The Ogunquit Playhouse is the place to be this fall to catch amazing live performances, and here's your chance to win VIP tickets to see Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, playing now through October 30.
We need YOU to vote (like, right now) for a Portland bus stop to be voted the BEST Bus Stop in America! The bus stop is on Congress Street in front of Mechanics Hall, and is one of the coolest bus stops we have ever seen!
Homemade soups in crockpots, platters of food from various restaurants, and plenty of wine, beer, and cocktails are all part of the Art 'Round Town event the first Friday of each month.
Making our communities attractive is essential. There is something to be said for adding creative designs to buildings or streets and this year, Saco has knocked it out of the park with their design on their Main Street Crosswalk.
Christopher Newton grew up in Vermont but has settled in Maine and we are lucky to have him because he is a street photographer, who reveals the unseen truths of our state.
Our lovely Maine weather is returning, and that means Picnic Season! We found a great FREE place for you to have a special downtown Portland hangout. It's the David E Shaw and Family Sculpture Park at the distinguished Portland Museum of Art. You can gain entrance on High Street, around the corner from the museum's main entrance. How cool would it be to meet up with your friends amongst some of the most beautiful public art in Maine?
STAY WICKED FAH APAHT. Only Portland, Maine could have a banner like this hanging in the city during a global pandemic. These wicked cool Social Distance and Mask Up art are all over Portland these days. It's all pretty incredible and it's all created by local artists. This fantastic public health art initiative is the brainchild of the fine folks at Creative Portland, the official arts agency for the City of Portland
If you are walking near Portland's beautiful Eastern Prom anytime soon, be ready to ROCK. Hella Rocks that is. Hella Rocks a super-cool rock garden that is brand new to the Prom. The folks at USM are behind this cool new art installation.
Reason #4298 that we love Portland? Amazing public art. And we can thank the folks at Creative Portland for a new public art initiative for three Bus Stop Shelters. The art celebrates Portland's racially diverse community and two of the three shelters are done by immigrant artists. The bus shelter art installation is funded in part by a $25,000 matching grant from the National Endowment for the Arts as part of the NEA’s "Our Town" initiative.
The Hampton Beach Sand Sculpting Classic will take place September 3-5. I decided to take a look back to see if I could find some of the best from years past.