• CLASSICAL MUSIC

TODAY

Noonday concerts, presented by Portland Conservatory of Music and the church, First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church, Portland. Free. 775-3356. Chiharu Naruse, piano, Wren Saunders, bassoon and Kristen Finkbeiner, clarinet, 12:15 p.m.

FRIDAY

Masanobu Ikemiya and Gus La Casse, piano and violin, Hammond Hall, Winter Harbor. $7-$15; free for under age 12. 963-2569. 7 p.m.

SATURDAY

Bates Composers Society, Bates College (Olin Arts Center), Lewiston. Free; tickets required. www.bates.edu. 7:30 p.m.

Portland Symphony Orchestra Pops with Eileen Ivers and Immigrant Soul, Merrill Auditorium, Portland. $18-$58.50. www.porttix.com. 7:30 p.m. Saturday; 2:30 p.m. Sunday.

SUNDAY

Mendelssohn, Muir and More, with members of the Muir String Quartet and others, Rockport Opera House. $25-$45; $8 ages 18 and younger. www.baychamberconcerts.org. 4 p.m.

WEDNESDAY

Kinderkonzert, for ages 3 to 7, with members of the Portland Symphony Orchestra. Bates College (Olin Arts Center), Lewiston. $4 at door. 773-6128. “Strings: The Story of Abbie Burgess,” 9, 10 and 11 a.m.

• DANCE

Modern Dance Company, performance with choreography by students and faculty, Bates College (Schaeffer Theatre), Lewiston. Free. www.bates.edu. Noon Saturday and Sunday.

• THEATER

“Six Degrees of Separation,” Mad Horse Theater play that explores the premise that everyone is connected to everyone else by a chain of no more than six acquaintances. Lucid Stage, Portland. $20; $17 for students and seniors. 730-2389 or 899-3993; www.madhorse.com.
7:30 p.m. today and Friday; 8 p.m. Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday. Through Oct. 24.

“I’ll Be Back Before Midnight,” murder/mystery, Old Port Playhouse. $15-$22. 773-0333. 7 p.m. today; 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday. Through Oct. 24.

“The 39 Steps,” comedic spy thriller, Portland Stage Company. $14-$37. 774-0465. 7:30 p.m. today, Friday and Wednesday; 4 and 8 p.m. Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday. Through Oct. 24.

“Chicago,” musical starring Sally Struthers, Ogunquit Playhouse. $49-$67. 2:30 and 8 p.m. today and Wednesday; 8 p.m. Friday; 3:30 and 8:30 p.m. Saturday; 2 and 7 p.m. Sunday. Through Oct. 24.

“The Awesome ‘80s Prom,” interactive play presented by New Edge Entertainment, Big Easy, Portland. $10 at door. 7:30 p.m. today. Through Oct. 21.

“The Secret of Comedy,” bittersweet comedy by Acorn Studio Series, Acorn Productions, Westbrook. $10 adults; $8 for students and seniors. 854-0065. 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 5 p.m. Sunday. Through Oct. 24.

“Where Love Takes You,” World War II love story, Sanford Maine Stage, Springvale. 324-8227. 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday.

Play Me a Story, play reading series of children’s books by company actors followed by an acting workshop for children ages 4 to 10. Portland Stage Company. $15 each; $50 for series.  www.portlandstage.org. Readings of “Guji Guji” and “I, Crocodile,” 10:30 a.m. Saturday. Through Nov. 20.

• GALLERIES/MUSEUMS

OPENINGS/RECEPTIONS

“Islands and Sirens,” work by Tom Curry and Brian Mark, Thos. Moser Showroom, Freeport. www.thosmoser.com. Today to Wednesday.

“Cranberry Island and More,” paintings by Henry Finkelstein, June Fitzpatrick Gallery at MECA, Portland. 699-5083. Today to Oct. 23.

“Faces of Maine,” Maine Art Gallery, Wiscasset. www.maineartgallery.org. Today to Oct. 30.
June Dragoon, paintings, SugarWood Gallery, Farmington. www.sugarwoodgallery.com. Today to Oct. 31.

“Dance 2010,” dance photography by Arthur Fink, Arthur Fink Studio, Portland. www.arthurfinkphoto.com. Today to Oct. 29.

“On Site,” work by Sally McCorkle, University of Maine (Art Gallery), Farmington. 778-7002. Reception 5 to 7 p.m. today. Through Nov. 7.

“Photographing Maine: 10 Years Later, 2000-2009,” photography with work by more than 150 artists, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport. 236-2875. Today to Dec. 5.

“Drawing: Marks, Traces and Imprints,” group show, University of Maine (Charles Danforth Gallery), Augusta. Artist talk with Elizabeth Jabar at 1 p.m. Friday. Through Oct. 20.

Sandy Flint, photographs, Bowdoin College (David Saul Smith Union), Brunswick. 725-3201. Reception 5 to 8 p.m. Friday. Through Oct. 31.

Jeff Bye, Greenhut Galleries, Portland. 772-2693. Artist’s talk at 4 p.m. Friday. Through Oct. 30.

Fall exhibit, works by Todd Watts and Ilya Askinazi and from the museum’s collection. University of Maine (Museum of Art), Bangor. 561-3350. Friday to Dec. 30.

“Lalla Essaydi: Les Femmes du Maroc,” large-scale photographs adapted from Eugene Delacroix’s

“Les Femmes d’Algiers,” Bates College (Museum of Art), Lewiston. www.bates.edu. Reception and gallery talk, 3:30 p.m. Saturday. Through Dec. 17.

“Mesa to Sedona to Jerome,” paintings by Francine Schrock, Sandpiper Jewelry Gallery, South Portland. 767-8090. Saturday to Dec. 31.

Ted Wengren, paintings, Frost Gully Gallery, Freeport. Reception 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday. Through Nov. 12.

“Landmark Celebrates Creativity,” group show, Bridgton Community Center. 647-8396. Reception 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday. Through Nov. 19.

“Wally Reinhardt: Collaborations with Ovid,” paintings interpreting Ovid’s “Metamorphoses,” Bates College (Museum of Art), Lewiston. www.bates.edu. Artist talk at 6 p.m. Wednesday. Through Dec. 17.

ONGOING

“Colors of Hope,” group show, L/A Arts Gallery 5, Lewiston. Through Saturday.

“Sea of Faces,” work by Nicole Wolf, Elizabeth Moss Gallery, Falmouth. www.elizabethmossgalleries.com. Through Saturday.

Group show, paintings and sculpture, Yvette Torres Fine Art, Rockland. www.yvettetorresfineart.com. Through Sunday.

Hillary Hutton, handwoven rugs and blankets, Handmade Papers Gallery, Brooklin. Through Sunday.

Plein Air Show, Kittery Art Association, Kittery. Through Sunday.

Fall exhibitions, Barn Gallery, Ogunquit. www.barngallery.org. Through Monday.

“Inside the Box,” marine dioramas by Anne-Emmanuelle Marpeau, Penobscot Marine Museum, Searsport. Through Monday.

“Life of Millions of Years: The Ancient Egyptian Quest for Immortality,” photographs by Santha Faiia, Museum of African Culture, Portland. www.museumafricanculture.org. Through Oct. 15.

“Locations,” work by Jeff Kellar, Icon Contemporary Art, Brunswick. 725-8157. Through Oct. 16.

Group show, work by Nina Jerome, Sandy Wadlington and Jeffery Becton, Turtle Gallery, Deer Isle. 348-9977. Through Oct. 16.

“Sharon Lockhart: Lunch Break,” photographs of workers at Bath Iron Works, Colby College (Museum of Art), Waterville. www.colby.edu. Through Oct. 17.

Anna Hepler, large-scale installation and cyanotype prints, Portland Museum of Art. 775-6148. Through Oct. 17.

“Mind-bending with the Mundane,” works by Miller and Shellabarger, Alix Lamber, Andrew Raftery and Allison Smith examining marriage equality. Maine College of Art (Institute of Contemporary Art), Portland. www.meca.edu. Through Oct. 17.

“A Maine Harvest,” paintings by Joan W. Hooker, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Boothbay. 633-4333. Through Oct. 17.

“Clearing,” abstract landscapes by Jill Caldwell, Maine Farmland Trust Gallery, Belfast. 338-6575. Through Oct. 18.

“Some, Things, Curious,” drawings, paintings and installation by Kreh Mellick, Kimberly Convery, and Devon and Brendan Mullins. Space, Portland. www.space538.org. Through Oct. 22.

“Two by Two,” 2-inch by 2-inch photos and other works by Ali Goodwin, Drift Contemporary Art Gallery, Kittery. www.drift-gallery.com. Through Oct. 22.

“Karsh,” large-format and vintage silver gelatin prints by Yousuf Karsh, Haynes Galleries, Thomaston. www.haynesgalleries.com. Through Oct. 23.

Dozier Bell, paintings and drawings, Aucocisco Galleries, Portland. 775-2222. Through Oct. 23.

“Will Barnet: New York Drawings and Prints, the 1930s,” Colby College (Museum of Art), Waterville. www.colby.edu. Through Oct. 24.

“Earning Their Keep: Maine’s Windjammers,” multi-stage exhibit featuring historic photos, artifacts and more, Penobscot Marine Museum, Searsport. www.penobscotmarinemuseum.org. Through Oct. 24.

“Young Artist: Mature Art,” oil paintings and watercolors by Russel Whitten, York Public Library. www.york.lib.me.us. Through Oct. 26.

“Photography by Brenton Hamilton,” Susan Maasch Fine Art, Portland. www.susanmaaschfineart.com. Through Oct. 27.

“Visual Contemplations,” watercolors and oils by Cynthia Asherman, 317 Main St., Yarmouth.  Through Oct. 29.

“Landscapes,” work by Anthony Muench and Abbie Sewall, North Yarmouth Academy (Curtis Gallery), Yarmouth. www2.nya.org. Through Oct. 29.

“Raising White Boys in the South,” multimedia installation by Michael Dickins and Dawn Martin Dickins, Harlow Gallery, Hallowell. www.harlowgallery.org. Through Oct. 29.

“The Ambiguities: Selected Works,” graphite drawings and color saturated paintings from Thorpe Feidt’s series inspired by Herman Melville’s novel “Pierre: or, the Ambiguities,” University of Southern Maine (Area Gallery), Portland. Through Oct. 29.

Anna Sweeten and Alexandra Hart, Harbor Square Gallery and the Muir Garden for Contemporary Sculpture, Rockland. www.HarborSquareGallery.com. Through Oct. 30.

Christopher Cart and Shaune McCarthy, Harbor Square Gallery, Rockland. www.HarborSquare
Gallery.com. Through Oct. 30.

“Tourist Season,” work by John Vander, Gold/Smith Gallery, Boothbay Harbor. Through Oct. 30.

“Love Letters to an American Gothic,” paintings by Veronica Cross, Lajos Matolcsy Art Center, Norway. Through Oct. 30.

Group show, work by Ed Nadeau and others, Courthouse Gallery Fine Art, Ellsworth. 667-6611. Through Oct. 30.

“Jane Dahmen: Through the Trees,” and “Pleine Air Maine,” paintings by Brad Betts, Mitch Billis and Bjorn Bunquist. Gleason Fine Art, Portland. 699-5599. Through Oct. 30.

“How Long is Yesterday?” photographs of Ireland by Dan Dow; also oil paintings by Andrea van Voorst van Beest. Addison Woolley Gallery, Portland. www.addisonwoolley.com. Through Oct. 30.

“A Matter of Perception: An Exhibition by Artists with Disabilities,” Freeport Community Library. www.freeportlibrary.com. Through Oct. 30.

Melissa Burgess, photographs, Heron Point Gallery, Portland. www.HeronPointGallery.com. Through Oct. 30.

“The Warmth of Wood,” wood pieces by Ann Prescott, Karl Grose and Wayne Robbins, Markings Gallery, Bath. Through Oct. 31.

“Exposed: Rare Photographs of Life in Maine,” Maine Historical Society, Portland. Through Oct. 31.

“Collecting Winslow Homer,” Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville. 859-5600. Through Oct. 31.

“Argot of the Midway,” colored pencil on wood pieces by Justin Roig, running with scissors, Portland. 699-4242. Through Oct. 31.

“2010 Book Arts at Stone House Program,” work by students who participated in USM’s Book Arts program. University of Southern Maine (Glickman Family Library), Portland. 780-4270. Through Oct. 31.