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
DECEMBER 11
Portland Trails Holiday Dash 5K | Presented by Martin’s Point Health Care to benefit Portland Trails’ work | $40 | 11am-2pm | Eastern Prom Trail | More information and registration at trails.org/events/holiday-dash/
FAIRS, MARKETS
DECEMBER 3
Christmas Arts & Craft Show | Dec 3-4 | 9am-4pm | Wheelchair accessible | Portland Fireside Inn & Suites, 81 Riverside | newenglandcraftfairs.com/
Odd Fellows Bazaar – Holiday Craft Fair | 10am-3pm | Hosted by Friends of Woodfords Corner | Odd Fellows Hall, 651 Forest Ave, 2nd Floor | woodfordscorner.org/oddfellowsbazaar
Holiday Arts Fair | 9am-2pm with local musicians | Unitarian Universalist Church, Pleasant and Middle Streets, Brunswick | Call for more info: 729.8515
DECEMBER 4
Makers Market at Maine Mead Works Tasting Room, 51 Washington Ave | Noon-6pm
DECEMBER 9
Holiday Market and RWS Open Studios | 4-8pm | Sat 10-5, Sun 12-5 | Running With Scissors Art Studios, 250 Anderson St, Portland | rwsartstudios.com/
Holiday Market with local makers/artisans | 11am-5pm | Urban Farm Fermentory, 200 Anderson | fermentory.com/calendar
FILM
NOVEMBER 30
“Woman in the Dunes” | One of the 60’s great international art-house films | 7pm | $7-$9 | SPACE, 538 Congress St. | space538.org/events
DECEMBER 1
“Being & Belonging” | SPACE partners with Visual AIDS for Day With(out) Art 2022 | 7 shorts highlighting undertold HIV/AIDS stories | Free virtual screening | More info at space538.org/event/day-without-art-2022/
DECEMBER 2
“Aftersun” | Nominated for 4 Gotham Independent Film Awards | $7-$9 | Portland Museum of Art, 7 Congress Sq | Schedule, more info: portlandmuseum.org/films
Ciclismo Classico Bike Travel Film Festival | 7pm | $15-$20 | One Longfellow Sq, 181 State St, Portland | onelongfellowsquare.com/upcoming-shows-events/
DECEMBER 3
“5B” | World AIDS Day screening with Frannie Peabody Center, with panel discussion | Free | 2-4:30pm | Portland Museum of Art, 7 Congress Sq | More info: portlandmuseum.org/films
WMPG Jazz at the Movies | “Charles Lloyd, Arrows into Infinity” | Free | 7-9pm | Portland Conservatory of Music, 28 Neal, Portland | portlandconservatoryofmusic.
org/events/
DECEMBER 9
“Decision to Leave” | $7-$9 | Portland Museum of Art, 7 Congress Sq | Schedule at portlandmuseum.org/films
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
NOVEMBER 30
Space: The Race for the Final Frontier | Camden Conference event | 5:30-7pm | Falmouth Memorial Library, 5 Lunt Rd, Falmouth | falmouthmemoriallibrary.org/
Sounding Trauma, Mediating Memory: Holocaust Economy and the Politics of Sound with Prof. Kathryn Huether | 7-8:30pm | Bowdoin College, Main Lounge, 255 Maine, Bowdoin | mainejewish.org/inspire_events/
Maine’s Buildings as Part of our Low-Carbon Future | Sustainability Series online event | 5:30-7pm | Portland Public Library | More info at bit.ly/3EhJlkx
DECEMBER 1
Birding Abroad with Maine Audubon | Naturalist Doug Hitchcox talk about the birds of Central America | Maine Audubon online event | maineaudubon.org/news/events/birding-abroad-with-maine-audubon/
Medicinal Herb Tisanes | Hands-on workshop | 6-8pm | $45-$50 | The Maine Organic Marketplace, 55 Main, Freeport | mofga.org/event-calendar/medicinal-herb-tisanes-december/
DECEMBER 3
Finding Sacred Place: Map-making Workshop with Molly Maps | 10am-12 | Thomas Memorial Library, 6 Scott Dyer Rd, Cape Elizabeth | bit.ly/3EvRke4
DECEMBER 4
Wreath Making Workshop | 3-5pm | $55-$60 | The Maine Organic Marketplace, 55 Main, Freeport | mofga.org/event-calendar/list/
DECEMBER 5
Monday Map Lunch with RJ Andrews about the Information Graphic Visionaries book series | Moderated by Dr. Matew Edney | Osher Map Library Zoom event | 12-1:15pm | Free | bit.ly/3u1WqtI
DECEMBER 6
Finding Sacred Place: Map-making Workshop with Molly Maps | 6-8pm | Thomas Memorial Library, 6 Scott Dyer Rd, Cape Elizabeth | bit.ly/3EvRke4
DECEMBER 8
“Bad Jews” | A History of American Jewish Politics and Identities with author Emily Tamkin | 7-8pm via Zoom | Fore more info and to register: bit.ly/3GMByOM
DECEMBER 10
Seed Sowing Workshop | A Wild Seed Project & Maine Audubon Collaboration | $50 | Gilsland Farm, 20 Gilsland Farm Road, Falmouth | More info and registration: maineaudubon.org/news/events/seed-sowing-workshop-at-gilsland-farm/
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
DECEMBER 4
Celebrating Rilke on his birthday | 4-5:30pm | Pádraig Ó Tuama, Barbara Mahany talk with Mark S Burrows about Rilke’s poems and writings | Info and RSVP at thepoetscorner.org/events/celebrating-rilke
DECEMBER 8
“Twas the Night” | The Art and History of the Classic Christmas Poem | Book Talk with Pamela McColl | 7-8pm | Free | Maine Historical Society Zoom event | Register at mainehistory.org/programs_events.shtml
MUSEUMS
DECEMBER 3
Comfort and Joy: Christmas in Olde New England | Saturday holiday tours of the Wadsworth-Longfellow House | $5-$15 | Maine Historical Society, 489 Congress | More info and registration at: mainehistory.org/programs_events.shtml
ONGOING
Maine Historical Society | 489 Congress | “Chansonetta Stanley Emmons: Staging the Past” through March 31 | “Northern Threads” through Dec 31 | Members free, public $10 | 207-774-1822 | mainehistory.org
Maine Jewish Museum | 267 Congress | Exhibitions: M. Annenberg “News/Not News”; Missy Asen “The Good Life”; Smith Galtney “Dream Sequence” | mainejewishmuseum.org/
Skyline Farm Carriage Museum | 95 The Lane, North Yarmouth | Current exhibit –
“Town & Country: Rocking & Rolling Down the Lane” | Free, donations appreciated | skylinefarm.org
MUSIC
NOVEMBER 30
The Bad Plus w/ Billy Martin aka illy B | 8pm | $30-$40 | One Longfellow Sq, 181 State St, Portland | onelongfellowsquare.com/upcoming-shows-events/
DECEMBER 1
Denny Breau | Acoustic Folk | 7pm | $21-$25 | Cadenza, 5 Depot St, Freeport |
cadenzafreeport.com/
An Evening with Tom Rush accompanied by Matt Nakoa | 8pm | $45-$55 | One Longfellow Sq, 181 State St | onelongfellowsquare.com/upcoming-shows-events/
Scheckmate | Free noonday concert series | 12:15-12:50pm | Portland Conservatory of Music, 28 Neal St | portlandconservatoryofmusic.org/events/
Gum Parker, Pelican Movement, Uno Lady, Big Trash | 7:30pm | The Apohadion Theater, 107 Hanover | theapohadiontheater.com/
Machine Head Electric Happy Hour (Live) | Presented by State Theatre | 7pm | 21+ | $29.50-$30 | Portland House of Music, 25 Temple St | portlandhouseofmusic.com/
DECEMBER 2
Grand Hotel & Jeff Beam | All ages | $10 | 8pm | Sun Tiki Studios, 375 Forest Ave | suntikistudios.com/upcoming-shows
Heather Pierson plays Vince Guaraldi’s Charlie Brown Christmas | Jazz | 7pm | $21-$25 | Cadenza, 5 Depot St, Freeport | cadenzafreeport.com/
The Worst, Butcher Witch, Dave Gutter & Augustus Perkins | $10 | 7:30pm | The Apohadion Theater, 107 Hanover, Portland | theapohadiontheater.com/
Kat Wright & Goldenoak | Presented by State Theatre | 7pm | 21+ | $20-$25 | Portland House of Music, 25 Temple St, Portland | portlandhouseofmusic.com/
DECEMBER 3
Palaver Strings’ Beehive Chamber Series, What If? | 3:30pm, 7:30pm | $15-$22 | Mayo Street Arts, 10 Mayo St | bit.ly/3tTtHY4
Carolyn Currie Planetarium Concert | $10 children, $12 adults | 7pm | Southworth Planetarium, USM, 96 Falmouth St, Portland | usm.maine.edu/planet/
Tall Heights & Friends 1997 w/Kaiti Jones | 8pm | $20-$30 | One Longfellow Sq, 181 State St, Portland | onelongfellowsquare.com/upcoming-shows-events/
Cold, Cold Night Burlesque & Ragtime Rebellion | 7pm | 21+ | $20-$25 | Portland House of Music, 25 Temple St | portlandhouseofmusic.com/events/list/
Katie Daggett & Ed DesJardins | Americana | 7pm | $21-$25 | Cadenza, 5 Depot, Freeport | cadenzafreeport.com/
FonFon Ru with Amiright? and Brock Ginther | All ages | $10 | 8pm | Sun Tiki Studios, 375 Forest Ave, Portland | suntikistudios.com/upcoming-shows
Pihcintu Multinational Girl’s Chorus – “Voices for the Voiceless” | 3pm | $5-$20 | Meetinghouse Arts, 40 Main St, Freeport | freeportartsandculture.org/events/
ChoralArt Christmas at the Cathedral | 12 and 7:30pm | $10-$42 | Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, 307 Congress, Portland | choralart.org/
DECEMBER 4
A Charlie Brown Christmas w/Heather Pierson Trio | 7pm | $25-$35 | One Longfellow Sq, 181 State St | onelongfellowsquare.com/upcoming-shows-events/
Portland String Quartet – Concert II | Still, Durosoir, Mozart | $30 | 2-3:30pm | Portland Conservatory of Music, 28 Neal, Portland | portlandconservatoryofmusic.org/events/
DECEMBER 5
Stars with Lydia Persaud | 8pm | $30-$35 | SPACE, 538 Congress St. | space538.org
DECEMBER 7
The Janes | 7pm | Free with RSVP | SPACE, 538 Congress St | space538.org
Moon Hooch with The Crowded Table | 7:30pm | 21+ | $28-$32 | Portland House of Music, 25 Temple St | portlandhouseofmusic.com/events/list/
Swingin’ Wednesdays | Ragtime Destroyers & Portland Swing Project | 6-7:30pm | Free | Urban Farm Fermentory, 200 Anderson St, Portland | fermentory.com/calendar
Stereo Dreams producer showcase by Graphic Melee | All ages | $5-$10 | 9pm | Sun Tiki Studios, 375 Forest Ave | suntikistudios.com/upcoming-shows
DECEMBER 8
Taylor Deupree, Hotel Neon, Blandfor.ms, Micah Frank & Chet Doxas, Kodomo | 8pm | $12-$15 | SPACE, 538 Congress St | space538.org
Winter Solstice Mini-Fest featuring Matt Flinner & Low Lily | 8pm | $20-$30 | One Longfellow Sq, 181 State St | onelongfellowsquare.com/upcoming-shows-events/
The Clifford Cameron Quartet | Jazz | 7:30pm | $21-$25 | Cadenza, 5 Depot, Freeport | cadenzafreeport.com/
Moon Hooch with The Crowded Table | 7:30pm | 21+ | $28-$32 | Portland House of Music, 25 Temple St | portlandhouseofmusic.com/events/list/
Karina Rykman with Coyote Island | All ages | $15 | 8pm | Sun Tiki Studios, 375 Forest Ave | suntikistudios.com/upcoming-shows
DECEMBER 9
Space to Breathe | 8pm | $15 advance | SPACE, 538 Congress St | space538.org
Tough End String Band | Americana | 7pm | $21-$25 | Cadenza, 5 Depot, Freeport | cadenzafreeport.com/
An Evening of the Music of Fleetwood Mac | 9pm | 21+ | $20-$25 | Portland House of Music, 25 Temple St | portlandhouseofmusic.com/events/list/
Butcher Brown | All ages | $20-$25 | 8pm | Sun Tiki Studios, 375 Forest Ave, Portland | suntikistudios.com/upcoming-shows
DECEMBER 10
Angelikah Fahray’s Serious Life | 8pm | $12 advance | SPACE, 538 Congress St | space538.org
Tom DiMenna sings Gordon Lightfoot | 8pm | $12-$15 | One Longfellow Sq, 181 State St, Portland | onelongfellowsquare.com/upcoming-shows-events/
Half Moon Jug Band | Eclectic | 7pm | $21-$25 | Cadenza, 5 Depot, Freeport | cadenzafreeport.com/
An Evening of the Music of Fleetwood Mac | 9pm | 21+ | $20-$25 | Portland House of Music, 25 Temple St | portlandhouseofmusic.com/events/list/
Xander Nelson and Forest City & Friends | All ages | $10-$13 | 8pm | Sun Tiki Studios, 375 Forest Ave, Portland | suntikistudios.com/upcoming-shows
Janice Carissa, Piano | $15-$48 | 3pm | Hannaford Hall, USM Campus, Portland | portlandovations.org/event/janice-carissa/
THEATER
“Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure” | Digital on Demand thru Dec. 4 | Portland Stage, 25 Forest Ave | portlandstage.org/show/sherlock-holmes-the-final-adventure/
“Straight White Men” by Young Jean Lee | Thru Dec. 11 | Pay what you decide | Mad Horse Theatre, The Hutchins School, 24 Mosher, South Portland | madhorse.com/
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s “Carousel” | Thru Dec. 4 | $40 | Good Theater at St Lawrence Arts, 76 Congress | goodtheater.com/
“The Nutcracker” | Maine State Ballet Orchestra and Chorus | Thru Dec. 4 | $28-$85 | Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle | mainestateballet.org/the-nutcracker
NOVEMBER 30
“A Tuna Christmas” | Thru Dec. 24 | $20-$70 | Portland Stage, 25 Forest Ave |
portlandstage.org/show/a-tuna-christmas/
DECEMBER 2
“Radio” WRCP Home Time Radio Hour, XVI | Live on Stage, set in the golden age of radio | $10-$22 | Freeport Community Players | Freeport Performing Arts Center, 30 Holbrook | fcponline.org/
“Scrooge! The Musical” | Thru Dec. 18 | Lyric Music Theater, 176 Sawyer, South Portland | lyricmusictheater.org/2022-2023-season/
DECEMBER 7
12th Night: Shakespeare and Song | Fenix Theatre Company | Thru Dec. 18 | Free: Suggested donation of $20-$40 | Stevens Square Community Center, 631 Stevens Ave | fenixtheatre.com/#!
A Holly Jolly Holiday with Ida | $20 | The Footlights Theatre, 190 US Rte 1, Falmouth | More info at thefootlightstheatre.com/
DECEMBER 8
“It (was) a Wonderful Life” by Nick Soloway | Thru Dec. 22 | $20 | The Footlights Theatre, 190 US Rte 1, Falmouth | More info at thefootlightstheatre.com/
DECEMBER 9
“’Twas the Night Before…Burlesque” with Vivid Motion | Thru Dec. 18 | $20 | St. Lawrence Arts, 76 Congress | vividmotion.org/2022
DECEMBER 10
St. Lucia’s Day Procession with Northbound | 4pm | $15-$22 | Mayo Street Arts, 10 Mayo St | bit.ly/3V1pFsn
“A Victorian Nutcracker” with Portland Ballet | Thru Dec. 23 | Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle | portlandballet.org/vicnut22
VISUAL ARTS
DECEMBER 1
“Holiday Offerings” Annual exhibition of Visual Arts | Thru Dec. 31 | 10am-3pm Fri, Sat, Sun | Richard Boyd Art Gallery, 15 Epps St | richardboydpottery.com/
“Urban Abstracts” Bernard C. Meyers | Opening Reception 5-7pm | Exhibition thru Jan. 14 | Cove Street Arts, 71 Cove St | bit.ly/3AL4jr3
Menagerie A Trois Opening Reception | 5-7pm | Exhibition thru Jan. 21 | Cove Street Arts, 71 Cove St | covestreetarts.com/events-1
DECEMBER 2
Artist Talk: Deb Whitney and Poet Gianluca Rizzo | Music by Isaac van Voorst van Beest | 5-8pm | MMPA, 15 Middle | mainemuseumofphotographicarts.org/
Opening Reception | MSA Studio & Teaching Artist Gallery | Free | 6-8pm | Mayo Street Arts, 10 Mayo St | tickettailor.com/events/mayostreetarts
DECEMBER 7
Maine Media Alumni Lecture with Lisa Elmaleh: “A big camera, a truck, and a pair of worn out shoes” | 1-2pm online | bit.ly/3GIQ9L7
DECEMBER 8
David Estey Artist Talk | 7-8pm | Cove Street Arts, 71 Cove St | covestreetarts.com/events-1
DECEMBER 9
Twelfth Night Exhibition | Reception 5-7pm with music | Thru Jan. 31 | Maine Museum of Photographic Arts, 15 Middle St, 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 | David Estey’s “Emergent Phenomena” thru Dec. 31 | M-F 10-5:30, Sat. 10-5 | 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 | M-F 10-5:30, Sat 10-5 | 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. | 10am-3pm Fri, Sat, Sun | 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/
