Art
“John Haberle: Master of Illusion,” Portland Museum of Art, Portland, $4-$10. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and Tuesday through Thursday; 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. Runs through Sunday, Dec. 12.

“Debating Modern Photography: The Triumph of Group f/64,” Portland Museum of Art, Portland, $4-$10. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and Tuesday through Thursday; 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. Runs through Sunday, Dec. 5.

“Earning Their Keep: Maine’s Windjammers,” multi-stage exhibit featuring historic photos, artifacts, ephemera, videos, schooner models and rotating exhibits by contemporary marine photographers, Penobscot Marine Museum, Searsport, $3-$8, free age 6 and younger.
www.penobscotmarinemuseum.org. Neal Parent, photography, noon to 5 p.m. today.

“A Matter of Perception: An Exhibition by Artists with Disabilities,” Freeport Community Library, Freeport. www.freeportlibrary.com. 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and Friday; 11:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday and Wednesday; 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday; 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.

“Exposed: Rare Photographs of Life in Maine,” Maine Historical Society, Portland. Noon to 5 p.m. today; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Runs through Monday, Nov. 15.

2010 Book Arts at Stone House Program, work by students, University of Southern Maine (Glickman Family Library), Portland. 780-4270. 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. today; 7:45 a.m. to 11 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 7:45 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday; 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday. Runs through Sunday, Oct. 31.

“In a Place By Himself: The Graphic World of Winslow Homer,” Saco Museum, Saco. Noon to 4 p.m. today and Tuesday through Thursday; noon to 8 p.m. Friday; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. Runs through Sunday, Nov. 14.

“The Search for Beauty: Whistler and His Time,” drawings and paintings, Colby College (Museum of Art), Waterville. Noon to 4:30 p.m. today; 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Runs through Sunday, Jan. 2.

“Collecting Winslow Homer,” Colby College (Museum of Art), Waterville. www.colby.edu. Noon to 4:30 p.m. today; 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Runs through Sunday, Oct. 31.

“Will Barnet: New York Drawings and Prints, the 1930s,” Colby College (Museum of Art), Waterville. www.colby.edu. 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. today.

“Turtle/Television Island,” photographic prints and other media by James Luna, University of Southern Maine (Art Gallery), Gorham. 780-5008. 1 to 5 p.m. today and Saturday; 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday. Runs through Wednesday, Nov. 10.

“Life Work,” sculpture by Cabot Lyford, Hawk Ridge Farm, Pownal. jlacombe@maine.rr.com. By appointment. Runs through Sunday, Nov. 21.

“Tourist Season,” work by John Vander, Gold/Smith Gallery, Boothbay Harbor. Noon to 5 p.m. today; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday.

“The Architecture of Environmental Landscapes, Within and Without,” regional artists exploring environmental themes, University of New England (Art Gallery), Portland. 1 to 4 p.m. today and Wednesday, Friday and Saturday; 1 to 7 p.m. Thursday. Runs through Sunday, Dec. 19.

“Sit Down! Chairs from Six Centuries,” collection of American and European seating furniture from 1470 to the present, Bowdoin College (Museum of Art), Brunswick, free. 725-3275. 1 to 5 p.m. today; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday; 10 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Thursday. Runs through Sunday, Jan. 16.

“Argot of the Midway,” colored pencil on wood pieces by Justin Roig, Running with Scissors, Portland. 699-4242. By appointment. Runs through Sunday, Oct. 31.

“Inside,” group show, River Arts, Damariscotta. 563-1507. Noon to 4 p.m. today; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Runs through Friday, Nov. 5.

“The Warmth of Wood,” wood pieces by Ann Prescott, Karl Grose and Wayne Robbins, Markings Gallery, Bath. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today, Monday and Wednesday through Saturday. Runs through Sunday, Oct. 31.

“Islands and Sirens,” work by Tom Curry and Brian Mark, Thos. Moser Showroom, Freeport. www.thosmoser.com. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. today; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday.

“Faces of Maine,” Maine Art Gallery, Wiscasset. www.maineartgallery.org. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. today; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.

June Dragoon, paintings, SugarWood Gallery, Farmington. www.sugarwoodgallery.com. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today and Saturday; 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Runs through Sunday, Oct. 31.

“On Site,” work by Sally McCorkle, University of Maine (Art Gallery), Farmington. 778-7002. Noon to 4 p.m. today and Tuesday through Saturday. Runs through Sunday, Nov. 7.

“Photographing Maine: 10 Years Later, 2000-2009,” photography with work by more than 150 artists, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport. 236-2875. 1 to 5 p.m. today; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Runs through Sunday, Dec. 5.

Sandy Flint, photographs, Bowdoin College (David Saul Smith Union), Brunswick. 725-3201. 9 a.m. to midnight today through Saturday. Runs through Sunday, Oct. 31.

Finer Things Invitational Craft Show and Sale, Penobscot Marine Museum, Searsport. www.penobscotmarinemuseum.org. Noon to 5 p.m. today.

“From the Farm,” paintings by Elsie Gawler, Belfast Co-op Cafe Gallery, Belfast. www.belfast.coop. 7:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. today through Saturday.

“Fiber to Pastel: Celebrating Life in Color,” work by Cathy Grigsby, Frost Farm Gallery, Norway. www.frostfarmgallery
.com. Noon to 8 p.m. today and Saturday; 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Mary Brooking, paintings, Gallery 302, Bridgton. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today; noon to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Jacobus Baas, paintings, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Boothbay. 633-4333. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. today through Saturday. Runs through Sunday, Nov. 14.

Gabriella D’Italia, fiber art, Aarhus Gallery, Belfast. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. today.

“Diversity,” pottery by Rick Boyd and Pamela Williamson, Richard Boyd Gallery, Peaks Island. www.richardboydpottery
.com. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and Thursday through Saturday.

Group show, etchings by David Itchkawitch, prints by Nicole Hogarty and ink drawings by Sylvia Bain, A Fine Thing: Edward T. Pollack Fine Arts, Portland. www.edpollackfinearts.com. By appointment or chance today through Saturday. Runs through Tuesday, Nov. 23.

Erika Heidi Thiele, oil paintings, University of Maine (Blake Library), Fort Kent. 1 to 9 p.m. today; 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday.

“Autumn Arrivals,” 19th- and 20th-century American and European paintings, Wiscasset Bay Gallery, Wiscasset. www.
wiscassetbaygallery.com. Noon to 5 p.m. today; 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Runs through Saturday, Nov. 27.

“ArtinMe,” paintings, drawings and sculpture, Boothbay Region Art Foundation Gallery, Boothbay Harbor. www.boothbayartists.org. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. today; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Runs through Tuesday, Nov. 16.

“All This,” collages and constructions by Karen MacDonald, Perimeter Gallery, Belfast. 338-0555. 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. today; 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Runs through Sunday, Nov. 28.

“Coastal Curves,” fine art nudes by photographer Charles Dufour, Galerie Dufour, Belfast. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. today; 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday and Friday; 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. Runs through Thursday, Nov. 4.

“The Old Port at Night,” photos by Melanie Bennett. Also, historical photography and poetry exhibit, “Look Twice: The Waponahki in Image and Verse,” University of Southern Maine (Glickman Family Library), Portland. 780-4270. 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. today; 7:45 a.m. to 11 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 7:45 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday; 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday. Runs through Thursday, Dec. 30.

Cape Dorset Annual Print Collection, Inuit images, Home and Away Gallery, Kennebunkport. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. today, Monday, Friday and Saturday. Runs through Monday, Nov. 29.

“Altering Matters: New Work by Maine Members of the Surface Design Association,” University of Southern Maine (Atrium Art Gallery), Lewiston. www.usm.maine.edu/lac/art. 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday; 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. Runs through Tuesday, Nov. 30.

“The Ambiguities: Selected Works,” graphite drawings and color-saturated paintings from Thorpe Feidt’s series inspired by Herman Melville’s novel “Pierre: or, The Ambiguities,” University of Southern Maine (Area Gallery), Portland. www.usm.maine.edu/gallery. 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday (artist talk at 1 p.m.).

Group show, work by Ed Nadeau and others, Courthouse Gallery Fine Art, Ellsworth. 667-6611. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday.

Furniture Masters of New Hampshire, Center for Furniture Craftsmanship, Rockport. www.woodschool.org. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. Runs through Wednesday, Nov. 24.

“A Matter of Perception: An Exhibition by Artists with Disabilities,” VSA arts of Maine Gallery, Augusta. www.vsartsmaine.org. 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Runs through Friday, Dec. 31.

“Origins,” The Gallery at Eleven Pleasant St., Brunswick. www.vsartsmaine.org. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Runs through Friday, Nov. 26.

Christopher Cart and Shaune McCarthy, Harbor Square Gallery, Rockland. www.harborsquare
gallery.com. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday.

“Visual Contemplations,” watercolors and oils by Cynthia Asherman, 317 Main St., Yarmouth. Noon to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday.
“Landscapes,” work by Anthony Muench and Abbie Sewall, North Yarmouth Academy (Curtis Gallery), Yarmouth. www2.nya.org. 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.

“Love Letters to an American Gothic,” paintings by Veronica Cross, Lajos Matolcsy Art Center, Norway. 1 to 3 p.m. Monday; 1 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday; 9 a.m. to noon Wednesday.

Jeff Bye, Greenhut Galleries, Portland. 772-2693. 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.

“Dance 2010,” dance photography by Arthur Fink, Arthur Fink Studio, Portland. www.arthurfinkphoto.com. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Fall exhibit, works by Todd Watts and Ilya Askinazi and from the museum’s collection, University of Maine (Museum of Art), Bangor. 561-3350. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Runs through Thursday, Dec. 30.

“Landmark Celebrates Creativity,” group show, Bridgton Community Center, Bridgton. 647-8396. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Runs through Friday, Nov. 19.

Ted Wengren, paintings, Frost Gully Gallery, Freeport. Noon to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Runs through Friday, Nov. 12.

“Mesa to Sedona to Jerome,” paintings by Francine Schrock, Sandpiper Jewelry Gallery, South Portland. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Wednesday; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday through Saturday. Runs through Friday, Dec. 31.

“Shoemaking Skills of Generations,” exhibit celebrating Lewiston and Auburn’s history and present-day legacy in shoemaking, Museum L-A, Lewiston. 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday.

Fred Field, photography, Falmouth Memorial Library, Falmouth. www.falmouth.lib.me.us. 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Friday and Saturday; 9:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday. Runs through Thursday, Nov. 11.

Garry Mitchell, paintings, Icon Contemporary Art, Brunswick. 725-8157. 1 to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday; 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday. Runs through Saturday, Nov. 20.

“Mind’s Eye,” floor cloths by Mary Lynn Engel, Thomas Memorial Library, Cape Elizabeth. www.thomasmemoriallibrary
.org. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday; 9 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday.

“Experimental Jewelry,” made by local metal smiths, Daunis Fine Jewelry, Portland. www.daunis.com. 10 a.m. to
4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Runs through Tuesday, Nov. 2.

“Origins,” VSA Gallery, Brunswick. www.vsartsmaine.org. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Runs through Thursday, Nov. 4.
“Orchards and Atmosphere,” photographs by Audrey Hotchkiss, Harmon’s & Barton’s Gallery, Portland. 774-5946. 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday; 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.

“Industrial Art,” acrylic paintings of architecture and machinery by C. Michael Lewis, Portland Public Library (Lewis Gallery), Portland. www.portlandlibrary.com. 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.

Arla Patch, University of Maine (Reed Art Gallery), Presque Isle. 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Runs through Friday, Dec. 3.

Jennifer Morrison, nature photography exhibit, Viles Arboretum, Augusta. www.vilesarboretum.org. 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Runs through Friday, Dec. 31.

“Landscapes and the Figure,” work by Louise Bourne, Elizabeth Moss Gallery, Falmouth. www.elizabethmossgalleries.com. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday.

“People Who Have Made Their Mark,” work by Rachel von Roeschlaub, College of the Atlantic (Ethel H. Blum Gallery), Bar Harbor. www.coa.edu. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Wednesday.

“Lalla Essaydi: Les Femmes du Maroc,” large-scale photographs adapted from Eugene Delacroix’s “Les Femmes d’Algiers,” Bates College (Museum of Art), Lewiston. www.bates.edu. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday and Friday; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday. Runs through Friday, Dec. 17.

“Learning is an Ornament: The History of Kennebunk’s Schools,” replica installations, historic images and more, Brick Store Museum, Kennebunk, $5 donation. www.brickstoremuseum.org. 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday through Friday; 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.

“Wally Reinhardt: Collaborations with Ovid,” paintings interpreting Ovid’s “Metamorphoses,” Bates College (Museum of Art), Lewiston. www.bates.edu. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday and Friday; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday. Runs through Friday, Dec. 17.

“Photography by Brenton Hamilton,” Susan Maasch Fine Art, Portland. www.susanmaaschfineart.com. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday.

“Young Artist: Mature Art,” oil paintings and watercolors by Russel Whitten, York Public Library, York. www.york.lib.me.us. 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday.

Anna Sweeten and Alexandra Hart, Harbor Square Gallery and the Muir Garden for Contemporary Sculpture, Rockland. www.harborsquaregallery.com. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.

Melissa Burgess, photographs, Heron Point Gallery, Portland. www.heronpointgallery.com. 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.

Jason Slaughter, paintings, Waterfall Arts, Belfast. www.waterfallarts.org. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday. Runs through Thursday, Jan. 20.

“PLEIN AIR! Works Painted on Location,” group show, L/A Arts Gallery 5, Lewiston. 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Runs through Saturday, Nov. 6.

“Thread by Thread,” woven textile art by Sarah Haskell, Maine Fiberarts, Topsham. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday; 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. Runs through Tuesday, Nov. 30.

“Jane Dahmen: Through the Trees,” and “Pleine Air Maine,” paintings by Brad Betts, Mitch Billis and Bjorn Bunquist, Gleason Fine Art, Portland. 699-5599. 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday through Friday; 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.

“Raising White Boys in the South,” multimedia installation created by artists Michael Dickins and Dawn Martin Dickins, Harlow Gallery, Hallowell. www.harlowgallery.org. Noon to 6 p.m. Wednesday through Friday.

“How Long is Yesterday?” photographs of Ireland by Dan Dow; also, oil paintings by Andrea van Voorst van Beest, Addison Woolley Gallery, Portland. www.addisonwoolley.com. Noon to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday.

“I’m Just Sayin’/I Know Right?” exhibit looking at contemporary text with work by Adriane Herman, Megan O’Connell, Jeff Badger and Cliff Baldwin, Whitney Art Works, Portland. Noon to 6 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday. Through Nov. 20.

Pecha Kucha Night, works and ideas shared by artists, Space, Portland, $5. www.space538.org. 7:20 p.m. Thursday.
Group show, with work by Laurie Lofman Bellmore, Lauren Gill, Annie Mahoney and Joan Wright, Art Space Gallery, Rockland. www.artspacemaine.com. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

“False Documents and Other Illusions,” Portland Museum of Art, Portland, $4-$10, free under age 6. www.portlandmuseum.org. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. Runs through Sunday, Jan. 2.

Benefits

Homegrown Fine Art and Crafts Show, exhibit, sale and silent auction benefits the farm, Skyline Farm, North Yarmouth. Noon to 3 p.m. today; 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. Runs through Saturday, Dec. 4.

Halloween Scrabble tournament, benefits Literacy Volunteers of Greater Augusta, Hallowell City Hall, Hallowell, $12, $40 for teams. www.lva-augusta.org/scrabblefa. 1 to 4 p.m. today.

Haunted house tours, of home featured on A&E’s “Paranormal State.” Benefits the Animal Welfare Society, private residence, East Waterboro, $5. www.animalwelfaresociety.org. 5 to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Runs through Sunday, Oct. 31.

Hike the River, benefits the Maine Cancer Foundation, Phoenix House and Well, Newry, $25. 10 a.m. (registration), 11 a.m. (hike) Saturday.

Yarmouth Pumpkin Run, kids, adults and pets in costume race to benefit the Yarmouth Food Pantry, Yarmouth High School, Yarmouth, $10-$45. http://tiny.cc/pumpkinrun. 8:30 a.m. Saturday.

Harbor Haunt Halloween Party, with music and a costume contest; benefits the AIDS Response Seacoast organization, York Harbor Inn, York Harbor. 7 p.m. Saturday.

Books and Authors

Farnsworth Forum, Angela Miller, co-author of “American Encounters,” leads a discussion on how and why the canon of American art has been expanded during the past 40 years, Strand Theatre, Rockland, $30. 596-0949. 6 p.m. Monday.

Author program, Neil Rolde, author of “Continental Liar from the State of Maine: James G. Blaine,” talks about his experiences of living in Maine, American Legion Log Cabin, Yarmouth, $5. 846-6259. 7:30 p.m. Monday.

Poetry reading, Bowdoin College (Schwartz Outdoor Leadership Center), Brunswick, free. Curtis Bauer, author of “Fence Line,” 7:30 p.m. Thursday.

Language Arts Live, series of literary readings, Bates College (Chase Hall), Lewiston, free. www.bates.edu. With Wesley McNair, “Lovers of the Lost: New and Selected Poems,” 7:30 p.m. Thursday.

Author signing and reading, Longfellow Books, Portland, free. 772-4045. Douglas Kennedy, “The Pursuit of Happiness,” 7 p.m. Thursday.

Book signing and reading, seating is limited; reservations recommended, Kennebooks, Kennebunk. 967-8282. John Connolly, “The Whisperers,” 6:30 p.m. Thursday.

Book publishing party, with Jo Miles Schuman, co-editor of “A Spicing of Birds,” Gulf of Maine Books, Brunswick, free. 729-5083. 4 p.m. Saturday.

Author program, Deborah Krasner, author of “Good Meat: Sourcing and Cooking Sustainable Meat,” talks about and signs copies of her book and offers a meat tasting, Roma Cafe, Portland, $5. www.rabelaisbooks.com. 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday.
Book launch, with reading and book signing for Sharon Lee’s “Carousel Tides,” Beggar’s Ride Studio and Gallery, Old Orchard Beach. 937-2673. 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday.

Classical Music

Portland Rossini Club, St. Luke’s Cathedral, Portland, $5-$10, donation. 797-8318. With guest soprano Stella Marie Baumann,
3 p.m. today.

Parker String Quartet, University of Maine (Minsky Recital Hall), Orono, $32. www.collinscenterforthearts.co. 3 p.m. today.

Midcoast Symphony Orchestra, Brunswick High School (Crooker Theatre), Brunswick, $15, free for age 18 and younger. www.midcoastsymphony.org. 2:30 p.m. today.

Bartok Night, with performances by the Borromeo String Quartet, Colby College (Strider Theater), Waterville, free. www.colby.edu. 7:30 p.m. Friday.

Duo recital, with pianist Laura Kargul and violinist Ronald Lantz, University of Southern Maine (Corthell Concert Hall), Gorham, $5-$15. www.usm.maine.edu/music. 8 p.m. Saturday.

Comedy

Tim Sample, Maine humorist, Stone Mountain Arts Center, Brownfield, $20. www.stone
mountainartscenter.com. 8 p.m. Friday.

Dance

Ballroom dancing, Maplewood Dance Center, Portland. 878-0584. Dance social, 7 to 11 p.m. Wednesday and Saturday.

STREB Extreme Action: Raw, Merrill Auditorium, Portland, $30-$42, $20 for students. www.porttix.com. 7 p.m. Wednesday.
Dancing with DJ John, Maplewood Dance Center, Portland. 878-0584. 7 to 11 p.m. Friday.

STREB, blending of extreme sports and dance, University of Maine (Collins Center for the Arts), Orono, $22-$32. www.
collinscenterforthearts.com. 8 p.m. Friday.

“The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” presented by Portland Ballet. A costume parade takes place during intermission at the Saturday matinee, Portland High School, Portland, $20-$35. www.brownpapertickets.com. 8 p.m. Friday; 2 p.m. Saturday.

Ballroom dancing, Argentine tango lesson at 6 p.m., group lesson at 7 p.m. Each lesson session is $10, $15 for both; $5 dance only, American Ballroom Dance Academy, Portland. 879-5761. 8 to 11 p.m. Saturday. Runs through Saturday, Nov. 27.

Fairs/Festivals

Pumpkin Festival, pumpkin carving, art projects, storytelling, food and music, Southwest Harbor Public Library, Southwest Harbor. www.swharbor.lib.me.us. 1 p.m. Thursday.

Camp Sunshine’s Pumpkin Festival, pumpkin carving, live music and pumpkin sculptures, L.L. Bean Discovery Park, Freeport. www.campsunshine.org/pumpkinfe. Saturday.

Films

“A/V Geeks: How to Be a Woman,” cinematic life lessons curated and introduced by A/V Geeks founder Skip Elsheimer, Space, Portland, $8. www.space538.org. 7:30 p.m. today.

“The Camera Man,” 1928 silent film with live music, University of Maine (Roberts Learning Center), Farmington, $6, free under age 16. www.artsinstitute.org. 7 p.m. today.

“Meet Your Farmer,” film showcasing local farms, One Longfellow Square, Portland, $10. 761-1757. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Sagadahoc Preservation’s Dreamland Theater, film series, Winter Street Center, Bath. “Big Night” and “Eating Raoul,” 7 p.m. Thursday.

“The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” with live actors, Waldo Theater, Waldoboro. www.thewaldo.org. 7:30 p.m. Friday; 10 p.m. Saturday.
Global Lens Film Series, a touring program of narrative features from around the world, Bates College (Ronj Coffeehouse), Lewiston, $5. 786-6135. “My Tehran for Sale,” 8 p.m. Friday. Runs through Monday, Dec. 13.

“The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” props welcome but no water guns. Admission is $10, $5 for those in costume, City Theater, Biddeford. www.citytheater.org. 8 p.m. and midnight Friday.

“Boz Salkin (Pure Coolness),” comedy about a city girl kidnapped by a village young man in the tradition of bride stealing, Bowdoin College (Sills Hall), Brunswick, free. 725-3355. 7 p.m. Friday.

“The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” with live entertainment by the Dirty Dishes Burlesque Troupe. Costumes encouraged, State Theatre, Portland, $10. www.statetheatreportland.com. 8 p.m. Saturday.

Food and Drink

Dinefest, activities happening at various restaurants, various locations, York. Today. Runs through Sunday, Oct. 31.
The Art of Local Food, tasting of local foods and live music benefiting the Natural Resources Council of Maine, Point Lookout, Northport, $40. www.nrcm.org. 5 to 7 p.m. today.

Hops and Harvest Beer Dinner, Regatta Banquet and Conference Center, Eliot, $35. 351-4623. 6:30 p.m. Friday.
All Souls’ Dinner, harvest buffet and guest appearances by spooks; benefits the Brick Store Museum. Reservations required, Nonantum Resort, Kennebunkport, $25. 967-4050, Ext. 651. 7 p.m. Saturday.

For Children

“Play Me a Story,” reading of children’s books by company actors followed by an acting workshop for children ages 4 to 10, Portland Stage Company, Portland, $15 each, $50 for the series. www.portlandstage.org. Readings of “The True Story of the Three Little Pigs” and “The Three Silly Girls Grubb,” 10:30 a.m. Saturday. Runs through Saturday, Nov. 20.

Halloween Spooktacular, party for children ages 3 to 8 with story time, games and crafts; costumes encouraged, Borders Books and Music, South Portland, free. 775-6110. 11 a.m. Saturday.

Music

Shawn Colvin, Skowhegan Opera House, Skowhegan, $25-$35. www.sweetpeopleproductions.com. 8 p.m. today.

The Kingston Trio, folk, One Longfellow Square, Portland, $60. 761-1757. 3 and 7:30 p.m. today.
Slaid Cleaves, Jonathan’s Restaurant, Ogunquit, $22.50. 646-4777. 8 p.m. today.

Jazz breakfast, food items available for purchase; concert free with museum admission, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, $4-$10, free children under age 6. 775-6148. Peter Merrill, 10:30 a.m. to noon today.

The Capulet Erotic, with Absence of the Sun, Beast Machine and others, Deering Grange, Portland, $10. www.brownpapertickets.com. 5 p.m. today.

The Flannery Brothers, children’s entertainers’ CD-release show, Bangor Opera House, Bangor, $10, $5 for children. www.
penobscottheatre.org. 11 a.m. today.

Fiddle-icious, fiddle orchestra, Orion Performing Arts Center, Topsham, $8-$10. www.fiddleicious.com. 2 p.m. today.
Yonder Mountain String Band, 21-plus, Port City Music Hall, Portland, $25. www.portcitymusichall.com. 8 p.m. today.

John Tercyak, mutli-instrumentalist and vocalist, University of Maine (Fox Auditorium), Fort Kent, $10. 834-7800. 2 p.m. today.

Bowdoin College Concert Band, Bowdoin College (Studzinski Recital Hall), Brunswick, free. 798-4141. 2 p.m. today.

“From the Stage and Screen,” with the Casco Bay Concert Band, McCormack Performing Arts Center (Gorham High School), Gorham, $6-$7, free for children and students. www.cascobayconcertband.org. 3 p.m. today.

Brendan Begley and Caoimhin O’Raghallaigh, Irish duo, Skye Theatre Performing Arts Center, South Carthage, $10. 562-4445. 7 p.m. (pre-show jam at 6 p.m.) today.

Jazz buffet, Events on Broadway, South Portland, $13-$15.50. 699-5855. With Mike Willet Swing Band, 5 to 8 p.m. today.

Kinderkonzert, for ages 3 to 7, with members of the Portland Symphony Orchestra. Tickets required, Saco Museum, Saco. 773-6128, Ext. 308.

“Strings: The Story of Abbie Burgess,” 9:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. Monday.

Goo Goo Dolls, State Theatre, Portland, $35. www.statetheatreportland.com. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Kinderkonzert, concert for ages 3 to 7 with musicians from Portland Symphony Orchestra, Reiche Community School, Portland, $4. 773-6128. “Strings: The Story of Abbie Burgess,” 1 p.m. Tuesday.

Kinderkonzert, for children ages 3 to 7, with members of the Portland Symphony Orchestra, East End Community School, Portland, $4. 773-6128. “Strings: The Story of Abbie Burgess,” 9:30 and 10:30 a.m. Tuesday.

Noonday concert, Bates College (Olin Arts Center), Lewiston, free. 786-6135. With guitarist John Smedley and pianist Tom Snow, 12:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Guster, State Theatre, Portland, $27.50. www.statetheatreportland.com. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Mountain Top Music Community Orchestra, Fryeburg Academy (Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center), Fryeburg. www.fryeburgacademy.org. 7 p.m. Wednesday.

Heather Pierson, CD-release show, Stone Mountain Arts Center, Brownfield, $20. www.vesselrecordings.com. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Indie Girls, University of Maine (Olsen Student Center), Farmington, free. 778-7346. 8 p.m. Wednesday.

Carmel Mickol, Kim Wempe and Rosie MacKensie, Unity Centre for the Performing Arts, Unity, $10. 948-SHOW. 7:30 p.m. Thursday.

Noonday concerts, half-hour performance presented by Portland Conservatory of Music and the church, First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church, Portland, free. 775-3356. Royal River Philharmonic Jazz Band, 12:15 p.m. Thursday.

Lynn Deeves, Trina Hamlin and Colleen Sexton, Frontier Cafe, Cinema & Gallery, Brunswick, $12 day of show, $10 in advance. 725-5222. 7 p.m. Thursday.

Ameranouche, gypsy jazz, Unity Centre for the Performing Arts, Unity, $15. 948-SHOW. 7:30 p.m. Friday.

Jimmie Vaughan, VENUE Music Bar and Grille, Portland, $45. www.venuemusicbar.com. 9 p.m. Friday.

Kotzschmar concerts, Merrill Auditorium, Portland. www.foko.org. Halloween silent movie “Speedy” ($17, $10 students, free under age 12), 7 p.m. (costume contest), 7:30 p.m. (film) Friday.

Punch Brothers featuring Chris Thile, One Longfellow Square, Portland, $25. 761-1757. 6:30 and 9:30 p.m. Friday.
Jacob and the House on Fire, with In the Audience and others, Deering Grange, Portland, $10 day of show, $8 in advance.
www.brownpapertickets.com. 6 p.m. Friday.

Kinderkonzert, for children ages 3 to 7, with members of the Portland Symphony Orchestra, Crooker Theatre (Brunswick High School), Brunswick, $4. 773-6128. “Strings: The Story of Abbie Burgess,” 9:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. Friday.
Gordon Bok, folk request show, Sail Power and Steam Museum, Rockland. www.sailpowersteam.org. 7 p.m. Friday.

Halloween Bash, with All Moving Parts; 21-plus show, Sea Dog Brewing, Topsham. www.seadogbrewing.com. 7 to 11 p.m. Friday.

Harvest Festival, with Hawk Nelson, Britt Nicole and Revive, Charleston Pentecostal Church, Charleston, $15-$25. www.thelighthouseevents.com. 6 p.m. Saturday.

Deanna Bogart, blues/soul, Jonathan’s Restaurant, Ogunquit, $23 day of show, $20 in advance. 646-4777. 8 p.m. Saturday.
Indigo Girls, benefits Alpha One, Merrill Auditorium, Portland, $30-$62. www.porttix.com. 8 p.m. Saturday.

Tiger Saw, St. Claire, Winter Sons and Wesley Allen Hartley, Mayo Street Arts, Portland, $8. www.mayostreetarts.org. 8 p.m. Saturday.
The Wiyos, One Longfellow Square, Portland, $15 day of show, $12 in advance. 761-1757. 8 p.m. Saturday.

Fiddle-icious, fiddle orchestra, Thornton Academy, Saco, $8-$10. 7:30 p.m. Saturday.

Hot Day at the Zoo, string band, Unity Centre for the Performing Arts, Unity, $10. 948-SHOW. 8:30 p.m. Saturday.

Denison Witmer, River Tree Arts, Kennebunk, $15. www.kennebunkcoffeehouse.com. 8 p.m. Saturday.

All Together Now, performance by a Beatles tribute band; 21-plus show, Regatta Banquet and Conference Center, Eliot, $15 day of show, $12 in advance. 351-4623. 8 p.m. Saturday.

The Sisters of Swing, music of the American songbook, 317 Main St., Yarmouth, $10 suggested donation. 846-9559.
3 to 5 p.m. Saturday.

Outdoors

Bird walks, guided by a student naturalist. Admission is by donation; $3.50, $2 for students and $1 for children suggested, College of the Atlantic (George B. Dorr Museum of Natural History), Bar Harbor. 288-5395. 10 a.m. Thursday.

Special Events

“Greek Sky: Myth, Science and Ideas,” live-action program detailing the constellations and the ancients they represent. Reservations required, University of Southern Maine (Southworth Planetarium), Portland, $6. 4 p.m. today.

Haunted schoolhouse, a good, old-fashioned haunted house not suitable for young children. A “safe room” with crafts and games is available for any youngsters, Schoolhouse Arts Center, Sebago Lake, $8, $5 for age 12 and younger. www.schoolhousearts.org. 5 to 8 p.m. today; 6 to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

Haunted house, former Circuit City building, Augusta, $10, $8 on Thursday. 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. today and Thursday through Saturday.

Destination Haunt, walk the Twilight Trail and enter the Execution Center. Recommended for those age 13 and older (the family matinee is toned down), Destination Haunt, Lebanon, $20-$35. www.destinationhaunt.com. Family matinee ($13, $9 for age 12 and younger), 2 to 5:30 p.m. today; 6 to 11 p.m. Thursday through Saturday. Runs through Sunday, Oct. 31.

Big Corn Maze Adventure, also, Pumpkin Land is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays through Halloween, Harvest Hill Farms, Mechanic Falls, $8, $4 age 12 and younger. www.harvesthillfarms.com. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. today; dark to 10 p.m. Thursday; dark to 11 p.m. Friday; 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday. Runs through Sunday, Oct. 31.

Pumpkin carving, University of Maine (Olsen Student Center), Farmington, free. 778-7346. 7 p.m. Monday.

Walk Among the Shadows, Spirits Alive walking tours with costumed actors; family-friendly, Eastern Cemetery, Portland, $10, $5 for age 12 and younger. www.spiritsalive.org/wats. 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.

Open house with Hope Hoffman, drop-in 15-minute fiddle/violin lesson, with refreshments, Lucid Stage, Portland. 332-3459. 9 a.m. to noon and 2:30 to 6 p.m. Wednesday.

Victorian Tea and Breast Health Fair, bra-fitting workshop, consultants and health information, Berry Manor Inn, Rockland, free. www.pbmc.org/tea. 3 to 7 p.m. Wednesday.

Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus, Cumberland County Civic Center, Portland, $15-$55. 775-3458. 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday; 11 a.m. and 3 and 7 p.m. Saturday.

“Inside Politics: 2010 and 2012,” with CNN senior political analyst Bill Schneider, Colby College (Diamond Building, Ostrove Auditorium), Waterville, free. www.colby.edu. 7 p.m. Thursday.

Lit, monthly literary event open to poetry, spoken word and more, Mayo Street Arts, Portland, $5 to $10 donation. www.mayostreetarts.org. Theme: favorite haunts, 7 p.m. Friday.

Halloween party, moon witch show, games, food and star viewing. $5 or $1 for those in costume, University of Southern Maine (Southworth Planetarium), Portland. 6 to 8 p.m. Friday.

The Ghost Hour, after the Halloween party spend an hour in the star dome listening to frightening tales, University of Southern Maine (Southworth Planetarium), Portland, $7. 8 p.m. Friday.

Ghost trolley, not recommended for young children, Seashore Trolley Museum, Kennebunkport, $10, $7.50 age 16 and younger. www.trolleymuseum.org. 6:30 to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

The Haunting, Parsonsfield Seminary, Parsonsfield, $10, $5 age 12 and younger. 793-8825. 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
Trick or Treat on Our Street, trick or treat at stores, Kittery Outlets, Kittery. 4 to 7 p.m. Friday.

Ghosts of Freeport’s Past, guided walking tour; reservations required, Harrington House, Freeport, $10. 6 and 7:15 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

Halloween party, games, crafts and refreshments; attend in costume, Casco Bay YMCA, Freeport, free. 6 to 8 p.m. Friday.

Halloween Harvest, costume contest, pumpkin decorating contest, scavenger hunt and trick or treating, Raitt Homestead Farm, Eliot, $3. www.raittfarmmuseum.org. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.

Family Fright Night, costume parade, food, crafts and entertainment, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Boothbay, $15. 633-4333. 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday.

Halloween party, with local musicians, costumes; 21-plus. Reservations recommended, Space, Portland, $10. www.space538.org. 8:30 p.m. Saturday.

The Spirits of Stroudwater, guided cemetery tour with staged specters, Stroudwater Cemetery, Portland, $8, $3 for ages 6 to 12. www.tatehouse.org. 1:30 and 4 p.m. Saturday.

Halloween celebration, family fun and crafts, River Tree Arts, Kennebunk, $5, $15 for a family. www.rivertreearts.org. 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday.

Merry Masquerade, costume ball, Merryspring Nature Center, Camden, $25. 236-2239. 7 to 10:30 p.m. Saturday.

Ghost train, with Halloween activities not too scary for children, Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad and Museum, Portland, $6-$10, free under age 3. www.mngrr.org. 5, 6 and 7 p.m. Saturday.

All Souls’ Walk, narrated historical walk begins at the museum and covers a half-mile loop through Kennebunk’s Hope Cemetery, Brick Store Museum, Kennebunk, $5. 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday.

Theater

“The 39 Steps,” comedic spy thriller, Portland Stage Company, Portland, $14-$37. 2 p.m. today.
“Chicago,” Ogunquit Playhouse, Ogunquit, $49-$67. 2 and 7 p.m. today.

“Indoor/Outdoor,” the story of an indoor cat and its human companion, Public Theatre, Lewiston, $16-$18, $5 for age 18 and younger. www.thepublictheatre.org. 2 p.m. today.

“The Laramie Project,” based on the tragic story of a gay man  in Wyoming; mature themes, Johnson Hall, Gardiner, $8. 2 p.m. today.
“Beauty and the Beast,” Children’s Museum and Theatre of Maine, Portland, $8. www.kitetails.org. 4 p.m. today.

“August: Osage County,” tragicomedy, St. Lawrence Arts Center, Portland, $15-$25. www.goodtheater.com. 2 p.m. today; 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday; 2 and 7 p.m. Saturday. Runs through Sunday, Nov. 7.

“The Secret of Comedy,” a play about an emotionally challenged family trying to get through the five stages of grief, Acorn Studios, Westbrook, $10, $8 for students and seniors. www.acorn-productions.org. 5 p.m. today.

“I’ll Be Back Before Midnight,” murder mystery for mature audiences only, Old Port Playhouse, Portland, $18-$22.
2 p.m. today.

“The Man from Earth,” about a man who claims he is immortal and can’t stay in one place for more than 10 years; presented by Stage East, Eastport Arts Center, Eastport. 3 p.m. today.

“Six Degrees of Separation,” a witty commentary of what drives and motivates us as humans presented by Mad Horse Theatre, Lucid Stage, Portland, $20, $18 for students and seniors. www.lucidstage.com. 2 and 7 p.m. today; 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday; 8 p.m. Saturday.

“Exit the Body,” murder/comedy presented by Studio Theatre of Bath, Chocolate Church Arts Center, Bath, $15. 2 p.m. today.
“Winnie the Pooh,” presented by the Deering High School Players, Deering High School, Portland, $7. 2 p.m. today.
“Out of the Box,” one-man musical, The Front Porch, Ogunquit, $10. www.thefrontporch.net. 7:30 p.m. today.

“Rabbit Hole,” contains some adult language and content, University of Maine (Alumni Theater), Farmington, $4-$6.
7:30 p.m. today.

“The Merchants of Bollywood,” featuring the original music and choreography from the biggest Bollywood movies, University of Maine (Collins Center for the Arts), Orono, $52. www.collinscenterforthearts.com. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.

“The Seafarer,” supernatural dark comedy presented by the American Irish Repertory Ensemble, Portland Stage Company (Studio Theater), Portland, $17-$20, $15 on Nov. 10. 799-5327. 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday; 8 p.m. Saturday. Through Saturday, Nov. 13.

“The Comedy of Errors,” Shakespearean play presented by the Theater at Monmouth, Waldo Theatre, Waldoboro, $15, $8 for students. 832-6060. 7 p.m. Thursday.

“Go Out Singing,” musical about leaders of the early church and how they defied the Romans; St. Luke Players and Friends, St. Luke’s Cathedral, Portland, $10 suggested donation. 772-5434. 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Runs through Sunday, Nov. 7.
 

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