THEATER

The Ogunquit Playhouse kicks off its 83rd season with the Broadway musical comedy “Sister Act,” on stage through June 20. The musical is based on the hit Whoopi Goldberg film about a wannabe diva whose life takes a surprising turn when she witnesses a crime and the cops hide her in a convent. The playhouse welcomes Broadway’s Rashidra Scott in the role of Deloris Van Cartier. She performed as Deloris in the original Broadway production as well as the national tours of “Sister Act.” For more information about this show, along with the rest of the productions this season, go to www.ogunquitplayhouse.com or call the box office at 646-5511.

Mad Horse Theatre presents the 6th “By Local” play series. The upcoming series will take place Jun 4-8. “The Scarlett Letter,” a musical, will appear Thursday, June 4 and Saturday June 6. “Vision” will be shown Friday, June 5 and Monday, June 8. There will be no show on Sunday, June 7. All performances will be at 7:30 p.m. at the Mad Horse Theater, 24 Mosher St. in South Portland. Admission is pay what you can, with a suggested donation of $10. Tickets are available at the door, cash or check only. For more information, visit www.madhorse.com, visit the Facebook page, or call 747-4148.

“The Full Monty” will be on stage at Maine State Music Theatre from June 3-20. The theater will hold “A Peek Behind The Curtain: The Full Monty” at Curtis Memorial Library in Brunswick on June 10 at noon. This discussion is free and panel participants will include actors, administrative staff, technical staff and members of the creative team. Audience participants will have an opportunity to learn about each member of the panel and ask questions about their involvement in the production. Audience members are encouraged to bring a brown bag lunch for the event. Maine State Music Theatre is located at Pickard Theatre on the Bowdoin College Campus in Brunswick. Ticket prices for the show range from $43 to $70 and are available through the box office at 725-8769 or online at www.msmt.org.

“Into The Woods Junior,” will be performed June 5-14 on Fridays and Saturdays at 7 p.m. and Sunday, June 14, at 2 p.m. at Nasson Little Theatre, 457 Main St. in Springvale. For more information or to reserve tickets, visit www.myotc.org.

ART

There will be an opening reception for the exhibit entitled “Everything You Know Is True: New Work and Invoked Discourse” on Friday, May 29 from 5-9 p.m. at Engine, 265 Main St. in Biddeford. The exhibit will display the work of Kimberly Convery, whose work consists of a series of drawings, writings and three-dimensional forms. The exhibit will run from May 29 through July 25.

The Biddeford+Saco ArtWalk will take place Friday, May 29, 5-8 p.m. Many businesses in each city’s downtown’s are stops on the walk. Pick up a map at any of the participating venues, and check out the creative scene while exploring the downtowns. The map and event details are available on the ArtWalk website at biddefordsacoartwalk.com.

The Sanford Art Association has announced the first annual Sanford Art Walk on Saturday, May 30 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sanford’s downtown businesses will be sponsoring artists. The artists will display work using a variety of mediums which will include sculpture, oil paintings, watercolor, woodworking, pottery, pressed flowers and mixed media. Maps for the walking tour may be picked up at The Sanford Art Gallery, 917 Main St. next to City Hall and the Chamber of Commerce. The SAA Gallery will also have 17 artists displaying work. Refreshments will be served at the gallery and many of the businesses involved. For more information, go to www.sanfordspringvaleart.org.

“Sculpted Spaces, Historic Places,” a juried exhibition of contemporary sculpture, opens at Governor John Langdon House in Portsmouth, N.H., and the Sarah Orne Jewett House and Visitor Center in South Berwick on June 5. The exhibit was organized by two regional cultural organizations Historic New England and the New England Sculptors Association. The exhibit presents forty-three sculptures from thirty-six artists working in granite, marble, metal, stone, tile, wood, and other material. The work will be on display in the historic rooms at Governor John Langdon House and on the grounds at both Langdon House and Sarah Orne Jewett House Museum and Visitor Center. The work will be on view through Sept. 6. For more information, call 603-436-3205. The opening reception is Friday, June 5 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. during the “Art ”˜Round Town Gallery Walk” in Portsmouth.

The work of artist Lisa Roderick will be on display at the Wells Public Library for the month of June. There will be a free reception on Saturday, June 6 at 11 a.m. Refreshments will be provided and the artist will answer questions. Lisa Roderick is a resident of Ogunquit, and has been oil painting since 2009. She won third prize in the 37th Annual Ogunquit Sidewalk Art Show after painting for only two months, and is a member of the Maine Women in the Arts Association. The Wells Public Library is located at 1434 Post Road (Route 1). For more information, contact Cidney Mayes at the library at 646-8181 or by email at [email protected].

“Paintings of Rescue Dogs” by Rachel Michaud will be on display at the University of New England’s Biddeford Campus Center from June 4 through July 2. A graphic designer by trade, Michaud is the volunteer web master of the Pixel Fund, a nonprofit organization in Maine dedicated to saving the lives of shelter pets through education, advocacy, rescue efforts and participation in community events. The exhibit is free and open to the public. UNE’s Campus Center is located at 11 Hills Beach Road in Biddeford. For more information, contact Diane Noble by email at [email protected] or by calling 284-6394.

MUSIC

The Tri City Community Chorus presents their spring concert featuring “Gospel Mass” by Robert Ray. The concert will take place on Saturday, May 30 at 7 p.m. at the First Parish Church, 12 Beach St. in Saco. Tickets are $10 in advance, $12 at the door; $8 in advance and $10 at the door for seniors and students; $5 for children ages 6-12; and children under the age of 5 get in for free. Tickets can be purchased from chorus members; Community Pharmacy, 244 Main St. in Saco; Hannaford, 299 Elm St. in Biddeford and Market Basket at Biddeford Crossing Shopping Center.

DaPonte String Quartet’s upcoming concert series entitled “Short and Sweet” will feature the music of seven composers through June 5. There is an evening performance on June 5 at the Wells-Ogunquit Meetinghouse, 938 Post Road in Wells and a matinee at 3 p.m. on May 24 in Topsham at the Mid-Coast Presbyterian Church, 84 Main St. Tickets are $20 and are available at www.DaPonte.org, Maine Coast Books in Damariscotta, Longfellow Books in Portland and Gulf of Maine Books in Brunswick. For more information, call 529-4555.

The 21st annual Chamber Music Festival will take place on Friday, June 5 and Saturday, June 6 at the Ogunquit Performing Arts at the Dunaway Center, 23 School St. in Ogunquit. Both performances take place at 8 p.m. Receptions to meet the musicians will follow. Tickets are $15 in advance, $18 at the door and $5 for students. The program features world-class musicians of Boston Chamber Music and Cascabel Trio.

SPECIAL INTEREST

“The Town That Refused to Die,” will be shown as part of the Sanford International Film Festival on Thursday, May 28 at the Historical Museum from 6-9 p.m. The Sanford-Springvale Historical Museum is located at 505 Main St. in Springvale. “The Town that Refused to Die” concerns the efforts of the Chamber of Commerce to attract new industries and businesses to Sanford following the closure of Goodall-Sanford in 1954.