak: Pushing the Lyric “I” Through Found Text, 12:00-2:30 PM, LA Arts, Lewiston Combining Audre Lorde’s redefinition of the “erotic” with found
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A 3-Day Restorative Experience with Arisa White, Melissa Small Cooper, and Isabel Saez Friday, August 21 – Sunday, August 23, 2026 The Garrison Institute, New York Registration Link: https://www.garrisoninstitute.org/event/the-unburdening-an-expressive-arts-retreat/ Cost: $785 The Unburdening retreat offers those who identify as BIPOC women of color, a chance to reconnect with themselves and remember that our imaginations hold
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Friday, May 1, 2026 Camden Opera House, 29 Elm Street; Camden, ME 04843 Doors open at 5:30 PM, show starts at 7:00 PM Get tickets here: https://camdenoperahouse.thundertix.com/events/262029 Join Wayfinder Schools for their 6th annual Finding Our Way live storytelling event! This popular night of storytelling features Wayfinder grads and other notable Mainers sharing funny, poignant,
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Saturday & Sunday, January 24-25, 10 AM – 1 PM Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance Mechanics’ Hall 519 Congress Square Portland, ME $120 members/$175 nonmembers Register here: https://www.mainewriters.org/calendar/writing-the-erotic When I speak of the erotic, I’m referencing Audre Lorde’s essay, “Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power,” where she defines the erotic as “a resource
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Sept 18, 5:30 – 7:30 pm | Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, ME Cost: $35; $30 for members | Register at https://www.farnsworthmuseum.org/event/manor-reflections/ In this evening performance uniquely designed for the Farnsworth Museum’s Momentum exhibition series and crafted in response to paintings by Anne Buckwalter, Manors Reflections brings an immersive live art experience to the museum gallery
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Created by Colby professor Arisa White (librettist) and composed by Jessica Jones, Post Pardon: An Opera in Concert is a bold new work that blends avant-garde improvisation, soul-stirring melodies, and a jazz-informed palette of sound. Conducted by Mazz Swift and musically directed by Marshunda Smith, the dynamic cast is led by three outstanding vocalists: Ashley
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