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 read more 22nd HOPE Festival slated April 23 on campus