• CLASSICAL MUSIC

Portland Conservatory of Music Noonday Concert, with the Atlantic Chamber Ensemble, First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church, Portland. Free. 775-3356. 12:15 p.m. today.

Midcoast Symphony Orchestra, performs Shostakovich, Mahler, Dvorak and Dukas, Franco-American Heritage Center, Lewiston. $17; free for ages 18 and younger. midcoastsymphony.org. 7:30 p.m. Saturday.

Public Concert Series: The Rossini Club, soprano Elizabeth Harmon, pianist Susan Rudy, violinist Robert Lehmann and others play Schumann, Cathedral Church of St. Luke, Portland. $5 to $10; free for students. 797-8318. 3 p.m. Sunday.

Midcoast Symphony Orchestra, performs Shostakovich, Mahler, Dvorak and Dukas, Orion Performing Arts Center, Topsham. $17; free for ages 18 and younger. midcoastsymphony.org. 2:30 p.m. Sunday.

• DANCE

“Tap, Tap, Jazz!,” Maine State Ballet Theater, Falmouth. $15. mainestateballet.org. 4 and 7 p.m. Saturday.

• THEATER

“Mamma Mia!,” touring production of award-winning Broadway musical based on the music of ABBA, presented by Portland Ovations, Merrill Auditorium, Portland. $56 to $71 (Saturday’s shows are sold out). porttix.com. 8 p.m. today and Friday; 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday.

“Good Luck,” original play by Creative Trails, Lucid Stage, Portland. $8 to $10; $5 for Creative Trails families. lucidstage.com. 7 p.m. today.

Staged Reading of “Freud’s Last Session,” presented by Heartwood Theater, Skidompha Library, Damariscotta. $8; $5 for students. heartwoodtheater.org. 7 p.m. today.

Staged Reading of Mark Twain’s “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,” adaptation by Laura Eason, Stonington Opera House. $7, available at door. operahousearts.org. 7 p.m. today.

“Red, Black and GREEN: A Blues,” performer-activist Marc Bamuthi Joseph presents staged reading from multi-media piece, Bates College (Olin Arts Center), Lewiston. Free. 786-6135. 7 p.m. Friday.

“Peter Pan, The Musical,” presented by Arts in Motion Theater Company, Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center, Fryeburg. $12 (family 4-pack, $40). artsinmotiontheater.com. 7 p.m. Friday. Through Jan. 21.

“A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” Shakespeare play, Portland Players, South Portland. $20; $18 for seniors; $15 for students. portlandplayers.org. 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Through Jan. 29.

“The Moose in Me, the Moose in You,” one-woman comedy show starring Susan Poulin as Ida, Dunaway Center, Ogunquit. $12; $6 for students. 646-7055. 7 p.m. Saturday.

Reading of “Holiday” by Philip Barry, by the Play Reading Group, Bangor Public Library. Free. 947-8336. 5:30 p.m. Tuesday.

“Warriors Don’t Cry,” one-woman play by Dr. Melba Pattillo Beals presented by NAACP and Portland Ovations; Hannaford Hall, University of Southern Maine, Portland. $25; $10 for students. portlandovations.org. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.

• ART MUSEUMS

OPENINGS/RECEPTIONS

“Rugs All Marked Out: Biddeford’s Edward S. Frost,” celebration of 19th-century rug entrepreneur, plus “Hooked Rugs of Artists from the Maine Tin Pedlar,” Dyer Library/Saco Museum. 283-3861. Free public reception, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Friday. Through March 24.

“The Moment: Paintings by Michael De Brito,” “Lori Nix: The City,” “Brett Day Windham: I Put a Spell on You” and “George Terry: Because You’re Mine,” University of Maine Museum of Art, Bangor. umma.umaine.edu. Opens Friday. Through March 24.

“Making Faces: Photographic Portraits of Actors and Artists,” portfolios by Berenice Abbott and Robert Doisneau plus works by the artists profiled, Portland Museum of Art. portlandmuseum.org. Opens Saturday. Through March 12.

“Contemporary Maine Women Art Pioneers (Post WWII),” three-part exhibition focusing on Maine women artists, University of New England Art Gallery, Portland. Opens Saturday. Through Feb. 17. une.edu/artgallery/upcoming.cfm

“The Art of the Book,” focuses on the museum’s collection of rare 19th- and 20th-century books, Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland. Opens Saturday. Through April 1.

CONTINUING

Portland Museum of Art: “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: “Take to the Streets!,” photography exhibit examining American protest movements, through March 31; “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

Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick: “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: Photographs by Sara Picard, still-life images in color, black and white, and sepia, through Jan. 31. 283-3861.

Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland: Paul Caponigro, “The Hidden Presence of Places,” black-and-white photographs, through Sunday; “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

• ART GALLERIES

OPENINGS/RECEPTIONS

“Knox County Through Eastern’s Eye,” photos from the Penobscot Marine Museum’s collection, Camden Public Library. 236-3440. Opening reception, 6 to 8 p.m. today. Through Jan. 31.

Fourth Annual Juried Art Exhibit, Crooker Gallery, Topsham Public Library. 725-1727. Opening reception, 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday. Through Feb. 18.

Juried Student Exhibition, University of Southern Maine (Woodbury Campus Center), Portland. usm.maine.edu/gallery. Opens Tuesday. Through Jan. 19.

“Communique,” paintings by Belfast artist and gallery co-founder Freddy LaFage, Perimeter Gallery, Belfast. 338-0555. Opening reception, 6 to 8 p.m. Jan. 19.

CONTINUING

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

June Fitzpatrick Gallery at MECA, Portland: “MECA Painters 10 Years Later,” 10th annual exhibit by MECA painting majors 10 years after graduation, through Jan. 21. 772-1961.

Harmon’s & Barton’s Gallery, Portland: “Reflection, Revelation, Resolution,” dance images by painter Lori Austill and photographer Arthur Fink, through Jan. 31. 774-5948.

Rose Contemporary, Portland: “Genesis,” work by Lucinda Bliss, Rebecca Fitzgerald and Shoshannah White, through Jan. 31. 780-0700.

Addison Woolley Gallery, Portland: “Maine Photographers: Eyes on Asia,” 45 photos of China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, South Korea, Thailand and Vietnam, through March 31. 450-8499.

Portland Public Library (Lewis Gallery): “Around the House,” Center for Maine Contemporary Art exhibition featuring 17 Maine photographers, through Jan. 28. 236-2875.

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.

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

Greenhut Galleries, Portland: “Art Maine 2012,” works by several artists, through Jan. 28. 772-2693.

Blue, Portland: “Forgotten Transport,” photos of old abandoned vehicles by Jonathan M. Dunitz, through Jan. 31. portcityblue.com

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

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 Friday. 317mainst.org

Freeport Public Library: “More Than a Rap Sheet: The Real Stories of Incarcerated Women,” photographs and poems presented by Family Crisis Services, through Jan. 31. 865-3307.

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

Thornton Oaks, Brunswick: Brunswick High School art exhibit, through Feb. 3. 729-8033.

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

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

Fryeburg Academy (Palmina F. and Stephen S. Pace Galleries of Art): “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 Monday. 512-4679.

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

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