Events downtown

May 21

“Songs and Flowers from a Ukraine Garden” concert at 133 Pleasant st Portland with Maine Balkan Choir
Location: 133 Pleasant Street, Portland, Maine 04101, US
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Event website

The Maine Balkan Choir will present a program of all-Ukrainian folk music at the Holy Trinity Church at 133 Pleasant Street in Portland, Maine. Proceeds of the event will be donated to Save The Children Ukraine Fund.

The event starts at 3 PM, and goes until 4:15 in the main hall, but then moves downstairs for a fingerfood reception.

This event coincides with World Vyshyvanka Day, celebrating a style of embroidery used in Ukraine for a thousand years. Audience members are encourage to wear their Vyshyvanka, or any clothes with red and white hue.