Readings &
Presentations/Exhibitions
"Maman
Disait" Collage Exhibit
Seeking publication for her work, 'down the Plains,' second
in the trilogy,
new writing project, "If These Walls Could Talk."
Poetry included in:
French Connections: A Gathering of Franco-American
Poets
published by Louisiana Literature Press
http://www.louisianaliterature.org/press/
Essays included in
Voyages
A Maine Franco-American and Acadian Reader
published by Tillbury House
http://www.tilburyhouse.com/Maine%20Frames/me_voyages.html
2008
Waterville Public Library
May 1
7:00 PM
Waterville, ME
Women's History Celebration
Publication Celebration
March 28
12:30 to 2:00 PM
101 Fernald Hall
University of Maine
University of Maine at Farmington
Farmington, Me
Honors Course
4-5:30 PM
March 31
Franco-American Heritage Center
Lewsiton, Maine
Rencontre
March 7
Voyages A Maine Franco-American and Acadian Reader
&
French Connections: A Gathering of Franco-American Poets
Book Launch
Franco-American Center
University of Maine, Orono
Feb. 14
2007
L'A.A.T.F. du Maine
COMMENT ENSEIGNER L'HÉRITAGE FRANCO-AMÉRICAIN?
Bates College
Saturday, October 13
Kennebec
Chaudière Corridor: A Cultural Heritage Tour October 5-8, 2007
Maine Humanities Council
October 8, Monday: 1:00 pm
Artist Talk
The Bangor Book Festival, Bangor Maine
October 5-7, 2007
First Year Seminar
Romance Languages and Literatures, Bates College, September
19
WERU 89.9FM, Writers Forum, 10:00 AM
Producers/hosts: Dr. Betty Duff and Joan Clemons, August
9
The National Women's
Studies Association conference
"Past Debates, Present
Possibilities, Future Feminisms"
June 28-July 1, 2007
at Pheasant Run, St.
Charles, Illinois
"Franco-American Women's Literary Tradition: Canuck
and Other Stories"
Launch of Canuck, Lewiston Public Library, May 22
Presentation, French Club, UMF, Farmington, April 26
Launch of Project Maine-France, Calumet Club in Augusta,
April 10
Maine Humanities Council Literature and Medicine: Humanities
at the Heart of Healthcare©
"Close to Home," Sebasticook Valley Hospital, March 27,
2007
FAHC, Lewiston, Maine, Maine Franco-American Writers,
March 25, 2007
Bangor Public Library, "Fathers & Daughters: The Franco-American
Way," January 2007
2006
University of Maine, Book Launch, Canuck and Other Stories,
December 7, 2006
Colby College, Waterville's Franco-American Heritage:
A Series of Events, December 4, 2006
Women's Studies Conference, University of Maine, Orono,
Maine, November 2006
Franco-American Women's Voices, Keene State College, Keene,
NH, October 2006
Burst the Bubble, Colby College, Keynote, October 2006
Ethics, University College of Bangor, Bangor, Maine, October
2006
Gender, Race and Class, Bangor Theological Seminary, Bangor,
Maine, October 2006
LIB 500, Exploring Interdisciplinarity, University of
Maine, Orono, Maine, September 2006
July 28-29, The Maine Social Forum, Bates Mill,
Kennedy Park, Marsden Hartley Cultural Center
Lewiston, Maine
July 25, Multiculturalism and Diversity for ESL/EFL, University
of Maine, Orono
July 20, Kiwanis Club of Bangor-Breakfast, Geaghan's Restaurant,
Bangor
July 16, Peoples Poetry Project, CENTURIES OF POETRIES:
FROM HERE & AWAY
Four Women’s Voices from Old & New Maine, reading
with Sherri L. Mitchell--Penobscot Nation, Edinburg;
Patricia Smith Ranzoni--Mixed-blood Yankee, Bucksport;
Rhea Cote Robbins--Franco-American, Brewer;
Jenni Lyn Cooper--Subtropical Transplant, Rockport; Camden
Public Library Picker Room
June 17, Good Old Fashioned Franco-American Soirée,
K of C Hall, Old Town, ME
May 18, Faculty Institute, University College/University
of Maine at Augusta Campus, Augusta, ME
May 15, Bates College, "French in Maine" course presentation
May 5, La Rencontre, Franco-American Heritage Center,
Lewiston, ME
May 3, Westbrook Historical Society, Westbrook, ME
April 26, Colby Presents "Burst the Bubble, Build a Bridge"
Week
The Colby South End Coalition (CSEC) presents the second-annual
week-long program dedicated to strengthening bonds between
Colby and Waterville.
The schedule includes a talk about growing up in Waterville
by Rhea Cote, author of Wednesday's Child, at Jorgensen's
Oral History Coffee Hour and Colby Volunteer Center Presentation
Rhea Cote, author of Wednesday's Child, will meet with
students at 4 pm at Jorgensen's to discuss growing up in Waterville.
April 20, Great Falls Forum, Lewiston Public Library's
Marsden Hartley Cultural Center, Lewiston, Maine
The Great Falls Forum is sponsored by the Sun Journal,
Lewiston Public Library,
Bates College and St. Mary's Regional Medical Center.
April 6-9, 2006, The Third International Women in French
Conference, Closing Banquet
Performances and Roundtable Discussion: Franco-American
Arts in New England,
University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire
March 23, History of Women in Maine,
"History of Maine Women: where are the Franco-American
Women?"
Talk and discussion by Rhea Cote Robbins,
founder and director of the Franco-American Women's Institute
and author of "Wednesday's Child." USM Department of
Women's Studies
4:15 p.m. Bailey 313, Gorham campus, University of Southern
Maine
February 12-18, Maine Women, WST201, Online course forum,
University of Maine, Orono, Maine
2005
October 27, Intro to Cultural Studies, Bates College,
Lewiston
October 12, WIC Brown Bag Luncheon Series, FAWI's 10th
Anniversary,
University of Maine, Orono
October 8, 2005 Annual Conference
of the Maine Genealogical Society, "Roots to Success,"
Oakland, Maine
October 4, Intro to Women's Studies, University of Maine,
Orono
September 22, Intro to Women's Studies, University of
Maine, Orono
July 12, Writers of Maine, University of Maine, Orono
May 14, WERU, 102.9FM/89.9FM, Writers's Forum, Maine
Writers Reading On-Air,
Archived
@ WERU online, Listen Now! (20:00 into program)
April 10, Fourth New England Regional Minority Health
Conference
"Eliminating Health Disparities by 2010: Assessing our
Impact and Meeting the Challenge."--Portland
April 14, University of Maine @ Farmington, Franco-American
Culture
April 7, Blaine House, Maine Poetry Month
April 7, Burst the Bubble, Colby College, Panel
A week to explore Waterville and the Colby-Waterville
relationship.
March 29, University of Maine, Franco-American Autobiography
course
March 15, Bangor Theological Seminary, Gender, Race,
and Class, Bangor
March 9, Welcome Center, Maine State House, Augusta
as part of
Women's History Celebration
Feb 14, Colby College, Waterville, Multicultural Forum
2004
October 19, Cultural Diversity Speaker Series, University
of Maine at Machias
October 17, Maine Libraries Conference, Augusta, What's
New: Nonfiction Potpourri
September 14, University of Maine, Orono, Women in the
Curriculum and Women's Studies Luncheon Series
September 11, Franco-American Kennebec Valley Heritage
Society, Waterville, Franco-American Conference
August 7, Terre pis Ciel Franco-American Festival, Jay,
Presenter
July 20, University of Maine, Orono, Writers of Maine
May 15, University of Maine at Farmington, Farmington,
To be awarded an
Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters Speaker at Commencement
Commencement
Speech given by Rhea Cote Robbins
March 3, UNE, Biddeford, Core Connections Lecture Series,
Women's History Month
Feb 12, Colby College, Waterville, Freshman English Course
2003
November 19, U.M.F.K., Writing Workshop
October 31, "Franco Americans and the politics of language,"
Teaching History in Maine, University of Maine, Orono,
Me
October 25, Appleton Library, Maine Author's Day, Appleton,
Me
Also, included in the Maine Authors Quilt, Appleton Library,
Appleton, Me
October 23, Maine Women Writer's Collection, UNE, Portland,
Me
Setpember 28, Franco-American Festival, Head of Falls,
Waterville, Maine
September 16, Problematics of Assimilation, Colby College,
Waterville, Me
August 9, Franco-American Festival, Jay, Me
August 1-3, Festival de Joie, Lewiston, Me
July 26, Poets & Painters--A Garden Party, Lewiston,
Me
July 13, Maine International Film Festival, Waterville,
Me
June 28, Kermesse, Franco-American Authors' Kiosk, Biddeford,
Me
June 23, BDS--Diversity Conference, Lewiston, Me
April 17, Franco-American Centre, University of Maine,
Book Launching, Orono, Me
April 14, Sidore Lecture, Keene State College, Keene,
NH
March 19, Penobscot County Genealogical Society. Bangor
Public Library, Bangor
March 17, "An Evening With Maine Women Writers," Girls
Talk and Teen Voices,
in Olsen Student Center, University of Maine @ Farmington
March 13, University of Maine @ Farmington, Franco-American
Culture, in Richer Hall
March 12., Bangor Theological Seminary,Gender, Race,
and Class, Bangor
Feb. 17, Colby College, Autobiography, Education, and
Human Development, 7:00 to 9:30 PM
Feb. 13, University of Maine, Orono, Franco American
Literature in English
2002
BRACC, ArtShare, Bangor Public Libary, December 2002
WIC, Brown Bag Lunch, U/Maine, Orono, November 2002
Maine Council of English/Language Arts Teachers Annual
Conference, USM, November 2002
Waterville Public Library, October 2002
Maine Public Humanities Scholar, Blaine House, September
2002
National Folk Festival, August 2002
May 13, 2002, Bates College, Lewiston, Maine, "French
in Maine"
May 5-7th, 2002, Maine Libraries Conference, Augusta
Civic Center, Augusta, Maine,
"Proud of Our Heritage, Prepared for the Future,"
April 26, 2002, Jackman High School, Jackman, Maine
April 13, 2002, Semi-annual meeting. Fr. Leo Begin Library,
Lewiston, Maine
April 11, 2002, University of Maine at Fort Kent, Fort
Kent, Maine, "Contemporary Women in French Identity"
March 7th, 2002, Lewiston-Auburn College, University
of Southern Maine,
Rêves et réalités de la Franco-Amérique/Dreams
and Realities of Franco-America, Panel on Franco-American Literature
February 18, 2002 University of Maine, Orono, Reading
recent works, Soderberg Hall, Jenness Hall; 12pm
Feb. 19, 2002 Colby College, Autobiography, Education,
and Human Development, 7:00 PM
On display, January 14, 2002-March 8 2002, Governor's
Mansion, Blaine House, Kiosk, Maine Arts Commission,
Made in Maine Products, "The Student's View"
2001
November 14, 2001 Culture and Community Course, USM
November 7, 2001 Linda Tatelbaum's "Many Maines" English
Course, Colby College
October 31, 2001 Les Francophonies des Amériques,
Senior Seminar, Colby College, Waterville, Maine
October 11, 2001, Waterville Public Library, Franco-American
Women's Literary Traditions, Waterville, Maine
August 16, 2001, Creative Writing, Beal College, Bangor,
Maine
May 8, Culture/Autobiography, University of Maine, Orono,
Maine
March 26, The Atrium at Cedars, Retirement Community,
Portland, Maine, 2:00 PM
March 12, University of Southern Maine @ Lewiston/Auburn,
Introduction to Women's Studies, 1-3:30 PM, LAC
March 8, University of Maine @ Farmington, Franco-American
Culture, Thursday, 3:30-6 p.m. in Richer Hall
Feb. 27, Colby College, Autobiography, Education, and
Human Development, 7:00 to 9:30 PM
Feb. 23, U/Maine, Franco-American Brown Bag, 12:15-1:15pm,
FFA room, Memorial Union
other previous presentations:
Bangor Public Library, January
B.M.H.I. Library, Bangor, February
A.A.U.W. Reading Group, Penobscot Chapter, Orono, February
Friends of the Library, Tech Day, EMTC, Bangor, Maine,
May 3, 2000
Courses that read Wednesday's Child:
French Identity in Maine
Culture and Identity in Contemporary American Writing,
English, Orono
Social Work, Orono, ME
Maine Studies, Orono, ME
Women's Studies, Orono
Seminar on Women's Narratives, Colby College
Autobiography, Education, and Human Development, Colby
College
Gender, Race and Class, Bangor Theological Seminary
Great Issues Course, Unity College
Universities which teach Wednesday's Child:
Smith College, Northampton, MA
University of Maine, Orono, ME
Bangor Theological Seminary, Bangor, ME
University of Southern Maine, Portland/Gorham, ME
University of So. Me. @ Lewiston/Auburn, Lewiston, ME
Colby College, Waterville, ME
Keene State College, Keene, NH
Bates College, Lewiston, ME
Excellent multicultural, literary experience for me:
Author Rhea Côté (Cote) Robbins will
also be presenting on her book Wednesday's Child at the University
of Wyoming Art Museum's literary series, Writers from Boundary Country,
October 13-14, 2000. Other authors presenting in the series: Junot
Diaz, Dominican Republic-American, author of Drown; Dagoberto
Gilb, Mexican-American, author of The Author of Blood and The
Last Known Residence of Mickey Acuña; Francisco Goldman,
Guatamalan-American, author of The Long Night of White Chickens
and The Ordinary Seaman; Anne Landsman, South African-American,
author of The Devil's Chimney; and Diana Abu-Jaber, Arab-American,
author of Arabian Jazz.
Annie Proulx writes
on this event