Portland celebrates its welcoming nature with ‘The Walk’ for refugee children
The art-and-culture festival begins with a free concert at 6 p.m. Wednesday on the Eastern Prom.
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Little Amal, a puppet representing all refugee children, will appear in Portland by remote link on Thursday afternoon. Photo by Handspring Puppet Company.
Portland will celebrate its refugee communities and its reputation as a welcoming city with A Message From Far Away, an art-and-culture festival that begins with a free concert at 6 p.m. Wednesday evening on the Eastern Prom and continues at 12:30 p.m. Thursday with a downtown parade from Monument Square to Ocean Gateway.
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Emergency grants available for 20 Maine performing artists
The Ellis-Beauregard Foundation is distributing a total of $50,000.
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The Ellis-Beauregard Foundation is offering $2,500 emergency COVID-19 grants to 20 Maine artists working in the performing arts who have been adversely affected by the pandemic through illness or loss of income. The money can be used for professional expenses, food, shelter, medical costs, childcare and other things. In total, the foundation will distribute $50,000 to Maine artists.
Applicants must be 18 years or older, live in Maine and have been working in the performing arts in Maine for at least one year. Students enrolled in educational institutions are not eligible.
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Maine arts groups weigh whether digital content is worth the cost
Virtual performances and exhibits aren t money-makers, but there s value in reaching new audiences and engaging loyal ones.
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Eckart Preu, center, conducts the Portland Symphony Orchestra in a rehearsal of “Magic of Christmas” at Merrill Auditorium, which nearly 5,000 households in 35 states watched online.
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Maine arts groups leapt across the digital divide in 2020. Now they have to figure out how to pay for a bridge so the crossing is not so financially perilous.
The Portland Symphony Orchestra reached almost 5,000 households in 35 states with its all-digital presentation of “Magic of Christmas” – impressive numbers that, in terms of attendance, compare favorably to the 17,000 or so people who typically attend “Magic” in person, assuming two or three people per household watched each streaming concert. But in terms of revenue, the numbers don’t come close to a