What Austin City Limits did for the music scene in Austin, recording engineer turned documentarian Marc Bartholomew aims to do for Portland with The Acadia sessions. This Saturday, May 22 (at 11pm) MPBN will air the second installment of the series, this one featuring the Portland based experimental prog rock band The Baltic Sea. 
It's time for another round of roller derby in Portland. Maine Roller Derby is a four year old league with home matches at the Portland Expo, and occasionally Happy Wheels.
Portland Harbor, both its working waterfront and its recreational waterfront, is one of the city's great resources, and Portlanders are far sighted about its future. One of the best ways to assure the future health of the Harbor is to get kids out on the water, and that's just what community sailing organization SailMaine is all about.
Nothing says springtime in Portland like a neighborhood street festival and a. .
Putting more international into Portland International Jetport, Air Canada is now providing two daily non-stop flights between Portland and Toronto. The Jetport also announced the resumption of flights to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.
A big weekend for the Portland farm-to-table/sustainable-agriculture/local-food/slow-food community. SPACE Gallery is hosting the Food+Farm film series beginning thursday, May 22.
Starting this past weekend, volunteers for the Green Sneakers project have been walking around neighborhoods in Portland and other Maine communities to talk about energy effiency. The project has been created by Maine Partners for Cool Communities (MPCC) to "educate, energize and motivate personal actions to achieve energy efficiency and independence,” says Ann Adams MPCC committee member and resident of Portland’s Back Cove neighborhood.
Starting next week, the cuise ships will be back in in the harbor and tourists will fan out into the Old Port. Lots of them.
