Music

Nov. 30

Denny Breau, 7:30 p.m., Saco River Theatre, 29 Salmon Falls Road, Bar Mills. Tickets: $20, $18 seniors/students. Reservations: 929-6472 or sacorivertheatre.org.

“Too Modern For Me,” USM School of Music Faculty Concert Series with Gary Wittner and jazz faculty, 8 p.m., Corthell Concert Hall, Gorham campus. Tickets $15; $10 seniors, USM employees and alumni, $5 students at 780-5555 or usm.maine.edu/music/boxoffice.

Dec. 1

“An American Family Holiday,” Windham Chamber Singers with special guests Merritt David Janes, Daniel Strange and Melinda Liberty, 2 and 7:30 p.m., Windham Performing Arts Center, 406 Gray Road. Tickets $10-$32 at windhamchambersigners.com.

Dec. 2

Rick Charette and the Bubble Gum Band, Saint Joseph’s College’s 28th Annual Holiday Benefit Concert, 2:30 p.m., Pearson’s Cafe, Mercy Hall, SJC campus, Standish. Admission: one new, unwrapped toy to benefit children in Sebago, Raymond, Standish, Windham.

Dec. 7

Jennifer Porter “These Years” CD Release Concert, 7:30 p.m., Saco River Theatre, 29 Salmon Falls Road, Bar Mills. Tickets $30, $25 seniors and students 929-6472 or sacorivertheatre.org.

Dec. 7 & 9

Holiday Concert, Lake Region Community Chorus, directed by Jan Jukkola, Susan Stockwell and Dan Allen, accompanied by Carolyn Stanhope and Sara-Sue Schreiber, 7 p.m. Friday, 3 p.m. Sunday, Twitchell Chapel, Bridgton Academy, Bridgton. Free, donations accepted.

Dec. 16

The Dusty Divas & Their Accessories, 2 p.m., Trinity Lutheran Church, 612 Main St., Westbrook, benefit concert for Greater Portland Family Promise Day Center, donations accepted at door.

Theater

Dec. 1

“The Nutcracker, presented by Studio for the Living Arts in Gray, 11 a.m. and 4 p.m., Westbrook Performing Arts Center, 471 Stroudwater St. Westbrook. Tickets $16 in advance, $24 at door at tututix.com/client/studioforthelivingarts/.

Dec. 1 & 2
Old-Fashioned Christmas, Reader’s Theater and Caroling, Truman Capote’s “A Christmas Memory,” 4 p.m., Faith Lutheran Church, 988 Roosevelt Trail, Windham. Refreshments and raffles. Donations, portion of which will go to Windham High School Graduation 2019.

Dec. 6-9

“Clue on Stage,” Westbrook High School Drama Department, 7 p.m. Dec. 6-8, 2 p.m. Dec. 9, high school auditorium. Tickets $5 students, adults $10.

“A Winter Idyll … with Spring in Sight,” dance, spoken word, music, USM Department of Theatre, 7:30 pm. Dec. 6-8, 2 p.m. Dec. 9, Russell Hall, Gorham campus. Tickets $8-$16, 780-5151 or usmtheatreboxoffice@maine.edu.

Dec. 7-16

“A Charlie Brown Christmas,” 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays, Schoolhouse Arts Center, 16 Richville Road, Standish. Tickets $12, $14 at schoolhousearts.org or schoolhousearts@gmail.com.

Dec. 21-23

“The Victorian Nutcracker,” presented by Portland Ballet Co., 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, Westbrook Performing Arts Center, 471 Stroudwater St., Westbrook. Tickets $22-$55 at portlandballet.org.

Exhibits

Through Dec. 4

“Conversations,” Bridgton Arts Guild, art and the art it inspired, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Gallery 302, 112 Main St., Bridgton. 647-2787 or visit gallery302.com.

Through Dec. 9

Daniel Minter, “OTHERED, Displaced from Malaga,” Art Gallery, 5 University Way, Gorham.

Send events 10 days in advance to arts@keepmecurrent.com.

The Lake Region Community Chorus, made up of 55 singers from 14 area towns, will perform its sixth annual holiday concert at 7 p.m. Dec. 7 and 3 p.m. Dec. 9 at Bridgton Academy.

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