22nd HOPE Festival slated April 23 on campus
The 22nd annual HOPE Festival will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 23 at the University of Maine’s New Balance Student Recreation Center.
With a theme of “Creating the Future: Art and Social Change,” this year’s event will focus on creativity — storytelling, art, poetry, puppets, sculpture and film — with activities for the whole family.
An organizational fair of more than 50 tables sponsored by progressive groups in Eastern Maine also will be part of the event.
UMaine art professor Constant Albertson and her art education students will give an illustrated presentation of their community art service project “Weaving a Story” and will provide the opportunity for participants to build a weaving.
The free event also will offer food from local vendors, as well as entertainment in the form of documentary films, poetry readings and theater group performances.
The HOPE festival, which stands for Help Organize Peace Earthwide, is sponsored by the Peace and Justice Center of Eastern Maine and the Peace and Reconciliation Studies program at UMaine. It is held as a way to celebrate the Earth and the people on it.
More information about the HOPE Festival is online.