One Longfellow Square is a non-profit performing arts and concert venue in

Portland, Maine Portland is the List of municipalities in Maine, most populous city in the U.S. state of Maine and the county seat, seat of Cumberland County, Maine, Cumberland County. Portland's population was 68,408 at the 2020 census. The Portland metropolit ...

, United States. Located in

Longfellow Square Longfellow Square is a public square in Portland, Maine, United States. Named for the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, it is one of the three main squares on the city's Congress Street — the others being Congress Square Congress Square ...

, the building is home to the Center for Cultural Exchange, which opened on March 5, 1999, in the renovated building. The building was abandoned in 1994 and purchased by Portland Performing Arts in 1998. After the group spent nearly $800,000 to renovate the space. The venue nearly permanently closed due to financial losses sustained due to safety restrictions put in place during the

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