I absolutely love this gallery on Peak's Island in Maine…read more The gallery owner is wonderful and incredibly knowledgeable, and the gallery is expertly managed with themed exhibits featuring Maine's finest artists, among others. I own several paintings that I purchased from this gallery, and am thrilled with every one. Amazing work and amazing gallery!

Lovely little gallery that's worth checking out on Peaks Island. There's a new show every month and…read morethe owner is extremely friendly.

Cove Street has quickly become the most engaging art gallery in Maine, with a wide array of…read moreofferings within an extremely expansive space.

I consider Cove Street Arts to be the most exciting gallery in Portland. The space is magnificent…read moreand affords room for both large and smaller exhibits in its various rooms. The open central space has hosted some excellent installations that couldn't have been shown anywhere else but a museum. I am delighted and intrigued by the diversity of the exhibits, which are often cutting edge and always of a high quality. Others I know--many of them artists or of an artistic bent--would agree about our good fortune in having this NYC-caliber gallery in Portland. In addition, the gallery hosts interesting interviews and talks by artists and speakers. I can't say enough about Cove Street Arts and hope they continue to make this small city their home!

Fun art gallery in Portland to look around and check out the art. We all enjoyed walking around and…read moreseeing the different art pieces.

If you're in the area, definitely stop by you're free to walk around and check out all the art…read morewhich is made by local artist in New England. The price is varied from 1000 to 100,000. They also offered a variety of different art styles and mediums. I was greeted by a blonde lady that works there and she was super sweet and helpful.

My dad is an alumni here so I just had to check the campus out while I was in the area. The museum…read moreis free and much larger than I had anticipated it to be. There were two levels and a multitude of rooms to appreciate the pieces of art up close and personal since there weren't many barriers establishing boundaries. This definitely added to the experience and I am curious how often they change out the pieces. Would come again and recommend others to check them out!

We visited this museum on a drizzly day while staying nearby at The Brunswick Hotel. The current…read moreexhibit was Mina Loy - strangeness is inevitable. The exhibit was well done and highly informative. We found the regular collections including the murals in the Walker Art Building, formerly the lobby, and wooden masks once worn by individuals in New Ireland, an island in Papua New Guinea, at funerals and other cultural events to be equally enjoyable. Employees were just setting up a pair of new exhibits on the day of our visit so we did not get the opportunity to explore the entire museum as we will on an upcoming visit. There is no admission fee though donations are gratefully accepted.

The Tate House is a mid-eighteenth century home that was build for Captain George Tate who served…read moreas the Senior Mast Agent for the British Royal Navy. From what I remember, he helped oversee the shipments of pine trees from Maine to England. This impressive pre-Revolutionary home sits on a knoll overlooking the banks of the Fore River and boasts of a beautifully manicured yard (I would absolutely love to have a garden party here... something with fancy hats and bubbly, y'know?). I love everything about this museum, really I do...I think it has captured a frozen moment in Portland's timeline. I just think they need some new folks working here who are passionate about the right things. What I mean is, docents really can make or break an experience; when they're engaging and enthusiastic about the information they're sharing, it's infectious. When they're genuinely excited to breathe life into history, they make generations to come also excited. Unfortunately, from what I've experienced, the docents here (and the people inside the Gift Shop) are the complete opposite of that. Here's just one example (and there are many to choose from): I was once standing in the museum in a way in which a particular docent didn't like. So much so, she stopped the tour to make my friends and I reposition ourselves (multiple times) until she was happy, but then yelled at us because our arms were taking up too much space... not kidding. My suggestion is, if you can, come here during one of their events - there's a lot of different people working a lot of different areas, so one bad egg won't ruin your experience. For me, their Colonial Christmas event is absolutely spectacular (especially if there's a light dusting of snow on the ground). They really do capture the essence of the colonial times perfectly from the decorations to the period costumes to the music to the interactive games and to the delicious spread of treats in the Means House available afterwards!

I'm an old house enthusiast and this was a great house to tour…read more The guide was just ok, not great...but it's a great house to go see a typical colonial style home without trekking to Williamsburg. Put the kids in the car, take them here, and teach them about good old fashioned 'Murkan history.

What an amazing place. I've come here twice for the international open mics hosted by Jenny Van…read moreWest and the Portland Culture Exchange, both of whom do amazing things in the Portland community. Portland is already a tiny, tiny place, but the people here make it feel even tinier. If there was ever any truer testament to inclusion and the celebration of diversity, this place is it. It's completely unpretentious and unassuming and the work they do with the local artists and people is just astounding. In just one moment you can be taken from the cold abyss into an embracing place where everyone truly comes together. I've learned so much by just being a part of this space for a few hours and it's really changed my perspective on alot of things. I would recommend anyone who is interested in the interwoven to check out their events. It's all amazing.

Mayo Street Arts is another one of those examples why Portland really is such an amazing community…read more Similar to other arts venues in town, it's a repurposed historic church that's now being used for a host of cool things: craft fairs, music series, puppet shows,(my personal favorite) The Dark Follies (Portland's vaudeville style variety show), and as a community space. (Although, I think Mayo Street Arts [the actual brick and mortar of it] secretly would like to host things like bean supper's and BINGO nights... I'm sure that Portland could bring the cool factor back for both and make them vibrant and welcoming social gatherings like they were 'lo those many, many moons ago, and not exorbitantly priced. Resurgam, guys! Let's do this!). My lone complaint with Mayo Street Arts is the claustrophobia factor I sometimes feel when I'm here. It just always seems like there's a million people at every event I attend here. And bumping into and tripping over people just makes me feel extremely anxious. I think my favorite thing about Mayo Street Arts is the book drop/exchange area outside - it looks like a large mailbox (in my head, I irrationally associate it with the Blue's Clues mailbox... though it looks nothing at all like that [maybe it's just because there's always something wonderful inside it?]), or maybe a breadbox; anyway, when you open it, there are a number of books for you to take. No gimmicks. It's like the "need a penny, take a penny" bowls. If you need a book... take a book. If you'd like to leave a book... well, then, leave a book. This is an actual, thing, by the way. My family - for as long as I can remember - have been leaving our read books all over the world (in Starbucks, in laundromats, on planes, etc). There were some serious gems in the Mayo Street Arts book box the last time I was there, too: a Stephen King, the entire Hunger Games series, the first two Harry Potters, a Kurt Vonnegut, and The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou. If you're a reader, please consider passing along your unwanted books through this method!

Great venue for the event I attended. They have a snack bar and bathrooms handy as well…read more Inadequate handicap parking forced me to park further away than I liked, but that was ok. The building is old but well maintained, but can be tough to find as it is out of the way with not many signs. You kinda have to know where you are going.

Jeri is truly gifted and is always spot on with every reading I have gotten from her over last…read moreseveral years. Every time I need guidance I call Jeri and I feel better after every call! Thank you Jeri.