Art

“Sit Down! Chairs from Six Centuries,” chair 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 and Wednesday; 10 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Thursday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 1 to 5 p.m. Jan. 16.

“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; 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Jan. 16.

“Rackstraw Downes: Onsite Paintings, 1972-2008,” Portland Museum of Art, $4-$10. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today through Thursday; 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Jan. 16. Through Mar. 20.

“Weston: Leaves of Grass,” Edward Weston photographs, Portland Museum of Art, $4-$10, free under age 6. 775-6148. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today through Thursday; 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Jan. 16. Through Mar. 13.

“Currents 6,” multi-media work by Gina Siepel, Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville. www.colby.edu. Noon to 5 p.m. today; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday; noon to 5 p.m. Jan. 16. Through Feb. 13.

“Little Elegies: The Art of Nineteenth-Century Mourning,” paintings, texts, and objects created to assuage grief, memorialize the dead, and remind viewers of religious truths drawn from the museum’s collections, Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville. www.colby.edu. Noon to 5 p.m. today; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday; noon to 5 p.m. Jan. 16. Through Apr. 3.

Faculty Exhibition, Maine College of Art (Institute of Contemporary Art), Portland. www.meca.edu. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. today.

“Cross Currents: Visual Art Distilled from the Maritime World,” Maine Maritime Museum, Bath, $9-$12. 443-1316. 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. today through Jan. 16. Through Feb. 6.

“Imagination Takes Shape: Canadian Inuit Art from the Robert and Judith Toll Collection,” Bowdoin College (Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum), Brunswick. 2 to 5 p.m. today; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday; 2 to 5 p.m. Jan. 16. Through Feb. 11.

Small works, paintings and mixed media by various artists, Perimeter Gallery, Belfast. 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. today; 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday; 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Jan. 16. Through Jan. 23.

“Launch!” Work by young, emerging visual artists, York Art Association, York Harbor. www.
yorkartassociation.com. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today and Thursday through Jan. 16. Through Jan. 30.

“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.

“LINES Portland: the invisible/visible lines and labor that connects us,” Katarina Weslien’s prints based on road repair lines made by Portland public service crews, Portland City Hall, Portland. www.lines.portlandmaine.gov. 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Through Feb. 11.

“Contemporary Maine Wood Sculpture,” 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. Through Feb. 4.

“Katrina Chronicles, Vol. 1 and 2,” work by Peter Precourt, University of Maine (Charles Danforth Gallery), Augusta. www.uma.edu/danforth.

8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday. Through Jan. 21.
“Women of Monhegan,” work by Francis Hynes, Kate McGloughlin, Carol Raybin, Alison Hill and Marilyn Swift and work by Michael Vermette, Elizabeth Moss Gallery, Falmouth. www.
elizabethmossgalleries.com. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday.

“Reflections: Glass, Water and Memory,” landscape images in fused stained glass by Kay McKeever Allison, Harmon’s & Barton’s Gallery, Portland. 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday; 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. Through Jan. 29.

“Maine Life As It Is,” paintings and drawings by Tom Brennan, Bangor Public Library. www.bpl.lib.me.us. 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Through Jan. 31.

“A Collection of Works: Max O’Callaghan-Shaw,” paintings and drawings, St. Lawrence Arts Center, Portland. www.stlawrencearts.org. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Through Jan. 31.

“Waldo County Through Eastern’s Eye,” black and white historic photographs from the Penobscot Marine Museum’s Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company collection, University of Maine, Hutchinson Center, Belfast. 548-2529. 7:45 a.m. to 9:45 p.m. Monday through Friday; 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.

“Bio-Geo Luminescence,” drawings by Josh Dallaire, Daunis Fine Jewelry, Portland. 773-6011. 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Through Mar. 31.

“From the Inside,” Maine College of Art faculty show, June Fitzpatrick Gallery at MECA, Portland. www.junefitzpatrickgallery.com. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday; noon to 5 p.m. Saturday. Through Jan. 22.

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

“Diagonal Knitting: A Different Slant,” sculptural work and clothing by Katharine Cobey, Maine Fiberarts, Topsham. 721-0678. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday; 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. Through Feb. 25.

“Winter Works,” paintings and sculpture by Tom Curry, Ralf Feyl and others and “Eye Catchers,” small works, Gleason Fine Art, Portland. www.gleasonfineart.com. 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday. Through Jan. 29.

“Aunt Lu: The Story of Princess Watahwaso,” collection of photographs and objects, Abbe Museum, Bar Harbor. www.abbemuseum.org. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday through Saturday. Through Apr. 2.
“Drawing Show,” group exhibit, Caldbeck Gallery, Rockland. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday and Friday. Through Jan. 28.

MECA Painting Graduates 10 Years Later, June Fitzpatrick Gallery, Portland. www.june
fitzpatrickgallery.com. Noon to 5 p.m. Thursday through Saturday. Through Jan. 29.

“Unconventional Portraits: Photographs by Charles E. Moody,” Saco Museum, $2-$4, free age 6 and younger. www.dyerlibrarysacomuseum.org. Reception 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., noon to 8 p.m. Friday; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. Through Feb. 26.

“Bound to Art: Illustrated Books from the Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library,” Bates College Museum of Art, Lewiston, free. 786-6158. Reception at 6 p.m., 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. Through Mar. 25.

“Dialogue: A Video Series,” artists’ videos rotate throughout the exhibit run, Bates College Museum of Art, Lewiston, free. 786-6158. Christian Marclay’s “Telephones”; reception at 6 p.m., 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Through Mar. 25.

“Selections from the Collection of the Ogunquit Museum of American Art,” modern and contemporary art, Bates College Museum of Art, Lewiston, free. 786-6158. Reception at 6 p.m., 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. Through Mar. 25.

“Recent Acquisitions,” admission is $4; $3 for seniors and students; $2 for ages 7 to 18; free for children age 6 and younger and for all after 4 p.m. on Fridays, Saco Museum. 283-3861. Reception 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., noon to 8 p.m. Friday; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. Through Feb. 26.

“The Lay of the Land,” work from the museum’s permanent collection, Portland Museum of Art, $4-$10, free under age 6. 775-6148. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Jan. 16. Through May. 8.

Auditions

“Cinderella” auditions, ballet and jazz dancers and a gymnast needed for a ballet theater production, Centre of Movement School of Performing Arts, Gorham. 839-3267. Ages 8 to 12 years, 2 p.m.; ages 13 to adult, 4 to 6 p.m. today.

Chorus auditions, call to schedule, Musica de Filia Studio, Portland. 807-2158. For the women’s choir, 6:30 to 8 p.m. Monday; for the lyric choir, 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday; for the concert choir, 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday; for the apprentice choir, 4 to 5:30 p.m. Wednesday; for the chamber choir, 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday.

City Theater auditions, for “Edges,” a contemporary song cycle, City Theater, Biddeford.
6:30 p.m. Monday and Tuesday.

Benefits

Winter Beach Ball, refreshments, dancing and music by the Tony Boffa Band; benefits Eastern Maine Medical Center’s CancerCare of Maine, Bangor Civic Center, $30. 973-5055. 7:30 to 11:30 p.m. Friday.

YOUth Can Build: LEGO House Buildathon, LEGO building contest benefitting Habitat for Humanity of Greater Portland; registration recommended. $20 per builder (waived for teams who have raised funds), Maine Mall, South Portland. 772-2151. 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday.

The International Fire and Police Winter Games, benefits Special Olympics and Shriners Hospital Burn Center, Sunday River Ski Resort, Newry. www.ifpwg.com. Jan. 16. Through Jan. 21.

Frozen Four Miler Road Race, benefits Send a Kid to Camp for the Old Orchard Beach Recreation Department and the Boys and Girls Club Alumni Association Scholarship, Jimmy the Greek’s, Old Orchard Beach, $15-$19. www.baystateevents.com. 10 a.m. (registration), 12:30 p.m. (race) Jan. 16.

Books and Authors

Book signing, Nonesuch Books, South Portland. 799-2659. Glenna Johnson Smith, author of “Old Maine Woman, Stories from the Coast to the County,” 1 to 3 p.m. today.

Author program, Kate Brown, author of “A Biography of No Place: From Ethnic Borderland to Soviet Heartland,” talks about plutonium cities, Bates College, Pettengill Hall, Lewiston, free. www.bates.edu. 7 p.m. Thursday.

Author program, Kerry Emanuel, author of “Divine Wind: The History and Science of Hurricanes,” presents “Uncertainty, Modeling and Climate Change,” Bates College, Carnegie Science Building, Lewiston, free. www.bates.edu. 4 p.m. Friday.

Book signing, Bull Moose Music, Scarborough, free. www.bullmoose.com. Steff Deschenes, author of “The Ice Cream Theory,” 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday.

Classical Music

Blue Hill Concert Association’s Sunday Afternoons Concert Series, admission is free for children and high school students, First Congregational Church, Blue Hill, $20. 359-2353. Lefthand Canyon Trio, 3 p.m. today. Through Mar. 20.

Midcoast Symphony Orchestra, Franco-American Heritage Center, Lewiston.www.midcoastsymphony.org. Clarion Calls ($15, free age 18 and younger), 7:30 p.m. Saturday.

Epic Brass Quintet, Strand Theatre, Rockland, $25-$45, $8 for age 18 and younger. www.baychamberconcerts.org. 7 p.m. Saturday.

Peabody Piano Trio, University of Maine, Minsky Recital Hall, Orono, $32. www.collinscenterforthearts.co. 12:30 p.m. Jan. 16.

Bangor Symphony Orchestra, with guest pianist, Martina Filjak, University of Maine, Collins Center for the Arts, Orono. www.bangorsymphony.org. Romantic Rachmaninoff, 4 p.m. Jan. 16.

Midcoast Symphony Orchestra, Orion Performing Arts Center, Topsham. www.midcoast
symphony.org. Clarion Calls ($15, free age 18 and younger), 2:30 p.m. Jan. 16.

Vox Nova Chamber Choir, contemporary sacred songs, Bowdoin College Chapel, Brunswick, $15. www.bowdoin.edu. 3 p.m. Jan. 16.

Comedy

Open Mic Comedy, hosted by comedian Brian Brinegar, Slainte, Portland. 828-0900. 8 p.m. Thursday.

Dance
Ballroom dancing, Maplewood Dance Center, Portland. 878-0584. 7 to 11 p.m. Wednesday and Friday; 7:30 to 11 p.m. Saturday.

Contradance, Town Hall, Bowdoinham, $9. 666-3090. 8 to 11 p.m. (beginners lesson at 7:30 p.m.) Saturday.

Films

Kids Classics at Dreamland Theater, movies for children, Winter Street Center, Bath, $5 suggested donation. www.sagadahocpreservation.org. “Dr. Doolittle,” 2 p.m. today.

Teens through Time, film series with teen-cenric view point, Portland Public Library, Portland, free. 1950s: “Rebel Without a Cause.” 4:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Classic Film Series, presented by Oqunquit Performing Arts. Discussion before and after the film, Dunaway Center, Ogunquit, free. 646-6170. “The Third Man,” 7 p.m. Wednesday.

Sagadahoc Preservation’s Dreamland Theater, film series, Winter Street Center, Bath. “South Pacific.” 7 p.m. Thursday.

Film and Discussion Series, Rockland Public Library, Rockland, free. 594-0310. “Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth: The Hero’s Adventure.” 6:30 p.m. Thursday.

Random Movie Night, series in the Teen Lounge, Portland Public Library, Portland. www.portlandlibrary.com. 3:30 to 6 p.m. Thursday. Through Jan. 28.

“The American Astronaut,” black and white sci-fi/Western musical, The Oak and The Ax, Biddeford, free. theoakandtheax.blogspot.com. Friday.

Flick and Float, watch a movie while floating in the pool, Reiche Community School (Pool), Portland, $1-$5. Friday.

Food and Drink

Community dinner, turkey with the fixings or spaghetti and meatballs, Lions Club of Old Orchard Beach, Old Orchard Beach, free. ooblionsclub.com. 3 to 6 p.m. Jan. 16.

Home & Garden

Bath Antiques Show, Bath Middle School, Bath, $4. 443-8983. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. today.

Landscape design lecture, with Allison Towne Dimatteo of Oak Point Associates, St. Mary the Virgin Church, Falmouth, $5. stmaryfalmouth.episcopalmaine.org. 11 a.m. Monday.

Museums

“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.

Music

Concerts at Jewett, ticktets are $10, $5 for students, free for children age 12 and younger, University of Maine, Jewett Hall, Augusta. 621-3551. Castlebay: Music of the Maine Coast. 2 p.m. today.

Bluegrass jam session, unplugged string instruments only, Roost Function Hall, Buxton, $5, free for kids with adult. 854-5520. 1 to 6 p.m. today.

The Lovin’ Spoonful, pop; 21-plus, The Landing at Pine Point, Scarborough, $35-$45.
www.thelandingatpinepoint.com. 7 p.m. today.

Midcoast Community Chorus, with African drumming and dance ensemble, Djump! and Sean Fleming on keyboards, Camden Hills Regional High School (Strom Auditorium), Rockport, $15. www.mccsings.org. 4 p.m. today.

Winter in the Country, country music show, Club 302, Windham, $5. 793-8884. 2 p.m. today.

John Linscott and the Mainestream Jazzmasters, open jam jazz session, The Local Buzz, Cape Elizabeth, by donation. 541-9024. 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. today.

Jessica Fichot, gypsy jazz, Chinese and Latin American folk music and classic American repertoire, One Longfellow Square, Portland, $15 door, $12 in advance. 761-1757. 8 p.m. Wednesday.

Portland Jazz Orchestra, tickets are $5 in advance and for students and seniors; $9 at the door, One Longfellow Square, Portland. 761-1757. 8 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. Harold Stover, organ, and Jennifer Elowich, violin, 12:15 p.m. Thursday.

Winter Vocal Festival, with Moira Smiley and VOCO, Improvox and others, Frontier Cafe, Cinema & Gallery, Brunswick, $15 day of, $12 in advance. www.explorefrontier.com. 7 p.m. Thursday.

Lyle Lovett and John Hiatt, State Theatre, Portland, $40-$70. www.statetheatreportland.com. 7:30 p.m. Friday. Sold out.

The Hot Club of Detroit, jazz; 21-plus, The Landing at Pine Point, Scarborough, $10-$15. www.thelandingatpinepoint.com. 7 p.m. Friday.

A Fiddler’s Touch, Scottish and Cape Breton music and dance with the Highland Soles, Woodfords Congregational Church, Portland, $8-$14. 767-6396. 7:30 p.m. Friday.

Schooner Fare, folk, Chocolate Church Arts Center, Bath, $24 door, $22 in advance. chocolatechurcharts.org. 7:30 p.m. Saturday.

George Cole Quintet, gypsy jazz, One Longfellow Square, Portland, $18 door, $15 in advance. 761-1757. 8 p.m. Saturday.

Vienna Teng, Fryeburg Academy (Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center), Fryeburg,
$20-$22, $15 for students. www.fryeburgacademy.org. 7:30 p.m. Saturday.

Ramblin’ Red, local band’s CD release show, Mayo Street Arts, Portland, $10 door, $8 in advance. www.mayostreetarts.org. 8 p.m. Saturday.

Zemya, local women’s a cappella group; benefits the Yarmouth Fuel Fund, St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church, Yarmouth, $10. 671-4701. 7:30 p.m. Saturday.

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, swing, Stone Mountain Arts Center, Brownfield, $60. stonemountain
artscenter.com. 8 p.m. Jan. 16.

Pro Sports

Portland Pirates, AHL hockey team, Cumberland County Civic Center, Portland, $11-$17. 207-828-4665. www.portlandpirates.com. Vs. Binghamton, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday; vs. Hartford, 7 p.m. Friday; vs. Worcester, 7 p.m. Saturday.

Maine Red Claws, NBA Development League basketball game, Portland Exposition Building, 210-6655. Vs. Erie, 8 p.m. Friday.

Special Events

“The Wreck of the Nottingham Galley,” exhibit of items related to or recovered from 1710 sunken galley, Maine State Museum, Augusta. www.mainestatemuseum.org. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Through Mar. 31.

Port Veritas, spoken word series, Blue, Portland. Second Tuesday Slam ($3 suggested donation), 7 p.m. Tuesday. Through Jan. 18.

Northeast Horsemen’s Conference and Trade Show, vendors, speakers and more. Advance registration fees for the conference are $20 to $30. At the door prices are $30 to $45 for the conference; $6 for the trade show (free for children under age 12), Augusta Civic Center. www.nhcts.com. 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Jan. 16.

Open house, instrument demonstrations, music, mini-lessons, refreshments and more, Portland Conservatory of Music, free. 775-3356. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.

Theater

“Checkered Floors,” one-person performance based on the Somali migration to Lewiston experience, Old Port Playhouse, Portland, $15. www.oldportplayhouse.com. 2 p.m. today.

“Is There Fat In That?” One-woman cabaret show with Ellen Domingo, St. Lawrence Arts Center, Portland. www.goodtheater.com. 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday; 2 p.m. Jan. 16. Through Jan. 23.

“Blood Wedding,” a tragedy about the intensity of living in a small town, Space, Portland, $10. www.space538.org. 7:30 p.m. Thursday.

“The Mousetrap,” murder-mystery, Portland Players, South Portland, $18-$20, $15 for students. 799-7337. 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 2:30 p.m. Jan. 16. Through Jan. 30.

“Guys and Dolls, Jr.,” student-produced musical, Lyman Moore Middle School, Portland, $10, $5 for students. 775-2673. 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 2:30 p.m. Jan. 16. Through Jan. 23.

“36 + 24 + 36” = A Shape for Murder,” dinner theater performance benefitting the D.A. Hurd Library, Spring Hill Restaurant, South Berwick, $45. www.da-hurd.lib.me.us. 6 p.m. Friday.

“The Wizard of Oz,” musical, Old Port Playhouse, Portland, $15. 773-0333. 7:30 p.m. Friday; 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday; 2 p.m. Jan. 16. Through Feb. 6.

Out of the Hat, play reading series. Audience members are welcome to particpate; rehearsals are at noon, Hammond Hall, Winter Harbor, free. “Durang Durang” (adult comedy), 7 p.m. Saturday.

“A Tribute to Do-Wop,” dinner theater performance with the Juke Box Five, Anthony’s Dinner Theater, Portland, $39.95. 221-2267. 7 p.m. Saturday. Through Jan. 29.
 

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