Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Presented by PMA Films
Congress Square Park Portland, ME, United StatesCome to a viewing of this masterpiece film! (This event was postponed due to rain. The original show date was August 18, 2017.)
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Big World (Eclectic Electric)
Congress Square Park Portland, ME, United StatesEclectic Electric, BIG WORLD is a band that focuses on taking compositions from Jazz and other musical genres to explore the musical form through improvisation. Performing Original Compositions along with Sonny Sharrock’s songs from "Ask the Ages”, "Funky President" by James Brown and "Dance of Maya" by Mahavishnu Orchestra gives BIG WORLD a springboard for …
Check Mates! Chess in the Square
Congress Square Park Portland, ME, United StatesThe Check Mates! is a casual community chess club for everyone (all ages and experience levels)! Come for just a game or stay for as long as you like! We have 10 New Weighted Tournament Style Chess Sets for Community Members and Visitors of All Ages for use to Play on Congress Square! All made …
Try Your Hand (Calligraphy Art Interaction)
Congress Square Park Portland, ME, United StatesDid 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! People from around the world will show you how to write in their native script, such as Cyrillic, Japanese, Arabic. You’ll also …
Summer Swing Dance with Tom Whitehead’s Rites of Swing
Congress Square Park Portland, ME, United StatesThis group is lead by vocalist, guitarist and pianist, Tom Whitehead. The ensemble also features Michael Arciero on guitar, Kris Day on upright bass and Don Whitney on drums The sound evokes the smooth, acoustic feeling of Django Reinhardt’s gypsy jazz style, but with a distinctly American flavor of vocal standards from the 20’s, 30’s …
The Maribor Uprisings: Interactive Film Screening
Congress Square Park Portland, ME, United StatesThe 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? The directors invite audiences to engage …
Contra Dance featuring Glen, Bethany & Dave, with Dugan Murphy!
Congress Square Park Portland, ME, United StatesPortland Intown Contra Dance is up to growing a lively community through weekly zesty, joyful, intergenerational contra dancing to live music. They insist no partner and no experience is needed to have a delightful and connected dance. Dugan Murphy will teach each of the evening's dances; he's known for emanating joy and for teaching with the artful precision …
Mapping Your Portland
Congress Square Park Portland, ME, United StatesJoin the Portland Society for Architecture for a mapping exercise that provides citizens - by way of a blank map of Portland - the opportunity to express what they love, don’t love, and wish were different about our great city. The maps will be collected to provide a unique vision of Portland. Come by anytime! The event …
Portland Civic Design Fest in Congress Square Park
Congress Square Park Portland, ME, United StatesSeptember 23rd is Code for America's National Day of Civic Hacking, when people around the country will gather to "hack" their cities in a positive way by working on creative and innovative solutions to community challenges. In the world of "civic hacking" the ideas that really make a positive impact always involve ordinary people. So …
Tracing Favorites: A Portrait of Portland
Congress Square Park Portland, ME, United StatesDrop 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. This interactive art exhibit …