Greater Portland

Exhibits

Kevin C. Kuehl Photography, Kittery-based artist, Freeport Community Library, 5 Library Drive, to Aug. 31.

Akida Jawara Tesfa, NYC-based artist, Mechanics Hall, 519 Congress St., 2nd floor, Portland, to Aug. 29.

“The Art of Rube Goldberg,” first retrospective of cartoon illustrator in 40 years includes drawings and iconic inventions to Pulitzer Prize-winning political cartoons, Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square, to Sept. 22.

Landscape & Avian Images, photos by Dudley Warner, Clayton’s Cafe, 447 Route 1, Yarmouth, to Aug. 24.

Yarmouth Historical Society Photographs, Merrill Memorial Library, 215 Main St., Yarmouth, to Sept. 8.

Ongoing

“Blacksmiths & Storekeepers: Freeport Village, Crossroads of Change, 1770-1920,” Freeport Historical Society, 45 Main St., through December.

Film

Sierra Club Maine’s 25th Anniversary Environmental Film Festival, SPACE Gallery, 538 Congress St., Portland, 7 p.m. Aug. 10 – “Seed: The Untold Story”; 1 p.m. Aug. 12 – “Albatross,” plastics’ impact on baby albatross chicks; 7 p.m. Aug. 12, “The Reluctant Radical,” tickets at the box office or www.sierraclub.org/maine.

Summer Rooftop Film Series, hosted by Space at Bayside Bowl, sunset Wednesdays through Aug. 29, 58 Alder St., Portland. Food trucks, cash bar, 791-2695, space538.org. Free.

Ongoing

Southworth Planetarium, USM Science Building, 96 Falmouth St., Portland, 780-4249, usm.maine.edu/planet. 

Children’s Museum and Theatre of Maine, 142 Free St., Portland, 828-1234, kitetails.com.

International Cryptozoology Museum, 11 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Monday, Wednesday-Sunday, 4 Thompson’s Point Road, Portland, cryptozoologymuseum.com.

Maine Historical Society Museum, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday to Saturday; noon to 5 p.m., Sunday; 11 a.m.-noon, 489 Congress St., Portland, 774-1822, mainehistory.org.

Maine Jewish Museum, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Monday-Friday; 1-5 p.m. Sunday or by appointment, 267 Congress St., Portland, 773-2339, mainejewishmuseum.org.

The Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Co. & Museum, open daily 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m., train rides on the hour 10 a.m.-3 p.m., 58 Fore St., Portland, www.mainenarrowgauge.org, 828-0814.

Neal Dow Memorial, tours by appointment, 714 Congress St., Portland, participated in Underground Railroad, father of temperance movement, 773-7773, www.nealdowmemorial.org. 

Portland Museum of Art, Congress Square, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Wednesday, Saturday & and Sunday; 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday & Friday, www.portlandmuseum.org.

Victoria Mansion, 109 Danforth St., Portland, 10 a.m.-3:45 p.m. Monday-Saturday, 1-4:45 p.m. Sunday, www.victoriamansion.org, 772-2841.

Yarmouth History Center, 1-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., 118 East Elm St., Yarmouth, 846-6259, yarmouthmehistory.org. 

Music

Winslow Park Summer Concert Series, 6:30 p.m. Thursdays, Winslow Park and Campground, 30 Main St., Freeport, admission $2/$3, https://bit.ly/2KSknPg for complete listing.

Summer Community Concert Series, free weekly outdoor performances 6:30-7:30 p.m. Thursdays to Aug. 30, Fort Allen Park, Eastern Promenade, Portland, www.easternpromenade.org.

Mill Creek Park Summer Concert Series, 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays through Aug. 15 in South Portland, www.southportland.org.

Thursday 8/9

Maine Inside Out Community Concert, 7 p.m., Space, 538 Congress St., Portland, fundraiser for the Hansen Fund to support post-incarceration community reintegration, by donation, tickets at www.ticketfly.com.

Friday 8/10

Coffee House Featuring Open Mic Night & Sing-Along, 6:30-9 p.m., Falmouth Congregational Church UCC, 267 Falmouth Road.

Saturday 8/11

Kesho Wazo, 9 p.m., Portland House of Music, 25 Temple St., hip-hop, $10/$15, www.portlandhouseofmusic.com.

Sunday 8/12

Block The Wind Festival, 8 p.m., One Longfellow Square, 181 State St., Portland, featuring bensbeendead., EMRLD, Jack Schwartz, Andre Blue, Won Pound, Lena Rich, Twitches, The Ravine, The Hate Club, CHYLD, $10/$15.

Monday  8/13

Country Gospel Jamboree, 5:30-8 p.m., Flaherty’s Family Farm Event Barn, 123 Payne Road, Scarborough. Free.

Thursday 8/16 

Some Guy’s Band, 6-8 p.m., free outdoor concert at St. Lawrence Arts, Portland, classic rock, new alternative and folk.

Ongoing

Bayside Bowl, 58 Alder St., Portland, free concerts, most all-ages, baysidebowl.com, www.facebook.com/baysidebowl.

Funk To Make Your Mondays Do Good with Hambone and Frank Hopkins, 9 p.m. Mondays, Portland House of Music, $5/door.

Happy Hour with The Working Dead, 5-7:30 p.m. jam every Wednesday all summer, Portland House of Music, 25 Temple St., Portland, no cover.

Irish Music Night at Blue, 650 Congress St., Portland, 7:30 p.m. every Wednesday.

Irish Music Sessions: Sunday, 3-6 p.m., Portland Sunday Session, RiRa, Commercial Street, Portland; Monday, 6-8 p.m., O’Reilly’s Cure, Route 1, Scarborough; Wednesday, 9 p.m., Blue, 650 Congress St., Portland. 

Maine Dead Project Jam, 8 p.m., every Wednesday all summer, Portland House of Music, 25 Temple St., Portland, portlandhouseofmusic.com, $5.

The Kids Are Alright, children’s concerts, get-to-know-your-local-musician and instrument petting zoo, 10:30-11:30 a.m., first Saturday, Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square.

Theater/Dance

“Hansel and Gretel,” original narrated performance by Maine State Ballet, Aug. 9-18, 348 U.S. Route One, Falmouth, 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday; 2 & 7 p.m. Saturday, $15-$23, www.mainestateballet.org or call the Maine State Ballet Box Office at 207-781-3587

“Mother Jones in Heaven – A Musical,” 2 & 7 p.m., Aug. 10-12, Vivid Motion at St. Lawrence Arts, Portland. Revolutionary Mary Harris championed the rights of workers, $25/$32. www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3400394.

“Nunsense,” Portland Stage, 25A Forest Ave., various times, Aug. 14-Sept. 2, $41+, portlandstage.secure.force.com.

Friday 8/17

LOLS: An Evening of Local Comedy with Mike Johnson, Jai Demeule,8 p.m., One Longfellow Square, 181 State St., Portland, $8/$10, onelongfellowsquare.com.

Mid-Coast

Exhibits

Maine State Music Theatre Exhibit, Curtis Memorial Library, Brunswick, highlights MSMT’s 60-year history, to Aug. 31.

Margaret Leonard Paintings, Local Market and Cafe, 148 Maine St., Brunswick, paintings of southern Italy, through September. 

“Souvenirs,” 4 p.m. opening reception for watercolors and oils by Frances Pratt Caswell, Thornton Oaks, 25 Thornton Way, Brunswick, through Sept. 28.

Saturday 8/18

Brunswick Outdoor Arts Festival, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., downtown Brunswick and on the Mall.

Film

“Blasts from the Past” summer film festival, Patten Free Library, Bath. Eight-week series of summer blockbusters, 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays til Aug. 14.

Galleries

“Elemental Fire Sprite,” by artist Melanie West and felt artist Susan Mills, Markings Gallery, 50 Front St., Bath, through August.

“Space, Time and Place,” The Chocolate Church Art Gallery, 804 Washington St., Bath, original work by four artists from the Judson Studio in Bath, to Sept. 11. 

“Double Takes,” opening reception 5-7 p.m. for photos and fine art prints by Judith and Burke Long, Points of View Gallery, 18 Pleasant St., Brunswick, to Aug. 31. 

Ongoing

Centre St. Arts Gallery, 11 Centre St., Bath, 442-0300.

Chocolate Church Art Gallery, 804 Washington St., Bath, 442-8455, chocolatechurcharts.org.

Curtis Memorial Library, 23 Pleasant St., Brunswick, 725-5242, curtislibrary.com.

Frontier Cafe, Fort Andross, 14 Maine St., Brunswick, 725-8820, explorefrontier.com.

Gallery at Park Row, 185 Park Row, Brunswick, 907-4016.

Gallery at Schoolhouse Crossing, 48 West Schoolhouse Crossing Road, Topsham, 603-674-6098, keith@keithsphotography.com.

Gallery at UUCB, 1 Middle St., Brunswick, 729-8515.

The Green Lion Gallery, 23 Center St., Bath.

ICON Contemporary Art, 19 Mason St., Brunswick, 725-8157.

LaMarche Gallery, David Saul Smith Union, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, 725-3902.

Mae’s Cafe and Bakery, 160 Centre St., Bath,

Maine Fiberarts Gallery, 13 Main St., Topsham, 721-0678, mainefiberarts.org.

Markings Gallery, 50 Front St., Bath, 443-1499.

Merrymeeting Arts Center, 9 Main St., Bowdoinham, 841-5914, merrymeetingartscenter.org.

Points of View Art Gallery, Brunswick Business Center, 18 Pleasant St., Brunswick, 373-9300.

Sarah Greenier Gallery, 428 Middle St., Bath, 443-3936.

Sebascodegan Artists Cooperative Gallery, 4 Old Orr’s Island Road, Harpswell, 833-5717, sebascodeganartists.com.

The Gallery at Widgeon Cove, 31 Widgeon Cove Lane, Harpswell, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, paintings, sculpture, jewelry, handmade paper, widgeoncove.com.

Thornton Oaks, 25 Thornton Way, Brunswick, 729-8033, thorntonoaks.com.

Topsham Public Library, Crooker Gallery, 25 Foreside Road, Topsham, topshamlibrary.org, 725-1727.

Whatnot Gallery at Spindleworks, 7 Lincoln St., Brunswick, 725-8820, spindleworks.org.

Museums

“Made in Maine,” Bowdoin College Museum of Art, 245 Main St., Brunswick, artworks created in Maine during the first half of the 20th century, to Aug. 19.

“Richard Pousette-Dart: Painting/Light/Space,” Bowdoin College Museum of Art, 245 Maine St., Brunswick, youngest artist among the founders of the New York School, exhibit focuses on paintings from the ’60s and early ’70s, to Sept. 16.

“Blossoming Tundra: The Photography of Rutherford Platt,” Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum, Hubbard Hall, Bowdoin College, to Oct. 1. 

“Winslow Homer and the Camera: Photography and the Art of Painting,” Bowdoin College Museum of Art; explores the artist’s relationship with photography and its impact, to Oct. 28.

Tuesday 8/14

“Gallery Conversation: Winslow Homer and the Camera,” noon- 1 p.m., Bowdoin Museum of Art Pavilion, free and open to the public. 

Ongoing

Bowdoin College Museum of Art, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday & Saturday; 10 a.m.-8:30 p.m.; 1-5 p.m. Sunday, 245 Maine St., Brunswick, 725-3275, bowdoin.edu/art-museum. Free. 

Harriet Beecher Stowe House, noon-3 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 63 Federal St., Brunswick. Free.

Joshua L. Chamberlain Museum, Pejepscot Historical Society, 159 Park Row, Brunswick, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 1-4 p.m. Sunday. Guided tours on the hour til 3 p.m., $6-$12, http://pejepscothistorical.org/chamberlain/jlc, 729-6606.

Maine Maritime Museum, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. daily, 243 Washington St., Bath, 443-1316, $10.50-$17.50, includes free admission within a seven-day period, mainemaritimemuseum.org.

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum, Hubbard Hall, Bowdoin College, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Tuesday to Saturday; 2-5 p.m. Sunday, 725-3416, bowdoin.edu/arctic-museum. Free.

“Enduring Connections: Contemporary Alaskan Yup’ik and Iñupiat Art,” Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum, Hubbard Hall, Bowdoin College Brunswick, to December. 

“Into the Lantern: A Lighthouse Experience,” Maine Maritime Museum,  243 Washington St., Bath, permanent, full-scale replica of Two Lights allows visitors to experience time-lapsed video of the Gulf of Maine, 443-1316, mainemaritimemuseum.org.

“Threads of Change: Arctic Clothing and Identity in the North,” Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum, 9 South Campus Drive, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, to December 2019.

Walking Tours of Chamberlain’s Brunswick, call Pejepscot Historical Society at 729-6606, visit www.pejepscothistorical.org.

Music

Chocolate Church Summer Concert Series, 6-7:30 p.m. Saturdays to Aug. 25, waterfront park on Commercial Street, Bath, weather dependent, free. 

Kennebec Early Music Festival, 7 p.m. Aug. 14 & 16; 2 p.m. Aug. 19, Maine Maritime Museum, Bath, musicians of national and international renown play Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, and other masters, www.kennebecearlymusicfestival.org.

Music on the Mall, 6 p.m. Wednesdays to Aug. 29, Thursday in bad weather, Brunswick Town Mall, downtown Maine Street, brunswickdowntown.org/events/music-on-the-mall/.

Friday 8/10

The Volunteers Jazz Band, 7 p.m., gazebo in Bath City Park, hosted by Main Street Bath.

Friday 8/17

Ruth Hill, Side Door Coffee House, Unitarian Universalist Church, 1 Middle St., Brunswick, open mic sign up 6:45 p.m. for 7 p.m. start; feature performer at 8:30 p.m.

Ongoing

Irish Music Sessions: 7-9 p.m. Monday, Byrnes Irish Pub, Centre Street, Bath; 7-9 p.m. Tuesday, Byrnes Irish Pub, 16 Station Ave., Brunswick, byrnesirishpub.com.

“Landscape & Avian Images” by Dudley Warner is being hung at Clayton’s Cafe in Yarmouth through Aug. 24. Included is this aerial view of Wood Island Light off the coast of Biddeford after a storm.

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