Art students’ work on display

Exhibits

Art Auction to benefit Maine Art Gallery in Wiscasset, view online through June 15, maineartgallerywiscasset.org.

“East End in Bloom,” installation of flowers through May at East End Community School, 195 North St., Portland.

“The Ground Beneath You Holds You,” new works by Alice Jones, to June 26 at Elizabeth Moss Galleries, U.S. Route 1 in the Falmouth Shopping Center.

“Light, Line and Form,” works by Tanja Kunz and MaryJane Johnston juxtaposing minimalism and fullness through painting and photography, May 28 through June 28, Chocolate Church Arts Center, Bath. Free, chocolatechurcharts.org/gallery.

“New Connections,” by Points of View artists and “Experiments in Mixed Media,” by Barbara Bean, Points of View, 18 Pleasant St., Brunswick, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, povartistsmaine.com.

“Paintings in Oil,” on display 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily through May at Richard Boyd Art Gallery, 15 Epps St., Peaks Island. richardboydpottery.com.

Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture Artists exhibit at Maine Jewish Museum, on display now featuring work of 15 artists who have attended the school. 267 Congress St., Portland.

Two Person Exhibition: Grant Drumheller & Kathi Smith, Greenhut Galleries, 146 Middle St., Portland, June 3-26, greenhutgalleries.com.

“What inspires you?”, members’ show at Maine Art Gallery, 15 Warren St., Wiscasset, Wednesday-Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. through June 5.

Ongoing

Elizabeth Moss Galleries, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, U.S. Route 1 in the Falmouth Shopping Center. elizabethmossgalleries.com.

Space Gallery exhibitions on display, 538 Congress St., Portland. space538.org/exhibitions/.

Film

“Dear Georgina,” short documentary about Passamaquoddy elder who was removed from her Maine home by child protection services at the age of 2, stream at upstanderproject.org/georgina.

Maine Jewish Film Festival Weekend Edition, two films and one discussion one weekend per month through June. Visit mjff.org for details and tickets.

Wednesday 5/26

Merrill Film Society: “Stranger than Paradise,” 8 p.m., available on Kanopy.

Ongoing

Apohadion Theater, virtual screenings via theapohadiontheater.com.

Frontier, virtual cinema via explorefrontier.com/events/all.

Museums

“Kajak!”, virtual exhibit through May at Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum at Bowdoin College in Brunswick. bowdoin.edu/arctic-museum/exhibits/2020/kayak-exhibition.html.

Maine Jewish Museum, “Under Construction” by Chris Beneman, “Through the Static and Distance” by Tonee Harbert, and Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture artists, to June 25, open noon-4 p.m. Sunday, Monday, Thursday and Friday at 67 Congress St., Portland. mainejewishmuseum.org/current-exhibits/.

Saturday 5/29

Joshua L. Chamberlain Museum (226 Maine St.), Skolfield-Whittier House (161 Park Row) and Pejepscot History Center (159 Park Row) resume regular hours for the season in Brunswick. For hours, talks and presentations see pejepscothistorical.org/events/talks-presentations.

Ongoing

Bowdoin College Museum of Art, collection searchable online along with selected exhibits, Visit From Home activities, bowdoin.edu/art-museum.

“MMPA Antidote,” by Maine Museum of Photographic Arts, mainemuseumofphotographicarts.org. Readers are also invited to send images.

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum at Bowdoin College, Brunswick, collections and exhibitions online at bowdoin.edu/arctic-museum.

Portland Museum of Art, schedule in-person visits at bit.ly/3fcSgHz.

Music

Classical Uprising, through June, classicaluprising.org.

“Mahler’s Fourth,” through June 25, PSO guest conductor JoAnn Falletta; Rachel Lee Priday, violin; Maeve Höglund, soprano perform virtual concert, tickets at portlandsymphony.org.

Noonday Concert Series, Timothy Burris through June 2 and John Bennett June 3-16, presented by the Portland Conservatory of Music and Portland Public Library, portlandlibrary.com.

Nothin’ But the Blues, Shayna Steele and the PSO perform a blues-infused program featuring hits like “Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out” and Ma Rainey’s “Bad Luck Blues.” portlandsymphonyTV.com.

POPS!: “Tango Caliente!,” through May 28, Portland Symphony Orchestra Music Director Eckart Preu conducts a digital concert of tangos and more, featuring Argentinian composer Astor Piazzolla, portlandsymphony.org. 

Summer Sunsets LIVE, 4 p.m. Fridays in May, Thompson’s Point, Portland. Variety of live music, food trucks, games, brews, thompsonspoint.com/the-calendar/#sunsets.

Wednesday 5/26

Cap’t Ray & The Castaways, 6-9 p.m. live music at Portland Lobster Company, 180 Commercial St. Free, portlandlobstercompany.com.

“I Dream a World,” 6-7 p.m., Horizon Voices performs a live concert featuring choral music by African American and women, The Episcopal Church of St. Mary, 43 Foreside Road, Falmouth. $5-$10, classicaluprising.org.

Friday 5/28

Live music, 9 p.m.-midnight, Sea Dog Brewing Company, 125 Western Ave., South Portland. sopo.seadogbrewing.com.

Saturday 5/29

Studio Two – Beatles tribute band, 5:30 p.m., The Shipyard at the Museum concert hosted by Chocolate Church Arts Center outside Maine Maritime Museum, 243 Washington St., Bath, $20.

Sunday 5/30

Gina Alibrio & Friends, 12:30-3:30 p.m., live music at Portland Lobster Company, 180 Commercial St. Free.

Sunday Concert Series: Ghost-Note, 3-8 p.m., socially distanced, outdoor seated event, Maine Craft Distilling, 123 Washington Ave., Portland. $50, eventbrite.com.

Tuesday 6/1

Open DJ Night, Bring records, CDs, or controller, all formats/genres are welcome. Every Tuesday at Flask Lounge, 117 Spring St., Portland. flasklounge.com.

Saturday 6/5

Northern Groove, 7 p.m., live at The Porthole Restaurant & Pub, 20 Custom House Wharf, Portland. portholemaine.com.

“Ravel: String Quartet in F Major,” online concert by DaPonte String Quartet, free at onstage.daponte.org.

Ongoing

317 Main Community Music Center, 30-minute concerts featuring teaching artists at 7:30 p.m. Mondays and Fridays on Instagram, Facebook and Vimeo, and at 317main.org under “Listen.” Open mic every other week on Zoom. Sign up at openmic@317main.org. Free.

Cadenza, 7 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, livestream via Facebook. $18-$20. Visit cadenzafreeport.com/shows for schedule and Eventbrite ticket links.

DaPonte String Quartet, digital content posted at 7 p.m. Wednesdays on YouTube.

Irish Night at Blue, 8 p.m. Wednesdays via Facebook Live. portcityblue.com.

Jazz Sesh Facebook Group hosted by Blue at 9 p.m. Tuesdays, portcityblue.com.

Live From the Green Room, 8 p.m. livestream by Brunswick musician Pete Kilpatrick every Saturday. facebook.com/pkband.

Maine Music Makes Community Sing, 6:30-7:30 p.m. first Tuesday of the month via Zoom, hosted by Brunswick Sings! brunswicksings.com.

Out of the Blue livestreaming series by Port City Blue. Various dates. portcityblue.com.

State Theatre of Portland livestreaming shows via Facebook, statetheatreportland.com.

Theater

“Future … Present … Past,” presented by Freeport Players in May and to stream through June 30, three comedies by Elizabeth Guffey. Visit fcponline.org for show dates and tickets.

Stroudwater Comedy Series, 7-10 p.m. every Thursday, Stroudwater Distillery, 4 Thompson’s Point, Portland. $10, reservations required through eventbrite.com.

“You’re In My (inappropriate) Thoughts,” romantic comedy by Carleton Caulfield at Footlights Theatre, 190 U.S. Route 1, Falmouth. 7 p.m. Thursdays, 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays June 3-12. thefootlightstheatre.com.

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