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David Nihill Comedy Shelf Help Tour
Mar
2

David Nihill Comedy Shelf Help Tour

Leaving Dublin, Ireland where he was born and raised until the age of 22, David’s shows draw on his wide travels, cultural observations, attempts at language study, (occasional) international drinking session(s) and being a mildly confused immigrant.

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Maine Jewish Film Festival Presents: Torah Tropical
Mar
3

Maine Jewish Film Festival Presents: Torah Tropical

$15 Adv/$20 Door

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There will be a Q and A following the film with producer Heidi Pastor.

〰️ There will be a Q and A following the film with producer Heidi Pastor.

In a tropical paradise turned dystopian by the Drug War, struggling Colombian parents Isska and Menajem reinvent themselves as Orthodox Jews. During a year in which reality and a religious parable collide, they risk everything in an attempt at immigrating to Israel, putting their family and faith to the ultimate test.

Young, charismatic parents Isska and Menajem, along with their daughters Ruth and Jaia, are the model family of Beit David, their community of Orthodox Jewish converts in Cali, Colombia.

Despite the fact that Israel won’t recognize their conversions, Isska and Menajem are willing to do whatever it takes to be accepted as “real Jews.” In the midst of Cali’s most violent year in a decade, Isska and Menajem feel that it's now or never to leave Colombia and find more stability for their daughters.

Because Latin American Orthodox converts are often turned away by Israeli border patrol, the family concocts a plan for getting through: disguising themselves as Christian tourists visiting for Easter.With nerves stretched to a breaking point, the family embarks on a trip to the Promised Land that will put their faith to the ultimate test andchange their lives forever.Torah Tropical tells the universal story of searching for identity and belonging in the face of adversity. Through Isska and Menajem’s struggle to give their daughters a better life, the consequences of economic, racial and religious exclusion are explored with poetic intimacy, invitingaudiences to fall in love with a family that defies stereotypes and inspires us to find hope in the middle of the world’s cruelest intersections

Directed by Jimmy Ferguson, Ezra Axelrod, Gloria Nancy Monsalve

Produced by ThisTopia (David Restrepo, Ezra Axelrod) and Heidi Paster

Photo Credit: Jimmy Ferguson





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Join or Die Film Screening and Community Event
Mar
6

Join or Die Film Screening and Community Event

In this feature documentary, follow the the half-century story of America's civic unraveling through the journey of legendary social scientist Robert Putnam, whose groundbreaking "Bowling Alone" research into America's decades-long decline in community connections could hold the answers to our democracy's present crisis.

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Join or Die Film Screening and Community Event
Mar
9

Join or Die Film Screening and Community Event

In this feature documentary, follow the the half-century story of America's civic unraveling through the journey of legendary social scientist Robert Putnam, whose groundbreaking "Bowling Alone" research into America's decades-long decline in community connections could hold the answers to our democracy's present crisis.

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Slemons Productions Presents: Next To Normal
Mar
14

Slemons Productions Presents: Next To Normal

Student/Senior $18 and $20 Adults Advance ticket
Student Senior $23 and $25 Adults Door tickets

Next to Normal, with book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey and music by Tom Kitt, explores how one suburban household copes with crisis and mental illness.

Dad's an architect; Mom rushes to pack lunches and pour cereal; their daughter and son are bright, wise-cracking teens, appearing to be a typical American family. And yet their lives are anything but normal because the mother has been battling bipolar disorder for 16 years. Next to Normal takes audiences into the minds and hearts of each character, presenting their family's story with love, sympathy, and heart.

Next to Normal is presented by special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). www.mtishows.com

Directed by Slemons Productions
Music Directed by Matt Nelson
Stage Managed by Bridgid Amato
Choreographed by Emily Hayes

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Slemons Productions Presents: Next To Normal
Mar
15

Slemons Productions Presents: Next To Normal

Student/Senior $18 and $20 Adults Advance ticket
Student Senior $23 and $25 Adults Door tickets

Next to Normal, with book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey and music by Tom Kitt, explores how one suburban household copes with crisis and mental illness.

Dad's an architect; Mom rushes to pack lunches and pour cereal; their daughter and son are bright, wise-cracking teens, appearing to be a typical American family. And yet their lives are anything but normal because the mother has been battling bipolar disorder for 16 years. Next to Normal takes audiences into the minds and hearts of each character, presenting their family's story with love, sympathy, and heart.

Next to Normal is presented by special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). www.mtishows.com

Directed by Slemons Productions
Music Directed by Matt Nelson
Stage Managed by Bridgid Amato
Choreographed by Emily Hayes

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Slemons Productions Presents: Next To Normal
Mar
16

Slemons Productions Presents: Next To Normal

Student/Senior $18 and $20 Adults Advance ticket
Student Senior $23 and $25 Adults Door tickets

Next to Normal, with book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey and music by Tom Kitt, explores how one suburban household copes with crisis and mental illness.

Dad's an architect; Mom rushes to pack lunches and pour cereal; their daughter and son are bright, wise-cracking teens, appearing to be a typical American family. And yet their lives are anything but normal because the mother has been battling bipolar disorder for 16 years. Next to Normal takes audiences into the minds and hearts of each character, presenting their family's story with love, sympathy, and heart.

Next to Normal is presented by special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). www.mtishows.com

Directed by Slemons Productions
Music Directed by Matt Nelson
Stage Managed by Bridgid Amato
Choreographed by Emily Hayes

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Pine Tree Pickers
Mar
30

Pine Tree Pickers

Denny Breau, Sean Mencher, Hugh Bowden and Peter Albert.are some of Maine's finest guitar pickers all on one stage together singing in the round! Join us for an afternoon of guitar picking with these awesome guitar vituosos!

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Blues Prophets LIVE
Apr
25

Blues Prophets LIVE

Blues Prophets introduced many local patrons to blues music. Members are Doug Wainoris, guitar/vocals. DW Gill, harmonica/vocals. Jeffrey Davison, drums/vocals. Jamie Isaacson, piano and Jack Tukey, bass guitar. They have been playing as a band for over 50 years.

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Maine’s Own Denny Breau
May
18

Maine’s Own Denny Breau

Denny Breau’s rhythmically flawless and dazzlingly clear style allows him to do amazing and stunning things with a six-string guitar. He first draws in an audience with a finely arranged melody and then slides effortlessly into scorching fingerwork that sets ears aflame. The lighting fast guitar lines that seem almost humanly impossible to accomplish are balanced with those that have a quiet intimacy and wrap tenderly around his carefully crafted songs.

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Reed Foehl Band featuring Jefferson Hamer, Jeff Berlin, and Putnam Murdock
Dec
28

Reed Foehl Band featuring Jefferson Hamer, Jeff Berlin, and Putnam Murdock

On his most recent album Wild Wild Love, Foehl pulls off that rarest of musical magic tricks: making a time-tested sonic palette—acoustic guitar, Hammond organ, down-home harmonies—feel unexpected and revelatory. The effect is comforting and familiar, like greatest hits that you’ve loved your whole life…but have never heard before. -Mark Erelli

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Magic 8 Ball Winter Solstice Concert
Dec
22

Magic 8 Ball Winter Solstice Concert

As the days grow shorter and the year draws to a close Ben Hunsberger, Ted DeMille, and Chris Dombrowski have prepared a unique and compelling collection of songs that celebrate the Winter Solstice-designed to entertain and inspire during the holiday season.

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Holly Jolly Follies
Dec
21

Holly Jolly Follies

Mark your calendars - Portland's longest running burlesque tradition is bringing a whole new show to town! Vivid Motion Dance's latest original show follows an intrepid delivery person attempting to deliver all their packages in time for the holidays ~ and inadvertently landing themselves in fun and frisky situations.

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Holly Jolly Follies
Dec
20

Holly Jolly Follies

Mark your calendars - Portland's longest running burlesque tradition is bringing a whole new show to town! Vivid Motion Dance's latest original show follows an intrepid delivery person attempting to deliver all their packages in time for the holidays ~ and inadvertently landing themselves in fun and frisky situations.

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Holly Jolly Follies
Dec
19

Holly Jolly Follies

Mark your calendars - Portland's longest running burlesque tradition is bringing a whole new show to town! Vivid Motion Dance's latest original show follows an intrepid delivery person attempting to deliver all their packages in time for the holidays ~ and inadvertently landing themselves in fun and frisky situations.

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Holly Jolly Follies
Dec
15

Holly Jolly Follies

Mark your calendars - Portland's longest running burlesque tradition is bringing a whole new show to town! Vivid Motion Dance's latest original show follows an intrepid delivery person attempting to deliver all their packages in time for the holidays ~ and inadvertently landing themselves in fun and frisky situations.

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Holly Jolly Follies
Dec
14

Holly Jolly Follies

Mark your calendars - Portland's longest running burlesque tradition is bringing a whole new show to town! Vivid Motion Dance's latest original show follows an intrepid delivery person attempting to deliver all their packages in time for the holidays ~ and inadvertently landing themselves in fun and frisky situations.

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Holly Jolly Follies
Dec
13

Holly Jolly Follies

Mark your calendars - Portland's longest running burlesque tradition is bringing a whole new show to town! Vivid Motion Dance's latest original show follows an intrepid delivery person attempting to deliver all their packages in time for the holidays ~ and inadvertently landing themselves in fun and frisky situations.

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MJFF Presents: Sephardic Film Festival 2024. Seven Blessings
Nov
2

MJFF Presents: Sephardic Film Festival 2024. Seven Blessings

Seven Blessings is Israel’s official entry for the Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film. Ayelet Menahemi’s Seven Blessings revolves around an eventful Jewish Moroccan family wedding and the traditional blessings that are pronounced during the ceremony, again at the reception, and then again for the next seven nights with loved ones hosting special dinners in the couple’s honor.

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