• CLASSICAL MUSIC

FRIDAY

University of Maine Orchestra and Chamber Ensemble, Opera House at Boothbay Harbor. Free/donations. boothbayoperahouse.com. 7:30 p.m. (doors at 7 p.m.)

SATURDAY

USM Chamber Music Awards, students in the USM chamber music ensembles audition for a performance slot, University of Southern Maine (Corthell Concert Hall), Gorham. Free. 780-5555. 5 p.m.

MONDAY

Decompression Chamber Music Series, small classical ensembles play Mozart, One Longfellow Square, Portland. $12 at door; $10 in advance. 761-1757. 6 p.m.

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

TUESDAY

Noonday Concert with piano duo Bridget Convey and Chiharu Naruse, Bates College (Olin Arts Center), Lewiston. Free. 786-6135. 12:30 p.m.

• THEATER

“Halpern & Johnson,” dramedy story about two men who love the same woman, Portland Stage Company. $28 to $36. 774-0465. 2 and 7:30 p.m. today; 7:30 p.m. Friday; 4 and 8 p.m. Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday.

“Dark Follies,” vaudeville-style variety show, Lucid Stage, Portland. $12; $10 students and seniors. darkfollies.com. 8 p.m. Friday; 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday.

Maine Playwrights Festival, 10th annual short play event with works by 10 Maine playwrights, St. Lawrence Arts Center, Portland. $15; $12 students and seniors. 854-0065. acorn-productions.org. Schedule B, 7:30 p.m. today and 8 p.m. Saturday; Schedule A, 7:30 p.m. Friday and 5 p.m. Saturday. Through April 29.

“Winnie the Pooh,” features 11 young actors ages 9 to 17 from throughout Greater Portland, Children’s Museum and Theatre of Maine, Portland. $7, $8. 828-1234, Ext. 231. 4 p.m. today; 1 and 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Through May 1.

“Adventures with Peter Pan,” family-friendly play, Freeport Performing Arts Center. $5 to $10 adults; $25 family. 7:30 p.m. Friday, 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday.

“Kiss Me, Kate,” classic Cole Porter musical based on Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew,” Lyric Music Theater, South Portland. $19.99. 799-1421. 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Through May 7.

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

“Harvey,” classic comedy about a man and his invisible rabbit, University of Southern Maine (Russell Hall), Gorham. $8 to $15. 780-5151. 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 5 p.m. Sunday and Wednesday. Through May 1. 

• AUDITIONS

“The Tempest,” TA Players Alumni and Community Theater production, Thornton Academy, Saco. Call for appointment: 602-8143. 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday.

• ART MUSEUMS

CONTINUING

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

“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.

“The Bible Illuminated: R. Crumb’s Book of Genesis,” drawings, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick. bowdoin.edu. Through May 8.

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

Senior Exhibition, student works, Bates College (Museum of Art), Lewiston. 786-6158. Through May 28.

“First People: Mi’kmaq, 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.

“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. Through June 5.

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. Through June 11.

“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.

“Object of Devotion,” medieval alabaster sculpture from the Victoria and Albert Museum, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick. bowdoin.edu. Through June 26.

“Modernism at Bowdoin: American Paintings, 1900-1940,” Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick. bowdoin.edu. 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.

“Four in Maine: Drawings,” work by Mary Barnes, Emily Brown, John Moore and T. Allen Lawson, Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland. farnsworthmuseum.org. Through Sept. 11.

“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

Student Art, works by Lincoln Academy art students, River Arts, Damariscotta. 563-1507. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today and Friday.

CONTINUING

“As Above, So Below: One Woman’s Romance with Line, Language and Shadow” by Sarah Haskell, York Art Association Gallery. 363-4049. Through Saturday.

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

Members’ Exhibit, Harlow Gallery, Hallowell. harlowgallery.org. Through Saturday.

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

“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.

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

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

“Two From the Biennial,” Clint Fulkerson and Jon Edwards, plus “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.

BFA Students Exhibit, University of Southern Maine (Art Gallery), Gorham. 780-5008. Through May 6.

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

“Maine Photography Show,” juried exhibition, Boothbay Region Art Foundation Gallery, Boothbay Harbor. mainephotographyshow.com. 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.

“Frederick Lynch: New Work,” Icon Contemporary Art, Brunswick. 725-8157. Through May 14.

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

Current Student Work, Center for Furniture Craftsmanship, Rockport. woodschool.org. Through May 26.

“Slack Water: Photographs of the Portland Waterfront” by Mark Marchesi, Space Gallery, Portland. 828-5600. Through May 26.

“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.

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

“Logging in the Maine Woods Today,” photographs by Tonee Harbert, University of Southern Maine (Glickman Family Library), Portland. usm.maine.edu. Through May 29.

“Pop-ups! They’re Not JUST for kids!,” pop-up books from the 1,800-volume Goralnick Collection, Bowdoin College (Hawthorne Longfellow Library), Brunswick. bowdoin.edu. Through June 4.

“Woodland Margins,” works by Barbara Bean, Georgetown Historical Society. georgetownhistoricalsociety.org. Through June 15.

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

“Gold, God, Guns and Girls,” gouache drawings by Kenny Cole, Monkitree, Gardiner. 512-4679. Through July 9.