Greater Portland
Exhibits
Bethany Dunfee, fine art, mixed media, and artisanal ornaments, Freeport Community Library, 10 Library Dr., through December.
“Home: Reflections on Place,” exhibit created by New Mainers, Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Way, to Dec. 22.
“If I Had Known,” Margo Halverson, USM Glickman Library, 314 Forest Ave., Portland, to Jan. 27.
“On (or Off) the Beaten Path: An Exhibit by Art Quilts Maine,” Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square, to Jan. 31.
Running with Scissors Holiday Pop Up, 250 Anderson St., Portland, 4-8 p.m. Dec. 14; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Dec. 15, over 45 artist works for sale, refreshments.
Seven, collective of Maine abstract painters, Art House Frames & Gallery, 61 Pleasant St., Portland, to Jan. 26.
Cia Holiday Show, 72 Ocean St., Knightville, S. Portland, four local artists in a wide range of mediums, to Jan. 31.
“Earth, Sea and Sky,” pottery by Marian Baker and paintings by Chris Wriggins, Merrill Memorial Library, 215 Main St., Yarmouth, to Jan. 4.
Friday 12/14
Photo A Go-Go Auction and Party, 6-9 p.m., The Bakery Collective, 630 Forest Ave. Portland. Live music, local drinks and eats, bakeryphoto.com.
Ongoing
“Blacksmiths & Storekeepers: Freeport Village, Crossroads of Change, 1770-1920,” Freeport Historical Society, 45 Main St., through December.
Film
Thursday 12/13
“The Task,” 6:30 p.m., SPACE, 538 Congress St., Portland. Strangers sit down for day three of a radical social experiment, followed by live video chat with filmmaker/artist Leigh Ledare, $8, $6/members, 828-5600.
Monday 12/17
“Nosferatu,” (1922) 16mm silent film with live piano accompaniment, 7 p.m., St. Lawrence Arts, 76 Congress St., Portland, one of the most influential horror films in the history of cinema, $8, brownpapertickets.com.
Ongoing
Portland Museum of Art, screenings inspired by exhibits, new work by local and emerging talent, conversations with filmmakers, documentary subjects, and scholars, www.portlandmuseum.org/events/movies.
Southworth Planetarium, USM Science Building, 96 Falmouth St., Portland, 780-4249, usm.maine.edu/planet.
“Tessa O’Brien: Clear Blue Morning,” Elizabeth Moss Galleries, 251 U.S. Route 1, Falmouth, to Jan. 19.
Ongoing
Children’s Museum and Theatre of Maine, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Tuesday-Sunday, 142 Free St., Portland, 828-1234, kitetails.com.
International Cryptozoology Museum, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday; 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday & Saturday, 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, 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.
Portland Museum of Art, Congress Square, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Wednesday, Saturday & and Sunday; 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday & Friday, www.portlandmuseum.org.
Yarmouth History Center, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 118 East Elm St., Yarmouth, 846-6259, yarmouthmehistory.org.
Music
Thursday 12/13
The Vox Hunters, 7 p.m., Woodfords Church, 202 Woodford St., Portland, $15/adults, $10/youth, free/12 and under. Old music from the state of Rhode Island, reservations strongly encouraged at squareup.com/store/littleseafolkfest.
LOLS: An Evening of Local Comedy, 8 p.m., One Longfellow Square, 181 State St., Portland, featuring Alex Giampapa and Vally D, $8/$10, onelongfellowsquare.com.
Friday 12/14
Coffee House, 6:30-9 p.m., Falmouth Congregational Church, 267 Falmouth Rd., featuring Tim Winchester, indie-folk artist from Maine, free and appropriate for all ages.
International Open Mic, Mayo Street Arts, 10 Mayo St., Portland, $10/advance at brownpapertickets.com, $15/door.
Saturday 12/16
An Evening with Erin Costelo, 7 p.m., Portland House of Music, 25 Temple St., $10-$15, https://bit.ly/2PsecQh.
Ongoing
Bayside Bowl, 58 Alder St., Portland, free concerts, most all-ages, baysidebowl.com.
Blue, 650A Congress Street, Portland, live music Tuesday-Sunday, 21+, by donation, portcityblue.com/event-calendar.
Irish Music Sessions: 6-8 p.m. Mondays, O’Reilly’s Cure, Route 1, Scarborough. Hosted by Tom Rota with special guests Alden Robinson, Will Woodson, Miles Isacke and more, all welcome.
Jay Staples, 3 p.m. first Sunday of every month, Atria Scarborough Assisted Living & Memory Care, 18 Black Point Road in Scarborough, country western. Free and open to the public.
Theater/Dance
Mid-Coast
Call for Artists
The Joy of Art, juried show, deadline Jan. 5 for original work by year-round Maine amateurs and professionals. Apply at https://bit.ly/2Au3GlS or at Topsham Public Library.
Exhibits
First Light Camera Club, members’ photo exhibit, Curtis Memorial Library, 23 Pleasant St., Brunswick, to Dec. 28.
“Home Spun,” Thornton Oaks Retirement Community, 25 Thornton Way, Brunswick, through January.
Then and Now Fiber Artists, Topsham Public Library, 25 Foreside Rd., features Natasha Kempers-Cullen, Susan Mills, Arlene Morris, Kathleen Bird, Kirsti Sandoy, and Jill Venditouli, to Jan. 3.
Film
Saturday 12/22
“Elf,” 1:30 p.m., Topsham Public Library, 25 Foreside Rd., bring pillows and blankets for extra coziness, free admission and popcorn.
Galleries
“It’s Only Natural,” paintings by Ed McCartan, UU Gallery across from Curtis Library, Brunswick, to Jan. 2.
“Stephen Burns-Exploration in Sculpture and Jewelry,” Markings Gallery, 50 Front St., Bath, to Nov. 30.
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, 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
“1968-Spring of Discontent: The Photography of Michael Ruetz,” Bowdoin College Museum of Art, iconic photos of historic events, to Jan. 20.
“New England Botanical Studies,” by Kate Furbish and Edwin Hale Lincoln, Shaw Ruddock Gallery, Bowdoin College, to Feb. 10.
“Material Resources: Intersections of Art and the Environment,” Focus Gallery, Halford Gallery, Media Gallery, Bernard and Barbro Osher Gallery, Center Gallery, Bowdoin College, examines artists’ dependence on Earth’s material resources, to June.
Ongoing
Maine Maritime Museum, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. daily year-round, 243 Washington St., Bath, 443-1316, $10.50-$17.50, includes free admission within a seven-day period, mainemaritimemuseum.org.
“Into the Lantern: A Lighthouse Experience,” Maine Maritime Museum, full-scale replica of Two Lights allows visitors to experience time-lapsed video of the Gulf of Maine, 443-1316, mainemaritimemuseum.org.
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.
“Among Women,” Bowdoin College Museum of Art, explores the artistic portrayal of women in the U.S. over the last three centuries, to April 7.
Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum, Hubbard Hall, 9 South Campus Drive, Bowdoin College, 10 a.m.- 5 p.m. Tuesday to Saturday; 2-5 p.m. Sunday, 725-3416, bowdoin.edu/arctic-museum. Free.
“Caught in the Middle: The Tragic Life of Minik Wallace,” Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum, chronicles Inughuit boy who moved from Greenland to N.Y. in 1897 to work with an anthropologist, to Jan. 20.
Music
Friday 12/21
Off Their Rockers, Unitarian Universalist Church, 1 Middle St., Brunswick. Open mic sign up 6:45, feature performers at 8:30 p.m., 442-8195.
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.
Theater
“Annie,” Dec. 13-16, Midcoast Youth Theater at Brunswick High School, $5-$15, www.midcoastyouththeater.org.
This group of “orphans” has been cast in the upcoming production of “Annie,” being staged Dec. 13-16 by Midcoast Youth Theater at Brunswick High School.Tickets are $5-$15 through www.midcoastyouththeater.org.
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