August 29, 2012

Art and Theater Listings

Classical music, theater, auditions, art museums and galleries

• CLASSICAL MUSIC

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“Late August” by Rufus Coes, from “Coastal Route,” an exhibition of the painter’s work opening with a reception Thursday at Elizabeth Moss Gallery in Falmouth. Also opening Thursday is “Ethel H. Blum: Travels Near and Far, A Retrospective.”

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“Moon Iridescence Over Snow Covered Tree Branches” by Geir Oye, from “Starstruck: The Fine Art of Astrophotography,” continuing through Dec. 15 at the Bates College Museum of Art in Lewiston.

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Bay Chamber Summer Music Festival: Season Finale, Rockport Opera House. $30 to $40; $8 for ages 18 and under. baychamberconcerts.org. 8 p.m. Thursday.

Trio Cleonice, works by Beethoven, Berger and Mendelssohn, College of the Atlantic (Gates Center), Bar Harbor. Free. 801-5625. 5 p.m. Friday.

Chamber ME Music Series, Haydn and Schubert, River Tree Arts, Kennebunk. Free/donation. 251-1953. 11 a.m. Saturday.

Annual Keyboard Benefit Concert, fundraiser featuring organists and pianists from Maine to complete pipe organ, Ogunquit Baptist Church. ogunquitbaptistchurch.org. 7 p.m. Sunday.

• THEATER

"9 to 5: The Musical," musical co-starring Sally Struthers based on hit 1980 movie, Ogunquit Playhouse. $29 to $74. ogunquitplayhouse.org. 2:30 and 8 p.m. Thursday; 8 p.m. Friday; 8:30 p.m. Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday; 2:30 and 8 p.m. Wednesday and Sept. 6. Through Sept. 15.

"Beyond the Rainbow: The Judy Garland Story," musical based on screen legend, Arundel Barn Playhouse. $30 to $41. arundelbarnplayhouse.com. 8 p.m. Thursday and Saturday; 2 and 8 p.m. Friday.

"Boeing -- Boeing," classic farce, Hackmatack Playhouse, Berwick. $29.50; $25 for seniors; $12 for students. hackmatack.org. 2 and 8 p.m. Thursday; 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

"The Fox on the Fairway," furiously paced comedy, Gaslight Theater at Hallowell City Hall. $12; $10 for seniors and students. 626-3698. 7:30 p.m. Thursday to Saturday. Through Sept. 9.

National Theater in London Live: "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time," live in HD broadcast, Strand Theatre, Rockland. $23; $18 for students. rocklandstrand.com. 7 p.m. Thursday.

National Theatre Live: "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night ," live in HD broadcast, Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center, Fryeburg. $18; $15 for seniors; $10 for students. fryeburgacademy.org/pac. 2 p.m. Thursday (encore screening at 7 p.m.).

"The Great American Trailer Park Musical," musical comedy (adult language and situations), City Theater, Biddeford. $20. citytheater.org. 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday.

"The Inferno Bar & Grill," original play by Maine playwrights; all proceeds go to Waldo youth and adult productions; Waldo Theatre, Waldoboro. $10. thewaldo.org. 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Through Sept. 8.

"Locally and Organically Grown," seven short new plays by seven local playwrights, Stonington Opera House. $12. operahousearts.org. 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

"The Biggest Little House in the Forest," interactive theater experience for infants and toddlers, Children's Museum and Theatre of Maine, Portland. $5, $6. kitetails.org. 11 a.m. Friday; 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Saturday. Through Sept. 15.

"Doctor Banner's Garden," by The Cushing Readers, Skidompha Library, Damariscotta. $5. 354-0735. 7 p.m. Saturday.

• AUDITIONS

"Beauty and the Beast, Jr.," parts for children in grades 6 to 12; performance dates are Nov. 2-11; Waldo Theatre, Waldoboro. 832-6060. 4 to 6 p.m. Wednesday.

• ART MUSEUMS

OPENINGS/RECEPTIONS

"Portrait of an Art Colony," portraits, Ogunquit Museum of American Art. ogunquitmuseum.org. Opens Thursday. Through Oct. 31.

"Art in Process," high school art exhibition, Portland Museum of Art. portlandmuseum.org. Opens Saturday. Through Dec. 30.

"Making a Presence: F. Holland Day in Artistic Photography," photographs by F. Holland Day (1864-1933), Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick. bowdoin.edu. Opens Sept. 6. Through Dec. 23.

"Carl Pittore and the Mail Art Movement," art using mail products, Ogunquit Museum of American Art. ogunquitmuseum.org. Opens Sept. 6. Through Oct. 31.

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 Monday; "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

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