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EVENTS
Pack a picnic lunch or dinner,
grab a lawn chair or blanket, and
enjoy the show.
CONGRESS SQUARE ARTS & EVENTS
A wide variety of engaging programming takes
place May to Oct in Portland’s urban oaisis
run by the volunteer organization, Friends
of Congress Square Park. Movies, music,
dance, kids activities.
L.L. BEAN’S SUMMER IN THE PARK
Bi-weekly Saturday evening 7:30 pm
performances in L.L. Bean’s Discovery Park in
Freeport.
FRIENDS OF EASTERN PROMENADE
CONCERT SERIES
Thursdays at 6:30 pm, July 7 – August 25 in
Fort Allen Park
FIREWORKS IN THE SQUARE
Fireworks every Thursday night at 9:45 pm
June 25 – September 3, in Old Orchard Beach,
weather permitting, Old Orchard Beach
Chamber: 934-2001
SOUTH PORTLAND SUMMER
CONCERTS
Wednesday evening performances in
South Portland’s Mill Creek Park at 6:30 pm
South Portland Parks & Recreation: 767-7650
SUMMER ARTS SERIES
Wednesday concerts in Yarmouth’s Royal
River Park Yarmouth Community Services:
846-2406 Check for times online:
SUMMER CONCERT SERIES
Thursday evenings at Scarborough’s
Town Park Gazebo at 6:30 pm Scarborough
Community Services: 730-4150
Please verify times of
these events with
the sponsoring
organizations
listed above.
Photo: John Bald
FREE OUTDOOR EVENTS
JULY + AUGUST 2016 2
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SHOWS &
EXHIBITS
PORTLAND MUSEUM OF ART
775-6148,
THROUGH SEPTEMBER 4:
DUNCAN HEWITT: Turning Strange
THROUGH JUNE 5:
MASTERWORKS ON PAPER FROM
THE PORTLAND MUSEUM OF ART
THROUGH JUNE 5:
CIVIL RIGHTS IN AMERICAN
PHOTOGRAPHY: Photographs from the
Collection of Judy Glickman Lauder
JUNE 4 – OCTOBER 10:
SKOWHEGAN AT SEVENTY
JUNE 21 – SEPTEMBER 11:
GEORGES BRAQUE: Surface and Space
JUNE 23 – SEPTEMBER 18:
O’KEEFE, STETTHEIMER, TORR, ZORACH:
Women Modernists in New York
OCTOBER 6 – DECEMBER 31:
THE ART BOOKS OF HENRI MATISSE
FEBRUARY 3, ‘16 – JUNE 4, ‘17:
THE MISTRESS AND THE MUSE:
Figurative Art from the Isabelle
and Scott Black Collection
MAINE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
774-1822,
THROUGH MAY 30:
400 YEARS OF NEWMAINERS
JUNE 17, ‘16 – JANUARY 14, ‘17
DESIGNING ACADIA: Creating Maine’s
National Park Experience
MAINE MARITIME MUSEUM
443-1316,
JUNE 4 – SEPTEMBER 5:
MEETING THE BOAT: Steam Travel Along
Maine Waters
SEPT 17, ’16 – JANUARY 22, ’17:
OVER EAST, AN ARTIST’S JOURNAL:
Paintings by Robert Beck of the
Contemporary Maritime Community
FARNSWORTH ART MUSEUM
596-6457,
THROUGH SEPTEMBER 11:
FROM THE SMALLEST LEAF:
Photographs by Koichiro Kurita
THROUGH JANUARY 8, ’17:
ABOUT BUILDINGS
MAY 21 – OCTOBER 30:
UNSEEN TREASURES: The Cawley
Collection of Wyeth Archival Material
MAY 21 – DECEMBER 31:
N.C. WYETH: Painter
PORTLAND STAGE COMPANY
774-0465,
SEPTEMBER 27 – OCTOBER 23:
LATER LIFE
NOVEMBER 1 – 20: SOTTO VOCE
DECEMBER 3 – 24:
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
JANUARY 24 – FEBRUARY 19, ’17:
ARSENIC AND OLD LACE
FEBRUARY 28 – MARCH 26 :
BUYER & CELLAR
APRIL 4 – 23 :
STRING AROUND MY FINGER
MAY 2 – 21: DISGRACED
MAINE STATE MUSIC THEATRE
725-8769,
JUNE 8 – 25: GHOST
JUNE 29 – JULY 16: EVITA
JULY 20 – AUGUST 6:
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
AUGUST 10 – 27: MAMMA MIA!
In collaboration with Portland Stage
AUGUST 16 – SEPTEMBER 4:
THE IRISH AND HOW THEY GOT
THAT WAY
COASTAL MAINE
BOTANICAL GARDENS
633-4333,
THROUGH JUNE 8: A GATELESS
GARDEN: Quotes by Maine Women Writers
JUNE 10 – JULY 26: DIARY OF THE WILD
JULY 28 – AUGUST 7: BOTANICALS
AND STILL LIFES BY GAIL SPAIEN
SEPTEMBER 9 – OCTOBER 31:
PHOTO CLUB’S PORTRAITS OF THE
EXTRAORDINARY
BRICK STORE MUSEUM
985-4802,
THROUGH OCTOBER: TO YOUR HEALTH:
Examining the History of Modern Medicine
THROUGH DECEMBER:
DESIGN & FUNCTION:
Furnishings, Portraits and Art 1685-1840
MAY 7 – SEPTEMBER:
80 YEARS OF FASHION AND STORIES