• CLASSICAL MUSIC

The N-E-W Trio (violin, cello and piano), music by Haydn, Beethoven and Dvorak; Emlen Hall, Bay School, Blue Hill. $25. 374-2203. 3 p.m. Saturday.

Jimmy Briere, Quebec pianist, Franco-American Heritage Center, Lewiston. $12 to $15; free for students. francocenter.org. 7:30 p.m. Saturday.

Paul Sullivan, pianist and composer, Hammond Hall, Winter Harbor. $15; $10 for students. 963-2569. 7 p.m. Saturday.

Pianist Slyvia Berry, works by Bach and Mozart, Olin Concert Hall, Lewiston. Free. 786-6135. 12:30 p.m. Tuesday.

• DANCE

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Karen Montanaro, mime and dance, Opera House at Boothbay Harbor. $20. boothbayoperahouse.com. 7:30 p.m. today.

Pumpkinhead Ale Meets Prima Ballerinas, Portland Ballet Studio’s fall celebration and sneak preview of “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” 21-plus; Portland Ballet Studio. $10. 772-9671. 6 to 8 p.m. Friday.

• THEATER

“Miss Saigon,” modern musical variation of “Madame Butterfly” set in Vietnam, Ogunquit Playhouse. $42.50 to $69. 646-5511. 8 p.m. today and Friday; 3:30 and 8:30 p.m. Saturday; 2 and 7 p.m. Sunday; 2:30 and 8 p.m. Wednesday and Sept. 29. Through Oct. 23.

“Unnecessary Farce,” comedy with two cops, three crooks and eight doors, Schoolhouse Arts Center, Standish. $10, $12. 642-3743. 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday.

“Last Gas,” romantic comedy by Maine playwright presented by Penobscot Theatre Co., Bangor Opera House. $20. 581-1755. 7 p.m. today; 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 3 p.m. Sunday.

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“ART,” Tony Award-winning play by French playwright Yasmina Reza, Freeport Factory Stage. $15; $12 for seniors and students. 865-5505. 7:30 p.m. today to Saturday and Sept. 29. Through Oct. 2.

“The Foreigner,” comedy about a small Southern town dealing with a stranger, Freeport Performing Arts Center. $10 to $15. 865-2220. 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday. Through Oct. 2.

“Funny Girl,” classic musical based on the life of Fanny Brice, Portland Players, South Portland. $15 to $20. portlandplayers.org. 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Through Oct. 2.

“Sister Robert Anne’s Cabaret Class,” new version of “Nunsense,” Northport Music Theater. $20 to $25. northportmusictheater.com. 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 3:30 p.m. Sunday. Through Oct. 2.

“Thoroughly Modern Millie,” 1920s-era musical comedy about a flapper, Lyric Music Theater, South Portland. $21.99. lyricmusictheater.org. 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Through Oct. 8.

“Across the Wild and Lonesome Prairie,” children’s play, Children’s Museum and Theatre of Maine, Portland. $8, $9. 828-1234, Ext. 231. 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

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“On the Twentieth Century,” musical that’s part operetta, part farce, Theater at Monmouth. $20, $24. theateratmonmouth.org. 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 1 p.m. Sunday; 7:30 p.m. Sept. 29. Through Oct. 2.

“ART,” Tony Award-winning play by French playwright Yasmina Reza, York Public Library. 363-2818. 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

Olyde Tyme Radio Show: “Wuthering Heights,” Sanford Maine Stage, Springvale. $8. sanfordmainestage.com. 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday.

“The Morini Strad,” drama about a violinist and her relationship with a violin maker, Portland Stage Company. $30. portlandstage.org. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday to Sept. 29. Through Oct. 23.

“Bad Dates,” comedy about a single mother starting to date again, St. Lawrence Arts Center, Portland. $15 to $25. stlawrencearts.org. 7 p.m. Wednesday and Sept. 29. Through Oct. 16.

• AUDITIONS

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Murder Mystery Dinner, women and men needed; show dates are Nov. 5 and 12, Sanford Maine Stage, Springvale. sanfordmainestage.com. 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday.

• ART MUSEUMS

OPENINGS/RECEPTIONS

“Tale Spinning,” narrative art, Bates College (Olin Arts Center), Lewiston. 786-6158. Opening reception, 7 to 9 p.m. Friday. Through Dec. 17. National Smithsonian Magazine Museum Day, free admission to numerous Maine museums; visitors must download a ticket from smithsonianmag.com/museumday. Saturday.

“Madeleine de Sinety: Photographs,” photos of everyday people and public events over a 40-year period, Portland Museum of Art. portlandmuseum.org. Opens Saturday. Through Dec. 18.

“Botanical Illustrations,” by Kate Furbish (1834-1931), Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Boothbay. 633-4333. Reception, lecture and auction, 3 p.m. Saturday. Through Sept. 30.

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“Beyond Rugs!”, rug-hooking textile art, Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland. 596-6457. Opens Saturday. Through Feb. 5. 

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“From My Garden,” ink line and watercolor portraits of flowers by Jean Swan Gordon, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Boothbay. 633-4333. Through Sept. 29.

“Folk Art on High,” weather vane exhibit, Rufus Porter Museum, Bridgton. rufusportermuseum.org. Through Oct. 1.

“Inspired by Buddhism: Ancient Art from the Permanent Collection,” objects from Cambodia, China, Tibet, Korea and Japan, Colby College (Museum of Art), Waterville. colby.edu. Through Oct. 2. “Exhibiting Whistler: A Tribute to David P. Becker,” prints by James McNeill Whistler, Colby College (Museum of Art), Waterville. colby.edu. Through Oct. 2. “American Modern,” photographs by Abbott, Evans and Bourke-White, Colby College (Museum of Art), Waterville. 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. colby.edu. Through Oct. 2. “Celebrating a Gift: The Norma B. Marin Photography Collection,” Colby College (Museum of Art), Waterville. 859-5609. Through Oct. 2.

“Andrew Moore: Detroit Disassembled,” photographs of Detroit’s industrial decline and reclamation by nature, Colby College (Museum of Art), Waterville. colby.edu. Through Oct. 2. “Alex Katz: Drawings,” ink and oil sketches and graphite drawings, Colby College (Museum of Art), Waterville. colby.edu. Through Oct. 2. “Andrew and Jamie Wyeth: Selections from the Private Collection of Victoria Browning Wyeth,” paintings, Bates College (Olin Arts Center), Lewiston. 786-6158. Through Oct. 2.

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• ART GALLERIES

OPENINGS/RECEPTIONS

“Engaging Insects: Artists and Scientists,” work of nine artists and scientists, University of Southern Maine Art Gallery, Gorham. 780-5008. Opening reception, 6 to 8 p.m. today. Through Nov. 10.

“Art at the Grill,” work by Ed Botkin, George Wardwell and Kathleen Thornton, Damariscotta River Grill. damariscottarivergrill.com. Reception, 4 to 6 p.m. today. Through Oct. 31.

“21 Rooms,” interactive exhibit of installation, performance and video art by local and national artists, Nevada Motel, York. Free/donation. 3sarts.org. 5 to 9 p.m. Friday.

Anne Ritchie, photographs on canvas and in print, 317 Main Street Community Music Center, Yarmouth. 317mainst.org. Opening reception, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday. Through Nov. 11.

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“Ladies Night Out at the Artist’s Studio,” wine and cheese mixer and painting demonstration, A. Heywood Studio, Waldoboro. $15. 832-6684. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday.

“Autumn Arrivals,” recent acquisitions of 19th- and 20th-century American and European paintings as well as new works, Wiscasset Bay Gallery, Wiscasset. wiscassetbaygallery.com. Opens Saturday. Through Oct. 31.

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“Beauty Sleep,” installation with video and drawings by Nancy Andrews, College of the Atlantic (Ethel H. Blum Gallery), Bar Harbor. 288-5015. Through Friday.

“Maine Landscape, ” group show, River Arts, Damariscotta. 563-1507. Through Friday.

“A League of Our Own,” etchings, photography and colored porcelain, Red Door Pottery Studio and Gallery Shop, Kittery. 439-5671. Through Saturday.

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“Drawing the Line #7,” drawings by Susan Groce, Kimberly Convery, Ken Greenleaf and Robin Mandel, June Fitzpatrick Gallery at MECA, Portland. 699-5083. Through Saturday.

Ralf Feyl: “Threshold,” new oil paintings, Gleason Fine Art, Portland. 699-5599. Through Saturday.

“Droge and Lash,” paintings by Michael Droge and sculpture by Robert Lash, Harlow Gallery, Hallowell. harlowgallery.org. Through Saturday.

Inka Essenhigh and Richard Van Buren: “(un) Natural Splendor,” Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport. 236-2875. Through Sunday.

Leo Krikorian: “Godfather of the Beats,” Yvette Torres Fine Art, Rockland. 888-777-1077. Through Sunday.

“Intention and Accident,” paintings and prints by Kate Doyle, York Public Library. 363-2818. Through Tuesday.

“Scenes from Maine,” new and recent work by Portland artist Jay LaBrie, Richard Boyd Gallery, Peaks Island. 712-1097. Through Sept. 29.

“The Art of the Still Life,” with 20 contemporary artists, Haynes Galleries, Thomaston. 354-0605. Through Sept. 29.


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