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
JANUARY 24
Improv Jam Fundraiser | Join the cast of Balderdash Academy’s Improv Live and get in on the fun to benefit St. Lawrence Arts Center | 7pm | $10-$14 | St. Lawrence Arts, 76 Congress, Portland | stlawrencearts.org
JANUARY 29
Robert Burns 10K Road Race | To benefit Westbrook High’s Compass Academy | $35-40 | 9:30am start | Westbrook Community Center Parking Lot, 426 Bridge, Westbrook | crowathletics.com/robertburns10k
FILM
“EO” | In Polish, Italian, French with subtitles | $7-$9 | Fri 2 & 6 pm; Sat-Sun noon & 3 pm | Portland Museum of Art, 7 Congress Sq | portlandmuseum.org/films
“The Haunting” (1963) | Jan 30, Mon 7 pm | $7-$9 | SPACE, 538 Congress, Portland | space538.org
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
JANUARY 18
Birds of Penobscot County Webinar | Maine Audubon online webinar | Free | 6:30pm | maineaudubon.org/news/events/birds-of-penobscot-county
Maine State Active Transportation Plan Webinar | Hosted by the Bicycle Coalition with a plan overview and how to provide comments | 12-1pm | Register: bit.ly/3VP6Xnp
JANUARY 19
“Space – The Race for the Final Frontier” with John Doughty on Zoom | Camden Conference and Portland Public Library | 6:30-7:30pm | bit.ly/3ZcZq4Q
War Pigeons: They Got Their Messages Through | Elizabeth Macalaster discusses homing pigeons in the U.S. Military | In person and on Zoom: 6:30-8pm | Thomas Memorial Library, 6 Scott Dyer Rd, Cape Elizabeth | bit.ly/3ImDJcB
Fun with Ferments! | Share, Swap, & Learning Gathering | 5:30-6:30pm | Free | Urban Farm Fermentory, 200 Anderson St, Portland | fermentory.com/calendar/funwithferments
JANUARY 20
Author/Activist Rick Bass reading and discussion of “Black Ram and The Curtain of Green – How Mainers are Leading the Way on Climate Solutions” | Free | 6:30pm | Mechanics Hall, 519 Congress | Register: mechanicshallmaine.org/programming/
JANUARY 22
Winter Plant Walk | With Andy Kapinos, Andrew Tufts | 10am-12pm | Free | Gilsland Farm, 20 Gilsland Farm Rd, Falmouth | Register at bit.ly/3QCkEVM
JANUARY 23
Beyond Supply Chains – America’s Changing Economic and Trade Policy with Bill Hall | Free | 6-7pm | Camden Conference, Falmouth Memorial Library, 5 Lunt Rd, Falmouth | camdenconference.org/events/
JANUARY 24
“What’s in My Sandwich?” | “The Failed EU-US Trade Negotiations and What They Say About the Future,” with Francesco Duina of Bates College | 6:30-8pm | Camden Conference and Prince Memorial Library Zoom event | camdenconference.org/events/
Birding Basics: Attracting Birds | Online series with Doug Hitchcox | 6:30-8pm | Free | Maine Audubon | Register at http://bit.ly/3GwxWi4
Tiny but Powerful Wildlife | With Center for Wildlife | 6-7pm | In-person and streaming | Thomas Memorial Library, 6 Scott Dyer Rd, Cape Elizabeth | bit.ly/3Zywu7o
The Art of Sound: Recordings from the Coast of Maine | Sustainability Series with sound artist Dianne Ballon | Portland Public Library Zoom event | 5:30-7pm | bit.ly/3GDxUoM
JANUARY 26
Fishers are King | With Maine Coast Heritage Trust | 6-8pm | In-person and streaming | Thomas Memorial Library, 6 Scott Dyer Rd, Cape Elizabeth | bit.ly/3Wccsg2
Who Built Victoria Mansion | The Unwilling Architects Initiative: Interpreting Untold Stories in a Small Historic House Museum | 6-7pm | Free in-person talk | Maine Historical Society, 489 Congress | Info, registration: mainehistory.org
ONGOING
Portland Job Corps is enrolling youth 16-24 in career training | Free, online available | Housing, meals, job placement | Contact Jennifer Caswell, 207-631-0784 or [email protected] for more info
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
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/
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
LITERARY ARTS
JANUARY 19
“Shepardi Voices” The Untold Expulsion of Jews from Arab Lands | Henry Green and Richard Stursberg | $10 | JCA of Southern Maine | 7:30pm | Info and registration: bit.ly/3ZfJsqM
JANUARY 20
Reading with Rick Bass | “Black Ram and the Curtain of Green – How Mainers are Leading the Way on Climate Solutions” | 6:30pm | Free | Mechanics Hall, 519 Congress | mechanicshallmaine.org/programming/
JANUARY 21
“Karma of the Sun” | Brandon Ying Kit Boey – Book Launch, Reading | 2-4pm | Falmouth Memorial Library, 5 Lunt Rd, Falmouth | falmouthmemoriallibrary.org
JANUARY 24
“Final Mission – The North Woods” | Book Talk with Joseph Wax | Free | Maine Historical Society, 489 Congress | Info, registration: mainehistory.org
JANUARY 26
“American Shtetl” The Making of Kiryas Joel, a Hasidic Village in Upstate New York | Virtual book talk with Nomi Stolzenberg,David Myers | 7-8pm | Advanced registration: bit.ly/3Xb2v42
Hole in the Head Review Poetry Reading Series | 7-9pm | Free | Jeri Theriault, Mike Bove followed by open mic | Maine Jewish Museum, 267 Congress | bit.ly/3X9iMX9
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
JANUARY 18
Jazz Sesh | 7-11pm | Blue, 650A Congress | portcityblue.com/
JANUARY 19
The Portland Jazz Orchestra feat. Fryeburg Academy Jazz Ensemble | 8pm | $5-$10 | One Longfellow Sq, 181 State St, Portland |
onelongfellowsquare.com/upcoming-shows-events
S’Mores Night! feat. The Shank Painters | 4-6pm | $5 suggested, night blankets $10 | Congress Square Park | congresssquarepark.org/events/
Timothy Burris, guitar; Sylvia Schwartz, violin | Free Noonday Concert with PCM | 12:15-12:45pm | Portland Public Library, Rines Auditorium | 5 Monument Sq | bit.ly/3VPzKYU
JANUARY 20
Honeysuckle & Ben Cosgrove | 8pm | $15-$20 | One Longfellow Sq, 181 State St | onelongfellowsquare.com/upcoming-shows-events
Piper: Omnijam Expeditions: A Jam Band Tribute | 8pm | $10-$20 | Portland House of Music, 25 Temple St | portlandhouseofmusic.com/events/list/
Lemon Pitch, Festiva, Lake Over Fire | 8:15 | $10 | The Apohadion, 107 Hanover St
Piper: Omnijam Expeditions: A Jam Band Tribute | 8pm | $10-$12 | Portland House of Music, 25 Temple St | portlandhouseofmusic.com/events/list/
MSA Songwriter Showcase, Bees Deluxe, The Womps | 6-11:30pm | Blue, 650A Congress St | portcityblue.com/
JANUARY 21
Slaughter Beach, Dog with Whitmer Thomas | 8pm | $20-$22 | SPACE, 538 Congress | space538.org/events
Joe K. Walsh Album Release | feat. Darol Anger, Grant Gordy, John Suntken, and Brittany Karlson | 8pm | $20-$25 | One Longfellow Sq, 181 State St, Portland | onelongfellowsquare.com/upcoming-shows-events
Clarisse Karasira | Rwandan singer, songwriter, cultural dancer, poet, with pianist Mesa Schubeck | $15-$22 | 7:30-8:30pm | Mayo Street Arts, 10 Mayo St | bit.ly/3XrpA2a
LZRD PPL (Yung Abner X Slaythoven), Voartyx, Frictus & Mezz Visuals | Experimental EDM, 360° Visual Experience | $15-$20 | 7-10pm | 18+ | Southworth Planetarium, 70 Falmouth St | mezzvisuals.com
LZRD PPL After Party ft. Glass Arrowhead, Blktrmlne Visuals & Surprise Guests | Experimental EDM / Visual 3D Art | 10:30pm | $5 | Spring Point Tavern, 175 Benjamin W Pickett, South Portland
Whitney Walker, Osmia, A River of Trees | 8pm | $10 | The Apohadion, 107 Hanover
EMO Night Portland | 8pm | $13-$16 | Portland House of Music, 25 Temple St | portlandhouseofmusic.com/events/list/
JANUARY 22
Richard Roberts Memorial Program | Works by Bach, Liszt, Prokofiev | $10-$15 | 3-4pm | Rossini Club | The Cathedral Church of St. Luke, 143 State St, Portland | rossiniclub.org/event-calendar/
JANUARY 24
Open Mic Variety Hours | 7-9pm | Blue, 650A Congress St | portcityblue.com/
JANUARY 25
Swinging Wednesdays | Ragtime Destroyers & The Portland Swing Project | 6-7:30p | Free | Urban Farm Fermentory, 200 Anderson | fermentory.com/calendar/swinginwednesdays125
Mike Maurice & Chris Peters | 8pm | 21+ | Urban Farm Fermentory, 200 Anderson | fermentory.com/calendar
Jon Spencer & the HITmakers w/Kurt Baker | 8pm | $20-$25 | Sun Tiki Studios, 375 Forest Ave, Portland | suntikistudios.com/upcoming-shows
Sequela, People I Love, Fish Hunt | 7pm | $10 | The Apohadion, 107 Hanover St
Jazz Sesh | 7-11pm | Blue, 650A Congress | portcityblue.com/
JANUARY 26
Kafari and Dr. Scribbz present “Riffs and Lullabies” with Lisa/Liza | 8pm | $12-$15 | SPACE, 538 Congress | space538.org/events
Rhythm Bones Workshop with Kafari and Crys | No prior experience required, bones provided | 3:30pm | $0-$25 | SPACE, 538 Congress | space538.org/events
Down East Dead | 8pm | $10-$12 | Portland House of Music, 25 Temple St | portlandhouseofmusic.com/events/list/
Get the Led Out | 8pm | $35-$40 | State Theatre, 609 Congress St, Portland |
statetheatreportland.com/
JANUARY 27
Showmen’s Rest in “See People Care” | Immersive multimedia experience with visual artist Stu Dias | 8pm | $12-$15 | SPACE, 538 Congress St, Portland | space538.org/events
Maine Takht Ensemble | Traditional Arabic music | $15-$22 | 7:30-9pm | Mayo Street Arts, 10 Mayo St, Portland | bit.ly/3kdBDBU
Funkationland | 8pm | $15-$20 | One Longfellow Sq, 181 State St, Portland |
onelongfellowsquare.com/upcoming-shows-events
Angusisdead, Peach Hat, Butch Baby, Screaming Stars | 8pm | $5-$10 | The Apohadion, 107 Hanover St
BoomBox with Ethno | Rescheduled from 2022 | 9pm | $20 | State Theatre, 609 Congress St, Portland | statetheatreportland.com/
Mike Maurice, Chris Peters | 8-11pm | 21+ | $10 | Urban Farm Fermentory, 200 Anderson St, Portland | fermentory.com/calendar/mikemaurice-chrispeters
THEATER
“Crimes of the Heart” by Beth Henley | Thru Jan. 29 | $30 | Good Theater at St. Lawrence Arts, 76 Congress | stlawrencearts.org
“Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!” The Musical! | Thru Feb. 5 | Ages 3-10 | $20 | Maddy’s Theatre, Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine | More info at kitetails.org/pigeon
JANUARY 19
“It’s Only a Play” by Terrence McNally | Jan. 19-22 & 26-29 | $14-$22 | L/A Community Little Theatre, 30 Academy St, Auburn | laclt.com/itsonlyaplay
JANUARY 22
Dragology Encores | Immersive drag show hosted by Gem Fatale | 7pm | 18+ | $22-$26 | St. Lawrence Arts, 76 Congress, Portland | stlawrencearts.org/
JANUARY 25
“Sweet Goats and Blueberry Señoritas” | Thru Feb. 12 | $20-$70 | Portland Stage, 25A Forest Ave, Portland | bit.ly/3vZR3Mr
JANUARY 26
“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
JANUARY 27
“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/
VISUAL ARTS
JANUARY 19
A Conversation with Charlie Hewitt | On the role of leveraging digital art in support of charities | 5-6:30pm | Moss Galleries, 100 Fore | elizabethmossgalleries.com
JANUARY 21
Opening Reception: “Out and About Maine” | 1-3pm | Cove St. Arts, 71 Cove St | covestreetarts.com
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 | “Menagerie A Trois” thru Jan. 21 | “Winter Dreams of Spring” thru Feb. 25 | covestreetarts.com/exhibitions
Elizabeth Moss Galleries | Charlie Hewitt: Bright Screens and Electric Dreams thru Jan. 22 | Falmouth and Portland | elizabethmossgalleries.com/
Grant Wahlquist Gallery | 30 City Center | W-Sat 11-6 | grantwahlquist.com/
Greenhut Galleries | 146 Middle St | 772-2693 | Annual Holiday Show thru Jan. 28 | 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 | Twelfth Night Exhibition thru Jan. 31 | mainemuseumofphotographicarts.org
Richard Boyd Art Gallery | 15 Epps St. | “Ringing in the New Year” thru Jan. 31 | 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/
