• CLASSICAL MUSIC

FRIDAY

Vineet Shende and Daniel Sonenberg, Maine composers with percussionist Lynn Vartan and pianist Bridget Convey, Bowdoin College (Studzinski Recital Hall), Brunswick. Free. bowdoin.edu/music. 2:30 p.m.

Soprano Ashley Emerson, with eight cellists, University of Southern Maine (Corthell Concert Hall), Gorham. $15; $10 for seniors; $5 for students. usm.maine.edu/music. 8 p.m.

SATURDAY

“An Evening of Chamber Music,” pianist Jim Parakilas, violinist Mary Hunter, cellist Steve Witkin and violist Heather Cook perform Mozart, Faur?nd Dvorak, Bates College (Olin Arts Center), Lewiston. Free; tickets required. 786-6163. 7:30 p.m. (pre-concert lecture at 6:30 p.m.)

Choral Art Society Camerata Ensemble: “Voices of Light,” choral music by composer Richard Einhorn accompanies silent film “The Passion of Joan of Arc,” Hannaford Hall, University of Southern Maine, Portland. $25 in advance; $30 day of show; $10 for students. choralart.org. 7:30 p.m.

Bowdoin College Chorus, Bowdoin College (Studzinski Recital Hall), Brunswick. Free. 798-4141. 3 p.m.

Bowdoin College Chamber Choir, Bowdoin College (Studzinski Recital Hall), Brunswick. Free. 798-4141. 5 p.m.

SUNDAY

Vineet Shende and Daniel Sonenberg, Maine composers with percussionist Lynn Vartan and pianist Bridget Convey, University of Southern Maine (Corthell Concert Hall), Gorham. $15; $10 for seniors; $5 for students. 780-5555. 2 p.m.

Bowdoin College Concert Band, Bowdoin College (Studzinski Recital Hall), Brunswick. Free. 798-4141. 2 p.m.

OCT. 4

Gary Sperl, clarinetist, University of Southern Maine (Corthell Concert Hall), Gorham. $15; $10 for seniors; $5 for students. 780-5555. 7:30 p.m.

• DANCE

“Swan Lake,” ballet presented in HD, Lincoln Theater, Damariscotta. $15; $5 for ages 18 and under. atthelincoln.org. 2 and 7 p.m. Thursday.

• THEATER

“Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story,” musical celebration of rock legend, Ogunquit Playhouse. $39 to $74. ogunquitplayhouse.org. 2:30 and 8 p.m. Thursday; 8 p.m. Friday; 3:30 and 8:30 p.m. Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday; 8 p.m. Wednesday; 2:30 and 8 p.m. Oct. 4. Through Oct. 7.

“Of Thee I Sing,” musical by George and Ira Gershwin, George Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind, Theater at Monmouth. $10 to $26. theateratmonmouth.org. 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday; 1 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday; 1 p.m. Sunday.

“The Sisters Rosenweig,” family dramedy, Portland Stage Company. $34 to $44; discounts available. portlandstage.org. 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday; 4 and 8 p.m. Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday; 7:30 p.m. Wednesday and Oct. 4. Through Oct. 21.

“Etty,” one-woman theatrical play based on the letters and diaries of Etty Hillesum, Camden Public Library. Free. 236-3440. 7 p.m. Thursday.

“Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep,” one-act play by high school teacher Jerry Walker based on stories of former students, Schoolhouse Arts Center, Standish. $10; $8 for students and seniors. schoolhousearts.org. 7:30 p.m. Thursday; 2 p.m. Sunday.

“Cyrano de Bergerac,” classic comedy adventure presented by Aquila Theater Company, Bates College (Schaeffer Theatre), Lewiston. $15. laarts.org. 7:30 p.m. Thursday.

“The Logic of You,” Readers Theatre Production of Michael Broek’s political poetic drama, Emery Community Arts Center, Farmington. Free. emeryarts.umf.maine.edu. 6:30 p.m. Thursday.

“Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,” Andrew Lloyd Webber musical based on the Book of Genesis, Portland Players, South Portland. $20; $18 for seniors; $15 for students. portlandplayers.org. 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 2:30 p.m. Sunday.

“Can U REL8?” showcase of eight original short plays by Maine playwrights, Freeport Performing Arts Center. $10 in advance, $15 at door. fcponline.org. 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday.

“Anything Goes,” Cole Porter musical, Lyric Music Theater, South Portland. $21.99. lyricmusictheater.org. 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Through Oct. 6.

“Ancient Greeks/Modern Lives,” Aquila Theater Company reading and post-discussion, Callahan Hall, Lewiston Public Library. Free. laarts.org. 7:30 p.m. Friday.

“8,” staged reading of play by Dustin Lance Black about California’s same-sex marriage proposition, University of Southern Maine (Russell Hall), Gorham. Free. usm.maine.edu/theatre. 7:30 p.m. Friday.

“The Taming of the Shrew,” Shakespeare play presented by Aquila Theater Company, Bates College (Schaeffer Theatre), Lewiston. $15. batestickets.com. 7:30 p.m. Saturday.

“Play Me a Story,” interactive theater performance and workshop for ages 4 to 10, Portland Stage Company. $15. portlandstage.org. “Amazing Kids,” 10:30 a.m. Saturday.

“Faith Healer,” drama by Irish playwright Brian Friel about a traveling faith healer presented by AIRE (American Irish Repertory Ensemble), Portland Stage Company (Studio Theater). $20; $18 for seniors and students; $15 on Wednesdays and Thursdays; $10 on Oct. 4. airetheater.com. 7:30 p.m. Oct. 4. Through Oct. 21.

• AUDITIONS

UU Theater Tribute to the Poetry of Pearl Sawyer, seeking actors and orators to recite poetry; performance is the first weekend in November; First Universalist Church, Auburn. 783-0461. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday.

“The Nutcracker,” parts for boys and girls ages 10 and older, four men and four women, Sanford Maine Stage, Springvale. sanfordmainestage.com. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Sunday.

• ART MUSEUMS

OPENINGS/RECEPTIONS

Museum Day Live!, free admission to the Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine, the Maine Historical Society Museum and the Portland Museum of Art in Portland; the Center for Maine Contemporary Art in Rockport; the Hamilton House and Sarah Orne Jewett House in South Berwick; Maine Maritime Museum in Bath; Maine State Museum in Augusta; the Rufus Porter Museum in Bridgton; the Sabbathday Lake Shaker Museum in New Gloucester; the Saco Museum; the Seashore Trolley Museum in Kennebunkport; and the Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum in Brunswick. Must print out ticket from smithsonianmag.com/museumday. Saturday.

CONTINUING

Portland Museum of Art: “Maine Sublime: Frederic Edwin Church’s Landscapes of Mount Desert and Mount Katahdin,” focuses on 23 of Church’s small oil sketches, through Sunday; “Art in Process,” high school art exhibition, and “Weatherbeaten: Winslow Homer and Maine,” works by Homer created at his Prouts Neck studio in conjunction with re-opening of restored studio for public tours, through Dec. 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. mainehistory.org

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

Maine Museum of Photographic Arts, USM Glickman Library, Portland: Luc Demers, “Trace,” photographs, and Richard Veit, photographs, through Dec. 21. usm.maine.edu/library

Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick: William Wegman, “Hello Nature,” 30-year retrospective of artist’s work, through Oct. 21; “Making a Presence: F. Holland Day in Artistic Photography,” photographs by and of F. Holland Day (1864-1933), through Dec. 23. bowdoin.edu/art-museum

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; “Sea Lives,” ocean-inspired sculpture by Sonja Weber Gilkey, through Oct. 21. mainemaritimemuseum.org

Dyer Library/Saco Museum: “The Moving Panorama of Pilgrim’s Progress,” Civil War-era panorama seen in its entirety for the first time in more than a century (also at Pepperell Mills in Bidderford), and “Then, Now and Always a Part of Saco: 250 Years of the First Parish Church,” photos and artifacts, through Nov. 10. dyerlibrarysacomuseum.org

Ogunquit Museum of American Art: Peggy Bacon: “Portrait of an Art Colony,” portraits; “Building an American Modernist Collection,” highlights from the permanent collection; Henry Strater: “Art of the Portrait,” collection of portraits; “Contemporary Works from the Permanent Collection,” lesser-known and seldom seen contemporary work; and “Carl Pittore and the Mail Art Movement,” art using mail products, through Oct. 31. ogunquitmuseum.org

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. colby.edu

Maine State Museum, Augusta: “Malaga Island: Fragmented Lives,” historic photographs, documents, artifacts and first-person accounts, through May. mainestatemuseum.org

Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland: “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. farnsworthmuseum.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

• ART GALLERIES

OPENINGS/RECEPTIONS

Third Annual Resident Art Show, more than 50 original acrylics and watercolors by residents, Kittery Estates. kitteryestates.com. 2 p.m. Thursday.

“Sampler,” 38 pieces of prints, paintings and experimental works, University of Southern Maine (Art Gallery), Gorham. usm.maine.edu/gallery. Opens Thursday. Through Dec. 9.

Ben Potter: “Home Field,” Perimeter Gallery, Belfast. 338-0555. Opening reception, 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday. Through Nov. 25.

Art Walk, galleries open to the public, downtown Biddeford. biddefordartwalk.com. 5 to 8 p.m. Friday.

Art Walk Lewiston-Auburn, art galleries open to the public, Lewiston-Auburn. artwalklewistonauburn.com. 5 to 8:30 p.m. Friday.

“Action Landscape and Compelling Visions,” Salazar Studio, Biddeford. salazargallery.com. Opening reception, 5 to 8 p.m. Friday.

“Photographers Choice,” Irvine Gallery at River Tree Arts, Kennebunk. rivertreearts.org. Opening reception, 5 to 7 p.m. Friday. Through Nov. 10.

“The Vinyl Show,” multiple artists show of recycled vinyl records, Engine, Biddeford Arts. feedtheengine.org. Opening reception, 5 to 8 p.m. Friday. Through Oct. 20.

“Three Painters,” work by Noa Warren, Greg Parker and Kyle Downes, June Fitzpatrick Gallery at MECA, Portland. 699-5083. Opening reception, 5 to 7 p.m. Friday. Through Oct. 27.

2012 Biennial Exhibition, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport. cmcanow.org. Opening reception, 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday. Through Nov. 28.

Jimmy Grashow, collaborative sculpture installation with COA students, College of the Atlantic (Ethel H. Blum Gallery), Bar Harbor. 288-5015. Opens Monday. Through Oct. 31.

“Artist: Artist” Spindleworks exhibit, Little Dog Coffee Shop, Brunswick. spindleworks.org. Opens Monday. Through Oct. 31.

“The Making of Music,” musical instruments and art inspired by music or musical instruments, Aarhus Gallery, Belfast. aarhusgallery.com. Opens Tuesday. Through Oct. 28.

John Whalley: “World of Wonders,” Greenhut Galleries, Portland. greenhutgalleries.com. Opening reception, 5 to 7 p.m. Oct. 4. Through Oct. 27.

CONTINUING

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

Gleason Fine Art, Portland: Joellyn Duesberry, “40 Years Celebrating Maine,” through Saturday. 699-5599.

Heron Point Gallery, Portland: Randall Harris, “Life Drawings,” through Saturday. 773-0822.

Portland Public Library: “Inspired by Space: Artists of the Chestnut Street Lofts,” various artists, through Sunday. portlandlibrary.com

Harmon’s & Barton’s Gallery, Portland: Jo-Ann Sanborn, Sandi Johnson and Tara O’Neill, “Painterly Perspectives,” through Sunday. harmonsbartons.com

Addison Woolley Gallery, Portland: Andrea van Voorst van Beest and Jim Kelly, gouache paintings, intaglio prints and mixed media, through Saturday. Greenhut Galleries, Portland: Jon Imber, “Life at the Shore,” through Saturday; J. Thomas R. Higgins, “Paint and Perception: A Retrospective Exhibition,” through Oct. 10. greenhutgalleries.com

Constellation Gallery, Portland: “Fire Before Ice,” exhibit by members of Maine Artists Collective, through Oct. 24. constellationart.com

Rose Contemporary, Portland: “Not the Usual Politics,” work by Annie Bissett, Amze Emmons, Adriane Herman, Dan Mills and Greg Murr, through Oct. 27. 780-0700.

3Fish Gallery, Portland: “Addiction to Perfection,” encaustic paint and mixed media by Kimberly Curry and graphite on paper by Jeanne Titherington, through Oct. 27. 3fishgallery.com

Mayo Street Arts, Portland: Edwige Charlotte and Rachel Gloria, “Gilded Roots, Native Grace,” through Oct. 28. mayostreetarts.org

University of Southern Maine Osher Map Library, Portland: “Iconic America: The U.S. Outline as National Symbol,” through Feb. 28. usm.maine.edu/maps

Green Hand Bookshop, Portland: Brandon Kawashima, “Phantasmagoria,” through Sunday. 253-6808.

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

Richard Boyd Gallery, Peaks Island: Lavendier Myers, “By the Maine Coast Edge: Intimate Views from Freeport to Monhegan Island,” through Sunday. richardboydpottery.com

Elizabeth Moss Gallery, Falmouth: Rufus Coes, “Coastal Route,” and Ethel H. Blum, “Travels Near and Far, A Retrospective,” through Saturday. elizabethmossgalleries.com

Falmouth Memorial Library: Paintings by Jan ter Weele, through Sunday. falmouth.lib.me.us

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

Yarmouth Frame Shop and Gallery: “Mid-Summer Perspectives,” multiple artists, through Sunday. 846-7777.

North Yarmouth Academy (Curtis Gallery), Yarmouth: Susan Myer Riley and Travis Roy, through Oct. 31. 847-5423.

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

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

Frost Gully Gallery, Freeport: Group exhibition with Janice Anthony, Diane Dahlke, Thomas Crotty, Robert Dyer, Margaret Gill and others, through Sunday. frostgullygallery.com

Hawk Ridge Farm, Pownal: “Autumn,” sculpture by 26 New England artists, through Oct. 8. junelacombesculpture.com

Gallery Framing, Brunswick: “All in the Family,” multimedia by Beverly Price, Allison Price and Hillary Schwartz, through Sunday. 729-9108.

Coleman Burke Gallery (Fort Andross), Brunswick: Arlee Woodworth, “Paint,” through Oct. 5. colemanburke.com

Icon Contemporary Art, Brunswick: Jeff Keller, “Prospect,” through Oct. 13. 725-8157.

Little Dog Coffee Shop, Brunswick: “After Hours 2010,” latest works by Spindleworks artists, through Sunday. spindleworks.org

Summer Island Studio, Brunswick: “The Dragon Sleeps,” watercolors and Asian brush paintings by Jean Kigel, through Sunday. 373-1810.

Markings Gallery, Bath: “Wearable Art,” jewelry, clothing and accessories by a wide array of Maine artists, through Oct. 31. 443-1499.

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

Richmond Store Gallery: Barbara Bean and Edward Mackenzie, “The Art of Dee’s Ice Cream Packaging,” artwork made from material donated by Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust, through Oct. 31. richmondstoregallery.com

Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Boothbay: “On the Wing,” sculpture exhibition and sale, through Oct. 8. mainegardens.org

Gleason Fine Art, Boothbay Harbor: Philip Frey, “New Paintings,” through Oct. 13. 633-6849.

Gold/Smith Gallery, Boothbay Harbor: Laura Bianchi, Tuscan Realist painter, through Oct. 9. 633-6252.

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

University of New England (Campus Center), Biddeford: Johanna F. Hoffman, Maine artist and illustrator, through Sunday. 602-2269.

York Art Association, York Harbor: “Works on Paper,” through Oct. 7. yorkartassociation.com

York Public Library: Paintings by Peter Agrafiotis, through Oct. 31. york.lib.me.us

Fryeburg Academy (Palmina F. and Stephen S. Pace Galleries of Art): “Apple of My Eye,” paintings, watercolors, pastels and prints of apples from more than 50 mostly regional artists of the past, through Dec. 21. 935-9232.

Kennebunk Free Library: Gwen Page, “Animal Kingdom,” wood and linoleum block prints of domesticated and non-domesticated animals, through Sunday. 985-2173.

Just Us Chickens Gallery, Kittery: Thomas and Anne Dubois, paintings and woodworking, through Sunday. justuschickens.net

Haley Farm Gallery, Kittery: Fabric and clay exhibit, through Oct. 31. haleygallery.com

Atlantic Motorcar, Wiscasset: Maine Art Gallery artists exhibit depicting the “open road” and beyond, through Oct. 30. 882-7511.

Maine Art Gallery, Wiscasset: “Wiscasset’s Museum in the Streets,” historical Wiscasset photos, through Oct. 30. maineartgallery.org

Stitchers Corner, Wiscasset: Jill Snyder Wallace, “For The Love of Needle and Thread,” embroidery, through Oct. 27. 882-4141.

Wiscasset Bay Gallery: “Fresh Paint and Recent Acquisitions,” recent acquisitions of 19th- and 20th-century American and European paintings, plus new works by contemporary New England artists, through Nov. 2. wiscassetbaygallery.com

Harlow Gallery, Hallowell: “Two Worlds of Home,” recent works of Ross Grams, through Saturday. harlowgallery.org

Unity College (Leonard R. Craig Art Gallery): Kenny Cole, “Even Now the Reaper Draws His Wages,” through Oct. 31. uccpa.unity.edu/exhibitions

Aarhus Gallery, Belfast: Mark Bell and Cathy Melio, pottery and printmaking, through Sunday. aarhusgallery.com

Littlefield Gallery, Winter Harbor: Frederick Lynch and James Linehan, “Geometry Meets Nature,” through Oct. 15. littlefieldgallery.com

Haynes Galleries, Thomaston: Peter Poskas, “Summer Lights,” through Saturday. haynesgalleries.com

University of Maine (Art Gallery), Farmington: Liz Phillips, “Biyuu II,” sound and video installation, through Nov. 1. 778-1062.

Lajos Matolcsy Arts Gallery, Norway: Gail Rein, Irina Kahn and Suzanne Hardy, “Points of View,” through Sunday. westernmaineartgroup.org

Turtle Gallery, Deer Isle: “Continuing Connections: New and Old — All Media,” orchard photographs by Michael Alpert, through Oct. 13. turtlegallery.com

Savory Maine, Damariscotta: “Places of the Heart: From the Caribbean to Maine and Italy,” oil paintings by Cheryl Blaydon, through Oct. 2. savorymainedining.com

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

Yvette Torres Fine Art, Rockland: John Urbain, “No Ideas But in Things,” through Oct. 14. 332-4014.

Art Space Gallery, Rockland: Work by Audrey Bechler, Jill Caldwell, Laurie Lofman Bellmore and Joan Wright, through Sunday. artspacemaine.com

CRAFT Gallery, Rockland: Jesse Gillespie, “Uncommon Beauty,” through Nov. 5. craftonelm.com

University of Maine (Blake Library), Fort Kent: William Lloyd Duncan, “Specifically Saint John: Views Across the Upper River Watershed,” through Friday. 834-7527.

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