BENEFITS
FEBRUARY 12
“Play in the Snow” | Family Ski, Snowboard, Tubing event to benefit Lewiston’s Public Theatre | 5-9pm | $25 ski/snowboard, $10 to snowtube | Lost Valley, Auburn | Visit thepublictheatre.org/ for more info, tickets, and raffle items
FAIRS/MARKETS
Portland Winter Farmers’ Market | Saturdays 9am-1pm | Stevens Sq. Community Center Gym, 631 Stevens Ave | portlandmainefarmersmarket.org
Brunswick Winter Market | Saturdays 9am-12:30pm | Fort Andross Mill Complex, 14 Maine St, Brunswick | brunswickwintermarket.net/
FILM
FEBRUARY 10
MFA Winter Film Challenge Virtual Premiere | Presented by Maine Outdoor Film Festival | 7pm | $10/household | Register at mainefilm.org/2022-wfc-premiere/ | Awards to follow Zoom event
FEBRUARY 12
“Blood Memory” | Viewing and panel discussion | 6:30-8pm | Free | Presented by Wabanaki Reach | More information and link: mainewabanakireach.org/blood_memory_viewing_and_pannel_discussion
FEBRUARY 17
“In a Whole New Way: New Yorkers on Probation Photograph Their World” | Documentary screening and panel discussion | 7-8:30pm via Zoom | Thomas Memorial Library | More info at thomasmemoriallibrary.org/23809-2/
Maine Art & Activism in Double Feature | Robert Shetterly’s “Truth Tellers” & Natasha Meyers’ “An Un-Still Life” | In person and in conversation with the audience | 7pm | Nickelodeon Theater, 1 Temple St | bit.ly/3Gydv28
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Connecting Women to Construction Trades | Free and low-cost online career sessions | Offered by New Ventures Maine, an education and economic development program through UMA System | For more info on this and other classes, call 800-442-2092 or visit bit.ly/NVMEClasses bit.ly/NVMEClasses
FEBRUARY 10
Taxes for artists, freelancers, creative businesses | With Hannah Cole of Sunlight Tax | 10am-Noon via Zoom | $10-$25 | bit.ly/3rfRPnj
Camden Conference: Paris at Six | Environmental Divides and Climate Unions in Europe | With Susana Hancock, PhD | 6:30pm | Scarborough Public Library | More info, Zoom registration at bit.ly/3o48Crm
Flora for Fauna with Arthur Haines | In-person lecture | 7pm | $20 | maineaudubon.org/news/events/flora-for-fauna-with-arthur-haines/ | Maine Audubon, Gilsland Farm, Falmouth
Mattson-NYT Lecture with Dr. Lawrence T. Brown | “Building the Abolition Democracy with GIS, Maps, Data and Archival Materials” | 6-7pm | Free | Osher Map Library Zoom event | bit.ly/3AFAFm8
Expanding Maine’s Ecological Reserve System | NRCM Zoom event | 6-7pm | Register at nrcm.salsalabs.org/ecologicalreserves/index.html
Maine Media Lecture with Sara Stern: “Architecture as Puppet” | 1-2pm | Free/donation | Registration at mainemedia.edu/events/lectures/
FEBRUARY 12
Snowshoe Outing in Robinson Woods | 12:30-2:30pm | $6 | Cape Elizabeth Land Trust | For more info and to register, visit capelandtrust.org/events/event/snow-shoe-outing-in-robinson-woods/
FEBRUARY 15
“Who was Augustine? What did he confess?” | St. Augustine lecture by Dr. John Kenney followed by discussion | 7pm | St. Maximilian Kolbe Church, 150 Black Point Road, Scarborough | More info: jp2me.org/events/st-augustine-lecture
FEBRUARY 16
South Portland Land Trust Virtual Open House | 7-8pm | Learn about joining the organization | For more info and to register, southportlandlandtrust.org/upcoming-events/
virtualopenhouse
Camden Conference: Eastern Europe – Thirty Years After the Fall of the Soviet Union, with William Hall | 7pm | Portland Public Library Zoom | More info, registration at bit.ly/3rV7TtE
Maine Media Lecture with John Pinderhughes and Danny Dawson, “Passports & Portfolios: My Life as a Commercial and Fine Arts Photographer” | 3-4:30pm | Free/donation | Registration at mainemedia.edu/events/lectures/
“Rewild in 10 Easy Steps” | How to restore plant diversity, with Anna Fialkoff, the Wild Seed Project | Presented by the Osewantha Garden Club | 1pm | Public is welcome | So. Portland Community Center, 21 Nelson Rd, S. Portland | Masks required | Email for more info: [email protected]
“Songs & Stories: A Tribute to Lorenz Hart” | 4pm | $12.50-$15 | Hosted on Zoom by Osher Marin JCC | More info and registration at mainejewish.org/inspire_events/songs-stories-a-tribute-to-lorenz-hart/
FEBRUARY 17
Dawnland Signals | A program highlighting indigenous topics, w/ co-hosts Maria Girouard and Esther Anne | 4pm | Live stream at weru.org | Wabanaki Reach mainewabanakireach.org/
Winter Wildlife Mingle | With Center for Wildlife | Adults 21+ | $20-$25 | 7pm | Gilsland Farm Audubon Center, Falmouth | Info at maineaudubon.org/news/events/winter-wildlife-mingle-with-center-for-wildlife/
“Exploring Broadway: Pitter Patter” | 4pm | $25-$30 | Hosted on Zoom by Osher Marin JCC | More info at mainejewish.org/inspire_events/exploring-broadway-
pitter-patter/
“Conspiracy Theories: Why, How, and What To Do” | Great Falls Forum with Bates College Professor Stephanie Kelley-Romano | Free | 12-1pm | Lewiston Public Library | Info and Zoom link: bit.ly/3gsLU7R
FEBRUARY 18
Growing Seedlings Indoors | Online | 12-1:15pm | $0-$15 sliding scale | Info at mofga.org/event-calendar/growing-seedlings-indoors-2/
FEBRUARY 22
Art & Anti-Semitism | Virtual lecture hosted by the Osher Marin JCC | 2-3:30pm | mainejewish.org/inspire_events/art-anti-semitism/
FEBRUARY 23
Sustainability Series: One Climate Future – What We’ve Accomplished & What We’re Planning | 5:30-7pm | PPL Zoom event | bit.ly/3op39LL
Fermentation for Beginners | Online | 5-6:30pm | $0-$25 sliding scale | Info at mofga.org/event-calendar/growing-seedlings-indoors-2
ONGOING
Citizens’ Climate Lobby, Portland Chapter | First Saturday of every month | 9-10:30am | Free | email to receive link: [email protected] | To learn more, visit citizensclimatelobbymaine.weebly.com/ | 415-6556
Veterans Membership Drive | American Legion Munjoy Hill Post 161, 42 Atlantic St, Portland | Have a beverage and check out our Post | Saturdays 10am-4pm | For more info, call 772-9314
HEALTH/SUPPORT
FEBRUARY 9
Better Health Now! | Healthy Living for ME workshop | 10-11am, online, thru March 22 | Free | For more info and to register, visit healthylivingforme.org/Classes/Register/742
FEBRUARY 15
Living Well for Better Health | Healthy Living for ME workshop | 9-11:30am, online, thru March 15 | Free | For more info and to register, visit healthylivingforme.org/Classes/Register/716
FEBRUARY 22
National Diabetes Prevention Program | Healthy Living for ME online 16-week program | 2:30-3:30pm | Free | For more info and to register: healthylivingforme.org/Classes/Register/745
“Caring for the Caregiver” | Hospice of Maine’s “Ask the Experts” webinar | 11:30am | Free | askhospiceexperts.org/upcomingevents
FEBRUARY 23
Read Your Mind | With Maia Kobabe & Shelby Criswell | Monthly virtual series focusing on teen mental health and wellness | Portland and Lewiston Public Libraries | 12:30pm | Register at bit.ly/3L7SXRt
ONGOING
The Opportunity Alliance Senior Volunteers Program seeks senior companion volunteers over the age of 55 to help in Cumberland and York counties | Qualifying volunteers receive a stipend | More information at opportunityalliance.org/senior-companion-program
OUTMaine Youth Programs for LGBTQ+ youth | Weekly programs, retreats, leadership, support | Free | outmaine.org/
Remote Support Groups, Mon-Thurs, hosted by NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) | For info and schedules visit namimaine.org/supportgroups
Recovery Yoga | SeaChange Yoga | for people in recovery from substance use disorder | Tues/Thurs 1:30-2:20pm | Free | seachangeyoga.org/recovery-yoga
Virtual Breastfeeding Support Group | Weekly support group as well as mom-to-mom support on an ongoing basis | Fridays 10am | Free to Maine residents | Private facebook group with Doula/Lactation consultant, bit.ly/3wgsycS
LITERARY ARTS
FEBRUARY 9
Virtual Author Talk with playwright Allison McCall | 7-8:30pm | $5, free for members | Mechanics Hall Zoom event | mechanicshallmaine.org/programming/
FEBRUARY 10
“We Share the Same Sky: A Memoir of Memory and Migration” | Virtual book talk with Rachael Cerrotti | 7-8pm | Free | Presented by JCA in partnership with Longfellow Books and MPWA | bit.ly/3IIQeMx
FEBRUARY 12
“Twisty-Turny House” | Virtual talk with Lisa Mantchev and EG Keller | 1-2pm | Print: A Bookstore | Zoom registration: bit.ly/3GkLTNP
FEBRUARY 13
Love is Still Possible | 3 Poets read and discuss contemporary love poems | 4-5:30pm | The Poets Corner | Info at thepoetscorner.org/events
FEBRUARY 16
Page to Stage: Last Ship to Proxima Centauri | Book Club-style chat with Portland Stage | 6-7pm Zoom event | Portland Public Library | bit.ly/3G3BCFH
Literary Lunch with ILAP and MWPA | Stephanie Cotsirilos discusses “My Xanthi” with Sue Roche | 12-1pm Zoom event | Portland Public Library | bit.ly/3o6ROjw
FEBRUARY 17
“Price per Barrel” | Author talk with Robin Lynn Behl | 5:30pm | Free | Lewiston Public Library, 200 Lisbon St, Lewiston | lplonline.org/events/author-talk-with-robin-lynn-behl/
Silvia Foti discusses “The Nazi’s Granddaughter” | Part of the Holocaust & Human Rights Center’s Distinguished Lecture Series | 6pm | For more info and to register, visit hhrcmaine.org/
FEBRUARY 18
“No Filter and Other Lies” | Virtual talk with Crystal Maldonado | 7-8pm | Print: A Bookstore | Zoom registration: bit.ly/3HliIeZ
FEBRUARY 23
Scholastic Parents Night: Share Black Voices | Virtual panel of authors, education experts and booksellers | 7-8pm | Print: A Bookstore | bit.ly/3omHKD6
Littorally Alive! | Changing Lanes: Writers Who Cross into Other Media | Nancy Romines Walters, Leslie Moore, Phil Carlsen | 7pm | More info at littoralbooks.com/littorally-alive/
“Whence These Stories?” History in Longfellow’s Poetry | Panel discussion hosted by Maine Historical Society | 7-8pm | Free on Zoom | Registration at: mainehistory.org/programs_events.shtml
ONGOING
Guerilla Poetry Whoop | Thomas Memorial Library: Poets and poetry enthusiasts group meeting every second Thurs of the month | 6:30pm via Zoom | More info and registration at thomasmemoriallibrary.org/poetry-at-tml/
Free Ebooks for Students | Commemorate the end of World War II | Free military history downloads | also African-American and Latino history downloads | ebooksforstudents.org/.
MUSEUMS
Maine Historical Society | 489 Congress | Timed admission | Members free, public $10 | 207-774-1822 | mainehistory.org
Maine Jewish Museum | Current exhibits: “Dialogue” “The Pumpkin Patch” “Sojourn Israel” through Jan. 3 | 267 Congress St, Portland | mainejewishmuseum.org/
Skyline Farm Carriage Museum | 95 The Lane, North Yarmouth | skylinefarm.org | Winter Exhibit – “Town & Country: Rocking & Rolling Down The Lane” | Through March 27 | bit.ly/32l4A6i
FEBRUARY 6
Sleigh Day | Skyline Farm, 95 The Lane, North Yarmouth | 11:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. | The event was previously scheduled for Feb. 5 | skylinefarm.org
MUSIC
Chocolate Church Arts Center | Winter performance series | Thru mid-March in the CCAC Annexr, 804 Washington St, Bath | For performance schedule, visit chocolatechurcharts.org/
One Longfellow Square | 181 State St, Portland | For schedules and info, visit onelongfellowsquare.com/shows/
Portland House of Music | 25 Temple St, Portland | for schedule of shows, visit portlandhouseofmusic.com
Portland Symphony Orchestra | For concert, venue and ticket information visit portlandsymphony.org
State Theatre | 609 Congress | For up-to-date concert information, visit statetheatreportland.com/
FEBRUARY 10
Opera Maine Valentine Concert | In memory of Don Head and Russ Burleigh | 7:30pm | $75, $50 friends under 40, limited free tickets for friends under 25 | Call to reserve, (207)879-7678 | Portland Conservatory of Music, 28 Neal St | operamaine.org/events/
James Day Leavitt, Cumberland Crossing & Bluegrass Jam Session | 5-11:30pm | Blue, 650A Congress St, Portland | portcityblue.com
Mike Block Trio | $20-$25 | 7pm | One Longfellow Sq, 181 State St, Portland | onelongfellowsquare.com/shows/
Trashton & the Bandits, Campfire Cowboy, Angusisdead, The Bumbling Woohas | 7-10pm | 5-$10 | Mask/Vax | The Apohadion, 107 Hanover St, Portland | theapohadiontheater.com
FEBRUARY 11
Carl Dimow Quartet, Lulu Moss, el malo | 6-11:59pm | Blue, 650A Congress St, Portland | portcityblue.com
Pat Colwell & The Soul Sensations | 7pm | Cadenza, 5 Depot St, Freeport | cadenzafreeport.com | $23-$25
Wanted DOA: A Tribute to Bon Jovi | 9pm | $19.50 | Aura, 121 Center St, Portland | auramaine.com/aura-calendar-tickets/
FEBRUARY 12
Palaver Strings’ Through the Looking Glass | 3pm and 7pm | $15-$22 | Mayo Street Arts, 10 Mayo St | tickettailor.com/events/mayostreetarts/622729/
Nortonk, Soggy Po’Boys, Clifford Cameron | 6pm-11:45pm | Blue, 650A Congress St, Portland | portcityblue.com
Katie Daggett & Ed DesJardins | Americana | 7pm | Cadenza, 5 Depot St, Freeport | cadenzafreeport.com | $18-$20
The Lost Tribe of Modern Folk | Original acoustic music | Fore River Brewing Co, 45 Huntress Ave, South Portland | Free | 5:30pm | foreriverbrewing.com/
FEBRUARY 13
Casco Bay Tummlers, Jenny Van West & Special Guests, Emma & The True Love Band | 5-8pm | Blue, 650A Congress St, Portland | portcityblue.com
FEBRUARY 14
Blue Fuse Jazz | 8:30-10pm | Blue, 650A Congress St, Portland | portcityblue.com
“Love Stories” | Peter, Kara Dugan perform various love songs | 6pm | $25-$75 | Portland Chamber Music Festival | Mechanics Hall Ballroom, 519 Congress St | pcmf.org/2022-2-14
FEBRUARY 15
Jazz Sesh | 9-11pm | Blue, 650A Congress St, Portland | portcityblue.com
FEBRUARY 16
Irish Night at Blue, Irish Session | 9-11pm | Blue, 650A Congress St, Portland | portcityblue.com
The Lost Tribe of Modern Folk | Original acoustic music | 7pm | Blue, 650A Congress St, Portland | portcityblue.com/
FEBRUARY 17
Anaïs Mitchell, Bonny Light Horseman | 7pm | $25-$50 | Portland Ovations, Merrill Auditorium | Info and tickets at portlandovations.org/event/anais-mitchell-bonny-light-horseman/
John Bennett, Cello | Noonday Concert | 12:15-12:50pm | Free | Portland Conservatory of Music, 28 Neal St, Portland | bit.ly/3J4Oaie
Portland Jazz Orchestra | $5-$10 | 8pm | One Longfellow Sq, 181 State St, Portland | onelongfellowsquare.com/shows/
Carnaval ME winter festival thru Feb. 26 | Live music, ice sculptures, bonfires, more | Free parking | Eastern Promenade | Schedule and info at carnavalme.com/
FEBRUARY 18
Clifford Cameron Concert Series – The Northern Gray | Jazz | 7pm | $18-$20 | Cadenza, 5 Depot St, Freeport | cadenzafreeport.com
Dark Desert Eagles: A Tribute to The Eagles | 9pm | $18+ | Aura, 121 Center St, Portland | auramaine.com/aura-calendar-tickets/
Scoby | Heavy funk | 7pm | $15-$22 | Mayo Street Arts, 10 Mayo St, Portland | tickettailor.com/events/mayostreetarts/622734/
FEBRUARY 19
Southside Blues | Chicago Blues | 7pm | $18-$20 | Cadenza, 5 Depot St, Freeport | cadenzafreeport.com
FEBRUARY 23
Clem Snide | $17-$22 | 8pm | One Longfellow Sq, 181 State St, Portland | onelongfellowsquare.com/shows/
THEATER
“Senior Living” by Tor Hyams & Lisa St. Lou | $20-$68 in-theater thru Feb. 13 | $25 Digital on Demand Feb. 9-27 | Portland Stage, 25 Forest Ave | portlandstage.org/show/senior-living/
“Harry Townsend’s Last Stand” | Thru Feb. 20 | $27-$34 | Good Theater, St. Lawrence Arts, 76 Congress | Info, tickets: goodtheater.com/shows.html
“Waiting for Alice” by Allison McCall | Thru Feb. 27 | 7:30pm, 5pm Sundays | Pay what you decide after show | Mad Horse Theatre, 24 Mosher St, So. Portland | More info at madhorse.com/
FEBRUARY 10
“Cupid’s Arrow” by Michael J. Tobin | $20 | Thru Feb. 14 | Footlights Theatre, 190 US Route 1, Falmouth | Showtimes, more info at thefootlightstheatre.com/
FEBRUARY 12
“Men: Things that go Bump in the Night” | Musical Cabaret thru Feb. 19 | $24 | Good Theater, St. Lawrence Arts, 76 Congress | More info, tickets: goodtheater.com/shows.html
FEBRUARY 13
Puppeteers’ Happy Hour | Informal gathering for puppet artists and fans | Free and open to public | 3pm | Mayo Street Arts, 10 Mayo St, Portland | tickettailor.com/events/mayostreetarts/622652/
FEBRUARY 19
Modern Times Theater’s “The Perils of Mr. Punch” | Punch and Judy updated for the 21st century | 1pm and 7:30pm | $15-$22 | Mayo Street Arts, 10 Mayo St | tickettailor.com/events/mayostreetarts/623111/#
The Goofballs | Dance, music, storytelling, movement-theater | 7-9pm | $5-$25 | Meetinghouse Arts, 40 Main St, Freeport | More info at bit.ly/3L888dx
VISUAL ARTS
Seaweed-themed sculpture in wood and clay by Anne Alexander | On exhibit thru March 13 at SeaWeed Co, 23 Marginal Way, Portland | annealexandersculptor.com/
“North of Nowhere, West of the Moon” – Myth, Fiction, and Fantasy in Maps | Thru May 30 | Osher Map Library, USM, 314 Forest Ave, Portland | Free, open to the public by timed admission | oshermaps.org/news
FEBRUARY 10
Opening Receptions: Michael Torlen, “Dance Me to the End” – Jim Flahaven and Amy Wilton, “Repartee” – “Wintry Mix,” by 17 Maine artists | 5-7pm | Cove Street Arts, 71 Cove St, Portland | covestreetarts.com
ONGOING
Alice Gauvin Gallery | 43 York St, Portland | “Human/Nature” thru March 26 | Wed-Sat 12-6pm | alicegauvingallery.com/
Chocolate Church Arts Center | 804 Washington St, Bath | chocolatechurcharts.org/
Cove St. Arts | “Birds” thru Feb. 19 | M-F 10-5:30, Sat. 10-5 | 808-8911 | covestreetarts.com
Elizabeth Moss Galleries | 100 Fore St, Portland | New work by Charlie Hewitt thru Feb. 28 | elizabethmossgalleries.com/
Grant Wahlquist Gallery | 30 City Center | W-Sat 11-6 | Henri Paul Broyard Jamboree | Through Aug. 17 | grantwahlquist.com/
Greenhut Galleries | 146 Middle St, Portland | 772-2693 | M-F 10-5:30, Sat. 10-5 | Visit greenhutgalleries.com/
Institute of Contemporary Art at MECA | 522 Congress St. | bit.ly/3i5iWuX
Maine Jewish Museum Gallery | Papercuts & Tapestries, Yehudit Shadur and Tamar Shadur; Enter the Space, Oliver Solmitz; What We Carry, Helene Farrar | Maine Jewish Museum, 267 Congress St | Through Feb. 25 | Updates at facebook.com/MaineJewishMuseum
“MMPA Antidote” | Maine Museum of Photographic Arts virtual newsletter featuring Maine art and artists | Updated regularly with photographs, interviews, reviews, Q&As | Visit mainemuseumofphotographicarts.org
Richard Boyd Art Gallery | 10am-3pm Fri, Sat, Sun thru Jan. 30 | Free | 712-1097 | richardboydartgallery.com
Union of Maine Visual Artists Gallery | Annual exhibit showcasing artwork by members of The Union of Maine Visual Arts | Portland Media Center Building, 516 Congress St. | Exhibits and more info at theumva.org/
UNE Art Gallery | 716 Stevens Ave, Portland | “Sensing Place” Feb. 18 thru June 12 | bit.ly/3u5R0yX
