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
JANUARY 7
LOLS: An Evening of Local Comedy | 8pm | $15-$20 | One Longfellow Sq, 181 State St, Portland | onelongfellowsquare.com/upcoming-shows-events
FILM
JANUARY 6
“All the Beauty and the Bloodshed” | $7-$9 | Thru Jan. 8 | Portland Museum of Art, 7 Congress Sq | Schedule: portlandmuseum.org/films
JANUARY 7
“The Eternal Daughter” | $7-$9 | Thru Jan. 8 | Portland Museum of Art, 7 Congress Sq | Schedule: portlandmuseum.org/films
JANUARY 9
“Little Women” | Monday Movie Matinee | 1:30-3:30pm | Scarborough Public Library, 48 Gorham Rd, Scarborough | bit.ly/3GpRZ2J
JANUARY 11
“Boycott” | A film chronicling a First Amendment battle on anti-boycott legislation | 7pm | Free with RSVP | SPACE, 538 Congress | More info, RSVP, at space538.org/events
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
JANUARY 5
“Recent Developments in Global Food Security and the Challenges Ahead” | Camden Conference, Portland Public Library, with Robert Moore | 6:30-7:30pm | Zoom event registration: bit.ly/3G3OzS4
JANUARY 7
Seed Sowing Workshop at Gilsland Farm | 9am-12pm | $50 | 20 Gilsland Farm Rd, Falmouth | bit.ly/3VyRaJc
Robinson Woods Winter Excursion | Cape Elizabeth Land Trust and Naturalist Amy Witt | $6 | 10am-1pm | Meet at parking lot of CE Methodist Church, 280 Ocean House Rd | More info at bit.ly/3Wt9Awm
JANUARY 10
“Immigration to America: 1800-1924” | Camden Conference, Prince Memorial Library Zoom event with John Sutherland | 6:30-8pm | Register at bit.ly/3YQRBSl
“The Many Faces of Grief” with Hospice of Southern Maine | 6:30pm | In-person and on Zoom | Thomas Memorial Library, 6 Scott Dyer Rd, Cape Elizabeth | More info at bit.ly/3vroDuO
Birding Basics: Identifying Birds | 8-week series with Doug Hitchcox thru Feb. 28 | Maine Audubon Zoom event | Info and registration at bit.ly/3IaJxpt
JANUARY 12
The Environmental, Energy, Climate Impacts of Russia’s War in Ukraine | Camden Conference, Portland Public Library, with Laura A. Henry | 6:30-7:30pm | Zoom event: camdenconference.org/events/
Guided Walk at Freeport’s Quarry Woods | With Freeport Conservation Trust’s Jonathan Dawson | 10am-12pm | Age-friendly, park on kiosk road shoulder | More info at bit.ly/3CacRZh
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 8
Poems from the Night Skies | Midge Goldberg and other poets read poems about the night sky, with trailer from the film “Defending the Dark” | 4-5:30pm | The Poets Corner, Zoom event | Register: bit.ly/3C4pjtJ
JANUARY 10
Page to Stage: “Sweet Goats & Blueberry Senoritas” | Book Club-style Page to Stage with the Portland Stage | 1:30-2:30pm | Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Sq | bit.ly/3I63E8l
JANUARY 12
“From Jerusalem to Delhi, through Persia” | Virtual author talk with Susan Adelman | JCA of Southern Maine | 7-8pm | Info and registration: bit.ly/3i0KXIk
“The Best Ever!” Parades in New England 1788-1940 | Book Talk with Jane Nylander | 6-7pm | USM Franco-American Collection, 51 Westminster, Lewiston | bit.ly/3WRKqY5
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 exhibitions Jan. 12-24 | 267 Congress St, Portland | mainejewishmuseum.org
Skyline Farm Carriage Museum | 95 The Lane, North Yarmouth | Free, donations appreciated | skylinefarm.org
MUSIC
JANUARY 6
Olas: Otra Vez | Dance-music group heavily influenced by traditional flamenco | 7pm | $15-$20 | SPACE, 538 Congress St, Portland | space538.org/events
Somali and Arabic Music presented by Greater Portland Welcome Center | Free | 5:30-7pm | Portland Public Library Atrium, 5 Monument Sq | bit.ly/3hWvtoM
Kaleta & Super Yamba Band | 8pm | $25-$35 | One Longfellow Sq, 181 State St | onelongfellowsquare.com/upcoming-shows-events
JANUARY 7
Beehive Chamber Series: Painted Dreams | Palaver Strings | $15-$22 | 3:30-5pm and 7:30-9pm | Mayo Street Arts, 10 Mayo St | palaverstrings.org/events/
The Don Roy Trio with The Arnott Siblings | 3pm | $15-$20 | Meetinghouse Arts,
40 Main St, Freeport | bit.ly/3G7tqqe
An Epiphany Celebration with ChoralArt Camerata | 7:30pm | $25 adults, $10 students, Free under 12 | St. Alban’s Episcopal Church, 885 Shore Rd., Cape Elizabeth | choralart.org
Olas: Otra Vez | Dance-music group heavily influenced by traditional flamenco | 7pm | $15-$20 | SPACE, 538 Congress St, Portland | space538.org/events
JANUARY 8
An Epiphany Celebration with ChoralArt Camerata | 2:30pm | $25 adults, $10 students, Free under 12 | St. Alban’s Episcopal Church, 885 Shore Rd., Cape Elizabeth | choralart.org
JANUARY 11
Mt. Oriander | 8pm | $10 | Sun Tiki Studios, 375 Forest Ave | suntikistudios.com/upcoming-shows
JANUARY 12
Gawler Family Band | 8pm | $15-$20 | One Longfellow Sq, 181 State St, Portland |
onelongfellowsquare.com/upcoming-shows-events
THEATER
JANUARY 6
“Lost in the Family Room” | 7:30pm | $20 | Thru Jan. 1 | The Footlights Theatre, 190 US Rte 1, Falmouth | More info at thefootlightstheatre.com
JANUARY 8
Puppeteers’ Happy Hour: Breath, Focus, Movement | 4-5pm | Free | Informal gathering for puppet artists and enthusiasts | Mayo Street Arts, 10 Mayo St | RSVP: bit.ly/3jE5fYB
JANUARY 11
“Crimes of the Heart” by Beth Henley | Thru Jan. 29 | $30 | Good Theater at St. Lawrence Arts, 76 Congress | stlawrencearts.org
JANUARY 12
S’Mores Night! feat. Shadow Puppets | 4-6pm | $5 suggested, night blankets $10 | Congress Square Park | congresssquarepark.org/events
JANUARY 13
“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
“She-Wolves” by Laura Careless | 7:30pm | $20-$25 | History through performance, preceded by reception at 6:30pm and followed by live panel discussion | More info and tickets at space538.org/events
VISUAL ARTS
Twelfth Night Exhibition | Thru Jan. 31 | Maine Museum of Photographic Arts, 15 Middle St, Portland | mainemuseumofphotographicarts.org/
“Ringing in the New Year” | Group exhibition of visual arts, thru January | Richard Boyd Art Gallery, 15 Epps St | richardboydartgallery.com
JANUARY 12
Opening Reception and Artist Talk | Artist talk with Steve Marcus 4pm | Reception 5-7pm | New work by Sara Crisp, Steve Marcus, Gary Green thru Feb. 24 | Maine Jewish Museum, 267 Congress St, Portland | mainejewishmuseum.org/exhibits/new-work
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 | Bernard Meyers’ “Urban Abstracts” thru Jan. 14 | “Menagerie A Trois” thru Jan. 21 | covestreetarts.com/exhibitions
Elizabeth Moss Galleries | 100 Fore St, 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 | 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/
