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[22] [23] The Oregon Symphony hosts Gospel Christmas at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall each year. [7] Portland's Singing Christmas Tree has been held for approximately sixty years. [24] [25] The city has seen "alternatives" and other versions of Tchaikovsky's Christmas-centric ballet The Nutcracker (1892) presented by various arts ...
Attendees can still enjoy Magic of Lights’ classic holiday favorites that includes: Winter Wonderland, the 12 Days of Christmas, Toyland, festive Elves and Reindeer Road, Mattel’s Waving ...
A re-enactment of the preparations for the Portland show is featured in the bio film This Is Elvis. The venue hosted the America East Conference (then the ECAC North) men's basketball tournament in 1980. Two AHL hockey clubs that have called the arena home, include the Portland Pirates and three time Calder Cup champions, the Maine Mariners.
Portland Stage Company is a professional LORT (League of Resident Theaters) theater company in the state of Maine. [1] Founded as the Profile Theatre in 1974 as a touring theater company, the company made Portland its permanent location in 1976. In 1982, it moved to its current home of 25A Forest Avenue in Portland, Maine. [2]
Originally known as Portland City Hall Auditorium, it is located in the eastern section of Portland City Hall. The auditorium was built in 1912 and underwent a major rebuild and renovation in 1997. It features a large pipe organ, the Hermann Kotzschmar Memorial Organ , donated by Cyrus Curtis and built by the Austin Organ Company (Opus 323).
Tickets were ten cents to a quarter. The State only flirted briefly with silent films and vaudeville before transitioning completely to Hollywood's biggest first-run sound films of the day. In the mid-1930s the State Theatre began a children's matinee program, showing the most popular cartoons of the day, such as Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, and Popeye.
The Portland Exposition Building, also known as The Expo, is a sports and convention center building complex in Portland, Maine. [1] Much expanded since the original building was constructed in 1914, the complex now includes five inter-connected buildings with 24,000 square feet of exhibition space and ten meeting rooms.
The Children's Museum & Theatre of Maine was founded by the Junior of Portland in 1970, opening in just a few rooms in Fort Williams Park in Cape Elizabeth. In 1980 the Museum moved to a Victorian home on Stevens Avenue in Portland. After more than a decade of successful exhibits and programs, the Museum once again needed a new space to ...