• CLASSICAL MUSIC

TODAY

Noonday Concert with classical pianist Frank Glazer, First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church, Portland. Free. 775-3356. 12:15 p.m. 

FRIDAY

George Lopez, classical pianist, with the Esterhazy Quartet, Bowdoin College (Studzinski Recital Hall), Brunswick. Free. 798-4141. 7:30 p.m.

Elizabeth Dunaway Burnham Memorial Piano Festival: David Sherman’s evening of Russian and American music, Dunaway Center, Ogunquit. $12. 646-7055. 8 p.m. 

SATURDAY

The Time Machine, song, dance, and instrumental music from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, University of Maine (Nordica Auditorium), Farmington. $10; free under age 16. artsinstitute.org. 7:30 p.m.

“An Evening of Chamber Music” with the Portland Chamber Music Festival, Congregation Bet Ha’am, South Portland. $25 at door; free for ages 21 and under. pcmf.org. 8 p.m.

Jean-Francois Latour, classical pianist performs works by Brahms, Schubert and Ravel, Franco-American Heritage Center, Lewiston. $14, $16; free for students. 689-2000. francocenter.org. 7:30 p.m.

Portland Symphony Orchestra Pops: “Elvis Lives!”, music of Elvis Presley, Merrill Auditorium, Portland. $18 to $58.50. porttix.com. 7:30 p.m. Saturday; 2:30 p.m. Sunday.

Elizabeth Dunaway Burnham Memorial Piano Festival: Leslie Hitelman performs Schubert, Mozart, Bach and DeBussy; Dunaway Center, Ogunquit. $12. 646-7055. 8 p.m. 

SUNDAY

Bangor Symphony Orchestra, with the University of Maine Singers and Oratorio Society, University of Maine (Collins Center for the Arts), Orono. $18 to $42. bangorsymphony.org. “Hymns and Psalms,” 3 p.m.

Community Chorus at South Berwick: “Our Island Earth,” choral tribute, Marshwood High School, South Berwick. $8 in advance and for seniors and students (at the door); $10 at door for all others. 384-7059. ccsb-sing.org. 3 p.m.

Elizabeth Dunaway Burnham Memorial Piano Festival: student recital; Dunaway Center, Ogunquit. Free. 646-7055. 3 p.m. 

MONDAY

USM Flute Studio Ensemble, University of Southern Maine (Corthell Concert Hall), Gorham. Free. 780-5555. 7:30 p.m. 

WEDNESDAY

KinderKonzert, for ages 3 to 7, Poland Regional High School. $4. 773-6128. “Brass: Brought to You By the Letter ‘B’,” 9:15 and 10:15 a.m. 

• DANCE

“Sleeping Beauty,” by Maine State Ballet Theater, Falmouth. $15 to $20. 781-3587. 7 p.m. Friday; 2 and 7 p.m. Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday.

“Hollywood Dreams,” story of a young woman told through dance by Vivid Motion, St. Lawrence Arts Center, Portland. $5 to $12. vividmotion.org. 7:30 p.m. Friday; 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday.

“Elements,” blend of contemporary dance with art by Keigwin + Company, Bowdoin College (Pickard Theater), Brunswick. Free; tickets required. 725-3375. 7 p.m. Saturday.

“Around the World with Flat Stanley: The Case of the Red Shoes,” by Portland School of Ballet, Westbrook Performing Arts Center. $10; $5 for children. 772-9671. 11 a.m. Saturday.

“Loopdiver,” by Troika Ranch Dance Company, Bowdoin College (Wish Theater), Brunswick. Free; tickets required. 725-3663. 7 p.m. Wednesday. 

• THEATER

“Halpern & Johnson,” drama about two men who love the same woman, Portland Stage Company. $28 to $37. 774-0465. 7:30 p.m. today, Friday and Wednesday; 4 and 8 p.m. Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday. Through April 24.

“Brendan,” Maine premiere by AIRE (American Irish Repertory Ensemble), Portland Stage Company (Studio Theater), Portland. $15 to $20. 799-5327. airetheater.com. 7:30 p.m. today, Friday and Wednesday; 8 p.m. Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday. Through April 16.

“Comedy Tonight,” three short plays: “The Actor’s Nightmare,” “The Problem” and “Degas C’est Moi,” St. Joseph’s College (Harold Alfond Center), Standish. $5 to $10 at the door only. sjcme.edu/alfond/center. 7:30 p.m. today to Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday.

“Into the Woods,” student production, Kennebunk High School. 967-0849. 7:30 p.m. today to Saturday.

“Killer Joe,” dark comedy for ages 18-plus (strong adult content, graphic violence and nudity), Space, Portland. 828-5600. $10 members; $12 non-members. 7:30 p.m. today. Through April 30.

“The Cuchulain Cycle,” by W.B. Yeats, Colby College (Strider Theater), Waterville. Call for prices: (800) 433-3243. 7:30 p.m. today to Saturday.

“Les Miserables,” classic play with live pit orchestra; not recommended for young children; Thornton Academy, Saco. $6 to $8. 282-3361. 7 p.m. today to Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday.

“H.M.S. Pinafore,” Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic operetta by the University of Southern Maine’s Opera Workshop and Chorale, University of Southern Maine (Corthell Concert Hall), Gorham. $5 to $10. 780-5555. 8 p.m. Friday; 2 p.m. Sunday.

“Alice in Wonderland,” classic children’s tale, Academy of Developing Artists of Maine, Biddeford. $6 to $10. 423-2027. 7 p.m. Friday; 6 p.m. Saturday (all tickets $6); 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Through April 16.

“Rowan and Martin’s Laugh In,” based on 1960s TV comedy, Schoolhouse Arts Center, Standish. $12 to $14. 642-3743. schoolhousearts.org. 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday. Through April 17.

“There is Nothing Like a Dame,” musical dinner theater with Kelly Caufield, Deb Hall and Laura Hurd Whited, Anthony’s Dinner Theater, Portland. $39.95 (includes dinner). 221-2267. 7 to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Through April 16.

“The Music Man,” classic musical, Gorham High School. $6 to $9. 222-1100. 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 2:30 p.m. Sunday.

“Lady,” the Magnificent Liars present a play about friendship impacted by 9/11, the war in Iraq and the nature of aging, Lucid Stage, Portland. lucidstage.com. $15 in advance; $18 at door. 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

“Pinocchio,” classic children’s tale, Windham Center Stage Theatre. $8, $10; $5 for children under 5. 893-2098. 7 p.m. Friday; 2:30 and 7 p.m. Saturday; 2:30 p.m. Sunday.

“The House of Bernarda Alba,” dramatic reading, Skidompha Library, Damariscotta. $9, $12; $5 for students. boxoffice@heartwoodtheater.org. 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 3 p.m. Sunday.

“Blood Brothers,” local music revue, Community Little Theatre, Auburn. 783-0958. 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday. Through April 17.

Staged Readings, part of the Maine Playwrights Festival of short plays, all ages; Acorn Studios, Westbrook. $8. 854-0065. “Commixtus,” 7:30 p.m. Saturday.

“Louis’ Living Legend,” musical variety show for seniors by Louis Philippe and Birdie Googins (The Mardens Lady), Catherine McAuley High School, Portland. $10 to $15; reservations recommended, 773-0202. 2 p.m. Sunday.

“Ladies First,” actress Robin Lane presents history through the eyes of the nation’s First Ladies, OceanView, Falmouth. Free; reservations required. 781-4460. 1 p.m. Wednesday. 

• ART MUSEUMS

OPENINGS/RECEPTIONS

“2011 Portland Museum of Art Biennial,” showcases the best in today’s art world by artists associated with Maine, Portland Museum of Art. portlandmuseum.org. Opens today. Through June 5.

“Whose Art Is It?”, discussion about ownership of public art and the removal of the Maine Department of Labor mural, Portland Museum of Art. portlandmuseum.org. Noon to 1:30 p.m. Friday.

Spring Exhibit: “Shadow Play” (works by Brian Shure), sculpture by J.T. Gibson and hanging drawings by Nancy Murphy Spicer, University of Maine (Museum of Art), Bangor. 561-3350. Opens Friday. Through June 11.

Senior Exhibition, student works, Bates College (Museum of Art), Lewiston. 786-6158. Reception, 6 to 8 p.m. Friday. Through May 28.

CONTINUING

“Sailors’ Valentines: Celebrating the Revival of a Maritime Folk Art,” Kennebunkport Historical Society. 967-2751. kporthistory.org. Through April 14.

“Celebrate Student Art: RSU 23 Art Show,” Saco Museum and Dyer Library. 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. mainehistory.org. Through May 2.

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

“European Drawings,” portraits, figure studies, landscapes and architectural studies by various artists, Portland Museum of Art. portlandmuseum.org. Through May 22.

“First People: Miikmaq, Maliseet, Passamaquoddy,” exhibit of Native American history and culture, University of Maine (Acadian Archives), Fort Kent. umfk.maine.edu/archives/default.cfm. Through May 31.

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

“Joan Whitney Payson Collection,” works on loan from the Portland Museum of Art with pieces from the permanent collection, Colby College (Museum of Art), Waterville. Through June 12.

“Susan Hiller: The J Street Project,” photographs of places in Germany that still show evidence of Jewish inhabitants, Colby College (Museum of Art), Waterville. colby.edu. Through June 12.

“James Fitzgerald and The Elizabeth Howard,” paintings by Fitzgerald of the schooner Elizabeth Howard and its crew, Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland. farnsworthmuseum.org. Through June 26.

“Cold Waters, Cold War: The 20th Century Navy in Maine,” artifacts and photos of U.S.-Soviet naval operations, Maine Maritime Museum, Bath. 443-1316. Through Aug. 7.

“Learning is an Ornament: The History of Kennebunk’s Schools,” replica installations, historic images and more, Brick Store Museum, Kennebunk. brickstoremuseum.org. Through Sept. 6.

“Inspired by Buddhism: Ancient Art from the Permanent Collection,” objects from Cambodia, China, Tibet, Korea and Japan, Colby College (Museum of Art), Waterville. colby.edu. Through Oct. 2.

“Little Elegies: The Art of Nineteenth-Century Mourning,” paintings, texts and objects created to assuage grief and memorialize the dead, Colby College (Museum of Art), Waterville. colby.edu. Through Oct. 2.

“Alex Katz: Drawings,” ink and oil sketches and graphite drawings, Colby College (Museum of Art), Waterville. colby.edu. Through Oct. 2.

“Imagination Takes Shape: Canadian Inuit Art from the Robert and Judith Toll Collection,” Bowdoin College (Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum), Brunswick. bowdoin.edu/arctic-museum. Through Dec. 6. 

• ART GALLERIES

OPENINGS/RECEPTIONS

“Garden Elements,” garden sculpture, furnishings and other elements that personalize a landscape and enhance its natural beauty, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Boothbay. mainegardens.org. Reception, 5 to 7 p.m. today. Through June 30.

“Dunia Moja/One World: A Peregrine Press and Zanzibar Print Exchange,” prints will be available for purchase, Portland Public Library (Lewis Gallery). 871-1700. Reception, 5 to 8 p.m. Friday. Through May 28.

“A Matter of Perception,” juried exhibit of works by artists with disabilities, University of Southern Maine (Atrium Art Gallery), Lewiston. 753-6500. Reception, 6 to 8 p.m. Friday. Through May 24.

“Splendid Splashes,” annual spring show of abstract works, River Tree Arts, Kennebunk. 967-9120. Opens Friday. Through April 30.

L/A Arts’ Spring Festival, juried exhibit of items by Maine artisans, Hilton Garden Inn Auburn Riverwatch, Auburn. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. 

CONTINUING

“Think Spring!”, Maine Women in the Arts exhibit, Hallway Gallery, North Dam Mills, Biddeford. Through Saturday.

“Audition,” group exhibit, Aucocisco Galleries, Portland. 775-2222. Through Saturday.

“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. meca.edu. Through Sunday.

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

“Local Color,” works by Sally Loughridge, Prentiss Weiss, Kevin Mizner and Karen Dominguez-Brann; Bayview Gallery, Brunswick. 729-5500. Through April 16.

Ceramic Sculpture by Randy Fein, Unity College (Leonard R. Craig Art Gallery). 748-3131. Through April 16.

“Tom Hall: New Prints,” June Fitzpatrick Gallery, Portland. 772-1961. Through April 23.

Members’ Exhibit, Harlow Gallery, Hallowell. harlowgallery.org. Through April 23.

“Metallics: The Golden Age,” works by painter Jeanne O’Toole Hayman and potter Rick Boyd, Richard Boyd Gallery, Peaks Island. 712-1097. Through April 24.

“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.

The Maine Drawing Project, “Above and Below the Line,” Fryeburg Academy (Palmina F. and Stephen S. Pace Galleries of Art), Fryeburg. 935-9232. Through April 29.

“April Fools!” group exhibit, Addison Woolley Gallery, Portland. 450-8499. Through April 30.

“Two From the Biennial,” Clint Fulkerson and Jon Edwards and “Kate Russo: New Paintings,” Susan Maasch Fine Art, Portland. susanmaaschfineart.com. Through April 30.

“Wearable Art: Tunics, Jackets, and Vests,” Maine Fiberarts, Topsham. 721-0678. Through April 30.

“Hand, Voice & Vision: Thirty Years of Artists’ Books from Women’s Studio Workshop,” University of Southern Maine (Kate Cheney Chappell Center for Book Arts), Portland. 228-8014. Through April 30.

“A Collection of Photographs: Steven Langerman,” St. Lawrence Arts Center, Portland. 347-3075. Through April 30.

“Stuck: Collage, Montage, Decoupage, Assemblage,” group exhibit, Aarhus Gallery, Belfast. 338-0001. aarhusgallery.com. Through May 1.

“Photography,” works by advanced photography students at Yarmouth High School, 317 Main Street Community Music Center, Yarmouth. Through May 6.

“Max Ascrizzi: New Sculptures,” Perimeter Gallery, Belfast. 930-0464. Through May 8.

Oil Paintings by Norma Torti, Red Door Pottery Studio and Gallery Shop, Kittery. 439-5671. Through May 10.

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

“Cherished Spaces,” group exhibit, Haley Art Gallery, Kittery. 439-2669. Through May 28.

“Frozen in Time,” still life, L/A Arts Gallery 5, Lewiston. 782-7228. Through May 28.

“Come Spring!” and “14 Maine Modernists: Works on Paper,” Gleason Fine Art, Portland. gleasonfineart.com. Through May 28.