Join us in Portland on Monday, December 31 for the Natural Resources Council of Maine’s 11th annual Polar Bear Dip & Dash. NRCM’s chilling and thrilling 5k and polar bear dip raises funds to combat climate change. The effects of climate change on Maine’s environment are severe. Weather patterns are changing from one extreme to the next, habitat has been lost, and our seas are rising.

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.

Get ready for four days of family-friendly fun! Sugarloaf, in partnership with EqualityMaine, will keep the party going Thursday through Sunday with parties, fireworks, presentations and more. Discounted lodging packages and Kids’ Night Out programs are available.

“The new princess of Nubian pop” (The Guardian), Alsarah first graced Ovations’ series in 2015 as part of the pan-African music extravaganza, the Nile Project. In 2019, the stunning Sudanese-born singer, songwriter, bandleader and ethnomusicologist returns with her band, the Nubatones.

Each January, over 900 of the state’s leading real estate experts attend the Annual Forecast Conference & Member Showcase.  Scheduled to be held on January 17, 2019 at the Holiday Inn by the Bay in Portland, this unique conference brings together the largest gathering of commercial real estate professionals in Maine, and is specifically geared toward developers, brokers, architects, bankers, attorneys, accountants, and other industry professionals.

Voices Appeared is a live multimedia performance and historical reconstruction of Carl Theodor Dreyer’s 1928 film La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc. Curated and performed by the UK’s celebrated Orlando Consort, the project uses vocal works from the early part of the 15th century — coinciding with Joan of Arc’s lifetime — to accompany the classic silent film.

Presented by the Public Theatre. A blundering fertility doctor mistakenly implants the embryo of a latte-sipping liberal couple into the womb of a NRA-cardholding conservative family! Get ready for an outrageously funny nine months as both couples attempt to become friends for the good of the child. Don’t miss this timely and provocative new comedy that asks, “Will our similarities ever outweigh our differences?”

The Annual Sugarloaf Charity Ball returns on January 26, 2019 in the King Pine Room at Sugarloaf – a memorable evening including an eclectic silent auction, an entertaining live auction, a family style dinner and more! Don’t miss the chance to spend an evening mingling with your fellow Sugarloafers and bidding high on amazing items, all to support the cancer community of Maine.

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