POW! WOW! July is in full vacation swing with arts, music, summer reading, and summer festivals for locals and tourists. Like in the Richard Scarry books of my children’s HAPPY JULY FROM youth, Casco Bay is a bustling port of activity, a flurry of The immigrant sailboats, picnic boats, and busy ferries. Plein air painters and paddle boarders dot the coast, fishermen haul their armada that is catch, and campers pitch their tents. The PSO 4th of July coming to your CREATIVE PORTLAND Pops and fireworks display is back this summer, and First shores is actually a Friday Art Walk offers a wide menu of arts enrichment (including Arena at SPACE and Opera ’s 25th rescue fleet. anniversary exhibit at PPL), with A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Greater Portland Festival of Nations in Deering THIS LAND IS OUR LAND: Oaks and PMA’s summer garden party later this month. JUL An Immigrant’s Manifesto Stop into Maine Craft Portland, celebrating the first By Suketu Mehta anniversary of their stunning store showcasing Maine’s 2 0 1 9 finest craftsmen. And here’s an unusual fun tip: Acoustic Paddle on the 14th: Sea Kayak to for Live Music. Bask in all the amazing choices of Portland’s cultural life or lounge seaside with your eyes closed. Enjoy! - Dinah Minot, Executive Director

CP GALLERY SUMMER HOURS - BUY LOCAL ART! Monday-Thursday 10am-2pm

Exhibiting artists: Peg Becksvoort, Lydia Jane Brown, CeCe Camacho, Anita Clearfield, Rebecca Cote, Andy Cur- Jordan Amirkhani: Visiting ran, Anna Dibble, Amy Hagberg, Rob Hammond, Reggie Burrows Hodges, Maryjane Johnston, Cliff Kucine, Sarah Hear, Here! February 17, 2019 Critic Lecture hosted by McCullough, Olga Merrill, Jack Montgomery, Jenny Scheu, Photo credit: Nathan Katsiaficas The Chart "underwater Embryo", archival photo image by Cliff Kucine Carter Shappy, and TJ Whitmore Hear Here Premiere Screening July 6 | 6pm | 525 Danforth Street July 8 | 8pm | Bayside Bowl W. A. Mozart’s The Magic Flute The Chart welcomes Dr. Jordan July 24 & 26 | 7pm | Merrill Auditorium Creative Portland presents the Hear Amirkhani — an arts writer, curator, Here Premiere Screening, cohosted and professor of art history — who will Longfellow's Lounge – OLS To celebrate its 25th anniversary – and the magic of opera – Opera by Bayside Bowl and Knack Factory, give a free, public talk on Saturday, Staff Show Maine presents its first-ever production of Mozart’s The Magic Flute. on the rooftop at Bayside Bowl. The July 6th at 6pm at the new studio July 13 | 7pm of John Coleman. Light snacks and Magnificent music draws you into a fantasy world, where Prince Tamino live concert, produced by Creative One Longfellow Square and the bird catcher Papageno embark upon a trial-filled journey to Portland in association with The beverages will be available before and Crewe Foundation, David E. Shaw, after the lecture. rescue the beautiful daughter of the Queen of the Night. The twisting One Longfellow Square (OLS) is having and the City of Portland, was made tale of good, evil, enlightenment, and love will captivate young and old a staff show this summer, serving free possible by a collaborative spirit of Building on ideas of participatory alike. Artistic Director Dona D. Vaughn directs the talented cast. pizza and a free local draft beer for all community sponsorships and concert publishing, The Chart's 2019 Visiting attendants. We’ll be transforming the sponsors, including Bayside Bowl, Critic Lecture Series brings five operamaine.com space into a lounge so you can sit back, Press Hotel, Headlight AV, Coffee arts writers and visual arts critics to relax with a drink and a slice of pizza, by Design, Transformit, Big Room Maine from June through September and listen to some local music. Portland Pops Studios, AV Tech, and News Center for immersive, in-person dialogue July 4 | 7pm | Eastern Promenade Maine, with Knack Factory capturing and critical engagement with place. The show will be hosted by Kari the entire concert. Special thanks to Visiting Critics will present public The Portland Symphony Orchestra proudly returns to the Eastern Promenade Hodgens and Luna Colt (The Great Kurt Graser, cinematographer & editor, lectures around their research for Maine’s largest Independence Day celebration as the orchestra of choice Open Mic at Empire) and will feature half for your wonderful gift and to Justin and practice and will also conduct for the SummerFest ME Portland Pops concert during the enhanced fireworks hour sets from OLS staff members Tom Alfond for the Bayside Bowl venue. studio and site visits as part of their DiMenna, John Nels, the February Ballet, display! Come put your blanket down on the Prom to listen or consider residency. purchasing the VIP experience and/or attending the Gala hosted by Shamrock Christopher Denoncourt, and Jeff Beam. $10 at the door (free admission for Entertainment to support this event. Pizza will be provided by Bonobo. All cast & crew). Proceeds will benefit The Chart is an online art journal, in proceeds from ticket sales will go to next year's showcase, an amazing new print once a year, that supports critical support One Longfellow Square. portlandsymphony.org lineup of remarkable talent coming artistic dialogue with the goals of February 16, 2020. creating shared language; recognizing OLS is a world class live music venue Lead Sponsor: Sponsors: deep connections across borders at the center of the Portland arts THE TALENT: Betty Rines, James and cultures; celebrating diversity in scene. They actively pursue exciting Kennerley, JanaeSound, Palaver thinking, ideas, and lived experiences; programming to create a diverse and Strings, Sarah Violette with Renée and honoring the relevance of entertaining calendar that all of Portland Coolbrith, Batimbo United Burundi regionally-specific participation in can enjoy. Drummers, Riley Watts, Weakened matters that we grapple with together Creative Portland's mission is to support the creative economy through the arts by providing essential resources, by fostering Friends, Viva, René Goddess Johnson as a nation. partnerships, and by promoting Portland's artistic talents and cultural assets. As the official nonprofit arts agency, we support onelongfellowsquare.com economic development efforts by strengthening and stimulating our workforce, creative industries, and enterprises. hearheremaine.com thechart.me Creative Portland | 84 Free Street | 207-370-4784 | [email protected] | creativeportland.com Creative Portland | 84 Free Street | 207-370-4784 | [email protected] | creativeportland.com 1 OUTER CONGRESS 12 WEST BAYSIDE 25 Bomb Diggity Arts 39 Dorothea & Leo Rabkin 3 1 Open Bench Project 13 Bayside Bowl 26 Border Patrol & Project MEAC 3 Foundation 85 Caleb Johnson Studio ARTS & CULTURE MAP 2 Thompson's Point 14 Fork Food Lab 27 Bridge Gallery 40 First Parish Church 86 Casco Bay Artisans 2 WEST END 15 New System Exhibitions & New Fruit 28 Broken Crow Collective 41 Geno's Rock Club 87 Dobrá Tea with 3 Love Lab Studio 16 Still Life Studio 29 Cape Madras 42 Grant Wahlquist Gallery 88 Dockfore 4 Maine Irish Heritage Center 17 The Apohadion Theater 30 Chestnut Street Lofts Gallery 43 Greater Portland Landmarks 89 Fire on Fore 5 PelotonLabs 18 The Bakery Glass Studios 31 Children’s Museum & Theatre 44 Jan Ter Weele Studio 90 Gallery 6 PrintCraft 19 The Public Works 32 City Hall 45 Le Bureau 91 Greenhut Galleries ART WALK LISTINGS 7 Seventy Five State Street ARTS DISTRICT 33 Coffee By Design 46 Lincoln Park 92 Higher Grounds 8 The Fire Museum 20 Able Baker Contemporary 34 Congress Square Gallery 47 Longfellow Books 93 Maine Potters Market Join in a free self-guided tour of local art galleries, art 9 The Francis 21 Art House Picture Frames 35 Congress Square Park 48 Longfellow Square 94 Portland Art Gallery studios, museums, and alternative art venues on the first 10 Victoria Mansion 22 AURA 36 coworkHERS 49 Maine Center for Electronic Music 95 Post Office Park Friday of every month from 5 to 8pm. 11 Waynflete 23 Bakery Studios 37 Creative Portland 50 Maine College Of Art 96 Process / Art At Akari 12 Wellness Connection of Maine 24 Blue 38 Daunis Fine Handmade Jewelry 51 Maine Craft Portland 97 The Blazin' Ace 52 Maine Historical Society & 98 The Telling Room 17 115 1093 15 3 The Longfellow Garden 99 The Press Hotel 119 110 1 120 18 116 111 RT. 7,9,B 53 Mainely Frames & Gallery 100 Vena’s Fizz House 2 123 121 14 113 5 122 118 124 54 Maine Street Design Co. 3 EAST END 125 9 114 55 Maine Surfers Union 101 Abyssinian Meeting House 13 RT. 2,4,5 56 Mechanics’ Hall 1023 Coffee By Design 19 16 57 Merrill Auditorium 103 Maine Jewish Museum 58 Monument Square 104 Maine Narrrow Gauge Railroad 59 Oak Street Studios/Side x Side 1053 Ocean Gateway 12 60 One Longfellow Square 106 Print: A Bookstore RT. 1 + 9 117 61 Pinecone+Chickadee 1073 St. Lawrence Arts 81 112 68 62 Port City Music Hall 108 Urban Dwellings 44 73 3 30 63 Portland House of Music 3 EAST BAYSIDE 70 * RT. 1 25 76 20 56 54 57 64 26 Portland Media Center 1093 angela adams 48 41 35 45 53 83 66 * 34 51 49 52 * 67 40 36 65 Portland Museum Of Art 110 Cove Street Arts 75 32 60 24 106 103 * 66 Portland Public Library 111 Indigo Arts Alliance 80 59 64 58 33 28 27 74 50 62 71 39 * 85 1073 38 82 69 47 99 67 Portland Regional Chamber 112 Mayo Street Arts 65 31 * 46 108 77 22 42 * * 68 Portland Stage 113 Open Concepts 37 79 55 63 * 8 78 69 Portland Symphony Orchestra 114 Portland Pottery 72 61 87* 70 Publication Studio 115 Running With Scissors 29 96 43 90 * * 95 71 Public Market House 116 Urban Farm Fermentory 11 23 21 101 72 Roux & Cyr International 117 Venn + Maker 84 1023 94 91 3 Fine Art Gallery 118 Zero Station

4 7 73 Sanctuary Tattoo 3 OAKDALE 10 6 * 74 SPACE 119 Casco Bay Frames & Gallery 92 97 89 100 75 State Theatre 120 University of Southern Maine 93 98 76 The Art Department 3 1053 WOODFORDS CORNER *88 104 * 77 The Dogfish Bar & Grille 121 SPEEDWELL projects 78 The Dooryard 122 Sun Tiki Studios * 79 The Fresnel Theater 123 The Bakery Photo Collective First Friday Art Walk Participant 86 80 The Jewel Box 124 Portland Ballet RT. 8 Arts & Culture Venue 81 The Studio & MAMM 3 DEERING 82 The UMVA Gallery 125 UNE Art Gallery Portland Public Art Collection * 126 127 * 83 Think Tank Gallery 3 Visit portlandartwalk.org for detailed listings. METRO Bus Stop 84 Todd Webb Archives 126 Richard Boyd Art Gallery 127 The Studio on Peaks Island