Welcome Back Gathering at UMass, Amherst
Thursday, October 9, 2025
NEAP welcomes members to celebrate the new season of arts presenting with a gathering at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, MA.
3:00 - 5:00 PM at Bromery Center for the Arts
Magic Happens: Working with Artists & Audiences
A roundtable discussion with case studies presented by
Karen Henderson, The Hop at Dartmouth
Sabrina Hamilton, Ko Fest
Melissa Huber, Int'l Festival of Arts & Ideas
5:15 - 7:00 PM at Commonwealth Restaurant (on campus)
Gather for food, drinks, and camaraderie!
First round of drinks is on NEAP!
Cash bar and full menu available for purchase
7:30 PM at Bowker Auditorium
Hamed Sinno: Poems of Consumption
Registration is free for NEAP members, and includes access to the roundtable meeting, a free drink (beer, wine, non-alcoholic) at the Commonwealth, and a free ticket to the evening performance.
Registration info:
Registration deadline has been extended to October 8 at 5:00 PM!
- This event is open to current members of NEAP
- The UMass Amherst Fine Arts Center has graciously made a limited number of complimentary tickets to Hamed Sinno: Poems of Consumption available to NEAP members.
- If the registration limit is reached, a wait-list will be available.
- Guests and other non-members are welcome to attend the performance, but tickets must be purchased separately through the Fine Arts Center Box Office.
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Please contact Karen at neartspresenters@gmail.com with questions about registration for this event, membership renewal, or other NEAP issues.
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About Hamed Sinno:
Sinno, who is Lebanese American, gay, and nonbinary, has advocated for LGBTQ+ rights and called attention to injustice across the globe throughout their career.
With this new song cycle, Poems of Consumption, they turn their focus on the far-ranging negative implications of consumer culture. Passages lifted from Amazon product reviews serve as building blocks for commentary on such subjects as surveillance capitalism, heartbreak, boycotts, and Orientalism.
Performed by Sinno on vocals and electronics with the accompaniment of a string quartet, the songs in Poems of Consumption speak truth to power and its subjects alike, and question expectations, excess, and the very foundations of empire. Brilliant multimedia projections complete the experience and drive home the message.
