Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40 Page 41 Page 42 Page 43 Page 44 Page 45 Page 46 Page 47 Page 48 Page 49 Page 50 Page 51 Page 52 Page 53 Page 54 Page 55 Page 56 Page 57 Page 58 Page 59 Page 60 Page 61 Page 62 Page 63 Page 64 Page 65 Page 66 Page 67 Page 68 Page 69 Page 70 Page 71 Page 72 Page 73 Page 74 Page 75 Page 76 Page 77 Page 78 Page 79 Page 80 Page 81 Page 82 Page 83 Page 84 Page 85 Page 86 Page 87 Page 88 Page 89 Page 90 Page 91 Page 92 Page 93 Page 94 Page 95 Page 96 Page 97 Page 98 Page 99 Page 100Experience 14 p o r t l a n d monthly magazine courtesy photos BatesCollegeMuseumofArtpresentsPHANTOMPUNCH:ContemporaryArtfromSaudiArabiainLewiston,through March18,2017Pictured:AbdulnasserGharem,Ricochet,2015,rubberstampsandindustriallacquerpaintonplywood. Moon Hooch jazz it up at Port City Music Hall on NewYear’s Eve. Theater Children’s Museum & Theater of Maine, 142 Free St.Stage stories, daily.828-1234 kitetails.org City Theater in Bid- deford, 205 Main St.The Christmas Survival Guide, through Dec. 18. 282-0849 citytheater.org Maine State Ballet Theater, 348 U.S.Rte. 1, Falmouth.Tap,Tap,Jazz, Jan.14 & 21. 781-7672 mainestateballet.org Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St., Portland. The Victorian Nutcracker, Dec. 17-18 842-0800 porttix.com Ogunquit Playhouse, 10 Main St.,Ogunquit. Beauty and the Beast, through Dec.18; 656-5511 ogunquitplayhouse.org Portland Stage Com- pany, 25 Forest Ave.Play Me A Story, every Satur- day; A Christmas Carol, through Dec. 24. 774-0645 portlandstage.org Schoolhouse Arts Center, 16 Richville Rd., Standish.Miracle on 34th Street, through Dec. 28, 642-3743 schoolhouse- arts.org Williston-Immanuel United Church, 156 High Street, Portland. Amahl and the Night Visitors, the beloved opera by Gian Carlo Menotti, is a holi- day classic for the whole family. 775-2301. purple- pass.com/amahl16 Galleries Center for Maine Contemporary Arts, 21 Winter Street, Rockland.2016 Biennial, through Feb.5.701-5005 mcanow.org UNE Art Gallery, Bid- deford Campus,11 Hills Beach Rd.,Biddeford.A Gateless Garden: Quotes by Maine Women Writers, through Dec.16.221- 4499 une.edu/artgallery Bates College Museum of Art, Olin Arts Center, 75 Russell St. Mythol- ogy, through Dec. 23; PHANTOM PUNCH: Contemporary Art from Saudi Arabia in Lewiston, Maine, through Mar. 2017; Rona Pondick and Robert Feintuch: Heads, Hands, Feet; Sleeping, Holding, Dreaming, Dy- ing, through Mar. 2017. 786-6158 bates.edu/museum Bowdoin College Mu- seum of Art, 1 Bath Rd., Brunswick. Robert Frank: Sideways, through Jan. 29; Nineteenth Century Art and Artifacts, through Jun. 4. 725-3275 bowdoin. edu/art-museum Colby College Mu- seum of Art, 5600 Mayflower Hill Dr., Waterville.A Usable Past: American Folk Art at the Colby College Museum of Art,through Jan.8; In the Studio: Picasso’s Vollard Suite, through Feb.8; Rivane Neuenschwander: Zé Carioca e Amigos (Zé Carioca contra o goleiro Gastão),through Mar.18; 859-5600 colby.edu Farnsworth Art Mu- seum, 16 Museum St., Rockland.About Build- ings,through Jan.2017; American Treasures From the Farnsworth,through Oct.2017; Celebrating Maine,through Oct.2017. 596-6457 farnsworthmuseum.org First Friday Art Walk, downtown Portland.Visit local galleries,studios,and museums,Dec.2,Jan.6. artwalkmaine.org Greenhut Galleries, 146 Middle St, Portland. Holiday Show,Dec. 3-30; January Group Show,Jan.5-28. greenhutgalleries.me Maine College of Art,522 Congress St., Portland.Anguish curated by Cynthia Norse,through Jan.14. meca.edu/events Maine Historical Society, 489 Congress St., Portland. Designing Acadia: Maine’s National Park Experience,through Jan.14,2017; 774-1822 mainehistory.org Maine Maritime Mu- seum, 243 Washington St.,Bath.; Over East,an Artist’s Journal: Paintings by Robert Beck of the Contemporary Maritime Community,through Jan. 2017; Sea Change: Port- land on the Edge of the New North,through Jan. 2017.443-1316 maine- maritimemuseum.org Maine Jewish Museum, 267 Congress St., Port- land. First Friday Artwalk, Dec. 4, Jan. 6 mainejew- ishmuseum.org Portland Museum of Art, 7 Congress Sq.,Port- land. Unbound: Tim Rollins and K.O.S., Sep.16 – Dec. 31; The Art Books of Henri Matisse,through Dec. 31; Of Whales in Paint, through Dec.31.775-6148 portlandmuseum.org Music Blue, 650 Congress St., Portland.Acoustic Jam, Every Tues.; Irish Music Night; Comedy Night, ev- ery Mon.; Sorcha, Dec. 15; Starcrossed Loser, Dec. 16; Remembering Steve Gro- ver, Chris Klaxton & Gnarls Mingus, Dec. 17. ; Samuel James & Dana Gross, Dec. 22; Sassquatch, Dec. 23 117 774-4111. portcityblue.com Cross Insurance Arena, Set Your Holiday Schedule