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Events

If you are looking for inexpensive or free things to do in Southern Maine, you're in the right place! Here are our picks for affordable events and deals in York and Cumberland counties.

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Tuesday, May 6
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Thursday, May 8

Wednesday, May 7, 2025

Teen Art Table

All Day | FREE | Portland Public Library, Downtown Branch

Help Our Garden Grow

All Day | FREE | Curtis Memorial Library, Brunswick

LEGOS

All Day | FREE | Curtis Memorial Library, Brunswick

Name Our Library Dog!

All Day | FREE | Curtis Memorial Library, Brunswick

Henry Strater's Ogunquit

$0-15.00 | Ogunquit Museum of American Art

A Sailboat in the Moonlight: Art of Nicole Wittenberg

$0-15.00 | Ogunquit Museum of American Art

Where the Real Lies

$0-15.00 | Ogunquit Museum of American Art

Portland Farmers' Market

7:00 am to 1:00 pm | Deering Oaks Park

Art Exhibit: Beverly Hallam, Chasing Light

10:00 am | FREE | York Public Library

Art for Tots: The Art of Piet Mondrian

10:00 am to 10:30 am | FREE | Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine

Benefits & Resources for Older Adults

10:00 am to 12:00 pm | FREE | Portland Public Library, Downtown Branch

Self-Guided Museum Tours

10:00 am to 4:30 pm | FREE | Shaker Village at Sabbathday Lake, New Gloucester

Toddler Storytime

10:30 am | Wells Public Library

Baby Storytime Downtown

10:30 am to 11:00 am | FREE | Portland Public Library, Downtown Branch

Toddler Time

10:30 am to 11:30 am | FREE | Portsmouth (NH) Public Library

Pre-K Storytime

10:30 am to 11:30 am | FREE | South Berwick Public Library

1-2-3 Grow with Me!

10:30 am to 12:00 pm | FREE | Thomas Memorial Library, Cape Elizabeth

Story Time

10:30 am to 11:00 am | Windham Public Library

Preschool Storytime @ Burbank

10:30 am to 11:00 am | FREE | Portland Public Library, Burbank Branch

Creative Movement with Portland School of Ballet

11:00 am to 11:30 am | FREE | Portland Public Library, Downtown Branch

Create Your Own Sketchbooks: A 4-Week Bookbinding Course

12:00 pm to 2:00 pm | $130.00 | Brick Store Museum

Teen Crafternoon

1:00 pm | FREE | Wells Public Library

Home Automation with Devin Burritt

1:00 pm to 2:00 pm | FREE | York Public Library

May Early Release Art Class: Patriotic Paper Rosettes

1:00 pm to 3:00 pm | $40.00 | Brick Store Museum

Kids Crafternoon @ Riverton

1:00 pm to 3:00 pm | FREE | Portland Public Library, Riverton Branch

Rug Hooking at the Freeport Community Library

1:00 pm to 4:00 pm | FREE | Freeport Community Library

Film Matinee: Twelfth Night! A Special Screening with Seacoast Village Project

1:30 pm to 4:00 pm | FREE | Portsmouth (NH) Public Library

Wells Farmers' Market

1:30 pm to 5:00 pm | Wells Public Library

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Tournament

2:00 pm | FREE | Scarborough Public Library

Virtual Author Talk - How to Use Anxiety to Thrive with Dr. David H. Rosmarin

2:00 pm to 3:00 pm | FREE | York Public Library

Art for Tots: The Art of Piet Mondrian

2:00 pm to 3:00 pm | FREE | Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine

Film Event: "a Peace of Forest"

2:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Merril Memorial Library, Yarmouth

Technology Tutoring @ Burbank

2:00 pm to 5:00 pm | FREE | Portland Public Library, Burbank Branch

Wonder Wednesdays

2:00 pm to 3:00 pm | FREE | Windham Public Library

Lego Club

2:30 pm to 4:30 pm | FREE | Louis B. Goodall Memorial Library, Sanford

Explore at Freeport Community Library

2:30 pm to 4:30 pm | Freeport Community Library

Middle School Book Club

3:00 pm to 4:00 pm | FREE | Scarborough Public Library

Yellow Tulip Project: Zines for Community

3:00 pm to 5:00 pm | FREE | Portland Public Library, Downtown Branch

Creative Writing for Kids @ Peaks (Grades 3–5)

3:00 pm to 4:00 pm | FREE | Portland Public Library, Peaks Island

Crafternoon: Dragon Eyes

3:30 pm to 4:30 pm | FREE | Walker Memorial Library, Westbrook

Music Lab: Ukulele

3:30 pm to 4:30 pm | FREE | Thomas Memorial Library, Cape Elizabeth

Our Story is One Exhibit

4:00 pm to 6:00 pm | FREE | William Fogg Library, Eliot

Live Music at the Front Porch

4:00 pm to 11:55 pm | The Front Porch in Ogunquit

Fairy Houses

5:00 pm to 6:00 pm | FREE | South Berwick Public Library

Fiber Arts Group

5:00 pm to 7:00 pm | FREE | Louis B. Goodall Memorial Library, Sanford

Pathfinder Society

5:00 pm to 9:30 pm | FREE | Scarborough Public Library

BUBBLES, BOOKMARKS & BOOK CELLAR – Mom’s Night Out!

5:30 pm to 7:00 pm | FREE | Louis T. Graves Memorial Library, Kennebunkport

Ice Cream Night at the Trolley Museum

5:30 pm to 7:30 pm | $12.00 | Seashore Trolley Museum

Wednesday Mah Jongg in Kennebunk

5:30 pm to 7:30 pm | FREE | Kennebunk Free Library

Author Talk: Jen Dupree (Choice)

6:00 pm to 7:00 pm | FREE | Windham Public Library

Understanding Issues of Gender

6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | Prince Memorial Library, Cumberland

'The Icon & The Idealist' with Author Stephanie Gorton

6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | Rice Public Library, Kittery

Irish Music at Feile

6:30 pm | Feile Irish Pub in Wells

Community Read Discussion: A Man Called Ove (Rotary)

7:00 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | York Public Library

Marc Maron: All In

7:30 pm | $49.00-69.00 | The Music Hall, Portsmouth, NH

Little Shop of Horrors

8:00 pm | $50.00-160.00 | Ogunquit Playhouse

Dueing Divas

8:00 pm | $25.00 | Mainestreet

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