Maine Dance & Much More
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Jan. 17, Listening in Motion: Contact & Holistic Dance, Brunswick, 5:45 pm - 6:45 pm, $16.
Jan. 17, Ecstatic Dance w/Charity Joy Robinson, Portland, Good Medicine Collective, 7 pm - 8:30 pm, $25 - $30.
Jan. 17 - 19, Consciously Moving Towards the NEW, w/Amara Pagano, founder of Azul, Rockport, $265.
Jan. 18, Portland Tango Social Dance, 1 pm – 4 pm, $12.
Jan. 19, Slow Movement Exploration w/DJ Tasja, Portland, 10:30 am – 11:30 am, $5 - $15.
Jan. 22, OneDance Portland, 6 pm – 7:30 pm, $5 - $15.
Jan. 23, Five Rhythms w/Emmanuelle Roland, Kennebunkport, 6 pm – 7:30 pm, $20.
Jan. 26, Portland Community Dance - Ecstatic Dance, 1 pm – 3 pm, $10.
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FUN AND ENRICHING
Jan. 17 - 18, Women in Harmony Chorus, 7:30 pm Friday and 3 pm Saturday, $15/$20.
Jan. 18 – 20, MLK Day: A Celebration of Black Arts and Expression, Portland, Children’s Museum, 9 am – 4 pm each day, free w/admission.
Jan. 18, Unique Unknown & Friends, live vocal looping, percussion, singing and rapping to create fully-improvised songs on the spot, all while a live artist translates the topic into an original visual art piece. Portland, Mayo Street Arts, 2 pm – 4 pm, $15/$18.
Jan. 18, Stories Aloud/Allowed, Portland, 6:30 pm, $5 suggested donation.
Jan. 18, Hewa Rwanda – Letter to the Absent, a profoundly moving tale of family, culture and spirituality, Portland, Mechanics Hall, 3 pm and 7 pm, $5/$7.
Jan. 18, Capital City Improv Comedy Celebrates Freeport! Freeport, 7 pm, $15 - $30.
Jan. 18, People’s March, Portland, 10:30 am – 12:30 am, free.
Jan. 18, Warming Soups and Stews, Scarborough, soup made easy to warm your bones and your home this Winter, 2 pm - 6 pm, $80.
Jan. 19, MLK Day Spoken Word Festival, poet Joseph Jackson, soul powerhouse Kenya Hall, dance, and more, Lewiston, Bates College, 7 pm, free.
Jan. 19, MLK Celebration, R&B Concert w/Higher Ground, Kennebunk, 4 pm – 6 pm, $25.
Jan. 19, Yoga with Cats, Westbrook, 10 am – 11:30 am, $25.
Jan. 19, Art Build: Defeat Trump's Extreme-Right Billionaire Agenda, Brunswick, 3 pm, free.
Jan. 19, Wise Women Talking w/Mary Katherine Spain, Hollis, 12:45 pm – 3 pm, free.
Jan. 19, CHIME Interfaith Gathering, Portland, 10:30 am – 11:30 am, free.
Jan. 19, Ocean of Om w/Susanna Sanfilippo, Portland, Good Medicine Collective, 6 pm – 7 pm, $15 - $25, all proceeds to Southern Poverty Law Center.
Jan. 19, Hot Cocoa Sip-off, Portland, Congress Square Park, 1 pm – 3 pm, $5 suggested donation.
Jan. 19, Songs and Wisdom for Our Times for MLK Day, South Portland, First Parish Church, 2 pm – 3:30 pm, free.
Jan. 19 & 20, Gong and Crystal Bowl Sound Healing, Biddeford, 5 pm – 6:30 pm, $35.​​​​​
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ECSTATIC DANCE BEYOND PORTLAND AREA & UPCOMING​​
Every Wednesday – OneDance Portland, Portland, 6:00 pm, $5 - $15.
Portsmouth, NH: check calendar, $25.
Rhythm Sanctuary, Belfast, first Saturdays, 6 pm - 9 pm, $15 - $25.
Resonance, Free-style Community-supported Dance, Belfast, second Sundays, 10 am – noon, $5.
Midcoast 5 Rhythms with Kari Leuhman, Mondays, 6:00 - 7:30 pm and other events, click here and/or join Facebook Group for schedule and locations.
Check the PCD Facebook group for info on various dances.
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MORE CALENDARS​
MaineMade (Craft Shows) events, click here.
Portland arts events (Creative Portland), click here.
Portland Press Herald Community Calendar, click here.
Meditation Groups, Taijiquan & Qigong, click here.​
Goat yoga, horse yoga, cat poetry and other animal events, click here.
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ANIMAL YOGA, POETRY AND SUCH
Ashley Flowers Goat and Horse Yoga, Westbrook and Portland
Sunflower Farm Creamery Goat Yoga, Cumberland
Meow Lounge, Westbrook: All sorts of events with cats: poetry, yoga, classes. “At Meow Lounge, we love our cats and aim to create a safe, fun, and entertaining environment for them to spend time with our visitors, and vice versa. We work with local shelters and all of our cat residents are available for adoption.
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MEDITATION GROUPS, TAIJIQUAN & QIGONG, SPIRITUALITY
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Portland New Church hosts a number of different spiritual groups. Click here for extensive info.
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Portland:
Vajra Vidya Portland | Tibetan Buddhist Meditation Center, Portland, Sunday mornings 9 am – 10 am in-person, weekday evenings meditation and study groups, monthly movie night, monthly community service practice.
Open Door Meditation Community, Insight Meditation, Portland, Tuesday evenings online, Wednesday evenings in-person, other offerings. Teacher: Chas DiCapua and others.
Peaceful Harbor Sangha, Portland, following the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh, mostly in-person, every Sunday 6:30 pm – 8 pm.
Meditation in Maine, Portland, in-person every Tuesday, 6 pm – 7 pm. Teacher: Clare Morin.
Nagaloka Buddhist Center, Portland, Sundays 8:30 am – 10 am (in-person), Mondays, 6:30 pm – 8 pm (in-person), Wednesdays, 6:45 pm – 8:30 pm (online).
First Parish Church, Portland, Breathing & Meditation class, Wednesdays, 8 am – 9 am, zoom. Teacher: Susannah Sanfilippo.
Natural Dharma Fellowship, Portland, Thursdays 5:45 pm – 6:45 pm, online and occasional in-person.
Vajra Dakini Nunnery, most activities open to all, Tibetan Buddhist, Falmouth/Portland, mostly online, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 7 am – 8 am, Sundays 9 am – 11 am. Teacher: Khenmo Drolma.
North and South:
Meditation in Maine, Brunswick, in-person 3rd Sundays, 11 am – 12:15 pm, teacher: Sarah Baldwin.
Casco Bay Mindfulness Sangha, Brunswick, Tuesdays 6:30 pm – 8:15 pm, online, except in-person first Tuesdays.
Northern Light Zen Center, Topsham, hybrid practice Wednesday evenings, and Zoom-only early mornings Tuesdays and Fridays. Teacher: Terry Cronin.
Open Heart Sangha, following the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh, Yarmouth, Mondays 6:30 pm to 8:00 p.m. and Bath, Sundays 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm.
Ripples of Peace, Kennebunk, following the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh, Tuesdays, 5:15 pm - 6:45 pm, in-person and online.
Morgan Bay Zendo, Surry, Sundays 9 am – 10:30 am in-person, Wednesdays 5 pm – 6 pm online.
TAIJIQUAN & QIGONG
Maine Center for Taijiquan & Qigong, Portland, various classes weekly. Teacher: Jason Ames and others.
Maine Coast Taijiquan, Freeport and Brunswick, various classes weekly. Teacher: Ken Ryan.
Merrymeeting Adult Education, Brunswick, various classes weekly. Various teachers.
Inner Works Center, Rockland, various classes weekly. Teacher: Mike Shunney.
TO POST AN EVENT: Send info to Jeff Edelstein at jledelstein@gmail.com.
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