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What does love demand of us, and who must pay the price?

What risks would you be willing to take to fall in love again?

“I never thought I’d see you here,” Sarah says. Then she adds, “But I never thought I’d see you anywhere.”

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Welcome to One Cool Night (A Quiet Nights’ Summer Revival)!

Believe it or not, we’re halfway through Daylight Saving Time. At the height of the season, and amid the heat, we invite you to pause with us and spend a cooling, calm moment with our community in the library.

One night only! Mechanics’ Hall members are free, $10 to drop in.

We’ll crank the AC, and serve up some delicious chilled refreshments. So come, kick back, cool off, and join us for One Cool Night.

One night only! Mechanics’ Hall members are free, $10 to drop in.

Mechanics’ Hall memberships start at just $50 for a year. Visit here to sign up and for more info.

Can’t make it? Stay tuned to our newsletter & social media for our upcoming schedule announcements.

Join hosts Marco Soulo and Signature MiMi for an evening where all artists and makers are welcome to share their creations and be in community with other poets, musicians, artists, crafters, and thinkers.

Monthly on the 3rd Wednesday of the Month!

Doors at 5:30  / Event at 6PM 

Join us with author Hampton Sides as he discusses his latest book,  The Wide Wide Sea, an account of Cook’s last journey that both wrestles with Cook’s legacy and provides a thrilling narrative of the titanic efforts and continual danger that characterized exploration in the 1700s.

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At once a ferociously-paced story of adventure on the high seas and a searching examination of the complexities and consequences of the Age of Exploration, THE WIDE WIDE SEA is a major work from one of our finest narrative nonfiction writers.

HAMPTON SIDES is the author of In the Kingdom of Ice, Ghost Soldiers, Blood and Thunder, Hellhound On His Trail, and other bestselling works of narrative history and literary non-fiction. His newest work, On Desperate Ground, will be published by Doubleday this October. Hampton is an editor-at-large for Outside magazine. His magazine work, collected in numerous published anthologies, has been twice named a Finalist for the National Magazine Awards in feature writing. A recent fellow of the Santa Fe Institute, he teaches literary journalism and narrative history at Colorado College. A native of Memphis with a BA in history from Yale, he lives in Santa Fe with his wife Anne.

Join us for a wide-ranging conversation with PCMF Resident Composer Vijay Iyer, who the New York Times has called a “social conscience, multimedia collaborator, system builder, rhapsodist, historical thinker and multicultural gateway.”

Free to the Public. Registration is Required. Register Here!

Winner of a MacArthur Award for “forging a new conception of jazz and American creative music,” Iyer is unique for being an acclaimed jazz pianist, composer, and cognitive scientist. His recent work Handmade Universe, written for the East Coast Chamber Orchestra and pianist Shai Wosner, receives its Maine premiere at the Portland Chamber Music Festival’s “Universal Resonance” concert. The conversation is moderated by composer (and PCMF Operations/Production Manager) Sam Kyzivat.

Join hosts Marco Soulo and Signature MiMi for an evening where all artists and makers are welcome to share their creations and be in community with other poets, musicians, artists, crafters, and thinkers.

Monthly on the 3rd Wednesday of the Month!

Join hosts Marco Soulo and Signature MiMi for an evening where all artists and makers are welcome to share their creations and be in community with other poets, musicians, artists, crafters, and thinkers.

Monthly on the 3rd Wednesday of the Month!

Join hosts Marco Soulo and Signature MiMi for an evening where all artists and makers are welcome to share their creations and be in community with other poets, musicians, artists, crafters, and thinkers.

Monthly on the 3rd Wednesday of the Month!

Join hosts Marco Soulo and Signature MiMi for an evening where all artists and makers are welcome to share their creations and be in community with other poets, musicians, artists, crafters, and thinkers.

Monthly on the 3rd Wednesday of the Month!