BENEFITS
Mission of Hope Clothes Closet | Free clothes for those in need | 9am-Noon, 1st and 3rd Saturdays | Cressey Road United Methodist Church, 81 Cressey Rd & Rte 25, Gorham
COMEDY
FEBRUARY 14
Hey Party People! | A sketch comedy show | 7pm | $10-$15 | St. Lawrence Arts, 76 Congress, Portland | stlawrencearts.org/
FILM
“Bad Axe” | French, English subtitles | Feb 10-12 | $7-$9 | Portland Museum of Art, 7 Congress Sq, Portland | For dates and times, visit portlandmuseum.org/films
“The Rules of the Game” | French, English subtitles | Feb 10-12 | $7-$9 | Portland Museum of Art, 7 Congress Sq | Dates and times at portlandmuseum.org/films
Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival World Tour | Feb 10-11 | 7pm | $20-$26 | State Theatre, 609 Congress | statetheatreportland.com/
Maine Jewish Film Festival Streaming Films | Feb 16-19 | “Rose” and “Sin La Habana” | $10 each or $18 for both | mjff.org/films-and-programs/
FEBRUARY 9
“Uzikee: Washington D.C.’s Ancestral Sculptor” | Black History Month screening with Filmmaker Doug Harris | Reception 5:30pm, screening 6pm | Free, open to public | Hannaford Hall, USM, 88 Bedford St | Info, registration: bit.ly/3WLwFK7
FEBRUARY 10
Geographies of Solitude | 7pm | $7-$9 | SPACE, 538 Congress | space538.org/events
FEBRUARY 14
“I Heard the Bells” with director Q&A | About Longfellow and the story behind the Christmas carol, introduced by Tricia Welsch of Bowdoin College | 10:30am | Eveningstar Cinema, 149 Maine St, Brunswick | brunswickdowntown.org/events/longfellow-days
FEBRUARY 15
“The Civil Dead” | 7pm | $7-$9 | SPACE, 538 Congress | space538.org/events
“Sustenance” | A Camden Conference live screening | 7pm | No registration required | Merrill Memorial Library, 215 Main St, Yarmouth | camdenconference.org/events/
FEBRUARY 17
“No Bears” | 7pm | $7-$9 | SPACE, 538 Congress | space538.org/events
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Free Tax Filing with AARP Tax-Aide | Filing assistance every Wed thru April 12 by appointment: 518-8579 | Portland Public Library, Rines Auditorium | 5 Monument Sq | bit.ly/3GNzTqu
FEBRUARY 8
Webinar: Clara Brown, Paralympian | 7-8pm | Bicycle Coalition of Maine | Info, registration, bit.ly/3HilP8F
The Places We See: Architecture in Portland | Online, with Abraham Schechter | 6-7pm | More info and Zoom link at bit.ly/3HXukru
“Space: The Race for the Final Frontier” with John Doughty | Camden Conference event | 5:30-7pm | Zoom, and at Patten Free Library, Bath | Info and registration: bit.ly/3HUMLwD
FEBRUARY 10
Coffee & Climate: Being Bird Friendly and Bird Safe | Webinar with Nick Lund of Maine Audubon and Addy Smith-Reiman of Portland Society for Architecture | 9-10am | bit.ly/4049vBs
“Mother Voices: A Transformative Intergenerational Journey” | Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Rachel Harding Toshi Reagon | 7-8:30pm | Free | Pickard Theater, Bowdoin College, Brunswick | Register: indigoartsalliance.me/event-schedule
FEBRUARY 12
“India & Congress Streets: The Ethnic History of an Intersection” | A Spirits Alive Lecture with Ted Fleischaker | 1:30pm | Etz Chaim Synagogue, 267 Congress | spiritsalive.org/lectures
FEBRUARY 14
Birding Basics: Bird Love | Online series with Doug Hitchcox | 6:30-8pm | Free | Maine Audubon | maineaudubon.org/events/
FEBRUARY 15
Meet the MaineDOT Active Transportation Planner | Wednesday Webinar with Dakota Hewlett | 12-1pm | Bicycle Coalition of Maine | bit.ly/3JFG96W
FEBRUARY 16
Learning to Speak Bird with Dan Gardoqui | 6:30-8pm | In-person and live streaming | Thomas Memorial Library, 6 Scott Dyer Rd, Scarborough | Info and registration: bit.ly/40sWilV
Winter Wildlife Mingle with Center for Wildlife | 21+ | Indoor/outdoor event, beverages & snacks | 6:30pm | $25-$30 | Maine Audubon, 20 Gilsland Farm, Falmouth | maineaudubon.org/events/
Evergreen Cemetery Walk | With Michael Ciamata | 4-5pm | Meet at main entry by green outbuilding | portlandparksconservancy.org/thursday-talks
Maine’s Waste Policies, Pathways to Low-Waste Future | Hybrid event (in-person in Readfield) | 6pm | Natural Resources Council of Maine | Info, Zoom registration at nrcm.org/events/
FEBRUARY 17
Yellow Tulip Project Call to Action “Coffee Chat” | Free virtual session on mobilizing communities around mental health and stigma reduction | 12-1pm | For more info visit theyellowtulipproject.org/events/
ONGOING
Citizens’ Climate Lobby, Portland Chapter | First Saturday of every month | 9-10:30am | Free | email to receive link: portlandme@citizensclimatelobby.org | To learn more, visit citizensclimatelobbymaine.weebly.com/ | 415-6556
Open Conversation for Learning English | Adults, teens | Mondays, 3pm | Free, all levels | Portland Public Library, Meeting Room 5, 5 Monument Sq, Portland | Info at portlandlibrary.com/programs-events/
Tuition-Free Online Classes offered by New Ventures Maine in partnership with Empower by GoDaddy | Online, On-Demand, no charge | newventuresmaine.org/
LITERARY ARTS
FEBRUARY 9
Why Can’t We Quit the Apocalypse? | Author Brandon Ying Kit Boey leads discussion about end-of-world prophecies | 6:30-7:30pm | Prince Memorial Library, 266 Main, Cumberland | bit.ly/3XZYvDK
FEBRUARY 10
Wesley McNair poetry reading | “Late Wonders: New and Selecteºd Poems” | 1pm | Unitarian Universalist Church, 1 Middle St, Brunswick
FEBRUARY 12
Longfellow Days: The Coursen Reading, Part 2 | Cate Marvin, Jefferson Navicky, and Jonathan Pessant | 1pm | Fireplace Room, Curtis Memorial Library, 23 Pleasant, Brunswick | brunswickdowntown.org/events/longfellow-days
The Poets Corner presents “Love Letters” – epistolary poems about love | 4-5:30pm | RSVP to listen: thepoetscorner.org/events
FEBRUARY 15
Poetry & Travel: Longfellow in Europe | “Longfellow Days” with Gary Lawless | 12pm | Morrell Room, Curtis Memorial Library, 23 Pleasant St, Brunswick | brunswickdowntown.org/events/longfellow-days
“Reading the Glass” – A Captain’s View of Weather, Water, and Life on Ships | Booklaunch and talk with Elliot Rappaport and Lincoln Paine | 6pm | Longfellow Books, 1 Monument Way | longfellowbooks.com/event
FEBRUARY 16
Book Launch for “Northeaster” by Cathie Pelletier | 6:30-7:30pm | Free, RSVP | Mechanics Hall, 519 Congress St, Portland | mainewriters.org/calendar/pelletier-northeaster
FEBRUARY 17
Living Legacy: An Evening with the Ashley Bryan Fellows | 6-8pm | Free, open to public | Indigo Arts Alliance, 60 Cove, Portland | RSVP: mainewriters.org/calendar/lore-living-legacy-2023
“The Murder of Mary Bean” and Other Stories by Dr. Beth DeWolfe | 12-1:30pm | Online Feb. 21, 4-5:30pm | Osher Map Library | Info and registration at oshermaps.org/news
MUSEUMS
Maine Historical Society | 489 Congress | “Chansonetta Stanley Emmons: Staging the Past” through March 31 | Members free, public $10 | mainehistory.org
Maine Jewish Museum | New work by Sara Crisp, Steve Marcus, Gary Green thru Feb. 24 | 267 Congress St, Portland | mainejewishmuseum.org
Skyline Farm Carriage Museum | 95 The Lane, North Yarmouth | Free, donations appreciated | skylinefarm.org
MUSIC
FEBRUARY 8
Swinging Wednesdays | Ragtime Destroyers & The Portland Swing Project | 6-7:30p | Free | Urban Farm Fermentory, 200 Anderson | fermentory.com/calendar/swinginwednesdays125
Jazz Sesh | 7-11pm | Blue, 650A Congress | portcityblue.com/
FEBRUARY 9
Cumberland Crossing & The Bluegrass Jam | 7-11pm | Blue, 650A Congress St | portcityblue.com/
Big Head Todd and the Monsters | 8pm | $37.50-$45 | State Theatre, 609 Congress |
statetheatreportland.com/
FEBRUARY 10
Assasi | 7:30-8:45pm | $15-$22 | Mayo Street Arts, 10 Mayo St | tickettailor.com/events/mayostreetarts
Wolfman Jack | 8pm | $12-$15 | Portland House of Music, 25 Temple St | portlandhouseofmusic.com/events/list/
Garcia Peoples | 8pm | $15-$18 | Sun Tiki Studios, 375 Forest Ave, Portland | suntikistudios.com/upcoming-shows
Night Hawk, Lily in the Weeds, Hunter Lefebvre | 7:30-11pm | Blue, 650A Congress | portcityblue.com/
The Alana MacDonald (of Devonsquare) Band | 8pm | $25-$32 | One Longfellow Sq, 181 State St, Portland | onelongfellowsquare.com/upcoming-shows-events
Bess Jacques | Jazz, Indie, Pop originals | 7pm | $21-$25 | Cadenza, 5 Depot, Freeport | cadenzafreeport.com
FEBRUARY 11
Choro Luoco, Titus Abbott Collective, Clifford Cameron Vinyl Quartet | 6-11pm | Blue, 650A Congress St, Portland | portcityblue.com/
Dance Party with Primo Cubano | 8-9:30pm | $20-$23 | Mayo Street Arts, 10 Mayo St | tickettailor.com/events/mayostreetarts
Paul Andriulli and the “Off the Charts” Band | Crooner, love songs | 7pm | $21-$25 | Cadenza, 5 Depot, Freeport | cadenzafreeport.com
Tricky Britches w/Caroline Cotter | 8pm | $15-$20 | One Longfellow Sq, 181 State St, Portland | onelongfellowsquare.com/upcoming-shows-events
Say Zuzu & Palomino Hotel | 8pm | $12-$15 | Sun Tiki Studios, 375 Forest Ave | suntikistudios.com/upcoming-shows
FEBRUARY 12
“From Persia to Iberia” with Harpist Bridget Kibbey and special guests Mahsa Vahdat and John Hadfield | 3pm | $15-$48 | Portland Ovations | Hannaford Hall, USM Campus, Portland | portlandovations.org/calendar/
“Songs of the Living” | A Community Sing with Toshi Reagon | 11am-2pm | Free | Indigo Arts Alliance, 60 Cove St | More info, registration at indigoartsalliance.me/event-schedule
FEBRUARY 14
Songwriters in the Round | 7pm | Blue, 650A Congress St | portcityblue.com/
“My Golden Age” with Jessica Vosk | Broadway | 7pm | $20-$75 | Portland Ovations | Merrill Auditorium, Portland | portlandovations.org/calendar/
FEBRUARY 15
Jazz Sesh | 7-11pm | Blue, 650A Congress St, Portland | portcityblue.com/
Scottish Fiddle Festival | Katie McNally Trio and Ryan McKasson & Colin Cotter | 8pm | $20-$25 | One Longfellow Sq, 181 State St | onelongfellowsquare.com/upcoming-shows-events
FEBRUARY 16
DaPonte String Quartet: “Winter Lights Concert” | $25 | 7-8:30pm | Maine Jewish Museum, 267 Congress | bit.ly/3jzazwG
The Portland Jazz Orchestra feat. the South Portland High School Jazz Ensemble | 8pm | $7-$10 | One Longfellow Sq, 181 State St | onelongfellowsquare.com/upcoming-shows-events
Ed Pearlman (Fiddle) and Neil Pearlman (Piano) | Free Noonday Concert | 12:15-12:45pm | Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Sq | portlandconservatoryofmusic.org/events/
FEBRUARY 17
A Smooth Night in February | 7:30pm | $15-$20 | Blue, 650A Congress St, Portland | portcityblue.com
The Collins Band | Blues, Americana | 7pm | $21-$25 | Cadenza, 5 Depot, Freeport | cadenzafreeport.com
Damn Tall Buildings | 8pm | $20-$25 | One Longfellow Sq, 181 State St, Portland |
onelongfellowsquare.com/upcoming-shows-events
THEATER
“Sweet Goats and Blueberry Señoritas” | Thru Feb. 12 | $20-$70 | Portland Stage, 25A Forest Ave, Portland | bit.ly/3vZR3Mr
“The Charitable Sisterhood of the Second Trinity Victory Church” | $20 | Thru Feb. 11 | The Footlights Theatre, 190 US Rte 1, Falmouth | More info at thefootlightstheatre.com
“Wait Until Dark” | Classic thriller | $20-$25 | Fri/Sat 7:30pm, Sun 2pm | Thru Feb. 12 | Lyric Music Theater, 176 Sawyer, South Portland | lyricmusictheater.org/
“The Great Gatsby” | Thru Feb 12 | Fri, Sat 7:30pm, Sun 2:30pm | The Portland Players, 420 Cottage Rd, South Portland | More info at portlandplayers.org/
“The High Road” written and performed by Steve Underwood | Thru Feb 19 | $30 | Good Theater at St. Lawrence Arts, 76 Congress | goodtheater.com/
“Quills” by Doug Wright | Based on the Marquis de Sade | Feb 2-26 | Pay what you decide | Mad Horse Theatre, 24 Mosher St, South Portland | More info at madhorse.com/
“Killer Comfort” | Comedic solo show by Lynne McGhee | Feb 4, 11, 18 | 12:30pm | $20 | Good Theater at St. Lawrence Arts, 76 Congress | goodtheater.com/
“Cabin Fever Reliever” | $20 | Thru Feb. 16-18 | The Footlights Theatre, 190 US Rte 1, Falmouth | More info at thefootlightstheatre.com
FEBRUARY 11
Yes & Co. with Tom Handel | Cool stories and awesome improv | 7pm | $12-$15 | Portland Media Center, 516 Congress | bit.ly/3YF7mLh
“Moses, the Staged Play” | Black History Month event | 7pm | $35 suggested, pay what you can | Merrill Auditorium | indigoartsalliance.me/event-schedule
FEBRUARY 14
Page to Stage: “How I Learned What I Learned” | Book Club-style discussion of Portland Stage Mainstage productions | 1:30-2:30pm | Rines Auditorium, PPL, 5 Monument Sq | More info: bit.ly/3X1kc5g
FEBRUARY 16
S’Mores Night featuring Shadow Puppets with Mayo Street Arts | Outdoor event | 4-6pm | $5 suggested | Vendors, entertainment | Congress Square Park | congresssquarepark.org/events/
FEBRUARY 17
“Jack and Phil, Slayers of Giants, Inc.” | Thru March 5 | Ages 5-10 | $15 | Maddy’s Theatre, Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine | Info at kitetails.org/jackandphil
VISUAL ARTS
FEBRUARY 10
Future Phenomenology and MMPA | Opening reception 5-7pm | Maine Museum of Photographic Arts, 15 Middle St | mainemuseumofphotographicarts.org/
FEBRUARY 24
James Mullen discusses 2 portfolios on display | “Flora” and “Non-Site Prospects” | Exhibition: “Future Phenomenology and MMPA” thru April 15 | Maine Museum of Photographic Arts, 15 Middle St | mainemuseumofphotographicarts.org
ONGOING
Alice Gauvin Gallery | 43 York St, Portland | alicegauvingallery.com/
Casco Bay Artisans | The Maine Wharf, 68 Commercial St | cascobayartisans.com/
Chocolate Church Arts Center | 804 Washington St, Bath | chocolatechurcharts.org/
Cove St. Arts | 71 Cove St, Portland | “Down the Candy Hole” thru March 11 | “Singing My Song” thru March 25 | covestreetarts.com/exhibitions
Elizabeth Moss Galleries | Falmouth and Portland | elizabethmossgalleries.com/
Grant Wahlquist Gallery | 30 City Center | W-Sat 11-6 | grantwahlquist.com/
Greenhut Galleries | 146 Middle St | 772-2693 | Visit greenhutgalleries.com/
Institute of Contemporary Art at MECA | 522 Congress St | bit.ly/3i5iWuX
Maine Jewish Museum Gallery | Maine Jewish Museum, 267 Congress St | Updates at facebook.com/MaineJewishMuseum
Maine Museum of Photographic Arts, 15 Middle St, A3, Portland | “Future Phenomenology and MMPA” thru April 15 | mainemuseumofphotographicarts.org
Richard Boyd Art Gallery | 15 Epps St. | Group exhibition of paintings by women artists thru February | richardboydartgallery.com
Union of Maine Visual Artists Gallery | Portland Media Center Building, 516 Congress St. | Exhibits and more info at theumva.org/
UNE Art Gallery | 716 Stevens Ave, Portland | UNE Art Gallery | 716 Stevens Ave, Portland | library.une.edu/art-galleries/home/portland-campus/