CLASSICAL MUSIC

TODAY

Noonday Concert with Nicole Rabata, flute, and Chiharu Naruse, piano, First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church, Portland. Free. 775-3356. 12:15 p.m.

Rachmaninoff Choir performs Sergei Rachmaninoff’s “Vespers,” St. Patrick’s Church, Newcastle. $15; free for under age 18. 725-3347. www.rachchoir.org. 7:30 p.m. 

SUNDAY

Portland Rossini Club, St. Luke’s Cathedral, Portland. $10/donation; $5 seniors; free for students. 797-8318. 3 p.m.

Bangor Symphony Orchestra, University of Maine (Collins Center for the Arts), Orono. www.bangorsymphony.org. Young Musicians, 2 p.m.; Orchestral Showcase, 3 p.m. 

TUESDAY

Con Brio!, classical string trio, Lithgow Public Library, Augusta. Free. www.lithgow.lib.me.us. 6:30 p.m. 

DANCE

“Riverdance,” national touring production, Merrill Auditorium, Portland. $44 to $69. 842-0800. 8 p.m. Friday; 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday. 

THEATER

“The Center of Gravity,” comedy about what the Wright brothers would have tried if they hadn’t invented the first manned flying machine, Portland Stage Company. $16.50 to $37. portlandstage.com. 7:30 p.m. today, Friday, Tuesday and Wednesday; 4 and 8 p.m. Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday. Through March 20.

“Bedroom Farce,” comedy about four couples presented by Good Theater, St. Lawrence Arts Center, Portland. $15 to $25. www.goodtheater.com. 7:30 p.m. today to Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday; 7 p.m. Wednesday. Through April 3.

“Blue/Orange,” an incendiary tale of race, mental illness and a Darwinian power struggle presented by the Dramatic Repertory Company, Portland Stage Company (Studio Theater). $10 to $15. www.dramaticrep.org. 8 p.m. today to Saturday.

“The Late Henry Moss,” Maine premier of Sam Shepard drama by Mad Horse Theatre Company, Lucid Stage, Portland. $18 to $20. lucidstage.com. 7:30 p.m. today; 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday. Through March 27.

“Oleanna,” a student accuses a professor of sexual harassment, Bates College (Gannett Theater), Lewiston. Free. www.bates.edu. 7:30 p.m. today and Sunday; 2 p.m. Saturday.

“A Chorus Line,” classic drama about dancers competing for a spot in a Broadway chorus line, Portland Players, South Portland. $18 to $20; $15 for students. 799-7337. 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Through March 27.

“Triumph of Love,” musical comedy about a princess who falls in love with her assassin, University of Southern Maine (Russell Hall), Gorham. $10 to $21. 780-5151. 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 5 p.m. Sunday and Wednesday. Through March 20.

“The Shadow Box,” three terminally ill people confront their destinies, Old Port Playhouse, Portland. $15. 773-0333. oldportplayhouse.com. 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday. Through March 20.

“Mrs. Smith Goes to Washington,” one-woman play, University of Maine (Jewett Hall Auditorium), Augusta. $13; $5 students. 453-6004. 4 p.m.

“Edges,” Maine premier of musical about young adults facing age-old questions, City Theater, Biddeford. 282-0849. $20. www.citytheater.org. 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday. Through March 20.

“Shift,” a Young Company production, Theater Project, Brunswick. $12/donation. 729-8584. www.theaterproject.com. 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday. Through March 20.

“The Learned Ladies,” 1672 satire by Moliere, Bates College (Schaeffer Theatre), Lewiston. $3 to $6. 786-6161. 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday. Through March 20.

“Any One Of Us: Words from Prison,” examines the effects of domestic violence followed by panel discussion; adult content, for ages 16 and older; First Universalist Church, Auburn. $7. 783-0461. 7 p.m. Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday.

“A Tribute to Do-Wop,” dinner theater performance with The Juke Box Five, Anthony’s Dinner Theater, Portland. $39.95 (includes dinner). 221-2267. 7 p.m. Saturday. Through March 26.

“Grace and Glorie,” staged reading starring Jerry Day Mason and Leila Percy, Chocolate Church Arts Center, Bath. $10. 442-8455. 2 p.m. Sunday.

“Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Musical,” Kennedy Center Theater for Young Audiences on Tour production based on Mo Willems’ award-winning book; recommended for ages 4 and older; Merrill Auditorium, Portland. $10. www.porttix.com. 2 p.m.

“Grease,” national Broadway tour, University of Maine (Collins Center for the Arts), Orono. $57 to $62. www.collinscenterforthearts.com. 7 p.m. Tuesday.

“Alice in Wonderland,” drama club presentation, South Portland High School. $2 to $5. 7 p.m. Tuesday. Through March 17. 

AUDITIONS

“On Golden Pond,” Lincoln Theater, Damariscotta. 563-3424. 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. today; 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday; callbacks, noon to 2 p.m. Sunday.

“Annie” and “The Wiz,” Maine State Music Theatre, Brunswick. “Annie” parts are for girls ages 6 to 13 and adults; “The Wiz” needs African-American children ages 6 to 17 and adults; all parts must be able to act, sing and move or dance. By appointment only; contact Kathi Kacinski at 725-8760, Ext. 11. 2 to 6 p.m. Saturday.

Evening of One Act Plays, Gaslight Theater’s annual production, Harlow Gallery, Hallowell. 626-3698. 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday; 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Monday. 

MUSEUMS

CONTINUING

“Weston: Leaves of Grass,” Edward Weston’s black-and-white photographs based on Walt Whitman’s “Leaves of Grass,” Portland Museum of Art. 775-6148; www.portlandmuseum.org. Through Sunday.

“Characters,” ink drawings by faculty member Scott Reed, Colby College (Museum of Art), Waterville. www.colby.edu. Through March 20.

“Rackstraw Downes: Onsite Paintings, 1972-2008,” artist retrospective, Portland Museum of Art. 775-6148. Through March 20.

“Bound to Art: Illustrated Books from the Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library,” Bates College (Museum of Art), Lewiston. 786-6158. Through March 25.

“Dialogue: A Video Series,” artists’ videos rotate throughout the exhibit’s run, Bates College (Museum of Art), Lewiston. 786-6158. Through March 25.

“Selections from the Collection of the Ogunquit Museum of American Art,” modern and contemporary art, Bates College (Museum of Art), Lewiston. 786-6158. Through March 25.

Winter exhibits: “Fear and Play,” paintings by Jonathan Lux; “The Gesture Contained,” sculpture by Joshua Enck; and “New York, New York,” photographs from the museum’s collection; University of Maine (Museum of Art), Bangor. 561-3350. Through March 26.

“Strangers,” portraits by Natalia Martinez of contemporary South Africa, Museum of African Culture, Portland. 871-7188. Through March 30.

“The Wreck of the Nottingham Galley,” exhibit of items related to or recovered from the Nottingham Galley, Maine State Museum, Augusta. www.mainestatemuseum.org. Through March 31.

Youth Art Month exhibit, Portland Museum of Art. 775-6148. Through April 3.

“Aunt Lu: The Story of Princess Watahwaso,” photographs and objects, Abbe Museum, Bar Harbor. www.abbemuseum.org. Through April 4.

“Andrew Wyeth: Winter Exhibition,” paintings, Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland. www.farnsworthmuseum.org. Through April 3.

“Mind to Hand: Drawings from the Farnsworth,” Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland. www.farnsworthmuseum.org. Through April 3.

“Celebrate Student Art: RSU 23 Art Show,” Saco Museum and Dyer Library, Saco. 283-3861. Through April 22.

“Waldo County Through Eastern’s Eye,” black-and-white historic photographs from the Penobscot Marine Museum’s Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Co. collection, University of Maine (Hutchinson Center), Belfast. 548-2529. Through April 30.

“Arts, Artists, and Personalities in 1930s Maine,” Maine Historical Society, Portland. www.mainehistory.org. Through May 2.

“The Lay of the Land,” work from the museum’s permanent collection, Portland Museum of Art. 775-6148. Through May 8.

“Displaced Persons,” black-and-white photographs of World War II refugees by Clemens Kalischer, Colby College (Museum of Art), Waterville. www.colby.edu. Through June 12. 

ART GALLERIES

OPENINGS/RECEPTIONS

“Creative Conversations: Rethinking the Art Gallery in the Digital Age,” art discussion, Space Gallery, Portland. Free. www.space538.org. Panelists include Dan Kany of the Daniel Kany Gallery and art critic for the Maine Sunday Telegram, Bridget McAlonan of the Sylvia Kania Gallery and Andy Verzosa of Aucocisco. 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday.

“Young at Art,” work by elementary and middle school students, Harlow Gallery, Hallowell. www.harlowgallery.org. Opens Wednesday. Through March 26.

“Audition,” group exhibit, Aucocisco Galleries, Portland. 775-2222. Opens Wednesday. Through April 9.

CONTINUING

“44.4 Degrees North,” large map installation by cartographer Margot Carpenter, Perimeter Gallery, Belfast. Through Friday.

“Nothing Major,” student-run exhibition featuring work by undergraduates who have not yet declared a major, Maine College of Art, Portland. www.meca.edu. Through Friday.

“Fauna,” work by Angel Braestrup and Margaret Ryan, and “Newfoundland in Paint and Print,” work by Colin Barclay and Robert Aller; Elizabeth Moss Gallery, Falmouth. elizabethmossgalleries.com. Through Saturday.

“Corporeal,” works by Aaron T. Stephan and Katherine Bradford, Aucocisco Galleries, Portland. www.aucocisco.com. Through Saturday.

“Higher Forms of Art,” work by local high school students, Harlow Gallery, Hallowell. www.harlowgallery.org. Through Saturday.

“Color, Line, and Form: The Art of Abstraction,” L/A Arts Gallery 5, Lewiston. 782-7228. Through Saturday.

“Storytellers,” Greta Bank, Patrick Corrigan, Carl Haase, Adriane Herman, Charlie Hewitt, Lisa Pixley, Alex Rheault and David Wolfe use their skills to create art that tell stories; University of Southern Maine (Kate Cheney Chappell Center for Book Arts), Portland. Through Saturday.

“Maine’s Soul Survivors,” photographic portraits by Jack Montgomery, Maine Jewish Museum, Portland. 329-9854. Through Monday.

“HOLLER!” STIR Art Collective: Works by Spindleworks, Creative Trails and Yes Art Works, 158 Pickett Street Caf?South Portland. Through Monday.

City Employees and Families Art Show, fifth annual exhibit and awards of the National Arts Program, Portland City Hall. 874-8683. Through March 16.

Paula Dougherty, life and figure drawings, University of Maine (Art Gallery), Machias. 255-1279. Through March 18.

“Area Artists 2011,” group show with paintings, prints, drawings, photographs and works in clay, glass, fiber and mixed media; University of Southern Maine (Atrium Art Gallery), Lewiston. www.usm.maine.edu/lac/art. Through March 19.

“Maine Agriculture: Views from the Past,” photographs from 75 to 100 years ago of Maine’s agricultural industry, Maine Farmland Trust Gallery, Belfast. www.mainefarmlandtrust.org. Through March 21.

Student Art Exhibition, works by Greely High School and North Yarmouth Academy, 317 Main Street Community Music Center, Yarmouth. Through March 25.

“March Forth,” selected Maine art, Greenhut Galleries, Portland. 772-2693. Through March 25.

“Burn the Lot,” print show by Cannonball Press, Space Gallery, Portland. www.space538.org. Through March 26.

“Journeys to the Interior,” paintings by Robert Nason, Addison Woolley Gallery, Portland. 450-8499. www.addisonwoolley.com. Through March 26.

Southern Maine Clay Guild Pottery Show and Sale, York Art Association, York Harbor. 363-4049. Through March 26.

“A Conference of Birds II,” work by Scott Kelley, Jeff Barrett, Andreas von Huene and others, Gleason Fine Art, Portland. www.gleasonfineart.com. Through March 26.

“44N 69W: Radius Belfast,” Aarhus Gallery, Belfast. 338-0001. Through March 27.

“The Colors of Winter,” works by Spindleworks artists, Thornton Oaks, Brunswick. www.thorntonoaks.com. Through March 29.

“Aerial Views of the Maine Coast in Wax,” by encaustic artist Rick Green, Maine Charitable Mechanics Library, Portland. 773-8396. Through March 30.

“Bio-Geo Luminescence,” drawings by Josh Dallaire, Daunis Fine Jewelry, Portland. 773-6011. Through March 31.

“Hardware,” black-and-white analog photography by Wayne Frederick, The Green Hand Bookshop, Portland. 450-6695. Through March 31.

“Spring Light,” hand-blown glass by Terrill and Charlie Jenkins of Tandem Glass in Dresden, Markings Gallery, Bath. 443-1499. Through March 31.

Faculty exhibit, works by Stephen Burt and Sarah Gorham, University of New England (Campus Center), Biddeford. www.une.edu. Through March 31.

“Pop-ups! They’re not JUST for kids!,” pop-up books from the 1,800-volume Goralnick Collection, Bowdoin College (Hawthorne Longfellow Library), Brunswick. www.bowdoin.edu. Through April 1.

“The Jar Project,” installation of 60 art-filled jars made by 60 artists with connections to Maine, Whitney Art Works, Portland. www.jarproject.net. Limited dates through April 2.

“The Feathered Hand,” installations, drawings and prints by Alison Derby Hildreth, University of New England (Art Gallery), Portland. Through April 3.

“Think Spring!”, Maine Women in the Arts exhibit, Hallway Gallery, North Dam Mill, Biddeford. Through April 9.

“Fracturing the Burning Glass: Between Mirror and Meaning,” work by Gwenael Belanger, Susan Leopold, Daniel Rozin and Alyson Shotz, Maine College of Art (Institute of Contemporary Art), Portland. www.meca.edu. Through April 10.

“Jerry Day Mason: A Backwards Look,” retrospective of works by Maine artist, Chocolate Church Arts Center (Gallery), Bath. 442-8455. Through April 16.

“The Orb and the Octopus,” black-and-white drawings by Amy Ray and John Jennison, University of Southern Maine (Area Gallery), Portland. 780-5008. Through April 28.

“Celebrate Artists from Freeport,” group show, Thos. Moser Showroom, Freeport. www.thosmoser.com. Through May 14.