Greater Portland

Auditions 

Tuesday 5/29 

Vivid Motion Dance, 7-8:30 p.m., Drouin Dance Center, 90 Bridge St., Westbrook, for “Constellation” Aug. 3-5, ages 9 to adult trained in any style, see vividmotion.org/auditions.

Exhibits

Colorful and Whimsical Labrador Retrievers by Cape Elizabeth artist Jim Williams, Thomas Memorial Library, 67 Scott Dyer Road, Cape Elizabeth, to May 31.

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“I Am More: Facing Stigma,” black and white photo exhibit, ThinkTank Coworking, Congress Street, Portland. Part of the Yellow Tulip Project’s mission to support people struggling with mental illness, theyellowtulipproject.org, to June 30.

“Working Waterfront,” new photos by David Wade, Merrill Memorial Library, 215 Main St., Yarmouth, to June 29.

Saturday 6/2

Oakdale Arts Festival, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., hosted by University Neighborhood Organization in Longfellow Park, Portland, artists, poets, mono-printing demo. Rain date June 3. Free.

Film

“How to Face the Fear of Death by Living Life to its Fullest,” 5 p.m. May 24, Portland Public Library, screening co-hosted by hospice nurse Amanda Carr; 11 a.m. May 25, brown bag lunch, Merrill Memorial Library, Yarmouth.

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“RBG – Ruth Bader Ginsburg,” June 2 & 3, Portland Museum of Art, Seven Congress Square, $6/$8 reserve at admissions desk, https://bit.ly/2JLEnyL, 775-6148.

Ongoing

Southworth Planetarium, USM Science Building, 96 Falmouth St., Portland, shows 3 p.m. Saturdays; Fridays 7 & 8:30 p.m.; telescope night last Wednesday of the month, 780-4249, usm.maine.edu/planet.

Galleries
 
“Glimpses and Lasting Impressions,” by Lindsay Hancock and “Working the Coast,” by Lea Peterson, Elizabeth Moss Galleries, Route 1, Falmouth, to June 9. 
 
“Flux and Form,” featuring work by Mary Hart and Marjorie Moore, PhoPa Gallery, 132 Washington Ave., Portland, through June 9.

  

“Inside the Cube: Looking Back Over 40 Years,” University of New England, 716 Stevens Ave., Portland, selections from the permanent collection and the Stephen K. Halpert Photography Collection, to July 15. 
 
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Institute of Contemporary Art at MECA, Porteous Building, Congress Street, Portland, to June 8.

“Print, Protest, Power,” Able Baker, 29 Forest Ave, Portland, explores the power of the printed poster, to June 22. 

“On the River and Beyond,” by Gail Clark, Stonewall Gallery, Yarmouth History Center, 118 East Elm St., through June 30.
 
Museums

The 2018 Portland Museum of Art Biennial, 7 Congress Square, 60+ works highlight diverse perspectives and interests of artists connected to Maine, to June 3.

Maine Jewish Museum, 267 Congress St., Portland, “Musicians,” by Ted Arnold; “The Museum Paintings” by Rush Brown and “In Loving Memory” by Alex Sax, to July 5. 
 
“The Robbers: German Art in a Time of Crisis,” Portland Museum of Art, 7 Congress Square, 21 German prints executed between the World Wars highlights George Grosz’s 1922 lithographic suite, portlandmuseum.org, to July 15.
 
Victorian and Edwardian Dress Exhibit, Victoria Mansion, 109 Danforth St., Portland, pieces from the Dyer Library/Saco Museum collection, www.victoriamansion.org, 772-2841, to May 31. 

Ongoing

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. Mondays & Wednesdays through Sundays, 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.

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Maine Irish Heritage Center, 34 Gray St., Portland, 780-0118, maineirish.com.

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.

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.

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

Music

Friday 5/25

Sea Level & The Memorial Skylight, 8 p.m., One Longfellow Square, 181 State St., Portland, electrotriphop grooves and classic pop, $10/$12, www.onelongfellowsquare.com.

Saturday 5/26

Crunchcoat ~ Tiger Bomb ~ Euphemia, 8:30 p.m., The Apohadion Theater, 107 Hanover St., Portland, pop-punk, $6. 

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Gorilla Finger, 9 p.m., Portland House of Music, 25 Temple St., reggae/dub, $8/$10, www.portlandhouseofmusic.com.

Sunday 5/27

Primus and Mastodon with All Them Witches, 6 p.m., Maine State Pier, tickets at waterfrontconcerts.com, AURA, 121 Center St., Portland, 1-800-745-3000.

Wednesday 5/30

The Sea The Sea, 8 p.m., One Longfellow Square, 181 State St., Portland, Upstate New York-based indie folk-pop duo, $10, onelongfellowsquare.com, 761-1757.

“Celebrating Yarmouth,” 6 p.m., St. Bartholomews Episcopal Church, 396 Gilman Road, original composition written by Maestra Kim Diehnelt.

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Ongoing

Bayside Bowl, 58 Alder St., Portland, free concerts, many all-ages, baysidebowl.comwww.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.

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.

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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

“Disaster! The Musical,” Cape Elizabeth High School, 345 Ocean House Road, 7 p.m. May 31, June 1 & 2; 2 p.m. June 3. Hilarious send-up of ’70s disaster movies, $10/$8, www.tututix.com/cehstheatre, limited number at the door.

King Friday’s Dungeon, spring puppet slam, 7:30 p.m. May 25 & 26, Mayo Street Arts, 10 Mayo St., Portland, $12/$18, www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3266416.

The Hell Series, Mad Horse Theater Company, 24 Mosher St., South Portland, “Deep As Hell,” May 22 & 23; “Hell & Other Adventures,” May 25 & 26; “Deep As Hell II: Wide As Hell,” June 1 & 2, all performances 7:30 p.m., $10 cash or check at the door. 

Lee Camp, comedian and host of “Redacted Tonight,” 7 p.m. May 31 & June 1, St. Lawrence Arts, 76 Congress St., Portland, $18/$31, www.stlawrencearts.org.

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“Titanic: The Musical,” Portland Players, 420 Cottage Road, South Portland, 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; 2:30 p.m. Sundays to June 3, tickets at portlandplayers.org, 799-7337.

Friday 5/25

Burlesque at Bayside Bowl, featuring Mr. & Mrs. F* Smart, 25 Alder St., Portland, free, but parental supervision required.

Saturday 6/2

Spring Fling: A Dance Party for Everyone, 2 p.m., One Longfellow Square, 181 State St., Portland, disability-friendly dance party with the Kastaways band. All teens and adults welcome, $5.

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Call  for Artists

“Waterways”: Artists wanted to speak out about the environment; deadline June 1 for show sponsored by Cathance River Education Alliance at Frontier Café in Brunswick from June 4-Aug. 6, entry forms at www.spindleworks.org.

Exhibits

Morse High School Senior Logan Howard, Patten Free Library, 33 Summer St., Bath, through June 11.

“The Midcoast Show,” Mae’s Cafe, 160 Centre St., Bath, featuring Maine artist Diane Beem, to August.

“Garth Williams – Illustrator of the Century,” Curtis Memorial Library, Brunswick, including pieces from “Charlotte’s Web,” “Stuart Little” and “Little House on the Prairie,” through July 31.

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“On a Different Wavelength: A Celebration of Color in Books,” Hawthorne-Longfellow Library at Bowdoin College, Brunswick, to June 4.

Wednesday 5/30

Brunswick High School Student Art Show Reception, 4:30-6:30 p.m., drawings, paintings, prints, collages, sculpture, ceramics and photos; community welcome, precedes Spring Choral Concert at 7 p.m. in Crooker Theatre.

Galleries

“Face Value: Portraits in Tapestry,” by Barbara Burns, Markings Gallery, 50 Front St., Bath, through June 30.

Friday 5/25

Centre St. Arts Gallery Art Reception, 5-7 p.m., 11 Centre St. Bath, new works by co-op members and guest artist Katharina Keoughan, to July 13, centrestartsgalleryllc.com.

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“Then and Now,” Points of View Art Gallery, Brunswick Business Center, 18 Pleasant St., past and present works, to June 1. 

Saturday 5/26

The Gallery at Widgeon Cove, opens for the season from 11 a.m.-5 p.m., 31 Widgeon Cove Lane, Harpswell; open 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, featuring handmade paper, jewelry, sculpture and mixed media, widgeoncove.com, 833-6081.

Ongoing

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

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

Museums

Art from the Northern Plains, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, 245 Main St., Brunswick, historic and contemporary works by Native and non-Native artists, to July 8. 

“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.

“Second Sight: The Paradox of Vision in Contemporary Art,” Bowdoin College Museum of Art, 245 Main St., Brunswick, explores experiential, psychological, and metaphorical implications of the nonvisual in American art from the 1960s to today, through June 3.

“Solely for the Purposes of Art: Images from William Bradford’s 1869 Arctic Expedition,” Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum, Hubbard Hall, Bowdoin College Brunswick, to June 10.

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Friday 5/25

Joshua L. Chamberlain Museum, opens for the season at the 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.

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.

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

Maine Maritime Museum, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. daily, 243 Washington St., Bath, 443-1316, mainemaritimemuseum.org.

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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.

“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

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Brunswick High School Spring Music Events: 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 30, Spring Choral Concert; 7 p.m. Friday, June 1, Spring Jazz Night, both free and open to the public.

Wescustago Youth Chorale: former members wanted for “Celebrate the 20th” season concert June 16. Contact Leigh Palmer at WYC.palmer@gmail.com,  846-0705.

Saturday 6/2

Oratorio Chorale presents “Cabaret!” 7 p.m., Mid Coast Presbyterian Church, 84 Main St., Topsham, $10/door.

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.

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Theater

“Voices in the Mirror,” The Theater Project, 14 School St., Brunswick, 7:30 p.m., Friday & Saturday June 1 & 2; 2 p.m. Sunday, June 3. Original sketch comedy by local teens, tickets $12, www.theaterproject.com.

Greater Portland

Exhibits

Colorful and Whimsical Labrador Retrievers by Cape Elizabeth artist Jim Williams, Thomas Memorial Library, 67 Scott Dyer Road, Cape Elizabeth, to May 31.

“I Am More: Facing Stigma,” black and white photo exhibit, ThinkTank Coworking, Congress Street, Portland. Part of the Yellow Tulip Project’s mission to support people struggling with mental illness,  to June 30, theyellowtulipproject.org.

“Working Waterfront,” new photos by David Wade, Merrill Memorial Library, 215 Main St., Yarmouth, to June 29.

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Film

“RBG – Ruth Bader Ginsburg,” June 2 & 3, Portland Museum of Art, Seven Congress Square, $6/$8 reserve at admissions desk, https://bit.ly/2JLEnyL, 775-6148.

Ongoing

Southworth Planetarium, USM Science Building, 96 Falmouth St., Portland, shows 3 p.m. Saturdays; Fridays 7 & 8:30 p.m.; telescope night last Wednesday of the month, 780-4249, usm.maine.edu/planet.

Galleries
 
“Glimpses and Lasting Impressions,” by Lindsay Hancock and “Working the Coast,” by Lea Peterson, Elizabeth Moss Galleries, Route 1, Falmouth, to June 9. 
 
“Flux and Form,” featuring work by Mary Hart and Marjorie Moore, PhoPa Gallery, 132 Washington Ave., Portland, through June 9.

  

“Inside the Cube: Looking Back Over 40 Years,” University of New England, 716 Stevens Ave., Portland, selections from the permanent collection and the Stephen K. Halpert Photography Collection, to July 15. 
 
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Institute of Contemporary Art at MECA, Porteous Building, Congress Street, Portland, to June 8.

“Print, Protest, Power,” Able Baker, 29 Forest Ave, Portland, explores the power of the printed poster, to June 22. 

“On the River and Beyond,” by Gail Clark, Stonewall Gallery, Yarmouth History Center, 118 East Elm St., through June 30.
 
Museums

The 2018 Portland Museum of Art Biennial, 7 Congress Square, 60+ works highlight diverse perspectives and interests of artists connected to Maine, to June 3.

Maine Jewish Museum, 267 Congress St., Portland, “Musicians,” by Ted Arnold; “The Museum Paintings” by Rush Brown and “In Loving Memory” by Alex Sax, to July 5. 
 
“The Robbers: German Art in a Time of Crisis,” Portland Museum of Art, 7 Congress Square, 21 German prints executed between the World Wars highlights George Grosz’s 1922 lithographic suite, portlandmuseum.org, to July 15.

Ongoing

Children’s Museum and Theatre of Maine, educational, fun and interactive workshops for kids and parents, 142 Free St., Portland, 828-1234, kitetails.com.

International Cryptozoology Museum, 11 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Mondays & Wednesdays through Sundays, 4 Thompson’s Point Road, Portland, cryptozoologymuseum.com.

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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 Irish Heritage Center, 34 Gray St., Portland, 780-0118, maineirish.com.

Maine Jewish Museum, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Monday-Friday, Sunday 1-5 p.m., 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, 773-7773, mewctu.com.

Portland Museum of Art, Congress Square, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday & Sunday; 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Wednesday; 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Thursday & Friday through May 22.

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

Music

Wednesday 5/23

High Winds Flute Choir, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Freeport Community Library, 10 Library Drive.

Friday 5/25

Sea Level & The Memorial Skylight, 8 p.m., One Longfellow Square, 181 State St., Portland, “electrotriphop grooves and classic pop,” $10/$12, www.onelongfellowsquare.com.

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Saturday 5/26

Crunchcoat ~ Tiger Bomb ~ Euphemia, 8:30 p.m., The Apohadion Theater, 107 Hanover St., Portland, pop-punk, $6. 

Ongoing

Bayside Bowl, 58 Alder St., Portland, free concerts, many all-ages, baysidebowl.comwww.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.

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

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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

“Disaster! The Musical,” Cape Elizabeth High School, 345 Ocean House Road, 7 p.m. May 31, June 1 & 2; 2 p.m. June 3, hilarious send-up of ’70s disaster movies, $10/$8 on sale May 17 at www.tututix.com/cehstheatre; limited number at the door.

King Friday’s Dungeon, spring puppet slam, 7:30 p.m. May 25 & 26, Mayo Street Arts, 10 Mayo St., Portland, $12/$18, www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3266416.

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The Hell Series, Mad Horse Theater Company, 24 Mosher St., South Portland, “Deep As Hell,” May 22 & 23; “Hell & Other Adventures,” May 25 & 26; “Deep As Hell II: Wide As Hell,” June 1 & 2, all performances 7:30 p.m., $10 cash or check at the door. 

“Titanic: The Musical,” Portland Players, 420 Cottage Road, South Portland, 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; 2:30 p.m. Sundays to June 3, tickets at portlandplayers.org, 799-7337.

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Call  for Artists

“Waterways”: Artists wanted to speak out about the environment; deadline June 1 for show sponsored by Cathance River Education Alliance at Frontier Café in Brunswick from June 4-Aug. 6, entry forms at www.spindleworks.org.

Exhibits

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Morse High School Senior Logan Howard, Patten Free Library, 33 Summer St., Bath, through June 11.

“The Midcoast Show,” Mae’s Cafe, 160 Centre St., Bath, featuring Maine artist Diane Beem, to August.

“Garth Williams – Illustrator of the Century,” Curtis Memorial Library, Brunswick, including pieces from “Charlotte’s Web,” “Stuart Little” and “Little House on the Prairie,” through July 31.

“On a Different Wavelength: A Celebration of Color in Books,” Hawthorne-Longfellow Library at Bowdoin College, Brunswick, to June 4.

Film

Thursday 5/24

“Years of Living Dangerously: Safe Passage,” National Geographic film  and climate change discussion hosted by Citizens’ Climate Lobby Bath-Brunswick Chapter, 6:30- 7:45 p.m., Topsham Public Library, 25 Foreside Road. Free, all welcome. 

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Galleries

“Face Value: Portraits in Tapestry,” by Barbara Burns, Markings Gallery, 50 Front St., Bath, through June 30.

Friday 5/25

Centre St. Arts Gallery Art Reception, 5-7 p.m., 11 Centre St. Bath, new works by co-op members and guest artist Katharina Keoughan, to July 13, centrestartsgalleryllc.com.

Ongoing

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

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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.

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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.

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.

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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.

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.

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Widgeon Cove, 31 Widgeon Cove Lane, Harpswell. Paintings, sculpture, jewelry, handmade paper, widgeoncove.com.

Museums

Art from the Northern Plains, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, 245 Main St., Brunswick, historic and contemporary works by Native and non-Native artists, to July 8. 

“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.

“Second Sight: The Paradox of Vision in Contemporary Art,” Bowdoin College Museum of Art, 245 Main St., Brunswick, explores experiential, psychological, and metaphorical implications of the nonvisual in American art from the 1960s to today, through June 3.

“Solely for the Purposes of Art: Images from William Bradford’s 1869 Arctic Expedition,” Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum, Hubbard Hall, Bowdoin College Brunswick, to June 10.

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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.

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

Maine Maritime Museum, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. daily, 243 Washington St., Bath, 443-1316, 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.

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

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“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.

Music

Brunswick High School Spring Music Events: 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 30, Spring Choral Concert; 7 p.m. Friday, June 1, Spring Jazz Night, both free and open to the public.

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.

The Portland Players presents the epic producation “Titanic: The Musical,” 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2:30 p.m. Sundays through June 3 at 420 Cottage Road in South Portland.

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