September 5, 2012

Art and Theater Listings

Classical music, dance, theater, auditions, art museums and galleries

• CLASSICAL MUSIC

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“Bird’s Eye View, Monhegan,” from “Philip Frey: New Paintings,” opening Thursday at Gleason Fine Art in Boothbay Harbor.

Courtesy of Gleason Fine Art

FRIDAY

Chamber ME Music Series, Haydn string quartet concert followed by Schubert songs, Freeport Community Center. Free/donation. 251-1953. 11 a.m.

Chamber ME Music Series, Haydn string quartet concert followed by Schubert songs, State Street Church, Portland. Free/donation. 251-1953. 5 p.m.

SATURDAY

Chamber ME Music Series, Haydn string quartet concert followed by Schubert songs, River Tree Arts Center, Kennebunk. Free/donation. 251-1953. 11 a.m.

Maine Pro Musica, works by Beethoven, Mozart and Mendelssohn, Bowdoin College (Studzinski Recital Hall), Brunswick. Free. 798-4141. 3 p.m.

SEPT. 13

Syrian Violinist Aban Zirikly, "The Pleasures of Classical Music" talk and performance, Thomas Memorial Library, Cape Elizabeth. Free. thomasmemoriallibrary.org. 7 p.m.

• 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; 3:30 and 8 p.m. Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday; 8 p.m. Tuesday; 2:30 and 8 p.m. Wednesday and Sept. 13. Through Sept. 15.

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. 2 p.m. Thursday (encore screening at 7 p.m.)

National Theatre in London Live: "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time," 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.); 1 p.m. Saturday.

Portland Playback Improv Theater, theme is "Letting Go: Stories of When You Walked Away or Held On Too Long," Community Television Network (CTN), Portland. $7. portlandplayback.com. 7:30 p.m. Friday.

"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. 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.

"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.

"Tess of the D'Urbervilles," stage adaptation presented by Dead Wessex Fair, Lucid Stage, Portland. $12; $10 for seniors and students. lucidstage.com. 8 p.m. Sept. 13.

"Etty," one-woman theatrical play based on the letters and diaries of Etty Hillesum, Rockland Public Library. Free. 594-0310. 6:30 p.m. Sept. 13.

• 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. 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday.

"Chicago," auditioners must be high school age or older, Waldo Theatre, Waldoboro. 832-6060. 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday; 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Monday and Wednesday.

Midcoast Community Chorus, John Street United Methodist Church, Camden. mccsings.org. 5 to 6:30 p.m. Monday.

• ART MUSEUMS

OPENINGS/RECEPTIONS

"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 Thursday. Through Dec. 23.

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

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

"Sea Lives," ocean-inspired sculpture by Sonja Weber Gilkey, Maine Maritime Museum, Bath. mainemaritimemuseum.org. Opens Friday. Through Oct. 21.

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