Find out how you can keep your home and family safe by checking your smoke detectors
Member Highlight – Osher Map Library Northwest Passage
The Osher Map Library traces 500 years of exploration and discovery in search of the famed and elusive Northwest Passage between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
Member Highlight – Greater Portland Landmarks 2016 Preservation Awards
Greater Portland Landmarks 2016 Preservation Awards
Member Highlight – First Parish Church Climate Change Forum
The First Parish UU Church Climate Climate Forum featuring a screening of the documentary "Facing The Surge"
Member Highlight – MCMA Evergreen Cemetery Lecture
Docent Mary Foley talks about former Maine Charitable Mechanic Association members who are buried at Portland's Evergreen Cemetery
Member Highlight – Meet the Dancers
Michael Greer, Executive Director of Portland Ballet, talks with this year's company members.
Member Highlight – MCMA Labor Day Banners
Artist Ellen Babcock has created new banners honoring workers and their trades. These banners pay homage to historical banners that were paraded along Congress Street by members of the Maine Charitable Mechanic Association in the past. The organization paraded the new banners on Labor Day 2016 in the hopes of reviving the tradition of honoring workers.
Member Highlight – LearningWorks 2016 YBA Graduation
Celebrate with the Class of 2016 at the LearningWorks Youth Building Alternatives graduation
Portland Ballet – Meet The Dancers
Michael Greer, Executive Director of Portland Ballet, talks with this year's company members.
Alliance For Community Media 2016 Conference Keynote Speech
National political writer and editor John Nichols is a frequent commentator on politics and media issues. He delivered the keynote address on the importance of local public access television to the 2016 convention of the Alliance for Community Media in Boston
Member Highlight – Cancer Community Center: The Emotional Spleen
Acupuncturist Alexa Gilmore talks about Chinese Medicine and Worry in this Cancer Community Center presentation
Member Highlight – Southern Maine Conservation Collaborative – One Water
Explore the connection between Maine's land and water with the Southern Maine Conservation Collaborative's panel of experts
Member Highlight – UMVA Branching Out
Check out the "Branching Out" photography exhibit at the UMVA/CTN Gallery at 516 Congress Street
Member Highlight – Pride Portland Elections
Find out how you can help Pride Portland organize activities by becoming a part of the organization
Member Highlight – Tempo Art – Mayo Street Arts Summer Program
Students from the Mayo Street Arts Program visit TEMPOArt's "Home" sculpture in Lincoln Park
The Great Portland Fire
The Maine Historical Society presents a panel discussion on the Great Portland Fire. Moderator Herb Adams and panelists Early Shettleworth, Michael Daicey and Allan Levinsky trace the fire's orgin, path and aftermath of the event that reshaped Portland into the city it is today.
Member Highlight – Ukefest 2016
Learn everything you wanted to know about ukeleles at the 2016 Casco Bay Ukefest
Member Highlight – Avesta Housing, Thomas Heights Opening
Celebrate the opening of Thomas Heights, Avesta Housing's newest property in Portland
Member Highlight – MCMA Maker Doug Green
Doug Green of Green Design Furniture talks about his career in industrial design at the Maine Charitable Mechanic Association "Makers at the Hall" series.
Member Highlight – Pride Portland: Our Community, Our Stories
An evening of personal stories from prominent members of the Maine LGBTQ community
Member Highlight – Greater Portland Landmarks Flag Day
Celebrate Flag Day at the Portland Observatory with Greater Portland Landmarks
Member Highlight – Friends of the Eastern Prom Panel Unveiling
The Friends of the Eastern Promenade celebrate the unveiling of 12 interpretive panels highlighting the history of Fort Allen Park
Member Highlight – Project Bazia South Sudan Fundraiser
Project Bazia sponsored a fundraiser for survivors of civil unrest in the Western Bahr El Ghazal state of South Sudan
Member Highlight – Congolese Community of Maine March
The Congolese Community of Maine's march in Portland against the killings of innocent civilians in the Democratic Republic of Congo