Photographs by Jan Pieter van Voorst van Beest, Text by Pat Nyhan, Foreword by Reza Jalali

Who are these new Mainers, and why have they come here? They are from war-torn countries such as Somalia, Sudan, Afghanistan, and Cambodia; from poor Latin American nations; and from economically vibrant places like Hong Kong, India, and Europe—in other words, from across the global spectrum. They came to Maine for a job or to reunite with their family or because they fell in love or to attend college here or to flee persecution in their homelands. Please join Reza Jalali, who teaches at the University of Southern Maine and manages the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs, and others as they discuss New Mainers: Portraits of Our Immigrant Neighbors. During the renovation of the Main Library, please join us for this program at Community Television Network, 516 Congress Street (just a few blocks from the Library).

Free and open to the public

Feel free to bring your lunch. Coffee and light refreshments will be served.

Made possible with the generous support of the Margaret E. Burnham Charitable Trust.
Books on sale courtesy of Longfellow Books.
Brown Bag Lecture coffee sponsor: Coffee by Design.

POSTPONED: The Brown Bag Lecture series of book discussions with Reza Jalili and contributors to New Mainers: Portraits of Our Immigrant Neighbors, a collaboration between the Portland Public Library and Portland Ovations, meeting on Tuesday, January 5, 12, and 19th from 10:30-noon.

To sign up for the discussion series or for more information about the upcoming re-scheduled discussion times, contact Sandy at the PPL  207-871-1700 x758. http://www.portlandlibrary.com/programs/brownbag.htm

Ovations Offstage lectures are funded in part by funding from the Maine Humanities Council.

Explore using movement in your classroom to engage and deepen students’ learning. You don’t have to be a dancer!  Join a member of the Dayton Contemporary Dance Company for a 1-1/2-hour workshop to learn methods for integrating dance and creative movement into classroom curricula and presenting dance in a classroom setting.  One of the goals of the workshop is to improve student achievement by assisting teachers to be able to incorporate fine arts experiences in lesson plans.  $30 per person.   Limited Enrollment.  Contact hours are available.  To register, call or email Barri Lynn Moreau, Portland Ovations Director of Education and Outreach 207-773-3150 x3 .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Introducing Destination Portland:
Subsidized Transportation for School Field Trips in the Arts, Culture, and Humanities

Portland Ovations is now subsidizing transportation for field trips in the arts, culture, and humanities for Maine schoolchildren and educators.

Through the new initiative, called Destination Portland, school groups are invited to attend an Ovations school-time or evening performance at Merrill Auditorium or Hannaford Hall in Portland, while also combining the performance with a program, tour, or activity at another Portland cultural institution. Ovations will make available transportation subsidy grants up to $500 when a school purchases 40 or more tickets to an Ovations performance and plans a program the same day with any of these current Destination Portland partner organizations:

• Portland Museum of Art (www.portlandmuseum.org)
• Museum of African Arts and Culture (www.museumafricanculture.org)
• Portland Harbor Museum (www.portlandharbormuseum.org)
• The Telling Room (www.tellingroom.org)
• Maine Historical Society (www.mainehistory.org)
• The Children's Museum (www.kitetails.org)
• Portland Public Library (www.portlandlibrary.com)

Transportation subsidies through Destination Portland are limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. Preference will be given first to schools in York County and Lewiston/Auburn with large populations of English Language Learners (ELL) and free- or reduced-lunch students.

Barri Lynn Moreau, director of education and community outreach for Ovations, will work with schools and Destination Portland partners to tailor a field trip that meets the needs of teachers and students and ties into Maine's Parameters for Essential Instruction.

You can download a flyer and application for a Destination Portland subsidy here.

Interested schools and teachers can also apply for a transportation subsidy via email to Barri Lynn Moreau at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), or by writing Director of Education and Outreach, Portland Ovations, 50 Monument Square, 2nd Floor, Portland, ME 04101 at least one month prior to the performance date.

Destination Portland is funded in part by the Sam L. Cohen Foundation. The School-Time Performances and Model School Program of Ovations Offstage are funded in part by the Travelers Foundation, the charitable arm of Travelers, and by the Elmina B. Sewall Foundation.

Destination Portland is funded in part by the Sam L. Cohen Foundation.