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Holiday Makers Market, skating rink return to Thompson’s Point in Portland
Some glided across the ice while others got some holiday shopping done at Thompson’s Point on Sunday.
Portland Bach Experience and Thompson’s Point present inaugural Portland Nutcracker Experience
PORTLAND — Portland Bach Experience and Thompson’s Point announce the inaugural Portland Nutcracker Experience on Saturday, Dec. 28, at Brick South, Thompson’s Point, featuring a live orchestra from Portland Bach Experience, prima ballerinas and child actors and educators from the Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine. At a time when loved ones are gathered together […]
Big J’s Chicken Shack at Thompson’s Point is closing
Big J’s Chicken Shack, a casual restaurant at Thompson’s Point that serves chicken and waffles and Nashville hot chicken, is closing at the end of the month, according to Jason Loring, who is one of the owners. Loring, whose restaurant group owns Big J’s, said he and his partners were approached by their business partners at […]
Thompson's Point in Portland parking sign getting double-takes
PORTLAND — Signs installed by the developers of Thompon’s Point in Portland on Thursday are likely to inspire more than a few double-takes. Placed on the north and east side of the building known as Brick North, it reads: “Employee Parking Only. Violators will be towed or swallowed whole by the Casco Bay Sea Serpent.” […]
Children's Museum moving to Thompson's Point
PORTLAND — The Children’s Museum and Theatre of Maine has optioned a little over an acre at Thompson’s Point and has plans for a building twice the size of its current home next to the Portland Museum of Art on Free Street. No specific details about the project were available this week, but Suzanne Olson, […]
Thompson’s Point building tubing hill in Portland
PORTLAND — Thompson’s Point has become a destination synonymous with craft beer, summer concerts and ice skating. Now, the evolving development is adding a new winter activity: tubing – on a two-story, man-made hill. The structure is being dubbed The Hill, to go along with The Rink at Thompson’s Point. Thompson’s Point co-owner Chris Thompson […]
Circus college plans Portland campus
PORTLAND — A school for circus performers is the “one-of-a-kind performing arts tenant” that will call the future development on Thompson’s Point home. The Circus Conservatory of America will be announced as a tenant of the long-awaited $105 million development on Portland’s Thompson’s Point at a press conference Thursday afternoon, confirmed Nicole Clegg, a spokeswoman […]