Wednesday June 17 2026
Wednesday July 15 2026
Wednesday August 12 2026
Wednesday October 14 2026
Sunday November 1 2026
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Discover Portland’s Jewish past — hidden in plain sight!
Join the Maine Jewish Museum for a special guided walking tour of our new Portland Jewish History Trail. From immigrant entrepreneurs and baseball moguls to social justice pioneers and quirky local legends, this tour brings to life the surprising stories that helped shape our city.
Thursday, September 3, 2026
Thursday, September 10, 2026
Thursday, September 17, 2026
Thursday, September 24, 2026
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
$35/student
Young artists ages 6–12 are invited to explore the natural world through creativity, imagination, and hands-on artmaking in this four-week workshop series at the Maine Jewish Museum.
Using sculpture, printmaking, bookmaking, collage, mosaic, and mixed media, children will discover new ways of seeing and interpreting the world around them. Each week introduces a different artistic process inspired by nature, encouraging curiosity, creative problem-solving, and self-expression in a fun, supportive environment.
Thursday, September 10, 2026
5:00 – 7:00 pm
Help us welcome our new fall art exhibitions! See all the new artwork and mingle with artists while meeting old and new friends.
Monday, September 14, 2026
4:00 – 6:00 pm
This workshop teaches the cameraless photographic process, chemigram printing, from a kincentric ecological perspective. We will be working with light sensitive paper and plant relatives as our collaborators to create unique and colorful photographic prints.
Participants are encouraged to bring objects with which they would like to make photograms.
Thursday, October 1, 2026
5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Jewish Community Alliance of Southern Maine
Light refreshments will be served.
The MJM + Hadassah + Rimon Book Group kicks off its 2026–2027 season with Alyssa Rosenheck’s timely new book, White. Blonde. Jew.: A Call to End Extremism, Speak Up, and Reclaim Center.
Friday, October 16 2026
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Pull up a chair for a very special edition of Maine Jewish Museum’s At the Table series with Tony and GRAMMY Award-winning actor, writer, and singer Ari’el Stachel.
Saturday, October 17 2026
7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Dessert reception immediately following
Tony and GRAMMY Award winner Ari’el Stachel takes the stage at Maine Jewish Museum in OTHER, his acclaimed autobiographical one-man show about what happens when the person the world sees and the person you know yourself to be don’t quite match.
Sunday, October 18 2026
1:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Hosted by Anna Wrobel & Jim Donnelly
Join us for an autumn afternoon of words, conversation, and community at Lowry’s Lodge Reading Series.
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