Greater Portland

Auditions

“Mesmerized,” Snowlion Rep in Portland is casting equity and non-equity singer-actors by appointment for the May production at Portland Ballet Studio Theater. Rehearsals begin April 1; staged May 3-12, www.snowlionrep.org.

Exhibits

Gentleman & Scholar Comics, Freeport Community Library, 10 Library Drive, interactive exhibit by illustrators Jim Couture of Yarmouth and Turner Huston of Topsham, through September.

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

Ongoing

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

Film

Sunday 9/16

“Black Mother,” 7 p.m., Space Gallery, 538 Congress St., Portland, + Q&A with filmmaker Khalik Allah, $8, 828-5600, www.khalikallah.com/black-mother-1.

Thursday 9/20

“Dirtbag,” 7 p.m., Yarmouth History Center, 118 East Elm St., documentary about influential mountaineer Fred Beckey, free and open to the public.

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.

Portland Museum of Art: Member Appreciation Weekend, Sept. 14-16, tours, family-friendly events, giveaways, screening of “Loving Vincent,” www.portlandmuseum.org.

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

Music

Waking Windows Portland, Sept. 21-22, 100+ bands, authors, artists, DJs, comedians, and thinkers, 12 special events, 18 venues throughout Bayside and Congress Street, https://wakingwindowsportland.com/.

Thursday 9/13

The Magpie Salute, 8 p.m., Aura, 121 Center St., Portland, former members of The Black Crowes, $25+, https://auramaine.com/events/18-magpie-salute.

Friday 9/14

Coffee House Featuring Rob Emple, 6:30-9 p.m., Falmouth Congregational Church UCC, 267 Falmouth Road, free, family-friendly.

Blues Prophets w/ The Blues Kats and Swing Kings, 8 p.m., Portland House of Music and Events, 25 Temple St., $10, $15/day of, www.portlandhouseofmusic.com.

Funk To Make Your Mondays Do Good with Gina & The Red-Eye Flight Crew, 8:30 p.m. Mondays to Sept. 24, Portland House of Music, 25 Temple St., $5/door.

“Sounds of China,” USM Faculty Concert Series, 8 p.m., Hannaford Hall, Portland Campus, tickets at www.usm.maine.edu/music/boxoffice, 780-5555.

Italian Music of the Middle-to-Late Baroque Period, 7 p.m., Scarborough Public Library, 48 Gorham Road, free and open to the public.

Saturday 9/15

The Ghosts of Johnson City, 8 p.m., Mayo Street Arts, Portland, storytelling music drawn from Civil War songs, coal-mining melodies, murder ballads from the American South, $12, www.brownpapertickets.com.

Sunday 9/16

Trampled by Turtles,  8 p.m., State Theatre, 609 Congress St., Portland, $25/$30, 800-745-3000, www.statetheatreportland.com.

Monday 9/17

“Celtic Harvest Celebration” with Celtic Bard Kate Chadbourne, 7-9 p.m., Bull Feeney’s, 375 Fore St., Portland, by donation.

Friday 9/21

Jonathan Edwards, 8 p.m., One Longfellow Square, Portland, $35-$40, all ages, www.onelongfellowsquare.com.

Ongoing

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

Irish Music Sessions: 6-8 p.m., Mondays, O’Reilly’s Cure, Route 1, Scarborough.

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

“I’ll Be Back Before Midnight,” Freeport Performing Arts Center, 30 Holbrook St., Fridays and Saturdays 7:30 p.m.; Sundays, 2 p.m. to Sept. 30. Tickets $12 online at https://fcponline.org/buy-tickets; $15 at the door.

Crowbait Club Presents King of Crows VI, St. Lawrence Arts, 76 Congress St., Munjoy Hill, to Sept. 16, 7:30 p.m., except 5 p.m. performance Sunday, original theater, $20.

“Hold onto Your Hat!,” Portland Ballet Studio Theater, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 20-22; 2 p.m. Sept. 23, one-woman show, written and performed by Andrea Itkin, $20/adults, $10/students, everymanrep.org, 236-0173.

“The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” Sept. 14-30, Lyric Music Theater, South Portland, $19/$23, 799-1421, ticketslyric@gmail.com.

Mid-Coast

Exhibits

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

“Souvenirs,” watercolors and oils by Frances Pratt Caswell, Thornton Oaks, 25 Thornton Way, Brunswick, to Sept. 28.

Galleries

“The Year Of The Bird,” woodcarver Wayne Robbins, Markings Gallery, 50 Front St., Bath, to Sept. 30.

“Summer Gathering,” ICON Contemporary Art, 19 Mason St., Brunswick, sculptures, drawings and paintings of 18 artists, to Sept. 29.

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

“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 9/18

Curator’s Tour: “Winslow Homer and the Camera,” noon, Bowdoin Museum of Art, free and open to the public.

Saturday 9/22

Family Saturday, 10 -11 a.m., Bowdoin College Museum of Art, free and open to the public.

Harriet Beecher Stowe House, 9:30-5 p.m., 63 Federal St., Brunswick, free admission for two through smithsonianmag.com/museumday.

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.

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, admission charged, closes for the season Nov. 12.

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.

Music

Friday 9/14

Second Friday Brunswick, 4-7 p.m., more than 10 outdoor performances and over 30 artist displays in downtown galleries, retail shops, restaurants.

Novel Jazz Septet,  8 p.m., Frontier Cafe, Fort Andross, Brunswick, music of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn, $18/$20, www.explorefrontier.com.

Friday 9/21

Martin Swinger, Side Door Coffee House, Unitarian Universalist Church, 1 Middle St., Brunswick, open mic sign up 6:45 p.m.; feature performer 8:30, 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

“Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,” Chocolate Church Arts, 804 Washington St., Bath, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 14-15; 2 p.m. Sept. 16, $12/$15, www.chocolatechurcharts.org. 

Friday 9/21

“Chris Lengyel: Nothing Up My Sleeves,” 7 p.m., illusionist/magician, The Orion Performing Arts Center, 66 Republic Ave., Topsham, $10/$15, www.orionperformingartscenter.org.

“Sounds of China” is the opening concert of the 2018-19 Faculty Concert Series at the University of Southern Maine School of Music, and will be performed at 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 14 in Abromson Community Education Center on the Portland campus.

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