• CLASSICAL MUSIC

THURSDAY

Bowdoin International Music Festival: Artists of Tomorrow, Bowdoin College (Studzinski Recital Hall), Brunswick. $10. bowdoinfestival.org. 1 and 6:30 p.m. Thursday; 12:30 p.m. Friday.

Bay Chamber Summer Music Festival: “A Musical Rendezvous,” Sospiro Winds, Chris Brubeck and a woodwind quintet, Rockport Opera House. $30 to $40; $8 for ages 18 and under. baychamberconcerts.org. 8 p.m.

VentiCordi Chamber Music, music of Telemann, Cowell and Bach, South Congregational Church, Kennebunkport. $15 to $20; $5 for ages 18 and under. 286-6688. 7:30 p.m. Through Aug. 17. 

FRIDAY

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Chamber ME Music Series, string trio performs works by Beethoven and Bartok, Freeport Community Center. Free/donation. tinyurl.com/chamberME. 11 a.m.

Chamber ME Music Series, string trio performs works by Beethoven and Bartok, State Street Church, Portland. Free/donation. tinyurl.com/chamberME. 5 p.m.

Bowdoin International Music Festival: Festival Fridays, performances of works by Bach, Debussy and Tchaikovsky, Brunswick High School (Crooker Theatre). $40. bowdoinfestival.org. 7:30 p.m.

SUNDAY

Shore Road Summer Music Series, with Trillium (organ, piano, flute and violin), Ogunquit Baptist Church. Free/donation. ogunquitbaptistchurch.org. 7 p.m. 

TUESDAY

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Sebago-Long Lake Music Festival, “SLLMF 40th Anniversary,” Deertrees Theatre, Harrison. $25. sebagomusicfestival.org. 7:30 p.m. Through Aug. 14. 

WEDNESDAY

Summer Met Opera in HD Encore Series, encore broadcast of Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor,” University of Maine (Collins Center for the Arts), Orono. $18. collinscenterforthearts.com. 7 p.m. 

AUG. 9

Bay Chamber Summer Music Festival, Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons” and concerto for two cellos, Rockport Opera House. $30 to $40; $8 for ages 18 and under. baychamberconcerts.org. 8 p.m. 

• DANCE

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Bates Dance Festival: Keigwin + Company, New York choreographer and former Bates dance student perform new works, Bates College (Schaeffer Theatre), Lewiston. $12 to $24. batesdancefestival.org. 8 p.m. Thursday to Saturday.

Bates Dance Festival: “Moving in the Moment,” improvisational dance and music, Bates College (Merrill Gymnasium), Lewiston. Free. batesdancefestival.org. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. 

• THEATER

“Damn Yankees,” musical set in Fenway Park starring Carson Kressley, Ogunquit Playhouse. $39 to $75. ogunquitplayhouse.org. 2:30 and 8 p.m. Thursday; 8 p.m. Friday; 8:30 p.m. Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday; 8 p.m. Tuesday; 2:30 and 8 p.m. Wednesday and Aug. 9. Through Aug. 18.

Rodgers & Hammerstein’s “Cinderella,” musical based on fairy tale, Arundel Barn Playhouse. $30 to $41. arundelbarnplayhouse.com. 8 p.m. Thursday to Saturday.

“Sunset Boulevard,” Andrew Lloyd Webber musical based on 1950 Billy Wilder movie, presented by Maine State Music Theatre, Pickard Theater, Brunswick. $36 to $59. msmt.org. 2 and 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday; 7:30 p.m. Saturday.

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Shakespeare’s “Macbeth,” presented by Fenix Theatre, Bowdoin College Hatch Quad, Brunswick. Free. fenixtheatre.com. 6 p.m. Thursday and Aug. 9.

“The Little Prince,” children’s show, Theater at Monmouth. $12. theateratmonmouth.org. 1 p.m. Thursday and Tuesday. In repertory through Aug. 17.

Shakespeare’s “King Henry IV, Part I,” Theater at Monmouth. $10 to $26. theateratmonmouth.org. 7:30 p.m. Thursday; 1 p.m. Sunday and Wednesday. In repertory through Aug. 18.

MaineStage Summer Shakespeare Series, Lafayette Park, Kennebunk. Free/donation. mainestageshakespeare.com. “Othello,” 7 p.m. Thursday and Saturday; “As You Like It,” 7 p.m. Friday and Aug. 9. Through Aug. 11.

“Once Upon a Mattress,” musical comedy, Boothbay Playhouse. $20. 633-3379. 8 p.m. Thursday to Saturday and Aug. 9. Through Aug. 18.

“Hairspray,” musical about teen dancers and integration in early ’60s Baltimore, Hackmatack Playhouse, Berwick. $18 to $25; $10 for students. hackmatack.org. 8 p.m. Thursday to Saturday and Wednesday; 2 and 8 p.m. Aug. 9. Through Aug. 11.

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“For Profit,” performance about student loan debt crisis, Lucid Stage, Portland. $14. lucidstage.com. 7:30 p.m. Thursday; 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday.

Portland Playback Improv Theater, theme is “Favorite Memories,” Community Television Network (CTN), Portland. $7. portlandplayback.com. 7:30 Friday.

“Thumbs Up,” physical comedy theater by the Celebration Barn Ensemble, Opera House at Boothbay Harbor. $15 in advance; $18 day of show; $5 for ages 18 and under. boothbayoperahouse.com. 7:30 p.m. Friday.

Gilbert and Sullivan’s “The Mikado,” comic operetta, Freeport Performing Arts Center. $10 in advance; $15 day of show. fcponline.org. 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday.

Shakespeare’s “Macbeth,” presented by Fenix Theatre, Deering Oaks Park, Portland. Free. fenixtheatre.com. 6:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Through Aug. 11.

“Chess,” rock opera by members of ABBA and Tim Rice, City Theater, Biddeford. $20. citytheater.org. 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday.

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“Footloose,” musical based on 1984 movie about a teen dancer in a small town, Windham Center Stage Theatre. $12; $10 for seniors and students. windhamtheater.org. 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 4 p.m. Sunday.

Moliere’s “Tartuffe,” hijinks and physical comedy, Theater at Monmouth. $20 to $28. theateratmonmouth.org. 7:30 p.m. Friday; 1 p.m. Aug. 9. In repertory through Aug. 19.

Disney’s “Alice in Wonderland, Jr.,” family-friendly musical, Ogunquit Playhouse. $11. ogunquitplayhouse.org. 10 a.m. and noon Saturday; 10 a.m. Sunday.

“The Awesome ’80s Prom,” Ken Davenport’s hit Off-Broadway show, Styxx, Portland. $8 in advance; $12 day of show. lucidstage.com. 8 p.m. Saturday.

Tennessee Williams’ “The Glass Menagerie,” drama set during the Great Depression, Theater at Monmouth. $10 to $26. theateratmonmouth.org. 7:30 p.m. Saturday and Wednesday; 7 p.m. Sunday. In repertory through Aug. 18.

Shakespeare’s “Two Gentlemen of Verona,” Theater at Monmouth. $10 to $26. theateratmonmouth.org. 1 p.m. Saturday and Aug. 9. In repertory through Aug. 17.

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“Romeo and Juliet,” Harborside Shakespeare Company production with contemporary music, dance and costumes, College of the Atlantic (Gates Center), Bar Harbor. $12; $10 for seniors and students; $8 for children under age 12. 939-6929. 7:30 p.m. Saturday; 2 and 7:30 p.m. Sunday. Through Aug. 12.

“The Rocky Horror Show,” musical comedy about a transvestite mad scientist and his efforts to make the perfect man, Arundel Barn Playhouse. $30 to $41. arundelbarnplayhouse.com. 8 p.m. Tuesday; 2 and 8 p.m. Wednesday; 8 p.m. Aug. 9. Through Aug. 18.

“42nd Street,” classic musical celebrating Broadway presented by Maine State Music Theatre, Pickard Theater, Brunswick. $36 to $59. msmt.org. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday; 2 p.m. Aug. 2. Through Aug. 25. 

• ART MUSEUMS

OPENINGS/RECEPTIONS

First Fridays at the Farnsworth, museum open for free, Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland. farnsworthmuseum.org/education. 5 to 8 p.m. Friday. 

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CONTINUING

Portland Museum of Art: “The Draw of the Normandy Coast, 1860-1960,” more than 40 works of famous European and American art, including works by Monet, Matisse, Whistler and Picasso, through Aug. 13; “Maine Sublime: Frederic Edwin Church’s Landscapes of Mount Desert and Mount Katahdin,” focuses on 23 of Church’s small oil sketches, through Sept. 30; “The Portland Society of Art and Winslow Homer in Maine,” 50 watercolors and drawings examine the relationship between Homer, architect John Calvin Stevens and the Portland Society of Art, through Feb. 3. portlandmuseum.org

Maine Historical Society Museum/Longfellow House, Portland: “Wired!” explores the electrification of Maine during the 20th century, through May 26, 2013. mainehistory.org

Maine Jewish Museum, Portland: Rush Brown, “Portland: Capturing a Changing Neighborhood,” paintings, through Sept. 10. mainejewishmuseum.org

Museum of Chebeague History, Chebeague Island: “Chebeague Through Artists’ Eyes” through Sept. 3. 846-5237.

Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick: “Winslow Homer to Eva Hesse: Watercolors from the Bowdoin Collection,” through Aug. 26; “A River Lost & Found: The Androscoggin River in Time and Place,” interactive exhibit, through Sept. 16; William Wegman, “Hello Nature,” 30-year retrospective of artist’s work, through Oct. 21. bowdoin.edu

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Pejepscot Historical Society Museum, Brunswick: “Promenade: A Walk in Style Through Pejepscot’s Past,” through Oct. 31. pejepscothistorical.org

Maine Maritime Museum, Bath: “Subdue, Seize and Take: Maritime Maine in the Unwelcome Interruption of the War of 1812,” examines the maritime world of pre-statehood Maine; through Oct. 12. mainemaritimemuseum.org

Dyer Library/Saco Museum: Annie Lemieux, photographs of the “Way Way Store,” through Aug. 22; “The Moving Panorama of Pilgrim’s Progress,” Civil War-era panorama seen in its entirety for the first time in more than a century, through Nov. 10 (also at Pepperell Mills in Bidderford). dyerlibrarysacomuseum.org

Sanford-Springvale Historical Museum, Sanford: “The Private World of Robert M. Wilson,” photography, through Aug. 25. sanfordhistory.org

Ogunquit Museum of American Art: “The Art of Will Barnet,” abstract paintings, through Aug. 12; Peggy Bacon: “Life in Art,” paintings and prints of Ogunquit, through Sept. 2; “Building an American Modernist Collection,” highlights from the permanent collection, and Henry Strater: “Art of the Portrait,” collection of portraits, through Oct. 31. ogunquitmuseum.org

Brick Store Museum, Kennebunk: “A Glimpse of Louis Norton,” early 20th-century paintings of Kennebunkport; and “Painted Details: Artists Interpret Kennebunk’s Historic Architecture,” through Sept. 8; “Barry: The Art Exhibition,” paintings, drawings and sculptures by Edith Barry, through Sept. 15. 985-4802.

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Bates College Museum of Art, Lewiston: “Starstruck: The Fine Art of Astrophotography,” featuring 106 images by artists from 11 countries across five continents, through Dec. 15. bates.edu/museum/exhibitions

Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville: “Interior Visions: Selections from the Collection,” pieces from museum collection curated by Alex Katz, through Oct. 7; Alex Katz, “Maine/New York,” 28 paintings and one multi-part sculpture, through Dec. 30. 859-5609.

Maine State Museum, Augusta: “Girl Scouts: Celebrating One Hundred Years,” vintage period uniforms, pins, patches, ephemeras, cookie merchandise, camping gear and more, through Aug. 31; “Malaga Island: Fragmented Lives,” historic photographs, documents, artifacts and first-person accounts, through May 2013. mainestatemuseum.org

University of Maine Museum of Art, Bangor: Arnold Mesches: “A Minispective,” plus Richard Haden: “Carved Signs” and Chris Natrop: “Lily Ponder,” through Sept. 15. umma.umaine.edu

Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland: “Stories of the Land and Its People,” work of more than 140 students who participated in a yearlong collaboration between the Farnsworth and four public schools, through Aug. 12; “The Homestead Project: A Residence Reimagined,” architectural designs, through Sept. 23; “Impressionist Summers: Frank W. Benson’s North Haven,” paintings, lithographs and etchings, through Oct. 21; Andrew Wyeth: “Summers in Port Clyde,” watercolors from 1930s and ’40s, through Nov. 4; “Jamie Wyeth, Rockwell Kent and Monhegan,” paintings, through Dec. 30. farnsworth museum.org

Abbe Museum, Bar Harbor: 2012 Waponahki Student Art Show, through Oct. 22; “Indians and Rusticators” and “Transcending Traditions: The Next Generation and Maine Indian Basketry,” through Dec. 29. abbemuseum.org 

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• ART GALLERIES

OPENINGS/RECEPTIONS

Tom Paiement: “Search for Form,” Greenhut Galleries, Portland. greenhutgalleries.com. Opening reception, 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday. Through Sept. 1.

Wood Island Lighthouse Exhibit, University of New England (Campus Center), Biddeford. woodislandlighthouse.org. Opening reception, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday. Through Aug. 31.

“Three Colorists,” work by Tom Curry, Henry Isaacs and Andrea Peters, Gleason Fine Art, Boothbay Harbor. gleasonfineart.com. Opens Thursday; reception, 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday. Through Sept. 4.

“This Field,” paintings by Megan Chase, Perimeter Gallery, Belfast. 338-0555. Opening reception, 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday. Through Sept. 23.

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“Quarrying Form: The Paintings of Helen Marie Allen,” Bangor Public Library. bpl.lib.me.us. Opens Thursday; reception, 4 to 6 p.m. Aug. 9. Through Aug. 30.

First Friday Art Walk, galleries and museums open for free, downtown Portland. firstfridayartwalk.com. 5 to 8 p.m. Friday.

Jane Banquer and Ed Zelinsky, Addison Woolley Gallery, Portland. addisonwoolley.com. Opening reception, 5 to 8 p.m. Friday.

JoEllyn Duesberry: “40 Years Celebrating Maine,” Gleason Fine Art, Portland. 699-5599. Opening reception, 5 to 8 p.m. Friday. Through Sept. 29.

“Maine-ly Marco,” oils on canvas by nine women artists from Maine and Florida, Harmon’s & Barton’s Gallery, Portland. harmonsbartons.com. Opening reception, 5 to 8 p.m. Friday. Through Aug. 31.

Randall Harris: “Life Drawings,” Heron Point Gallery, Portland. heronpointgallery.com. Opening reception, 5 to 8 p.m. Friday. Through Sept. 29.

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Jane Banque: “Arboretum” and Ed Zelinsky: “Ink & Pixel,” woodcuts, paintings, drawings, prints and video, Addison Woolley Gallery, Portland. addisonwoolley.com. Opening reception, 5 to 8 p.m. Friday. Through Sept. 1.

“Two Visions,” paintings by Lenora Leibowitz and photographs by Rita Spinella Olsen, 3Fish Gallery, Portland. 3fishgallery.com. Opens Friday. Through Aug. 25.

Jeanne O’Toole Hayman: “Spectrum 2012 — From the Ocean to Cornfields to Flowers,” Richard Boyd Gallery, Peaks Island. richarboydpottery.com. Opening reception, 5 to 8 p.m. Friday. Through Aug. 31.

Painter Mike Fletcher, with Kevin Johnson, Mark Kelly, Richard Mann, Wesley Reddick and Willy Reddick, Aarhus Gallery, Belfast. aarhusgallery.com. Opening reception, 5 to 8 p.m. Friday. Through Aug. 26.

Denise Brown, watercolors and acrylics, Just us Chickens Gallery, Kittery. justuschickens.net. Opening reception, 4 to 7 p.m. Friday. Through Aug. 31.

“Fuse,” works by 19 Maine encaustic artists, Harlow Gallery, Hallowell. harlowgallery.org. Opening reception, 5 to 8 p.m. Friday. Through Aug. 25.

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Leon Vanella, photography, Rising Tide Community Market, Damariscotta. risingtide.coop. Opening reception and wine tasting, 3 to 6 p.m. Friday. Through Aug. 25.

Barbara Brady: “reMarks,” Yvette Torres Fine Art, Rockland. yvettetorresfineart.com. Opens Friday. Through Sept. 2.

America Martin: “Through the Eyes of America,” paintings, Carver Hill Gallery, Rockland. carverhillgallery.com. Opening reception, 5 to 8 p.m. Friday. Through Sept. 12.

Painter Ann Aaron and Sculptor Vic Goldsmith, Cushing Arts in the Barn. cushingmainehistoricalsociety.org. Friday to Sunday.

“(tiny),” small paintings, encaustics, sculpture and fiberworks, Whatnot Gallery, Spindleworks, Brunswick. spindleworks.org. Opens Friday. Through Aug. 31.

Jesus Emmanuel Villarreal: “Mirrors,” paintings, and “Four Figurative Artists,” Ryan Brown, Ellen Cooper, Renee Foulks and Lea Collie Wight, Haynes Galleries, Thomaston. haynesgalleries.com. Opening reception, 6 to 8 p.m. Friday. Through Aug. 28.

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Mark Herrington and Joseph Haroutunian: “Rock and Jazz,” stone sculpture and abstract paintings, Littlefield Gallery, Winter Harbor. littlefieldgallery.com. Artists’ reception, 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday. Through Aug. 15.

“Mid-Summer Perspectives,” multiple artists, Yarmouth Frame Shop and Gallery. 846-7777. Reception, 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday. Through Sept. 30.

“Counterpoint III,” “Here from There” and “Intercept,” paintings, sculpture and works on paper, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport. cmcanow.org. Opening reception, 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday. Through Sept. 22.

Mario Francesconi, Italian modernist painter, Gold/Smith Gallery, Boothbay Harbor. 633-6252. Opening reception, 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday. Through Sept. 4.

Ogunquit Art Association 61st Annual Art Auction, paintings, graphics, photographs and sculpture, Barn Gallery, Ogunquit. barngallery.org. 7 p.m. Saturday.

Karl Schrag and Barbara Sullivan: “The Plate and the Print,” Turtle Gallery, Deer Isle. turtlegallery.com. Opening reception, 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday. Through Aug. 25.

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Ogunquit Art Association Showcase: “Series,” work by OAA and OAC board members and invited New England sculptors, Barn Gallery, Ogunquit. barngallery.org. Opens Wednesday. Through Sept. 8. 

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Glickman Library, University of Southern Maine, Portland: Photographer Daniel E. Davis, “Here and There,” through Aug. 19. usm.maine.edu

Rose Contemporary, Portland: “Mythologies,” work by Lucinda Bliss, Stephen Burt, Rebecca Fitzpatrick, Carrie Scanga, Todd Watts and Timothy Wilson, through Aug. 25. 780-0700.

Pinecone + Chickadee, Portland: “Cats vs. Dogs,” themed free-for-all show, through Friday. 772-9280.

Aucocisco Galleries, Portland: Ellie and Will Barnet, paintings, through Friday. 775-2222.

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University of New England (Art Gallery), Portland: “Upon Reflection,” photographs Judy Ellis Glickman, through Sept. 6. une.edu/artgallery

Portland Public Library: “Culture on Cloth,” Inuit wall hangings and sculpture, through Aug. 31. portlandlibrary.com

Maine Potters Market, Portland: Jacqueline Hickey, “Homage to Portland,” through Aug. 29. mainepottersmarket.com

Constellation Gallery, Portland: “Art Sets the Table,” 32 plates designed to represent participating individuals, through Tuesday. constellationart.com

Macpage LLC, South Portland: “Landscapes,” 20 local artists in various media, through Oct. 19. macpage.com

Elizabeth Moss Gallery, Falmouth: Brita Holmquist and Lesia Sochor, paintings, through Aug. 26. elizabethmossgalleries.com

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Falmouth Memorial Library: “Anne’s Garden,” paintings, through Aug. 13. falmouthmemoriallibrary.org

Maine Audubon, Falmouth: “On the Wing,” sculpture exhibition and sale, through Sept. 30. junelacombesculpture.com

The Royal Bean, Yarmouth: The Artisans Collective, multi-media, through Aug. 23. 846-1009.

Freeport Historical Society Harrington House: “Buttons, Rum and Rakes: Freeport’s Mercantile Past,” through March 2013. freeporthistorical society.org

Thos. Moser Showroom, Freeport: “Viewpoints,” group exhibit, through Oct. 28. 865-4519.

Caswell Gallery Framing, Brunswick: “Katahdin to Cadillac, Scenes of Maine,” oils and watercolors by Frances Pratt, through Aug. 30. 729-9108.

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Topsham Public Library: “Studio Selection, 2,” latest works from Spindleworks studios, through Sunday. spindleworks.org

Maine Fiberarts, Topsham: Roslyn Logsdon, “Architectural Elements: Hooked Rugs,” through Sept. 29. mainefiberarts.org

Markings Gallery, Bath: “Into the Kitchen,” artful kitchen elements featuring Nan Kilbourn-Tara, Ann Prescott, Mark Irving and Maggie’s Farms, through Aug. 29. markingsgallery.com

Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Boothbay: “Watershed’s Legends: 25 Years of Residencies,” work in clay, and “Garden Pots,” through Aug. 31; “On the Wing,” sculpture exhibition and sale, through Sept. 30. mainegardens.org

Pemaquid Art Gallery: Group show, through Oct. 8. 677-2752.

West Buxton Public Library: Sixth annual local art exhibit, through Aug. 30. 727-5898.

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York Public Library: Tim Beavis retrospective, through Aug. 28; Carol Ann Powley, “Art Quilt Odyssey,” mixed-media art quilts, through Sept. 5. york.lib.me.us

George Marshall Store Gallery, York: “Currents: Celebrating the Working Waterfront,” through Aug. 19. 351-1083.

York Art Association, York Harbor: “Good Old Summertime,” annual summer members’ show, through Sunday. yorkartassociation.com

Corey Daniels Gallery, Wells: Sarah Bouchard, Clint Fulkerson and David Raymond, sculpture, drawings, lambda prints, block prints and drawings, through Saturday. 646-5301.

Denmark Arts Center: Jean Kigel, “Aquarium and Aviary,” Gyotaku monoprints and Asian brush bird paintings, through Thursday. 452-2412.

Emery Community Arts Center, Farmington: Harold Garde, “People, Places and Things,” expressionist paintings, through Aug. 12. emeryarts.umf.maine.edu/calendar

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River Tree Arts, Kennebunk: “Painters, Players and Poets,” multi-media exhibit of Maine-based artists, writers, composers and furniture makers, through Saturday. rivertreearts.org

Savory Maine, Damariscotta: Paintings by Hannah Ineson, through Aug. 21. savorymainedining.com

Haley Art Gallery, Kittery: “Secret Garden,” garden-inspired art, through Aug. 30. 439-7612.

Bates College (Chase Hall), Lewiston: Bates Dance Festival dance photo exhibit, through Aug. 11. batesdancefestival.org

Lyceum Gallery, Lewiston: “Different Strokes: The Paintings of Richard Field and Jan Zaremba,” through Aug. 17. 576-4805.

University of Southern Maine (Atrium Art Gallery), Lewiston: “Tell Me a Story: A World of Wonders,” children’s book illustrations by 11 Maine artists, through Friday. 753-6500.

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Maine Art Gallery, Wiscasset: “Illustrated Passages,” artists select text to accompany their art, through Aug. 19. maineartgallery.com

Wiscasset Bay Gallery: “Expanding Horizons in 20th Century Maine Art,” 20th-century American paintings and new works by New England artists, through Wednesday. 882-7682.

Sunnyfield Studio Gallery, West Newfield: “From Stitch to Stone,” multi-media group show, through Sunday. 793-2504.

University of Maine (Acadian Archives), Fort Kent: “L’ArtCADIE,” work by artists from across eastern Canada that highlight the 400th anniversary of the founding of Acadia, through Aug. 15. 834-7536.

Harlow Gallery, Hallowell: Pamela Hetherly, oil paintings, through Sept. 7. harlowgallery.org

Circling the Square Fine Art Press Gallery, Gardiner: “Collaborative Connections,” group exhibit, through Saturday. theartdogs.com

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Central Maine Artists Gallery, Skowhegan: “The Art Quilt Show,” contemporary art quilts including landscape, abstract and pictorial pieces, through Saturday. 858-0797.

Frost Gully Gallery, Thomaston: Thomas Crotty, Maine landscapes, through Saturday; new works by Janice Anthony, Dahlov Ipcar, Diane Dahlke, Tom Crotty, Robert Dyer and Margaret Gill, through Sept. 8. frostgullygallery.com

Turtle Gallery, Deer Isle: “Continuing Connections: Craft Media,” work by Ingrid Merken, Chris Joyce, Robin Cust, Jeffrey Becton and Sequoia Miller, through Saturday. turtlegallery.com

Downtown Gallery, Washington: “Landscape Languages,” work by Barbara Vanderbilt, Cynthia White and Mary Boothby, through Aug. 12. 845-2225.

Blue Water Fine Arts, Port Clyde: Barbara Ernst Prey, “Forty Years of Painting,” 30 never-before-seen watercolors, dry-brush and oil paintings, through Aug. 31. bluewaterfinearts.com

Courthouse Gallery Fine Art, Ellsworth: New works by multiple artists, through Aug. 12. courthousegallery.com

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Merrymeeting Arts Center, Bowdoinham: “Three Town Artists,” Carlo Pittore, Bryce Muir and Carter Smith, through Sept. 23. merrymeetingartscenter.org.

CRAFT Gallery, Rockland: “Beyond Rugs: The Handwoven Rug as Art,” through Aug. 11. craftonelm.com

Caldbeck Gallery, Rockland: Paintings of Dennis Pinette and Jeff Epstein, through Aug. 11. 594-5935.

Twin Brooks Stretchers, Lincolnville: Chris Polson, new large paintings, through Sept. 14. 763-4271.

College of the Atlantic (Ethel H. Blum Gallery), Bar Harbor: Jane Davis Doggett, “Talking Graphics with Waterscapes,” canvas-printed vector graphics, through Friday. 288-5015.

Art Galleries at University of Maine at Machias: Robert Bryson, “Portrait Project 2011-2012,” paintings and portraits of the past 25 years, through Aug. 10. 255-1279.

 

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