Recommended Ages: 2+ Families are invited to play with shape, color, and light by creating their own abstract window collages inspired by the production design of the Pixar film, Soul. Build an imagined landscape or improvise your own design by layering transparent shapes of various colors to create a colorful addition to hang in any...
Directed by Pete Docter. 100 minutes. Rated PG. In English. What is it that makes you...YOU? Pixar Animation Studios’ feature film Soul introduces Joe Gardner (voice of Jamie Foxx) – a middle-school band teacher who gets the chance of a lifetime to play at the best jazz club in town. But one small misstep takes...
Join Scott Nash, the creative illustrator behind Flat Stanley, for a family-friendly and hands-on workshop to learn Scott's drawing tricks he uses to design new characters. With Scott's live drawing demonstrations, participants will have an opportunity to design a character alongside the artist! This workshop is appropriate for ages 7+ (guardian required)Pre-registration is required. Scott...
93 minutes. Directed by Valentina Ganeva. Not Rated. In English. This screening is presented with Architalx and will be followed by a discussion with filmmaker Valentina Ganeva. Austrian-born and educated, R.M. Schindler laid the foundation for what now is considered California lifestyle of indoor-outdoor living. This documentary explores his richly complex work, with its influences...
Directed by Nadav Lapid. 149 minutes. Not Rated. In Hebrew with English subtitles. One of international cinema's most fearless and provocative filmmakers, Nadav Lapid has long been an outspoken critic of his birth country's government policies, channeling a lifetime of fury and frustration into vital films like Synonyms and Ahed's Knee that brim with righteous anger, spite, and shame....
Directed by Christian Petzold. 86 minutes. Not Rated. In German with English subtitles. During a weekend trip to the countryside, Laura, a young piano student from Berlin, miraculously survives a shocking car crash. Awakening in a nearby house, Laura finds herself in the care of a local woman, who tends to her with motherly devotion....
Start your morning surrounded by art. Join Greener Postures Yoga for a gentle session designed for all levels, blending mindful movement with the peaceful atmosphere of the museum’s galleries. This program is designed to be welcoming and accessible to participants of all ages and abilities. No prior experience with yoga or meditation is required. Water...
Take a midday pause with a closer look at highlights from the museum’s collection of art, artists, and themes of France. View works by artists including Camille Pissarro, Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, and Mary Cassatt. Led by Museum Educator Joanne Sterling.
Directed by Frederick Wiseman. 89 minutes. Not Rated. In English. Screening as part of "Social Studies: A Tribute to Frederick Wiseman." Essene is about daily life in a Benedictine monastery and the resolution of conflict between personal needs and the institutional and organizational priorities of the community. In the Order, where the focus of life...
Join The Maine Outdoor Film Festival, The Maine Seaweed Council and The Maine Farmed Seafood Coalition and kick off Maine Seaweed Week with an evening of short films followed by a panel discussion. Doors: 6PM, Film: 6:15PM Panel Discussion: 6:45PM Tickets available here: maineoutdoorfilmfestival.com/maines-seaweed-moment/ FILM PROGRAM – Several short films about seaweed including the *Maine Premiere*...
Directed by Adrián Suar. 97 minutes. Not Rated. In Spanish with English subtitles. Followed by opening night reception. When Dario Roitman returns from the U.S. to Argentina for a family wedding and Bat Mitzvah, he anticipates the usual family drama. But his carefully laid plans for a family reunion are suddenly upended when he learns,...
Directed by Paula Eiselt. 104 minutes. Not Rated. In English. We Met at Grossinger’s is an immersive journey through the Jewish Catskills—once known as the Borscht Belt—reviving the iconic resort that inspired Dirty Dancing and defined an era of Jewish American life. Throughout decades of prejudice stifling the integration of Jewish immigrants in America, the...
Directed by Sam Feder. 89 minutes. Not Rated. In English. Amid the surge in anti-trans legislation that Chase Strangio battles in the courtroom, he must also fight against media bias, exposing how the narratives in the press influence public perception and the fight for transgender rights.
Directed by Elena Neuman. 72 minutes. Not Rated. In English. Looking Up is the inspiring story of Eitan Armon, a young man facing encroaching blindness who takes on the challenge of climbing the world’s most epic granite wall. While in military service at age 20, Eitan is diagnosed with Retinitis Pigmentosa, a rare and incurable...
Directed by Dan Sturman. 100 minutes. Not Rated. In English. Part detective story, part heist film, part untold history, “The Stamp Thief” investigates a tale dating back to the Holocaust: that a mysterious Nazi stole priceless stamp collections from concentration camp victims and buried the stolen stamps in a small town in Poland. Embarking on...
Directed by Isri Halpern. 87 minutes. Not Rated. In English, French, German, and Hebrew with English subtitles. They say the personal is political, and it’s hard to find a story that represents that saying more than the story of Herschel Grynszpan, a 17-year-old Jewish teenager, who found himself in the middle of a historical event...
Join us for a private tour of Ming Smith: Jazz Requiem—Notations in Blue with Anjuli Lebowitz, PhD, Judy Glickman Lauder Curator of Photography 5:30 to 6:00 p.m. | Tour of Ming Smith: Jazz Requiem—Notations in Blue Following the tour, continue the conversation across the street at Friends and Family with the Contemporaries Steering Committee. This...
A trip of Holland gives Portland Museum of Art members the chance to explore innovative approaches to world-renowned architecture and organizations that engage deeply with Dutch artistic and cultural traditions, and draw inspiration from the country’s strong connection to nature and people—all of which directly align with and can inform the PMA’s future by providing...
During Maine Seaweed Week, join us in the galleries to learn about the fascinating practices around the use of seaweed in the preservation of artwork. C. Mei-An Tsu, a professional art conservator and currently caring for Harvard University’s famed collection of renowned Blashka Glass Models of Plants. Previously, Mei-An was an objects conservator for 25...
Directed by Toby Perl Freilich. 95 minutes. Not Rated. In English. Maintenance Artist is the first feature documentary about Mierle Laderman Ukeles, the New York City Sanitation Department’s official artist-in-residence. After she became a mother, Mierle Laderman Ukeles published a daring manifesto declaring all her acts of household maintenance, including childcare, to be performance art....
Directed by Shai Carmeli Pollak. 93 minutes. Not Rated. In Arabic and Hebrew with English subtitles. Khaled, a 12-year-old boy from a Palestinian village, gets the chance to see the sea for the first time in his life on a school trip. But when they reach a military checkpoint, the soldiers claim his permit is...
Directed by Brandon Kramer. 97 minutes. Not Rated. In Hebrew and English with English subtitles. Liat Atzili was kidnapped from her kibbutz on October 7. What begins as a chronicle of her parents, sister, and children's efforts to secure her return, becomes a portrait of conflicting impulses towards anger, indifference, and compassion straining the bonds...
Directed by Fred Cavayé. 115 minutes. Not Rated. In German and French with English subtitles. Occupied Paris, 1941: all members of the Jewish community are instructed to come forward and identify themselves to authorities. Dedicated jeweller Joseph Haffmann (Auteuil), fearing the worst, arranges for his family to flee the city and offers his employee François...
Directed by Frederick Wiseman. 240 minutes. Not Rated. In French and English with English subtitles. Screening as part of "Social Studies: A Tribute to Frederick Wiseman." The Menus-Plaisirs is a film about the Troisgros family and their three restaurants, Troisgros, Le Central and Colline, located in three neighboring locations in central France. Troisgros, a restaurant...