January 5, 2012

Art and Theater Listings

Classical music, dance, theater, art museums and galleries

• CLASSICAL MUSIC

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The Camerata chorus is featured in the Choral Art Society’s “An Epiphany Celebration” on Saturday at the Williston-Immanuel United Church in Portland.

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Young ballerinas at the Jean Wong School of Ballet in Quarry Bay, Hong Kong, were photographed by James Marshall. The image is part of the exhibition “Maine Photographers: Eyes on Asia” at the Addison Woolley Gallery in Portland.

Courtesy of the artist

TODAY

Portland Conservatory of Music Noonday Concert, with Chiharu Naruse, piano, and Robert Dan, viola, First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church, Portland. Free. 775-3356. 12:15 p.m.

FRIDAY

Chamber ME Music Series, Schumann Piano Trio and two Delius duos, Freeport Community Center. Free. tinyurl.com/chamberME. 11 a.m.

Chamber ME Music Series, Schumann Piano Trio and two Delius duos, State Street Church, Portland. Free. 251-1953. 5 p.m.

SATURDAY

Chamber ME Music Series, Schumann Piano Trio and two Delius duos, River Tree Arts, Kennebunk. Free. 967-9120. Noon.

"An Epiphany Celebration," presented by Choral Art Society, Williston-Immanuel United Church, Portland. $15. choralart.org. 7:30 p.m.

SUNDAY

Blue Hill Concert Association Winter Concert Series, Trio Cleonice: Beethoven, Ives and Schubert piano trios, First Congregational Church, Blue Hill. $30; free for high school students and under. bluehillconcerts.org. 3 p.m.

JAN. 12

Portland Conservatory of Music Noonday Concert, with the Atlantic Chamber Ensemble, First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church, Portland. Free. 775-3356. 12:15 p.m.

• DANCE

Golden Gates Russian Music and Dance Company, Gould Academy (Bingham Auditorium), Bethel. $5 to $15. 824-3575. 7 p.m. today.

Debi Irons and Art Moves Dance Company, new and recent works, Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School auditorium, South Paris. $7 to $11. 743-5569. 7 p.m. Friday.

• THEATER

"Axed!," two one-act plays about alleged murderer Lizzie Borden, Lucid Stage, Portland. $12; $10 for students and seniors. lucidstage.com. 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday.

"The Wandering Beggar," Jewish-themed play by Acorn Productions, Congregation Bet Ha'am, South Portland. $10. 879-0028. 6 p.m. Sunday.

"Good Luck," original play by Creative Trails, Lucid Stage, Portland. $8 to $10; $5 for Creative Trails families. lucidstage.com. Noon Wednesday; 7 p.m. Jan. 12.

"Mamma Mia!," touring production of award-winning Broadway musical based on the music of ABBA, presented by Portland Ovations, Merrill Auditorium, Portland. $56 to $71. porttix.com. 8 p.m. Jan. 12. Through Jan. 14.

• AUDITIONS

Kids on the Block Puppeteer Troupe and Youth Voices on Stage, seeking actors ages 11 to 17, Children's Museum and Theatre of Maine, Portland. kitetails.org. 3:30 to 5 p.m. Friday.

Musica de Filia Girls and Womens Choir, Musica de Filia Studio, Portland. musicadefilia.com. 4 to 6 p.m. Monday.

TriCity Community Chorus, all voice parts, Masonic Hall, Saco. 883-5219. 6:30 p.m. Monday.

• ART MUSEUMS

CONTINUING

Portland Museum of Art: "The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection: Fifty Works for Maine, Part II," work of various media and styles, through Jan. 29; "Gather Up the Fragments: The Andrews Shaker Collection," Shaker furniture, printed works, visual art, tools, textiles, and small craft, through Feb. 5. portlandmuseum.org

University of New England Art Gallery, Portland: "Faces of War," photo essay of soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan by Jerry Robinov, through Feb. 12. une.edu/artgallery/facesofwar.cfm

Maine Historical Society Museum/Longfellow House, Portland: "Dressing Up, Standing Out, Fitting In: Adornment & Identity in Maine," artifacts reveal the way Mainers dressed from the 18th to 20th centuries, through May 27. mainehistory.org

Brick Store Museum, Kennebunk: "Barry: The Art Exhibition," Edith Cleaves Barry's paintings, sculpture and pen-and-ink drawings, through Monday. 985-4802.

Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick: "Along the Yangzi River: Regional Culture of the Bronze Age from Hunan," 60 bronze vessels and monumental bells cast in southern China between 1300 B.C.E. and 221 B.C.E., through Sunday; "Where Hath Fleeting Beauty Fled?", selections of 19th- and 20th-century art, through Jan. 22; "After Atget: Todd Webb Photographs, New York and Paris," street photography of Webb, through Jan. 29. bowdoin.edu

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