THEATER

“The Witches of Eastwick” featuring Sally Struthers as Felicia Gabriel, will show at the Ogunquit Playhouse Sept. 3-27. The show follows three women in an upper-class neighborhood who take up with a sorcerer and learn the dark arts. Visit ogunquitplayhouse.org for ticket information.

“The Addams Family,” will show at the Ogunquit Playhouse Oct. 1-26. Visit ogunquitplayhouse.org for ticket information.

“Avenue Q” a comedic adult coming-of-age story featuring actors and puppets, will show at the Lyric Music Theater, 176 Sawyer St., South Portland, Sept. 19 through Oct. 4. This show, which contains explicit lyrics and language, won Tony Awards for Best Book, Musical Score in 2004. The opening night show is at 8 p.m. with a gala reception. Regular shows are Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. with matinees at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 21 and 28. Call 799-1421 or email [email protected]. Visit www.lyricmusictheater.org for more information.

“The Rainmaker” will show at the Good Theater in the St. Lawrence Arts Center, 76 Congress St., Portland, Oct. 1-19. Performance times are Wednesdays and Thursdays at 7 p.m.; Fridays at 7:30 p.m.; Satruday at 3 and 7:30 p.m.; and Sundays at 2 p.m. Call 885-5883 or visit www.goodtheater.com for more information.

ART

“TIME,” an exhibition of Ingunn Milla Joergensen’s paintings of Maine barns, along with some abstract pieces, will show at The Gallery at the Grand, 1 Chase Hil Road, Kennebunk, through Oct. 5 and is available for viewing daily from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Winning entries from the University of New England’s Student Confocal Microscope Digital Image Competition will be on display in a photo exhibit at UNE’s Biddeford Campus Center through Oct. 3. The photo exhibit is free and open to the public. Hours are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. In addition, calendars featuring the winning images will be available this fall at the Biddeford Campus bookstore. 

The art of Smarty Pants Preschool Summer Program’s young artists will be on display at the Dyer Library, Maine Street in Saco, through Oct. 31. The children, ages 3-5, created mixed medium artwork with instructor Marilou LaChance this past summer.

“Andrew Wyeth: The Linda L. Bean Collection” will show through Oct. 31 at the Ogunquit Museum of American Art in Ogunquit. This collection celebrates the art of Andrew Wyeth, one of Maine’s best-known painters, through a collection assembled by Linda Bean of the L.L. Bean family of Freeport.

Colette’s annual Pop-Up Gallery will take place during the September Art Walk in Biddeford, featuring the work of York County artists Nancy Kureth and Kelly Harrison. The show will include sculpture, collage, assemblage and paintings, and will be open Sept. 26 from 5-10 p.m. and Sept. 27, noon to 4 p.m. at 146 Alfred St., the former Colette’s Cup, next to Portland Glass. For more information, call 294-2686.

Woven works by Andrea Williams, of Exeter, N.H., will be featured at Just Us Chickens Gallery throughout the month of September. Williams will be showing scarves, pillows, wall art, woven cards and more at Just Us Chickens art gallery, 16A Shapleigh Road (Route 236) in Kittery. In September, the gallery will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesdays through Saturdays. Call 439-4209 or visit www.justuschickens.net for more information.

“MATTER,” Amy Stacey Curtis’ eighth of nine solo-biennial exhibits of interactive installation, is nine large-in-scope works throughout 24,000 square feet of Parsonfield’s Robinson Mill, 10 Mill St. As with Curtis’ previous “solo biennials,” each installation has instructions for audience participation. MATTER will be open for participation Oct. 4-24 with an opening on Saturday, Oct. 4 from 2-5 p.m. Regular hours will be daily from noon to 5 p.m., with free admission, donations accepted. For more information, visit www.amystaceycurtis.com or call 838-3390. For one of the nine installations at “MATTER,” Curtis needs 999 people each to bring during the exhibit three cups of loose dirt/soil/earth from home. Those who cannot attend the exhibit can still participate by sending their dirt to her studio in Lyman by Oct. 1. To send dirt, contact Curtis at [email protected] for more information. Curtis will discuss her work at the Ogunquit Museum of American Art, on Saturday, Oct. 18 at 10 a.m. Her solo exhibit, “Amy Stacey Curtis: Drawings,” will show at the museum through Oct. 31.

MUSIC

Elements: Books Coffee Beer, 265 Main St., Biddeford, announces upcoming performances: Friday, Sept. 26, Shanna Underwood and Devon Colella performing blues-infused country folk with guitar and cello, 8 p.m.; Saturday, Sept. 27, Dustin Saucier and the Sad Bastards performing acoustic indie rock, 8 p.m.; Sunday, Sept. 28, Doug Kolmar, folk singer/songwriter, 1 p.m. Call 710-2011 or visit www.elementsbookscoffeebeer.com for more information.

SPECIAL INTEREST

Victory Dance, an evening of swing dancing, will take place at the Waterhouse Center on Main Street in Kennebunk on Saturday, Oct. 4, in correlation with the Brick Store Museum’s ongoing exhibit, “Vitamin V: How Food Fought the Second World War.” Group swing dance lessons will start at 5:30 p.m., and guests are invited to dance until 9 p.m. to the live, big-band music of the New Legacy Swing Band. A raffle, photo booth and mini museum displays will be part of the evening and admission to the museum is included. Guests are also invited to sport their 1940s-era style for a “Best-Retro-Dressed” Competition. Visit www.brickstoremuseum.org or call 985-4802 for further information. 

“Planet Ocean,” a film about the majesty and unexplored realms of the ocean, will be screened by the Maine Sierra Club at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 26, at the First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church in Kennebunk. Dessert will be served at 6:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. The film showing is being co-sponsored by the Social Responsibility Committee of the First Parish UU Church of Kennebunk.

The Brick Store Museum, 117 Main St., Kennebunk, will open its doors free of charge on Saturday, Sept. 27 as part of Smithsonian magazine’s 10th annual Museum Day Live!, a nationwide event. Visitors will be able to visit the exhibits, “To Sea: The Maritime Heritage of the Kennebunks,” “Vitamin V: How Food Fought the Second World War,” “Design and Function,” and a small exhibit featuring the works of artist Louis Norton. Tickets are available to at Smithsonian.com/museumdaylive. One ticket is permitted per household, per email address.

The Manhattan Short Film Festival will run Friday, Sept 26 through Sept. 28 at The Public Theatre in Lewiston. Film-goers will unite with audiences in more than 300 cities spanning six continents to view and judge the works presented. Showings are on Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday at 4 p.m. Tickets can be purchased online at www.thepublictheatre.org or by calling 782-3200. Tickets are $8. Of the 589 entries received from 47 countries, Manhattan Short selected 10 short films as finalists. Each film is 17 minutes or under in length. Countries represented this year include Netherlands, Mexico, England, Australia, Norway, Germany, France and the United States. This is not only one of the largest short film festivals in the world today, but it is also the world’s first and only global film festival. Visit www.manhattanshort.com for more information.

“Phantom of the Opera” (1925), will be shown on Saturday, Oct. 25 at the Leavitt Theatre, 259 Main St., Ogunquit. For more information, visit www.leavittheatre.com.

“At Home in the Victorian Era” will be on display at the Saco Museum through Nov. 9, featuring an examination of the Victorian home and its furnishings.

The inaugural River Jam Festival, a weekend of music, will take place Sept. 26-28 in Biddeford. The weekend will include an all-day outdoor stage on Saturday, music events during Friday night’s ArtWalk, the third annual Oak and the Ax Fest, as well as a Fringe Fest with music in many downtown venues throughout the weekend. The Heart of Biddeford is partnering with the Oak and the Ax, the Pepperell Mill Campus, Engine, City Theater and the University of New England to host the weekend. Music and kids’ events during the day (including “Chalk While You Rock”) will be free and open to the public. A $5 gate charge will apply after 5:30 p.m. Headliner Lady Lamb the Beekeeper will be joined by regional roots rock favorites like Kingsley Flood, the What Cheer Brigade, Samuel James, Amy & the Engine, and many more. Visit www.biddefordriverjamfestival.com for more information or call 284-8520.

AUDITIONS

Sanford Maine Stage will hold a meeting of the Senior Readers Theatre on Tuesday, Sept. 30 at 10:30 a.m. at Nasson Little Theatre, 457 Main St. in Springvale. Participants will be discussing plans for the upcoming Christmas show as well as a rehearsal schedule for the Senior Songbirds, a newly formed group of singers/performers who go to assisted living facilities, nursing homes, hospitals, organizations, etc. to sing the favorites of yesteryear.

Casting is underway for a new reality show, “Lost in Love,” featuring people who are seeking to reconnect with “the one who got away.” Applicants should be, or appear to be, between the ages of 21-35. Those chosen for the show will get an all-expenses-paid journey to find a lost love. Email [email protected] or call 818-666-3606 for more information.

The Voices in Harmony choirs are currently accepting new members of all ages for the fall session. The Children’s Choir (grades 4-8) and Mixed Choir (high school through adults) start rehearsing in September, while the Little Voices (ages kindergarten through third grades) and the auditioned all female Jazz Choir “Inner Voices” begins in October. All choirs will combine in concert on Dec. 14, and concert tickets will once again help a local charity. To participate, visit www.voicesinharmonychoirs.com or call 282-3361.

The Academy of Dance, 25 River Road in Biddeford, is holding auditions for children in the community who are interested in participating in its amateur production of “The Nutcracker” this December. Call 283-1662 for more information.