Hutchinson Center presents readings on Franco-American women’s heritage
The cultural contributions of women of Franco-American heritage will be the subject of a program of readings on Friday, Nov. 18 at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast.
Author Rhea Côté Robbins, founder and director of the Franco-American Women’s Institute (FAWI), will host the event, which begins at 5:30 p.m. and features readings by Betty-Ann Khoury-Burns, Mary Ellms, Melissa MacCrae and Trudy Chambers Price.
The authors will be reading from pieces contributed to “Heliotrope French Heritage Women Create,” an anthology of written works and visual arts, published by Côté Robbins, in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the founding of FAWI.
FAWI, based in Brewer, celebrates, in print and online, the cultural contributions of women of Franco-American heritage in Maine.