Community Event Calendar
Open Mic Poetry with Featured Poet Samaa Abdurraqib
- October 01, 2026
- Freeport Community Services, Freeport
We are so pleased the delightful poet Samaa Abdurraqib, the Executive Director of the Maine Humanities Council, will be our Featured Poet
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ESTUARY | Where the River Meets the Sea
- October 02, 2026 (multiple dates)
- The Hill Arts, Portland
ESTUARY | Where the River Meets the Sea | A Multimedia Dance Theater Performance Inspired by the Casco Bay Estuary and the efforts to support its lo
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Comedian Bob Marley
- October 03, 2026
- Collins Center for the Arts, Orono
Bob Marley returns to the Collins Center with another evening of laugh-out-loud stories, sharp observations, and the unmistakable humor.
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2026 AIGA Maine Poster Show: Bangor Exhibition
- October 08, 2026 (multiple dates)
- Bangor Public Library, Bangor
Mind Magic: A Night of Laughter and Astonishment with Dr. Steve Taubman
- October 08, 2026
- The Hill Arts, Portland
By the time the lights dim at The Hill Arts, something unusual settles over the room. It isn't the usual pre-show buzz or the quiet focus of a theater
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Caitlin Piper and The Stray Horses perform Carole King's album TAPESTRY
- October 09, 2026
- The Hill Arts, Portland
Carole King's Tapestry Experience one of the greatest albums ever recorded performed live from beginning to end. For this special concert, Maine's a
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Side Door Coffeehouse October Edition
- October 09, 2026
- Unitarian Universalist Church of Brunswick, Brunswick
The Met: Live in HD – Così fan tutte
- October 10, 2026
- Collins Center for the Arts, Orono
The Met: Live in HD season kicks off with Mozart’s satirical comedy of fickle young love, one of the composer’s most sublime creations.
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Quartet: Four lenses on Love, Loss and Letting Go. Written and performed by award-winning writer Eli
- October 10, 2026 (multiple dates)
- The Hill Arts, Portland
Elizabeth Peavey returns to the stage after a nine-year hiatus with her new one-woman show, highlighted by her trademark wit and hard won wisdom. Eli
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National Theater Live Broadcast – The Audience
- October 15, 2026
- Collins Center for the Arts, Orono
Returning to cinemas for the first time in over a decade, Helen Mirren plays Queen Elizabeth II in the Olivier and Tony Award®-winning hit production.
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Gravity and Other Myths
- October 22, 2026
- Collins Center for the Arts, Orono
Eight world class acrobats investigate physical skill; how we obtain it, how we perfect it, and how it can transform our lives.
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Maxwell Quartet
- October 25, 2026
- Minsky Recital Hall, Orono
The U.K.’s Maxwell Quartet will offer a concert of music by Haydn, Beethoven, arrangements of Scottish folk song, and more.
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Mania: The Abba Tribute
- October 30, 2026
- Collins Center for the Arts, Orono
Direct from London’s West End, Mania: The Abba Tribute is widely regarded as the world’s leading ABBA tribute production.
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National Theater Live Broadcast – Playboy of the Western World
- November 12, 2026
- Collins Center for the Arts, Orono
Filmed live on stage at the National Theatre, Caitríona McLaughlin directs this darkly funny tale full to the brim with secrets.
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The Met: Live in HD – Macbeth
- November 14, 2026
- Collins Center for the Arts, Orono
Verdi’s thrilling take on the immortal Shakespearean tale of the scheming couple determined to seize power at any cost.
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The Met: Live in HD – Samson et Dalila
- December 05, 2026
- Collins Center for the Arts, Orono
Saint-Saëns’s spectacular take on the biblical hero of legendary strength and the seductive Philistine whose beauty overpowers him.
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The Second City: Nut-Cracking Holiday Revue
- December 12, 2026
- Collins Center for the Arts, Orono
Blending holiday cheer with sharp satire, this comedy revue features original songs, new sketches, and classic favorites.
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National Theater Live Broadcast – Les Liaisons Dangereuses
- January 14, 2027
- Collins Center for the Arts, Orono
Filmed live on stage at the National Theatre, Marianne Elliott (Angels in America) directs this thrilling game of love, lies, and social warfare.
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The Met: Live in HD – La Fanciulla del West
- January 23, 2027
- Collins Center for the Arts, Orono
Puccini’s exhilarating drama of the Wild West returns in a new staging by celebrated British director Richard Jones.
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National Theater Live Broadcast – The Misanthrope
- February 11, 2027
- Collins Center for the Arts, Orono
Award-winner Sandra Oh (Killing Eve) plays the title role in this razor-sharp?reimagining of Molière’s classic dark comedy.
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