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SUMMARY:Try Your Hand International Calligraphy Festival
DESCRIPTION:Did you ever wish you could write in another language? Or have beautiful penmanship in your own? Here’s a chance to Try Your Hand at an international calligraphy event at Congress Square Park! \nPeople from around the world will show you how to write in their native script\, such as Cyrillic\, Japanese\, Arabic. You’ll also have a chance to try Medieval and Modern Latin alphabet calligraphy. You’ll learn a few words and perhaps a proverb from the different cultures and be able to make a keepsake pendant with your choice of two languages. Come out and do something different at Congress Square Park! \nSupplies will be provided and instruction is free.
URL:http://congresssquarepark.org/event/try-your-hand-international-calligraphy-festival/
LOCATION:Congress Square Park\, Portland\, ME\, 04101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art,Meet,Play
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SUMMARY:Threaded. The Runway Show. With Jacob A. M. Powers & Friends
DESCRIPTION:Threaded. The Runway Show. With Jacob A. M. Powers & Friends \nAn urban runway show that clashes the gritty stylings of budding Portland-based painter Jacob A. M. Powers\, with the beauty and grace of fine art and fashion. The set and clothing will be designed in-house by Powers and his team. Music\, lights\, and beauty… Portland at it’s finest. \n  \nJacob A. M. Powers is a Portland native and self taught painter working in mixed media with salvaged material. He uses written word\, fine detail and crude brush strokes to create surreal and figurative works that poke fun and question the world around him. Looking to become a permanent fixture in the Portland landscape\, Powers is always looking for new challenges to facilitate greater connection to others and beautify public and private space alike. He first debuted his work in March of 2018 throwing his own independent\, solo exhibition by the moniker “1905.” Since then Powers has hung 6 installations in restaurants and galleries in the downtown Portland area. \n 
URL:http://congresssquarepark.org/event/urban-fashion-show-with-jacob-powers-friends/
LOCATION:Congress Square Park\, Portland\, ME\, 04101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190904T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190904T210000
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SUMMARY:Create with ME Festival hosted by Dead Flow It Society
DESCRIPTION:***This event has been delayed by one hour due to weather. Join us from 7-9pm!***\n  \nJoin us in Congress Square Park for a continuing series of open creative workshops and performances! This event encourages collaborative participation from the crowd for all age groups\, and skill levels with art\, poetry\, dancing\, crafting\, and music. Throughout the night there will be live local art vendors\, open workshops\, and end with two headlining acts. Whether you are watching or participating\, you are sure to leave with inspired creativity! \nThis event is hosted by  The Dead Flow It Society. Kyler Henningsen and Nathan Lapointe are co-founders of Dead flow it Society and Family Banned Records. Both groups aim to support artists and enable them to maximize their potential through their creative work and in the community. Family Banned has pledged to give 25% of profits to charity. Mr. Henningsen is a father\, coach \, poet \, artist\, former board member of the Maine Artist Collective and front man for the rock group “Soul or Power.” Mr. Lapointe is an Actor\, musician\, singer\, producer\, and hip hop artist. He performs regularly locally as Unique Unknown. His new album\, professionally produced for radio\, “Just Another Day” will be the first released under Family Banned Records.
URL:http://congresssquarepark.org/event/create-with-me-festival-hosted-by-dead-flow-it-society/
LOCATION:Congress Square Park\, Portland\, ME\, 04101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art,Meet,Music,Play
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190720T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190720T160000
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CREATED:20190629T125658Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190629T125658Z
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SUMMARY:Pickwick & Friends Print Fair
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the 4th annual Print Fair co-presented with Portland’s Pickwick Independent Press! Over 40 Maine Printmakers will be exhibiting\, demoing\, and selling their work in Congress Square Park. \n(This event is a rain date from the originally scheduled date of June 29.)
URL:http://congresssquarepark.org/event/pickwick-friends-print-fair-5/
LOCATION:Congress Square Park\, Portland\, ME\, 04101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art,Meet
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20190629T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190629T160000
DTSTAMP:20260605T054251
CREATED:20190416T040811Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190629T125242Z
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SUMMARY:POSTPONED: Pickwick & Friends Print Fair
DESCRIPTION:***Sadly\, the risk of thunderstorms today is too high\, so this event has been postponed until July 20th. Join us then!***\n  \nJoin us for the 4th annual Print Fair co-presented with Portland’s Pickwick Independent Press! Over 40 Maine Printmakers will be exhibiting\, demoing\, and selling their work in Congress Square Park.
URL:http://congresssquarepark.org/event/pickwick-friends-print-fair-4/
LOCATION:Congress Square Park\, Portland\, ME\, 04101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art,Meet
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DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20190517T200000
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CREATED:20190412T145525Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190517T152558Z
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SUMMARY:POSTPONED: Interactive Bunraku Puppetry with Figures of Speech Theatre
DESCRIPTION:***This event has been postponed until Saturday\, June 8th from 10am-12pm. Sadly\, it’s too rainy and chilly for the puppets!***\n  \nTry your hand at bunraku puppetry in a free playshop with Figures of Speech Theatre! Participants will work in groups of 2-3 puppeteers to animate a single puppet and create short\, non-verbal performances\, which we’ll share with each other. Along with noh and kabuki\, bunraku is one of the “high forms” of theater in Japan. We’ll make it easy & accessible for people of all ages and abilities! \nFigures of Speech Theatre creates and tours visionary works of performance forged at the intersection of poetry\, music\, sculpture and dance. \nOur vision for our educational programing—which takes place in all 16 Maine counties and beyond—is to engage imaginations\, impart skill-based training\, awaken consciousness regarding world cultures\, and expand students’ sense of life’s possibilities. We offer a range of programming and touring productions in service of that vision. \nFounded in 1982\, Figures of Speech Theatre is a four-time recipient of the UNIMA Citation of Excellence in Puppet Theater\, as well as grants from organizations including the National Endowment for the Arts\, the Rockefeller Foundation\, the Maine Humanities Council\, and the New England Foundation for the Arts. Honors include a six-month fellowship from the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission\, the New England Theater Conference’s award for Outstanding Achievement\, and a Maine Arts Commission Individual Artist Fellowship for artistic director John Farrell.
URL:http://congresssquarepark.org/event/interactive-bunraku-puppetry-with-figures-of-speech-theatre/
LOCATION:Congress Square Park\, Portland\, ME\, 04101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Act,Art,Play
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20181014T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20181014T180000
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CREATED:20180823T201942Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181002T175003Z
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SUMMARY:Pumpkins in the Square
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the 4th annual Pumpkins in the Square! Friends of Congress Square Park is welcoming Fall and celebrating a successful 2018 season with: \nLive folk music with Liz & Dan Faiella! \nPumpkin carving and decoration/painting – with a contest! BYO pumpkin or pay what you can for one at the event (suggested donation $10 per pumpkin). Prizes will be awarded for the most creative pumpkins. Judges will be artists from Bomb Diggity Arts. \nDonuts and cider! \nFace painting and mask making with ArtVan! \nEngineering Pumpkin Boats Challenge with The Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine! Test out different pumpkins and gourdes to make boats. Stay and explore! Open to all ages. \nFun for the whole family. Made possible with support from Spinnaker Trust. \n  \n  \n\n\n \n        
URL:http://congresssquarepark.org/event/pumpkins-in-the-square-4/
LOCATION:Congress Square Park\, Portland\, ME\, 04101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art,Dance,Meet,Music,Play
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180911T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180911T110000
DTSTAMP:20260605T054251
CREATED:20180529T123755Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180911T020415Z
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SUMMARY:CANCELLED: Community Drawing Circle
DESCRIPTION:*This event is cancelled due to rain.*\nCome draw portraits of your neighbors!\nArtist Lucy Walker has invited artists and creative leaders from the community for portrait sessions in Congress Square Park – and you’re invited to draw them! No experience or supplies necessary. \nOptional: Bring a board for drawing on if you have one\, and any art supplies from home you’d like to play with. (We’ll also have supplies.) \nLucy Walker is a Maine artist and teacher living in Scarborough. She has a BA in Visual Art and English from Bowdoin College and\, among other artistic endeavors\, currently teaches painting at Muse Paint Bar in Portland. She delights in portraiture and has recently been working on a series of dancers in motion. \n  \nCommunity Drawing Circle is a series! Join us every second and fourth Tuesdays from 9 – 11am in Congress Square Park.
URL:http://congresssquarepark.org/event/community-drawing-circle-2018-09-11/
LOCATION:Congress Square Park\, Portland\, ME\, 04101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180908T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180908T180000
DTSTAMP:20260605T054251
CREATED:20180807T131510Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180907T132149Z
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SUMMARY:POSTPONED: Try Your Hand - International Calligraphy Art Interaction
DESCRIPTION:Try Your Hand has been postponed until May 2019! Stay tuned for details.\nDid you ever wish you could write in another language? Or have beautiful penmanship in your own? Here’s a chance to Try Your Hand at an international calligraphy event at Congress Square Park! \nPeople from around the world will show you how to write in their native script\, such as Cyrillic\, Japanese\, Arabic. You’ll also have a chance to try Medieval and Modern Latin alphabet calligraphy. You’ll learn a few words and perhaps a proverb from the different cultures and be able to make a keepsake pendant with your choice of two languages. Come out and do something different at Congress Square Park! \nSupplies will be provided and instruction is free. \nThanks to Portland Downtown for your sponsorship of this event! \n\n\n  \n\n 
URL:http://congresssquarepark.org/event/try-your-hand-international-calligraphy-art-interaction/
LOCATION:Congress Square Park\, Portland\, ME\, 04101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180906T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180906T200000
DTSTAMP:20260605T054251
CREATED:20180528T190825Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180823T173716Z
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SUMMARY:Somali Mainer's Youth Network's Community Arts Showcase
DESCRIPTION:Join Somali Mainer’s Youth Network for an evening of community arts – from music and fashion to poetry and acting! \nSomali Mainer’s Youth Network’s mission is to bring unity and awareness through the Somali community by empowering youth\, getting both parents and youth involved in and aware of what goes on around their community. Through workshops\, community service\, and local events\, they aspire to unite Somali Youth and give them opportunities to break the language barrier\, gain educational opportunities\, and engage as citizens of Portland. Finally\, they give youth space where they can talk about issues around youth living in between two different cultures. They hope to educate the Somali youth in Southern Maine about the importance of having an education and how the choices they make a difference back home in Somalia.
URL:http://congresssquarepark.org/event/somali-mainers-youth-networks-community-arts-showcase/
LOCATION:Congress Square Park\, Portland\, ME\, 04101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Act,Art,Dance,Meet,Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180828T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180828T110000
DTSTAMP:20260605T054251
CREATED:20180529T123923Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180828T130819Z
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SUMMARY:CANCELLED: Community Drawing Circle
DESCRIPTION:*This event has been cancelled due to high temperatures and humidity.*\nCome draw portraits of your neighbors!\nArtist Lucy Walker has invited artists and creative leaders from the community for portrait sessions in Congress Square Park – and you’re invited to draw them! No experience or supplies necessary. \nOptional: Bring a board for drawing on if you have one\, and any art supplies from home you’d like to play with. (We’ll also have supplies.) \nLucy Walker is a Maine artist and teacher living in Scarborough. She has a BA in Visual Art and English from Bowdoin College and\, among other artistic endeavors\, currently teaches painting at Muse Paint Bar in Portland. She delights in portraiture and has recently been working on a series of dancers in motion. \n  \nCommunity Drawing Circle is a series! Join us every second and fourth Tuesdays from 9 – 11am in Congress Square Park.
URL:http://congresssquarepark.org/event/community-drawing-circle-2-2018-08-28/
LOCATION:Congress Square Park\, Portland\, ME\, 04101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180720T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180720T160000
DTSTAMP:20260605T054251
CREATED:20180627T001131Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180627T001131Z
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SUMMARY:ArtVan! Art Projects for Kids
DESCRIPTION:Bring your kids\, friends and family to enjoy an outdoor art project\, accessible for all ages! Drop by to create spin art with paint and some imagination\, offered by ArtVan. \nThe ArtVan is a mobile arts therapy non-profit organization whose mission is to provide a creative and collaborative environment to encourage Youth who have little or no arts access to fully express their imaginations\, relationships and experiences within themselves\, among their peers and across our communities. \nArtVan’s hands-on projects allow people ample time\, materials\, and support to create and explore their ideas\, emotions\, beliefs\, dreams\, and curiosities through the creative process. You are encouraged to freely express feelings\, learn to work together\, help each other\, and discover new talents\, pride in accomplishments their neighborhoods and community. \n  \nArtVan will be in Congress Square Park two times this season! Come create art on July 20 and on August 17\, both days from 2 – 4 pm. \n 
URL:http://congresssquarepark.org/event/artvan-art-projects-for-kids/
LOCATION:Congress Square Park\, Portland\, ME\, 04101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art,Meet,Play
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180706T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180706T200000
DTSTAMP:20260605T054251
CREATED:20180624T211059Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180624T212434Z
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SUMMARY:Portland Outright
DESCRIPTION:Portland Outright is a queer & trans youth movement fighting oppression with tenderness. Join them for an evening of interactive community art. \nOutright supports underserved members of the LGBTQ+ youth community through weekly member meetings\, ongoing mentorship\, social events\, and trainings\, as well as intentional support to youth navigating systems — such as the juvenile justice system\, foster care\, homelessness and mental health services. They are a community of people invested in each other\, building deep connections\, sharing both struggle and joy\, while fighting for each other’s dignity and survival. \nThey are committed to moving beyond the traditional LGBTQ+ youth “support group” model by carving out space for young people in leadership\, lifting up the experiences of those most deeply experiencing the effects of marginalization\, helping members harness and reclaim their inherent power\, and becoming active participants in not only their own liberation\, but the collective liberation of everyone.
URL:http://congresssquarepark.org/event/portland-outright/
LOCATION:Congress Square Park\, Portland\, ME\, 04101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180626T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180626T110000
DTSTAMP:20260605T054251
CREATED:20180529T123923Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180529T123923Z
UID:2658-1530003600-1530010800@congresssquarepark.org
SUMMARY:Community Drawing Circle
DESCRIPTION:Come draw portraits of your neighbors!\nArtist Lucy Walker has invited artists and creative leaders from the community for portrait sessions in Congress Square Park – and you’re invited to draw them! No experience or supplies necessary. \nOptional: Bring a board for drawing on if you have one\, and any art supplies from home you’d like to play with. (We’ll also have supplies.) \nLucy Walker is a Maine artist and teacher living in Scarborough. She has a BA in Visual Art and English from Bowdoin College and\, among other artistic endeavors\, currently teaches painting at Muse Paint Bar in Portland. She delights in portraiture and has recently been working on a series of dancers in motion. \n  \nCommunity Drawing Circle is a series! Join us every second and fourth Tuesdays from 9 – 11am in Congress Square Park.
URL:http://congresssquarepark.org/event/community-drawing-circle-2/
LOCATION:Congress Square Park\, Portland\, ME\, 04101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180623T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180623T160000
DTSTAMP:20260605T054251
CREATED:20180528T173135Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180528T173135Z
UID:2631-1529748000-1529769600@congresssquarepark.org
SUMMARY:Pickwick & Friends Print Fair
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the 3rd annual Print Fair co-presented with Portland’s Pickwick Independent Press! Over 40 Maine Printmakers will be exhibiting\, demoing\, and selling their work in Congress Square Park.
URL:http://congresssquarepark.org/event/pickwick-friends-print-fair-3/
LOCATION:Congress Square Park\, Portland\, ME\, 04101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art,Meet
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180612T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180612T110000
DTSTAMP:20260605T054251
CREATED:20180529T123755Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180529T123755Z
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SUMMARY:Community Drawing Circle
DESCRIPTION:Come draw portraits of your neighbors!\nArtist Lucy Walker has invited artists and creative leaders from the community for portrait sessions in Congress Square Park – and you’re invited to draw them! No experience or supplies necessary. \nOptional: Bring a board for drawing on if you have one\, and any art supplies from home you’d like to play with. (We’ll also have supplies.) \nLucy Walker is a Maine artist and teacher living in Scarborough. She has a BA in Visual Art and English from Bowdoin College and\, among other artistic endeavors\, currently teaches painting at Muse Paint Bar in Portland. She delights in portraiture and has recently been working on a series of dancers in motion. \n  \nCommunity Drawing Circle is a series! Join us every second and fourth Tuesdays from 9 – 11am in Congress Square Park.
URL:http://congresssquarepark.org/event/community-drawing-circle/
LOCATION:Congress Square Park\, Portland\, ME\, 04101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180601T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180601T200000
DTSTAMP:20260605T054251
CREATED:20180403T022842Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180403T023133Z
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SUMMARY:Maine Inside Out presents "Love is Alternatives to Incarceration"
DESCRIPTION:Maine Inside Out (MIO) initiates dialogue\, develops leadership\, and builds community across boundaries with collaborative original theater\, inside and outside correctional facilities. MIO youth inside of Long Creek Youth Development Center and in Maine communities of Biddeford\, Lewiston\, Portland\, and Waterville create original theater as a tool for social change. \nMIO’s outside community group\, comprised of members from our Biddeford\, Lewiston\, and Portland groups\, is currently touring “Love Is Alternatives to Incarceration” (Love Is). Love Is premiered as a collaboration with Portland Outright on November 8th\, 2017 to a sold-out crowd at USM’s Hannaford Hall. The performance includes a short film\, live performance\, and audio recordings of poetry by currently incarcerated member of MIO and Portland Outright. \n“Love Is Alternatives to Incarceration” interweaves multiple narratives of young people outcast from their home\, school\, and community and placed into systems designed to separate them. The play documents how\, despite these boundaries\, they create connection and community with each other. It is a call to action to love and care for each other more boldly. Themes addressed include: youth incarceration\, homelessness\, school discipline and school to prison pipeline\, racism\, substance use\, family separation\, social stigma\, trauma\, support\, resilience\, and love. \n \n 
URL:http://congresssquarepark.org/event/maine-inside-out-presents-love-is-alternatives-to-incarceration/
LOCATION:Congress Square Park\, Portland\, ME\, 04101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Act,Art,Films,Meet
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180525T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180525T200000
DTSTAMP:20260605T054251
CREATED:20180403T020130Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180403T020130Z
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SUMMARY:"A SHARED SPACE" Virtual Reality Film Experience
DESCRIPTION:A SHARED SPACE is a virtual reality film which tells the story of friends Hilowle and Shuab\, who grew up in Dadaab\, Kenya– the largest refugee camp in the world. Today\, both have started families and call Lewiston\, Maine home. Raising children in the country’s least diverse state in the wake of Trump’s Muslim Ban and rising nationalist sentiments has created challenges neither expected. \nA SHARED SPACE is a Virtual Reality Hub which is intended to be screened at public spaces. The audience is invited to sit in one of six swivel chairs\, put on a VR headsets and is immediately transported to Lewiston where they can choose to view from 13 videos\, each 1-3 minutes in length. \n 
URL:http://congresssquarepark.org/event/a-shared-space-virtual-reality-film-experience/
LOCATION:Congress Square Park\, Portland\, ME\, 04101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art,Films,Meet
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20180511T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20180511T213000
DTSTAMP:20260605T054251
CREATED:20180403T010537Z
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SUMMARY:Figures of Speech presents "The Art of Memory" film & Puppetry Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Join Figures of Speech Theatre for a screening of “The Art of Memory: Stories from Maine’s Outer Islands\,” a shadow puppet film based on oral histories gathered on some of Maine’s most remote islands. Following the 35-minute film\, audience members of all ages will be invited to peek behind the scenes before creating live shadow scenes of their own stories! \n \nFigures of Speech Theatre partnered with the Island Institute to produce “The Art of Memory.” Director of Education at Figures of Speech\, Ian Bannon\, led a team of four artists as they collaborated with students in six of the one- and two-room schoolhouses off Maine’s coast. In the spring of year one\, Bannon travelled to each island to introduce students to documentary techniques\, which they then used to cull stories from other island residents\, historical archives\, and publications. The entire artistic team returned that following fall to collaborate in the creation and filming of shadow puppet adaptations of their favorite stories. \nThe resulting 35-minute film combines a variety of shorts ranging from pirate stories to tall-tales to ill-conceived stand-offs with Abenaki Native Americans. The pieces are held together with a layered dreamscape of shadow imagery\, narration from some of Portland’s most sought-after voiceover artists\, and a captivating original musical score by Dave Noyes of Rustic Overtones. \n  \nFigures of Speech Theatre\, a puppet theater company founded in Freeport in 1982\, is the recipient of four coveted UNIMA Citations of Excellence—the highest distinction in American puppet theatre. The company has toured all over the world – from Sofia\, Bulgaria to Tokyo\, Japan\, to Lima\, Peru – while retaining a strong commitment to teaching and performing throughout its home state of Maine. \nThe Island Institute works to sustain Maine’s island and remote coastal communities\, and exchanges ideas and experiences to further the sustainability of communities here and elsewhere. The Institute’s Outer Islands TLC (Teaching and Learning Collaborative) improves the quality and ensures the sustainability of one- and two-room island schools on Cliff\, Cranberry Isles\, Frencboro\, Isle au Haut\, Matinicus\, and Monhegan by creating collaborative educational and social opportunities for students across islands via technology and face-to-face learning opportunities. \n“The Art of Memory” was made possible through the generous support of the Helen & George Ladd Charitable Corporation\, the Expansion Arts Fund ofthe Maine \nCommunity Foundation\, and the Maine Arts Commission\, an independent state agency supported by the National Endowment for the Arts. \nFor more information regarding the film\, visit www.figures.org/memory. To find out about similar educational and artistic opportunities\, contact Ian Bannon of Figures of Speech Theatre at (207) 865-6355 or ianbannon@figures.org.
URL:http://congresssquarepark.org/event/figures-of-speech-presents-the-art-of-memory-film-puppetry-workshop/
LOCATION:Congress Square Park\, Portland\, ME\, 04101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art,Films,Meet,Play
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180425
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180506
DTSTAMP:20260605T054251
CREATED:20180423T171333Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180425T214146Z
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SUMMARY:Temporary Art by Athena Lynch
DESCRIPTION:Friends of Congress Square Park has partnered with the Maine College of Art during our 2018 season to feature temporary student artist work. Athena C. Lynch is the first artist in the series. Her work\, “REQUIEMS TO SEPIA EXISTENCE”\, will be on view in Congress Square Park from April 25 through May 5\, 2018. \nTo learn more about this partnership\, see our blog post. \n  \nREQUIEMS TO SEPIA EXISTENCE\nREQUIEMS TO SEPIA EXISTENCE is in homage of Tamir Rice\, 12 and Aiyana Jones\, 7\, who were both victims of police shootings. The piece will lay in state for 9 days* in illustration of the length of time (9 hrs) taken for Tamir to receive medical attention after being shot. Aiyana’s time was much shorter and therefore fit within his time frame. This installation is confronting the violence and lack of empathy towards African Americans locally\, as well as\, nationally. Systemic racial disparities that perpetuate said indifference and\, in some instances\, fueled violence towards that community. This work is a calling to SEE US! See us as human beings\, not just as an outline of who we used to be. \n*Initial time frame was for 9 days (April 25 through May 3\, 2018)\, but deinstallation has been extended to May 5 in order to be on display for First Friday \n  \n     \nArtist Statement\n“I never categorized myself as a political artist. However\, due to the political and social climate of late\, that changed. My work has been about social-isms. Specifically\, being black and how that skin is viewed in society. My work conjures visceral reactions that speak to the climate of the world on both a local and national scale. \nI let the narrative tell me how it desires to be illustrated. To me\, my art serves as the voice of my ancestors speaking through me and guiding my hands. I feel it is my responsibility to tell those stories. My passion is education and I take up that charge of informing youth and even peers who simply aren’t aware. The best way to describe who I am as an artist and a black woman in the present climate of America can be articulated by two artists I look up to: \n‘To be a negro in this country and be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time.‘ – James Baldwin \n‘I choose to reflect the times and situations in which I find myself. That is my duty. And at this crucial time in our lives\, when everything is so desperate\, when every day is a matter of survival\, I don’t think you can help but be involved.‘ – Nina Simone” \n– Athena Lynch\, 2018 \n  \n \n  \nArtist Biography\nAthena C. Lynch was born and raised in New Jersey where she was constantly surrounded by creativity. Her mother was an artist and fashion designer. That\, along with her appreciation for multiculturalism\, are what influence her work today. Currently residing in Richmond\, Maine\, Athena is a student at Maine College of Art in Portland. There she is pursuing a Bachelors of Fine Arts in Sculpture and eventually a Master of Arts in Teaching for art education. \nSaveSave
URL:http://congresssquarepark.org/event/temporary-art-by-athena-lynch/
LOCATION:Congress Square Park\, Portland\, ME\, 04101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20171006T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20171006T193000
DTSTAMP:20260605T054251
CREATED:20170522T192448Z
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SUMMARY:Get into the rhythm:​ Music and Movement
DESCRIPTION:Join Spark Artist Collective for October First Friday Art Walk. \nThe Spark Artists Collective is a group of performers who bring music and creativity to all they encounter. In this event\, people will be invited to become the performers as they explore different movement arts and musical instruments. Instruments will be provided or make your own simple instrument to take home. \nDance\, make music or simply watch the performances!
URL:http://congresssquarepark.org/event/get-rhythm%e2%80%8b-music-movement/
LOCATION:Congress Square Park\, Portland\, ME\, 04101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art,Dance,Music,Play
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170930T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170930T200000
DTSTAMP:20260605T054251
CREATED:20170831T174630Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170831T174717Z
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SUMMARY:Waking Windows Festival
DESCRIPTION:Featuring over 60 bands\, writers\, and comedians across multiple venues in East Bayside and Congress Street. On Saturday\, September 30\, performances will occur in Congress Square Park throughout the afternoon and evening. \nFMI: www.facebook.com/WakingWindows \nTickets available at all Bull Moose locations and online: www.wakingwindows.com
URL:http://congresssquarepark.org/event/waking-windows-festival/
LOCATION:Congress Square Park\, Portland\, ME\, 04101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art,Meet,Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170928T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170928T200000
DTSTAMP:20260605T054251
CREATED:20170829T211415Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170906T164108Z
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SUMMARY:Hewnoaks Artist Colony Showcase
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our second annual Hewnoaks Showcase! \nArtists who have been in residence at the Hewnoaks Artist Colony on Kezar Lake will share recent work. Visual artists will display their work for sale\, with interactive demonstrations of their processes. Music will be played and writing will be shared. \n*This event was postponed to September 28th due to rain. It’s original date was September 6th.
URL:http://congresssquarepark.org/event/hewnoaks-artist-colony-showcase/
LOCATION:Congress Square Park\, Portland\, ME\, 04101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art,Meet
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170928T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170928T130000
DTSTAMP:20260605T054251
CREATED:20170831T173530Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170831T173542Z
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SUMMARY:Bandaloop (Vertical Dance)
DESCRIPTION:Portland Ovations goes beyond the proscenium with vertical dance pioneer Bandaloop. Seamlessly weaving together dynamic physicality\, intricate choreography\, and the art of climbing\, Bandaloop turns the dance floor on its side. The company’s unconventional venues run the gamut from the New York Stock Exchange and Seattle’s Space Needle to natural wonders like Yosemite’s El Capitan and majestic cliff faces in China. Together Ovations and Bandaloop scale new heights with free performances on the facades of two of Portland’s most iconic buildings. \nJoin Portland Ovations and Bandaloop Thursday\, September 28 in Congress Square Park & The Westin Portland Harborview Hotel starting at 12 PM. \n\nhttps://portlandovations.org/event/bandaloop/ \nSponsored by: The Westin Portland Harborview Hotel\, Preti Flaherty\, One City Center\, Dirigo Management Company \nSupported by: National Performance Network\, National Endowment for the Arts\, and NEFA \nSeason Media Sponsor: Maine Magazine\, Maine Home+Design Magazine\, and Old Port Magazine
URL:http://congresssquarepark.org/event/bandaloop-vertical-dance/
LOCATION:Congress Square Park\, Portland\, ME\, 04101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art,Dance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170927T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170927T180000
DTSTAMP:20260605T054251
CREATED:20170913T002728Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170913T002728Z
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SUMMARY:Tracing Favorites: A Portrait of Portland
DESCRIPTION:Drop in to Congress Square Park between 3-6pm Wednesday\, September 27th to tell a story of one of your favorite people\, experiences\, belongings – your favorite anything! – and have your portrait drawn while you do. Or\, create a portrait of a story teller by tracing their face while they joyfully share. \nThis interactive art exhibit will build throughout the day. Together\, we’ll create a huge “quilt” of just-made portraits of Portlanders\, exhibiting the diverse joy that’s been shared. \nNo “art skills” needed. No “story telling skills” needed. Just walk on up and trace a favorite! \nMeet your neighbors\, express yourself\, and join the tracing party! \n________________________________\nThis event is co-hosted by Dela Here\, Cincinati artist Gabrielle Lanza\, and Nina Williams.
URL:http://congresssquarepark.org/event/tracing-favorites-portrait-portland/
LOCATION:Congress Square Park\, Portland\, ME\, 04101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art,Meet,Play
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170915T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170915T210000
DTSTAMP:20260605T054251
CREATED:20170831T172841Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170831T172841Z
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SUMMARY:The Maribor Uprisings: Interactive Film Screening
DESCRIPTION:The Maribor Uprisings takes up urgent questions raised by these events\, and by uprisings elsewhere\, from the Arab Spring\, through Paris\, to Black Lives Matter. What sparks such popular outrage? How are participants swept up in—and then changed by—confrontations with police? Could something like this happen in your city? \nThe directors invite audiences to engage these questions through an unusual and participatory form. Drawing on the dramatic frontline footage of a video activist collective embedded within the uprisings\, this film places viewers amidst the jostling crowds. It requires them to make their own choices about which cameras they will follow and therefore how they will participate. Like those who joined the actual uprisings\, audiences in the theater must decide whether to listen to organizers and remain with those committed to nonviolent protest on Freedom Square or to follow rowdy crowds toward City Hall and almost certain conflict. \nCo-director Maple Razsa (Colby College) will facilitate the screening. \n‘‘Using organizational tactics such as the ones implemented during the Occupy Wall Street protests—the human microphone\, call and response\, etc—the audience works together to form a unit of politically and ideologically motivated action.’’ \nFor more information\, read the Portland Phoenix interview with Maple Razsa from July 2017: http://www.portlandphoenix.me/news/cover-story/item/6838-the-maribor-uprisings
URL:http://congresssquarepark.org/event/maribor-uprisings-interactive-film-screening/
LOCATION:Congress Square Park\, Portland\, ME\, 04101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art,Films,Meet
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170909T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170909T130000
DTSTAMP:20260605T054251
CREATED:20170831T172451Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170831T172451Z
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SUMMARY:Try Your Hand (Calligraphy Art Interaction)
DESCRIPTION:Did you ever wish you could write in another language? Or have beautiful penmanship in your own? Here’s a chance to Try Your Hand at an international calligraphy event at Congress Square Park!\n\nPeople from around the world will show you how to write in their native script\, such as Cyrillic\, Japanese\, Arabic. You’ll also have a chance to try Medieval and Modern Latin alphabet calligraphy. You’ll learn a few words and perhaps a proverb from the different cultures and be able to make a keepsake pendant with your choice of two languages. Come out and do something different at Congress Square Park!\n\nSupplies will be provided and instruction is free.
URL:http://congresssquarepark.org/event/try-hand-calligraphy-art-interaction-2/
LOCATION:Congress Square Park\, Portland\, ME\, 04101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art,Meet
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170907T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170907T220000
DTSTAMP:20260605T054251
CREATED:20170706T172151Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170817T163457Z
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SUMMARY:Crouching Tiger\, Hidden Dragon Presented by PMA Films
DESCRIPTION:Come to a viewing of this masterpiece film! \n(This event was postponed due to rain. The original show date was August 18\, 2017.)
URL:http://congresssquarepark.org/event/crouching-tiger-hidden-dragon-presented-pma-films/
LOCATION:Congress Square Park\, Portland\, ME\, 04101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170901T201500
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170901T211500
DTSTAMP:20260605T054251
CREATED:20170815T183850Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170815T183850Z
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SUMMARY:Dark Follies
DESCRIPTION:Dark Follies celebrates nine years of street vaudeville with a special Old School Dark Follies show! They have live music\, comedy\, flow arts\, dancers\, fire performing\, acrobatics and special rhythmic treat.
URL:http://congresssquarepark.org/event/dark-follies/
LOCATION:Congress Square Park\, Portland\, ME\, 04101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20170804T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20170804T180000
DTSTAMP:20260605T054251
CREATED:20170706T171946Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170706T171946Z
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SUMMARY:Circus Olé and Feast of Fools
DESCRIPTION:Come one! Come All! The circus is coming to town! Elephants\, lion and tigers\, penguins\, giraffe\, and a dragon oh my! This animal-free circus provides non-stop entertainment while raising awareness about the treatment of live-performing animals! All animals are made of papier maché and are human powered. \nPerforming artists in aerial silk\, stilt walking\, hoop dancing\, contact juggling and giant puppeteering hail from as far away as Portland\, Boston\, and from Western Maine. There is sure to be something to dazzle all ages at this animal-cruelty-free circus!
URL:http://congresssquarepark.org/event/circus-ole-feast-fools/
LOCATION:Congress Square Park\, Portland\, ME\, 04101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art
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