CLASSICAL MUSIC

FRIDAY

Bartok Night, performances by The Borromeo String Quartet, Colby College (Strider Theater), Waterville. Free. www.colby.edu. 7:30 p.m.

Kinderkonzert, with members of the Portland Symphony Orchestra; for children ages 3 to 7. Crooker Theatre (Brunswick High School), Brunswick. $4 at door. 773-6128. “Strings: The Story of Abbie Burgess,” 9:30 and 10:30 a.m., 1 p.m.

 

SATURDAY

Duo recital with pianist Laura Kargul and violinist Ronald Lantz, University of Southern Maine (Corthell Concert Hall), Gorham. $5-$15. www.usm.maine.edu/music. 8 p.m.

 

SUNDAY

St. Mary Schola, early music ensemble, St. Mary the Virgin Church, Falmouth. $20 at door. stmaryschola.org. “A Baroque Halloween,” 4 p.m.

USM Wind Ensemble, University of Southern Maine (Corthell Concert Hall), Gorham. $3-$6. 2 p.m.

Portland String Quartet with clarinetist Charles Neidich, Woodfords Congregational Church, Portland. $22; $20 seniors; free for ages 21 and younger. 761-1522. Pre-concert lecture at 1 p.m.; concert at 2 p.m.

 

MONDAY

Andrea Lodge and Jay Sorce, piano and guitar, College of the Atlantic (Gates Center), Bar Harbor. 288-5015. 7 p.m.

DANCE

STREB, blending of extreme sports and dance, University of Maine (Collins Center for the Arts), Orono. $22-$32. www.collinscenterforthearts.com. 8 p.m. Friday.

“The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” original production presented by Portland Ballet, Portland High School. $20-$35. www.brownpaper tickets.com. 8 p.m. Friday; 2 p.m. Saturday with a costume parade takes place during intermission.

THEATER

“August: Osage County,” tragicomedy, St. Lawrence Arts Center, Portland. $15-$25. www.goodtheater.com. 7 p.m. today and Friday; 2 and 7 p.m. Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday. Through Nov. 7.

“The Seafarer,” supernatural dark comedy by the American Irish Repertory Ensemble. Portland Stage Company (Studio Theater), Portland. $17-$20. 799-5327. 7:30 p.m. today and Friday; 8 p.m. Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday. Through Nov. 13.

“Six Degrees of Separation,” a witty commentary of what drives and motivates us as humans by Mad Horse Theatre. Lucid Stage, Portland. $20; $18 for students and seniors. www.lucidstage.com. 7:30 p.m. today and Friday; 8 p.m. Saturday.

“The Comedy of Errors,” Shakespearean play presented by Theater at Monmouth. Waldo Theater, Waldoboro. $15; $8 for students. 832-6060. 7 p.m. today.

Dramatic readings, Acorn Studios, Westbrook. $5/donation. www.acorn-productions.org. “Lifting Rocks” and “A Comet’s Tale,” 7:30 p.m. Friday.

“Go Out Singing,” musical about the leaders of the early church and how they defied the Roman Empire; presented by the St. Luke Players and Friends. St. Luke’s Cathedral, Portland. $10/donation. 772-5434. 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday. Through Nov. 7.

Town Hall Follies, musical revue, Town Hall, Windham. $10-$12. www.windhamtheater.org. 7 p.m. Friday; 2 and 7 p.m. Saturday.

“Cinderella,” classic children’s tale presented by New England Youth Theater. Morse High School, Bath. $10-$13. 798-6966. 7 p.m. Friday; 2 and 7 p.m. Saturday.

Poe Night, South Portland High School Drama Club presents dramatic readings of stories by Edgar Allan Poe and others. South Portland High School. $3. auditorium.spsd.org. 7 p.m. Friday.

Play Me a Story, play reading series of children’s books by company actors followed by an acting workshop for children ages 4 to 10. Portland Stage Company. $15 each. www.portlandstage.org. “The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs” and “The Three Silly Girls Grubb,” 10:30 a.m. Saturday. Through Nov. 20.

“Spoon River Anthology,” dramatic readings around tombstones by Silver Stars. Eastern Cemetery, Portland. Free/donations. 228-4171. 5:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

Naked Shakespeare, minimalist performances by Acorn Productions’ Shakespeare Ensemble. Wine Bar on Wharf Street, Portland. $8/donation. 854-0065. “Sonnets and Soliloquies,” 8 p.m. Monday.

“My Name is Rachel Corrie” and “Seven Jewish Children,” discussion follows the play performances. St. Lawrence Arts Center, Portland. $10/donation. www.stlawrencearts.org. 7 p.m. Monday.

“Last Gas,” romantic comedy set in northern Maine. Portland Stage Company. 774-0465. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday. Through Nov. 21.

GALLERIES/MUSEUMS

OPENINGS/RECEPTIONS

“The Ambiguities: Selected Works,” graphite drawings and color saturated paintings from Thorpe Feidt’s series inspired by Herman Melville’s novel “Pierre: or, the Ambiguities,” University of Southern Maine (Area Gallery), Portland. Artist talk, 1 p.m. today. Through Friday.

Pecha Kucha Night, works and ideas shared by artists. Space, Portland. $5. www.space538.org. 7:20 p.m. today.

Arla Patch, University of Maine (Reed Art Gallery), Presque Isle. Today to Dec. 3.

Jennifer Morrison, nature photography, Viles Arboretum, Augusta. www.vilesarboretum.org. Today to Dec. 31.

“Landscapes and the Figure,” work by Louise Bourne, Elizabeth Moss Gallery, Falmouth. www.elizabethmossgalleries.com. Today to Saturday.

“Coastal Curves,” fine art nudes by photographer Charles Dufour, Galerie Dufour, Belfast. Today to Nov. 4.

“The Old Port at Night,” photos by Melanie Bennett; plus historical photography and poetry exhibit, “Look Twice: The Waponahki in Image and Verse.” University of Southern Maine (Glickman Family Library), Portland. 780-4270. Today to Dec. 30.

Kathy Mack, River Arts, Damariscotta. www.riverartsme.org. Today to Wednesday.

“People Who Have Made Their Mark,” work by Rachel von Roeschlaub, College of the Atlantic (Ethel H. Blum Gallery), Bar Harbor. www.coa.edu. Today to Saturday.

“Aunt Lu: The Story of Princess Watahwaso,” photographs and objects, Abbe Museum, Bar Harbor. www.abbemuseum.org. Reception 4 to 6 p.m. today. Through April 2.

Cape Dorset Annual Print Collection, Inuit images, Home and Away Gallery, Kennebunkport. Friday to Nov. 29.

“False Documents and Other Illusions,” trompe l’oeil art, Portland Museum of Art. www.portlandmuseum.org. Saturday to Jan. 2.

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Creative Arts Show, paintings, photographs, crafts, sculpture and more, University of Southern Maine (Wishcamper Center), Portland. 781-3868. Noon to 4 p.m. Sunday.

“Visual Art and Music: Music as Inspiration,” gallery walk through art inspired by contemporary music; part of Yarmouth Contemporary Music Days. Yarmouth High School. www.pytheasmusic.org. 2 p.m. Sunday.

“Main Streets of Waldo County,” photography, Belfast Free Library. www.belfast.lib.me.us. Monday to Dec. 31.

Brandon Lutterman, Bowdoin College (David Saul Smith Union), Brunswick. 725-3375. Reception, 7 p.m. Wednesday.

 

CONTINUING

“Visual Contemplations,” watercolors and oils by Cynthia Asherman, 317 Main St., Yarmouth. Through Friday.

“Dance 2010,” dance photography by Arthur Fink, Arthur Fink Studio, Portland. www.arthurfinkphoto.com. Through Friday.

Erika Heidi Thiele, oil paintings, University of Maine (Blake Library), Fort Kent. Through Friday.

“Landscapes,” work by Anthony Muench and Abbie Sewall, North Yarmouth Academy (Curtis Gallery), Yarmouth. www2.nya.org. Through Friday.

“Raising White Boys in the South,” multimedia installation by Michael Dickins and Dawn Martin Dickins, Harlow Gallery, Hallowell. www.harlowgallery.org. Through Friday.

Mary Brooking, paintings, Gallery 302, Bridgton. Through Friday.

“Orchards and Atmosphere,” photographs by Audrey Hotchkiss, Harmon’s & Barton’s Gallery, Portland. 774-5946. Through Saturday.

“Industrial Art,” acrylic paintings of architecture and machinery by C. Michael Lewis, Portland Public Library (Lewis Gallery). www.portlandlibrary.com. Through Saturday.

“From the Farm,” paintings by Elsie Gawler, Belfast Co-op Cafe Gallery. www.belfast.coop. Through Saturday.

“Mind’s Eye,” floor cloths by Mary Lynn Engel, Thomas Memorial Library, Cape Elizabeth. www.thomasmemorial library.org. Through Saturday.

“Diversity,” pottery by Rick Boyd and Pamela Williamson, Richard Boyd Gallery, Peaks Island. www.richardboydpottery.com. Through Saturday.

“Fiber to Pastel: Celebrating Life in Color,” work by Cathy Grigsby, Frost Farm Gallery, Norway. www.frostfarmgallery.com. Through Saturday.

Jeff Bye, Greenhut Galleries, Portland. 772-2693. Through Saturday.

Anna Sweeten and Alexandra Hart, Harbor Square Gallery and the Muir Garden for Contemporary Sculpture, Rockland. www.HarborSquare Gallery.com. Through Saturday.

Christopher Cart and Shaune McCarthy, Harbor Square Gallery, Rockland. www.HarborSquare Gallery.com. Through Saturday.

“Tourist Season,” work by John Vander, Gold/Smith Gallery, Boothbay Harbor. Through Saturday.

“Love Letters to an American Gothic,” paintings by Veronica Cross, Lajos Matolcsy Art Center, Norway. Through Saturday.

“Jane Dahmen: Through the Trees,” and “Pleine Air Maine,” paintings by Brad Betts, Mitch Billis and Bjorn Bunquist, Gleason Fine Art, Portland. 699-5599. Through Saturday.

“How Long is Yesterday?” photographs of Ireland by Dan Dow; also oil paintings by Andrea van Voorst van Beest, Addison Woolley Gallery, Portland. www.addisonwoolley.com. Through Saturday.

“A Matter of Perception: An Exhibition by Artists with Disabilities,” Freeport Community Library. www.freeportlibrary.com. Through Saturday.

Group show, work by Laurie Lofman Bellmore, Lauren Gill, Annie Mahoney and Joan Wright, Art Space Gallery, Rockland. www.artspacemaine.com. Through Saturday.

Melissa Burgess, photographs, Heron Point Gallery, Portland. www.HeronPointGallery.com. Through Saturday.

“Faces of Maine,” Maine Art Gallery, Wiscasset. www.maineartgallery.org. Through Saturday.

Group show, work by Ed Nadeau and others, Courthouse Gallery Fine Art, Ellsworth. 667-6611. Through Saturday.

June Dragoon, paintings, SugarWood Gallery, Farmington. www.sugarwoodgallery.com. Through Sunday.

“The Warmth of Wood,” wood pieces by Ann Prescott, Karl Grose and Wayne Robbins, Markings Gallery, Bath. Through Sunday.

“Collecting Winslow Homer,” Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville. 859-5600. Through Sunday.

“Argot of the Midway,” colored pencil on wood pieces by Justin Roig, running with scissors, Portland. 699-4242. Through Sunday.

“2010 Book Arts at Stone House Program,” work by students who participated in USM’s Book Arts program, University of Southern Maine (Glickman Family Library), Portland. 780-4270. Through Sunday.

Sandy Flint, photographs, Bowdoin College (David Saul Smith Union), Brunswick. 725-3201. Through Sunday.

“Experimental Jewelry,” made by local metalsmiths, Daunis Fine Jewelry, Portland. www.daunis.com. Through Tuesday.

“Origins,” VSA Gallery, Brunswick. www.vsartsmaine.org. Through Nov. 4.

“Inside,” group show, River Arts, Damariscotta. 563-1507. Through Nov. 5.

“PLEIN AIR! Works Painted on Location,” group show, L/A Arts Gallery 5, Lewiston. 782-7228. Through Nov. 6.

“On Site,” work by Sally McCorkle, University of Maine (Art Gallery), Farmington. 778-7002. Through Nov. 7.

“Heavy Metal: The Revolution Evolution in Maine Propulsion,” multimedia, Maine Maritime Museum, Bath. mainemaritimemuseum.org. Through Nov. 8.

“Turtle/Television Island,” photographic prints and other media by James Luna, University of Southern Maine (Art Gallery), Gorham. 780-5008. Through Nov. 10.

Fred Field, photography, Falmouth Memorial Library. www.falmouth.lib.me.us. Through Nov. 11.

Ted Wengren, paintings, Frost Gully Gallery, Freeport. Through Nov. 12.

“In a Place Himself: The Graphic World of Winslow Homer,” Saco Museum. Through Nov. 14.

Jacobus Baas, paintings, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Boothbay. 633-4333. Through Nov. 14.

“Exposed: Rare Photographs of Life in Maine,” Maine Historical Society, Portland. Through Nov. 15.

“ArtinMe,” painting, drawing and sculpture, Boothbay Region Art Foundation Gallery, Boothbay Harbor. www.boothbayartists.org. Through Nov. 16.

“Landmark Celebrates Creativity,” group show, Bridgton Community Center. 647-8396. Through Nov. 19.

“Going Forward, Looking Back: Practicing Historic Photographic Processes in the 21st Century,” work by several artists who were influenced by Arnold Newman, Maine Media Gallery, Rockport. www.mainemedia.edu. Through Nov. 19.

“I’m Just Sayin’/I Know Right?”, exhibit looking at contemporary text with work by Adriane Herman, Megan O’Connell, Jeff Badger and Cliff Baldwin, Whitney Art Works, Portland. Through Nov. 20.

“Life Work,” sculpture by Cabot Lyford, Hawk Ridge Farm, Pownal. jlacombe@maine.rr.com. Through Nov. 21.

Group show, etchings by David Itchkawitch, prints by Nicole Hogarty and ink drawings by Sylvia Bain, A Fine Thing: Edward T. Pollack Fine Arts, Portland. www.edpollackfinearts.com. Through Nov. 23.

Garry Mitchell, paintings, Icon Contemporary Art, Brunswick. 725-8157. Through Nov. 23.

“Furniture Masters of New Hampshire,” Center for Furniture Craftsmanship, Rockport. www.woodschool.org. Through Nov. 24.

“Origins,” The Gallery at Eleven Pleasant St., Brunswick. www.vsartsmaine.org. Through Nov. 26.

“Autumn Arrivals,” 19th- and 20th-century American and European paintings, Wiscasset Bay Gallery, Wiscasset. www.wiscassetbaygallery.com. Through Nov. 27.

“All This,” collages and constructions by Karen MacDonald, Perimeter Gallery, Belfast. 338-0555. Through Nov. 28.

“Altering Matters: New Work by Maine Members of the Surface Design Association,” University of Southern Maine (Atrium Art Gallery), Lewiston. www.usm.maine.edu/lac/art. Through Nov. 30.

“Thread by Thread,” woven textile art by Sarah Haskell, Maine Fiberarts, Topsham. Through Nov. 30.

“Photographing Maine: 10 Years Later, 2000-2009,” photography with work by more than 150 artists, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport. 236-2875. Through Dec. 5.

“Debating Modern Photography: The Triumph of Group f/64,” Portland Museum of Art. Through Dec. 5.

“John Haberle: Master of Illusion,” trompe l’oeil art, Portland Museum of Art. 775-6148. Through Dec. 12.

“Lalla Essaydi: Les Femmes du Maroc,” large-scale photographs adapted from Eugene Delacroix’s “Les Femmes d’Algiers,” Bates College (Museum of Art), Lewiston. www.bates.edu. Through Dec. 17.

“Wally Reinhardt: Collaborations with Ovid,” paintings interpreting Ovid’s “Metamorphoses,” Bates College (Museum of Art), Lewiston. www.bates.edu. Through Dec. 17.

“The Architecture of Environmental Landscapes, Within and Without,” regional artists exploring environmental themes, University of New England (Art Gallery), Portland. Through Dec. 19.

“The Wyeths’ Wyeths,” Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland. www.farnsworthmuseum.org. Through Dec. 21.

Fall exhibit, works by Todd Watts and Ilya Askinazi and from the museum’s collection, University of Maine (Museum of Art), Bangor. 561-3350. Through Dec. 30.

“Mesa to Sedona to Jerome,” paintings by Francine Schrock, Sandpiper Jewelry Gallery, South Portland. 767-8090. Through Dec. 31.

“A Matter of Perception: An Exhibition by Artists with Disabilities,” VSA arts of Maine Gallery, Augusta. www.vsartsmaine.org. Through Dec. 31.

“The Search for Beauty: Whistler and His Time,” drawings and paintings, Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville. 859-5600. Through Jan. 2.

“Alex Katz: New Work,” Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland. www.farnsworth museum.org. Through Jan. 2.

“Emily Schiffer: Cheyenne River,” photographs, Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland. www.farnsworthmuseum.org. Through January.

“Islands and Sirens,” work by Tom Curry and Brian Mark, Thos. Moser Showroom, Freeport. www.thosmoser.com. Through January.

“Sit Down! Chairs from Six Centuries,” chair collection of American and European seating furniture from circa 1500 to the present, Bowdoin College (Museum of Art), Brunswick. 725-3275. Through Jan. 16.

Jason Slaughter, paintings, Waterfall Arts, Belfast. www.waterfallarts.org. Through Jan. 20.

“Learning is an Ornament: The History of Kennebunk’s Schools,” replica installations, historic images and more, Brick Store Museum, Kennebunk. www.brickstoremuseum.org. Through summer 2011.

 

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