Community Calendar

The Jonathan Fisher House will be the host and beneficiary for the Community Pan Dance by FLASH! in the Pans in the town park on Monday, June 16th from 7:30 to 9:00 PM. Join us for a fun evening of live music and dancing with the lively sounds of steel drum music, perfect for all ages.

Based in Blue Hill, FLASH! is one of the largest community steelbands in the United States. Formed in 1990, the group hosts weekly community dances in the Blue Hill town park throughout the summer, with a different community organization as a beneficiary each week.

This pay-what-you-can event supports the Jonathan Fisher House, and we encourage all to attend and support us with your admissions donations and concessions purchases. Your generosity will go directly to our Preservation Campaign, preserving this valuable community institution and unique educational tool for generations to come.

Bring your friends, family, and dancing shoes for a night to remember!

Open Mic hosted every Friday evening with Paul Connor. Great musicians, great music. You will see a wide variety of musicians each week. Paul is a very organized and talented musician. He always draws lots of new and seasoned talents. You will enjoy the family of musicians. Cherished Pub has great food & beverages available. Come enjoy all of the great music, have fun and relax. Come early to sign-up to perform. See you there!

Janie Meneely & Rob van Sante present an evening of music as lively as it is eclectic, with songs culled from maritime traditions old and new mixed with contemporary ballads about the ways of today’s world.

Their songs—and their on-stage banter, for that matter—are laced with humor (sometimes bawdy!) and spill out with galvanizing energy. Whether they sing of long-ago tragedy at sea, retell a campfire ghost story or offer up a song of social justice, their music invites audience participation, and that, to their mind, remains the most gratifying aspect of any given performance.​

What better way to experience this amazing duo than surrounded by artifacts of our shared maritime heritage?

Check out the museum website for additional concerts this summer!

That '90s band !

Hello Newman is "That '90s Band" you vaguely remember from your best nights out in Maine. Having played over 1000 shows, more than half of which were at Bull Feeney's (R.I.P.!) in Portland's Old Port, Jim, Derek and the guys have refined a quintessentially '90s-Rock live show that is second to no other in the Northeast. Their repertoire has been carefully curated through the years, 15 and counting to be exact, thanks to the energy displayed by the band's organically grown and extremely enthusiastic fanbase, known affectionately as "Newmanators".

Date and Time: On Sun, 22 Jun 2025 12:00 - Sun, 22 Jun 2025 15:00

Venue details: Casablanca Cruises, 18 Custom House Wharf, Portland, Maine, 04101, United States

Artist: hello newman

Words and Music featuring Robert Gans, piano and voice

Samuel Barber’s Nocturne op. 33 is a piece that I had the good fortune of being introduced to when I heard a PCM board member practicing it in the Performance Hall. I was immediately intrigued by it’s unique sound created by the left hand which is tonal, and the right hand which is 12 tone/atonal.

Prokofieff’s Visions Fugitives #5 – 8 are a follow up to #1 – 4 which I played at a previous concert.

I wrote Collage and Rhapsodic Variations at the same time and premiered them at one of the Back Bay Contemporary Music Festivals where they were well received by the music press. Collage is a hybrid neo-romantic-impressionist piece and Rhapsodic Variations consists of variations on an eight note theme and is also in a neo-romantic style.

The Ocean, More Than You and Moving On are three songs I wrote and recorded for an album and two musicals.

Program:
S. Barber: Nocturne Op. 33
S. Prokofieff: Visions Fugitives #5 – 8
R. Gans: Collage
R. Gans: Rhapsodic Variations
R. Gans: “The Ocean” from the album The Presence of that Absence
R. Gans: “More Than You” from the musical Cleopatra’s Tomb
R. Gans: “Moving On” from the musical Hail Mary

Open Mic hosted every Friday evening with Paul Connor. Great musicians, great music. You will see a wide variety of musicians each week. Paul is a very organized and talented musician. He always draws lots of new and seasoned talents. You will enjoy the family of musicians. Cherished Pub has great food & beverages available. Come enjoy all of the great music, have fun and relax. Come early to sign-up to perform. See you there!

Borrowing its name from a Brazilian wild sugar-apple, Biribá Union features Mike Block (cello, vocals), Christylez Bacon (beatbox, guitar, rhymes), and Patricia Ligia (electric bass, vocals). The trio met through Silkroad’s Global Musician Workshop, initially bonding over their shared love of Brazilian music. They quickly began co-writing new music that draws on the freestyle theatrics of hip-hop and Go-go music; the effortless beauty of Brazilian forró and choro; the earthiness of American roots music, and the improvisational spontaneity of jazz.

FREE 6-7 pre-show:

Cross-cultural collaboration is at the heart of what Biribà Union is exploring when they compose and perform together. Featuring three musicians from different backgrounds (jazz/hip-hop/classical) and cultures (Uruguay / Washington D.C. / Kansas), we will have a discussion and Q&A about their diverse backgrounds, exploring the challenges and strengths of artists working together outside of their usual comfort zone.

They play a wide variety of covers and originals, but overall strive to provide a performance that brings out the best in you. If you're looking to have a great time with friends on a beautiful boat ride, join us! Covers with a twist from the 70's up until today's music. Original songs that make you wanna move your money maker.

Date and Time: On Sun, 29 Jun 2025 13:00 - Sun, 29 Jun 2025 16:00

Venue details: Casablanca Cruises, 18 Custom House Wharf, Portland, Maine, 04101, United States

Artist: the middle men

Casual Fifth, founded in 2020, is a Philadelphia based Taiko and Modern Dance ensemble focused on creating innovative work rooted in the fundamentals and history of Japanese Taiko drumming and American Modern Dance.

The annual Brooklin Independence Day parade will kick off a day of food, fun, and tomfoolery on Friday, July 4.
The Brooklin Town Band will begin playing in front of Friend Memorial Public Library at 9:15 a.m.
The parade will begin at 10 a.m., participants should plan to line up at the old Odd Fellows Hall at the top of Center Harbor Road by 9:30 a.m. Floats, costumed marchers, bicycles, vintage and antique cars, horses and pageantry are welcome. There is no entry fee and no need to preregister, just show up! Parade questions? Contact Mike Sealander at mike@sealanderarchitects.com.
Prizes will be awarded for the best parade floats, antique cars, and non-motorized entries.
Hot dogs, pulled pork, corn, coleslaw, potato salad, watermelon and drinks will be on the menu after the parade at the Town Green.
There will be carnival games for children and the young at heart during the barbecue. Back again this year will be a greased pole climbing contest.
Volunteers are needed to help out with the barbecue and games. Inquire at BrooklinBBQ@gmail.com. Look for updates on the Brooklin Fourth Parade Facebook page.