Community Calendar

Join us in the Children's Room for music, movement, stories, and more, for children and their caregivers. Families welcome!

Join us at Libby Library in OOB for a new recurring program that will let your crafty side loose! Starting this October, we’ll be hosting Crafternoons on the first and third Friday at from 1:00 – 3:00 pm! This program is designed for adult crafters.

On the first Friday of the month, we’ll be doing a guided craft with instruction to make projects and learn techniques like decoupage and scrapbooking. On the third Friday of the month, there will be no guided project. It will be time to work on your own crafty projects (bring your supplies!) in the company of other crafters!

We will also be establishing a craft swap shelf with this program, so if you’ve got leftover supplies from crafts that no longer hold your interest, you are more than welcome to bring them with you to the library for other crafters to try out!

This program is free, open to the public, and no registration is required.

Songs From Here’s Bay Chamber performance celebrates Maine in all its seaside and blueberry glory. Soprano Sarah Tuttle and pianist Bridget Convey, both nationally renowned musicians, have curated a program that celebrates the crafts and trade of Maine. The concert includes new arrangements of sea songs by beloved Maine folk musician Gordon Bok, new takes on traditional Acadian folk melodies, and original songs by resident composer Erica Ball about the oft-forgotten work of the home. A piece by Scott Barber pays tribute to one
of Maine's most famous exports: blueberries!  Tickets can be purchased at https://tinyurl.com/songsfromhere.

Join Wide Open Writing's Dulcie and Tonya Witman for this maiden voyage in collaboration with Maine singer-songwriter Lynn Deeves as we dive in together (ha-ha), swim around and see what we find:

Music and writing prompts to give voice to what is alive in you

A mix of solo and group activities to explore your inner song

Encouragement and feedback for writing as a musical adventure

Yoga and sound for embodied practice

Dance that might spontaneously break out

We'll spend 4 nights on our own lighthouse island off the coast of Maine to Joyfully merge in musical and writing creativity, nature and like-minded community! No experience necessary! We may also have a lobster bake out on the rocks and a "Talentless" night...Fill your cup! Bring it!! Write on!!

Ride into the heart of peak fall color on rugged trails framed by red, orange, and gold. This final gravel cycling event of the season offers a chance to savor the unmatched beauty of autumn in Maine. After a day on the bike, relax with hearty lodge meals, warm up in wood-fired saunas, and savor starlit skies to close out the season in style.

A show and sale of new work by four Munjoy Hill potters. Work includes useful and decorative pieces. First Friday reception with refreshments.

One of Yankee Magazine's top five cemetery tours in New England! Walk Portland's Old Burying Ground with a trained guide. Hallowed? Not officially. Historic? Absolutely. Haunted? You decide. Visit the cemetery's unique field of underground tombs, the oldest gravemarker from 1717, the final resting place of the famed Captains of the 1813 battle between the Boxer and the Enterprise, and the interesting carvings of Portland's first stone-cutter, Bartlett Adams. Tours include early gravestone art, important local historic figures, Portland's historic events, and the landscape of this National Historic Landmark, including segregated sections for Black people, Catholics, Quakers, and strangers. Wear comfortable walking shoes, as the ground is uneven once we leave the main pathway. Tours are held unless the weather is stormy.

Join us at our weekly Local Goods Market! Celebrate local food and community while supporting small businesses! Held every Thursday from 4–7pm, the Local Goods Market features hot food, beverages, baked goods, and specialty products from Fork Food Lab members and other Maine makers. The weekly event offers the community a chance to support local businesses, discover new favorites, and connect directly with the entrepreneurs shaping the future of Maine’s food economy. The market features free & easy parking and a great community. Shop small and be part of something big!

Fork Food Lab is a nonprofit food business incubator and shared commercial kitchen in South Portland, Maine that’s home to over 80 small businesses. Our mission is to support a just, diverse, and sustainable food economy by empowering food entrepreneurs with the space, resources, and community they need to thrive. Learn more at www.forkfoodlab.com

6×6 Exhibition & Open Studios Weekend

Presented by Running With Scissors Art Studios & Belleflower Brewing

Friday, October 3, 2025 | 5–7 PM
Belleflower Brewing | 66 Cove St, Portland
Kick off the weekend with the opening of the annual 6×6 Exhibition, featuring more than 30 small-format works (6″×6″×6″) created by Running With Scissors artists. Meet the makers, enjoy Belleflower craft beers and food trucks, and take home affordable, collectible art. The exhibit remains on view through November.

Mechanics’ Hall is proud to announce it has been awarded a 2025–2026 NEA Big Read grant — one of only 65 grants awarded nationwide by the National Endowment for the Arts, in partnership with Arts Midwest.

The series will launch on October 3rd, 2025, with a public book giveaway during First Friday at Congress Square Park.

Stop by the park from 5:00 to 7:00 PM for a free copy of the book. First-come, first-served.

NEA Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest. NEA Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest. To find out more about how National Endowment for the Arts grants impact individuals and communities, visit www.arts.gov.