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Doubt by John Patrick Shanley
April 29 2008 - May 4 2008
25A Forest Avenue
Portland Stage Company

Silent Film "Nanook of the North" with live score by Sumner McKane Group
April 30 2008 - May 1 2008
8pm, $8
One Longfellow Square

Song of the Drum: The Petroglyphs of Maine
May 1 2008
7-9pm, Free
Maine Historical Society

Portland Public Schools 8th Annual Student Art Show
May 1 2008
4-6pm, free
Portland City Hall, 389 Congress Street

2

Doubt by John Patrick Shanley
April 29 2008 - May 4 2008
25A Forest Avenue
Portland Stage Company

First Friday Art Walk
May 2 2008
5-8pm
...

Primo Cubano
May 2 2008
8pm, $8
One Longfellow Square

New Work - Realism to Abstraction
May 2 2008
5-8pm
Susan Maasch Fine Art, 29 Forest Ave.

Harmon's & Barton's Flowers First Friday Art Walk
May 2 2008
5-8pm
584 Congress Street

Art Walking with John Knight
May 2 2008
5pm-8pm
Portland's Downtown District, 549 Congress Street

Creative Work Systems Art Walk
May 2 2008
5-8pm, Free
443 Congress Street

Slow Food, Slow Pots: Maine Potters Market First Friday Art Walk Exhibit
May 2 2008
5-8pm
376 Fore Street

Daniel Kany Gallery
May 2 2008
5-8pm
Opening Reception: First Friday Art Walk

3

Doubt by John Patrick Shanley
April 29 2008 - May 4 2008
25A Forest Avenue
Portland Stage Company

Larry the Cable Guy
May 3 2008
8pm
Civic Center

Renaissance Voices
May 3 2008
8pm, $15 at door/$12 in advance
Immanuel Baptist Church

Port Authorities vs. Long Island Roller Rebels (live music by Edith Jones Project)
May 3 2008
Doors at 5pm, bout at 6
Maine Roller Derby at the Portland Expo

The Merasi: Music & Dance from the Deserts of India
May 3 2008
2pm
Portland Museum of Art

Renaissance Voices
May 3 2008
8pm, $15door/$12advance
Immanuel Baptist Church

the everybodyfields w/Roy Davis
May 3 2008
8pm, $10 adv/$12 door
One Longfellow Square

Transportation Trade Show
May 3 2008
10am to 4pm, Free
Ocean Gateway, 48 Ocean Gateway Pier

4

Doubt by John Patrick Shanley
April 29 2008 - May 4 2008
25A Forest Avenue
Portland Stage Company

Rachmaninoff's All Night Vigil by The Choral Art Society
May 4 2008
3pm
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception

Willy Porter w/The Jason Spooner Trio
May 4 2008
$17 adv/$20 door
One Longfellow Square

I Have Never Forgotten You — The Life and Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal
May 4 2008
11am
Hannaford Lecture Hall, USM

5

Portland Symphony Orchestra: Mahler's Symphony No. 1
May 5 2008
7:30, $25
Merrill Auditorium

'Kick like a Girl, Invest like a Woman' Breakfast Screening
May 5 2008
8-9:30am
Merrill Lynch Conference Room, 350 Fore St

PSO's Magic of Christmas Tickets go on sale
May 5 2008
Box office open noon-6pm
Merrill Auditorium

6

Page to Stage: People of Faith Under Scrutiny and Suspicion
May 6 2008
12:15pm
Portland Public Library, Rines Auditorium

Speed Dating Event for Single Professionals
May 6 2008
7pm, $35
Sebago Brewing Company

Rhetorical Drag: Gender Impersonation, Captivity, and the Writing of History
May 6 2008
12-1pm, Free
Maine Historical Society

Steve Grover Trio
May 6 2008
8pm, $5/$3 students & seniors
One Longfellow Square

Cutter’s Way
May 6 2008
8pm, $6 (tickets at door only)
One Longfellow Square

Portland Symphony Orchestra 2007-2008 Season Conclusion
May 6 2008
7:30pm
Merrill Auditorium

Kick like a Girl, Invest like a Woman
May 6 2008
7-8pm
USM Talbot Lecture Hall

7

Stacy Malkan, Author of Not Just a Pretty Face: The Ugly Side of the Beauty Industry
May 7 2008
7pm
Longfellow Books

Portland Phoenix Best Music Poll Awards Show
May 7 2008
5:30 to 11pm, Free
Asylum, 121 Center Street

Farmer's Market
May 7 2008
7am--3pm
Monument Square

Doubt by John Patrick Shanley
May 7 2008 - May 11 2008
25A Forest Avenue
Portland Stage Company

8

Doubt by John Patrick Shanley
May 7 2008 - May 11 2008
25A Forest Avenue
Portland Stage Company

Naked Shakespeare "The Merchant of Venice"
May 8 2008 - May 10 2008
7:30pm, Sunday at 2pm
One Longfellow Square

9

Doubt by John Patrick Shanley
May 7 2008 - May 11 2008
25A Forest Avenue
Portland Stage Company

Naked Shakespeare "The Merchant of Venice"
May 8 2008 - May 10 2008
7:30pm, Sunday at 2pm
One Longfellow Square

Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History
May 9 2008
7-9pm, free
First Parish Church, 425 Congress Street

10

Doubt by John Patrick Shanley
May 7 2008 - May 11 2008
25A Forest Avenue
Portland Stage Company

Naked Shakespeare "The Merchant of Venice"
May 8 2008 - May 10 2008
7:30pm, Sunday at 2pm
One Longfellow Square

Buckdancer's Bluegrass Ensemble with Steve Kaufman
May 10 2008
8pm, $10/12 adv/door
The Empire Dine & Dance

Bayside Neighborhood Association’s Spring Clean-up
May 10 2008
9am to 1pm
Community Garden near the corner of Chestnut and Oxford streets

Portland Ballet presents "Peter & The Wolf"
May 10 2008
2pm
Portland High School’s John Ford Theater

Agreeable Situations at 21: Art, Objects and Culture in Maine
May 10 2008
9am - 3:30pm
Maine Historical Society Museum

Spring Work Days at the Eastern Cemetery
May 10 2008
9am-1pm
Congress/Mountfort/Federal Streets at the foot of Munjoy Hill

11

Doubt by John Patrick Shanley
May 7 2008 - May 11 2008
25A Forest Avenue
Portland Stage Company

North Sea Gas
May 11 2008
8pm, $12 adv/$15 door
One Longfellow Square

North Sea Gas
May 11 2008
8pm, $12 adv/$15 door
One Longfellow Square

12

Percussion KinderKonzert: Cowboy Ed Rides Again
May 12 2008
See below
Reiche Community School

13

Jazz with Tom Whitehead, Dave Poole & Friends
May 13 2008
8pm, $5/$3 students
One Longfellow Square

The Portland Sea Dogs: Celebrating 15 Years
May 13 2008
12-1pm, Free
Maine Historical Society

14

The Big Lebowski
May 14 2008
$6, 8pm
One Longfellow Square

Farmer's Market
May 14 2008
7am-3pm
Monument Square

Doubt by John Patrick Shanley
May 14 2008 - May 18 2008
25A Forest Avenue
Portland Stage Company

Brown Bag series with Miriam Colwell, Contentment Cove
May 14 2008
12-1pm
Portland Public Library, Rines Auditorium

Toubab Krewe
May 14 2008
8pm, $10
The Empire Dine & Dance

15

Doubt by John Patrick Shanley
May 14 2008 - May 18 2008
25A Forest Avenue
Portland Stage Company

Baile!
May 15 2008
$5, 8pm
One Longfellow Square

The Maine Festival of the Book
May 15 2008 - May 17 2008

Venues Surrounding Monument Square

MECA Art Honors
May 15 2008
6pm, $150
The Portland Company, 58 Fore St.

16

Doubt by John Patrick Shanley
May 14 2008 - May 18 2008
25A Forest Avenue
Portland Stage Company

The Maine Festival of the Book
May 15 2008 - May 17 2008

Venues Surrounding Monument Square

Maine Festival of the Book
May 16 2008 - May 17 2008
All Day
Portland Public Library

Northern Lights
May 16 2008
$12 adv/$15 door, 8pm
One Longfellow Square

17

Doubt by John Patrick Shanley
May 14 2008 - May 18 2008
25A Forest Avenue
Portland Stage Company

The Maine Festival of the Book
May 15 2008 - May 17 2008

Venues Surrounding Monument Square

Maine Festival of the Book
May 16 2008 - May 17 2008
All Day
Portland Public Library

Pete Robbins
May 17 2008
8pm, $10 adv/$12 door/$10 students & seniors
One Longfellow Square

Port Authorities vs. Connecticut Stepford Sabotage (live music by Lady Kensington & the Beat Lords)
May 17 2008
Doors at 5pm, bout at 6
Maine Roller Derby at the Portland Expo

Third Saturdays Book Discussion
May 17 2008
2pm
Portland Public Library, Room 316

18

Doubt by John Patrick Shanley
May 14 2008 - May 18 2008
25A Forest Avenue
Portland Stage Company

Music for Mobility
May 18 2008
$5 students/$10 adults, 7pm
One Longfellow Square

1920

Gary Wittner
May 20 2008
$5/$3 students & seniors, 8pm
One Longfellow Square

Doubt by John Patrick Shanley
May 20 2008 - May 25 2008
25A Forest Avenue
Portland Stage Company

21

Doubt by John Patrick Shanley
May 20 2008 - May 25 2008
25A Forest Avenue
Portland Stage Company

Brown Bag Lecture with authors Michael Henderson and Brian Barlow
May 21 2008
12-1pm
Portland Public Library

"Movies at the Square:" Fearless
May 21 2008
$6, 8pm
One Longfellow Square

Farmer's Market
May 21 2008
7am-3pm
Monument Square

22

Doubt by John Patrick Shanley
May 20 2008 - May 25 2008
25A Forest Avenue
Portland Stage Company

Ruby Slippers Workshop What’s the Use of Worrying?
May 22 2008
12:15pm—1:15pm
Portland Public Library

Titus Abbott Collective
May 22 2008
$10, 8pm
One Longfellow Square

Spirits Alive! Charles Codman Replacement Headstone Fundraiser
May 22 2008
4-6pm, $30
Maine Historical Society

Indie Biz Awards from Portland Buy Local
May 22 2008
6:30-10PM
Space Gallery

23

Doubt by John Patrick Shanley
May 20 2008 - May 25 2008
25A Forest Avenue
Portland Stage Company

Vanessa Torres & Touching Ground
May 23 2008
$8, 7:30pm
One Longfellow Square

24

Doubt by John Patrick Shanley
May 20 2008 - May 25 2008
25A Forest Avenue
Portland Stage Company

25

Doubt by John Patrick Shanley
May 20 2008 - May 25 2008
25A Forest Avenue
Portland Stage Company

26

Memorial Day Parade
May 26 2008
10:30 start time
Longfellow Square to Monument Square

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Brown Bag Lecture with Jeff Shaara, author of The Steel Wave
May 28 2008
12:00pm—1:00pm
Portland Public Library

Farmer's Market
May 28 2008
7am-3pm
Monument Square

Brown Bag series with Meg Wolff, Becoming Whole
May 28 2008
12-1pm
Portland Public Library, Rines Auditorium

29

Naked in the Woods: Joseph Knowles and the Legacy of Frontier Fakery
May 29 2008
7-9pm, Free
Maine Historical Society

30

Audiobook Workshop
May 30 2008
12:00pm—1:00pm
Portland Public Library (Room 316)

Portland in the Fabulous Fifties - 1850s
May 30 2008
5:30-8pm
Abromson Center, USM

31

Community Day and Festival
May 31 2008
11am-3pm
Victorian Mansion, 109 Danforth St.

Sarah Pedinotti Band
May 31 2008
8pm | $7 adv/$10 door
One Longfellow Square


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