Literary-art Events in Portland

Check out happening literary-art events all around Portland, ME

Halcyon Premieres 'Ghost Apples: An Orchard of Song'

 Fri, 05 Sep at 07:00 pm Mechanics' Hall USD 0 to 45

Willi Carlisle

 Fri, 19 Sep at 08:00 pm SPACE USD 20 to 29

KASAUN WILSON at Empire Comedy Club

 Fri, 10 Oct at 07:00 pm 575 Congress St 2nd Floor, Portland, ME, United States, Maine 04101

LIVE STAND UP COMEDY IN PORTLAND, MAINE

 Sat, 20 Sep at 07:00 pm Empire Comedy Club

GUS CONSTANTELLIS at Empire Comedy Club

 Wed, 03 Sep at 07:00 pm 575 Congress St 2nd Floor, Portland, ME, United States, Maine 04101

Script Club: Eleanor

 Sat, 13 Sep at 01:30 pm Downtown Library - 5 Monument Square, Portland, ME, United States, Maine 04101

The Maritime Marauder: Captain Henry Mowat

 Wed, 03 Sep at 06:45 pm Tate House Museum USD 13 to 15

Maine Irish Reads “The Pull of the Stars” by Emma Donoghue

 Thu, 11 Sep at 07:30 pm 34 Gray St, Portland, ME, United States, Maine 04102

On Land: An Evening with Author Laura Poppick & Composer Ben Cosgrove

 Thu, 11 Sep at 07:00 pm Mechanics' Hall USD 0 to 45

An Evening With David Byrne - Who is the Sky Tour

 Wed, 08 Oct at 08:00 pm Merrill Auditorium

BOBCAT GOLDTHWAIT at Empire Comedy Club

 Sun, 05 Oct at 07:00 pm 575 Congress St 2nd Floor, Portland, ME, United States, Maine 04101

Blurb Club @ Burbank

 Fri, 19 Sep at 11:00 am Portland Public Library-Jane Burbank Branch

LIVE STAND UP COMEDY IN PORTLAND, MAINE

 Fri, 19 Sep at 07:00 pm Empire Comedy Club

Frankie Cosmos with Fantasy of a Broken Heart and Moontype

 Thu, 18 Sep at 08:00 pm SPACE USD 27 to 32

THE PRINCESS BRIDE: AN INCONCEIVABLE EVENING WITH CARY ELWES

 Fri, 12 Sep at 07:30 pm Merrill Auditorium

Lily King's 'Heart the Lover' with Susan Conley

 Tue, 30 Sep at 07:00 pm Mechanics' Hall USD 0 to 37

Beer in the Garden with Richard Cass

 Thu, 11 Sep at 04:30 pm 489 Congress St, Portland, ME, United States, Maine 04101

Angelikah Fahray & Kalen w/s/g DJ Matt Perry at Bayside Bowl | all-ages

 Sat, 15 Nov at 08:30 pm Bayside Bowl USD 18

Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors

 Thu, 06 Nov at 07:00 pm Stevens Square Community Center

Understanding Syria - Wendy Pearlman

 Mon, 29 Sep at 06:00 pm UNE Center for Global Humanities

President of the ACLU, Deborah N. Archer's "Dividing Lines"

 Tue, 09 Sep at 07:00 pm Mechanics' Hall Free

Life Surge Portland

 Sat, 06 Sep at 08:30 am 1 Civic Center Square. Portland, ME 04101

Lowry's Lodge Reading Series

 Sun, 14 Sep at 01:30 pm Maine Jewish Museum Free

An evening with Kevin McDonald - telling stories from the Kids in the Hall at Empire Comedy Club

 Sun, 14 Sep at 07:00 pm 575 Congress St 2nd Floor, Portland, ME, United States, Maine 04101

WORKSHOP: Making Miniature Books Workshop with Peter and Donna Thomas

 Sat, 11 Oct at 09:00 am 111 Bedford St, Portland, ME 04102-2896, United States

Mechanics' Hall Story Salon: Casco Bay Writers Group

 Thu, 18 Sep at 06:00 pm Mechanics' Hall USD 0 to 13

State Theatre Presents: Zinadelphia at PHOME

 Thu, 18 Sep at 07:00 pm 25 Temple St, Portland, ME, United States, Maine 04101

NICO CARNEY at Empire Comedy Club

 Fri, 24 Oct at 07:00 pm 575 Congress St 2nd Floor, Portland, ME, United States, Maine 04101

20 Years of the Gathering of Writers

 Thu, 04 Sep at 06:00 pm University of New England, Abplanalp Library, 716 Stevens Ave, Portland, ME, United States, Maine 04103

Beyond the Page: Leadership, Equity & the Cost of Comfort

 Tue, 23 Sep at 07:00 pm Mechanics' Hall Free

Maine Irish Writes: Septeber

 Thu, 04 Sep at 05:00 pm 34 Gray St, Portland, ME, United States, Maine 04102

CHARLES MCBEE at Empire Comedy Club

 Thu, 02 Oct at 07:00 pm 575 Congress St 2nd Floor, Portland, ME, United States, Maine 04101

LECTURE: Wandering Book Artists: Making Books by Hand in the Digital Age

 Wed, 08 Oct at 05:00 pm USM Portland - Glickman Family Library

KEVIN MCDONALD (The Kids in the Hall) Sketch Workshops at Empire Comedy Club

 Sat, 13 Sep at 12:00 pm 575 Congress St 2nd Floor, Portland, ME, United States, Maine 04101

Psychedelic Studio

 Wed, 08 Oct at 06:00 pm Good Medicine Collective Free

"Soirée Español" - Tiny Circulation Desk Concert

 Mon, 15 Sep at 07:00 pm Mechanics' Hall USD 0 to 29

Madison McFerrin

 Mon, 20 Oct at 08:00 pm SPACE USD 24 to 29

Samuel James & Michael Kebede - "Haint Blue": A Night of Songs, Stories and Traditions

 Thu, 05 Feb at 07:00 pm First Parish Church

The Soul Rebels live at Bayside Bowl | all-ages

 Wed, 01 Oct at 08:00 pm Bayside Bowl USD 29

Black & Blue: An Evening of Dark Humor

 Thu, 30 Oct at 08:00 pm Blue

HANNAH BERNER - NONE OF MY BUSINESS TOUR

 Wed, 05 Nov at 07:00 pm State Theatre, Portland, Maine

Kate Baer's HOW ABOUT NOW w/ Chelsea Conaboy

 Fri, 07 Nov at 06:00 pm Mechanics' Hall USD 0 to 27

Maine Irish Reads “The Sea” by John Banville

 Thu, 13 Nov at 04:00 pm 34 Gray St, Portland, ME, United States, Maine 04102

The Past Is Not Past: Embracing the Politics of Memory - Anthony Walton

 Mon, 08 Dec at 06:00 pm UNE Center for Global Humanities

The Maine Women's Conference 2025

 Wed, 22 Oct at 08:00 am University of Southern Maine, Portland, Hannaford Hall USD 150

TOM ARNOLD at Empire Comedy Club

 Sun, 16 Nov at 07:00 pm 575 Congress St 2nd Floor, Portland, ME, United States, Maine 04101

An Evening With Phil Rosenthal

 Tue, 09 Sep at 07:30 pm Merrill Auditorium