February/March  2010

Music

Bay Chamber Concerts, Rockland, Rockport, and Camden. DBR and the New Clef Coalition, March 7; Curtis on Tour, March 20; and Jonathan Biss, April 10. 888-707-2770, 236-2823, or baychamberconcerts.org

Choral Art Society, Portland. At Merrill Auditorium: “Life, Death, Transfiguration,” with Portland Symphony Orchestra, March 9; and Mozart’s Requiem, with Portland Ballet, March 30. 828-0043 or choralart.org

Franco American Heritage Center, 46 Cedar Street, Lewiston. Duncan Cumming and the Capital Trio, February 27; Oratorio Chorale, February 28; Saint Mary Schola, March 19; Midcoast Symphony Orchestra, March 20; and St. John Vianney, April 10. 689-2000 or francoamericanheritage.org

Maine Center for the Arts, 5746 Collins Center for the Arts, Orono. Brooklyn Rider String Quartet, February 28; “Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny,” March 7; “An Evening of Chamber Music,” March 19; “Tao: The Martial Art of Drumming,” March 24, Classical Mystery Tour with the Bangor Symphony Orchestra, March 27; Cherryholmes, April 9; and “Mozart in Paris,” April 18. 581-1755 or collinscenterforthearts.com

Olin Arts Center, 75 Russell Street, Lewiston. Piano duo Keiko and Yukiko Sekino, February 23; Elizabeth Patches and Frank Glazer, “Schubert’s Winterreise,” February 28; Bates Dance Department, March 9; cellist Christopher Ray, March 6; cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras and pianist Alexandre Tharaud, March 10; Bates College Gamelan, March 13; Frank Glazer, “Beethoven Sonatas VII,” March 19; Bates College Orchestra, March 20; Richard McNeil, voice, March 21; Simon Hutchinson, March 25; Noonday Concert, Voice students of John Corrie, March 30 and April 6; Bates College Choir, April 2; Bates College Jazz Band, April 7; and Frank Glazer, “Beethoven Sonatas VIII,” April 9. 786-6135 or bates.edu

One Longfellow Square, 181 State Street, Portland. Robinella, February 16; Cliff Eberhardt, February 19; Johnny A, February 20; Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas, February 25; Jeffrey Foucault and Andy Friedman with Paul Curreri, February 26; Alash Ensemble Tuvan Throat Singers, February 27; Po’ Girl, March 3; Bill Morrissey and Mark Erelli, March 5; Iris DeMent, March 6; Solas, March 12; Firefall with Craig Bickhardt, March 18; Bob Franke, March 20; Portland Jazz Orchestra, March 25 and April 22; Loudon Wainwright III, March 26; Graham Parker, April 2; Peter Mulvey, April 8; and Ronnie Earl & the Broadcasters, April 10. 761-1757 or onelongfellowsquare.com

Port City Music Hall, 504 Congress Street, Portland. Jacob Augustine, March 2; Dreamosaic, March 16; Cyborg Trio, March 16; By Blood Alone, March 23; Ocean, March 23; and Coheed and Cambria with Earl Greyhound, March 28. 899-4990 or portcitymusichall.com

Portland Symphony Orchestra, Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle Street, Portland. “Chris Thile in Concert with the PSO!,” March 28; “Sounds and Light,” April 6; and “Play that Funky Music, PSO!,” April 24. 842-0800, 842-0812 TTY, or portlandsymphony.com

Stone Mountain Arts Center, 695 Dug Way Road, Brownfield. Paul Rishell and Annie Raines, February 20; David Bromberg Quartet, February 25; Tom Rush, February 26; Mindy Smith, February 27; Carol Noonan presents Bill Kirchen; Altan, March 10; Carolina Chocolate Drops, March 13; Terrance Simien and The Zydeco Experience, March 20; Nitty Gritty Dirt Band; March 25; Rhett Miller, March 26; Cheryl Wheeler, March 27; Suzanne Vega, March 28; John Gorka; April 2; Jay Ungar and Molly Mason, April 9; Ruthie Foster Trio, April 11; Cowboy Junkies, April 16; Parry Larkin, April 17; Jayme Stone with Yacouba Sissoko, April 18; Richie Havens, April 23; and Cherish the Ladies, April 24. 935-7292 or stonemountainartscenter.com

Theater

Acorn Productions, Dana Warp Mill, Westbrook. 2010 Maine Playwrights Festival, featuring three different schedules of plays in rotating repertory, brought to life by a professional production staff. At the St. Lawrence Arts Center, April 16 to May 1. 854-0065 or acorn-productions.org

Good Theater, at the St. Lawrence Arts Center, 76 Congress Street, Portland. “The Importance of Being Earnest,” March 4 to March 28. 885-5883 or goodtheater.com

Portland Stage Company, 25 Forest Avenue, Portland. Maine’s largest, fully professional non-profit theater, founded in 1974. ”The Real McGonagall,” to March 7; “Master Harold,” March 2 to March 21; and “Mary’s Wedding,” April 6 to 25. 774-0465 or portlandstage.org

The Portland Players, 420 Cottage Road, South Portland. Barefoot in the Park, March 12 to 28. 799-7337 or portlandplayers.org

The Theater Project, 14 School Street, Brunswick. “Macbeth,” March 12 to 21; and “Storytelling with Al Miller,” March 20. 729-8584 or theaterproject.com

Galleries

Abbe Museum, 26 Mount Desert Street, Bar Harbor. Ongoing: “Layers of Time;” “Sieur de Mont;” and “Online Wabanaki Timeline.” 288-3519 or abbemuseum.org

Addison Woolley Gallery at Studio 203A, the Bakery Building, 61 Pleasant Street, Portland. “Structures,” featuring Norm Proulx paintings and Arunas Bukauskas photographs, March 5 to 12, opening with a public reception on March 5, First Friday. 450-8499 or addisonwoolley.com

A Fine Thing: Edward T. Pollack Fine Arts, 29 Forest Avenue, Portland. ”Ghana: An African Portrait Revisited,” in collaboration with Addison Woolley Gallery and the Museum of African Culture, March 3 to 26, with a public reception on March 5. 699-2919 
or edpollackfinearts.com

Art Gallery at UNE, Westbrook College Campus, University of New England, 716 Stevens Avenue, Portland. ”Celebrating Women,” seven international festivals honoring women photographed by Paola Gianturco, March 8 to May 20. 221-4499 or www.une.edu/artgallery

Atrium Arts Gallery, University of Southern Maine, Lewiston-Auburn College, Lewiston. “The Inspired Hand IV,” to March 26, a biennial exhibition of work by members of the Maine Crafts Association with work in ceramics, metal, fiber, stone, wood, and mixed media. 753-6500 or usm.maine.edu/lac/art

Aucocisco Gallery, 89 Exchange Street, Portland. “Friends Show” to March 30; and “Grace DeGennaro: Indigo Series,” through April. 775-2222 or aucocisco.com

Bates College Museum of Art, Lewiston.” Joel M. Babb: The Process Revealed;” “Barry Nemett: Drawings from Italy;” and “Collection Project 4: Alumni Collections,” all to March 27. 786-6158 or bates.edu/museum.xml

Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Walker Art Building, Brunswick. “In Focus: Photographs from the Permanent Collection,” to March 14; “Basquiat/Warhol,” to April 4; and “Learning to Paint: American Artists and European Art, 1876-1893,” to May 16. 725-3275 or bowdoin.edu/art-museum

Farnsworth Museum of Art, 16 Main Street, Rockland. “Maine in America” features works by Gilbert Stuart, Thomas Sully, Thomas Eakins, Eastman Johnson, Fitz Hugh Lane, Frank Benson, Childe Hassam, and Maurice Prendergast. Exhibits include “Andrew Wyeth–Winter Exhibition” to April 1 and “Elegantly Attired: Victorian Apparel and Accessories in Coastal Maine,” to April 25. 596-6457 or farnsworthmuseum.org

Fore Street Gallery, 372 Fore Street, Portland. Gallery group show includes Paul Black, Sylvia Dyer, Claudette Gamache, and Stan Moeller. 874-8084 or forestreetgallery.com

Galeyrie Fine Art, 190 U.S. Route 1, Falmouth. Gallery artists show, new offerings from the Osher Map Collection and Falmouth Historical Society. Opening presentation of the 1932 Illustrated Map of Maine by Berta and Elmer Hader. 781-3555 or galeyrie.com

Greenhut Galleries, 146 Middle Street, Portland. Glenn Renell, “Clearings,” March 4 to 27, and Margaret Lawrence, April 1 to 24. 772-2693 or greenhutgalleries.com

Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art, 522 Congress Street, Portland. “Exchange,” featuring work by Caitlin Berrigan, Lewis Hyde, Max Gimblett, David Ross, and Deb Todd Wheeler, to April 11; and Visting Artists Lecture Series continues with Crystal Cawley, March 4, Johua Enck, March 16, and Deb Todd Wheeler, March 18. 775-3052, (800) 639-4808, or meca.edu

June Fitzpatrick Gallery, 122 High Street and 522 Congress Street, Portland. At Congress Street, “Group Exhibit: Paintings;” at High Street, “Charles DuBack: Collages from the 1950s.” 772-1961 (High Street), 699-5083 (Congress Street), or junefitzpatrickgallery.com

Maine Maritime Museum, 243 Washington Street, Bath. Current exhibits include ten acres of galleries and exhibits on 25 acres of waterfront, and “Some Burdensome: Big Ships, Big Cargoes,” to June 28. 443-1316 or mainemaritimemuseum.org

Maine State Museum, 83 State House Station, Augusta. “Maine Bounty: The People and Resources That Shaped Maine,” “12,000 Years in Maine,” “Made in Maine,” “Struggle for Identity,” and “Maine Gems.” 287-2301 or maine.gov/museum

Portland Museum of Art, 7 Congress Square, Portland. “Youth Art Month Exhibition,” to April 4; “Division and Discovery: Recent Work by Frederick Lynch,” to May 16; ”Modernism and Masquerade: Max Beckmann,” March 12 to May 23; and ”Objects of Wonder: Four Centuries of Still Life from the Norton Museum of Art,” to June 6. Jazz Breakfasts on Sundays continues to April 11 and Movies at the Museum, ongoing, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. 775-6148 or portlandmuseum.com or moviesatthemuseum.org

Salt Gallery, 561 Congress Street, Portland. “About Face,” Maine stories in writing, radio, and photography by Salt Fall 2009 graduates, to March 5. 761-0660 or salt.edu

University of Maine Museum of Art, 40 Harlow Street, Bangor. “Resonant Places: Paintings by Meg Chase,” “Simple Complexity: Installation and Works by Gerry Stecca,” “Burnt Cove: Watercolors of the Maine Landscape by Gerald Matthew Immonen,” and “Bio-Permutation: Sculptures by David Isenhour,” to April 3. 561-3350 or umma.umaine.edu

Wiscasset Bay Gallery, 67 Main Street, Wiscasset. “Gallery Selections,” contemporary New England art and recent selections, through April 1. 882-7682 or wiscassetbaygallery.com

Don’t Miss

Maine Festival of the Book, Abromson Center, University of Southern Maine, Portland. April 9: Opening night, with featured presenters Anita Shreve and Tess Gerritsen, and Youth Outreach in the Community with Jay Piscopo; April 10: Readings, book sales, signings, and author discussions with Neil Rolde, Trudy Price, Rhea Cote Robbins, Anne C. Heller, Debra Spark, Elizabeth Searle, Nicole Chaison, and more; and Annual Poetry Party, featuring a jazz trio, cocktail hour, spoken word performance, and poetry slam; April 11: “Longfellow’s Shorts,” a dramatic reading of selections from Debra Spark’s new novel Good for the Jews, at Portland Stage Company, 25A Forest Avenue. 871-9100 or info@mainereads.org

Maine Jewish Film Festival, Portland. Opening night party, Greenhut Gallery, 146 Middle Street, March 20, followed by Ajami at Nickelodeon Cinemas, 1 Temple Street (all films at this venue unless otherwise noted). March 21: Hey, Hey, It’s Esther Blueberger, Inside Hana’s Suitcase, A Matter of Size, and Disturbing the Universe. March 22: The Debt and Holy Land Hardball. March 23: Senior Free Luncheon and Matinee, Everybody’s Uncle Sam: The Life and Legacy of Sam L. Cohen and The Debt at Maine Historical Society, 489 Congress Street; Zrubavel and The Secrets. March 24: The Strangers and Canvasman; A Matter of Size at Bates College Olin Arts Center, Lewiston. March 25: HAG, Noodle, and Leaving the Fold. mjff.org

Book Readings

Borders Bookstore, 430 Gorham Road, South Portland. Joe Hill reads from Horns, March 9, 7 p.m.; Colin Sargent reads from Museum of Human Beings on April 24, 2 p.m. 775-6110 or borders.com/online/store/StoreDetailView_133

Lithgow Library, 45 Winthrop Street, Augusta. Colin Sargent reads from Museum of Human Beings on April 10, 10 a.m. 626-2415

Nonesuch Books, 50 Market Street, South Portland. Book signing with Colin Sargent, author of Museum of Human Beings, on April 3, 11 a.m. 799-2659

–Compiled By Diane Hudson