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SUMMARY:PMA Films: Amrum
DESCRIPTION:Directed by Fatih Akin. 93 minutes. Not Rated. In German with English subtitles. \nIt is the Spring of 1945 on the German island of Amrum\, a remote outpost in the North Sea. The front is far away\, and 12-year-old Nanning (newcomer Jasper Billerbeck) spends his days working the nearby farm and his nights fishing\, helping his mother to feed their family. Despite the hardship\, life on the beautiful\, windswept isle seems idyllic. When their anti-fascist neighbor Tessa (Diane Kruger) mentions to Nanning that the war will soon be over\, the boy – too young to understand the political implications – is pleased to imagine that his father\, a Nazi officer\, might soon be coming home. But his mother Hille (Laura Tonke) is a true believer\, and word of Germany’s imminent defeat sends her into decline. One day from her sick bed\, she wishes for white bread\, butter and honey\, near impossible luxuries on Amrum which Nanning innocently tries to find for her. But as he sets off on his quest\, he learns from his neighbors that the enemy is far closer than he imagined. From Golden Globe Award-winning filmmaker Fatih Akin (In the Fade\, Head-On)\, Amrum is a tender coming-of-age tale about the loss of innocence set against the waning days of the Second World War.
URL:https://www.portlandmuseum.org/event/pma-films-amrum-3/
LOCATION:Bernard Osher Foundation Auditorium\, 7 Congress Square\, Portland\, ME\, 04101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Films
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SUMMARY:PMA Films: Steal This Story\, Please!
DESCRIPTION:Directed by Carl Deal and Tia Lessin. 98 minutes. Not Rated. In English. \nUndeterred by armed soldiers\, smooth-talking politicians\, and riot police\, journalist Amy Goodman has reported some of the most consequential stories of our time. Steal This Story\, Please! is a gripping portrait of the trailblazer whose unwavering commitment to truth-telling spans three decades of turbulent history. From the frontlines of global conflicts to the organized chaos of her daily news show Democracy Now!\, Goodman broadcasts stories and voices routinely silenced by commercial media. \nOscar-nominated filmmakers Carl Deal and Tia Lessin (Trouble the Water\, The Janes) take us behind the scenes with the warm\, wisecracking granddaughter of an Orthodox rabbi raised in a tradition of asking hard questions as she navigates a news landscape reshaped by technology\, corporate consolidation\, and political assaults on truth itself. Urgent\, provocative and unexpectedly funny\, Steal This Story\, Please! is both a call to action and a celebration of resistance\, posing the question: what happens to democracy when the press surrenders to power?
URL:https://www.portlandmuseum.org/event/pma-films-steal-this-story-please-2/
LOCATION:Bernard Osher Foundation Auditorium\, 7 Congress Square\, Portland\, ME\, 04101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Films
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260604T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260604T190000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260520T185759Z
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SUMMARY:The 2026 Barnet Scholars Lecture: Teresa Baker in Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Baker\, Teresa (Mandan/Hidatsa). Looking Up. 2022\, yarn\, spray paint\, and leather on AstroTurf\, 96 × 37 in. Museum purchase with support from the Contemporary Art Fund. 2022.31. \n\n\n\n\n\nJoin artist Teresa Baker in conversation with Sayantan Mukhopadhyay\, Associate Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Portland Museum of Art (PMA). Through a mixed media practice that combines both artificial and natural materials\, Baker creates abstracted landscapes that explore various topographies— and how we move\, see\, and explore within them. The materials\, texture\, shapes\, and color relationships are guided by Baker’s heritage as an enrolled member of the Three Affiliated Tribes (Mandan\, Hidatsa\, and Arikara Nations)\, while also invoking the forms of Euro-American modernist painting. Her practice is exemplified in Looking Up (2022)\, currently on view at the PMA and in which AstroTurf is repurposed into undulating forms that echo the land itself.  \nBaker was named a 2025 Guggenheim Fellow and a member of the Guggenheim Foundation’s 100th class; and is currently a visiting artist at Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture. Baker is a 2022 Joan Mitchell Fellow\, and the recipient of the 2020 Native American Fellowship for Visual Artists at the Ucross Foundation. Baker was a Tournesol Artist-in-Residence at The Headlands Center for the Arts\, as well as an artist residence at FOGO Island Arts in Newfoundland\, and MacDowell in New Hampshire. Baker’s work has been recently acquired by The Whitney Museum of American Art\, New York\, Hammer Museum\, Los Angeles\, Yale University Art Gallery\, and the Portland Museum of Art. Baker received her MFA from California College of the Arts and her BA from Fordham University.  \nThe Barnet Scholars Lecture at the Portland Museum of Art invites an established scholar to lead conversations with museum colleagues on topics related to 20th-century American art.  \nThis program is generously funded by the Will Barnet Foundation. 
URL:https://www.portlandmuseum.org/event/the-2026-barnet-scholars-lecture-teresa-baker-in-conversation/
LOCATION:Bernard Osher Foundation Auditorium\, 7 Congress Square\, Portland\, ME\, 04101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture,Programs,Signature Event
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SUMMARY:PMA Films: Silent Friend
DESCRIPTION:Directed by Ildikó Enyedi. 147 minutes. Not Rated. In English\, German\, and Cantonese with English subtitles. \nOn the grounds of a medieval German university town looms an imposing Ginkgo biloba\, a tree whose longevity stands in marked contrast to three intimate\, human-scaled stories. In 1908\, the university’s first female student gains admission into the prestigious botany department\, confronting the sexism of both professors and peers. In 1972\, amidst counterculture movements\, a reserved student finds his attention captured by a fellow housemate and the geranium plant she studies. In 2020\, during the COVID-19 pandemic\, a neuroscientist from Hong Kong secures the help of a renowned botanist for an experiment on the old ginkgo tree.
URL:https://www.portlandmuseum.org/event/pma-films-silent-friend/
LOCATION:Bernard Osher Foundation Auditorium\, 7 Congress Square\, Portland\, ME\, 04101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Films
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SUMMARY:PMA Films: Steal This Story\, Please!
DESCRIPTION:Directed by Carl Deal and Tia Lessin. 98 minutes. Not Rated. In English. \nUndeterred by armed soldiers\, smooth-talking politicians\, and riot police\, journalist Amy Goodman has reported some of the most consequential stories of our time. Steal This Story\, Please! is a gripping portrait of the trailblazer whose unwavering commitment to truth-telling spans three decades of turbulent history. From the frontlines of global conflicts to the organized chaos of her daily news show Democracy Now!\, Goodman broadcasts stories and voices routinely silenced by commercial media. \nOscar-nominated filmmakers Carl Deal and Tia Lessin (Trouble the Water\, The Janes) take us behind the scenes with the warm\, wisecracking granddaughter of an Orthodox rabbi — raised in a tradition of asking hard questions – as she navigates a news landscape reshaped by technology\, corporate consolidation\, and political assaults on truth itself. Urgent\, provocative and unexpectedly funny\, Steal This Story\, Please! is both a call to action and a celebration of resistance\, posing the question: what happens to democracy when the press surrenders to power?
URL:https://www.portlandmuseum.org/event/pma-films-steal-this-story-please-3/
LOCATION:Bernard Osher Foundation Auditorium\, 7 Congress Square\, Portland\, ME\, 04101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Films
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260606T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260606T134500
DTSTAMP:20260602T141248
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260507T184858Z
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SUMMARY:PMA Films: Steal This Story\, Please!
DESCRIPTION:Directed by Carl Deal and Tia Lessin. 98 minutes. Not Rated. In English. \nUndeterred by armed soldiers\, smooth-talking politicians\, and riot police\, journalist Amy Goodman has reported some of the most consequential stories of our time. Steal This Story\, Please! is a gripping portrait of the trailblazer whose unwavering commitment to truth-telling spans three decades of turbulent history. From the frontlines of global conflicts to the organized chaos of her daily news show Democracy Now!\, Goodman broadcasts stories and voices routinely silenced by commercial media. \nOscar-nominated filmmakers Carl Deal and Tia Lessin (Trouble the Water\, The Janes) take us behind the scenes with the warm\, wisecracking granddaughter of an Orthodox rabbi — raised in a tradition of asking hard questions – as she navigates a news landscape reshaped by technology\, corporate consolidation\, and political assaults on truth itself. Urgent\, provocative and unexpectedly funny\, Steal This Story\, Please! is both a call to action and a celebration of resistance\, posing the question: what happens to democracy when the press surrenders to power?
URL:https://www.portlandmuseum.org/event/pma-films-steal-this-story-please-4/
LOCATION:Bernard Osher Foundation Auditorium\, 7 Congress Square\, Portland\, ME\, 04101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Films
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260606T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260606T173500
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SUMMARY:PMA Films: Silent Friend
DESCRIPTION:Directed by Ildikó Enyedi. 147 minutes. Not Rated. In English\, German\, and Cantonese with English subtitles. \nOn the grounds of a medieval German university town looms an imposing Ginkgo biloba\, a tree whose longevity stands in marked contrast to three intimate\, human-scaled stories. In 1908\, the university’s first female student gains admission into the prestigious botany department\, confronting the sexism of both professors and peers. In 1972\, amidst counterculture movements\, a reserved student finds his attention captured by a fellow housemate and the geranium plant she studies. In 2020\, during the COVID-19 pandemic\, a neuroscientist from Hong Kong secures the help of a renowned botanist for an experiment on the old ginkgo tree.
URL:https://www.portlandmuseum.org/event/pma-films-silent-friend-2/
LOCATION:Bernard Osher Foundation Auditorium\, 7 Congress Square\, Portland\, ME\, 04101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Films
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260607T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260607T143500
DTSTAMP:20260602T141248
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260507T185622Z
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SUMMARY:PMA Films: Silent Friend
DESCRIPTION:Directed by Ildikó Enyedi. 147 minutes. Not Rated. In English\, German\, and Cantonese with English subtitles. \nOn the grounds of a medieval German university town looms an imposing Ginkgo biloba\, a tree whose longevity stands in marked contrast to three intimate\, human-scaled stories. In 1908\, the university’s first female student gains admission into the prestigious botany department\, confronting the sexism of both professors and peers. In 1972\, amidst counterculture movements\, a reserved student finds his attention captured by a fellow housemate and the geranium plant she studies. In 2020\, during the COVID-19 pandemic\, a neuroscientist from Hong Kong secures the help of a renowned botanist for an experiment on the old ginkgo tree.
URL:https://www.portlandmuseum.org/event/pma-films-silent-friend-3/
LOCATION:Bernard Osher Foundation Auditorium\, 7 Congress Square\, Portland\, ME\, 04101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Films
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260607T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260607T170500
DTSTAMP:20260602T141248
CREATED:20260320T203356Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260428T200625Z
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SUMMARY:PMA Films: "Social Studies: A Tribute to Frederick Wiseman": The Store (1983)
DESCRIPTION:Directed by Frederick Wiseman. 118 minutes. Not Rated. In English. \nScreening as part of “Social Studies: A Tribute to Frederick Wiseman.” \nThe Store is a film about the main Neiman-Marcus store and corporate headquarters in Dallas. The sequences in the film include the selection\, presentation\, marketing\, pricing\, advertising and selling of a vast array of consumer products including designer clothes and furs\, jewelry\, perfumes\, shoes\, electronic products\, sportswear\, china and porcelain and many other goods. The internal management and organizational aspects of a large corporation are shown\, i.e.\, sales meetings\, development of marketing and advertising strategies\, training\, personnel practices and sales techniques.
URL:https://www.portlandmuseum.org/event/pma-films-social-studies-a-tribute-to-frederick-wiseman-the-store-1983/
LOCATION:Bernard Osher Foundation Auditorium\, 7 Congress Square\, Portland\, ME\, 04101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Films
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260608T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260608T201500
DTSTAMP:20260602T141248
CREATED:20260423T172440Z
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SUMMARY:PMA Films: "Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair": Cries and Whispers (1972)
DESCRIPTION:Directed by Ingmar Bergman. 91 minutes. Rated R. In Swedish with English subtitles. \nScreens as part of “Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair\,” a week-long festival presented in partnership with the American Cinematheque. Discounted festival passes ($65\, or $50 for PMA members and students) are available here. A festival pass will automatically register you for all “Bleak Week” screenings. Click the “Get Tickets” link above to purchase tickets for this single screening. \nThis existential wail of a drama from Ingmar Bergman concerns two sisters\, Karin (Ingrid Thulin) and Maria (Liv Ullmann)\, keeping vigil for a third\, Agnes (Harriet Andersson)\, who is dying of cancer and can find solace only in the arms of a beatific servant (Kari Sylwan). An intensely felt film that is one of Bergman’s most striking formal experiments\, Cries and Whispers (which won an Oscar for the extraordinary color photography of Sven Nykvist) is a powerful depiction of human behavior in the face of death\, positioned on the borders between reality and nightmare\, tranquillity and terror. \nAbout “Bleak Week”: \nPresented in partnership with the American Cinematheque\, “Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair” is an annual festival showcasing some of the greatest works of cinema from across the globe that venture into the darkest sides of humanity and the bleakest points in human history.PMA Films joins the fifth annual edition in June 2026 as the festival expands to nearly 100 theaters across the U.S.\, Canada\, UK and South and Central America\, with each venue presenting its own lineup of uncompromising films defined by unpleasant truths and raw empathy.The Portland Museum of Art’s lineup features 11 masterpieces from a variety of decades\, genres\, and international auteurs\, beginning with Ingmar Bergman’s Cries and Whispers on June 8 and concluding with Abbas Kiarostami’s Taste of Cherry on June 14. Oscar-nominated filmmaker Todd Field (In the Bedroom\, Tár) will join us to discuss Taste of Cherry. PMA Films will also host its first 16mm film screenings in many years in partnership with Kinonik on June 9 (Kiss Me Deadly/La Jetée) and June 11 (Black Girl)\, and will partner with SPACE Gallery to screen the devastating animated films Watership Down and The Plague Dogs at SPACE on June 13.
URL:https://www.portlandmuseum.org/event/pma-films-bleak-week-cinema-of-despair-cries-and-whispers-1972/
LOCATION:Bernard Osher Foundation Auditorium\, 7 Congress Square\, Portland\, ME\, 04101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Films
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260609T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260609T210000
DTSTAMP:20260602T141248
CREATED:20260423T172442Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260428T201520Z
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SUMMARY:PMA Films: "Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair": Kiss Me Deadly (1955) + La Jetée (1962) (Presented on 16mm with Kinonik)
DESCRIPTION:Screens as part of “Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair\,” a week-long festival presented in partnership with the American Cinematheque. These films will be projected on 16mm by Kinonik.  \nDiscounted festival passes ($65\, or $50 for PMA members and students) are available here. A festival pass will automatically register you for all “Bleak Week” screenings. Click the “Get Tickets” link above to purchase tickets for this single screening. \nKiss Me DeadlyDirected by Robert Aldrich. 106 minutes. Not Rated. In English. \nOne evening\, private detective Mike Hammer picks up a hitchhiker who’s standing on the highway wearing only a trench coat. They’re stopped farther on by strangers who knock out Mike and murder the young woman. Although warned not to investigate by the police\, Mike and his girlfriend and assistant\, Velda (Maxine Cooper)\, become ensnared in a dark plot involving scientist Dr. Soberin (Albert Dekker) and Christina’s terrified roommate\, Lily (Gaby Rodgers). \nLa JetéeDirected by Chris Marker. 27 minutes. Not Rated. In French with English subtitles. \nChris Marker\, filmmaker\, poet\, novelist\, photographer\, editor\, and now videographer and digital multimedia artist\, has been challenging moviegoers\, philosophers\, and himself for years with his complex queries about time\, memory\, and the rapid advancement of life on this planet. Marker’s La Jetée is one of the most influential\, radical science-fiction films ever made\, a tale of time travel told in still images. \nAbout “Bleak Week”: \nPresented in partnership with the American Cinematheque\, “Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair” is an annual festival showcasing some of the greatest works of cinema from across the globe that venture into the darkest sides of humanity and the bleakest points in human history.PMA Films joins the fifth annual edition in June 2026 as the festival expands to nearly 100 theaters across the U.S.\, Canada\, UK and South and Central America\, with each venue presenting its own lineup of uncompromising films defined by unpleasant truths and raw empathy.The Portland Museum of Art’s lineup features 11 masterpieces from a variety of decades\, genres\, and international auteurs\, beginning with Ingmar Bergman’s Cries and Whispers on June 8 and concluding with Abbas Kiarostami’s Taste of Cherry on June 14. Oscar-nominated filmmaker Todd Field (In the Bedroom\, Tár) will join us to discuss Taste of Cherry. PMA Films will also host its first 16mm film screenings in many years in partnership with Kinonik on June 9 (Kiss Me Deadly/La Jetée) and June 11 (Black Girl)\, and will partner with SPACE Gallery to screen the devastating animated films Watership Down and The Plague Dogs at SPACE on June 13.
URL:https://www.portlandmuseum.org/event/pma-films-bleak-week-cinema-of-despair-kiss-me-deadly-1955-la-jetee-1962-presented-on-16mm-with-kinonik/
LOCATION:Bernard Osher Foundation Auditorium\, 7 Congress Square\, Portland\, ME\, 04101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Films
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260610T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260610T170000
DTSTAMP:20260602T141248
CREATED:20260423T172443Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260428T200735Z
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SUMMARY:PMA Films: "Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair": Red Desert (1964)
DESCRIPTION:Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni. 117 minutes. Not Rated. In Italian with English subtitles. \nScreens as part of “Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair\,” a week-long festival presented in partnership with the American Cinematheque. Discounted festival passes ($65\, or $50 for PMA members and students) are available here. A festival pass will automatically register you for all “Bleak Week” screenings. Click the “Get Tickets” link above to purchase tickets for this single screening. \nMichelangelo Antonioni’s 1960s panoramas of contemporary alienation were decade-defining artistic events\, and Red Desert\, his first color film\, is perhaps his most epochal. This provocative look at the spiritual desolation of the technological age—about a disaffected woman\, brilliantly portrayed by Antonioni muse Monica Vitti\, wandering through a bleak industrial landscape beset by power plants and environmental toxins\, and tentatively flirting with her husband’s coworker\, played by Richard Harris—continues to keep viewers spellbound. With one startling\, painterly composition after another—of abandoned fishing cottages\, electrical towers\, looming docked ships—Red Desert creates a nearly apocalyptic image of its time\, and confirms Antonioni as cinema’s preeminent poet of the modern age. \nAbout “Bleak Week”: \nPresented in partnership with the American Cinematheque\, “Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair” is an annual festival showcasing some of the greatest works of cinema from across the globe that venture into the darkest sides of humanity and the bleakest points in human history.PMA Films joins the fifth annual edition in June 2026 as the festival expands to nearly 100 theaters across the U.S.\, Canada\, UK and South and Central America\, with each venue presenting its own lineup of uncompromising films defined by unpleasant truths and raw empathy.The Portland Museum of Art’s lineup features 11 masterpieces from a variety of decades\, genres\, and international auteurs\, beginning with Ingmar Bergman’s Cries and Whispers on June 8 and concluding with Abbas Kiarostami’s Taste of Cherry on June 14. Oscar-nominated filmmaker Todd Field (In the Bedroom\, Tár) will join us to discuss Taste of Cherry. PMA Films will also host its first 16mm film screenings in many years in partnership with Kinonik on June 9 (Kiss Me Deadly/La Jetée) and June 11 (Black Girl)\, and will partner with SPACE Gallery to screen the devastating animated films Watership Down and The Plague Dogs at SPACE on June 13.
URL:https://www.portlandmuseum.org/event/pma-films-bleak-week-cinema-of-despair-red-desert-1964/
LOCATION:Bernard Osher Foundation Auditorium\, 7 Congress Square\, Portland\, ME\, 04101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Films
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260611T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260611T200000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260428T200758Z
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SUMMARY:PMA Films: "Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair": Black Girl (1966) (Presented on 16mm with Kinonik)
DESCRIPTION:Directed by Ousmane Sembène. Not Rated. 59 minutes. In French with English subtitles. \nScreens as part of “Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair\,” a week-long festival presented in partnership with the American Cinematheque. This film will be projected on 16mm film by Kinonik. \nDiscounted festival passes ($65\, or $50 for PMA members and students) are available here. A festival pass will automatically register you for all “Bleak Week” screenings. Click the “Get Tickets” link above to purchase tickets for this single screening. \nOusmane Sembène\, one of the greatest and most groundbreaking filmmakers who ever lived and the most internationally renowned African director of the twentieth century\, made his feature debut in 1966 with the brilliant and stirring Black Girl (La noire de …). Sembène\, who was also an acclaimed novelist in his native Senegal\, transforms a deceptively simple plot—about a young Senegalese woman who moves to France to work for a wealthy white couple and finds that life in their small apartment becomes a figurative and literal prison—into a complex\, layered critique on the lingering colonialist mindset of a supposedly postcolonial world. Featuring a moving central performance by Mbissine Thérèse Diop\, Black Girl is a harrowing human drama as well as a radical political statement—and one of the essential films of the 1960s. \nAbout “Bleak Week”: \nPresented in partnership with the American Cinematheque\, “Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair” is an annual festival showcasing some of the greatest works of cinema from across the globe that venture into the darkest sides of humanity and the bleakest points in human history. \nPMA Films joins the fifth annual edition in June 2026 as the festival expands to nearly 100 theaters across the U.S.\, Canada\, UK and South and Central America\, with each venue presenting its own lineup of uncompromising films defined by unpleasant truths and raw empathy. \nThe Portland Museum of Art’s lineup features 11 masterpieces from a variety of decades\, genres\, and international auteurs\, beginning with Ingmar Bergman’s Cries and Whispers on June 8 and concluding with Abbas Kiarostami’s Taste of Cherry on June 14. Oscar-nominated filmmaker Todd Field (In the Bedroom\, Tár) will join us to discuss Taste of Cherry. PMA Films will also host its first 16mm film screenings in many years in partnership with Kinonik on June 9 (Kiss Me Deadly/La Jetée) and June 11 (Black Girl)\, and will partner with SPACE Gallery to screen the devastating animated films Watership Down and The Plague Dogs at SPACE on June 13.
URL:https://www.portlandmuseum.org/event/pma-films-bleak-week-cinema-of-despair-black-girl-1966-presented-on-16mm-with-kinonik/
LOCATION:Bernard Osher Foundation Auditorium\, 7 Congress Square\, Portland\, ME\, 04101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Films
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SUMMARY:Noontime Artist Talk: Shane Charles discusses Into the Sun
DESCRIPTION:Join artist Shane Charles as he discusses his recent installation Into the Sun\, as part of the PMA’s long-standing exhibition Passages in American Art. Charles’ installation practice intersects performance\, sculpture\, and mixed-media work within a cartographic and archaeological framework. \n\nBorn in Bangor\, Maine\, and raised along the Penobscot River between Old Town and the Penobscot Nation\, Charles comes from a family with deep ties to Olamon. His father\, a Penobscot Nation citizen and lifelong surveyor\, passed on a lineage that informs Charles’ understanding of mapping\, time\, and site. His work engages in generational themes of inheritance\, materiality\, and representation. 
URL:https://www.portlandmuseum.org/event/noontime-artist-talk-shane-charles-discusses-into-the-sun-2/
CATEGORIES:Noontime Talk,Programs
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SUMMARY:PMA Films: "Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair": The Turin Horse (2011)
DESCRIPTION:Directed by Béla Tarr. 149 minutes. Not Rated. In Hungarian with English subtitles. \nScreens as part of “Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair\,” a week-long festival presented in partnership with the American Cinematheque. Discounted festival passes ($65\, or $50 for PMA members and students) are available here. A festival pass will automatically register you for all “Bleak Week” screenings. Click the “Get Tickets” link above to purchase tickets for this single screening. \nOn January 3\, 1889 in Turin\, Italy\, Friedrich Nietzsche steps out of the doorway of number six\, Via Carlo Albert. Not far from him\, a cab driver is having trouble with a stubborn horse. The horse refuses to move\, whereupon the driver loses his patience and takes his whip to it. Nietzsche puts an end to the brutal scene\, throwing his arms around the horse’s neck\, sobbing. After this\, he lies motionless and silent for two days on a divan\, until he loses consciousness and his mind. Somewhere in the countryside\, the driver of the cab lives with his daughter and the horse. Outside\, a windstorm rages. Immaculately photographed in Tarr’s renowned long takes\, The Turin Horse is the final statement from a master filmmaker. \nAbout “Bleak Week”: \nPresented in partnership with the American Cinematheque\, “Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair” is an annual festival showcasing some of the greatest works of cinema from across the globe that venture into the darkest sides of humanity and the bleakest points in human history.PMA Films joins the fifth annual edition in June 2026 as the festival expands to nearly 100 theaters across the U.S.\, Canada\, UK and South and Central America\, with each venue presenting its own lineup of uncompromising films defined by unpleasant truths and raw empathy.The Portland Museum of Art’s lineup features 11 masterpieces from a variety of decades\, genres\, and international auteurs\, beginning with Ingmar Bergman’s Cries and Whispers on June 8 and concluding with Abbas Kiarostami’s Taste of Cherry on June 14. Oscar-nominated filmmaker Todd Field (In the Bedroom\, Tár) will join us to discuss Taste of Cherry. PMA Films will also host its first 16mm film screenings in many years in partnership with Kinonik on June 9 (Kiss Me Deadly/La Jetée) and June 11 (Black Girl)\, and will partner with SPACE Gallery to screen the devastating animated films Watership Down and The Plague Dogs at SPACE on June 13.
URL:https://www.portlandmuseum.org/event/pma-films-bleak-week-cinema-of-despair-the-turin-horse-2011/
LOCATION:Bernard Osher Foundation Auditorium\, 7 Congress Square\, Portland\, ME\, 04101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Films
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260612T194500
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SUMMARY:PMA Films: "Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair": Beau Travail (1999)
DESCRIPTION:Directed by Claire Denis. 93 minutes. Not Rated. In French with English subtitles. \nScreens as part of “Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair\,” a week-long festival presented in partnership with the American Cinematheque. Discounted festival passes ($65\, or $50 for PMA members and students) are available here. A festival pass will automatically register you for all “Bleak Week” screenings. Click the “Get Tickets” link above to purchase tickets for this single screening. \nWith her ravishingly sensual take on Herman Melville’s Billy Budd\, Sailor\, Claire Denis firmly established herself as one of the great visual tone poets of our time. Amid the azure waters and sunbaked desert landscapes of Djibouti\, a French Foreign Legion sergeant (Denis Lavant) sows the seeds of his own ruin as his obsession with a striking young recruit (Grégoire Colin) plays out to the thunderous\, operatic strains of Benjamin Britten. Denis and cinematographer Agnès Godard fold military and masculine codes of honor\, colonialism’s legacy\, destructive jealousy\, and repressed desire into shimmering\, hypnotic images that ultimately explode in one of the most startling and unforgettable endings in all of modern cinema. \nAbout “Bleak Week”: \nPresented in partnership with the American Cinematheque\, “Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair” is an annual festival showcasing some of the greatest works of cinema from across the globe that venture into the darkest sides of humanity and the bleakest points in human history.PMA Films joins the fifth annual edition in June 2026 as the festival expands to nearly 100 theaters across the U.S.\, Canada\, UK and South and Central America\, with each venue presenting its own lineup of uncompromising films defined by unpleasant truths and raw empathy.The Portland Museum of Art’s lineup features 11 masterpieces from a variety of decades\, genres\, and international auteurs\, beginning with Ingmar Bergman’s Cries and Whispers on June 8 and concluding with Abbas Kiarostami’s Taste of Cherry on June 14. Oscar-nominated filmmaker Todd Field (In the Bedroom\, Tár) will join us to discuss Taste of Cherry. PMA Films will also host its first 16mm film screenings in many years in partnership with Kinonik on June 9 (Kiss Me Deadly/La Jetée) and June 11 (Black Girl)\, and will partner with SPACE Gallery to screen the devastating animated films Watership Down and The Plague Dogs at SPACE on June 13.
URL:https://www.portlandmuseum.org/event/pma-films-bleak-week-cinema-of-despair-beau-travail-1999/
LOCATION:Bernard Osher Foundation Auditorium\, 7 Congress Square\, Portland\, ME\, 04101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Films
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260613T144500
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SUMMARY:[SOLD OUT] PMA Films: Unless Something Goes Terribly Wrong (Free screening with panel discussion)
DESCRIPTION:Directed by Kaitlyn Schwalje and Alex Wolf Lewis. 73 minutes (followed by discussion). Not Rated. In English. \nThis screening is sold out. Additional seats may be available at the door. \nIn celebration of Clean Water Week\, this screening is offered free of charge. It will be followed by a panel discussion with: \n- Scott Firmin\, General Manager\, Portland Water District- Bill Boornazian\, Water Resources Manager\, City of Portland- Troy Moon\, Sustainability Director\, City of Portland- Matt Grooms\, Planning Deputy Director\, City of Portland- Curtis Bohlen\, Executive Director\, Casco Bay Estuary Partnership- Moderator Ali Clift\, Education & Outreach Director\, Cumberland County Soil and Water Conservation District \nAs America’s aging wastewater systems strain toward failure\, one determined plant fights to stay operational. In Portland\, Maine\, manager Dustin Price and his dedicated team battle crumbling infrastructure\, “forever chemicals\,” and public misconceptions\, revealing unsung conservation workers who approach daunting challenges with humor and resolve while keeping their community’s water clean\, safe\, and constantly flowing.
URL:https://www.portlandmuseum.org/event/pma-films-unless-something-goes-terribly-wrong-free-screening-with-panel-discussion/
LOCATION:Bernard Osher Foundation Auditorium\, 7 Congress Square\, Portland\, ME\, 04101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Films
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260613T173000
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SUMMARY:Art with Arias
DESCRIPTION:Alfred Thompson Bricher\, United States\, 1837–1908\, Coastal Scene (Bay of Fundy\, Canada) Ships Along the Shore\, 1885–1890\, oil on canvas\, 15 13/16 x 32 inches\, Courtesy of Portland Museum of Art. \n\n\n\n\n\nThe PMA and Opera Maine’s prestigious Studio Artist Program present a special summer recital\, performing a diverse repertoire spanning multiple genres in response to artworks in the PMA collection. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Canadian-American baritone Micah Schroeder has been celebrated for his “smooth-as-glass lyrical contours” (The National Post) and is known for his versatility in opera and concert repertoire. He graduated from the Opéra National de Lyon’s opera studio and was a member of Vancouver Opera’s Yulanda M. Faris Young Artist Program. Recent highlights include Ivàn in the world premiere of Malina by Karola Obermüller and Peter Gilbert at the Schwetzingen Festival and Theater Aachen\, and his debut in Claude Vivier’s Kopernikus at the Teatro Mayor in Bogotá. In 2027\, he joins the Allee Theater in Hamburg for performances of Papageno in Die Zauberflöte. His artistic work focuses particularly on French repertoire\, contemporary music\, and new works and his standard repertoire includes roles like Papageno\, Pelléas\, Don Giovanni\, Eugene Onegin\, Schaunard\, Figaro\, and Count Almaviva. Shaped by his German-Armenian heritage\, he combines stylistic versatility with a distinct artistic signature.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRichard Gammon\, a Filipino American stage director\, has directed for Wolf Trap Opera\, Detroit Opera\, Hawai’i Opera Theatre\, and Virginia Opera. Acutely interested in contemporary American opera\, he directed the world premieres of Family Style\, Kandake\, and Black Coffee for Opera Theatre of Saint Louis’ New Works Collective\, The Lake at ArtSounds; and new productions of Bound (Anchorage Opera)\, Scalia/Ginsburg (Princeton Festival)\, Buoso’s Ghost (Detroit Opera)\, and An American Dream (Hawai’i Opera Theatre\, Virginia Opera\, Opera Santa Barbara). Richard\, as the director of the Opera Maine Studio Artist Program\, programs and directs almost exclusively contemporary operas including Paul’s Case\, Rappahannock County\, As One\, and Rocking Horse Winner. Creative positions include directing for the Kentucky Shakespeare Festival\, the National Asian Artists Project\, and Cleveland Play House; leading workshops for NYU’s Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program; and creative associate for Seán Curran Company’s Dream’d in a Dream (BAM Next Wave Festival).  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPianist and conductor\, Brendon Shapiro\, equally at home in the classical and musical theatre spheres\, is a champion for the development of new vocal music in both genres. Based in Boston\, Brendon is a sought-after vocal coach and a regular pianist at Boston Lyric Opera\, The Huntington\, and Odyssey Opera. As a pianist and music director\, he’s helped to bring major productions to life across the country. Brendon is an alumnus of Los Angeles Opera’s Young Artist Program where he worked with such artists as Renée Fleming\, Brian Stokes Mitchell\, and Dove Cameron on The Light in the Piazza\, Susan Graham in recital\, played a key role in the musical preparation of Matthew Aucoin’s Eurydice\, and returned post-pandemic to work on Rhiannon Giddens’ and Michael Abels’ Omar. Other companies include San Francisco Opera\, Opera Omaha\, Bard SummerScape Festival\, Woodstock Playhouse\, ArtLab Productions\, Opera Maine\, Opera Steamboat\, and many more.He currently helps bring new works to life at Catalyst New Music\, a company he co-founded with his husband in 2022\, through which they have workshopped and presented several new full-length pieces and established the popular song development program FUSE: Collaborations in Song\, now in its fourth season. Brendon has also conducted at Boston Conservatory\, MassOpera\, Opera Fayetteville\, and Boston Opera Collaborative and coaches extensively from his home in Malden\, Massachusetts\, where he lives with his husband\, tenor and composer\, Omar Najmi\, and his tuxedo cat Wally. He also is currently designing a board game about running an opera company. 
URL:https://www.portlandmuseum.org/event/art-with-arias/
LOCATION:Bernard Osher Foundation Auditorium\, 7 Congress Square\, Portland\, ME\, 04101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Programs,Signature Event
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SUMMARY:[At SPACE Gallery] PMA Films: "Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair": Watership Down (1978) (Presented with SPACE Gallery)
DESCRIPTION:Directed by Martin Rosen. 92 minutes. Rated PG. In English. \nScreens as part of “Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair\,” a week-long festival presented in partnership with the American Cinematheque. Discounted festival passes ($65\, or $50 for PMA members and students) are available here. A festival pass will automatically register you for all “Bleak Week” screenings. Click the “Get Tickets” link above to purchase tickets for this single screening. \nPlease Note: This film will screen at SPACE Gallery\, at 538 Congress St. in Portland. \nWith this passion project\, screenwriter-producer-director Martin Rosen brilliantly achieved what had been thought nearly impossible: a faithful big-screen adaptation of Richard Adams’s classic British dystopian novel about a community of rabbits under terrible threat from modern forces. With its naturalistic hand-drawn animation\, dreamily expressionistic touches\, gorgeously bucolic background design\, and elegant voice work from such superb English actors as John Hurt\, Ralph Richardson\, Richard Briers\, and Denholm Elliott\, Watership Down is an emotionally arresting\, dark-toned allegory about freedom amid political turmoil. \nAbout “Bleak Week”: \nPresented in partnership with the American Cinematheque\, “Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair” is an annual festival showcasing some of the greatest works of cinema from across the globe that venture into the darkest sides of humanity and the bleakest points in human history. \nPMA Films joins the fifth annual edition in June 2026 as the festival expands to nearly 100 theaters across the U.S.\, Canada\, UK and South and Central America\, with each venue presenting its own lineup of uncompromising films defined by unpleasant truths and raw empathy. \nThe Portland Museum of Art’s lineup features 11 masterpieces from a variety of decades\, genres\, and international auteurs\, beginning with Ingmar Bergman’s Cries and Whispers on June 8 and concluding with Abbas Kiarostami’s Taste of Cherry on June 14. Oscar-nominated filmmaker Todd Field (In the Bedroom\, Tár) will join us to discuss Taste of Cherry. PMA Films will also host its first 16mm film screenings in many years in partnership with Kinonik on June 9 (Kiss Me Deadly/La Jetée) and June 11 (Black Girl)\, and will partner with SPACE Gallery to screen the devastating animated films Watership Down and The Plague Dogs at SPACE on June 13.
URL:https://www.portlandmuseum.org/event/at-space-gallery-pma-films-bleak-week-cinema-of-despair-watership-down-1978-presented-with-space-gallery/
CATEGORIES:Films
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260613T210000
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SUMMARY:[At SPACE Gallery] PMA Films: "Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair": The Plague Dogs (1982) (Presented with SPACE Gallery)
DESCRIPTION:Directed by Martin Rosen. 103 minutes. Rated PG-13. In English. \nScreens as part of “Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair\,” a week-long festival presented in partnership with the American Cinematheque. Discounted festival passes ($65\, or $50 for PMA members and students) are available here. A festival pass will automatically register you for all “Bleak Week” screenings. Click the “Get Tickets” link above to purchase tickets for this single screening. \nPlease Note: This film will screen at SPACE Gallery\, at 538 Congress St. in Portland. \nA very different kind of animated film. Make sure to leave the kids (and pets) at home for The Plague Dogs\, a rarely-screened masterpiece of arthouse animation whose haunting memory will never leave you. \nThis fascinating follow-up to 1978’s landmark Watership Down follows lab test dogs Snitter and Rowf\, who jailbreak from their torture in a secret facility only to find that the outside world’s even more bleak. Since the dogs accidentally broke a vial used by plague researchers on their way out\, the human world launches a lethal hunt. Here is a world where animals are not a blank slate for our ideals and morality\, but are the direct expression of the animals themselves; Humanity’s the bad guy\, and the audience is not left off the hook. Featuring a slew of top-tier British voice talents: John Hurt\, Nigel Hawthorne\, Judy Geeson and Patrick Stewart. \nAbout “Bleak Week”: \nPresented in partnership with the American Cinematheque\, “Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair” is an annual festival showcasing some of the greatest works of cinema from across the globe that venture into the darkest sides of humanity and the bleakest points in human history. \nPMA Films joins the fifth annual edition in June 2026 as the festival expands to nearly 100 theaters across the U.S.\, Canada\, UK and South and Central America\, with each venue presenting its own lineup of uncompromising films defined by unpleasant truths and raw empathy. \nThe Portland Museum of Art’s lineup features 11 masterpieces from a variety of decades\, genres\, and international auteurs\, beginning with Ingmar Bergman’s Cries and Whispers on June 8 and concluding with Abbas Kiarostami’s Taste of Cherry on June 14. Oscar-nominated filmmaker Todd Field (In the Bedroom\, Tár) will join us to discuss Taste of Cherry. PMA Films will also host its first 16mm film screenings in many years in partnership with Kinonik on June 9 (Kiss Me Deadly/La Jetée) and June 11 (Black Girl)\, and will partner with SPACE Gallery to screen the devastating animated films Watership Down and The Plague Dogs at SPACE on June 13.
URL:https://www.portlandmuseum.org/event/at-space-gallery-pma-films-bleak-week-cinema-of-despair-the-plague-dogs-1982-presented-with-space-gallery/
CATEGORIES:Films
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SUMMARY:PMA Films: "Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair": Amour (2012)
DESCRIPTION:Directed by Michael Haneke. 127 minutes. Rated PG-13. In French with English subtitles. \nScreens as part of “Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair\,” a week-long festival presented in partnership with the American Cinematheque. Discounted festival passes ($65\, or $50 for PMA members and students) are available here. A festival pass will automatically register you for all “Bleak Week” screenings. Click the “Get Tickets” link above to purchase tickets for this single screening. \nGeorges and Anne are in their eighties. \nThey are cultivated\, retired music teachers. \nTheir daughter\, who is also a musician\, lives abroad with her family. \nOne day\, Anne has an attack. \nThe couple’s bond of love is severely tested. \nAbout “Bleak Week”: \nPresented in partnership with the American Cinematheque\, “Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair” is an annual festival showcasing some of the greatest works of cinema from across the globe that venture into the darkest sides of humanity and the bleakest points in human history. \nPMA Films joins the fifth annual edition in June 2026 as the festival expands to nearly 100 theaters across the U.S.\, Canada\, UK and South and Central America\, with each venue presenting its own lineup of uncompromising films defined by unpleasant truths and raw empathy. \nThe Portland Museum of Art’s lineup features 11 masterpieces from a variety of decades\, genres\, and international auteurs\, beginning with Ingmar Bergman’s Cries and Whispers on June 8 and concluding with Abbas Kiarostami’s Taste of Cherry on June 14. Oscar-nominated filmmaker Todd Field (In the Bedroom\, Tár) will join us to discuss Taste of Cherry. PMA Films will also host its first 16mm film screenings in many years in partnership with Kinonik on June 9 (Kiss Me Deadly/La Jetée) and June 11 (Black Girl)\, and will partner with SPACE Gallery to screen the devastating animated films Watership Down and The Plague Dogs at SPACE on June 13.
URL:https://www.portlandmuseum.org/event/pma-films-bleak-week-cinema-of-despair-amour-2012/
LOCATION:Bernard Osher Foundation Auditorium\, 7 Congress Square\, Portland\, ME\, 04101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Films
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SUMMARY:PMA Films: "Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair": Taste of Cherry (1997) (with filmmaker Todd Field)
DESCRIPTION:Directed by Abbas Kiarostami. 99 minutes. Not Rated. In Persian with English subtitles. \nScreens as part of “Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair\,” a week-long festival presented in partnership with the American Cinematheque. This event will feature a conversation with Oscar-nominated filmmaker Todd Field (Tár\, In the Bedroom). \nDiscounted festival passes ($65\, or $50 for PMA members and students) are available here. A festival pass will automatically register you for all “Bleak Week” screenings. Click the “Get Tickets” link above to purchase tickets for this single screening. \nWinner of the Palme d’Or at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival\, Iranian auteur Abbas Kiarostami’s Taste of Cherry is an emotionally complex meditation on life and death. Middle-aged Mr. Badii (Homayoun Ershadi) drives through the hilly outskirts of Tehran—searching for someone to rescue or bury him. \nAbout “Bleak Week”: \nPresented in partnership with the American Cinematheque\, “Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair” is an annual festival showcasing some of the greatest works of cinema from across the globe that venture into the darkest sides of humanity and the bleakest points in human history. \nPMA Films joins the fifth annual edition in June 2026 as the festival expands to nearly 100 theaters across the U.S.\, Canada\, UK and South and Central America\, with each venue presenting its own lineup of uncompromising films defined by unpleasant truths and raw empathy. \nThe Portland Museum of Art’s lineup features 11 masterpieces from a variety of decades\, genres\, and international auteurs\, beginning with Ingmar Bergman’s Cries and Whispers on June 8 and concluding with Abbas Kiarostami’s Taste of Cherry on June 14. Oscar-nominated filmmaker Todd Field (In the Bedroom\, Tár) will join us to discuss Taste of Cherry. PMA Films will also host its first 16mm film screenings in many years in partnership with Kinonik on June 9 (Kiss Me Deadly/La Jetée) and June 11 (Black Girl)\, and will partner with SPACE Gallery to screen the devastating animated films Watership Down and The Plague Dogs at SPACE on June 13.
URL:https://www.portlandmuseum.org/event/pma-films-bleak-week-cinema-of-despair-taste-of-cherry-1997-with-filmmaker-todd-field/
LOCATION:Bernard Osher Foundation Auditorium\, 7 Congress Square\, Portland\, ME\, 04101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Films
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SUMMARY:Director’s Circle June Art Tour 
DESCRIPTION:An Exclusive Day Trip for Director’s Circle Members Wednesday\, June 17\, 2026 | $50 Tickets  \n\n\n\nJoin fellow Director’s Circle members for a unique day of discovery and dialogue with curator-led tours of the Center for Maine Contemporary Art and  Maine: A Force within American Art at the Farnsworth. \n\n\n\nMeet us in Rockland to experience behind-the-scenes access with a curator-led tours\, lunch at Archer’s on the Pier\, and meaningful time with peers who share your passion for the arts. \n\n\n\nItinerary: \n\n\n\n- 10:30am | Meet us at CMCA\, 21 Winter Street in Rockland \n\n\n\n- 12:00pm | Lunch at Archer’s on the Pier \n\n\n\n- 2:00pm| Farnsworth tour of Maine: A Force within American Art. \n\n\n\nTickets: $50 per person (Available exclusively for Director’s Circle members through Monday\, June 1. Price increases to $70 thereafter.) \n\n\n\nSpace is limited. Reserve your spot today and enjoy this unforgettable experience with us! \n\n\n\nReserve My Spot Now
URL:https://www.portlandmuseum.org/event/directors-circle-june-art-tour/
CATEGORIES:Director's Circle Member
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SUMMARY:PMA Films: Steal This Story\, Please!
DESCRIPTION:Directed by Carl Deal and Tia Lessin. 98 minutes. Not Rated. In English. \nUndeterred by armed soldiers\, smooth-talking politicians\, and riot police\, journalist Amy Goodman has reported some of the most consequential stories of our time. Steal This Story\, Please! is a gripping portrait of the trailblazer whose unwavering commitment to truth-telling spans three decades of turbulent history. From the frontlines of global conflicts to the organized chaos of her daily news show Democracy Now!\, Goodman broadcasts stories and voices routinely silenced by commercial media. \nOscar-nominated filmmakers Carl Deal and Tia Lessin (Trouble the Water\, The Janes) take us behind the scenes with the warm\, wisecracking granddaughter of an Orthodox rabbi — raised in a tradition of asking hard questions – as she navigates a news landscape reshaped by technology\, corporate consolidation\, and political assaults on truth itself. Urgent\, provocative and unexpectedly funny\, Steal This Story\, Please! is both a call to action and a celebration of resistance\, posing the question: what happens to democracy when the press surrenders to power?
URL:https://www.portlandmuseum.org/event/pma-films-steal-this-story-please-5/
LOCATION:Bernard Osher Foundation Auditorium\, 7 Congress Square\, Portland\, ME\, 04101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Films
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SUMMARY:PMA Films: Silent Friend
DESCRIPTION:Directed by Ildikó Enyedi. 147 minutes. Not Rated. In English\, German\, and Cantonese with English subtitles. \nOn the grounds of a medieval German university town looms an imposing Ginkgo biloba\, a tree whose longevity stands in marked contrast to three intimate\, human-scaled stories. In 1908\, the university’s first female student gains admission into the prestigious botany department\, confronting the sexism of both professors and peers. In 1972\, amidst counterculture movements\, a reserved student finds his attention captured by a fellow housemate and the geranium plant she studies. In 2020\, during the COVID-19 pandemic\, a neuroscientist from Hong Kong secures the help of a renowned botanist for an experiment on the old ginkgo tree.
URL:https://www.portlandmuseum.org/event/pma-films-silent-friend-4/
LOCATION:Bernard Osher Foundation Auditorium\, 7 Congress Square\, Portland\, ME\, 04101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Films
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260618T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260618T120000
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SUMMARY:Museum Playdates
DESCRIPTION:Museum Playdate is a monthly morning for young children and their caregivers to slow down\, explore\, and make things together. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nMuseum Playdate! Ocean Adventure  10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.  Free admission. No registration is required.   Designed for children ages 6 and under and their caregivers. We’ll explore all things ocean through artmaking\, gallery wandering\, and family activities inspired by gardens\, flowers\, and the season in full bloom. Bring the little ones and experience our beloved Teddy Bear Talks (bring your favorite Stuffy!)\, make art together\, and find community! Need a boost? Caregivers can grab free coffee from the PMA Cafe. No schedules\, no sign-ups—just a relaxing morning at the museum. Museum Playdate is a monthly morning for young children and their caregivers to slow down\, explore\, and make things together. Our educator-led experiences are designed for our youngest visitors and their adults in mind. Every gathering has its own theme\, with gallery adventures\, art projects\, storytime\, and family activities—plus free coffee and a chance for caregivers to connect with others. 
URL:https://www.portlandmuseum.org/event/museum-playdates-3/
CATEGORIES:Third Thursday,Third Thursday Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260618T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260618T200000
DTSTAMP:20260602T141248
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SUMMARY:Third Thursday
DESCRIPTION:Third Thursdays at the PMA is Art for All!\n\n\n\nOn the third Thursday of every month\, the PMA offers free admission all day and evening for all. Explore the galleries\, enjoy family-friendly art-making and activities\, or experience a dynamic lineup of rotating music\, food trucks\, films\, performances\, and programs. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvents and Activities
URL:https://www.portlandmuseum.org/event/third-thursday-4/
CATEGORIES:Programs,Third Thursday
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260618T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260618T183000
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SUMMARY:Bach Virtuosi Festival Associates String Quartet Performance
DESCRIPTION:Joy! Movement! Celebration! Energy!Enjoy a performance of beloved classical pieces performed by students and recent graduates of the Juilliard School. The selection of music is based around the PMA Collection and curated by Bach Virtuosi Festival Associate Artists\, Leerone Hakami and Jessica Wu violins\, Weikuan Wang viola\, and Noah Koh cello. A gift to the City of Portland. Come be delighted and inspired! \n\n\n\nProgram:● Haydn\, Op. 20 No. 2 (F minor)\, 1st movement● Bach — Partita No. 3 in E Major● Bach — Cello Suite No. 3\, Allemande & Gigue● Dvořák — “American” Quartet\, Op. 96\, 4th movement \n\n\n\nBach Virtuosi Festival (BVF)\, founded by conductor/violinist Lewis Kaplan\, is a week-long concert series that allows audiences to inhabit the scale\, the detail\, and the divine inspiration of Johann Sebastian Bach\, arguably the world’s greatest composer.  \n\n\n\nWith world-renowned musicians playing a selection of Bach’s most beloved works\, this concert series\, which is performed in some of southern Maine’s most acoustically wonderful spaces\, promises an unparalleled experience. Full Festival details at www.bachvirtuosifestival.org
URL:https://www.portlandmuseum.org/event/the-bach-virtuosi-festival-associates-string-quartet-performance/
LOCATION:Bernard Osher Foundation Auditorium\, 7 Congress Square\, Portland\, ME\, 04101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260619T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260619T200000
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SUMMARY:Juneteenth Open House
DESCRIPTION:10:00 a.m. — 8:00 p.m. Juneteenth Open House\, Free Admission for all \n\n\n\n3:00 p.m. — 4:00 p.m. Juneteenth Lecture: “Portland’s Historic Black Community and the Underground Railroad” with Seth Goldstein
URL:https://www.portlandmuseum.org/event/juneteenth-open-house/
CATEGORIES:Open House,Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260619T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260619T160000
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SUMMARY:Juneteenth Lecture: Portland’s Historic Black Community + the Underground Railroad
DESCRIPTION:Portland’s Historic Black Community and the Underground Railroad: Historian Seth Goldstein offers tours of the Portland Freedom Trail and has translated some of his tour content for this presentation.  Using artwork from the PMA collection Seth will provide an examination of Portland’s historic Black community. Community members purchased their homes in the Munjoy Hill section of the city and built a house of worship; the Abyssinian Meeting House. Many of these individuals found work as mariners or in shoreside jobs related to the maritime trades. Audience members will learn how Portland’s 19th Century Black community helped self-emancipators from the American South disguise themselves and make their way to Canada. These efforts became increasingly important following the passage of the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act.\n\nSeth Goldstein received his bachelor’s degree in European History from the University of California at Santa Cruz and his master’s degree in World History from Northeastern University. His research interests include the historic North Atlantic fishery\, global piracy\, New England shipwrecks and lighthouses\, the trans-Atlantic slave trade and the Vietnam War era counterculture. He is a member of the Atlantic Black Project; a grass roots non-profit that examines Maine and New England’s marginalized history and the regions complicity with the economics of enslavement. Seth is the Director of the Cushing’s Point Museum at Bug Light Park and is the Director of Development for the South Portland Historical Society. 
URL:https://www.portlandmuseum.org/event/juneteenth-lecture-portlands-historic-black-community-the-underground-railroad/
CATEGORIES:Lecture,Programs
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