Salsa in the Square Feat. Primo Cubano

Salsa dancing is back! Enjoy a free salsa dancing lesson provided by PM Salsa at 5:30, with Primo Cubano taking the stage at 6. Free and open to all!

Congress Square Park, Portland, ME, 04101, United States

Learn to Line Dance

Join Robyn Towle and your neighbors for some silly line dancing! All humans and abilities welcome — learn something new, have fun, and enjoy a no-pressure evening in the Square. This is a new monthly series happening the evening of every second Friday! Free and open to ......More

Join Robyn Towle and your neighbors for some silly line dancing! All humans and abilities welcome — learn something new, have fun, and enjoy a no-pressure evening in the Square. This is a new monthly series happening the evening of every second Friday! Free and open to all!

Congress Square Park, Portland, ME, 04101, United States

Song of Myself Marathon Reading

It’s a marathon reading of Walt Whitman’s poem Song of Myself, in partnership with the Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance! Everyone is welcome to hop in and read a passage, or to listen to a bit of verse. We’ll start at 10am and read until we’re through all 52 sections......More

It’s a marathon reading of Walt Whitman’s poem Song of Myself, in partnership with the Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance! Everyone is welcome to hop in and read a passage, or to listen to a bit of verse. We’ll start at 10am and read until we’re through all 52 sections. If you have a copy at home, please bring it! YAWP!

Congress Square Park, Portland, ME, 04101, United States

Walk & Roll!

Stroll with neighbors! Announcing our new weekly gathering: Walk & Roll! Every Sunday at 1pm you’re invited to join a friendly group of neighbors deciding on a route and enjoying each other’s company as everyone zigs and zags through town and back to our little park. Ev......More

Stroll with neighbors! Announcing our new weekly gathering: Walk & Roll! Every Sunday at 1pm you’re invited to join a friendly group of neighbors deciding on a route and enjoying each other’s company as everyone zigs and zags through town and back to our little park. Everyone of every ability level is invited, and we hope you’ll tag along.

Congress Square Park, Portland, ME, 04101, United States

Gulf of Maine Research Institute

We’re delighted to host our friends at GMRI for an afternoon of marine science! Come learn!

Congress Square Park, Portland, ME, 04101, United States

Gulf of Maine Research Institute Day

The Gulf of Maine Research Institute works with our partners to create science-based, community-driven solutions to global ocean challenges. Stop by CSP on June 16th 1:00-3:00 to learn how warming oceans are contributing to sea level rise and coastal flooding in Maine —......More

The Gulf of Maine Research Institute works with our partners to create science-based, community-driven solutions to global ocean challenges. Stop by CSP on June 16th 1:00-3:00 to learn how warming oceans are contributing to sea level rise and coastal flooding in Maine — and how you can take part in collecting flooding observations in your community that inform local resilience planning.

Congress Square Park, Portland, ME, 04101, United States

Summer Recess!

School is out but we can share the joy of recess in Congress Square Park. All ages are welcome, kids and nostalgic adults, for an evening of school yard style play and games. Freeze Pops are an essential summer treat and will be available for cooling off. Bring friends ......More

School is out but we can share the joy of recess in Congress Square Park. All ages are welcome, kids and nostalgic adults, for an evening of school yard style play and games. Freeze Pops are an essential summer treat and will be available for cooling off. Bring friends or make new friends drawing with chalk, playing four square, corn hole, and connect 4.

Congress Square Park, Portland, ME, 04101, United States

Blurb Club

It’s a book show-and-tell! Come chat about what you’re reading, or what you’ve read, or how you like to read books — all while meeting new people and getting other book recommendations. Free and open to all! Rain location: Mechanics’ Hall

Congress Square Park, Portland, ME, 04101, United States

Queer Makers' Market

Be with community! Meet and support dozens of local makers! Come hang out! Third Sunday of every month

Congress Square Park, Portland, ME, 04101, United States

Walk & Roll!

Stroll with neighbors! Announcing our new weekly gathering: Walk & Roll! Every Sunday at 1pm you’re invited to join a friendly group of neighbors deciding on a route and enjoying each other’s company as everyone zigs and zags through town and back to our little park. Ev......More

Stroll with neighbors! Announcing our new weekly gathering: Walk & Roll! Every Sunday at 1pm you’re invited to join a friendly group of neighbors deciding on a route and enjoying each other’s company as everyone zigs and zags through town and back to our little park. Everyone of every ability level is invited, and we hope you’ll tag along.

Congress Square Park, Portland, ME, 04101, United States

Kizomba Sunset Sessions

Come experience Kizomba! Kizomba is a beautiful partner dance from Angola, focused on connection, musicality, and smooth, flowing steps that make you feel the music with every movement. Start with a quick intro class, then stay for social dancing—no partner or experienc......More

Come experience Kizomba! Kizomba is a beautiful partner dance from Angola, focused on connection, musicality, and smooth, flowing steps that make you feel the music with every movement. Start with a quick intro class, then stay for social dancing—no partner or experience needed.Come catch the sunset, meet new people, and enjoy the vibe. Free and open to all! Fourth Fridays of every month.

Congress Square Park, Portland, ME, 04101, United States

Walk & Roll!

Stroll with neighbors! Announcing our new weekly gathering: Walk & Roll! Every Sunday at 1pm you’re invited to join a friendly group of neighbors deciding on a route and enjoying each other’s company as everyone zigs and zags through town and back to our little park. Ev......More

Stroll with neighbors! Announcing our new weekly gathering: Walk & Roll! Every Sunday at 1pm you’re invited to join a friendly group of neighbors deciding on a route and enjoying each other’s company as everyone zigs and zags through town and back to our little park. Everyone of every ability level is invited, and we hope you’ll tag along.

Congress Square Park, Portland, ME, 04101, United States

Ripe for Repair Meetup

Bring your broken wares, bicycles, textiles, etc. and learn how to repair them! Free and open to all!

Congress Square Park, Portland, ME, 04101, United States

Silent Movie Sunday: The Lost World (1925)

Join us for silent movies in the park at sunset on the last Sundays of each month! In London, professor Challenger announces that prehistoric creatures are alive and flourishing in the Amazon jungle and declares his intention to mount an expedition proving his point. Jo......More

Join us for silent movies in the park at sunset on the last Sundays of each month! In London, professor Challenger announces that prehistoric creatures are alive and flourishing in the Amazon jungle and declares his intention to mount an expedition proving his point. Journalist Edward Malone volunteers to go and convinces his newspaper to fund the journey. Paula White hopes to find her father, a missing explorer. They and others undertake the voyage and witness dinosaurs and humanoids doing battle in a magnificent landscape.

Congress Square Park, Portland, ME, 04101, United States