Join us for an evening of friendly competition and fun under the lights at Shawnee Peak, all in support of children fighting cancer in Maine and New Hampshire. The 5th annual Maine Children’s Cancer Program Moonlight Challenge at Shawnee Peak, is set to take place on Friday, February 1, 2019.

Recruit your team of four skiers or snowboarders (all ages welcome) and get ready to compete to be the fastest on the giant slalom race course, and also to raise the most funds for Maine Children’s Cancer Program!

Join the Center for Grieving Children for another fabulous evening of community, caring, at their annual Love Really Counts Auction and Dinner Gala. The Center for Grieving Children, based in Portland, Maine, serves more than 4,000 grieving children, teens, families, and young adults annually through peer support, outreach, and education

Fabulously fun and international award-winning Legally Blonde: The Musical is the ultimate Broadway tribute to girl power! Based on the beloved movie, the story follows the transformation of Elle Woods as she tackles stereotypes, sexism, snobbery, and scandal in pursuit of her dreams, and proves that you can be legally blonde and still be the smartest person in the room.

Talking Art in Maine is a series of intimate, one-on-one conversations between artist, Jane Dahmen and notable artists and curators who have made a substantial contribution to the arts scene in the state of Maine. This month’s guest artist, Charlie Hewitt, is known for his energetic abstract paintings, his woodcuts, and his biomorphic steel sculptures. The conversations are free to the public

Described as “vital,” “brilliant,” and “electrifying,” by the New York Times, the American Contemporary Music Ensemble (ACME) is a force for new music, dedicated to the outstanding performance of masterworks from the 20th and 21st centuries. For this very special project—sited within and in response to a contemporary illustration exhibit—audience members are immersed in thrilling music by notable composers Charlemagne Palestine, Philip Glass, Clarice Jensen and Morton Feldman.

The hills are alive! A brand new production of The Sound of Music is coming to Merrill Auditorium. The beloved musical story of Maria and the von Trapp Family will once again thrill audiences with its Tony®–, Grammy®–, and Academy Award®-winning Best Score, including “My Favorite Things,” “Edelweiss,” and the title song.

Our biggest event of the year, the Winter Warm-Up party is back at a new location! Join us on Thursday, March 7 at O’Maine Studios in Portland for drinks, food, auctions and great company.

From playful game songs to ecstatic shouts, from heartbreaking spirituals to delicate lullabies, “[Ranky Tanky] proves that the right musicians can make the past new all over again” (NPR). Trumpeter Charlton Singleton, guitarist Clay Ross, bassist Kevin Hamilton, drummer Quentin Baxter, and vocalist Quiana Parler mix the low country traditions with large doses of jazz, gospel, funk, and R&B. The Charleston quintet is exploding onto the music scene with their inspired take on the soulful songs born from Gullah traditions of the Southeastern US’s Sea Islands.

National Geographic Live speakers share their journeys of exploration from being on assignment around the world. Illustrated with award-winning photography and video, each evening concludes with a speaker-led audience Q&A session.

Join veteran National Geographic photographer Jodi Cobb on a whirlwind retrospective of a distinguished career spanning four decades.

Captivating and ethereal, Niyaz takes folkloric sounds and poetry from their native Iran and modernizes them through contemporary technologies and ideas to create a 21st century global trance tradition that is hypnotic and ecstatic. Led by frontwoman Azam Ali’s “rich and precise voice” (NPR Music), Niyaz’s masterful blend of lush acoustic instrumentation with state of-the-art electronica draws in fans of Middle Eastern, sacred, and alternative music.