MSA Event Calendar
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april
Tophat Productions' Jesus Christ Superstarfri03apr7:00 pmfri9:00 pm7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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Just in time for Good Friday, David Worobec’s powerful voice & action figure cast present this rock opera masterpiece as never seen before!
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Just in time for Good Friday, David Worobec’s powerful voice & action figure cast present this rock opera masterpiece as never seen before!
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(Friday) 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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A resplendent evening of live projections, funny hats, local celebs, and a foreboding tower to celebrate the record release of “Let the Blue Air In.”
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A resplendent evening of live projections, funny hats, local celebs, and a foreboding tower to celebrate the record release of “Let the Blue Air In.”
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(Saturday) 7:00 pm - 9:45 pm
TAKAAT (members of Mdou Moctar) with MSHR and Noise Circlethu09apr7:00 pmthu9:30 pm7:00 pm - 9:30 pm
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Blown-out drum machines, unhinged Tuareg guitar explorations & hypnotic bass from Niger/NYC with opening set feat. homebuilt light operated synths.
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Blown-out drum machines, unhinged Tuareg guitar explorations & hypnotic bass from Niger/NYC with opening set feat. homebuilt light operated synths.
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(Thursday) 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm
ALBA Musiksat11apr7:00 pmsat9:00 pm7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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This dynamic duo based in NYC featuring power-house vocals and virtuosic guitar create joyous Flamenco mixed with pop, jazz, funk, and more.
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This dynamic duo based in NYC featuring power-house vocals and virtuosic guitar create joyous Flamenco mixed with pop, jazz, funk, and more.
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(Saturday) 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Flamenco Singing & Guitar Workshop with ALBA Musiksun12apr1:00 pmsun2:30 pm1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
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Join us for a dynamic flamenco workshop led by flamenco singer Bárbara MartÃnez and guitarist Albert Alabedra. 🎤 Singers will
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Join us for a dynamic flamenco workshop led by flamenco singer Bárbara MartÃnez and guitarist Albert Alabedra.
🎤 Singers will learn a traditional flamenco verse.
🎸 Guitarists will learn how to accompany the verse.
🎶 Then, both groups will come together to sing and play in unison!
No singing experience required.
Basic guitar skills highly recommended.
All ages welcome – Children should be accompanied by an adult and be able to focus for the full 90-minute session.
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(Sunday) 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Low Budge, No Budge Film Festivalthu16apr7:00 pmthu9:30 pm7:00 pm - 9:30 pm
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Celebrating short films made with limited or no financial resources, this fest showcases the power of creativity in film making, regardless of budget.
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Celebrating short films made with limited or no financial resources, this fest showcases the power of creativity in film making, regardless of budget.
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(Thursday) 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Puppet Pants: a marionette show for kids!sat18apr2:00 pmsat2:30 pm2:00 pm - 2:30 pm
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High flying trapeze artists, friendly creatures & colorful clowns come to life before your very eyes to perform tricks in this charming puppet show.
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High flying trapeze artists, friendly creatures & colorful clowns come to life before your very eyes to perform tricks in this charming puppet show.
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(Saturday) 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Shadow Girls Cult's Unraveling with Puppet Pantssat18apr7:00 pmsat9:00 pm7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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Live animated films utilizing a mind-bending blend of light techniques, overhead projectors, shadow masks & hundreds of intricate shadow puppets.
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Live animated films utilizing a mind-bending blend of light techniques, overhead projectors, shadow masks & hundreds of intricate shadow puppets.
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(Saturday) 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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Puppetry artists Cassandra Bray & Zane Exactly of Shadow Girls Cult will lead participants through a 80-minute workshop, using old-school overhead projectors and a projection
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Puppetry artists Cassandra Bray & Zane Exactly of Shadow Girls Cult will lead participants through a 80-minute workshop, using old-school overhead projectors and a projection screen to explore human silhouettes and shadow masks as tools for storytelling. Participants will create large-scale masks using cardboard, feathers, faux fur and other repurposed materials to transform their bodies into expressive shadow characters.
This hands-on workshop is designed for all ages and experience levels! Join us as we channel our creativity to create bold shapes and designs, and build transformative, larger-than-life shadow selves. We encourage all participants to bring fun costume and/or prop elements, and to wear comfortable clothing that is easy to move in.
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(Sunday) 11:00 am - 12:20 pm
Bread & Puppet Theaterfri24apr7:30 pmfri9:00 pm7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
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Vermont’s renowned puppet troupe returns with timely reflections on the state of our world, told with honesty, humor & cutting political wit.
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Vermont’s renowned puppet troupe returns with timely reflections on the state of our world, told with honesty, humor & cutting political wit.
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(Friday) 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Bread & Puppet Theatersat25apr3:30 pmsat5:00 pm3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
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Vermont’s renowned puppet troupe returns with timely reflections on the state of our world, told with honesty, humor & cutting political wit.
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Vermont’s renowned puppet troupe returns with timely reflections on the state of our world, told with honesty, humor & cutting political wit.
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(Saturday) 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Bread & Puppet Theatersat25apr7:30 pmsat9:00 pm7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
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Vermont’s renowned puppet troupe returns with timely reflections on the state of our world, told with honesty, humor & cutting political wit.
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Vermont’s renowned puppet troupe returns with timely reflections on the state of our world, told with honesty, humor & cutting political wit.
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(Saturday) 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Bread & Puppet Theatersun26apr3:30 pmsun5:00 pm3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
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Vermont’s renowned puppet troupe returns with timely reflections on the state of our world, told with honesty, humor & cutting political wit.
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Vermont’s renowned puppet troupe returns with timely reflections on the state of our world, told with honesty, humor & cutting political wit.
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(Sunday) 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
may
Laura Sánchez's Welcome to Holland!?sat02may6:30 pmsat9:00 pm6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
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Blending flamenco, poetry, humor, and film, this autobiographical performance follows a journey of self-discovery within a reality Laura never chose.
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Blending flamenco, poetry, humor, and film, this autobiographical performance follows a journey of self-discovery within a reality Laura never chose.
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(Saturday) 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Traditional Irish Song and Dance with Fódhlathu07may7:00 pmthu8:00 pm7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
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Traditional melodies and ornamentation on fiddle, flute, and guitar featuring driving rhythm and special guest Irish dancer, Kieran Jordan.
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Traditional melodies and ornamentation on fiddle, flute, and guitar featuring driving rhythm and special guest Irish dancer, Kieran Jordan.
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(Thursday) 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
A Taste of Nations Food Festivalsat09may11:00 amsat3:00 pm11:00 am - 3:00 pm
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This multicultural food festival will celebrate the dynamic influences of Portland’s immigrant cultures on the city’s nationally-lauded food scene.
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This multicultural food festival will celebrate the dynamic influences of Portland’s immigrant cultures on the city’s nationally-lauded food scene.
The 12 featured food vendors will showcase a wide variety of world cuisines. The vendors are drawn from current entrepreneurs at Fork Food Lab, alumni of their incubator program, and local independent establishments.
Vendors at A Taste of Nations will include Amira Cuisine (Middle Eastern), Battambang Bistro (Cambodia), Burundi Star, Choma Zone (East African), Eduardo’s Brazilian Grill One, Flores Restaurant (El Salvadorian), Gunnar’s Icelandic Hot Dogs, Kili Organics (Tanzanian), Niyat Catering (Ethiopian), Oga Suya (Nigerian), Yardie Ting (Jamaican), and Young Nonna (Italian).
Attendees might find themselves dancing from booth-to-booth thanks to live DJ sets by Andrew Chang and Nick Robles, co-owners of Moody Lords Vinyl/Vintage in Portland.
Do not miss this delectable global journey at Mayo Street Arts!
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(Saturday) 11:00 am - 3:00 pm
A Taste of Nations Food Festivalsun10may11:00 amsun3:00 pm11:00 am - 3:00 pm
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A multicultural food festival celebrating the dynamic influences of Portland’s immigrant cultures on our nationally-lauded food scene. Enjoy tons of $5 tastes from 10+ local vendors!
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A multicultural food festival celebrating the dynamic influences of Portland’s immigrant cultures on our nationally-lauded food scene.
Enjoy tons of $5 tastes from 10+ local vendors!
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(Sunday) 11:00 am - 3:00 pm
King Friday's Dungeon Puppet Slamfri22may7:00 pmfri9:00 pm7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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A showcase of bold, experimental puppetry that pushes the boundaries of decency. Expect spicy skits, surprises, and live music from the Ideal Maine Band. No two slams are
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A showcase of bold, experimental puppetry that pushes the boundaries of decency. Expect spicy skits, surprises, and live music from the Ideal Maine Band. No two slams are the same!
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(Friday) 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
King Friday's Dungeon Puppet Slamsat23may7:00 pmsat9:00 pm7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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Hear ye! Hear ye! King Friday, post-monarch, deposed and living in squalor beneath an old vaudeville house requests thy presence to witness the unveiling of
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Hear ye! Hear ye! King Friday, post-monarch, deposed and living in squalor beneath an old vaudeville house requests thy presence to witness the unveiling of new puppet works and puppet works in progress at an impromptu, after-hours, puppet-roadhouse show.
Mayo Street Arts’ semi-annual slam consists of 8-10 puppet skits that dance outside of the family-friendly mainstream puppet circuit, with live music from the Ideal Maine Social Aid & Sanctuary Band.
King Friday’s Dungeon Puppet Slam provides local emerging to present works-in-progress to a receptive audience. Established puppeteers from away enjoy engaging with our local community and often return with full-length performances.
Whether this is your first foray into the dungeon or you’re a veteran of depravity, you’ll be tantalized and tickled by spicy skits and other surprises devised for your viewing pleasure. It’s never the same sprawl twice!
King Friday’s Dungeon Puppet Slam is part of the national Puppet Slam Network created by Heather Henson and curated by local Maine puppeteers.
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Reverend Legs Malone (Emcee) is the Minister With The Thirty-Four and a Half Inch Inseam. She is a burlesque performer, producer, host and teacher originally from NYC and now based in Midcoast Maine. Legs got her start through London’s Whoopee Club in 2006 and has been a popular headline performer, producer and host on stages in her native New York City and internationally. She is the producer of Burlesque Beyond the Beach at the Leavitt Theatre in Ogunquit. ME.
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(Saturday) 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
june
William P.K. Carter's Beautiful Without Consequencesat06jun7:00 pmsat8:30 pm7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
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A fantastical puppet performance about removing the prey mentality from the Queer Black identity and founding community in its absence.
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A fantastical puppet performance about removing the prey mentality from the Queer Black identity and founding community in its absence.
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(Saturday) 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Mel Carter's Bitch Eat Dogfri12jun7:00 pmfri8:30 pm7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
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Through grotesque fantasy, irreverent satire, and adaptations of classical texts, this puppet show offers a frenetic & pungent interrogation of the gendered ethics of pursuit.
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Through grotesque fantasy, irreverent satire, and adaptations of classical texts, this puppet show offers a frenetic & pungent interrogation of the gendered ethics of pursuit.
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(Friday) 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Maine Inside Out Creative Ensemble Juneteenth Premierewed17jun7:00 pmwed8:30 pm7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
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MIO invites you into a vital dialogue about our collective reckoning with U.S. mass incarceration through new works in film & live theater as we gather to recognize
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MIO invites you into a vital dialogue about our collective reckoning with U.S. mass incarceration through new works in film & live theater as we gather to recognize the Juneteenth holiday.
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(Wednesday) 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Happenstance Theater's DEATH and THE FOOLsat27jun7:00 pmsat8:15 pm7:00 pm - 8:15 pm
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A tarot-inspired mystery play full of slapstick comedy, music, puppetry & whimsy to drive away fear and offer relief from impending doom, just as folly brought light to
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A tarot-inspired mystery play full of slapstick comedy, music, puppetry & whimsy to drive away fear and offer relief from impending doom, just as folly brought light to the Dark Ages.
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(Saturday) 7:00 pm - 8:15 pm
july
La Escalera Amarilla Children's Spanish Workshopmon20jul1:00 pmmon4:00 pm1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
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This summer La Mesa Turquesa invites children ages 7-12 to a fun-filled Spanish Theatre Camp. Campers will learn to speak confidently while
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This summer La Mesa Turquesa invites children ages 7-12 to a fun-filled Spanish Theatre Camp.
Campers will learn to speak confidently while practicing new vocabulary. They’ll learn a Spanish song and create an original play for family and friends!
Time
(Monday) 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
La Escalera Amarilla Children's Spanish Workshoptue21jul1:00 pmtue4:00 pm1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
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This summer La Mesa Turquesa invites children ages 7-12 to a fun-filled Spanish Theatre Camp. Campers will learn to speak confidently while
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This summer La Mesa Turquesa invites children ages 7-12 to a fun-filled Spanish Theatre Camp.
Campers will learn to speak confidently while practicing new vocabulary. They’ll learn a Spanish song and create an original play for family and friends!
Time
(Tuesday) 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
La Escalera Amarilla Children's Spanish Workshopwed22jul1:00 pmwed4:00 pm1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
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This summer La Mesa Turquesa invites children ages 7-12 to a fun-filled Spanish Theatre Camp. Campers will learn to speak confidently while
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This summer La Mesa Turquesa invites children ages 7-12 to a fun-filled Spanish Theatre Camp.
Campers will learn to speak confidently while practicing new vocabulary. They’ll learn a Spanish song and create an original play for family and friends!
Time
(Wednesday) 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
La Escalera Amarilla Children's Spanish Workshopthu23jul1:00 pmthu4:00 pm1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
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This summer La Mesa Turquesa invites children ages 7-12 to a fun-filled Spanish Theatre Camp. Campers will learn to speak confidently while
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This summer La Mesa Turquesa invites children ages 7-12 to a fun-filled Spanish Theatre Camp.
Campers will learn to speak confidently while practicing new vocabulary. They’ll learn a Spanish song and create an original play for family and friends!
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(Thursday) 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
La Escalera Amarilla Children's Spanish Workshopfri24jul1:00 pmfri4:00 pm1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
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This summer La Mesa Turquesa invites children ages 7-12 to a fun-filled Spanish Theatre Camp. Campers will learn to speak confidently while
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This summer La Mesa Turquesa invites children ages 7-12 to a fun-filled Spanish Theatre Camp.
Campers will learn to speak confidently while practicing new vocabulary. They’ll learn a Spanish song and create an original play for family and friends!
Time
(Friday) 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
august
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