• CLASSICAL MUSIC

TODAY

Noonday Concert with the Portland String Quartet, First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church, Portland. Free. 775-3356. 12:15 p.m.

Chorus auditions, Musica de Filia Studio, Portland. Call to schedule: 807-2158. For the chamber choir, 6 to 8 p.m. today; for the women’s choir, 6:30 to 8 p.m. Monday; for the lyric choir, 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday; for the concert choir,

6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday; for the apprentice choir,

4 to 5:30 p.m. Wednesday.

 

FRIDAY

Chamber ME Music Series with various artists, Freeport Community Center. Free. Works by Bach, Handel and Michael Strauss, 12:30 p.m.

 

SATURDAY

Chamber ME Music Series with various artists, River Tree Arts, Kennebunk. Free. Works by Bach, Handel and Michael Strauss, 11 a.m.

Henry Kramer, classical piano, Franco-American Heritage Center, Lewiston. $16; $14 for seniors; free for students ages 21 and younger. www.francoamericanheritage.org. 7:30 p.m.

 

SUNDAY

“Sundays with Schubert,” the music of Franz Schubert with pianist Frank Glazer, Bates College (Olin Arts Center), Lewiston. Free; tickets required. 786-6135. 3 p.m.

Seacoast Community Chorus, music from Randall Thompson’s “Frostiana” and the New England premiere of “Pie Jesu” by Laura Swartz, First Parish Congregational Church, York. $10. www.SCCSings.com. 3 p.m.

 

TUESDAY

Noonday Concert with Duo Orfeo, chamber music, Bates College (Olin Arts Center), Lewiston. Free. 786-6135. 12:30 p.m.

Portland Symphony Orchestra Tuesday Classical: “Russia with Love,” Merrill Auditorium, Portland. $18 to $63. www.porttix.com. 7:30 p.m.

 

• THEATER

“Is There Fat In That?” one-woman cabaret show with Ellen Domingo, St. Lawrence Arts Center, Portland. www.goodtheater.com. 7:30 p.m. today to Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday.

Vinie Burrows, actress, storyteller and activist performs recitations and songs recalling the lives of oppressed Africans and African-Americans, Bates College (Schaeffer Theatre), Lewiston. Free; tickets required. www.batestickets.com. 7 p.m. today.

“The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?” award-winning drama by Mad Horse Theatre Company, Lucid Stage, Portland. $18 and $20. 899-3993; www.lucidstage.com. 8 p.m. today to Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday. Through Feb. 6.

Page to Stage Festival, staged readings, Skidompha Library, Damariscotta. $5 to $12. www.heartwoodtheater.org. “Last Train to Nibroc,” 7:30 p.m. today and Saturday; “Four Quartets,” 7:30 p.m. Friday; “The Beggar’s Opera,” 3 p.m. Saturday; “Four Quartets,” 3 p.m. Sunday. Through Jan. 30.

“The Mousetrap,” Agatha Christie murder-mystery, Portland Players, South Portland. $18 to $20. 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Through Jan. 30.

“Guys and Dolls, Jr.,” student-produced musical, Lyman Moore Middle School, Portland. $10. 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 2:30 p.m. Sunday.

“The Wizard of Oz,” family musical, Old Port Playhouse, Portland. $15. 7:30 p.m. Friday; 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday. Through Feb. 6.

“Crying at Movies,” a man’s experiences of watching cinematic leading ladies affects his relationships with women, Acorn Studios, Westbrook. $10; $8 for students and seniors. www.acorn-productions.org. 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 5 p.m. Sunday. Through Jan. 30.

“Pride and Prejudice,” based on Jane Austen’s novel, Theater Project, Brunswick. Pay what you want; $18 suggested. www.theaterproject.com. 8 p.m. Friday; 2 p.m. Sunday. Through Feb. 20.

“The Green Room,” musical about four college friends determined to make it to Broadway, Bonny Eagle High School, Standish. $10. 286-1427. 7:30 p.m. Friday.

Community variety show auditions for Hot Chocolate Jubilee VI, Chocolate Church Arts Center, Bath. mayo@gwi.net. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.

“Fiddler on the Roof,” national touring production of classic musical, Merrill Auditorium, Portland. $45 to $60. www.porttix.com. 2 and 7 p.m. Saturday.

Avner the Eccentric, physical comedy, Camden Opera House. $18 day of show; $16 in advance. www.camdenoperahouse.com. 7 p.m. Saturday.

“A Tribute to Do-Wop,” dinner theater with The Juke Box Five, Anthony’s Dinner Theater, Portland. $39.95; includes five-course meal. 221-2267. 7 p.m. Saturday. Through Jan. 29.

Winter Cabaret, sketch comedy, live music and desserts, Theater Project, Brunswick. Pay what you want; $18 suggested. www.theaterproject.com. 8 p.m. Saturday. Through Feb. 19.

“A Finished Heart,” poetry, pose and music telling the story of a dying man and his caregiver, First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church, Portland. $10/donation. 773-5747. 7 p.m. Saturday.

“The Thinking Heart,” ensemble performance based on the journal and letters of Etty Hillesum, a Dutch woman who opposed Nazism; Maine Jewish Museum, Portland. Free. 329-9854. 2 p.m. Sunday.

“The Wizard of Oz,” musical based on the movie, University of Maine (Collins Center for the Arts), Orono. $62. www.collinscenterforthearts.com. 7 p.m. Monday.

“Red, Black and GREEN: A Blues,” multimedia work by Marc Bamuthi Joseph, Bates College (Schaeffer Theatre), Lewiston. Free. 786-6381. 8 p.m. Monday.

“The Play About the Baby,” drama by Mad Horse Theatre Company, Lucid Stage, Portland. Pay what you can; $18 suggested. 899-3993; www.lucidstage.com. 7:30 p.m. Monday to Wednesday. Through Feb. 2.

“2 Pianos, 4 Hands,” two brothers aspire to be classical pianists, Portland Stage Company. 774-0465. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday. Through Feb. 20.

“Sesame Street Live: 1-2-3 Imagine! with Elmo and Friends,” family musical, Bangor Auditorium. $15 to $50. www.basspark.com. 7 p.m. Tuesday; 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. Wednesday.

 

• MUSEUMS

OPENINGS/RECEPTIONS

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

 

CONTINUING

“Emily Schiffer: Cheyenne River,” photographs, Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland. www.farnsworthmuseum.org. Through Jan. 31.

“Cross Currents: Visual Art Distilled from the Maritime World,” Maine Maritime Museum, Bath. 443-1316. Through Feb. 7.

“Currents 6,” multimedia work by Gina Siepel, Colby College (Museum of Art), Waterville. www.colby.edu. Through Feb. 13.

“Unconventional Portraits: Photographs by Charles E. Moody,” Saco Museum. 283-3861. Through Feb. 26.

“Recent Acquisitions,” multimedia, Saco Museum. 283-3861. Through Feb. 26.

“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.

“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.

“Aunt Lu: The Story of Princess Watahwaso,” photographs and objects, Abbe Museum, Bar Harbor. www.abbemuseum.org. Through April 2.

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

“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 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.

“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.

“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.

“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

“Where Art and Academics Intersect,” work from students at Merriconeag Waldorf School, 317 Main St., Yarmouth. 846-6264. Reception 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday. Through Feb. 25.

“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. Opens Wednesday. Through April 10.

 

CONTINUING

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

“Katrina Chronicles, Vol. 1 and 2,” work by Peter Precourt, University of Maine (Charles Danforth Gallery), Augusta. www.uma.edu/danforth. Through Friday.

“From the Inside,” Maine College of Art faculty show, June Fitzpatrick Gallery at MECA, Portland. www.junefitzpatrickgallery.com. Through Saturday.

“Thru the Photographer’s Eye,” photographic work by members of the Capital Area Camera Club, L/A Arts Gallery 5, Lewiston. 650-0200. Through Saturday.

Small works, paintings and mixed media by various artists, Perimeter Gallery, Belfast. Through Sunday.

“Pinned and Wriggling on the Wall,” work by Robin Ward, College of the Atlantic (Ethel H. Blum Gallery), Bar Harbor. Through Tuesday.

“Drawing Show,” group exhibit, Caldbeck Gallery, Rockland. Through Jan. 28.

“Winter Works,” paintings and sculpture by Tom Curry, Ralf Feyl and others, plus “Eye Catchers,” small works, Gleason Fine Art, Portland. www.gleasonfineart.com. Through Jan. 29.

“Reflections: Glass, Water and Memory,” landscape images in fused stained glass by Kay McKeever Allison, Harmon’s & Barton’s Gallery, Portland. Through Jan. 29.

“MECA Painting Graduates 10 Years Later,” June Fitzpatrick Gallery, Portland. www.junefitzpatrickgallery.com. Through Jan. 29.

“A Dealer Collects,” Aucocisco Galleries, Portland. Through Jan. 29.

“Launch!”, work by young and emerging visual artists, York Art Association, York Harbor. www.yorkartassociation.com. Through Jan. 30.

“Americans Who Tell the Truth,” painted portraits by Robert Shetterly, Portland Public Library (Lewis Gallery). www.portlandlibrary.com. Through Jan. 31.

“A Collection of Works: Max O’Callaghan-Shaw,” St. Lawrence Arts Center, Portland. www.stlawrencearts.org. Through Jan. 31.

“Islands and Sirens,” work by Tom Curry and Brian Mark, Thos. Moser Showroom, Freeport. www.thosmoser.com. Through Jan. 31.

“The Rose of Sharon,” photographs by Sharon Murphy, Bangor Public Library. www.bpl.lib.me.us. Through Jan. 31.

“Maine Life as It Is,” paintings and drawings by Tom Brennan, Bangor Public Library. www.bpl.lib.me.us. Through Jan. 31.

“Contemporary Maine Wood Sculpture,” Center for Furniture Craftsmanship, Rockport. www.woodschool.org. Through Feb. 4.

“LINES Portland: the invisible/visible lines and labor that connects us,” Katarina Weslien’s prints based on road repair lines made by Portland public service crews, Portland City Hall. www.lines.portlandmaine.gov. Through Feb. 11.

“Selected Works from USM’s Juried Student Exhibition,” University of Southern Maine (Area Gallery), Portland. Through Feb. 17.

“Paintings by Antonio Guerrero — Political Prisoner,” University of Southern Maine (Glickman Family Library), Portland. 743-2183. Through Feb. 18.

“Serenity,” porcelain works by Rick Boyd and Pamela Williamson, Richard Boyd Gallery, Peaks Island. www.richardboydpottery.com. Through Feb. 21.

“Diagonal Knitting: A Different Slant,” sculptural work and clothing by Katharine Cobey, Maine Fiberarts, Topsham. 721-0678. Through Feb. 25.

“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.

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

 

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