Events

Ongoing Events

03/25/21

Portland Ovations Presents: POP 90

Portland Ovations Presents the launch of their 90th year

Celebrate with the Portland Ovations team at a virtual, 3-part benefit party filled with Artists, Auctions, & Performances streamed to you LIVE from the Merrill Auditorium stage with esteemed emcees Kerem Durdag & Sara Juli and hosts, Mary Allen Lindemann & Aimée M. Petrin.

An exclusive pre-party followed by a dynamic, one-hour broadcast of celebrities, artists, performances, auctions, a raffle, and wrapping up with a live dance party hosted by Portland’s own Cherry Lemonade.

03/26/21

Innovating for Growth: Setting the Stage for Seeing the Future

Join the Maine Development Foundation on Thursday, March 26th for this event conducted via Zoom. Featured speaker Dr. Todd Gabe will discuss the keys to economic development, where Maine stands according to these important metrics, and how the state can enhance its ability to innovate for economic growth. Dr. Gabe is a Professor of Economics at the University of Maine, where he teaches and conducts research on a broad range of topics related to state and local economic development. The event is open to all.

04/1/21

Architalx Lecture 1: Matthew Lister

Architalx is an organization that brings leaders in the architecture and design community from around the World to lecture in Portland, Maine every April. The 2021 season will be hosted virtually and thanks to Architalx’s supporters, tickets will be free of cost! The first design lecture of the season is by Matthew Lister, a creative urban place-maker, real estate development strategist and designer. As managing director of Gehl Studio New York, he focuses on the intersection of real estate strategy and the design and activation of public spaces. Register for this free lecture today!

04/7/21

Spurwink Humanitarian Awards Gala // Virtual Event

Spurwink’s Humanitarian brings together our community to honor community leaders who make Maine a healthier place to live and work. This year we are honoring Cullen Ryan, who has dedicated his professional career to serving special needs populations and ending homelessness. We will also be honoring Spurwink’s frontline workers who have worked tirelessly during the pandemic. Due to the pandemic, this year’s Humanitarian will be a virtual event including an online auction the week leading up to the event.

 

04/8/21

Architalx Lecture 2: Gina Ford & Brie Hensold

Architalx is an organization that brings leaders in the architecture and design community from around the World to lecture in Portland, Maine every April. The 2021 season will be hosted virtually and thanks to Architalx’s supporters, tickets will be free of cost! The second design lecture of the season is by Gina Ford & Brie Hensold, the partners who run Agency Landscape + Planning, a women-run business enterprise. Their leadership, combined with a collective team of passionate and talented landscape architects, planners and urban designers, enables the full spectrum of design services — from strategic planning to complex landscape implementation. Register for this free lecture today!

04/8/21

Architalx Lecture 2: Gina Ford & Brie Hensold

Architalx is an organization that brings leaders in the architecture and design community from around the World to lecture in Portland, Maine every April. The 2021 season will be hosted virtually and thanks to Architalx’s supporters, tickets will be free of cost! The second design lecture of the season is by Gina Ford & Brie Hensold, the partners who run Agency Landscape + Planning, a women-run business enterprise. Their leadership, combined with a collective team of passionate and talented landscape architects, planners and urban designers, enables the full spectrum of design services — from strategic planning to complex landscape implementation. Register for this free lecture today!

04/8/21

One Night of globalFEST

Presented in collaboration with the Greater Portland Immigrant Welcome Center, we invite you to join Portland Ovations for a virtual WATCH PARTY hosted by multiple Grammy Award winner Angelique Kidjo as we take a musical tour around the world. Featuring Dedicated Men Of Zion, Labess, Sofia Rei, and DakhaBrakha – globalFEST gives audiences the opportunity to experience extraordinary artists from all over the globe – and around the corner – all in one night. This very special experience for Ovations audiences only includes a LIVE conversation with Labess lead vocalist and guitarist Nedjim Bouizzoul, a special message from our friends DakhaBrakha and signature recipes as we explore the intersection of arts, food and culture.

globalFEST promotes global and American regional music traditions, creates opportunities for artists, inspires discovery for arts professionals to present artists from diverse cultures, and introduces new music to the public. globalFEST believes that music can be a driving force toward a society that values cultural diversity as a source of unity rather than division.

04/15/21

Women Transforming Leadership: Conscious Capitalism

How women leaders are uniquely aligned to grow this movement to the next level

Join Maine Development Foundation for a workshop with Tara Jenkins, Founder of Conscious Revolution, and Elizabeth Ross Holmstrom, Founder and CEO of Mindful Employer. Conscious Capitalism and the Benefit Economy have been growing over the past 10 years, accelerated substantially by what happened in our world in 2020. These movements have dramatically changed the definition of business success and women are uniquely positioned to lead in these unprecedented times. Join us to learn about how the Benefit Economy, Conscious Capitalism and feminine leadership are combining to elevate humanity through business.

Member and Alumni discounts apply; Scholarships available

Register

04/15/21

Architalx Lecture 3: Julie Eizenberg

Architalx is an organization that brings leaders in the architecture and design community from around the World to lecture in Portland, Maine every April. The 2021 season will be hosted virtually and thanks to Architalx’s supporters, tickets will be free of cost! The third design lecture of the season is by Julie Eizenberg, a founding principal of Koning Eizenberg. Julie brings design vision, leadership, and expertise in working with cities, nonprofit agencies, institutions and private developers to generate inventive master plans and public places. She is an astute observer leading investigations that reshape the way we think about conventional building typologies. Her focus on the user experience — whether it is an individual, underserved community, or the public at large — brings an empathetic perspective that translates seemingly mundane programs into places of ease and generosity. Register for this free lecture today!

04/18/21

Fauré Quartet Virtual Concert

Join Portland Ovations for a virtual concert featuring the 10 movements of Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky’s masterpiece Pictures at an Exhibition followed by a special surprise encore. The experience opens with a LIVE conversation with the artists and includes two signature recipes shared by the quartet.

The Fauré Quartett is visionary in their approach and highly regarded for their experiments and discoveries be it performances with the NDR Big Band, collaborations with artists like Rufus Wainwright or Sven Helbig. The musicians of the Fauré Quartett, Dirk Mommertz (piano), Erika Geldsetzer (violin), Sascha Frömbling (viola) and Konstantin Heidrich (cello) are pioneers in many ways, discovering new sounds in chamber music and performing compositions outside the mainstream repertoire.

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