To receive a weekly "here's what's happening this weekend" email, contact Jeff Edelstein. 

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DANCE

Dec. 6, Navigating Your Embodied Experience with Deb & UZAZU, Portland, 10:30 am – 2 pm, $149.
Dec. 6, Authentic Movement, Bath, 10 am – 12:30 pm, $25 - $30.

Dec. 7, Portland Community Dance, 1 pm – 3 pm, $10.

Dec. 8, 5 Rhythms with Kari Leuhman, Belfast, 6:00 - 7:30 pm, $15 - $20.

Dec. 9, Embody Dance, Bremen, 6 pm – 7:30 pm, $15 - $20.​​

Dec. 11, Soul Dance, Portland, 6 pm – 7:30 pm, $11 - $33.

Dec. 12, Rhythmic Rituals, Scarborough, 7 pm – 9 pm, $15.

Dec. 12, Biodanza with Gabriel Baldwin, Portland, 7 pm - 8:30 pm, $10 - 30.

Dec. 13, Portsmouth Ecstatic Dance, 7 pm – 9 pm, $25.

Dec. 14, Common Floor Contra Dance, Portland, 7 pm – 10 pm, $15.

Dec. 18, Contact Improv, Portland,  Odd Fellows Hall, 651 Forest Avenue, Second Flr., 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm, $10 - $15.

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FUN & ENRICHING​

Dec. 5, Community Drum Circle, South Portland, 6 pm – 8 pm, free.

Dec. 6 - 7, Queer Makers Market, 2 pm – 3 pm, Portland, free.

Dec. 6, Beyond Borders Percussion Ensemble, Portland, 7 pm – 8:30 pm, $20.
Dec. 6, Casco Bay Wind Symphony Holiday Concerts, Portland, 3 pm – 5 pm, $15.
Dec. 6, Improv-a-ganza Presents Giving From the Art Benefit Show for United Way of Southern Maine, Portland, 7 pm – 9 pm, $10.
Dec. 6, Bowdoin Chamber Choir, Brunswick, 4 pm – 6 pm, free.
Dec. 6, Sing We Noel, Brunswick, 1 pm and 3 pm, $25.
Dec. 6, Tuba Christmas 2025, Freeport, 2 pm – 4 pm, free.
Dec. 6, Portland Community Chorus Fall Concert — Our Maine: A Choral Celebration of Maine’s People, Places, and Stories, Portland, 7 pm – 9 pm, $20.
Dec. 6, Barroom Messiah, Portland, 8 pm – 10 pm, $15.
Dec. 6, Winter Seed Sowing at the Native Seed Center, Cape Elizabeth, 10 am – 12:30 pm, $5 suggested.
Dec. 6, Bizarre Bazaar, Portland, 11 am – 3 pm, free.
Dec. 6, Morrison Center Winter Wonderland Event, Scarborough, 6 pm – 8 pm, $10.
Dec. 6, New England Breast Cancer Alliance Craft Fair, Portland, 9 am – 4 pm, $3.
Dec. 6, Holiday Artisans Fair, Portland, 10 am – 5 pm, $2 suggested.
Dec. 6, Partners for World Health International Artisan and Crafts Fair, Portland, 9 am – 4 pm, free.
Dec. 6, UU Church of Brunswick Holiday Fair, Brunswick, 9 am – 2 pm, free.
Dec. 6, St. Paul’s 89th Annual Christmas Fair, Falmouth, 10 am – 3 pm, free.

Dec. 7, The Bottom Dollars at Crystal Listening Room – Flourish, Biddeford, 6:30 pm – 8 pm, $10 (?).

Dec. 7 , Yoga Nidra & Sound Bath for Social Change, Portland, 6 pm – 7 pm, $17.

Dec. 9, GRACE Circles (Grief Remembered And Communally Embraced), 5 pm – 6:30 pm, $0 - $30.

Dec. 10, Wellness Wednesday Sound Bath, Saco, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm, $10/$15.

Dec. 13, Transformational Breathwork: Sacred Release, Portland, 2 - 4pm, $35 - $55. 

Dec. 19, Winter Solstice Celebration w/Therese Jornlin, Freeport, 5 pm – 7 pm w/optional potluck after, $20 - $40.

Dec. 20, Inanna, Sisters in Rhythm Winter Solstice Show, Portland, 8 pm – 10 pm, $30.

Dec. 31, Day One - A New Year Dance Celebration @ Flask, Portland, 9 pm – 2 am.

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RETREATS

​Jan. 29 - 30, Women’s Strategic Planning Retreat w/Leigh Tillman Facilitation for entrepreneurs and others, Jefferson, pre-meeting on Jan. 12 in Portland area, $575.

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PLAYS & EXHIBITS

Through Jan. 26, Illustration in the Great State of Maine: An Art Exhibit at the Falmouth Memorial Library, daily 9 am – 5 pm, free.

Through Dec. 28, The Little Prince at the Children's Museum & Theatre of Maine, Portland, various times/dates, $20.

Through Nov. 30, S.N.O.W. (Small New Original Works) '25, Freeport, Sidle House Gallery, free.

Through Jan. 3, Gardens Aglow – Nature in Motion, Maine Coast Botanic Gardens, Boothbay, $13/$20/$23.

Through March 1, Winter Wonders at Sandy Hill Farm – Immersive Light Show, Eliot, 4:30 pm – 8:30 pm, $22.
 

ECSTATIC DANCE BEYOND PORTLAND & BRUNSWICK AREA ​​

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.

For all the Belfast dances, join the Belfast Dance Facebook Group here.

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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