Theater

Jan. 19 & 20

Mid-Winter One Act Festival, two original plays from USM Theatre Academy, performed by teens, directed by Zac Stearn, “The Mountain,” a drama, and “Law & Order FTU (Fairy Tale Unit), a spoof,  7 p.m. Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, Schoolhouse Arts Center, 16 Richville Road, Standish. Tickets $12 at schoolhousearts.org.

Jan. 25

“Zac Stearn Live: The King of Keys,” one-man show, stories and original music, 7 p.m., Schoolhouse Arts Center, 16 Richville Road, Standish. Tickets $12, schoolhousearts.org, 642-3743.

Music

Feb. 2

J & J’s Big Nite O’ Blues, acoustic and electric blues/roots music with Jere “Lunchpail” DeWaters, Jeff Christiansen and their band, 7 p.m., Village Coffee House, First Congregational-Christian Church, 19 Gloucester Hill Road, New Gloucester. $10, coffee snacks provided. FMI: jeffchristiansenmusic.com/big-nite-o-blues

Feb. 9

Hawk Henries, member of the Chaubunagungamaug band of Nipmuck, composer and maker of Eastern Woodlands flutes, 7 p.m., Raymond Village Church, 27 Main St., Raymond. $10 suggested donation.

Dance

Feb. 2

“Pulse Performs,” groups, solo, duo, trio and production numbers, fundraiser sponsored by parents for Pulse Dance Company of Studio for the Living Arts in Gray, 11 a.m., Windham Performing Arts Center, Windham High School. Tickets: $12 through Jan. 31 at dance studio, Gray Shopping Plaza, 21 Portland Road, Gray; $18 at door if available. Snow date: 1:30 p.m. Feb. 3.

Books

Jan. 24

Author Talk with Bruce Robert Coffin, author of “Beyond Truth, part of his Detective John Byron mystery series, interviewed by Frank O Smith, 6-7 p.m., Walker Memorial Library, 800 Main St., Westbrook. FMI: 854-0630

Art
 
Jan. 31 

University of Southern Maine Art Faculty Exhibition, opening reception, 5-7 p.m., with artist talk at 5:30 p.m., photography, drawing, painting, sculpture, ceramics, installation and digital art, USM Art Gallery, Gorham campus. Snow date Feb. 7. The following full- and part-time faculty members works will be exhibed through March 3: Kimberly Bentley, Susan Colburn-Motta, Chris Cooper, Raphael DiLuzio, James Flahaven, Rebecca Goodale, Mary Hart, Kaitlyn Hunter, Lars Jerlach, Lin Lisberger, Mary Ledue-Bell, Jen McDermott, Ashley Norman, Damir Porobic, Jan Piribeck, David Schneider, Alex Sax, Michael Shaughnessy, Rachel Somerville, Nathan Stevens, and Andrea Sulzer.

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Two original plays from USM Theatre Academy will be performed Saturday, Jan. 19, and Sunday, Jan. 20, at Schoolhouse Arts Center in Standish.