Community Calendar

The Running With Scissors Art Studios (RWS) annual Holiday Sale takes place December 12 - 14, 2025! Peruse, shop, and taste your way through our 16,000-square-foot maker space at 250 Anderson St. in the East Bayside neighborhood of Portland, ME. 
Friday, December 12: 4 - 8 PM
Saturday, December 13: 10 AM - 5 PM
Sunday, December 14: 12 - 5 PM
Over 40 members working with diverse mediums, artistic goals, backgrounds, ages, and experiences will have their art on display and available for purchase. Find everything from ornaments, jewelry, textiles, ceramics, photography, paintings, and small gifts to large works of art and fine crafts. Vina Ann’s, Vagabond Coffee, and other tasty food and beverage options will be on site. Free and open to the public. All are welcome. On and off-street parking available.
RWS’s goal is to help artists reach their independent creative goals by providing access to shared equipment, tools, information, and community. For more information, visit rwsartstudios.com and follow @rwsartstudios on Instagram.

New England's largest walk-through light show. 1 mile trail, over 2 million lights and trees wrapped heights of over 90 feet.

Note: our schedule varies and does not operate daily. It is on our website. Thanks!

Longtime friends and musical collaborators Molly Gebrian (viola) and Danny Holt (piano) are known for their dynamic performances and their passion for shining a spotlight on lesser-known classical composers. Their recent album, Trailblazers, features Gebrian’s transcriptions of rarely heard cello sonatas by three female composers from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. On Friday, December 12th at 5:30pm, Danny Holt and Molly Gebrian will return to the Jesup Memorial Library (34 Mt. Desert Street, Bar Harbor) for the second concert in the “Music & Conversation” series. Visit www.jesuplibrary.org for more information.

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!

Join us for (one hour) Trivia in the brewhouse with our friend Megh. The questions will commence every Friday starting promptly at 6 pm. We recommend arriving early to get settled as missed questions are not repeated. Tickets are free but reservations are strongly recommended as we've been packed recently! Walk-ins are not guaranteed a seat, but we'll absolutely do our best to squeeze you in, if we can. If you are making a reservation for your team, please account for all the members of your team. Groups can be up to six players. Bite Into Maine will be here for all of your tasty dinner or snacking needs. As always we’ll have delicious beer, wine, cider, and n/a bevs flowing. We can’t wait to see you and your fantastic team names!

FYI, as our brewhouse is a food production space, sadly dogs must stay on our covered patio.

The prizes are:
First - $75 gift card
Second - Fun merch pack
Third - Rotating "prize pack"

If you’ve ever been in Latin America during the holidays, you know it’s a time for family, friends and parties! Sol y Canto brings that tradition to Mayo Street Arts on Friday, December 12 with a parranda (party)! Rosi, Brian and other members of Sol y Canto will be joined by special guests to invoke the spirit of the Puerto Rican “asalto navideño” (“Christmas Assault”), when the singers drop by your house unannounced to create a party out of thin air, bringing holiday joy to everyone. Sing along to classics from the U.S., Puerto Rico and Latin America (don’t worry – we’ll teach you the words.)

Beloved by generations, Magic of Christmas blends classic carols, contemporary favorites, and a dash of comic surprise. Featuring kaleidoscopic lighting, the mighty Kotzschmar Organ, PSO Children’s Chorus, Magic of Christmas Chorus, the full sound of orchestra, and Maine’s own American Idol star Julia Gagnon - bringing her powerhouse voice home for the holidays - Magic of Christmas is a must-see celebration that ushers in the season like nothing else.

A Christmas concert with “Voce flair”, Lumen blends the ancient and modern with exciting new settings of traditional carols and contemporary original compositions. Lumen opens with bold and percussive arrangements of the late medieval carols Personent Hodie and Gaudete, alternating with clever treatments of the Latin plainchants Veni Emmanuel and Conditor Alme Siderum.

The program continues with distinctive arrangements of well loved (but perhaps lesser known) carols from Germany, Norway, England, and Canada, interspersed with new compositions for Christmas (Sarah Quartel, Jacob Narvarud) and Chanukah (Yoni Fogelman). Lumen concludes with a decidedly Gospel flavor, featuring a new spiritual by Stacey V. Gibbs and an inspired arrangement of Silent Night by J. Donald Dumpson.

We invite you to join us for a Christmas choral experience you won’t soon forget!

A Christmas concert with “Voce flair”, Lumen blends the ancient and modern with exciting new settings of traditional carols and contemporary original compositions. Lumen opens with bold and percussive arrangements of the late medieval carols Personent Hodie and Gaudete, alternating with clever treatments of the Latin plainchants Veni Emmanuel and Conditor Alme Siderum.

The program continues with distinctive arrangements of well loved (but perhaps lesser known) carols from Germany, Norway, England, and Canada, interspersed with new compositions for Christmas (Sarah Quartel, Jacob Narvarud) and Chanukah (Yoni Fogelman). Lumen concludes with a decidedly Gospel flavor, featuring a new spiritual by Stacey V. Gibbs and an inspired arrangement of Silent Night by J. Donald Dumpson.

We invite you to join us for a Christmas choral experience you won’t soon forget!

Come with us on a journey through our Milky Way! Together we will fly to places where
no human being has ever been before. We start at our Sun, look at our galaxy from the
outside and plunge into the starry center. In the process, we will address exciting
questions: How does a galaxy form and function? And where do all the stars come
from?
Using current scientific data and simulations have been implemented for the
planetarium, audiences will experience our home galaxy as vividly in new ways!