THINGS TO DO
IN MAINE
Visit our calendar to find the best things to do in Maine. With places to go and events to attend, you’ll find food events, kid-friendly activities, sightseeing tours, and more. As the Maine authority, Down East magazine features the best of Maine culture, travel, food & drink. Our calendar incorporates a variety of things to do across the state: films, museums, author book signings, theater, music, adventures, hiking and biking, bird watching, art galleries, workshops, schooners, lighthouses, and more!
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October 2019
PopTech 2019
Join us for our 23rd annual convening of brilliant minds from all corners of the world. Hosted by Moran Cerf, PopTech is not your usual talking head fest but rather an influential gathering that places high value on authentic human connection. Our campus setting at Point Lookout sets the stage for an immersive and enriching experience featuring the cutting edge presentations you have come to love, interactive sessions, shared meals, fireside chats in front of real fireplaces, late night debates, stargazing andmusic-making.
Find out more »THE ORIGINALS PRESENT WAIT UNTIL DARK
Forty-seven years after WAIT UNTIL DARK premiered on Broadway, playwright Jeffrey Hatcher (A Picasso, Cousin Bette) has updated and refreshed Fredrick Knott’s taut 1966 Thriller, now set in 1944 in Greenwich Village. Susan Hendrix, a woman who has recently lost her sight in an automobile accident, becomes imperiled by a dangerous psychopath and a con man who are on a quest to retrieve a lost doll with a very valuable secret - a doll they are willing to kill for.
Find out more »MMPA Presents: The Barbara Morris Goodbody Collection, Exhibition Talk with Brenton Hamilton
Join us for an exhibition talk with Art Historian and Photographer, Brenton Hamilton on the fourth floor of the University of Southern Maine Glickman Family Library, October 24th, 6:00-8:00pm. Brenton will illuminate the historical significance of the Barbara Morris Goodbody Collection currently on view at the Maine Museum of Photographic Arts at the USM Glickman Family Library.
Find out more »Stroll Haunted Yarmouth
October will mark the second annual historical drama,”Stroll Haunted Yarmouth,” staged at the Old Meeting House and adjacent cemetery on Hillside Avenue. Meet some of the colorful residents from Yarmouth’s early history, who tell their stories by their gravesites.
Find out more »Troy Hudson and The High Road @ Rock City Cafe
Americana Rock band, Troy Hudson and The High Road are Troy Hudson, Matt Kincaid, John Hurd and Donald Root. TH&HR have created a band filled with big hooks, soaring harmonies and an electric live show that has fans and critics talking. Maine based, Troy Hudson and The High Road are setting out on the road this summer in support of their new EP ATLANTIC HIGHWAY featuring the critically acclaimed singles, MADE TO BE BROKEN and STEADY DECLINE! They will be on the Rock City stage from 6-8pm.
Find out more »Jack O’Lantern Hike
Frenchman Bay Conservancy’s new trail at the Jordan Homestead Preserve will be lit with Jack O’Lanterns on October 29, 2019! Come out from 3-5pm to traverse the trail, spotting pumpkins along the way! Hiking-safe costumes and flashlights or headlamps are encouraged. This spooky hike is open to guests all ages!
Find out more »November 2019
The First Maine Yiddish Culture Festival on November 2 and 3
Building on its 22 years of success, the Maine Jewish Film Festival is excited to present Maine’s first Yiddish Culture Festival on November 2 and 3, 2019. Featuring music, lectures, film, and food, the Yiddish Culture Festival will explore the Jewish culture that originated in Eastern Europe and expanded in the cities of the United States and Canada.
Find out more »TEDx Dirigo
X. It marks the spot. It blows kisses. It’s exponential, experimental...unknown. This Fall, join us for TEDxDirigo’s tenth (X) annual event as we explore the power of persistence, creativity, and community through The Power of X.
Find out more »Ale House String Band @ Rock City Cafe
The Ale House String Band is comprised of Brian Dunn on mandolin, April Reed-Cox on cello and Oren Robinson on guitar.
Find out more »Kids Con Portland
New England's largest comic con for kids comes to Portland! Join us for Kids Con Portland 2019 Sat Nov 16, 10am-5pm at the Doubletree Hilton in Portland, ME!
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FEATURED EVENTS
TEDxDirigo
Saturday, November 2, 2019, 12 p.m.–6 p.m.
Innovation Hall, University of New England, Stevens Avenue, Portland, Maine
X. It marks the spot. It blows kisses. It’s exponential, experimental…unknown. This Fall, join us for TEDxDirigo’s tenth (X) annual event as we explore the power of persistence, creativity, and community through The Power of X.
The Yiddish Culture Festival
Various locations in the Portland area
The Maine Jewish Film Festival is a non-profit organization that strives to enrich, educate and entertain a diverse community by presenting films that explore the global Jewish experience.
Paris Hill Holiday House Tour
Paris Hill Academy, Paris
Join the residents of the historic Paris Hill village on December 6th or December 7th while they open their holiday-decorated homes for tours! With many of the houses on Paris Hill dating back well into the 1800s or earlier, what better way to kick off the holidays and get in the spirit!
Holiday Lantern Tours 2019
138 Congress Street, Portland
Take a lantern-light guided tour to the top of the tower and enjoy winter maritime stories. Each tour is approximately 25 minutes and includes plenty of time at the top to enjoy a view of Portland at night. Tours will leave every half hour starting at 5:30 pm. Advanced tickets required.
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