Community Calendar

Join Maine Needs as we celebrate five years of coming together in the spirit of solidarity and support. This is an event to recognize and honor our collective efforts and impact and to share space with those who make this community everything that it is. All are welcome!

There will be food, drinks, music and dancing!

First Light is a bold new creation by 3AM Theatre (NYC) blending contemporary circus, physical theatre, and modern dance with kinetic sculpture, immersive lighting, and an original soundscape to deliver a singular, genre-defying experience.

Visually striking and emotionally charged, the work draws audiences into a journey of explorers set out to ascend the tallest mountain known to exist. Their ambition soon becomes a reckoning with memory, loss, and the unseen forces that shape our fate.

Guided by six virtuosic performers, First Light explores the human condition through themes of ambition, loss, transcendence, and empathy. As the characters rise and falter, are lost and found, their physical odyssey becomes a meditation on perseverance, connection, and acceptance. The production challenges the boundaries of live performance, merging world-class circus artists with live musicians and a site-specific stage design that fully integrates the unique architecture of The Halo at Thompson's Point, transforming its space into an immersive theatrical environment that blurs the line between audience and performer.

Join us for a pre-show cocktail at 6:30 PM, featuring a live music set by Book Kennison, whose sound shapes the atmosphere of the evening. The performance begins promptly at 7:00 PM and runs approximately one hour and fifteen minutes, including a twenty-minute intermission. After the performance, stay for a meet-and-greet with the artists, accompanied by a DJ set by Kyle Driggs.

The Side Door Coffeehouse is a venue for local musicians and others (professional and amateur) to share their talents, and for residents and visitors of the Midcoast community to enjoy great entertainment and conversation in a relaxed setting. Organized by a group of volunteers from the Unitarian Universalist Church of Brunswick, the Side Door Coffeehouse operates on the second Friday of every month except August.

Admission is $12 for adults and free for children 17 and under.

The Friday, November 14th installment will feature:
Open Mic signup at 6:45 pm
Open Mic at 7:00
Tom Clukey – 8:30-9:30 pm.

Singer-songwriter and Saco resident, Tom Clukey, is originally from the small town of St. Albans. He was introduced to music at an early age and played in the school band in elementary school through college.
Clukey won a karaoke contest at Spare Time Entertainment in Portland. “I never fancied myself a singer,” but the win sparked a confidence and a new interest in singing, and with the prize money he purchased a guitar.
He started performing in local venues, and then a few years ago decided to take making music more seriously and began writing songs. As the winner of the Wildwood Studio Songwriting Contest, he was awarded $500 in studio time, and as the winner of The Studio Portland Singer/Songwriter Contest he was awarded a live recording session.
His style is rooted in country and folk, with relatable lyrics that reflect working through the struggles and challenges of everyday life. Among his musical influences are Chris Stapleton, Tyler Childers and John Denver.

Come hang with the Osher School of Music’s jazz faculty for a laid-back night of great tunes and killer solos. From swing standards to contemporary works, you’ll hear the pros do what they do best—play, jam, and have a good time.

Tickets go on-sale September 5th.

Tickets available through PortTIX, the official box office for the Osher School of Music.

PHONE 207-842-0800
ONLINE www.porttix.com
IN-PERSON 400 Congress St Suite A, Portland, ME 04101

Event Details
Parking

Due to limited resources, parking is not free on our Portland and Gorham campuses. You must purchase a parking permit or paid parking session to park on campus. We recommend reserving your parking in advance at https://events.parkengage.com/usm.

For easy access to the Crewe Center for the Arts, choose either Parking Garage 1 (attached to the Abromson Community Education Center), Lot P1 (off of Bedford St. by Luther Bonney) or Lot P6 (off of Exeter St. or Deering Ave by the former Maine Law building).

Disability Access and Accommodations

If you have questions about disability access or need to request disability accommodations (e.g. sign language interpreters, materials in electronic format, etc.), please contact Hanna Flewelling at (207) 780-5256 or hanna.flewelling@maine.edu. Requests should be made as soon as possible to allow sufficient time for the accommodation process.

Windham High School Drama is excited to present Grease, the high energy musical set at Rydell High in 1959. Join the Pink Ladies and Burger Boys for a fun evening of classic songs that we all know and love like Summer Nights and Greased Lightening.

Join us for a kaleidoscopic, costumed celebration of 25 vibrant years of Waterfall Arts! Expect a night of delightful oddities, creative nostalgia, and community joy as we honor our quarter-century of artistic magic.

Expect a dazzling, interactive celebration filled with:
Live music by The Sugar Snaps
Costume contest with fabulous prizes
Spontaneous art-making & play areas
Photo ops and nostalgic slideshow
Door prize: Waterfall Arts swag + membership
Cash bar
Dancing, doodling, poetry, and more
Free treats & snacks (courtesy of local donations)

Costumes highly encouraged! Come as a poet, a fool, or whatever inspires your imagination.
Let’s dance, create, and celebrate 25 years of Waterfall Arts — together.

Misery by William Goldman adapted from the novel by Stephen King

Oct 24, 25, 26, 30, 31, Nov 1*, 2, 6, 7, 8 ,9 - 2025

Thurs & Fri @ 7:00 pm / Sat @ 3:00 pm / Sun @ 2pm / *Sat, Nov 1 @ 3:00 pm & 7:30 pm

Stephen King’s best-selling psychological thriller and Oscar-winning film is now a spine-chilling play! Truth is stranger than fiction when a famous romance novelist veers off the road in a winter storm and wakes up incapacitated in the home of his “number-one fan”. Unexpected events turn his number-one fan into his number-one enemy and a heart-pounding life or death game of cat and mouse ensues. Public Theatre policy requires you to pay for your entire seat - even though you’ll only be using the edge.

Tickets:
$35 Adult / $30 Group (10+) / $15 Youth (13-18). Read about our 35 Below discount program for theatre-lovers ages 19-35. https://thepublictheatre.org/membership/

Prices include all applicable Ticket Fees. A $4 Facility Fee will be added to every Ticket Order to help with the upkeep of our building.
Call 782-3200 for Group Sales.

We consider this show PG-13

JOIN US FOR THESE SPECIAL EVENTS
Included in your price of admission:
Oct 26 – Post-show talk-back with the Cast and Director. Following the 2:00 pm matinee.
Oct 30 – Wine Down Thursday – Come early and enjoy pre-show wine samples. Starts at 6:00 pm. – Courtesy of Central Distributors
Nov 1 – Saturday Night Samples – Come early and enjoy pre-show beer samples. Starts at 6:30 pm. – Courtesy of Baxter Brewing

Run Time: approx 2 hours
Hearing Assistance and handicapped seating are available upon request.

Sponsored by: Austin Associates

This event runs Friday, November 14 - Sunday, November 16. (2:00 p.m. matinee and 7:00 p.m. evening show on Saturday, November 15).
Talk-back with performers on Saturday, November 15 at 8:30 p.m.

Portland and Los Angeles-based arranger/organist Jack Maeby, with support from theatrical director Carol Tanzman, reimagines The Messiah, Handel's masterpiece, as a secular gospel music oratorio from the lens of immigrants and refugees in crisis zones. By using the experiences and talents of local refugee students and adults, as well as musicians and singers conversant with gospel music, the program aims to present an inclusive vision of the immigrant/refugee journey that is also an enlightening and dynamic musical experience.

The Gospel Messiah is more relevant than ever, given the ever-increasing number of refugees seeking shelter worldwide. Enjoy an integrated performance created by the local artistic community, including musicians, singers, actors, and spoken word poet Moon Machar. The power of Handel's music in a dynamic gospel interpretation will create a riveting theatrical experience you won't soon forget!

The project will be produced and performed at The Hill Arts.

Mainers tend to take care of their own business, much to the chagrin of Gerard, the only cop on the island. When he finds evidence of foul play surrounding a recent death, things go hilariously amok and Gerard finds there's something sinister hiding behind the cozy vacation town he grew up in. Join us for this side-splitting comedy about murder and mayhem in Maine!

"[Askari] keeps the laughs coming fast and furiously in his new work." – Bangor Daily News

TICKETS ON SALE SEPTEMBER 16, 2025

ALL PERFORMANCES OF Irving Berlin's White Christmas ARE IN 2025
Show dates are November 14, 15, 21, 28, 29, 2025 at 7:30pm + November 16, 22, 23, 30, 2025 at 2pm

Based on the timeless and beloved film, White Christmas follows Veterans Bob Wallace and Phil Davis, who have a successful song-and-dance act after World War II. With romance in mind, the two follow a duo of beautiful singing sisters en route to their Christmas show at a Vermont lodge, which just happens to be owned by Bob and Phil's former army commander. White Christmas is an uplifting, wholesome musical that will delight audiences of all ages.

Irving Berlin's White Christmas
Based Upon the Paramount Pictures Film
Written For the Screen by Norman Krasna, Norman Panama and Melvin Frank

Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin
Book by David Ives and Paul Blake
Original stage production directed by Walter Robbie
Orchestrations by Larry Blank
Vocal and Dance Arrangements by Bruce Pomahac
Presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals www.concordtheatricals.com

Tickets: $36 - $38
Prices include a per ticket handling fee. A portion of all ticket fees are designated to support the Youth Arts Access Fund. Tickets are nonrefundable.
This event is eligible for the Youth Arts Access Fund.

ASL interpreted performance on November 16, 2025. Seats marked "L" (orchestra right) have an excellent sightline to the interpreter(s).

2025 Season Pass: Receive a 20% discount when you purchase tickets to all four 2025 stage shows in the same order! (The Cottage, Matilda, Deathtrap, White Christmas)