Theater

Through Saturday, Sept. 28

“Mousetrap,” Agatha Christie mystery, Schoolhouse Arts Center, Standish. $14, $12 seniors and students. For more information, [email protected].

Friday, Sept. 19-Saturday, Oct. 4

“Avenue Q,” Lyric Music Theater, 176 Sawyer St., South Portland. For times and ticket information, see www.lyricmusictheater.org or 799-1421.

Tuesday, Sept. 23-Sunday, Oct. 19

“Brighton Beach Memoirs,” by Neil Simon, Portland Stage Company, 25A Forest Ave. For tickets and times, www.portlandstage.org or 774-0465.

Friday, Sept. 26-Sunday, Oct.19

“Les Miserables,” 420 Cottage Road, South Portland. Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., Sundays at 2:30 p.m. $15-$20. 799-7337 or www.portlandplayers.org.

Concerts

Friday, Sept. 19

“240 Strings,” USM School of Music presents Annie Antonacos, piano, with Patrick Doane, violin and Ben Noyes, cello, 8 p.m., Corthell Concert Hall, USM Gorham campus. www.usm.maine.edu/music.

Saturday, Sept. 20

Rory Block, acoustic blues artist, 7:30 p.m., Saco River Theater, Bar Mills. $30. 929-6472.

Sunday, Sept. 21

Portland Rossini Club, selection from Mozart’s operas. $10, $5 seniors and free for students. 3 p.m., Cathedral Church of St. Luke, Portland. 797-8318

Saturday, Sept. 27

Old-fashioned outdoor band concert, 1 p.m., on the Green in front of Corthell Hall, USM Gorham campus. Band classics. Barbecue lunch available. Bring lawn chairs/blankets. Sponsored by Aramark.

Events

Saturday, Sept. 20

Book signing, Allan Levinsky, author of “The Night the Sky Turned Red,” 2 p.m., Letterpress Books, Northgate Plaza, Portland.

Lowry’s Lodge Poetry Series, featuring David C Weiss and James Preslin, 7 p.m., $3 donation. Saccarappa Art Collective, Westbrook. 591-7300

Monday, Sept. 22

“Windham Poor House,” an illustrated history of local poor house and how towns dealt with the homeless, 7 p.m., Windham Historical Society, $5 donation suggested.

Friday, Sept. 26

Stories on the Staircase, free story hour for children ages 3-5, 9:30 a.m., Victoria Mansion, Portland. [email protected].

Saturday, Sept. 27

“Fight Back” festival, 7 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Pineland Farms in New Gloucester, includes a 5K trail run and walk, bike rides of 10, 25 and 60 miles, a 1-mile stroll, kids’ fun run. Barbecue lunch, live music and children’s activities. Proceeds support Cancer Community Center. www.FightBackFestival.org, Jennifer at [email protected] or 774-2200.

Exhibits

Through Nov. 22

Portland Camera Club presents “Exploring the Light,” Scarborough High School, Winslow Homer Auditorium, 11 Municipal Drive. www.portlandcameraclub.org.

Send events 10 days in advance to [email protected].

Through Tuesday, Sept. 30

“Sculpture: A Celebration of Art and Nature,” exhibition and sale curated by June LaCombe. Sculpture by 40 artists in gardens and along woodland trails, Maine Audubon, 20 Gilsland Farm Road, Falmouth. junelacombesculpture.com.

Through Oct. 5

“The Wrong Kind of Bars,” paintings by inmates at the Maine State Prison in Warren. Maine College of Art, ICA, 522 Congress St., Portland. www.meca.edu..

Through Sunday, Oct. 12

“Young Rufus Porter: The Art World Beckoning,” exhibit of artists’ works of his time including John Brewster Jr. and selections from William Matthew Prior School, Portland and Boston, Rufus Porter Museum, Bridgton. www.rufusportermuseum.org.

Through Saturday, Oct. 18

World War I display, uniforms, utensils, soldiers photos. Windham Historical Society, 234 Windham Center Road, 9 a.m.-noon Thursdays or call 892-1306 for appointment.

Through Friday, Oct. 31

UNE Art Gallery 13th Annual Sculpture Garden Invitational, works by 17 artists placed in gallery’s vestibule, around its exterior and in university’s historic quad. Free. UNE Art Gallery, 716 Stevens Ave., Portland. une.edu/artgallery.