BENEFITS
MARCH 18
The Exchange X8: Hip Hop Jam | Portland Youth Dance hosts a family-friendly event for studio and street dancers | Fundraiser for scholarship, outreach programs and Spark Dance | $5-$10 | South Portland Recreation Ctr, 21 Nelson Road | More info at portlandyouthdance.org/outreach/the-exchange
MARCH 26
“Murder at Sea” | Murder Mystery Dinner fundraiser for Freeport Historical Society | $60 | 5-9pm | Freeport Oyster Bar, 43 Main St | freeporthistoricalsociety.org/murder-at-sea
DANCE
MARCH 18
Portland Ballet: “New Works” | A community appreciation concert | Pay what you can: $10-$30 | 7:30pm | Westbrook PAC, 471 Stroudwater, Westbrook | portlandballet.org/new-works
MARCH 24
“Alice in Wonderland” | $21-$29 | Thru April 8 | Maine State Ballet | Lopez Theatre, 348 U.S. Route 1, Falmouth | Schedule at mainestateballet.org/alice-in-wonderland
FILM
“Close” | In French and Dutch with subtitles | $7-$9 | March 17-19 | Portland Museum of Art, 7 Congress Sq | Dates and times at portlandmuseum.org/films
MARCH 15
“Rewind and Play” | A behind-the-scenes documentary with Thelonious Monk | 7pm | $7-$9 | SPACE, 538 Congress, Portland | space538.org/events
MARCH 17
“Unicorn Wars” | “Bambi” meets “Apocalypse Now” | 7pm | $7-$9 | SPACE, 538 Congress, Portland | space538.org/events
MARCH 19
“Godland” | Danish and Icelandic with subtitles | 7pm | $7-$9 | SPACE, 538 Congress, Portland | space538.org/events
“My Name is Andrea” | Presented with MJFF and Through These Doors | $7-$9 | 3pm | Portland Museum of Art, 7 Congress Sq | portlandmuseum.org/films
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
Start Summit: From Waste to Prototype | 2-day Design Thinking workshop with Roux Institute and USM | March 23, 5-8:30pm; March 24, 9am-6:30pm | More info at rouxevents.northeastern.edu/fromwastetoprototype
MARCH 15
Bicycle Coalition of Maine – Wednesday Webinar | Bikerafting: Pedaling & Paddline your bike to good times | 12-1pm | Register: bit.ly/3Kwm9nv
“Coming Home to Cousins Island” | Nancy Hauswalk lecture | 7pm | Yarmouth History Center, 118 East Elm | yarmouthmehistory.org/spring-2023-lecture-series/
MARCH 16
Webinar on Advance Care Planning with Hospice of Southern Maine | Free | 11:30am | More info, registration at askhospiceexperts.org/upcomingevents
MARCH 21
Community Event: “Banks- Stop the Money Pipeline” | Rally addressing banks’ roles in the planet’s fossil fuel future | 3-4pm | Monument Square, Portland | Information at mobilize.us/thirdact/event/548159
MARCH 22
Webinar: Modernizing Maine’s Bottle Bill | NRCM’s Sarah Nichols with local redemption center owners | 12-1pm | nrcm.salsalabs.org/bottlebillwebinar/index.html
Webinar: “A Spring Move Made Easy” | Panelists discuss selling, “right-sizing,” finances, more | 1pm | Free | Register: oceanviewrc.com/event/a-spring-move-made-easy-webinar
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
Tuition-Free Online Classes offered by New Ventures Maine in partnership with Empower by GoDaddy | Online, On-Demand, no charge | newventuresmaine.org/
LITERARY ARTS
MARCH 16
Sam Bett on “The Flowers of Buffoonery” by Osamu Dazai | 6:30pm | Mechanics Hall, 519 Congress | mechanicshallmaine.org/programming/
MARCH 21
Page to Stage Discussion: “The Cake” | Portland Stage Co | 1:30-2:30pm | Rines Auditorium, PPL, 5 Monument Sq | portlandlibrary.com/events/page-to-stage-the-cake
MUSEUMS
Maine Historical Society | 489 Congress | “Chansonetta Stanley Emmons: Staging the Past” through March 31 | Members free, public $10 | mainehistory.org
Maine Jewish Museum | 267 Congress St, Portland | Exhibition: Garry Mitchell, Andy Graham, Natasha Mayers thru April 28 | mainejewishmuseum.org
Skyline Farm Carriage Museum | 95 The Lane, North Yarmouth | Current exhibit, “The Evolution of Comfort,” thru April 2 | Free, donations appreciated | Email for more info: info@skylinefarm.org | Website: skylinefarm.org
MARCH 17
“Code Red: Climate Justice & Natural History Collections” | Exhibit opening in the main gallery, thru Dec. 30 | Maine Historical Society, 489 Congress St | mainehistory.org
MUSIC
MARCH 16
Layne’s Wine Gig, Salsa Night | 5-11:30pm | Blue, 650A Congress St | portcityblue.com/
John Bennett, Cello | Free Noonday Concert | 12:15pm | Portland Public Library 5 Monument Square, Portland | portlandconservatoryofmusic.org/events/
The Portland Jazz Orchestra feat. Falmouth High School Jazz Ensemble | 8pm | $5-$10 | One Longfellow Sq, 181 State St | onelongfellowsquare.com/upcoming-shows-events
MARCH 17
Fernando Huergo Quintet | 9-10:30pm | Blue, 650A Congress St | portcityblue.com/
Music & Making with Palaver Strings | 11am-12pm | The Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine, 250 Thompsons Point Rd | bit.ly/3m1osVy
Maine Dead Project | 8pm | $15-$20 | Portland House of Music, 25 Temple St, Portland | portlandhouseofmusic.com/events/list/
Fódhla & Mia Bertelli w/ Benjamin Foss | 8pm | $15-$20 | One Longfellow Sq, 181 State St, Portland | onelongfellowsquare.com/upcoming-shows-events
Drauduga with Regals & Mother Earth Freedom Band | 8pm | $10 | Sun Tiki Studios, 375 Forest Ave | suntikistudios.com/upcoming-shows
MARCH 18
Carl Dimow Jazz Quartet, Chris Klaxton/Taylor O’Donnell, Forest City Swing | 6-11:30pm | Blue, 650A Congress | portcityblue.com
RAP Ferreira Mojo Hands in Medicine Bags Tour with Bright Boy and Eldon | $15-$18 | 8pm | SPACE, 538 Congress, Portland | space538.org/events
Adam Ezra Group | 7pm | $25-$30 | Portland House of Music, 25 Temple St, Portland | portlandhouseofmusic.com/events/list
Postmodern Jukebox | 8pm | $30+ | State Theatre, 609 Congress St, Portland |
statetheatreportland.com
East Bayside Roots Music Family Reunion | Hosted by Joe K. Walsh & Matt Arcara | 8pm | $20-$25 | One Longfellow Sq, 181 State St |
onelongfellowsquare.com/upcoming-shows-events
Palaver Strings: Joy | $20-$35 | 3 and 7pm | Mechanics Hall, 519 Congress St | mechanicshallmaine.org/programming
Miró Quartet & Soprano Karen Slack | 3pm | Portland Ovations | Hannaford Hall, USM Campus, 88 Bedford St, Portland | $15-$48 | portlandovations.org/calendar
Xander Nelson and Forest City & Friends | 8pm | $10-$13 | Sun Tiki Studios, 375 Forest Ave | suntikistudios.com/upcoming-shows
For Souls Forgotten feat. Chained To The Bottom Of The Ocean with Crone Visions supported by KØVVNS, Ergi, and BÜZÊM | 8pm | $15 | The Apohadion, 107 Hanover St, Portland | bit.ly/3YddZ6w
Maine Songwriters on Stage | Tim Winchester, Laurie Jones, Karen McDine, Ben Wood | $18-$20 | 7-8:30pm | Meetinghouse Arts, 40 Main St, Freeport | bit.ly/3IIDCqb
MARCH 19
Race and Song | A musical conversation with Reggie Harris and Alastair Moock | 4-6pm | $15-$20 | Meetinghouse Arts, 40 Main St, Freeport | bit.ly/3koZXB9
Hawktail | 8pm | $25-$35 | One Longfellow Sq, 181 State | onelongfellowsquare.com/upcoming-shows-events
MARCH 20
Vigorous Tenderness: a Vernal Equinox Concert | 5:30-7pm | $25 sliding scale donation | Bradbury Mountain, Pownal | Rain date March 21 | Info, updates at bit.ly/3JdRcSP
MARCH 21
Songwriters in the Round | 7pm | Blue, 650A Congress | portcityblue.com
JXDN I Hope This Never Ends Tour | 8pm | $30-$35 | State Theatre, 609 Congress | statetheatreportland.com
MARCH 22
Jazz Sesh | 7-11pm | Blue, 650A Congress, Portland | portcityblue.com
Noel Miller | 8pm | $35-$45 | State Theatre, 609 Congress | statetheatreportland.com
Swingin’ Wednesdays | Ragtime Destroyers & Portland Swing Project | 6-7:30pm | Urban Farm Fermentory, 200 Anderson | fermentory.com/calendar
MARCH 23
Mali Obomsawin Sextet with Miriam Elhajli | $17-$20 | 8pm | SPACE, 538 Congress, Portland | space538.org/events
Ethan Setiawan (feat. Darol Anger) w/ Noah Fishman & Friends | 8pm | $20-$55 | One Longfellow Sq, 181 State St, Portland | onelongfellowsquare.com/upcoming-shows-events
“Somewhere/Elsewhere” | Story, book, lyrics by Kerem Durdaq, music by Andy Happel | $25 | 7pm | Westbrook Performing Arts Center, 471 Stroudwater | portlandovations.org/
calendar
MARCH 24
Mary Fahl, former lead singer for October Project | 8pm | $30-$40 | One Longfellow Sq, 181 State St | onelongfellowsquare.com/upcoming-shows-events
S.C.O.B.Y., Wolfshirt, Mankala, Mast | $10 | 21+ | 8-11pm | Urban Farm Fermentory, 200 Anderson | fermentory.com/calendar
Duane Edwards | Jazz | 7pm | $10-$25 | Cadenza, 5 Depot St, Freeport |
cadenzafreeport.com
THEATER
“How I Learned What I Learned” by August Wilson | Thru March 19 | $20-$70 | Portland Stage, 25A Forest Ave | bit.ly/3IuoEoZ
“Nunsense” by Dan Goggin | March 10-26 | $25-$30 | City Theater 205 Main, Biddeford | citytheater.org/buy-tickets/
MARCH 16
“And Then They Came For Me” | Remembering the World of Anne Frank, a multimedia play | $20 | March 16-April 8 | The Footlights Theatre, 190 US Rte 1, Falmouth | More info: thefootlightstheatre.com
MARCH 24
“Curtains” – A Musical Comedy Whodunit | March 24-April 8 | $20-$25 | Lyric Music Theater, 176 Sawyer St, South Portland | lyricmusictheater.org
VISUAL ARTS
Garry Mitchell, Andy Graham, Natasha Mayers | Thru April 28 | Maine Jewish Museum, 267 Congress St | bit.ly/3S29dHO
“Miniatures” | Small-scale works by local artists on display thru April 28 | Mayo Street Arts, 10 Mayo St | tickettailor.com/events/mayostreetarts/860662/
Dudley Zopp | Exhibition thru April 2 | Gilsland Farm, 20 Gilsland Farm Road, Falmouth | maineaudubon.org/events/
Tom Flanagan’s “Paradox” and Noriko Sakanishi’s “Dreams” | Thru April 22 | Cove Street Arts, 71 Cove St, Portland | covestreetarts.com/exhibitions
“Bodies of Work” – an exhibition of figurative art | Thru March 31 | Union of Maine Visual Artists Gallery, Portland Media Center Building, 516 Congress | theumva.org
“Deep Fake” | Immersive installation by Greta Bank | On view thru April 29 | SPEEDWELL Projects, 630 Forest Ave, Portland | speedwellprojects.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 | “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. | “A Walk in the Woods” exhibition of landscape paintings thru March | 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/