• POSTPONED: Play Me a Story with Portland Stage

    Congress Square Park Portland, ME, United States

    ***Risk of rain and lower temperatures means we need to postpone this event until 2020. Stay tuned for a new date!***   Join us for a fun, interactive, and family friendly theatre event hosted by Portland Stage! Experience the Fun & Magic of Theater with Play Me a Story! Enjoy a performance of children’s stories,

  • Portland Intercultural Festival

    Congress Square Park Portland, ME, United States

    The Portland Intercultural Festival (PIF) is being organized through the Friends of Congress Square Park in association with the Root House organization and local artist AFRiCAN DUNDADA. This event is a celebration of the richness of Portland's Black and Brown creative community as well as showcasing new and unexpected artists with diverse backgrounds and strikingly

  • Planting Day with Yellow Tulip Project

    Congress Square Park Portland, ME, United States

    Join us for the 4th annual community yellow tulip planting ceremony in Congress Square park! Come plant tulips in the Square and hear speeches, poetry, and musical performances from representatives of the Yellow Tulip Project! The Yellow Tulip Project focuses on smashing the stigma that surrounds mental illness and building a community where people realize

  • Pumpkins in the Square feat. Jenny Van West Music

    Congress Square Park Portland, ME, United States

    Join us for the 5th annual Pumpkins in the Square! Friends of Congress Square Park is welcoming Fall and celebrating a successful season with: Live music with Jenny Van West Music Donuts and cider! Pumkin carving and decorating!  Bring your own pumpkin or buy one at the event (suggested donation $10). We'll have a contest to

  • Juneteenth

    Congress Square Park Portland, ME, United States

    Portland Juneteenth event continues community dialogue and engagement through active art making. Through collaboration with local social change organizations to keep contemporary context, thoughtfully crafted inclusion by offering youth, multi-ability and multi-generational events to facilitate conversations and education. All done under the framework of traditional BIPOC storytelling to pass history and cultural knowledge and art

  • Intentional Listening Session

    Congress Square Park Portland, ME, United States

    Join artist, educator, and play facilitator Genevieve Victoria Casale Johnson for a 45 minute intentional listening practice in Congress Square Park. This collective exercise leads participants through a practice of observing and documenting the variety of sounds in the park using creative methods. Participants are encouraged to document their experience with words, images, textures, and

  • Intentional Listening Session

    Congress Square Park Portland, ME, United States

    Join artist, educator, and play facilitator Genevieve Victoria Casale Johnson for a 45 minute intentional listening practice in Congress Square Park. This collective exercise leads participants through a practice of observing and documenting the variety of sounds in the park using creative methods. Participants are encouraged to document their experience with words, images, textures, and

  • Intentional Listening Session

    Congress Square Park Portland, ME, United States

    Join artist, educator, and play facilitator Genevieve Victoria Casale Johnson for a 45 minute intentional listening practice in Congress Square Park. This collective exercise leads participants through a practice of observing and documenting the variety of sounds in the park using creative methods. Participants are encouraged to document their experience with words, images, textures, and

  • Tender Table

    Congress Square Park Portland, ME, United States

    Tender Table invites all to a celebration of Black and Brown joy and community featuring local food and drinks by Dream Sweets, Onggi, Penny’s BBQ Chicken, Siblings, Riverside Farm, Yardie Ting; food-themed poetry and storytelling by April Fournier, Nyamuon “Moon” Nguany Machar, Samaa Abdurraqib, Sarah Williams, Signature MiMi; music by Viva; performance by Dance Activism;