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April Vacation Camp: Shaking up Shakespeare

April 17, 18 & 19 | 9 AM- 3 PM
Grades 6 - 9 | $150

The curtain is going up...
on a mini camp filled with the excitement and magic of theater!

Portland Stage Affiliate Artists will lead students in fun, challenging and enriching activities, through which students learn to use their bodies, voices, minds and imaginations.

Theme-based explorations help develop your child's ability to work as part of an ensemble, improve focus and concentration, and learn active listening skills while also reveling in spontaneity and creativity.

This 3 day theater intensives will cover the basics and then some, plus end with an open studio for families to see what we've learned.

Questions or ready to sign up?
Call 207.774.1043 x 117, or email
theaterforkids@portlandstage.org

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Portland Farmers Market

The Portland Farmers' Market is a year-round market featuring fresh, delicious, locally grown foods including vegetables, fruits, herbs, beef, pork, chicken, duck, goat, lamb, milk, cider, cheese, yogurt, eggs, kefir, honey, grains, jams, and fermented foods such as sauerkraut, kimchi, and tempeh. You'll also find beautiful plants, flowers, and fiber, and so much more! We offer farm products exclusively and you can trust that EVERYTHING at our market was grown and produced in the great state of Maine! Our market has been in existence since 1768 and we are proud to continue to offer the Portland Community a place to come together and enjoy the bounty of Maine's harvest!

 You can enjoy the market and support local farmers year-round at the Portland Farmers' Market!

Victoria’s Wonderama

This Spring Victoria Mansion will host an exhibit entitled Victoria's Wonderama, a collection of artwork inspired by the Steampunk Movement. A combination of science fiction and the post-industrial era, the Steampunk Movement envisions an alternate world in which steam is widely used to power technology. Followers of the movement examine both contemporary technology as well as Victorian-era innovations within the context of steam power. The end result? Artwork that is both retro and futuristic with a distinctly Victorian tinge.

The exhibit will open March 30 and run through April 21, 2012.
Hours are 11am-4pm, Wednesday-Saturday
All Admissions are only $10.

FREE croquet on the lawn Saturdays 4/7, 4/14, & 4/21, weather and turf conditions permitting.

The Carriage House Museum Shop is closed during this exhibit.  Regular season tours of the Mansion will resume May 1, 2012.

Snow White and the Seven Dwarves

Once upon a time there was a girl, an apple, a queen, seven silly dwarves...and a brazen mirror to narrate the tale on stage! In a world where one’s appearance can determine one’s future, a young girl must discover her inner beauty. Enjoy our retelling of this classic Brothers Grimm fairytale about goodness and righteousness triumphing over jealousy and envy. $8/person for members, $9/person for visitors. See the play and stay to play for $15. If you’d like to purchase more than 5 tickets, ask about our flex passes! Reservations recommended.

Victoria’s Wonderama

This Spring Victoria Mansion will host an exhibit entitled Victoria's Wonderama, a collection of artwork inspired by the Steampunk Movement. A combination of science fiction and the post-industrial era, the Steampunk Movement envisions an alternate world in which steam is widely used to power technology. Followers of the movement examine both contemporary technology as well as Victorian-era innovations within the context of steam power. The end result? Artwork that is both retro and futuristic with a distinctly Victorian tinge.

The exhibit will open March 30 and run through April 21, 2012.
Hours are 11am-4pm, Wednesday-Saturday
All Admissions are only $10.

FREE croquet on the lawn Saturdays 4/7, 4/14, & 4/21, weather and turf conditions permitting.

The Carriage House Museum Shop is closed during this exhibit.  Regular season tours of the Mansion will resume May 1, 2012.

Noonday Concert Series at First Parish Church

Noonday Concert at First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church

Snow White and the Seven Dwarves

Once upon a time there was a girl, an apple, a queen, seven silly dwarves...and a brazen mirror to narrate the tale on stage! In a world where one’s appearance can determine one’s future, a young girl must discover her inner beauty. Enjoy our retelling of this classic Brothers Grimm fairytale about goodness and righteousness triumphing over j

ealousy and envy. $8/person for members, $9/person for visitors. See the play and stay to play for $15. If you’d like to purchase more than 5 tickets, ask about our flex passes! Reservations recommended.

Spring Cleaning your Mind: Making Space for Happy in your Life

Public Event · By Breathing Room: Yoga & Movement Studio
$15

We all know spring cleaning leaves us with a clear space and a calm feeling. The same is true for mind and your life. When we clear space in our mind, happiness has room to flow into our life. This 90 minute workshop creates a safe environment where individuals can explore life changes in a group environment using tools such as didactic interaction, journaling, and group dynamics. You will be taught a technique, think of it as a super cleaning tool, which will enable you to sweep away limiting thought patters that keep you from fully enjoying a sparkling new awareness.
**Workshop attendees will have the opportunity to participate in a drawing for:
30 minute massage
A 5 Class Pass from Breathing Room
Whole Foods gift card

Larissa Haynes is a Personal Growth Facilitator and an enthusiastic group leader who helps individuals develop self awareness to bring about change in their life. It is her passion to share what she has learned with others who are also on the journey of discovery. Larissa holds a BA in comparative religious theology with a concentration in eastern philosophy. She has studied Creating and Leading Transformational Workshops with Ken Nelson, a Kripalu scholar-in-residence.

Register at https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/ASP/home.asp?studioid=23079 Click the Workshops tab!

Jazz Brunch with Sean Mencher

EVERY SUNDAY, enjoy Local Sprouts delicious brunch menu with some jazz on the side.

Victoria’s Wonderama

This Spring Victoria Mansion will host an exhibit entitled Victoria's Wonderama, a collection of artwork inspired by the Steampunk Movement. A combination of science fiction and the post-industrial era, the Steampunk Movement envisions an alternate world in which steam is widely used to power technology. Followers of the movement examine both contemporary technology as well as Victorian-era innovations within the context of steam power. The end result? Artwork that is both retro and futuristic with a distinctly Victorian tinge.

The exhibit will open March 30 and run through April 21, 2012.
Hours are 11am-4pm, Wednesday-Saturday
All Admissions are only $10.

FREE croquet on the lawn Saturdays 4/7, 4/14, & 4/21, weather and turf conditions permitting.

The Carriage House Museum Shop is closed during this exhibit.  Regular season tours of the Mansion will resume May 1, 2012.

Sparks Ark Live Animal Show

Join wildlife rehabilitator David Sparks to meet some truly amazing live animals and hear some awesome stories of animal rescue! Past animal presentations have included a fuzzy chinchilla, an owl and a flying squirrel! Reservations recommended. $2 person for members / $3 person for visitors. For tickets call 828-1234 x231 or stop by the front desk.

Lunch and Learn – Knitting Series

Learn to Knit! We welcome knitters of all levels and ages to join us at our shop for knitting and good company. Our teacher Hannah McChesney is a talented knitter and has been teaching the craft for over 15 years.

Whether you have no experience, are just starting out and want to get better, or have a project that you need a little help with, Hannah can help!

Bring your lunch! We have plenty of space for you to spread out and eat while you knit. We'll be serving tea and coffee for you to enjoy.

Snow White and the Seven Dwarves

Once upon a time there was a girl, an apple, a queen, seven silly dwarves...and a brazen mirror to narrate the tale on stage! In a world where one’s appearance can determine one’s future, a young girl must discover her inner beauty. Enjoy our retelling of this classic Brothers Grimm fairytale about goodness and righteousness triumphing over jealousy and envy. $8/person for members, $9/person for visitors. See the play and stay to play for $15. If you’d like to purchase more than 5 tickets, ask about our flex passes! Reservations recommended.

Biking and Walking Safety Course for Children at the Portland Public Library

A Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Educator from the Bicycle Coalition of Maine will give a hands-on presentation for children about biking and walking safety at the Portland Public Library on Friday, April 20th at 2:00pm.  The event is for children ages 5 and older and will be held in the Samuel L. Cohen Children’s Library. Riding your bicycle can be great fun. But do you know how to “drive” your bike? There will be discussion & tips for bikers about the proper wearing of helmets, dressing for riding, checking bikes for safety and obeying the rules of the road. The educator will have a bike available for children to learn how to check their own bikes for safety before they ride using the “ABC Quick Check.”

Zuja Wellness Open House

Life revolves around evolving.

Welcome to ZUJA Wellness! ZUJA is a comprehensive health and fitness experience for the mind, body, and spirit of new explorers and seasoned veterans alike.  It is a community of teachers, practitioners and students of conscious well-being.

The vision for ZUJA is to create a space in which various pathways and approaches to better health, fitness and vitality can be explored and supported through lived experience.  ZUJA Wellness emerged from the understanding that individuals have the ability to create their own experience of life – through perspective, attitude, gratitude, and action.   There are as many paths to well-being as there are individuals.  Our desire is to present a variety of experiences through our fitness and wellness offerings which will stoke your inner fires, nurture your spirit and intelligently challenge your mind-body expression through movement, conscious awareness, deep stillness and radiant joy!

ZUJA is a place to explore and enjoy a wide variety of movement styles.  We offer a broad spectrum of programming, including personal and group training, yoga, strength and conditioning, and interval style boot camp classes. Our mission is to create an ongoing evolution of personal growth through conscious movement and practices.  Our many classes offer user-friendly challenge levels no matter where you are on your fitness journey.  We also support the need for balance and tranquility with the understanding that a whole life springs from an empowered center.  Ongoing offerings will also include: quality nutritional guidance and education, mindful practices and therapeutic bodywork.

Well-being is, above all, an attitude. ZUJA offers a place to challenge yourself in new ways, deepen self-awareness, and just feel good!

Come with us…celebrate life…celebrate you!

Zest for LIFE!
Unlimited Health
Joy…just because
Abundance

Prana and Pinot

Enjoy a 90 minute flow class with Carissa Ciuca. We'll move through some energetic postures, moving prana, and then have a long relaxation in some sweet restorative postures, totally retreating from the edge. Then stay for an amazing wine tasting with Maine's own Cellardoor Winery. Cellardoor will bring their fabulous wines to sip, along with cheeses, chocolates and plenty of other sensory elements to enhance the tasting experience.

Green Neighbor Family Festival

Celebrate Earth Day and support clean water education at the City of Portland's Green Neighbor Family Fest from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Deering High School. The festival is free and will include a kids' obstacle course, live entertainment, face painting, kids' environmental activities, and more!

Portland Flea-for-All

The Portland Flea-for-All is now open for business! Come spend Earth Day with your favorite vintage vendors and craftspeople. Located at the end of the Bayside Trail and just four blocks from Monument Square (for all you walkers and bicyclists) at 125 Kennebec St. We'll be open from 10-5.

Victoria’s Wonderama

This Spring Victoria Mansion will host an exhibit entitled Victoria's Wonderama, a collection of artwork inspired by the Steampunk Movement. A combination of science fiction and the post-industrial era, the Steampunk Movement envisions an alternate world in which steam is widely used to power technology. Followers of the movement examine both contemporary technology as well as Victorian-era innovations within the context of steam power. The end result? Artwork that is both retro and futuristic with a distinctly Victorian tinge.

The exhibit will open March 30 and run through April 21, 2012.
Hours are 11am-4pm, Wednesday-Saturday
All Admissions are only $10.

FREE croquet on the lawn Saturdays 4/7, 4/14, & 4/21, weather and turf conditions permitting.

The Carriage House Museum Shop is closed during this exhibit.  Regular season tours of the Mansion will resume May 1, 2012.

Practice SAT Tests for Teens at the Portland Public Library

Are you a high school student getting ready to take the SAT’s?  If so, the Portland Public Library would like to help you out!

The Portland Public Library Teen Team is sponsoring an event which for teens getting ready to take the SAT’s.  These teens are invited to come to the library to take a SAT practice test.   The following subjects are available using the library’s own Learn-a-Test program offered through the Learning Express Library:

SAT Critical Reading Practice Tests
SAT Math Practice Tests
SAT Writing Multiple-Choice Practice Tests
SAT Writing Practice Essays
SAT Preparation Courses and Guides

This event will be held in Meeting Room #5 on the Lower Level of the Portland Public Library on Saturday, April 21st from 1:00-3:00pm.

This program is made possible by a Broadband Technology Opportunity Program (BTOP) grant awarded to the Maine State Library which provides 107 libraries statewide the opportunity to enhance or establish public computer centers, broadband access, and information training to our community.  Portland Public Library is also one of 11 libraries in the BTOP program statewide to become a video conferencing regional hub which will allow the Library to enhance training for librarians and patrons via a video conferencing unit.

Snow White and the Seven Dwarves

Once upon a time there was a girl, an apple, a queen, seven silly dwarves...and a brazen mirror to narrate the tale on stage! In a world where one’s appearance can determine one’s future, a young girl must discover her inner beauty. Enjoy our retelling of this classic Brothers Grimm fairytale about goodness and righteousness triumphing over jealousy and envy. $8/person for members, $9/person for visitors. See the play and stay to play for $15. If you’d like to purchase more than 5 tickets, ask about our flex passes! Reservations recommended.

Portland Flea-for-All

The Portland Flea-for-All is now open for business! Come spend Earth Day with your favorite vintage vendors and craftspeople. Located at the end of the Bayside Trail and just four blocks from Monument Square (for all you walkers and bicyclists) at 125 Kennebec St. We'll be open from 10-5.

Urban Earth Day

MENSK, Curry Printing and the City of Portland will host Portland's 2012 Urban Earth Day Celebration. The event brings together many of Portland’s environmental and non-profit organizations, artists, sustainable businesses and residents and will give the public an opportunity to learn about local efforts to promote the city’s green economy and improve Portland’s urban environment.

The celebration will feature local, organic food, compost demonstrations, agricultural presentations, seed/sappling give-aways, dance performances, art, street musicians, face painting, and much more. The event offers fun, free activities for all ages. Wolfe's Neck Farm will showcase local agricultural and environmental education activities for youth including displaying some of their farm animals. The Department of Public Services will provide information on ways residents can prevent stormwater pollution, an important environmental effort to improve the health of the city’s natural waterways.
For more information about the Urban Earth Day Celebration, visit http://www.menskmaine.org/

When:  Sunday, April 22, 2012 at 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Where: Monument Square
Portland (Rain location – Portland Public Library, Rhines Auditorium)

Carmina Burana performance at Merrill Auditorium

You’ve heard the music in film scores and TV ads, now experience the impact of a live performance when the University of Southern Maine’s Concert Band and Chorale take the Merrill Auditorium stage together for an epic performance of Carmina Burana on Sunday, April 22, at 3 p.m. as part of the School of Music’s Spotlight Concert Series. Generations of USM alumni will join in the colossal performance, creating the first musical homecoming of its kind, conducted by USM School of Music faculty members Peter Martin with Robert Russell. Carmina, made popular through movie and commercial placements, combines the rich, full sound of dissonant chords with driving rhythms that make it an amazing experience to hear – and perform. $15 recommended donation at the door. Proceeds go toward music scholarships. In case of snow emergencies, call 780-4800 for concert information. TTY: 780-5646. Sponsored by HeadInvest; Murray, Plumb & Murray; Macdonald Page & Co LLC; and Down East, the Magazine of Maine. For more information on the USM School of Music’s spring concert season and programs of study, visit www.usm.maine.edu/music. Sign up for e-notices, or find us on Facebook as USM School of Music, www.facebook.com/Music.USM.

Snow White and the Seven Dwarves

Once upon a time there was a girl, an apple, a queen, seven silly dwarves...and a brazen mirror to narrate the tale on stage! In a world where one’s appearance can determine one’s future, a young girl must discover her inner beauty. Enjoy our retelling of this classic Brothers Grimm fairytale about goodness and righteousness triumphing over jealousy and envy. $8/person for members, $9/person for visitors. See the play and stay to play for $15. If you’d like to purchase more than 5 tickets, ask about our flex passes! Reservations recommended.