• CLASSICAL MUSIC

TODAY

Noonday Concert with classical guitarist Keith Crook, First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church, Portland. Free. 775-3356. 12:15 p.m. 

FRIDAY

Keith Crook, classical guitarist, University of Southern Maine (Corthell Concert Hall), Gorham. $5 to $15. 780-5555. 8 p.m.

Christian Delafontaine and George Lopez, flute and piano, Bowdoin College (Studzinski Recital Hall), Brunswick. Free. 798-4141. 4 p.m. 

SUNDAY

Blue Hill Concert Association’s Sunday Afternoon Concert Series with Triple Helix piano trio, First Congregational Church, Blue Hill. $20. 359-2353. 3 p.m.

Colby Wind Trio with pianist Yuri Funahashi, Sanford-Springvale Historical Museum, Sanford. $10 to $15; free for children under 12 with paying adult. 324-2797. 2:30 p.m.; reception follows concert.

Bowdoin College Chamber Choir with the USM Chamber Singers, Bowdoin College (Chapel), Brunswick. Free. 798-4141. 3 p.m. 

TUESDAY

Portland Symphony Orchestra Tuesday Classical: Preu Conducts Bruckner, Merrill Auditorium, Portland. $18 to $63. www.porttix.com. 7:30 p.m. 

• THEATER

“The Center of Gravity,” comedy about what the Wright brothers would have tried if they hadn’t invented the first manned flying machine, Portland Stage Company. $16.50 to $37. www.portlandstage.com. 7:30 p.m. today, Friday and Wednesday; 4 and 8 p.m. Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday. Through March 20.

“Blue/Orange,” a tale of race, mental illness and a Darwinian power struggle presented by the Dramatic Repertory Company; Portland Stage Company (Studio Theater). $10 to $15. www.portlandstage.com. 8 p.m. today to Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday; 8 p.m. Wednesday. Through March 12.

“Key for Two,” comedy about a divorcee trying to solve her financial problems presented by Gaslight Theater; Hallowell City Hall. $12; $10 for students and seniors. gaslighttheater.org. 7:30 p.m. today to Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday.

“James and the Giant Peach,” children’s play based on classic book, Children’s Museum and Theatre of Maine, Portland. $7 and $8; reservations suggested. 828-1234, Ext. 231. 4 p.m. Friday and Sunday; 1 and 4 p.m. Saturday.

“Rent,” rock musical about young artists, Lyric Music Theater, South Portland. $19.99. lyricmusictheater.org. 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

“A Lie of the Mind,” Masque and Gown production of Sam Shepard play set in the American West, Bowdoin College (Pickard Theater), Brunswick. $3; tickets available at Smith Union information desk: 725-3375. 7 p.m. Friday.

Portland Playback Theater, First Parish Church, Portland. $7. www.portlandplayback.com. Theme: “Conflict and Harmony,” 7:30 p.m. Friday.

“The Shadow Box,” three terminally ill people confront their destinies, Old Port Playhouse, Portland. $15. 773-0333. oldportplayhouse.com. 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday. Through March 20.

“Exhibit This,” one-act comedy, Deering High School, Portland. $5 in advance; $7 at door. 874-8260. 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

“Grace and Glorie,” staged reading starring Jerry Day Mason and Leila Percy, Chocolate Church Arts Center, Bath. $10. 442-8455. 2 p.m. 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.

“Alice in Wonderland,” Drama Club presentation of classic children’s story, South Portland High School. $2 to $5. 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. Through March 17. 

• MUSEUMS

OPENINGS/RECEPTIONS

“Susan Hiller: The J Street Project,” photographs of places in Germany that still show evidence of Jewish inhabitants, Colby College (Museum of Art), Waterville. www.colby.edu. Opening reception with a dance performance by the Colby Collaborative Company, 4:30 p.m. today. Through June 12.

“Arts, Artists, and Personalities in 1930s Maine,” Maine Historical Society, Portland. www.mainehistory.org. Reception, 5 to 8 p.m. Friday. Through May 2.

“Celebrate Student Art: RSU 23 Art Show,” Saco Museum and Dyer Library, Saco. 283-3861. Reception, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Friday. Through April 22. 

CONTINUING

“Weston: Leaves of Grass,” Edward Weston’s black-and-white photographs based on Walt Whitman’s “Leaves of Grass,” Portland Museum of Art. 775-6148; www.portlandmuseum.org. Through March 13.

“Characters,” ink drawings by faculty member Scott Reed, Colby College (Museum of Art), Waterville. www.colby.edu. Through March 20.

“Rackstraw Downes: Onsite Paintings, 1972-2008,” artist retrospective, Portland Museum of Art. 775-6148. Through March 20.

“Bound to Art: Illustrated Books from the Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library,” Bates College (Museum of Art), Lewiston. 786-6158. Through March 25.

“Dialogue: A Video Series,” artists’ videos rotate throughout the exhibit’s run, Bates College (Museum of Art), Lewiston. 786-6158. Through March 25.

“Selections from the Collection of the Ogunquit Museum of American Art,” modern and contemporary art, Bates College (Museum of Art), Lewiston. 786-6158. Through March 25.

Winter exhibits: “Fear and Play,” paintings by Jonathan Lux; “The Gesture Contained,” sculpture by Joshua Enck; and “New York, New York,” photographs from the museum’s collection; University of Maine (Museum of Art), Bangor. 561-3350. Through March 26.

“Strangers,” portraits by Natalia Martinez of contemporary South Africa, Museum of African Culture, Portland. 871-7188. Through March 30.

“The Wreck of the Nottingham Galley,” exhibit of items related to or recovered from the Nottingham Galley, Maine State Museum, Augusta. www.mainestatemuseum.org. Through March 31.

Youth Art Month exhibit, Portland Museum of Art. 775-6148. Through April 3.

“Aunt Lu: The Story of Princess Watahwaso,” photographs and objects, Abbe Museum, Bar Harbor. www.abbemuseum.org. Through April 4.

“Andrew Wyeth: Winter Exhibition,” paintings, Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland. www.farnsworthmuseum.org. Through April 3.

“Mind to Hand: Drawings from the Farnsworth,” Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland. www.farnsworthmuseum.org. Through April 3.

“Waldo County Through Eastern’s Eye,” black-and-white historic photographs from the Penobscot Marine Museum’s Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Co. collection, University of Maine (Hutchinson Center), Belfast. 548-2529. Through April 30.

“The Lay of the Land,” work from the museum’s permanent collection, Portland Museum of Art. 775-6148. Through May 8.

“Displaced Persons,” black-and-white photographs of World War II refugees by Clemens Kalischer, Colby College (Museum of Art), Waterville. www.colby.edu. Through June 12.

“Joan Whitney Payne Collection,” works on loan from the Portland Museum of Art with pieces from the permanent collection, Colby College (Museum of Art), Waterville. www.colby.edu. Through June 12.

“James Fitzgerald and The Elizabeth Howard,” paintings by Fitzgerald of the schooner Elizabeth Howard and its crew, Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland. www.farnsworthmuseum.org. Through June 26.

“Cold Waters, Cold War: The 20th Century Navy in Maine,” artifacts and photos of U.S.-Soviet naval operations, Maine Maritime Museum, Bath. 443-1316. Through Aug. 7.

“Learning is an Ornament: The History of Kennebunk’s Schools,” replica installations, historic images and more, Brick Store Museum, Kennebunk. www.brickstoremuseum.org. Through Sept. 6.

“Inspired by Buddhism: Ancient Art from the Permanent Collection,” objects from Cambodia, China, Tibet, Korea and Japan, Colby College (Museum of Art), Waterville. www.colby.edu. Through Oct. 2.

“Little Elegies: The Art of Nineteenth-Century Mourning,” paintings, texts and objects created to assuage grief and memorialize the dead, Colby College (Museum of Art), Waterville. www.colby.edu. Through Oct. 2.

“Alex Katz: Drawings,” ink and oil sketches and graphite drawings, Colby College (Museum of Art), Waterville. www.colby.edu. Through Oct. 2.

“Imagination Takes Shape: Canadian Inuit Art from the Robert and Judith Toll Collection,” Bowdoin College (Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum), Brunswick. Through Dec. 6. 

• ART GALLERIES

OPENINGS/RECEPTIONS

Southern Maine Clay Guild Pottery Show and Sale, York Art Association, York Harbor. 363-4049. Opens today; reception 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday. Through March 26.

“The Colors of Winter,” works by Spindleworks artists, Thornton Oaks, Brunswick. www.thorntonoaks.com. Reception and talk, 4 to 5:30 p.m. today. Through March 29.

First Friday Art Walk, browse downtown Portland art galleries, listen to live music and watch entertainment, downtown Portland. firstfridayartwalk.com. 5 to 8 p.m. Friday.

“44N 69W: Radius Belfast,” Aarhus Gallery, Belfast. 338-0001. Reception, 5 to 8 p.m. Friday. Through March 27.

“Aerial Views of the Maine Coast in Wax,” by encaustic artist Rick Green, Maine Charitable Mechanics Library, Portland. 773-8396. Reception, 5 to 8 p.m. Friday. Through March 30.

“Journeys to the Interior,” paintings by Robert Nason, Addison Woolley Gallery, Portland. 450-8499. www.addisonwoolley.com. Opens Friday. Through March 26.

Student Art Exhibition, works by Greely High School and North Yarmouth Academy, 317 Main Street Community Music Center, Yarmouth. Reception, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday. Through March 25.

Rock Walk, celebrate the fifth issue of Flannel magazine with art from Ryan Eyestone, Jessica Harvey and Sean Collinson; Geno’s, Portland. 221-2382. 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday.

“Hardware,” black-and-white analog photography by Wayne Frederick, The Green Hand Bookshop, Portland. 450-6695. Opens Friday. Through March 31.

“Lambs Among Wolves,” paintings by Meghan Howland, Mayo Street Arts, Portland. mayostreetarts.org. Reception, 5 to 8 p.m. Friday. 

CONTINUING

“Logging in the Maine Woods Today,” photographs by Tonee Harbert and Madeleine de Sinety and paintings by Alden Grant, Fryeburg Academy (Palmina F. and Stephen S. Pace Galleries of Art), Fryeburg. www.fryeburgacademy.org. Through Friday.

“44.4 Degrees North,” large map installation by cartographer Margot Carpenter, Perimeter Gallery, Belfast. Through March 11.

“Nothing Major,” student-run exhibition featuring work by undergraduates who have not yet declared a major, Maine College of Art, Portland. www.meca.edu. Through March 11.

“Fauna,” work by Angel Braestrup and Margaret Ryan, and “Newfoundland in Paint and Print,” work by Colin Barclay and Robert Aller; Elizabeth Moss Gallery, Falmouth. elizabethmossgalleries.com. Through March 12.

“Corporeal,” works by Aaron T. Stephan and Katherine Bradford, Aucocisco Galleries, Portland. www.aucocisco.com. Through March 12.

“Higher Forms of Art,” work by local high school students, Harlow Gallery, Hallowell. www.harlowgallery.org. Through March 12.

“Color, Line, and Form: The Art of Abstraction,” L/A Arts Gallery 5, Lewiston. 782-7228. Through March 12.

“Storytellers,” Greta Bank, Patrick Corrigan, Carl Haase, Adriane Herman, Charlie Hewitt, Lisa Pixley, Alex Rheault and David Wolfe use their skills to create art that tell stories; University of Southern Maine (Kate Cheney Chappell Center for Book Arts), Portland. Through March 12.

“Maine’s Soul Survivors,” photographic portraits by Jack Montgomery, Maine Jewish Museum, Portland. 329-9854. Through March 14.

“HOLLER!” STIR Art Collective: Works by Spindleworks, Creative Trails and Yes Art Works, 158 Pickett Street Caf?South Portland. Through March 14.

Paula Dougherty, life and figure drawings, University of Maine (Art Gallery), Machias. 255-1279. Through March 18.

“Area Artists 2011,” group show with paintings, prints, drawings, photographs and works in clay, glass, fiber and mixed media; University of Southern Maine (Atrium Art Gallery), Lewiston. www.usm.maine.edu/lac/art. Through March 19.

“Maine Agriculture: Views from the Past,” photographs from 75 to 100 years ago of Maine’s agricultural industry, Maine Farmland Trust Gallery, Belfast. www.mainefarmlandtrust.org. Through March 21.

“Burn the Lot,” print show by Cannonball Press, Space Gallery, Portland. www.space538.org. Through March 26.

“A Conference of Birds II,” work by Scott Kelley, Jeff Barrett, Andreas von Huene and others, Gleason Fine Art, Portland. www.gleasonfineart.com. Through March 26.

“Bio-Geo Luminescence,” drawings by Josh Dallaire, Daunis Fine Jewelry, Portland. 773-6011. Through March 31.

“Pop-ups! They’re not JUST for kids!,” pop-up books from the 1,800-volume Goralnick Collection, Bowdoin College (Hawthorne Longfellow Library), Brunswick. www.bowdoin.edu. Through April 1.

“The Jar Project,” installation of 60 art-filled jars made by 60 artists with connections to Maine, Whitney Art Works, Portland. www.jarproject.net. Limited dates through April 2.

“The Feathered Hand,” installations, drawings and prints by Alison Derby Hildreth, University of New England (Art Gallery), Portland. Through April 3.

“Think Spring!”, Maine Women in the Arts exhibit, Hallway Gallery, North Dam Mill, Biddeford. Through April 9.

“Fracturing the Burning Glass: Between Mirror and Meaning,” work by Gwenael Belanger, Susan Leopold, Daniel Rozin and Alyson Shotz, Maine College of Art (Institute of Contemporary Art), Portland. www.meca.edu. Through April 10.

“The Orb and the Octopus,” black-and-white drawings by Amy Ray and John Jennison, University of Southern Maine (Area Gallery), Portland. 780-5008. Through April 28.

“Celebrate Artists from Freeport,” group show, Thos. Moser Showroom, Freeport. www.thosmoser.com. Through May 14.

 

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