Student Presentation & Documentary Screening, Followed by Moderated Q&A and Community Conversation. This year, the Maine Jewish Museum and Bruce M. Whittier Middle School have partnered through the Celebrating Rural Maine: Community Civics and Place-Based Inquiry initiative.
The Portland Sea Dogs take on the Binghamton Rumble Ponies in a baseball game.
A night of songstresses featuring Ada Bonnevie, Lynda Mandolyn, Is She?, and Abbeth Russell, with live painting by Abbeth and the Gold Lady in E minor. Doors open at 8:00 PM, music starts at 8:30 PM.
The Portland Sea Dogs take on the Binghamton Rumble Ponies in a baseball game.
Montreal-based artist Thanya Iyer presents her sparkling, experimental pop music, embracing mindfulness and interconnectedness. Portland-based artist Kafari will open the evening with a short set.
Live Music from 9:00pm - 12:00am with Hot Popsicle.
The Gray New Gloucester High School Graduation will take place at the Cross Insurance Arena in Portland on Thursday, May 28. Doors open at 4:00 PM, and the event starts at 5:00 PM.
Join the Trans Poetics Archive at Mechanics' Hall for the Second Annual Trans Poetics Archive Poetry Anthology Book Launch 'For Someone You Know'. The evening is hosted by Aquarius Funkk, featuring '26 Contest Winner, Lou Hoecker, and Keynote Speaker, Arisa White.
Watch the Champions League Final live at the pub. Teams to be confirmed.
Armored Medieval Martial Arts, the viral sensation that fuses medieval combat with modern martial arts, is coming to New England for the first time ever. Get ready for 10 epic battles where warriors clad in authentic knight armor clash with swords, maces, and shields inside an iron cage.
The Portland Sea Dogs take on the Binghamton Rumble Ponies in a baseball game.
Dance the night away at the Heated Rivalry Dance Party at Aura on Saturday, May 30! Must be 18+ to enter. Welcome to the high-energy, emotionally charged dance party inspired by the tension, obsession, and enemies-to-lovers chaos of Heated Rivalry.
Live music from 9-12pm with Sugarbox, a Southern Maine based party band playing 90s hip hop, throwbacks and dancefloor hits.
The Portland Sea Dogs take on the Binghamton Rumble Ponies in a baseball game.
Live Music with Ross Gregor Adam, a one man band playing folk fusion, a mixture of bagpipes, guitar, banjo, fiddle, mandolin to name a few.
Split My Soul is a riveting dance-theater production that explores the conflict and integration between seven complex characters. Set to an original score by renowned composer Michael Wall, it provides a cathartic visual and sonic experience to unpack mental health challenges.
Following the online webinar, meet GMRI and community partners in the field to help map mussel beds.
Join GMRI's Aquaculture, Fisheries Ecology, and Community Science programs to learn about how you can help map blue mussel beds.
Hosted by the Gulf of Maine Research Institute, New England Environmental Finance Center, and Resilience Works, LLC.
More Info for Windham High School Graduation. Event Starts 1:30 PM.
More Info for Bonny Eagle High School Graduation. Event Starts 6:00 PM.
More Info for Scarborough High School Graduation. Event Starts 7:00 PM.
Grammy and Academy Award-winning singer, songwriter and musician Ryan Bingham performs with The Texas Gentlemen on their Still Gettin' Away With It Tour.
The Portland Sea Dogs take on the Hartford Yard Goats in a baseball game.
The Maine Jewish Museum is partnering with Coelle Travel to offer a unique opportunity to explore Jewish history, culture, and community in Northern Morocco. This journey supports the Maine Jewish Museum and offers a discount to participants.
Community icon Robyn Nicole is leading three drop-in line-dancing sessions for absolute beginners. This class is open to all ages and abilities, focusing on zero pressure and maximum silliness.
Little Feat announces “The Last Farewell Tour,” which will begin in April 2026. This wind-down will take several years to accomplish, and while it does, Feat will continue to perform and record as long as they are able.
The work is available to preview online at shop.meca.edu on Wednesday, June 3, and in person at the ICA with Contributing Artist Connie Hayes ’80, Hon. DFA ’03, on Wednesday, June 3, from 2:00-3:00pm.
Private, invite-only event for the Wind Rose Society.
Trousdale, the trio of Quinn D’Andrea, Georgia Greene, and Lauren Jones, performs on their Growing Pains (Deluxe) Tour with verygently. The band works through struggles to find strength, courage, and growth in each other.
Following the online webinar, meet GMRI and community partners in the field to help map mussel beds.
Join GMRI's Aquaculture, Fisheries Ecology, and Community Science programs to learn about how you can help map blue mussel beds. Learn more about Mussel Bed Mapping Community Science and how you can participate!
Hosted by the Gulf of Maine Research Institute, New England Environmental Finance Center, and Resilience Works, LLC.
An informal book discussion where participants share about books they are currently reading or have recently read, co-hosted with Portland Public Library and Friends of Congress Square Park.
Congratulations Class of 2026! The Massabesic High School Graduation will take place at the Cross Insurance Arena in Portland on Thursday, June 4 at 7:00 PM.
The 2026 Collect Art Sale by Maine College of Art & Design will be held online and in person, giving collectors locally and worldwide the opportunity to purchase work by students, alumni, faculty, staff, and friends of the College. Purchases made will support both the artists and current students, through our student scholarship fund.
On the first Friday evening of every month, the city’s artists, galleries, and arts venues (including MJM!) open up their doors for Portland’s First Friday Art Walk.
Get out your butterfly clips, dust off your mood rings, and shake it like a Polaroid picture to hits of the 2000s at Mechanics' Hall. Come early for an hour of friendly matchmaking before the dance, with line dance lessons starting at 6:00 PM.
This hilarious story of friendship and revenge in the Rolodex era is outrageous, thought-provoking and even a little romantic. Pushed to the boiling point, three female coworkers concoct a plan to get even with the sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot they call their boss.
See Dirty Deeds: The AC/DC Experience with special guest Bad Marriage live at Aura on June 5th! Must be 18+ to enter. The AC/DC experience celebrates the thunderous energy of the Bon Scott and Brian Johnson era delivering a power-packed performance that takes the audience on a journey through the story that is AC/DC.
These sessions are meant to be an open opportunity for anyone to come and ask questions related to funding and financing for a wide variety of adaptation and mitigation projects, energy projects, development and a variety of other topics. Each session will focus on a short topical presentation or speaker, then will be open to questions from participants.
The Bonny Eagle High School Graduation will take place at the Cross Insurance Arena in Portland on Friday, June 5. Doors open at 7:00 PM, and the event starts at 6:00 PM.
An all ages music event featuring Even Defeat, A Modern Anthem, and Junker. Doors open at 7:00 PM, music starts at 8:00 PM.
New Zealand indie rock heroes The Beths' latest album Straight Line Was A Lie is a catchy, instant classic. They will be performing with Squirrel Flower.
The 2026 Collect Art Sale by Maine College of Art & Design will be held online and in person, giving collectors locally and worldwide the opportunity to purchase work by students, alumni, faculty, staff, and friends of the College. Purchases made will support both the artists and current students, through our student scholarship fund.
Whitney Walker's record release party, featuring performances by Whitney Walker, Alex Keaton, Greg Loftus and The Ten Ninety-Nines, and Chris Cote. Doors open at 7:00 PM, music starts at 8:00 PM.
This hilarious story of friendship and revenge in the Rolodex era is outrageous, thought-provoking and even a little romantic. Pushed to the boiling point, three female coworkers concoct a plan to get even with the sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot they call their boss.
All Your Friends: An Indie Dance Party at Aura on Saturday, June 6th! Event is 18+. An indie dance party for the ones who still romanticize a scratched iPod, American Spirits, and a blurry night scored by Bloc Party and Crystal Castles.
The 2026 Collect Art Sale by Maine College of Art & Design will be held online and in person, giving collectors locally and worldwide the opportunity to purchase work by students, alumni, faculty, staff, and friends of the College. Purchases made will support both the artists and current students, through our student scholarship fund.
This hilarious story of friendship and revenge in the Rolodex era is outrageous, thought-provoking and even a little romantic. Pushed to the boiling point, three female coworkers concoct a plan to get even with the sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot they call their boss.
Join Maine author Edith Netter for a powerful conversation about The House at Schumannstrasse 7: A Memoir, a Holocaust survivor’s story told in the voice of the author’s grandmother, Alice Rothschild Netter. This memoir is a testament to grit, courage, and the stubborn insistence on hope.
The Windham High School Graduation will take place at the Cross Insurance Arena in Portland on Sunday, June 7 at 1:30 PM. Doors open at 12:30 PM.
The Scarborough High School Graduation will take place at the Cross Insurance Arena in Portland on Sunday, June 7 at 7:00 PM. Doors open at 6:00 PM.
Les Claypool will hit the road in Summer 2026 with Claypool Gold, a wildly ambitious, full-evening tour that brings together three of his most beloved and sonically adventurous bands – Primus, The Claypool Lennon Delirium, and Les Claypool’s Fearless Flying Frog Brigade – for one mind-melting musical experience. Each night, all the bands will share the stage all at once for a fluid show featuring wildly different setlists and surprises.
MWPA, Longfellow Books & Mechanics' Hall host Sarah Braunstein & Nick Fuller Googins in conversation about Braunstein's new book, "BABY IN A BOX." The event is free to the public, but registration is required due to limited space.
The Portland Sea Dogs take on the Reading Fightin Phils in a baseball game.
98.9 WCLZ presents Gary Clark Jr with Nat Myers. Clark's first album since 2019's critically lauded This Land, which became his third consecutive top 10 on the Billboard 200 chart and garnered three Grammy Awards.
The Portland Sea Dogs take on the Reading Fightin Phils in a baseball game.
Luke Combs UK, the world's leading tribute to Luke Combs, is coming to town for an unforgettable night of country music with his full band, with King Sickabilly opening.
The Portland Sea Dogs take on the Reading Fightin Phils in a baseball game.
Choro Louco performs the enormously appealing Brazilian music genre known as choro. The band was formed in 2013 by a group of accomplished musicians who have all established themselves as virtuosos in other genres.
Oxbow Live and ReVision Energy Present: The Nth Power. This show will be fully powered by ReVision Energy EVs!
The Portland Sea Dogs take on the Reading Fightin Phils in a baseball game.
This hilarious story of friendship and revenge in the Rolodex era is outrageous, thought-provoking and even a little romantic. Pushed to the boiling point, three female coworkers concoct a plan to get even with the sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot they call their boss.
Seven guys, seven different musical backgrounds, seven different personalities, one band, one unique and unmistakable voice. Formed in New Jersey as an ad hoc group intended to put out one album and disappear, one thing lead to another, and within a few months of their debut release, Everything Goes Numb, Streetlight Manifesto was officially a full time touring band, traveling the world, spreading their infectious and energetic tunes to all who would listen.
The Portland Sea Dogs take on the Reading Fightin Phils in a baseball game.
Mechanics' Hall and Creature Works present Split My Soul by choreographer Kelsie Steil, a riveting dance-theater production exploring conflict and integration between seven complex characters. Set to an original score by Michael Wall, it provides a cathartic visual and sonic experience to unpack mental health challenges.
This hilarious story of friendship and revenge in the Rolodex era is outrageous, thought-provoking and even a little romantic. Pushed to the boiling point, three female coworkers concoct a plan to get even with the sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot they call their boss.
This hilarious story of friendship and revenge in the Rolodex era is outrageous, thought-provoking and even a little romantic. Pushed to the boiling point, three female coworkers concoct a plan to get even with the sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot they call their boss.
The Portland Sea Dogs take on the Reading Fightin Phils in a baseball game.
Award-winning performer Carisa Hendrix stars as charming socialite and cocktail enthusiast Lucy Darling as she continues her vivacious vagabond voyages with You’re Welcome — a touring variety show featuring her razor-sharp wit, unquestionable advice, skillful magic, and delightful friends. Doors open at 6:30pm and the show starts at 7:30pm.
A conversation centered on North Woods through the lenses of history, literature, and lived experience, inspired by Daniel Mason's novel. The event will consider how land shapes identity, how it has been cared for and contested over time, and how current efforts are expanding recognition of the thousands of years of complex and layered relationships connected to the North Woods.
The Portland Sea Dogs take on the Somerset Patriots in a baseball game.
Afternoon classes for ages 5-7.
The Portland Sea Dogs take on the Somerset Patriots in a baseball game.
An evening for poets, musicians, artists, crafters, and innovators of all ages to experiment, create, and share their work in a supportive community.
Kim Deal, Kelley Deal, Josephine Wiggs and Jim Macpherson played their first show together on Friday 19th June, 1992, in a snooker hall behind Warrington Rugby Club in the north of England. Two days later, they supported Nirvana in Dublin and Belfast, and then played at Glastonbury.
Play Your Way is a special playtime for anyone who would benefit from a quieter, low-key play session at the Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine.
Get out your butterfly clips, dust off your mood rings, and shake it like a Polaroid picture to hits of the 2000s at Mechanics' Hall. Come early at 5:00 PM for an hour of friendly matchmaking before the dance, and stay for line dancing from 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM.
The Portland Sea Dogs take on the Somerset Patriots in a baseball game.
Following the online webinar, meet GMRI and community partners in the field to help map mussel beds. Observations will be made in the intertidal zone during an extreme low tide.
Joe Russo’s Almost Dead is Marco Benevento, Dave Dreiwitz, Tom Hamilton, Scott Metzger and Joe Russo. We’re a Grateful Dead cover band. Doors: 5:30pm - Show: 7:00pm - all ages
The Portland Sea Dogs take on the Somerset Patriots in a baseball game.
The Soggy Po Boys are an 8-piece band spreading the sounds of New Orleans jazz across the Northeast and beyond, offering a trip to Louisiana without leaving Portland.
This hilarious story of friendship and revenge in the Rolodex era is outrageous, thought-provoking and even a little romantic. Pushed to the boiling point, three female coworkers concoct a plan to get even with the sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot they call their boss.
Q97.9 and WHOM presents Portland Maine’s most exciting Pride party of the year at AURA on Saturday, June 20! Join our friends Cherry Lemonade & Gigi Gabor (Curbside Queens) with this years special guest LaGanja Estranja! Also appearances from Andi Van Dyle (Boston) and Queen Quan (New Orleans). Dance all night with DJ Lemonade! Drinks with Ice Pik Vodka.
The Portland Sea Dogs take on the Somerset Patriots in a baseball game.
Jay Jurden is a New York–based comedian, writer, and actor. He was recently a staff writer for Apple TV+’s Emmy-nominated show The Problem with Jon Stewart.
This hilarious story of friendship and revenge in the Rolodex era is outrageous, thought-provoking and even a little romantic. Pushed to the boiling point, three female coworkers concoct a plan to get even with the sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot they call their boss.
Kenya Hall delivers raw, powerful vocals backed by a deep groove and unapologetic passion, blending soul, R&B, funk, and hip-hop. Jen Kearney brings an amalgamation of musical styles including Soul, R&B, Funk, Rock, and Latin, while god.damn.chan is a hip-hop beatmaker, dj, and producer.
Wilco announces a US summer tour with a run of shows throughout June and July in the Midwest, South, and East Coast. All shows are billed as “An Evening with Wilco,” except for Forest Hills Stadium on Saturday, June 20th, where Yo La Tengo will open.
The Portland Sea Dogs take on the Somerset Patriots in a baseball game.
This hilarious story of friendship and revenge in the Rolodex era is outrageous, thought-provoking and even a little romantic. Pushed to the boiling point, three female coworkers concoct a plan to get even with the sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot they call their boss.
A week-long Junior Intensive for ages 8-11, exploring beloved ballets through movement, music, and storytelling.