• (Past Event) PMA Films: The Samurai and the Prisoner

    Bernard Osher Foundation Auditorium 7 Congress Square, Portland, ME, United States

    Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa. 147 minutes. Not Rated. In Japanese with English subtitles. When Lord Murashige (Masahiro Motoki) rises up against the tyrannical Oda (Bando Shingo), he finds himself besieged within the walls of his own castle. Isolated, he is confronted with a series of mysterious crimes that shatter the fragile order of his court,...

    $7 – $10
  • (Past Event) PMA Films: Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World

    Bernard Osher Foundation Auditorium 7 Congress Square, Portland, ME, United States

    Directed by Sasha Waters. 91 minutes. Not Rated. In English. If poetry had a pop icon, Mary Oliver would be it. Celebrated best-selling poet, Pulitzer Prize-winner, lover of dogs and long walks in the woods, openly queer but intensely private, Oliver was America’s unlikely contemporary mystic, stalking the ponds and forests of Cape Cod for...

    $7 – $10
  • (Past Event) [At SPACE Gallery] PMA Films: Remake

    Directed by Ross McElwee. 116 minutes. Not Rated. In English. Screening at SPACE Gallery and co-presented with SPACE Gallery. Filmmaker Ross McElwee has spent forty years recording himself and his family, creating documentaries that chronicle the shifting contours of American society through the lens of personal history. His son Adrian grew up inside those films,...

    $7
  • (Past Event) PMA Films: Late Fame

    Bernard Osher Foundation Auditorium 7 Congress Square, Portland, ME, United States

    Directed by Kent Jones. 96 minutes. Not Rated. In English. The great Willem Dafoe lends his delicate gravitas to the role of Ed Saxberger, a forgotten New York poet who works in the post office. After an eager and flattering young admirer (Edmund Donovan) appears on his doorstep, Saxberger is beckoned into a coterie of...

    $7 – $10
  • (Past Event) PMA Films: The Samurai and the Prisoner

    Bernard Osher Foundation Auditorium 7 Congress Square, Portland, ME, United States

    Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa. 147 minutes. Not Rated. In Japanese with English subtitles. When Lord Murashige (Masahiro Motoki) rises up against the tyrannical Oda (Bando Shingo), he finds himself besieged within the walls of his own castle. Isolated, he is confronted with a series of mysterious crimes that shatter the fragile order of his court,...

    $7 – $10
  • (Past Event) Noontime Talk: Astrology + Meditation through Art

    With Mariah Brady, Therapeutic Astrologist + Spiritual Guide. Explore current astrology through art and how to connect it with your personal creative power. Come for a journey into the individual and collective astrological placements and the ways they connect with art in the PMA galleries.

  • (Past Event) PMA Films: Tehachapi (Free screening and panel discussion)

    Bernard Osher Foundation Auditorium 7 Congress Square, Portland, ME, United States

    Directed by JR. 93 minutes (followed by discussion). Not Rated. In English. Tehachapi is co-presented by Inside Vision/Maine Prisoner Advocacy Coalition, Reentry Sisters, and the Can Art Change the World? Foundation. The screening will be followed by a discussion with subjects from the film and representatives from Can Art Change the World? Foundation and Reentry Sisters who will discuss...

    Free
  • (Past Event) “Freaky Fridaze” Live Broadcast with WMPG

    Freaky Fridaze

    A rotating cast of WMPG DJ’s broadcast Freaky Fridaze live from the PMA from 5:00 p.m. - 7 p.m. This happy hour series takes your favorite community DJs out of the studio and into the wild, spinning records and soaking up the vibes with listeners and music lovers. Join us for a rotation of DJs...

  • (Past Event) PMA Films: Filipiñana

    Bernard Osher Foundation Auditorium 7 Congress Square, Portland, ME, United States

    Directed by Rafael Manuel. 100 minutes. Not Rated. In Filipino, English, and Ilokano with English subtitles. Amid stifling heat and pervasive drought, Isabel (Jorrybell Agoto), a 17-year-old Ilokana from the rural north, works at a posh country club outside Manila, lining up golf balls for powerful men to drive into the verdant horizon. New to...

    $7 – $10
  • (Past Event) PMA Films: Filipiñana

    Bernard Osher Foundation Auditorium 7 Congress Square, Portland, ME, United States

    Directed by Rafael Manuel. 100 minutes. Not Rated. In Filipino, English, and Ilokano with English subtitles. Amid stifling heat and pervasive drought, Isabel (Jorrybell Agoto), a 17-year-old Ilokana from the rural north, works at a posh country club outside Manila, lining up golf balls for powerful men to drive into the verdant horizon. New to...

    $7 – $10
  • (Past Event) PMA Films: “A Few Small Odysseys”: Mikey and Nicky (1976) (New 4K Restoration)

    Bernard Osher Foundation Auditorium 7 Congress Square, Portland, ME, United States

    Directed by Elaine May. 106 minutes. Rated R. In English. Small-time mobster Nicky (John Cassavetes) is holed up in a fleabag motel after finding out the boss he stole money from has put a hit out on him. Terrified and with nowhere to run, he calls on Mikey (Peter Falk), his oldest friend and the...

    $7 – $10
  • (Past Event) PMA Films: “A Few Small Odysseys”: Mikey and Nicky (1976) (New 4K Restoration)

    Bernard Osher Foundation Auditorium 7 Congress Square, Portland, ME, United States

    Directed by Elaine May. 106 minutes. Rated R. In English. Small-time mobster Nicky (John Cassavetes) is holed up in a fleabag motel after finding out the boss he stole money from has put a hit out on him. Terrified and with nowhere to run, he calls on Mikey (Peter Falk), his oldest friend and the...

    $7 – $10
  • (Past Event) PMA Films: Pee Shy + Unless Something Goes Terribly Wrong (with filmmaker Steven Jackson)

    Bernard Osher Foundation Auditorium 7 Congress Square, Portland, ME, United States

    Pee Shy will be followed by a brief discussion with director Steven Jackson. Unless Something Goes Terribly Wrong will screen after the talk. Pee Shy. Directed by Steven Jackson. 19 minutes. Not Rated. In English. A lifelong shy pee-er embarks on a quest to overcome his fear of public urination. Along the way, he enlists...

    $7 – $10
  • (Past Event) PMA Films: Filipiñana

    Bernard Osher Foundation Auditorium 7 Congress Square, Portland, ME, United States

    Directed by Rafael Manuel. 100 minutes. Not Rated. In Filipino, English, and Ilokano with English subtitles. Amid stifling heat and pervasive drought, Isabel (Jorrybell Agoto), a 17-year-old Ilokana from the rural north, works at a posh country club outside Manila, lining up golf balls for powerful men to drive into the verdant horizon. New to...

    $7 – $10
  • (Past Event) Museum Playdate: Community!

    Museum Playdates

    Meet in the Selma Black Great Hall  Free Admission for All on Third Thursday It takes a community to help us grow, and this month we are exploring all the people, places, and things that make a community. We’ll create collaborative and individual art pieces that help connect us to our communities. Don't forget to bring...

    Free
  • (Past Event) Third Thursday

    Third Thursdays at the PMA is Art for All! On 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.

  • (Past Event) PMA Films: Filipiñana (Free Screening)

    Bernard Osher Foundation Auditorium 7 Congress Square, Portland, ME, United States

    Directed by Rafael Manuel. 100 minutes. Not Rated. In Filipino, English, and Ilokano with English subtitles. Amid stifling heat and pervasive drought, Isabel (Jorrybell Agoto), a 17-year-old Ilokana from the rural north, works at a posh country club outside Manila, lining up golf balls for powerful men to drive into the verdant horizon. New to...

    Free
  • (Past Event) Lecture: The History That Inspired Homer

    Bernard Osher Foundation Auditorium 7 Congress Square, Portland, ME, United States

    Want to know more about the inspirations behind the Winslow Homer’s works featured in the Winslow Homer: Painter, Etcher exhibit? Join the South Portland Historical Society’s Seth Goldstein as he shares information about the maritime culture and historic events that fascinated Homer and led him to paint some of his most iconic works. This illustrated...

    Free; registration requested
  • (Past Event) Eve Biddle: A Sense of Place

    Discover the special exhibition Eve Biddle: Wonderlands through the exploration of place. Learn about Biddle’s artworks and practice as we consider our own role as viewers of these pieces. With Beth Walker, Museum Educator.

  • (Past Event) PMA Films: The Marching Band

    Bernard Osher Foundation Auditorium 7 Congress Square, Portland, ME, United States

    Directed by Emmanuel Courcol. 103 minutes. Not Rated. In French with English subtitles. A world-famous orchestra conductor and a blue-collar cafeteria worker discover they are brothers who were separated at birth. Despite their differences, they develop a bond through their mutual love of music. A Cannes premiere and Audience Award Winner at Rendez-Vous with French...

    $6
  • (Past Event) “Freaky Fridaze” Live Broadcast with WMPG

    Freaky Fridaze

    A rotating cast of WMPG DJ’s broadcast Freaky Fridaze live from the PMA from 5:00 p.m. - 7 p.m. This happy hour series takes your favorite community DJs out of the studio and into the wild, spinning records and soaking up the vibes with listeners and music lovers. Join us for a rotation of DJs...

  • (Past Event) PMA Films: How to Divorce During the War

    Bernard Osher Foundation Auditorium 7 Congress Square, Portland, ME, United States

    Directed by Andrius Blaževičius. 108 minutes. Not Rated. In Lithuanian, English, Ukranian, and Russian with English subtitles. WINNER BEST DIRECTOR WORLD CINEMA DRAMATIC - 2026 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL Vilnius, 2022. High-flying executive Marija (Zygimante Elena Jakstaite) chooses the worst possible moment to inform her husband Vytas (Marius Repsys) she wants a divorce: just one day...

    $7 – $10
  • (Past Event) PMA Films: How to Divorce During the War

    Bernard Osher Foundation Auditorium 7 Congress Square, Portland, ME, United States

    Directed by Andrius Blaževičius. 108 minutes. Not Rated. In Lithuanian, English, Ukranian, and Russian with English subtitles. WINNER BEST DIRECTOR WORLD CINEMA DRAMATIC - 2026 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL Vilnius, 2022. High-flying executive Marija (Zygimante Elena Jakstaite) chooses the worst possible moment to inform her husband Vytas (Marius Repsys) she wants a divorce: just one day...

    $7 – $10
  • (Past Event) PMA Films: The Marching Band

    Bernard Osher Foundation Auditorium 7 Congress Square, Portland, ME, United States

    Directed by Emmanuel Courcol. 103 minutes. Not Rated. In French with English subtitles. A world-famous orchestra conductor and a blue-collar cafeteria worker discover they are brothers who were separated at birth. Despite their differences, they develop a bond through their mutual love of music. A Cannes premiere and Audience Award Winner at Rendez-Vous with French...

    $7 – $10