ART

“Art is Community VI” will be on display through Dec. 6 at The Old White Church, 15 Salmon Falls Road in Buxton. The exhibit will be open during Saco River Theater Concerts or by appointment. This juried annual art show is sponsored by the Saco River Art League and features regional art and fine crafts, includes paintings, photography, sculpture and child-friendly interactive art-making for visitors during the opening weekend. Admission is free. Proceeds benefit the artists and Saco River Theatre. For more information or admission by appointment, call Pat at 929-6472 or Susan at 642-4219.

AUTUS Collective opens “THE PINE TREE STATEment” on Dec. 5 from 5-7p.m. at Engine, 128 Main St. in downtown Biddeford and will show through Jan. 23. The exhibition includes artists from Maine or with a connection to the state, and asks them to reimagine, reassign, reinvent, and take ownership of Maine’s iconography. “THE PINE TREE STATEment” was juried by Biddefordbased artist collective AUTUS. The opening will feature a performance by Waco Sparkler. Participating artists are: Darek Bittner, David Cadbury, Rachael Eastman, Helene Farrar, Tina (Guay) Johnson, Amanda Hawkins, Deborah Jellison, Samuel Johnson, Sarah Perea Kane, Michael Libby, Rachel McDonald, Sean O’Brien, Jill Osgood, John O’Shaughnessy, Savanna Pettingill, Gordon Pym, Kiera Reese, Roland Salazar, Ben Spalding, Hunter Wahl, and Catherine (Kitty) Winslow.

THEATER

Maine State Ballet’s “The Nutcracker” will run through Dec. 6 at the Merrill Auditorium in Portland. This family holiday tradition will feature live music from the Maine State Ballet Orchestra, singing from the Musica de Filia Girls Chorus, costumes and stage scenery by Gail Csoboth and dancing by over 300 Maine dancers. Tickets are on sale through Porttix at 842-0800, online at mainestateballet.org or tickets.porttix.com, or at the Merrill Auditorium box office. Tickets are priced at $21-66, and discounts are available for groups, seniors and children.

Good Theater presents the annual presentation of its “Broadway at Good Theater” concerts from Dec. 3-6. These fundraising events feature two special guests, Broadway star Kenita R. Miller, singer Nicolas Callaway Foster and a dozen Good Theater performers. Performances take place at the St. Lawrence Arts Center, 76 Congress St. in Portland. Show times are tonight at 7 p.m., Friday, Dec. 4 at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 5 at 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 6 at 2 p.m. Ticket prices range between $27-40. For information and tickets, call 885-5883 or go to the Good Theater, website www.goodtheater.com.

Thornton Academy Middle School’s Performing Arts department will present A Christmas Carol on Dec. 4 at 7 p.m. and Dec. 5 at 2 p.m. in Garland Auditorium. Tickets are $5 for adults, $3 for students/seniors, at the door.

“The Snow Queen” by Hans Christian Andersen, adapted by Portland Stage will bw on stage Dec. 5-24 at 25A Forest Ave. The production will feature original music by Hans Indigo Spencer with lyrics based upon poems by Emily Dickinson and directed by Artistic Director Anita Stewart. For tickets, call 774-0465 or visit www.portlandstage.com.

Our Theatre Company proudly presents “A Christmas Carol” from Dec. 4-13. Charles Dickens’ classic holiday story of redemption will be on stage on Fridays and Saturdays at 7 p.m. with Sunday matinees at 2 p.m. This show is general admission. Tickets for adults are $12, tickets for seniors and children are $10. Nasson Little Theatre is located at 457 Main St. in Springvale. For ticket reservations, go to www.myotc.org.

Biddeford City Theater will present “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever” from Dec. 4-13. The performance will run on Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. Tickets are $20 and are available by calling 282-0849 or at www.citytheater.org.

The Ogunquit Playhouse production of “White Christmas” will be at the Music Hall in Portsmouth, N.H. from Dec. 9-20. Two Broadway veterans, Jeffry Denman and Joey Sorge, are slated to star in the upcoming Ogunquit Playhouse production of the holiday classic. Tickets are on sale now at The Music Hall by calling 603- 436-2400, visiting www.themusichall.org or visiting the box office at 28 Chestnut St, Portsmouth, N.H.

SPECIAL INTEREST

Ogunquit Performing Arts announces the 15th annual Classic Film Series. Films will be shown at the Dunaway Center, 23 School St. in Ogunquit on the first Sunday of the month at 2 p.m. from December through May. “A Child’s Christmas in Wales” will be presented on Saturday, Dec. 5 at 2 p.m. In this prose work by the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas, an old man shares his heartwarming memories of Christmases past with his grandson. Admission is free and there is plenty of free parking.