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X-WR-CALNAME:Portland · arts · Thursday · CalDiscovery BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:EMERGE Artist in Residence Application at Clay at Running With Sci ssors Art Studios DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260917 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260918 DTSTAMP:20260917T063556Z UID:10159074-1789603200-1789689599@www.portlandoldport.com CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:APPLICATIONS for the 2027 EMERGE Artist in Residence in Print or Clay are NOW OPEN. Deadline – November 1\, 2026.\nThe EMERGE AIR prog ram aims to elevate and support artists in the emerging phase of their cre ative careers by providing 24/7 access to studio space\, creative communit y\, and related department tools and equipment\, thereby broadening and st rengthening the greater creative community in Maine.\nApplication decision s will be made by a small panel of local professional artists with extensi ve knowledge in print or clay.\nImportant 2026 dates:\nApplication opens: September 1\nApplication Deadline: November 1st\nNotification: Late Novemb er\nAnnouncements: early December\n\nInfo Session #1: September – time T BD\nInfo Session #2: October – time TBD\n\nStarting in 2027\, there is o ne 6 month EMERGE cohort per year\nwith one print and one clay artist.\n\n EMERGE AIR SESSIONDATES\nFebruary 1\, 2027 – July 30\, 2027\n\nEMERGE AI Rs have access to:\n24/7 private studio space for five months\nDepartment tools & equipment\nCreative community\nMembers-only events\n$250 stipend f or materials\nProfessional photoshoot\nSpotlight in the RWS newsletter\nOp portunity to access additional departments\n10% membership discount upon c ompletion of the program LAST-MODIFIED:20260917T063556Z LOCATION:Running with Scissors Art Studios\, 250 Anderson St\, Portland\, ME\, 04101\, United States URL:https://www.portlandoldport.com/pop-event/emerge-artist-in-residence-a pplication-at-clay-at-running-with-scissors-art-studios/2026-09-17/?utm_so urce=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=portland-me X-SOURCE-NAME:Portland Old Port X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.portlandoldport.com/live-music-events-tonight-por tland-maine END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Museum Playdate: Community! DTSTART:20260917T140000Z DTEND:20260917T160000Z DTSTAMP:20260901T121445Z UID:10001252-1789639200-1789646400@www.portlandmuseum.org CATEGORIES:arts,free DESCRIPTION:Meet in the Selma Black Great Hall  Free Admission for All on Third Thursday It takes a community to help us grow\, and this month we are exploring all the people\, places\, and things that make a community. We’ll create collaborative and individual art pieces that help connect u s to our communities. Don’t forget to bring your favorite stuffy friend along for an adventure in the galleries! Museum Playdate is a monthly mor ning for young children and their caregivers to slow down\, explore\, and make things together. Our educator-led experiences are designed for our yo ungest visitors and their adults. Every gathering has its own theme\, with gallery adventures\, art projects\, story time\, and family activities— plus free coffee and a chance for caregivers to connect with others. LAST-MODIFIED:20260901T121445Z URL:https://www.portlandmuseum.org/event/museum-playdates-2/?utm_source=ca ldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=portland-me X-SOURCE-NAME:Portland Museum of Art X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.portlandmuseum.org/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Third Thursday DTSTART:20260917T140000Z DTEND:20260918T000000Z DTSTAMP:20260901T121445Z UID:10001011-1789639200-1789675200@www.portlandmuseum.org CATEGORIES:arts,family,film,food,free,music DESCRIPTION:Third Thursdays at the PMA is Art for All!\n\n\n\nOn the thir d Thursday of every month\, the PMA offers free admission all day and even ing for all. Explore the galleries\, enjoy family-friendly art-making and activities\, or experience a dynamic lineup of rotating music\, food truck s\, films\, performances\, and programs. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvents and Activities\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSupport for Third Thursday provi ded by: LAST-MODIFIED:20260901T121445Z URL:https://www.portlandmuseum.org/event/third-thursday-7/?utm_source=cald iscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=portland-me X-SOURCE-NAME:Portland Museum of Art X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.portlandmuseum.org/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:LOVE Week: Create Handmade Cards at CMTM DTSTART:20260917T143000Z DTEND:20260917T160000Z DTSTAMP:20260917T003037Z UID:10114613-1789641000-1789646400@www.portlandoldport.com CATEGORIES:arts,community DESCRIPTION:Included with Admission\n\n\n\n\n\nCreate handmade Valentine ’s Day Cards to give to friends and family using special papers and coll age techniques for one-of-a-kind creations in MakerSpace. Make sure to bri ng home a heart from the ‘Be a Kevin’ table\, in honor of Portland’s legendary Valentine’s Day Bandit and spread the love in your own commun ity\, just like Kevin did for decades.\n\n\n\nCreate handmade Valentine’ s Day Cards to give to friends and family using special papers and collage techniques for one-of-a-kind creations in MakerSpace. Make sure to bring home a heart from the ‘Be a Kevin’ table\, in honor of Portland’s le gendary Valentine’s Day Bandit and spread the love in your own community \, just like Kevin did for decades.\n\n\n\nShow more \n\n\n\n\n\nWhen\n\n\ nMonday\, February 9 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM UTC-5\nThursday\, February 1 2 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM UTC-5\nFriday\, February 13 10:30 AM – 12:0 0 PM UTC-5\nSaturday\, February 14 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM UTC-5\n\n\nAd d to Calendar\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhere\n\n\nMakerSpace LAST-MODIFIED:20260917T003037Z LOCATION:Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine\, 250 Thompsons Point Rd\, Portland\, ME\, 04102\, United States URL:https://www.portlandoldport.com/pop-event/love-week-create-handmade-ca rds-at-cmtm-2/2026-09-17/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campa ign=portland-me X-SOURCE-NAME:Portland Old Port X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.portlandoldport.com/live-music-events-tonight-por tland-maine END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Shane Charles - Site-based activation DTSTART:20260917T190000Z DTEND:20260917T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260904T181935Z UID:18205-1789657200-1789664400@ogunquitmuseum.org CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Shane Charles – Site-based activation\nThursday\, September 17\, 3pm – 5pm \nA site-based activation within an engineered sculptural system built from timber\, oxidized steel\, and machined joinery. Breath\ , moisture\, and pressure operate as material methods: contact transfers r esidue\, corrosion advances\, and the surface records what occurs in real time. Time reads as a physical interface—irreversibility and emergence c arried forward through touch\, weight\, and chemical change. \n\nClick her e to register.\n\n \nSHANE CHARLES is a sculptor working across Maine\, B oston\, New York\, and internationally—engineering installations from Ea stern Woodlands–sourced timber\, oxidized body-print on steel\, hand-cas t metal\, and machined hardware—works in which contact is not image\; pr essure not metaphor\; but consequence. Surface meets surface. Load to cons traint. Breath into substrate. The body registers into steel as real trans fer\; and does not reverse. In this practice\, the body is material histor y\; somatic memory is physical—experience as mortality witnessed. Archit ectural framing and performative activation operate as a single horizon sy stem: condition with contact is form. Touch is the context in which the in ert past faces potential—emergence carried forward by irreversibility. LAST-MODIFIED:20260904T181935Z LOCATION:OMAA URL:https://ogunquitmuseum.org/event/shane-charles-site-based-activation/? utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=portland-me X-SOURCE-NAME:Ogunquit Museum of American Art X-SOURCE-URL:https://ogunquitmuseum.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Lucas Roy at Luna Rooftop Bar DTSTART:20260917T220000Z DTEND:20260918T010000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T003635Z UID:10083744-1789668000-1789678800@www.portlandoldport.com CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:You can and SHOULD catch Lucas Roy every Thursday night at Lun a LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T003635Z LOCATION:Luna Rooftop Bar\, Commercial Street\, Portland\, ME\, 4101\, Uni ted States URL:https://www.portlandoldport.com/pop-event/lucas-roy-at-luna-rooftop-ba r/2026-09-17/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=portland -me X-SOURCE-NAME:Portland Old Port X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.portlandoldport.com/live-music-events-tonight-por tland-maine END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Don Campbell Duo at Three Dollar Deweys DTSTART:20260917T220000Z DTEND:20260918T010000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T003635Z UID:10158740-1789668000-1789678800@www.portlandoldport.com CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Join us at $3 Deweys for live music with Don Campbell Duo LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T003635Z LOCATION:Three Dollar Deweys\, 241 Commercial St\, Portland\, ME\, 04101\, United States URL:https://www.portlandoldport.com/pop-event/don-campbell-duo-at-three-do llar-deweys-2/2026-09-17/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campa ign=portland-me X-SOURCE-NAME:Portland Old Port X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.portlandoldport.com/live-music-events-tonight-por tland-maine END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Thursday Night Modern at Gathering Grounds DTSTART:20260917T220000Z DTEND:20260918T010000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T003635Z UID:10158539-1789668000-1789678800@www.portlandoldport.com CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Weekly Modern! Come train in one of MTG’s most popular forma ts\, see if your deck can fly against the meta \n6PM $10 Prizes for everyo ne LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T003635Z LOCATION:Gathering Grounds\, 5 Spring Street\, Portland\, ME\, 04101\, Uni ted States URL:https://www.portlandoldport.com/pop-event/thursday-night-modern-at-gat hering-grounds/2026-09-17/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_camp aign=portland-me X-SOURCE-NAME:Portland Old Port X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.portlandoldport.com/live-music-events-tonight-por tland-maine END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Governors of Groove at The Thirsty Pig DTSTART:20260917T220000Z DTEND:20260918T010000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T003635Z UID:10152351-1789668000-1789678800@www.portlandoldport.com CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Come on down to The Thirsty Pig for every third Thirstday of t he month for an amazing collection of DJs from WPMG playing Vinyl of diffe rent genres LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T003635Z LOCATION:The Thirsty Pig\, 37 Exchange St.\, Portland\, ME\, 04101\, Unite d States URL:https://www.portlandoldport.com/pop-event/governors-of-groove-at-the-t hirsty-pig-2-2-2/2026-09-17/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_ca mpaign=portland-me X-SOURCE-NAME:Portland Old Port X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.portlandoldport.com/live-music-events-tonight-por tland-maine END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Exsqueeze Me at Portland Lobster Company DTSTART:20260917T220000Z DTEND:20260918T010000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T003635Z UID:10158969-1789668000-1789678800@www.portlandoldport.com CATEGORIES:arts LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T003635Z LOCATION:Portland Lobster Company\, 180 Commercial St\, Portland\, ME\, 04 101\, United States URL:https://www.portlandoldport.com/pop-event/exsqueeze-me-at-portland-lob ster-company/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=portland -me X-SOURCE-NAME:Portland Old Port X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.portlandoldport.com/live-music-events-tonight-por tland-maine END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Primal Soup (Phish Tribute) live on the Bayside Bowl Roof DTSTART:20260917T220000Z DTEND:20260918T013000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T003635Z UID:10149640-1789668000-1789680600@www.portlandoldport.com CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Bayside Bowl presents the Rooftop Summer Concert Series | Prim al Soup (Phish Tribute) | September 17th \nTIX $15 ADV\, $20 DOOR | 6PM | ALL-AGES\nTIX @: eventbrite.com/e/primal-soup-phish-tribute-live-on-the-b ayside-bowl-roof-all-ages-tickets-1986369829632 \nABOUT PRIMAL SOUP: \nPri mal Soup is a Maine-based tribute to Phish. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T003635Z LOCATION:Bayside Bowl\, 58 Alder Street\, Portland\, ME\, 04101\, United S tates URL:https://www.portlandoldport.com/pop-event/primal-soup-phish-tribute-li ve-on-the-bayside-bowl-roof/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_ca mpaign=portland-me X-SOURCE-NAME:Portland Old Port X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.portlandoldport.com/live-music-events-tonight-por tland-maine END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Seth Holbrook at Andy’s Old Port Pub DTSTART:20260918T000000Z DTEND:20260918T040000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T003635Z UID:10158912-1789675200-1789689600@www.portlandoldport.com CATEGORIES:arts LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T003635Z LOCATION:Andy’s Old Port Pub\, 94 Commercial St.\, Portland\, ME\, 04101 \, United States URL:https://www.portlandoldport.com/pop-event/seth-holbrook-at-andys-old-p ort-pub/2026-09-17/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=po rtland-me X-SOURCE-NAME:Portland Old Port X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.portlandoldport.com/live-music-events-tonight-por tland-maine END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR