BENEFITS
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
MARCH 31
Adam Swanson, pianist and lecturer | Benefit concert for Greater Portland Family Promise | 7pm | By donation | Woodfords Congregational Church, 202 Woodford | Email Paul Schnell for info: [email protected]
DANCE
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
“Full Time” | $7-$9 | March 24-26 | Portland Museum of Art, 7 Congress Sq |
portlandmuseum.org/films
Guerilla Opera’s “I Give You My Home” | $7-$9 | March 24-April 2 | Composer Beth Wiemann speaks at the March 31-April 2 showings | Portland Museum of Art, 7 Congress Sq | Schedule at portlandmuseum.org/films
MARCH 22
Cult Classic Movie Night: “Labyrinth” | 5:30-7pm | Scarborough Public Library Meeting Room | Limited seating | More info, registration: scarboroughlibrary.org/events/calendar
MARCH 23
“The Street Project” | Film screening, discussion | 5:30-7:30pm | Free | Rines Auditorium, Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Sq | Info at portlandlibrary.com/events/the-street-project
MARCH 26
“Diabolique” | 1955 French thriller classic | $7-$9 | 7pm | SPACE, 538 Congress, Portland | space538.org/events
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
“You are Going to be Healed” by Imaginary Island | An interactive experience with choreography, healing, humor, grieving, improv | March 30-31 | $16-$20 | 7pm | SPACE, 538 Congress | space538.org/events
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
Bicycle Coalition of Maine – Wednesday Webinar | Bicycle Rodeos: Fun and functional safety education | 12-1pm | bikemaine.org/events
MARCH 23
Saving Wild Cats | The Wildcat Sanctuary | 6:30-7:30pm | Zoom event with the Thomas Memorial Library | Register: bit.ly/3LxoWgJ
MARCH 25
“We Demand: The Suffrage Road Trip” presented by Anne Gass | 1:30pm | Glickman Library, 7th-floor Event Room, Bedford St, USM Portland Campus | More info at spiritsalive.org/lectures/index.htm
MARCH 26
Collage Across Cultures: Photo-collage workshop and potluck lunch | Paula Gerstenblatt | 1-3pm | Free | Maine Jewish Museum, 267 Congress | For more info and to register: bit.ly/3Jn965B
MARCH 28
I Would Walk 500 Miles: Mighty Migrators | Center for Wildlife | 6-7:30pm | In-person and streaming | Thomas Memorial Library, 6 Scott Dyer Rd, Cape Elizabeth | bit.ly/3lkfGlv
MARCH 29
Bicycle Coalition of Maine – Wednesday Webinar | BCM Instructor Program | 12-1pm | bikemaine.org/events
“Sounding Trauma, Mediating Memory” – Holocaust Economy and the Politics of Sound | Prof. Kathryn Huether lecture | 7-8:30pm | Bowdoin College Main Lounge – Moulton Union, Brunswick | bit.ly/3yJYlFN
MARCH 30
Advance Care Planning | With Hospice of Southern Maine | 6:30-8:30pm | In-person and streaming | Thomas Memorial Library, 20 Scott Dyer Rd, Cape Elizabeth | bit.ly/3Fxim5U
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
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 22
“Astur Unveiled” Virtual Book Launch with The Telling Room | Debut novel by Lerman Abdoulkader Waiss | 5:30-6:30pm | tellingroom.org/upcoming-events/
astur-unveiled-book-launch
MARCH 29
Marie Yovanovitch: “Lessons from the Edge” | Book discussion, a LWV-Portland and UNA-Maine Zoom event | 6-7pm | unamaine.org/calendar-and-events
MUSEUMS
Maine Historical Society | 489 Congress | “Chansonetta Stanley Emmons: Staging the Past” through March 31 | “Code Red: Climate Justice & Natural History Collections” thru Dec. 30 | 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: [email protected] | Website: skylinefarm.org
MUSIC
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
Dar Williams | 7:30pm | $35-$40 | Chocolate Church, 804 Washington St, Bath | bit.ly/40a3L8y
Ben Cosgrove, (Kyle) Friday on a Thursday | 7-8:30pm | Blue, 650A Congress St | portcityblue.com/
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
Echoes: A Tribute to Pink Floyd | 8pm | $20-$30 | Portland House of Music, 25 Temple St, Portland | portlandhouseofmusic.com/events/list/
MARCH 25
Borromeo String Quartet | Portland Chamber Music Festival | 3pm | $25-$75, under 21 Free | Hannaford Hall, 88 Bedford, Portland | pcmf.org/2023-3-25
Hyperion Trumpet Ensemble | $20-$30 | 7pm | Mechanics Hall, 519 Congress | mechanicshallmaine.org/programming/
Dimensions in Jazz: Michael Sarin Quintet | 7:30pm | $5-$25 | Portland Conservatory of Music, 28 Neal St, Portland | portlandconservatoryofmusic.org/events
Kaki King’s Everybody Loves You | 8pm | $30-$40 | One Longfellow Sq, 181 State | onelongfellowsquare.com/upcoming-shows-events
Javier Rosario Trio, Scott Kiefner Trio, Dylan Connor, Jeff Badger | 6-11:30pm | Blue, 650A Congress St | portcityblue.com
Echoes: A Tribute to Pink Floyd | 8pm | $20-$30 | Portland House of Music, 25 Temple St, Portland | portlandhouseofmusic.com/events/list/
An Anderson with Chris Brokaw and That Hideous Sound | 8pm | $15 | Sun Tiki Studios, 375 Forest Ave | suntikistudios.com/upcoming-shows
Pat Colwell & The Soul Sensations | Classic Soul | 7pm | $25-$30 | Cadenza, 5 Depot St, Freeport | cadenzafreeport.com
MARCH 26
Resinosa Ensemble | 3-4:30pm | $20 | Meetinghouse Arts, 40 Main St, Freeport | bit.ly/3To3Fb3
Portland String Quartet: Welcome to Chamber Music | 2-3:30pm | $30 | Portland Conservatory of Music, 28 Neal St, Portland | portlandconservatoryofmusic.org/events
Susan Werner w/Chelsea Berry | 8pm | $25-$35 | One Longfellow Sq, 181 State | onelongfellowsquare.com/upcoming-shows-events
Bach Birthday Bash with James Kennerley | $37 | 7pm | Live in Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle, Portland | bit.ly/3pKf5sh
MARCH 27
Sunset Rubdown with Nicholas Merz | $20-$25 | 8pm | SPACE, 538 Congress | space538.org/events
MARCH 28
Open Mic Variety Hours | 7pm | Blue, 650A Congress St | portcityblue.com/
MARCH 29
Väsen | 8pm | $25-$35 | One Longfellow Sq, 181 State | onelongfellowsquare.com/upcoming-shows-events
Jazz Sesh | 7-11pm | Blue, 650A Congress | portcityblue.com/
Snakes & Stars | 7:30pm | $15-$20 | Portland House of Music, 25 Temple St, Portland | portlandhouseofmusic.com/events/list/
Swingin’ Wednesdays | Ragtime Destroyers & Portland Swing Project | 6-7:30pm | Urban Farm Fermentory, 200 Anderson | fermentory.com/calendar
MARCH 30
Daponte String Quartet | 7-8:30pm | $25 | Maine Jewish Museum, 267 Congress | mainejewishmuseum.org/programs-and-events
The File 5s, Redshift Trio | 7-9pm | $15 suggested | Blue, 650A Congress St | portcityblue.com/
Adam Swanson | Ragtime & Jazz | 7pm | $21-$25 | Cadenza, 5 Depot St, Freeport |
cadenzafreeport.com
MARCH 31
Mistaken for Strangers with Gatch | 7pm | $12-$15 | Blue, 650A Congress St | portcityblue.com/
Piper | 8pm | $20-$30 | Portland House of Music, 25 Temple St, Portland | portlandhouseofmusic.com/events/list/
Spall / Going2Hell / Paul Jarvis | 8pm | $10 | Sun Tiki Studios, 375 Forest Ave | suntikistudios.com/upcoming-shows
Redshift | Jazz | 7pm | $21-$25 | Cadenza, 5 Depot St, Freeport |
cadenzafreeport.com
Mamaliga | 7:30-9pm | $15-$22 | Mayo Street Arts,10 Mayo St, Portland | tickettailor.com/events/mayostreetarts/828907?
THEATER
“Nunsense” by Dan Goggin | March 10-26 | $25-$30 | City Theater 205 Main, Biddeford | citytheater.org/buy-tickets/
“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
“Curtains” – A Musical Comedy Whodunit | March 24-April 8 | $20-$25 | Lyric Music Theater, 176 Sawyer St, South Portland | lyricmusictheater.org
“The Death Wings Project” by Bess Welden | With interactive art installation | March 30-April 8 | Tickets are pay what you decide | The Theater Project, 14 School St, Brunswick | More info tickets: bit.ly/3Tpamdi
Freeport Middle School Musical | March 31-April 2 | Meetinghouse Arts, 40 Main, Freeport | Schedule at meetinghousearts.org/on-stage/
“You Can’t Take It With You” | $40 | March 29-April 23 | Masks required at Thursday, Sunday performances | Good Theater, St Lawrence Arts, 76 Congress | stlawrencearts.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
MARCH 23
2 Opening Receptions | “Explorations” and “Wax: Hot & Cold, Painting Our Stories” | 5-7pm | Exhibitions thru May 6 | Cove Street Arts, 10 Cove St | covestreetarts.com/events-1
MARCH 24
Opening Reception: Art Quilts Maine | 4-6pm | Abstract art quilts on display thru April 28 | Yarmouth History Center, 118 East Elm, Yarmouth | Open T-F 10-4 | yarmouthmehistory.org/coming-in-march
MARCH 25
Live Demonstrations | Painting with wax by the artists in “Wax: Hot & Cold, Painting Our Stories” | 1-3pm | Cove Street Arts, 10 Cove St | covestreetarts.com/events-1
MARCH 30
Opening Reception – Mariah Reading: “Waste Water” | Exhibition of painted litter and marine debris, presented by the Maine Island Trail Association | 5-8pm | Thru April 16 | Casco Bay Artisans & New England Ocean Cluster, 68 Commercial St, Maine Wharf, Portland | cascobayartisans.com/mariah-reading-waste-water
Opening Reception: “Tree Speech” | 5-7pm | Exhibition thru May 13 | Cove Street Arts, 10 Cove St | covestreetarts.com/events-1
MARCH 31
Gallery Talk with Michael Kolster | “Take Me to the River” and “Paris Park” series | 5-8pm | Maine Museum of Photographic Arts, 15 Middle, A3, Portland | mainemuseumofphotographicarts.org
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 | “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/
