Galleries
Abbe Museum, Bar Harbor. “Layers of Time” continues. Native American culture and history in Maine. 288-3519 or www.abbemuseum.org
Acadia National Park Museum, Bar Harbor. 288-3338.
Addison Wooley Gallery, 87 Market Street, Portland. Jim Kelly, Rebekah Younger,
Arunas Bukauskas in October. 450-8499 or www.addisonwooley.com
Art Gallery at UNE, Westbrook College Campus, University of New England, 716 Stevens Avenue, Portland. Scientific illustrations as well as the work of the Spencer Pond Group to November 9, Alice Spencer opens November 13. 797-7261 or www.une.edu/artgallery
Bates College Museum of Art, Lewiston. Stairway to Heaven: From Chinese Streets to Monuments and Skyscraper and Flourishing Folk: New England Decorated Works on Paper and Document Boxes to December 14. 786-6158 or www.bates.edu/museum.xml
Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Walker Art Building, Brunswick. Landscape Photography: Politics and Poetry to October 19, Lewis deSoto and Michael Mazur continue. 725-3275 or www.bowdoin.edu/art-museum/
Center for Maine Contemporary Art, 162 Russell Avenue, Rockport. Juried Exhibition to October 4, David Segre and Dennis Pinnette continue. 236-2875 or www.cmcanow.org
Colby College Museum of Art, Mayflower Hill, Waterville. Masterpieces of American Folk Art to October 19, Whistler’s Waterscapes: River, Sea, and Canal Views from the Lunder Collection to October 26, The Somali Bantu Experience: From East Africa to Maine to November 16, Realms of Faith: Medieval Art from the Walters Art Museum continues. 872-3228 or www.colby.edu/museum
Edward T Pollack Fine Arts, 25 Forest Avenue, Portland. Joseph Hirsch opens October 3. 699-2919 or www.edpollackfinearts.com
Eric Hopkins Gallery, North Haven Island. Visit the Eric Hopkins website, the artist at North Haven, 867-2229, or the year-round gallery in Rockland, 594-1996 or www.erichopkins.com
Farnsworth Museum of Art, Main Street, Rockland. Alex Katz and Friends to October 26, Folk Art continues, Louise Nevelson continues. 596-6457 or www.farnsworthmuseum.org
Filament Gallery, 181 Congress Street, Portland. Jill Dalton and Ernest Paterno. 774-0932 or www.filamentgallery.com
Fore Street Gallery, 372 Fore Street, Portland. Paul Black, Sylvia Dyers, Carlton Plummer. 874-8084 or www.forestreetgallery.com
Frost Gully Gallery, 1159 U.S. Route 1, Freeport.Thomas Crotty, Stephen Etnier, Laurence Sisson, Dahlov Ipcar, Janet C. Manyan. 865-4505 or www.frostgullygallery.com
Galeyrie Fine Art, 240 US Route 1, Falmouth. Gallery Artists’ Show. 781-3555.
Gleason Fine Art, 545 Congress Street, Portland, and 31 Townsend Avenue, Boothbay Harbor. Andrea J. Peters to November 4. James Fitzgerald, Charles Woodbury, Clarence Chatterton continue in Boothbay. 633-6849 or www.gleasonfineart.com
Greenhut Gallery, 146 Middle Street, Portland. Susan Barnes to November 1, Tom Paiment opens November 6. 772-2693, or www.greenhutgalleries.com
Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art, 522 Congress Street, Portland. Adriane Herman, Yumi Janiero Roth, Ling-wen Tsai, Yoonmi Nam to October 19, Third Annual Art Auction November 8, Artist Lecture Series to November 20. 775-3052 or www.meca.edu
Daniel Kany Gallery, 89 Exchange Street, Portland. Martin Kremer to November. 514-7475 or www.kany.net
Maine Historical Society Museum, 489 Congress Street, Portland. Art of the People: Folk Art in Maine continues. 774-1822 or www.mainehistory.org
Maine Maritime Museum, 243 Washington Street, Bath. A Shipyard in Maine: Percy & Small and the Great Schooners, A Maritime History of Maine. 443-1316 or www.bathmaine.com/programs.asp
Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad & Museum, 58 Fore Street, Portland. 828-0814 or www.mngrr.org
The Maine Women Writers Collection, Westbrook College Campus, University of New England, Stevens Avenue, Portland. Insight into the lives and writing of more than 500 Maine women authors. 797-7688, ext. 4324. www.une.edu
Messler Gallery at the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship, 25 Mill Street, Rockport. Juried Legacy of Talent: A Moser Reunion continues. 594-5611 or www.woodschool.org
The Museum of African Culture, 13 Brown Street, Portland. The African Humanities Gallery includes a collection of artifacts and stories of courage from 15 Sub-Saharan African cultures. 871-7188 or www.africantribalartmuseum.org
Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum, Hubbard Hall, Bowdoin College, Brunswick. Supplies Robert E. Peary took to the North Pole, and artifacts from Donald B. MacMillan’s arctic explorations. 725-3062
Portland Museum of Art, 7 Congress Square, Portland. Andre Kertez to November 16, American Menagerie to November 9, Landscapes from the Age of Impressionism continues. 773-ARTS, (800) 639-4067 or www.portlandmuseum.com
Seashore Trolley Museum, Log Cabin Road, Kennebunkport. Museum of mass transit vehicles. 967-2712
Susan Maasch Fine Art, 29 Forest Avenue, Portland. Ted Arnold and Kathleen Robbins October 3-31. 699-2966 or www.susanmaaschfineart.com
Tom Veilleux Gallery, 75 Market Street, Portland. William and Marguerite Zorach, William Glackens, Winslow Homer, Will Barnett. 828-0784 or www.tomveilleux.com
University of Maine Museum of Art, 40 Harlow Street, Bangor. Berenice Abbot, Marsden Hartley, Winslow Homer, Carl Sprinchorn, and Andrew Wyeth. 561-3350 or www.umma.umaine.edu
Whitney Art Works Projects, 45 York Street. Portland. Group Show to October 25, Jeff Badger opens October 29. 780-0700 or www.whitneyartworks.com
Wiscasset Bay Gallery, 67 Main Street, Wiscasset. Autumn Arrivals to October 24. 882-7682. 882-7682 or www.wiscassetbaygallery.com
Dance
Portland Ballet, Portland. Halloween Spooktacular October 26 at the John Ford Theater,
Portland High School. 842-0800 or www.portlandballet.org
Maine State Ballet , 348 US Route One, Falmouth. Can-Can Parisien October 17-25.
842-0800 or www.mainestateballet.org
Theater
Portland Players, South Portland. Five Women Wearing the Same Dress opens
November 7. www.portlandplayers.org
Portland Stage Company, Forest Avenue, Portland. Julius Caesar to October 19, Wait
Until Dark opens October 28. 774-0465 or www.portlandstage.com
The Public Theatre, Lisbon and Maple Streets, Lewiston. The Secrets of a Soccer Mom October 24-November 9. 781-2211 or www.thepublictheatre.org
St. Lawrence Arts Center, 76 Congress Street, Portland. Good Theater presents On Golden Pond to October 12, Stones in his Pockets opens October 30. 775-5568 or www.stlawrencearts.org
Music
Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle Street, Portland. The Black Crowes with special guest Howlin’ Rain October 15. 842-0800 or www.porttix.com and www.livenation.com
PCA Great Performances, Merrill Auditorium, Port.and. Chicago national tour October 17-18, Mozart’s The Magic Flute October 23, Philadanco November 13. 842-0800
or www.pcagreatperformances.org
Portland String Quartet, Woodfords Congregational Church, Woodford Street, Portland. Mendelssohn, Ermest Bloch, Amy Beach with Virginia Eskin on piano October 5, Rorodin, Haydn, Bloch with Paul Posnak on piano December 7. www.portlandstringquartet.org
Portland Symphony Orchestra, Merrill Auditorium, Portland. Opening Night Celebration with Robert Moody conducting October 7, Tribute to John Williams October 11-12, “Classical Travels” October 26. 842-0800m 842-0812 TTY or www.portlandsymphony.com
Don’t miss
Harvest Hill Farms Corn Maze, 125 Pigeon hill road, Mechanic Falls. The Pirate Treasure Adventure to November 2. 998-3592 or www.harvesthillfarms.com/events.html
Harvest on the Harbor, Ocean Gateway, 46 Commercial Street, Portland. Wineries and distillers from around the world, Maine’s celebrated fine-dining restaurants, celebrity chefs, wine dinners, cooking classes, wine-tasting classes, live and silent auctions, Maine farmers, producers, and artisans, October 23-25. www.harvestontheharbor.com
Maine Audubon, 20 Gisland Farm Road, Falmouth. Weekly birdwalks Thursday mornings, Yoga Mondays. 781-2330 or www.maineaudubon.org
Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance, 318 Glickman Family Library, University of Southern Maine, 314 Forest Ave, Portland. “Writers Read” the third Wednesday of each month.
Workshops in fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, children’s literature, and publishing. 386-1400 or www.mainewriters.org
Osher Map and Smith Center for Cartographic Education, 314 Forest Avenue, Portland. Original maps, atlases, geographies, and globes spanning the years 1475 to the present with 20,000 maps, as separate sheets or bound in more than 1,500 rare books and atlases. 780-4850 or www.usm.maine.edu/-maps
Portland Pottery and Metalsmithing Studio, 118 Washington Avenue, Portland. Offering pottery, jewelry making, sculpture and a wide assortment of classes and workshops. 772-4334 or www.portlandpottery.com
Portland Trails, One India Street, Portland. Urban land trust, dedicated to making Portland a more livable city by building trails that encourage walking and bicycling. 775-2411 or www.trails.org
University of Southern Maine Southworth Planetarium, 96 Falmouth Street, Portland. “Fires in the Sky, Images of the Infinite, in Search of New Worlds, Star Stealers, Rusty Rocket’s Last Blast, Mars Quest. 780-4749
or www.usm.maine.edu/planet/
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