WORKSHOP: Pop-Up Puppet Theater with Sarah Frechette
2026-03-28 09:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Book Arts Studio — Crewe Center for the Arts, 111 Bedford St, Portland, ME, 04101, United States
Pop-Up Puppet Theater—Fold, Pull, Pop & Perform with Sarah Frechette
Date: Saturday, March 28, 2026
Time: 9 AM – 4 PM (with an hour lunch break; please bring your own lunch or available to purchase at the USM Cafeteria)
Location: KCC’83CBA Book Arts Studio, Studio160, Crewe Center for the Arts, 111 Bedford St. Portland, ME 04103
Workshop Fee: $80 (price includes materials and one ticket to Sarah Frechette’s performance at Mayo Street Arts on Friday, 3/27)
Maximum Enrollment: 15 (middle school ages and Above)

ABOUT THE WORKSHOP:
In this full-day workshop, participants will learn how to incorporate various mechanisms and rigging points into paper pop-ups to turn them into animatable or puppeteer-able, hand-held (also known as: direct contact), and/or table-top puppets.
Instructor, Sarah Frechette, will also demonstrate how to direct intention, concentration, and energy from within oneself, down the arms, into the hands, and through a paper puppet to give it its own independent focus and breath – the two elements that give any object life.
Participants will experiment with one of the following: immersive experience, forced perspective, or symbolism—to recreate a moment in the form of a short story, knowing that each of these provides different information that shapes and directly influences how their story or memory unfolds.
Finally, participants will present their projects to each other. For some, this will be a new challenge and like stepping outside their comfort zone; however, everyone should feel supported during this brave step so it feels both personally and creatively fulfilling, as well as productive. Each artist needs to gather information individually to continue developing their puppet pieces and to feel empowered outside the classroom.

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR:
Sarah Frechette is an award winning puppetry artist, teaching artist and stop-motion animation fabricator. As art director for PuppetKabob, she produces original programs, tours internationally and received the prestigious UNIMA-USA citation of excellence for her Vermont based solo show “The Snowflake Man”. Sarah is also a Vermont Arts Council Teaching Artist creating unique theater experiences for all ages.
Studied from 2002 to 2009 with Legendary German Puppeteer Albrecht Roser absorbing his theories on zen and the art of puppetry. Sarah has exhibited at the Shelburne Museum and is currently on exhibit at the Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry. Co-producer and host of Vermont’s first and phinest Creemee Dreemee Puppet Slam which swirls forth the underground to the avant-garde. In addition to her personal puppet practice Sarah has worked in stop-motion animation building miniature costumes and large-scale puppets for such films as LAIKA’s “ParaNorman”, and Netflix’s “Wendell & Wild”.
Sarah has been Guest Artist at the University of Connecticut, MECCA+D, Willamette University; and has led the Marionette Performance strand at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center National Puppetry Conference.

PARKING DETAILS:
Parking is available in our University of Southern Maine Portland Garages 1 and 2, or in Parking Lot P6, at a rate of $4.15 per hour. You may reserve your parking ahead of time via the USM Parking Interface. Additionally, the Portland METRO Husky Bus and the METRO #4 pickup/drop-off about a three-minute walk from the Crewe Center for the Arts. An updated bus schedule can be found on the METRO website and bus fair is $2 each way.

University of Southern Maine Men's Track and Field at Emory Thrills in the Hills
2026-03-28 09:15 - 12:15 | Atlanta, GA, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
University of Southern Maine Men’s Track and Field at Emory Thrills in the Hills

University of Southern Maine Women's Track and Field at Emory Thrills in the Hills
2026-03-28 09:15 - 12:15 | Atlanta, GA, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
University of Southern Maine Women’s Track and Field at Emory Thrills in the Hills

University of Southern Maine Softball at Eastern Connecticut State
2026-03-28 12:00 - 14:00, 2026-03-28 14:00 - 16:00 | Willimantic, CT, Windham, Connecticut, United States
University of Southern Maine Softball at Eastern Connecticut State
Streaming Video: https://flosports.link/40b4Ijo

University of Southern Maine Baseball vs Rhode Island College
2026-03-28 12:00 - 15:00, 2026-03-28 14:00 - 17:00 | ME
University of Southern Maine Baseball vs Rhode Island College
Streaming Video: https://flosports.link/40b4Ijo

Dinosaurs at Dusk
2026-03-28 13:00 - 14:00 | Southworth Planetarium — Science Building, 70 Falmouth St, Portland, ME, 04103, United States
You’ll travel back in time to meet the pterosaurs and the ancestors of modern-day birds: the feathered dinosaurs. Lucy and her father navigate from continent to continent, looking for clues about the origins of flight. When time runs out they experience first-hand the cataclysmic “last day” of the dinosaurs.

University of Southern Maine Men's Lacrosse at Keene State
2026-03-28 13:00 - 16:00 | Keene, NH, Keene, New Hampshire, United States
University of Southern Maine Men’s Lacrosse at Keene State
Streaming Video: https://flosports.link/40b4Ijo

University of Southern Maine Women's Lacrosse at Eastern Connecticut State
2026-03-28 13:00 - 16:00 | Willimantic, CT, Windham, Connecticut, United States
University of Southern Maine Women’s Lacrosse at Eastern Connecticut State
Streaming Video: https://flosports.link/40b4Ijo

University of Southern Maine Men's Tennis at Bridgewater State University
2026-03-28 13:00 - 16:00 | Bridgewater, MA, Bridgewater, Massachusetts, 02324, United States
University of Southern Maine Men’s Tennis at Bridgewater State University

Student Recital Series: Jack Lee & Edward Mitchell
2026-03-28 13:30 - 14:30 | Crewe Center for the Arts, 111 Bedford St, Portland, ME, 04101, United States
The Osher School of Music is pleased to present Jack Lee in his junior trumpet recital, and Ed Mitchell in his senior trumpet recital. Both are students of Ryan Noe and Jim Clark.
Student recitals are free and open to the public.

Event Details
Parking
Due to limited resources, parking is not free on our Portland and Gorham campuses. You must purchase a parking permit or paid parking session to park on campus. We recommend reserving your parking in advance at https://events.parkengage.com/usm.
For easy access to the Crewe Center for the Arts, choose either Parking Garage 1 (attached to the Abromson Community Education Center), Lot P1 (off of Bedford St. by Luther Bonney) or Lot P6 (off of Exeter St. or Deering Ave by the former Maine Law building).
Reserve Your Parking

Disability Access and Accommodations
If you have questions about disability access or need to request disability accommodations (e.g. sign language interpreters, materials in electronic format, etc.), please contact Hanna Flewelling at (207) 780-5256 or hanna.flewelling@maine.edu. Requests should be made as soon as possible to allow sufficient time for the accommodation process.

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University of Southern Maine Baseball vs Husson University
2026-03-28 15:30 - 18:30 | ME

Student Recital Series: Chris Caliskan & Eyezaya Mcfetridge
2026-03-28 16:00 - 17:00 | Crewe Center for the Arts, 111 Bedford St, Portland, ME, 04101, United States
The Osher School of Music is pleased to present Chris Caliskan and Eyezaya Mcfetridge in their senior classical performance recital. Chris is the student of Aaron Henry and Christopher Forbes. Eyezaya is the student of Chris Oberholtzer and Brian Diehl.
Student recitals are free and open to the public.

Event Details
Parking
Due to limited resources, parking is not free on our Portland and Gorham campuses. You must purchase a parking permit or paid parking session to park on campus. We recommend reserving your parking in advance at https://events.parkengage.com/usm.
For easy access to the Crewe Center for the Arts, choose either Parking Garage 1 (attached to the Abromson Community Education Center), Lot P1 (off of Bedford St. by Luther Bonney) or Lot P6 (off of Exeter St. or Deering Ave by the former Maine Law building).
Reserve Your Parking

Disability Access and Accommodations
If you have questions about disability access or need to request disability accommodations (e.g. sign language interpreters, materials in electronic format, etc.), please contact Hanna Flewelling at (207) 780-5256 or hanna.flewelling@maine.edu. Requests should be made as soon as possible to allow sufficient time for the accommodation process.

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2026 Annual Honors Recital
2026-03-28 19:00 - 21:00 | Performance Hall — Crewe Center for the Arts, 111 Bedford St, Portland, ME, 04101, United States
The annual Honors Recital showcases the School of Music’s most accomplished undergraduate soloists and composers, who are selected by audition before an outside jury of professional musicians. The names of the winners will be engraved on the permanent plaque hanging in that lists all Honors Recitalists since the inception of the event in 1978.
This year’s winners are:
Karoline Brechter, voice
Aberdeen Brickett, voice
Chris Caliskan, saxophone
Kaelan Gildart, voice
Heitor Mantovani-Ferreira, viola
Logan Peters, piano
Mackenzie Renner, piano
Jared Vigue, voice

Join us for a post-performance reception.

Event Details
Parking
Due to limited resources, parking is not free on our Portland and Gorham campuses. You must purchase a parking permit or paid parking session to park on campus. We recommend reserving your parking in advance at https://events.parkengage.com/usm.
For easy access to the Crewe Center for the Arts, choose either Parking Garage 1 (attached to the Abromson Community Education Center), Lot P1 (off of Bedford St. by Luther Bonney) or Lot P6 (off of Exeter St. or Deering Ave by the former Maine Law building).
Disability Access and Accommodations
If you have questions about disability access or need to request disability accommodations (e.g. sign language interpreters, materials in electronic format, etc.), please contact Hanna Flewelling at (207) 780-5256 or hanna.flewelling@maine.edu. Requests should be made as soon as possible to allow sufficient time for the accommodation process.

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POSTPONED University of Southern Maine Baseball vs Salve Regina
2026-03-29 13:00 - 16:00, 2026-03-29 16:00 - 19:00 | ME
POSTPONED University of Southern Maine Baseball vs Salve Regina
Streaming Video: https://flosports.link/40b4Ijo

Mindfulness Workshop
2026-03-30 12:30 - 13:30 | Bailey Hall, 16 University Way, Gorham, ME, 04038, United States
Come join us! Each mindfulness workshop will cover one or more practices to enhance emotional regulation, physical regulation, and the ability to be present. Feel free to come to all sessions, or just one. These sessions are for education and practice, they are not therapy groups.
Mondays Biweekly: 3/2, 3/16, 3/30, 4/13 from 12:30-1:30 on the Gorham Campus at 208 Bailey Hall

Back To The Moon For Good
2026-03-30 13:00 - 14:00, 2026-03-31 13:00 - 14:00 | Southworth Planetarium — Science Building, 70 Falmouth St, Portland, ME, 04103, United States
The show opens with the first era of space exploration in the late 1960s and early 1970s. We see what that era of landers and orbiters taught us about our nearest neighbor including the discovery of the Moon’s origin, composition, structure and the accessibility of raw materials on its surface.

Rusty Rocket's Last Blast!
2026-03-31 10:00 - 11:00 | Southworth Planetarium — Science Building, 70 Falmouth St, Portland, ME, 04103, United States
Join Rusty Rocket and his band of rocket rookies as they explore the solar system. Fly across Saturn’s rings, soar along a Martian canyon; delve deep into the solar interior!

Leadership Beyond Graduation
2026-03-31 12:00 - 14:00 | McGoldrick Center for Career & Student Success, 35 Bedford Street, Portland, ME, 04101
Curious how USM prepares students for life after graduation? Join a panel of recent alumni as they reflect on how their time at USM shaped their leadership and career paths.

This event is open to all students! Lunch will be provided, and all attendees will have a chance to win a raffle! Registration is required in advance.

University of Southern Maine Baseball at Husson University
2026-03-31 15:00 - 18:00 | Bangor, ME, Bangor, Maine, 04401, United States

Student Recital Series: Ziggy Merrill
2026-03-31 19:30 - 20:30 | Crewe Center for the Arts, 111 Bedford St, Portland, ME, 04101, United States
The Osher School of Music is pleased to present Ziggy Merrill in their senior composition recital. Ziggy is the student of Hans Indigo Spencer.
Student recitals are free and open to the public.

Event Details
Parking
Due to limited resources, parking is not free on our Portland and Gorham campuses. You must purchase a parking permit or paid parking session to park on campus. We recommend reserving your parking in advance at https://events.parkengage.com/usm.
For easy access to the Crewe Center for the Arts, choose either Parking Garage 1 (attached to the Abromson Community Education Center), Lot P1 (off of Bedford St. by Luther Bonney) or Lot P6 (off of Exeter St. or Deering Ave by the former Maine Law building).
Reserve Your Parking

Disability Access and Accommodations
If you have questions about disability access or need to request disability accommodations (e.g. sign language interpreters, materials in electronic format, etc.), please contact Hanna Flewelling at (207) 780-5256 or hanna.flewelling@maine.edu. Requests should be made as soon as possible to allow sufficient time for the accommodation process.

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Film Screening: Belfast, Maine
2026-04-01 15:00 - 20:00 | McGoldrick Center for Career & Student Success, 35 Bedford Street, Portland, ME, 04101
How do we come to know a place?
How are we shaped by its land, economy, politics, and culture?
Film still from “Belfast, Maine” (1999)
Join us for a screening of Belfast, Maine (1999), directed by the late acclaimed documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman.
Belfast is a meditative series of observations of the mundane, capturing a portrait of the small coastal town in 1996. By following Wiseman and his camera through factories, the woods, the town, and out to sea, we glimpse a community working, relating, and navigating their day-to-day. Wiseman helps us see the rhythms of life and what they can teach us. You can read more about the film in this New York Times review by Stephen Holden.
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The film is 248 minutes but can be watched as vignettes. We welcome but don’t expect you to stay the whole time! We will have the doors open and the film playing. Feel free to come by whenever you’re done class or work, for 10 minutes or an hour, or make an afternoon of it with us. We will have snacks and chairs. You are welcome to bring blankets, pillows, and anything else you need to feel comfortable.
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The screening will take place in the McGoldrick Salons (2nd floor) and is free and open to the public.

Please RSVP, ask questions, and request accommodations using the form linked below.

University of Southern Maine Men's Lacrosse vs Anna Maria College
2026-04-01 16:00 - 19:00 | ME
University of Southern Maine Men’s Lacrosse vs Anna Maria College
Streaming Video: https://flosports.link/40b4Ijo

Office Hours w/ Artist-in-Residence Peter Bruun
2026-04-01 16:15 - 18:00 | Academy Building, 100 School St, Gorham, ME, 04038, United States
Peter Bruun, Together (detail, one of 27 panels), 2022-2023. Oil on gessoed panel, 12 x 18 in.
The University of Southern Maine Art Department is excited to welcome Spring 2026 Artist-in-Residence Peter Bruun.
Working under the aegis of Bruun Studios, Peter Bruun is an artist, writer, curator, and cultural organizer whose work spans painting, drawing, publishing, and community-based art. For more than 30 years, his studio practice has fueled projects that bring art into conversation with social justice, collaboration, and collective care—ranging from exhibitions and public programs to experimental publications and artist-led organizations.
As part of his residency, Peter will host open Office Hours in his Academy Building studio throughout the spring semester. Students are encouraged to stop by to talk about artwork, creative process, career paths, organizing, or anything else on your mind. Whether you’re looking for feedback, conversation, or just curious to see how an artist works, walk-ins are welcome.
Office Hours

Wednesdays, February 18 – April 30, 4:15 – 6 pm
Fridays, February 13 – May 1st, 9 am – noon
No hours during Spring Break (March 18 & 20)
Open to all students
Academy Building, 1st Floor (100 College Ave. Gorham campus)

Come by, ask questions, and take advantage of this opportunity to connect with a visiting artist working at the intersection of art, ideas, and community.

University of Southern Maine Women's Lacrosse at Framingham State University
2026-04-01 19:00 - 22:00 | Framingham, MA, Framingham, Massachusetts, United States
University of Southern Maine Women’s Lacrosse at Framingham State University

Hot and Energetic Universe
2026-04-02 13:00 - 14:00 | Southworth Planetarium — Science Building, 70 Falmouth St, Portland, ME, 04103, United States
High Energy Astrophysics plays a key role in understanding the universe. These radiations reveal the processes in the hot and violent Universe. This science probes hot gas in clusters of galaxies and accreting around supermassive black holes in the centers of galaxies. Learn about our galaxy, neutron stars, supernova remnants and stars like our Sun.

University of Southern Maine Baseball vs University of Maine-Farmington
2026-04-02 15:30 - 18:30 | ME
University of Southern Maine Baseball vs University of Maine-Farmington
W 27-1 7 Inn.
Streaming Video: https://flosports.link/40b4Ijo
