Rhythm, Verse, and Rhyme: Songwriting For Beginners

Rhythm, Verse, and Rhyme: Songwriting For Beginners

Mondays, 4:00-5:30pm

Jan. 9, 23, 30 and Feb. 4, 6, 13, 20

Grades 3–5

Teaching Artist: Emilia Dahlin

Come One, come All, to engage in the alchemical process of writing songs.
Collaboratively and individually we’ll explore our surroundings through all our senses, and distill our experiences into verse and chorus. A guest songwriter/musician will join us for a special session on Saturday, February 4th. Performers and non-performers are welcome, as well as interest in all genres of music. No experience necessary, only enthusiasm!

Thurston Moore at SPACE Gallery

Monday 01.30.2012, Doors at 7:30 PM, Starts at 8:00 PM, $15 advance / $18 day of show, 18+

Tickets available here and at Bull Moose locations.

Sonic Youth frontman and underground music godfather Thurston Moore comes to SPACE. Moore's 2011 solo album "Demolished Thoughts", expertly produced by Beck, showcases the restless spirit and rigorous mind that informs all of Moore's work, this time with a stripped-down acoustic bent.    With NH's Mmoss.

Mad horse Theatre Presents: Becky Shaw at Lucid Stage

Becky Shaw is an amusing and cleverly constructed comedy about ambition, the cost of being truthful, and the perils of a blind date. The fast and funny dialogue navigates between five distinctively perverse and disingenuously dysfunctional characters.
The plot is as follows: from the moment that Becky arrives overdressed for her blind date with straight-talking Max, it’s clear the evening won’t go to plan. In the immediate fallout, Becky becomes an object of devotion for her boss Andrew, who appears to have a fetish for vulnerable women. In turn Andrew’s wife Suzanna turns to her step-brother Max for comfort, and their mutual desire begins to resurface.
Gina Gionfriddo’s masterful play is a biting American comedy with sharp, witty dialogue and a carefully crafted yet unforced story arc.
Character-driven, Becky Shaw is a comic tale of tangled love lives and a subtle but acerbic comedy of manners.

Out of the Blue

YES Art Works presents a group show at both Coffee by Design Portland locations. YES Art Works encompasses all the arts at Creative Work Systems, a non-profit dedicated to supporting and inspiring people with disabilities

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Portraits

Michael Douglas has been working in the YES Art Works studios for many years creating a body of work that's entirely unique. Marked by bold lines and vibrant colors, he paints people in motion, still-life, and animals, but his true joy lies in his portraiture. His solos exhibit is on view all month at the Blue Spoon Cafe.

Kotzschmar Junior at SALT

Come see the junior Kotzschmar Organ being played at SALT Institute!

Downtown Photo Scavenger Hunt

Join the Downtown Photo Scavenger Hunt!

Click HERE for the rules of the game

Mad horse Theatre Presents: Becky Shaw at Lucid Stage

Becky Shaw is an amusing and cleverly constructed comedy about ambition, the cost of being truthful, and the perils of a blind date. The fast and funny dialogue navigates between five distinctively perverse and disingenuously dysfunctional characters.
The plot is as follows: from the moment that Becky arrives overdressed for her blind date with straight-talking Max, it’s clear the evening won’t go to plan. In the immediate fallout, Becky becomes an object of devotion for her boss Andrew, who appears to have a fetish for vulnerable women. In turn Andrew’s wife Suzanna turns to her step-brother Max for comfort, and their mutual desire begins to resurface.
Gina Gionfriddo’s masterful play is a biting American comedy with sharp, witty dialogue and a carefully crafted yet unforced story arc.
Character-driven, Becky Shaw is a comic tale of tangled love lives and a subtle but acerbic comedy of manners.

Out of the Blue

YES Art Works presents a group show at both Coffee by Design Portland locations. YES Art Works encompasses all the arts at Creative Work Systems, a non-profit dedicated to supporting and inspiring people with disabilities

.

Trouble Is My Business at Portland Stage

from short stories by Raymond Chandler

January 24 - February 19, 2012 

The 1930s atmosphere and trademark narrative style of Los Angeles’s most famous private detective come to life in this world premiere adaptation of two of Chandler’s Philip Marlowe short stories. From seedy side streets to elegant Hollywood mansions, Marlowe must stay  focused on solving the case through run-ins with sinister thugs, high rollers, crooked cops, and femme-fatales in this quintessential jazz-age thriller. Illustration by Douglas Smith

Running Time: 2 hours. 15 minutes with a 15 minute intermission

Portraits

Michael Douglas has been working in the YES Art Works studios for many years creating a body of work that's entirely unique. Marked by bold lines and vibrant colors, he paints people in motion, still-life, and animals, but his true joy lies in his portraiture. His solos exhibit is on view all month at the Blue Spoon Cafe.

Kotzschmar Junior at SALT

Come see the junior Kotzschmar Organ being played at SALT Institute!

Nia with Erin!

Nia combines the healing arts and the martial arts with dance and is a wonderful way to wake up and renew your connection to your body. Barefoot dancing encouraged! Suitable for any fitness level. (Please no street shoes in the studio.) Bring water and wear comfortable clothes!

Downtown Photo Scavenger Hunt

Join the Downtown Photo Scavenger Hunt!

Click HERE for the rules of the game

Grand Opening Party at the Thirsty Pig

We want to thank Portland for all the support since late May.

We are officially in business as The Thirsty Pig with no strings attached.

Come try free samples of the new menu.

Enjoy the Shipyard tap take over.

And help us start off February and the new business with a sweet party.

“Come Watch Us Create!”

First Friday Art Walk - 5pm to 8pm. Come watch Constellation Gallery artists create and work in a multitude of various mediums...questions are encouraged! Enjoy our laid back atmosphere, art on display, and learn of our upcoming schedule for EVERY Friday night...something always going on, whether it be a demo, music, poetry readings, art talks... FREE from 7:00 - 8:00 pm every Friday. Light refreshments always!

Storytelling with Deena Weinstein

Storytelling at Dobra Tea every 4th Wednesday of the month!

Come with a story, or just to listen. 

Mad horse Theatre Presents: Becky Shaw at Lucid Stage

Becky Shaw is an amusing and cleverly constructed comedy about ambition, the cost of being truthful, and the perils of a blind date. The fast and funny dialogue navigates between five distinctively perverse and disingenuously dysfunctional characters.
The plot is as follows: from the moment that Becky arrives overdressed for her blind date with straight-talking Max, it’s clear the evening won’t go to plan. In the immediate fallout, Becky becomes an object of devotion for her boss Andrew, who appears to have a fetish for vulnerable women. In turn Andrew’s wife Suzanna turns to her step-brother Max for comfort, and their mutual desire begins to resurface.
Gina Gionfriddo’s masterful play is a biting American comedy with sharp, witty dialogue and a carefully crafted yet unforced story arc.
Character-driven, Becky Shaw is a comic tale of tangled love lives and a subtle but acerbic comedy of manners.

Portraits

Michael Douglas has been working in the YES Art Works studios for many years creating a body of work that's entirely unique. Marked by bold lines and vibrant colors, he paints people in motion, still-life, and animals, but his true joy lies in his portraiture. His solos exhibit is on view all month at the Blue Spoon Cafe.

Trouble Is My Business at Portland Stage

from short stories by Raymond Chandler

January 24 - February 19, 2012 

The 1930s atmosphere and trademark narrative style of Los Angeles’s most famous private detective come to life in this world premiere adaptation of two of Chandler’s Philip Marlowe short stories. From seedy side streets to elegant Hollywood mansions, Marlowe must stay  focused on solving the case through run-ins with sinister thugs, high rollers, crooked cops, and femme-fatales in this quintessential jazz-age thriller. Illustration by Douglas Smith

Running Time: 2 hours. 15 minutes with a 15 minute intermission

Night Owl Adult Writers Series

New York Times bestselling author Melissa Coleman will be teaching a Night Owl workshop at the Telling Room. Currently at work on a screenplay, she'll share the techniques she's learned for turning an idea to script. In her three-hour workshop, participants will discuss how character, dialogue, setup, conflict, and resolution come together to create a compelling story, and look at the basics of formatting.

Register online at:

http://www.tellingroom.org/get_involved/adult_workshops.html

Or at www.tellingroom.org

Out of the Blue

YES Art Works presents a group show at both Coffee by Design Portland locations. YES Art Works encompasses all the arts at Creative Work Systems, a non-profit dedicated to supporting and inspiring people with disabilities

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Downtown Ice Fishing in Tommy’s Park

Thursday February 2nd 

Underwater Fish Viewing system – all day

11:00am Kids Ice Fishing Clinic (MDIFW & Kittery Trading Post)

12:00pm  Basic Ice Fishing Clinic (MDIFW & Kittery Trading Post)

1:00pm Women’s only Ice Fishing Clinic (MDIFW’s Emily MacCabe)

2:00pm Women’s only Ice Fishing Clinic (MDIFW’s Emily MacCabe)

3:00pm Basic Ice Fishing Clinic (Kittery Trading Post)

The KITTERY TRADING POST is proud to be a part of this amazing outdoor family winter event, Portland On Ice, Hooked on Fishing and Becoming an Outdoors Woman Program.  Please join us and our partners from the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (MDIFW) for two days of free ice fishing clinics.

Meet MDIFW spokeswoman Emily McCabe and enjoy her woman’s only clinics.  MDIFW’s Becoming and Outdoors Woman program provides opportunity for women who are 18 years or older to gain or improve skills in hunting, fishing and outdoor recreation.  The Hooked on Fishing program offers opportunity for children and families to learn more about angling and aquatic biology.  Ice fishing is a great way for families to enjoy the outdoors during the winter months.  Check out our Underwater Viewing system on our handmade pond with live fish.  We will have live demos rigging ice fishing tip-ups and will give you hints on where to fish, and how to stay warm and be safe on ice.

Downtown Photo Scavenger Hunt

Join the Downtown Photo Scavenger Hunt!

Click HERE for the rules of the game

Noonday Concert: Classical Performance by Chiharu Naruse

Noonday Concert at First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church

Sonatina in G Major Op. 100, Antonin Dvorak

Sonata No. 2 in E-Flat Major Op. 120, Johannes Brahms

Opening Reception – “Symbols of Love”

Come join the Constellation Gallery artists for the opening of our February show "Symbols of Love" in our main gallery. Each of our artists will be exhibiting pieces that convey love in its many forms and meanings. Light refreshments provided. All are welcome

Telling Room Workshop: From Idea to Screenplay

FROM IDEA TO SCREENPLAY:
How to convert the pictures in your head to film

February 2nd, 6:00-9:00pm

Currently at work on a screenplay, Melissa Coleman shares the techniques she's learned for turning an idea to script. In this three-hour workshop, we'll discuss how character, dialogue, setup, conflict, and resolution come together to create a compelling story, and look at the basics of formatting. You'll work in groups and independently to develop your main character and create an outline so you can go on to write a great screenplay.

Portland Museum of Art: College Night

Maine college students are invited to a fun-filled evening at the Museum! Explore the artwork and mix with students from colleges and universities throughout the state.  College Night will feature live music by Boy Without God, The Milkman's Union, and DJ Ponyfarm, free food and drinks, art projects, giveaways, and tons of prizes!

This is a Portland On Ice featured event.

CiRCA

Thursday, February 2, 2012    7:30 pm

Westbrook Performing Arts Center

Combining “astonishing physical mastery” and “poetic resonance”(New York Times) with playful sensuality, Australia’s CiRCA breaks out of the big top to create a bold new vision of circus as a delightful, provocative and contemporary art form. Over the course of 80 intense minutes, the streamlined troupe of seven moves from highly connected acrobatic and tumbling sequences through fast-paced intricate scenes to a haunting finale. Blending bodies, lights, and sound—including tracks by Leonard Cohen, Sigur Ros and Cake—CiRCA’s boundary-pushing work plumbs the philosophical depths where cirque and dance collide.

Tickets: $28  $25

http://portlandovations.org/shows/2011-12/circa/

Mad horse Theatre Presents: Becky Shaw at Lucid Stage

Becky Shaw is an amusing and cleverly constructed comedy about ambition, the cost of being truthful, and the perils of a blind date. The fast and funny dialogue navigates between five distinctively perverse and disingenuously dysfunctional characters.
The plot is as follows: from the moment that Becky arrives overdressed for her blind date with straight-talking Max, it’s clear the evening won’t go to plan. In the immediate fallout, Becky becomes an object of devotion for her boss Andrew, who appears to have a fetish for vulnerable women. In turn Andrew’s wife Suzanna turns to her step-brother Max for comfort, and their mutual desire begins to resurface.
Gina Gionfriddo’s masterful play is a biting American comedy with sharp, witty dialogue and a carefully crafted yet unforced story arc.
Character-driven, Becky Shaw is a comic tale of tangled love lives and a subtle but acerbic comedy of manners.

First Friday Art Walk

Join us for a free self-guided tour of local art galleries, art studios, museums, and alternative art venues on the First Friday of every month from 5-8 pm.

Brochures and maps for self guided tours can be found at participating locations the week of the event and at the PACA office, 549 Congress Street.

If you subscribe to the Portland Press Herald, the map and brochure is included in the Thursday edition.

Download First Friday Art Walk maps here.

Brochures for each month's art walk can be found here.

Take to the Streets! A History of Protests in Maine through News Photography

Out of the Blue

YES Art Works presents a group show at both Coffee by Design Portland locations. YES Art Works encompasses all the arts at Creative Work Systems, a non-profit dedicated to supporting and inspiring people with disabilities

.

Trouble Is My Business at Portland Stage

from short stories by Raymond Chandler

January 24 - February 19, 2012 

The 1930s atmosphere and trademark narrative style of Los Angeles’s most famous private detective come to life in this world premiere adaptation of two of Chandler’s Philip Marlowe short stories. From seedy side streets to elegant Hollywood mansions, Marlowe must stay  focused on solving the case through run-ins with sinister thugs, high rollers, crooked cops, and femme-fatales in this quintessential jazz-age thriller. Illustration by Douglas Smith

Running Time: 2 hours. 15 minutes with a 15 minute intermission

Downtown Ice Fishing in Tommy’s Park

Friday February 3rd

Underwater Fish Viewing system – all day

11:00am Kids Ice Fishing Clinic (MDIFW & Kittery Trading Post)

12:00pm  Basic Ice Fishing Clinic (MDIFW & Kittery Trading Post)

1:00pm Women’s only Ice Fishing Clinic (MDIFW’s Emily MacCabe

2:00pm Women’s only Ice Fishing Clinic (MDIFW’s Emily MacCabe

3:00pm Basic Ice Fishing Clinic (Kittery Trading Post)

The KITTERY TRADING POST is proud to be a part of this amazing outdoor family winter event, Portland On Ice, Hooked on Fishing and Becoming an Outdoors Woman Program.  Please join us and our partners from the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (MDIFW) for two days of free ice fishing clinics.

Meet MDIFW spokeswoman Emily McCabe and enjoy her woman’s only clinics.  MDIFW’s Becoming and Outdoors Woman program provides opportunity for women who are 18 years or older to gain or improve skills in hunting, fishing and outdoor recreation.  The Hooked on Fishing program offers opportunity for children and families to learn more about angling and aquatic biology.  Ice fishing is a great way for families to enjoy the outdoors during the winter months.  Check out our Underwater Viewing system on our handmade pond with live fish.  We will have live demos rigging ice fishing tip-ups and will give you hints on where to fish, and how to stay warm and be safe on ice.

Movies at the Museum: Le Havre

Le Havre
Friday, February 3, 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, February 4, 2 p.m.
Sunday, February 5, 2 p.m.
Friday, February 10, 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, February 11, 2 p.m.
Sunday, February 12, 2 p.m.
NR

In this warm-hearted portrait of the French harbor city that gives the film its name, fate throws young African refugee Idrissa (Blondin Miguel) into the path of Marcel Marx (André Wilms), a well-spoken bohemian who works as a shoe shiner. With innate optimism and the unwavering support of his community, Marcel stands up to officials doggedly pursuing the boy for deportation. A political fairy tale that exists somewhere between the reality of contemporary France and the classic cinema of Jean-Pierre Melville and Marcel Carné, Le Havre is a charming, deadpan delight.

In French with English subtitles.

“A stylized and sentimental fairy tale about the way the world might be…Aki Kaurismäki has become a major inheritor of the comic-humanist tradition of Charlie Chaplin, Jean Renoir, and Jacques Tati.” - A.O. Scott, The New York Times

Directed by Aki Kaurismäki, 2011
93 minutes

All Members at the Contributing ($140) level and above are invited to attend the Sunday, February 12 screening of Le Havre for free. Not a Contributing member? Become a member or upgrade today and you can attend one free screening of Movies at the Museum per month.

“Symbols of Love” and Portraiture Photography

Photographer Robin Farrin will be doing portraiture photography during the First Friday Art Walk...Come join the fun! The Constellation Gallery will be welcoming visitors with entertainment, refreshments and, of course, the wide range of original art and reasonably priced prints provided by our eight resident artists and invited contributors. Check out "Symbols of Love", our February show on exhibit in the main gallery.

Blood & Whiskey Studio Launch Party

We are Blood and Whiskey Studio offering unexpected hand printed shirts. Hand made in the tradition of the Maine woods. Inspired by beat up trucks and whiskey passed around a bonfire. We take our original designs and hand print them on quality shirts.We'll also have live music by Guerilla Finger! Come sip some whiskey and celebrate our big debut with us!

Center for Grieving Children celebrates 25th Anniversary

Join the Center for Grieving Children to celebrate its 25^th Anniversary with a dinner and dance at the Holiday Inn By the Bay. Award-winning WCSH-6 news anchor Cindy Williams will host, and silent and live auctions offering unique items and extraordinary adventures abound. The event is expected to hold more guests than ever including celebrity friends. The Center will also be presenting a new award to an exceptional national leader that evening, and is offering a grand prize raffle for a dram vacation for $75 per ticket (tickets sold online.) The Center for Grieving Children provides loving support to grieving children, teens, families and the community through peer support, outreach, and education.

Portland Playback Theater

Every First Friday

Portland Playback Theater Company uses improvisation to re-enact true stories from your life ... on the spot.

Tell your story and see what happens, or just come to watch and experience this unique community event.

Mad horse Theatre Presents: Becky Shaw at Lucid Stage

Becky Shaw is an amusing and cleverly constructed comedy about ambition, the cost of being truthful, and the perils of a blind date. The fast and funny dialogue navigates between five distinctively perverse and disingenuously dysfunctional characters.
The plot is as follows: from the moment that Becky arrives overdressed for her blind date with straight-talking Max, it’s clear the evening won’t go to plan. In the immediate fallout, Becky becomes an object of devotion for her boss Andrew, who appears to have a fetish for vulnerable women. In turn Andrew’s wife Suzanna turns to her step-brother Max for comfort, and their mutual desire begins to resurface.
Gina Gionfriddo’s masterful play is a biting American comedy with sharp, witty dialogue and a carefully crafted yet unforced story arc.
Character-driven, Becky Shaw is a comic tale of tangled love lives and a subtle but acerbic comedy of manners.

Confusatron, Sunrunner, and The Highway

First Friday featuring photography by Kathryn Coccyx
live, original, progressive rock n roll with Confusatron, Sunrunner, and The Highway

9pm @ Geno's

Take to the Streets! A History of Protests in Maine through News Photography

Trouble Is My Business at Portland Stage

from short stories by Raymond Chandler

January 24 - February 19, 2012 

The 1930s atmosphere and trademark narrative style of Los Angeles’s most famous private detective come to life in this world premiere adaptation of two of Chandler’s Philip Marlowe short stories. From seedy side streets to elegant Hollywood mansions, Marlowe must stay  focused on solving the case through run-ins with sinister thugs, high rollers, crooked cops, and femme-fatales in this quintessential jazz-age thriller. Illustration by Douglas Smith

Running Time: 2 hours. 15 minutes with a 15 minute intermission

Out of the Blue

YES Art Works presents a group show at both Coffee by Design Portland locations. YES Art Works encompasses all the arts at Creative Work Systems, a non-profit dedicated to supporting and inspiring people with disabilities

.

Dan Zanes & Friends

Saturday, February 4, 2012    1 PM

Hannaford Hall, USM, Portland, Maine

Dan Zanes & Friends create fun-filled, rockin’ interactive dance parties wherever they go, performing exuberant, handmade 21st-century music that transcends language, genre, and age. Kids bounce to the catchy and playful tunes while adults appreciate the hip musicality that attracts collaborators such as Deborah Harry, Lou Reed, Blind Boys of Alabama and Philip Glass. Grammy-award winning Zanes & Friends occupy a unique place in American music where sea shanties, North American and West Indian folk music, Mexican son jarocho, the spirit of early rock-and-roll and soulful originals come together in an extravaganza fit for kids and “kid sympathizers” alike.

Tickets: $10

http://portlandovations.org/shows/2011-12/dan_zanes_friends/

Movies at the Museum: Le Havre

Le Havre
Friday, February 3, 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, February 4, 2 p.m.
Sunday, February 5, 2 p.m.
Friday, February 10, 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, February 11, 2 p.m.
Sunday, February 12, 2 p.m.
NR

In this warm-hearted portrait of the French harbor city that gives the film its name, fate throws young African refugee Idrissa (Blondin Miguel) into the path of Marcel Marx (André Wilms), a well-spoken bohemian who works as a shoe shiner. With innate optimism and the unwavering support of his community, Marcel stands up to officials doggedly pursuing the boy for deportation. A political fairy tale that exists somewhere between the reality of contemporary France and the classic cinema of Jean-Pierre Melville and Marcel Carné, Le Havre is a charming, deadpan delight.

In French with English subtitles.

“A stylized and sentimental fairy tale about the way the world might be…Aki Kaurismäki has become a major inheritor of the comic-humanist tradition of Charlie Chaplin, Jean Renoir, and Jacques Tati.” - A.O. Scott, The New York Times

Directed by Aki Kaurismäki, 2011
93 minutes

All Members at the Contributing ($140) level and above are invited to attend the Sunday, February 12 screening of Le Havre for free. Not a Contributing member? Become a member or upgrade today and you can attend one free screening of Movies at the Museum per month.

Mad horse Theatre Presents: Becky Shaw at Lucid Stage

Becky Shaw is an amusing and cleverly constructed comedy about ambition, the cost of being truthful, and the perils of a blind date. The fast and funny dialogue navigates between five distinctively perverse and disingenuously dysfunctional characters.
The plot is as follows: from the moment that Becky arrives overdressed for her blind date with straight-talking Max, it’s clear the evening won’t go to plan. In the immediate fallout, Becky becomes an object of devotion for her boss Andrew, who appears to have a fetish for vulnerable women. In turn Andrew’s wife Suzanna turns to her step-brother Max for comfort, and their mutual desire begins to resurface.
Gina Gionfriddo’s masterful play is a biting American comedy with sharp, witty dialogue and a carefully crafted yet unforced story arc.
Character-driven, Becky Shaw is a comic tale of tangled love lives and a subtle but acerbic comedy of manners.

Trouble Is My Business at Portland Stage

from short stories by Raymond Chandler

January 24 - February 19, 2012 

The 1930s atmosphere and trademark narrative style of Los Angeles’s most famous private detective come to life in this world premiere adaptation of two of Chandler’s Philip Marlowe short stories. From seedy side streets to elegant Hollywood mansions, Marlowe must stay  focused on solving the case through run-ins with sinister thugs, high rollers, crooked cops, and femme-fatales in this quintessential jazz-age thriller. Illustration by Douglas Smith

Running Time: 2 hours. 15 minutes with a 15 minute intermission

Out of the Blue

YES Art Works presents a group show at both Coffee by Design Portland locations. YES Art Works encompasses all the arts at Creative Work Systems, a non-profit dedicated to supporting and inspiring people with disabilities

.

Take to the Streets! A History of Protests in Maine through News Photography

Mad horse Theatre Presents: Becky Shaw at Lucid Stage

Becky Shaw is an amusing and cleverly constructed comedy about ambition, the cost of being truthful, and the perils of a blind date. The fast and funny dialogue navigates between five distinctively perverse and disingenuously dysfunctional characters.
The plot is as follows: from the moment that Becky arrives overdressed for her blind date with straight-talking Max, it’s clear the evening won’t go to plan. In the immediate fallout, Becky becomes an object of devotion for her boss Andrew, who appears to have a fetish for vulnerable women. In turn Andrew’s wife Suzanna turns to her step-brother Max for comfort, and their mutual desire begins to resurface.
Gina Gionfriddo’s masterful play is a biting American comedy with sharp, witty dialogue and a carefully crafted yet unforced story arc.
Character-driven, Becky Shaw is a comic tale of tangled love lives and a subtle but acerbic comedy of manners.

Movies at the Museum: Le Havre

Le Havre
Friday, February 3, 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, February 4, 2 p.m.
Sunday, February 5, 2 p.m.
Friday, February 10, 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, February 11, 2 p.m.
Sunday, February 12, 2 p.m.
NR

In this warm-hearted portrait of the French harbor city that gives the film its name, fate throws young African refugee Idrissa (Blondin Miguel) into the path of Marcel Marx (André Wilms), a well-spoken bohemian who works as a shoe shiner. With innate optimism and the unwavering support of his community, Marcel stands up to officials doggedly pursuing the boy for deportation. A political fairy tale that exists somewhere between the reality of contemporary France and the classic cinema of Jean-Pierre Melville and Marcel Carné, Le Havre is a charming, deadpan delight.

In French with English subtitles.

“A stylized and sentimental fairy tale about the way the world might be…Aki Kaurismäki has become a major inheritor of the comic-humanist tradition of Charlie Chaplin, Jean Renoir, and Jacques Tati.” - A.O. Scott, The New York Times

Directed by Aki Kaurismäki, 2011
93 minutes

All Members at the Contributing ($140) level and above are invited to attend the Sunday, February 12 screening of Le Havre for free. Not a Contributing member? Become a member or upgrade today and you can attend one free screening of Movies at the Museum per month.

Out of the Blue

YES Art Works presents a group show at both Coffee by Design Portland locations. YES Art Works encompasses all the arts at Creative Work Systems, a non-profit dedicated to supporting and inspiring people with disabilities

.

Take to the Streets! A History of Protests in Maine through News Photography