Lighting of the Copper Beech Tree
Friday, December 5, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., Great Hall. Free admission. All children must be accompanied by an adult.
Come to our wintery First Friday family night at the Museum. Art activities, family-friendly performers, and holiday lights get everyone in the spirit at this annual Museum tradition. Join us for special performances in our auditorium, milk and cookies in our Café. Performances by Deering High School Handbell Choir, Cool Yule Swing Music with Lex and Joe, and Longfellow School Choral Group will fill the Great Hall with lovely sounds. The finale: a candlelit walk to a spectacular Copper Beech Tree lighting ceremony.
Dahlov Ipcar Holiday Book Signing
Sunday, December 14, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., Great Hall. Free with Museum admission.
Dahlov Ipcar's My Wonderful Christmas Tree, published by Islandport Press, is a charming book about the colorful and curious creatures of New England fields and forests at Christmastime. Although Dahlov is still active as an artist today, My Wonderful Christmas Tree, originally published in 1986, marked her final book. Dahlov will be here to sign copies of the book, making them one-of-a-kind holiday gifts that will become treasured keepsakes for children of all ages. The book will be available in the Museum Store in December.
Rock and Roll with Greil Marcus
Monday, January 26, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., $15/$10 members. Holiday Inn By the Bay. Doors open at 5:30 p.m.
Join the Portland Museum of Art to hear an illustrated presentation by Greil Marcus, author, music journalist, and cultural critic talk about rock and roll. Greil Marcus was the first records editor for Rolling Stone Magazine, and has written columns for Artforum, the New York Times, Salon, and Interview. He is the author of Mystery Train (1975, 2008), Lipstick Traces (1989), The Old, Weird America (1997), The Shape of Things to Come: Prophecy and the American Voice (2006), and other books where he re-defined music criticism. His column Real Life Rock Top Ten appears in each issue of the Believer. This lecture is in conjunction with the exhibition Backstage Pass: Rock & Roll Photography on view January 22 through March 22, 2009 at the Portland Museum of Art. To purchase tickets.
This program is made possible by The Bernard A. Osher Lecture Fund at the Portland Museum of Art.
2009
Friday, January 9 Winslow Homer: Society and Solitude