Due to Coronavirus precautions, events are in flux. There are mandatory city restrictions on restaurants and bars. Please contact venues directly for more information.
Please support your local arts and food venues during this time of shut-down. Call or check their websites to see how you can help, and to order menu items for pick-up where possible. Support your local businesses today so they’re here to support you in the future.
Partial list of cancellations and closures
The Maine Jewish Museum closed through end of March.
2020 Maine Jewish Film Festival postponed until the fall.
Portland Ovations is cancelling all shows between now and April 13.
St. Lawrence Arts is cancelling all shows until April 30, www.stlawrencearts.org
Maine Charitable Mechanics’ Association closed through April 13, all events postponed.
Cove St. Arts canceling events through March 26, call regarding other scheduled events, 808-8911.
Portland Stage cancelling events through April 13.
SPACE closed to public, events postponed, 828-5600, www.space538.org
Merrill Auditorium scheduled events cancelled through April 13.
Portland Public Library closed until March 30.
Print: A Bookstore, 273 Congress Street, Portland, closed through March 30.
Portland Museum of Art closed through April 13.
The Footlights Theater, 190 US Route 1, Falmouth, 747-5434, temporarily closed.
COMEDY
THURSDAY 19
Winter Comedy Night at North43Bistro | North 43 Bistro 1 Spring Point Drive South Portland | 7:30pm | $10
Standup Comedy: Phunny at PHOME | 25 Temple St. Portland | 7pm | $10 – $15
FRIDAY 20
Lev Fer | Empire | 575 Congress St, Portland | 7pm | 21+ | $20
SATURDAY 21
Late Nite Showcase | Empire | 575 Congress St, Portland | 10pm | 21+ | $5 adv / $10 door
MONDAY 23
The Great Open Mic | Empire | 575 Congress St, Portland | 6pm | 21+ | Free
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
WEDNESDAY 18
Musingo Music Bingo | The Painted Turtle | 89 County Rd, Scarborough | 6 PM
Musingo Music Bingo | Brewery Extrava| | 66 Cove Street, Portland| 6:30 PM| Free
THURSDAY 19
Musingo Music Bingo | Pat’s Pizza | 791 US I, Yarmouth | 6 PM | Free
Selling More Maine Foods Conference | University of Southern Maine- Portland Campus | 96 Falmouth St, Portland | 8am | $35
SUNDAY 22
Bingo Bango | Every Sunday | Salvage BBQ | 919 Congress St | 6pm | Free to play
Game Night at Foreplay Sports Pub | Foreplay Sports Pub | 436 Fore St, Portland | 7pm | Free
Monday 23
TRIVIA NIGHT at Sebago Old Port | Sebago Brewing Company | 211 FORE ST, Portland | 7pm
TUESDAY 24
Musingo Music Bingo | Willows Pizza | 740 Broadway, South Portland | 7 PM | Free
Musingo Music Bingo | Pat’s Pizza | 112 Pleasant Street, Brunswick | 6 PM | Free
LITERARY ARTS
Call for writing submissions for “A Storied Affair” | 10-min readings around theme of Justice by Maine-based writers, Sat May 30 | Congregation Bet Ha’am | 81 Westbrook St, S. Portland | No submission fee | Submissions accepted March 1-31 | bethaam.org/storied-affair
MUSIC
WEDNESDAY 18
Aura | 121 Center St
Flask Lounge | 117 Spring St | ThumpDay!
The Dogfish Company | 128 Free St
THURSDAY 19
Aura | 121 Center St
Blue | 650A Congress St
The Dogfish Company | 128 Free St
Flask Lounge | 117 Spring St | KARAOKE w/ DJ COUGAR (Every Thursday)
Gritty McDuff’s – Portland | 396 Fore Street
Sea Dog Brewing Company | 125 Western Ave South Portland
Solo Italiano | 100 Commercial St | Bess Jacques & The Strays | 6pm | Free
MONDAY 23
Flask Lounge | 117 Spring St | Monday of the Minds – A CommUNITY Hip Hop Showcase
Old Port Tavern | 10 Moulton St | karaoke with DJ Marc Beatham | 9pm
TUESDAY 24
Flask Lounge | 117 Spring St | OPEN DJ NIGHT
Gritty McDuff’s – Portland | 396 Fore Street | Travis James Humphrey | 9pm | Free
Sea Dog Brewing Company | 125 Western Ave South Portland | Weekly Tuesday open mic night at the Sea Dog Brewery in SoPo | 8pm | Free
Songwriting Workshop | Thomas Memorial Library | 6 Scott Dyer Rd, Cape Elizabeth | 6pm | Free
VISUAL ARTS
Sanctuary, a participatory installation about embodied experience | Emily Rapp Black & Carrie Scanga | UNE Ketchum Library Gallery | 11 Hills Beach Rd | Biddeford | through May 15 | https://library.une.edu/art-galleries/
State of Mind: Becoming Maine | Maine Historical Society | 489 Congress St, Portland | Mar 13 through Jan 2021
USM Glickman Family Library, MMPA Gallery, 5th Floor | 314 Forest Avenue | MMPA Celebrates 10 Years and 100 Maine Photo Collectors | 6pm | Free | through May 16
THIS DESIRE: poetics & longing | Able Baker Contemporary | 29 Forest Avenue, Portland | Mar 23 through May 5
UNE Art Gallery | The House of the Soul | through June 14 | 716 Stevens Ave, Portland | This 10-person group show juxtaposes medical drawing with experimental figuration | FMI [email protected]
A Walk in the Woods an Annual Exhibit of Visual Arts | Richard Boyd Art Gallery | 15 Epps Street, Portland | March 6-29 | Fri-Sun 10am | Free
“Ca Bhfuil Sinn Fein?” | Maine Irish Heritage Center | 34 Gray Street, Portland | Showing Fridays 10am-2pm through Mar 21 | Free
CLOSED THROUGH END of MARCH: Maine Jewish Museum | 267 Congress St, Portland | 773-2339 | March 8 – May 1 | “Another Dimension” Victor Goldsmith, Spiegel Gallery | “Captured Moments” Alan Fishman, Fineberg Community Room | Elisabeth Greenberg, Third Floor Sanctuary | mainejewishmuseum.org
“Some Things We Can Do Together” Megan and Murray McMillan | The Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art | 522 Congress St, Portland | through April 24
Abby Shahn “50 Years” | Speedwell Projects | 630 Forest Ave, Portland | Through May 9
