• CLASSICAL MUSIC

Portland Conservatory of Music Noonday Concert, with Chiharu Naruse, piano, and Robert Dan, viola, First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church, Portland. Free. 775-3356. 12:15 p.m. Jan. 5.

• DANCE

Golden Gates Russian Music and Dance Company, Gould Performing Arts Series, Gould Academy (Bingham Auditorium), Bethel. $5 to $15. 824-3575. 7 p.m. Jan. 5.

• THEATER

Phyzkidz, family-friendly vaudeville show, Acorn Studios, Westbrook. $10 to $14. www.phyzgig.org. 11 a.m. today and Friday.

Phyzkidz, family-friendly vaudeville show, Space, Portland. $10 to $14. www.phyzgig.org. 2 p.m. today.

Phyzgig, vaudeville show, Portland Stage Company. $16 to $20. www.phyzgig.org. 7 p.m. today; 2 and 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

Phyzgig Burlesque Show, adults only, Portland Stage Company. $14; $12 students and seniors. www.phyzgig.org. 10 p.m. Friday.

“Forbidden Broadway,” musical roast of Broadway’s best, Freeport Factory Stage. Sold out. freeportfactory.com. 7 and 10 p.m. (New Year’s Eve party) Saturday.

• AUDITIONS

Southern Maine Children’s Chorus Open Auditions, for student singers in grades 12 and under, University of Southern Maine (Corthell Concert Hall), Gorham. 780-5003. 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday.

Musica de Filia Girls and Womens Choir, Musica de Filia Studio, Portland. musicadefilia.com. 6 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.

• ART MUSEUMS

OPENINGS/RECEPTIONS

Photographs by Sara Picard, still-life images in color, black and white, and sepia, Dyer Library, Saco. dyerlibrarysacomuseum.org. Opens Tuesday. Through Jan. 31.

CONTINUING

Portland Museum of Art: “Madeleine de Sinety: Photographs,” photos of everyday people and public events over a 40-year period, through Saturday; “The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection: Fifty Works for Maine, Part II,” work of various media and styles, through Jan. 29; “Gather Up the Fragments: The Andrews Shaker Collection,” Shaker furniture, printed works, visual art, tools, textiles, and small craft, through Feb. 5. portlandmuseum.org

University of New England Art Gallery, Portland: “Faces of War,” photo essay of soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan by Jerry Robinov, through Feb. 12. une.edu/artgallery/facesofwar.cfm

Maine Historical Society Museum/Longfellow House, Portland: “Having in Paris a Great Success,” French fashion from 1928 to 1936, through Saturday; “Dressing Up, Standing Out, Fitting In: Adornment & Identity in Maine,” artifacts reveal the way Mainers dressed from the 18th to 20th centuries, through May 27. mainehistory.org

Brick Store Museum, Kennebunk: “Barry: The Art Exhibition,” Edith Cleaves Barry’s paintings, sculpture and pen-and-ink drawings, through Jan. 9. 985-4802.

Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick: “Along the Yangzi River: Regional Culture of the Bronze Age from Hunan,” 60 bronze vessels and monumental bells cast in southern China between 1300 B.C.E. and 221 B.C.E., through Jan. 8; “Where Hath Fleeting Beauty Fled?”, selections of 19th- and 20th-century art, through Jan. 22; “After Atget: Todd Webb Photographs, New York and Paris,” street photography of Webb, through Jan. 29. bowdoin.edu

Maine Maritime Museum, Bath: “Port of Portland: A Ship-Shaped History,” a look at Portland’s past via the ships that sailed through the harbors, the city’s shipping and ship-building industries, and more, through Feb. 14. mainemaritimemuseum.org

Dyer Library/Saco Museum: “Let Heaven and Nature Sing: Seventh Annual Festival of Trees,” through Saturday. 283-3861.

Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland: Louise Nevelson, sculptures, through Saturday; Paul Caponigro, “The Hidden Presence of Places,” black-and-white photographs, through Jan. 15; “Beyond Rugs!”, rug-hooking textile art, through Feb. 5. 596-6457.

Penobscot Marine Museum, Searsport: “The Circus Comes to Town,” Bex Bros. Circus, miniature circus figures and more, through Jan. 29. penobscotmarinemuseum.org

Abbe Museum, Bar Harbor: “Twisted Path II: Contemporary American Art Informed by Tradition,” contemporary art show featuring native artists from the Northeast, through May; “Indians and Rusticators,” through December 2012. abbemuseum.org

UMaine Museum of Art, Bangor: Dominic Chavez: “The Global Lens,” photography exhibit; Carlo Pittore, “Studio Life,” paintings; and Abe Ajay, “Constructions,” wall-oriented relief sculptures, all through Friday. umma.umaine.edu

• ART GALLERIES

OPENINGS/RECEPTIONS

Barbara Wood Brookings: “Seasons of Life,” oils and watercolors, plus minimal abstract paintings by Michael Anthony Higgins, Bangor Public Library. 947-8336. Opens Monday. Through Jan. 31.

“Maine Photographers: Eyes on Asia,” 45 photos by eight photographers of China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, South Korea, Thailand and Vietnam, Addison Woolley Gallery, Portland. addisonwoolley.com. Opening reception, 5 to 8 p.m. Jan. 5. Through March 31.

Winter Show, paintings, sculptures, prints, photographs and mixed media presented by Ogunquit Art Association and York Library; York Public Library. 363-2818. Opens Jan. 5. Through March 3.

“L’Avventura: Chronicling Amy’s (mis) Adventures in Italia and Elsewhere,” text and images by Amy Miller, North Yarmouth Academy (Curtis Gallery), Yarmouth. 847-5423. Opens Jan. 5. Through Feb. 17.

CONTINUING

Rose Contemporary, Portland: “Enter Night,” multimedia, through Saturday. 780-0700.

Zero Station Art, Design and Framing, Portland: “New and Recent Photographs” by Thomas Birtwistle, Cole Caswell and Bryan Graf, through Feb. 1. zerostation.com

Coleman Burke Gallery at Port City Music Hall, Portland: “Bad Seed #3,” work by JT Gibson, through Jan. 25. colemanburke.com

Gleason Fine Art, Portland: “Eye Catchers,” artwork to please the eye and tickle the senses, through Jan. 30. 699-5599.

Harmon’s & Barton’s Gallery, Portland: “Bringing Art Home for the Holidays,” four craft artists in fiber, metal, wood and clay, through Saturday. 774-5948.

Green Hand Bookshop, Portland: “In the Forest by the Sea,” paintings by Jada Fitch, through Jan. 30. 450-6695.

Fore Street Gallery, Portland: “New Work,” paintings by Paul Black, through Jan. 7. 874-8084.

Greenhut Galleries, Portland: “Peace 2011,” paintings, drawings and sculptures, through Saturday. 772-2693.

Portland Public Library (Lewis Gallery): “Port of Portland: A Ship-Shaped History,” presented by Maine Maritime Museum, through Tuesday. maine.aiga.org

South Portland Public Library: “Seascapes,” photographic prints by photographer John Bald, through Jan. 28. southportlandlibrary.com

Thomas Memorial Library, Cape Elizabeth: “On the Way Home,” acrylic landscape and figure paintings by Patricia L. Ritzo, through Friday. 799-1720.

Falmouth Memorial Library: Neil Wyrick, “Colors of Maine,” paintings, through Friday. 781-2351.

The Royal Bean, Yarmouth: Artisans collective mixed-media show and sale, through Jan. 31. 846-7967.

317 Main Street Community Music Center, Yarmouth: Michele A. Caron, paintings in gouache, egg tempera and sign lettering enamels, through Jan. 13. 317mainst.org

Merrill Memorial Library, Yarmouth: “Maine Past and Present,” graphite drawings by Tony Lisa, through Jan. 8. yarmouthlibrary.org

Thos. Moser Showroom, Freeport: “Celebrate Women Artists in Maine,” group show of 20 artists, through Saturday. 865-4519.

Art Guild Gallery, Freeport: Fifteen local artists show and sell paintings, photos, glass and pottery, through Saturday. 865-3103

Gallery Framing, Brunswick: “Maine 10,” holiday art show, through Friday. 721-0766.

Coleman Burke Gallery (Fort Andross), Brunswick: “Multiples,” group exhibition with Mildred Johnson, George Mason and Isabelle Pelissier, through Feb. 1. colemanburke.com

Markings Gallery, Bath: Invitational ornament show; ornaments in glass, clay, wood, fiber and metals, through Saturday. markingsgallery.com

University of New England Campus Center, Biddeford: Charles Thompson, en plein air paintings celebrating nature, through Jan. 15. une.edu

York Public Library: “Courting the Muse,” watercolors by Ken Fellows, through Friday. 363-2818.

Snug Harbor Farm, Kennebunk: Second annual holiday art show, through Saturday. snugharborfarm.com

Kennebunk Free Library: YES Art Works Group Exhibit, through Saturday. 985-2173.

Red Door Pottery Studio, Kittery: “Focus on India,” photos by Lawrence Elbroch, through Feb. 1. 439-5671.

The Bakery, Damariscotta: Jean Kigel: “Kitchen Americana,” paintings, through Saturday. 563-2867.

Fryeburg Academy (Palmina F. and Stephen S. Pace Galleries of Art): “The Creche Collection,” unique creches from around the world, through Friday; “John Hultberg and Monhegan Island: The Man, the Place and His Dreams,” through Jan. 21. fryeburgacademy.org

Monkitree, Gardiner: “Beast in Show,” benefit for area animal organizations by artists Susan Mathias and Nancy McGinnis, through Jan. 16. 512-4679.

Center for Furniture Craftsmanship, Rockport: “Maine Wood 2012,” biennial juried exhibition of outstanding Maine woodworkers, through Feb. 3. woodschool.org

Archipelago, Rockland: “All Things Bright and Beautiful,” diverse works of four Maine artists, through March 16. 596-0701.

Carver Hill Gallery, Rockland: Diane Bowie Zaitlin, encaustic paintings, through Saturday. carverhillgallery.com

Art Space Gallery, Rockland: “A Tradition of Affordable Art,” winter show, through Saturday. artspacemaine.com

L/A Arts Gallery 5, Lewiston: “Precious Things,” multiple artists, through Jan. 7. 576-4805.

Harlow Gallery, Hallowell: Members’ invitational, through Jan. 14. 622-3813.

Finance Authority of Maine, Augusta: J. Donna Asmussen, watercolors and printmaking, through Jan. 6. famemaine.com

University of Maine (Blake Library), Fort Kent: “In the Material,” UMFK fall semester art students’ works in pastels, oils, acrylics and graphite, through Saturday. umfk.edu