• CLASSICAL MUSIC

Gary Sperl, clarinetist, University of Southern Maine (Corthell Concert Hall), Gorham. $15; $10 for seniors; $5 for students. 780-5555. 7:30 p.m. Thursday.

Bernhard Vit and Alexander Pfeifer, German organ and trumpet duo, Christ Church, Kennebunk. $10; $7 for seniors and children. christchurchkennebunk.org. 7 p.m. Friday.

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, music by Bruch, Brahms and Dohn Nyi, Bates College (Olin Arts Center), Lewiston. $10 to $15; free tickets available for first 100 seniors or students. batestickets.com. 7:30 p.m. Saturday.

DaPonte String Quartet: “Leaf Peeper Concert,” performances of Franz Josef Haydn Quartet in D Major, Op. 64, No. 5: “The Lark,” Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Boothbay. $25; free for those under age 21. mainegardens.org. 2:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

Bay Chamber Fall Foliage Chamber Music Concert, works by Mozart, Kodaly and Dvorak, Rockport Opera House. Free/donation. baychamberconcerts.org. 4 p.m. Sunday.

Portland Symphony Orchestra: “Fanfare for a New Season,” season opener featuring works by Bates, Tchaikovsky and Copland, Merrill Auditorium, Portland. $26 to $64. porttix.com. 2:30 p.m. Sunday; 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.

• DANCE

“Can-Can Parisien,” comic ballet, Maine State Ballet Theater, Falmouth. $15 to $20; $2 discount for seniors and children. mainestateballet.org. 1 and 4 p.m. Saturday. Through Oct. 13.

“Tensile Involvement,” diverse repertoire by Bates College dancers, Bates College (Schaeffer Theatre), Lewiston. Free. 786-8294. Noon Saturday and Sunday.

• THEATER

“Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story,” musical celebration of rock legend, Ogunquit Playhouse. $39 to $74. ogunquitplayhouse.org. 2:30 and 8 p.m. Thursday; 8 p.m. Friday; 3:30 and 8:30 p.m. Saturday; 2 and 7 p.m. Sunday.

“The Sisters Rosenweig,” family dramedy, Portland Stage Company. $34 to $44; discounts available. portlandstage.org. 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday; 4 and 8 p.m. Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday; 7:30 p.m. Wednesday and Oct. 11. Through Oct. 21.

“Faith Healer,” drama by Irish playwright Brian Friel about a traveling faith healer presented by AIRE (American Irish Repertory Ensemble), Portland Stage Company (Studio Theater). $20; $18 for seniors and students; $15 on Wednesdays and Thursdays; $10 on Oct. 4. airetheater.com. 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday; 8 p.m. Saturday; 3 p.m. Sunday; 7:30 p.m. Oct. 11. Through Oct. 21.

Backstage Playhouse Tours, 90-minute walking tours of historic theater; see costumes, backstage and dressing rooms; Ogunquit Playhouse. $10; $5 for 45-minute tours. ogunquitplayhouse.org. 10:30 and 11 a.m. Friday. Through Oct. 19.

“Anything Goes,” Cole Porter musical, Lyric Music Theater, South Portland. $21.99. lyricmusictheater.org. 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

“An Evening with Broadway Star Florence Lacey,” Good Theater presents performance by Broadway star who has performed in “The Grand Tour,” “Hello, Dolly!”, “Les Miserables” and “Evita,” St. Lawrence Arts Center, Portland. $30. goodtheater.com. 7:30 p.m. Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday.

“Twelfth Night,” presented by American Shakespeare Theater, College of the Atlantic (Gates Center), Bar Harbor. $10. 288-5015. 7 p.m. Sunday.

“Good People,” Good Theater presents Maine premiere of a drama set in south Boston that explores the differences between the haves and the have-nots, St. Lawrence Arts Center, Portland. $15 to $25. goodtheater.com. 7 p.m. Wednesday and Oct. 11. Through Nov. 4.

Cirque du Soleil: “Saltimbanco,” multi-media extravaganza of dancing, acrobats and theatrics, Cumberland County Civic Center, Portland. $35 to $100 for adults; $28 to $81 for children; discounts for seniors, students and members of military. theciviccenter.com. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday and Oct. 11. Through Oct. 14.

National Theatre in London Live in HD: “The Last of the Haussmans,” Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center, Fryeburg, $18; $15 for seniors; $10 for students. fryeburgacademy.org/pac. 2 p.m. Oct. 11; encore screening at 7 p.m.

National Theatre in London Live in HD: “The Last of the Haussmans,” Strand Theatre, Rockland. $23. rocklandstrand.com. 2 p.m. Oct. 11; encore screening at 7 p.m.

National Theatre in London Live in HD: “The Last of the Haussmans,” Lincoln Theater, Damariscotta. $15; $5 for ages 18 and under. atthelincoln.org. 2 p.m. Oct. 11; encore screening at 7 p.m.

• ART MUSEUMS

OPENINGS/RECEPTIONS

First Fridays at the Farnsworth, museum open for free, Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland. farnsworthmuseum.org/education. 5 to 8 p.m. Friday.

Alan Bray: “At The Edges,” paintings; Mayumi Sarai: “Ring Cycle,” carved wooden sculptures; and Susan Jane Belton: “What’s Yours,” oil on panel portraits; University of Maine (Museum of Art), Bangor. umma.umaine.edu. Opens Friday. Through Jan. 5.

“Between Past and Present: The Homer Studio Photographic Project,” contemporary photography made with a variety of historic processes, Portland Museum of Art. portlandmuseum.org. Opens Saturday. Through Feb. 17.

CONTINUING

Portland Museum of Art: “Art in Process,” high school art exhibition, and “Weatherbeaten: Winslow Homer and Maine,” works by Homer created at his Prouts Neck studio in conjunction with re-opening of restored studio for public tours, through Dec. 30; “The Portland Society of Art and Winslow Homer in Maine,” 50 watercolors and drawings examine the relationship between Homer, architect John Calvin Stevens and the Portland Society of Art, through Feb. 3. portlandmuseum.org

Maine Historical Society Museum/Longfellow House, Portland: “Wired!” explores the electrification of Maine during the 20th century, through May 26. mainehistory.org

Maine Museum of Photographic Arts, USM Glickman Library, Portland: Luc Demers, “Trace,” photographs, and Richard Veit, photographs, through Dec. 21. usm.maine.edu/library

Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick: William Wegman, “Hello Nature,” 30-year retrospective of artist’s work, through Oct. 21; “Making a Presence: F. Holland Day in Artistic Photography,” photographs by and of F. Holland Day (1864-1933), through Dec. 23. bowdoin.edu/art-museum

Pejepscot Historical Society Museum, Brunswick: “Promenade: A Walk in Style Through Pejepscot’s Past,” through Oct. 31. pejepscothistorical.org

Maine Maritime Museum, Bath: “Subdue, Seize and Take: Maritime Maine in the Unwelcome Interruption of the War of 1812,” examines the maritime world of pre-statehood Maine, through Oct. 12; “Sea Lives,” ocean-inspired sculpture by Sonja Weber Gilkey, through Oct. 21. mainemaritimemuseum.org

Dyer Library/Saco Museum: “The Moving Panorama of Pilgrim’s Progress,” Civil War-era panorama seen in its entirety for the first time in more than a century (also at Pepperell Mills in Biddeford), and “Then, Now and Always a Part of Saco: 250 Years of the First Parish Church,” photos and artifacts, through Nov. 10. dyerlibrarysacomuseum.org

Ogunquit Museum of American Art: Peggy Bacon: “Portrait of an Art Colony,” portraits; “Building an American Modernist Collection,” highlights from the permanent collection; Henry Strater: “Art of the Portrait,” collection of portraits; “Contemporary Works from the Permanent Collection,” lesser-known and seldom seen contemporary work; and “Carl Pittore and the Mail Art Movement,” art using mail products, through Oct. 31. ogunquitmuseum.org

Bates College Museum of Art, Lewiston: “Starstruck: The Fine Art of Astrophotography,” featuring 106 images by artists from 11 countries across five continents, through Dec. 15. bates.edu/museum/exhibitions

Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville: “Interior Visions: Selections from the Collection,” pieces from museum collection curated by Alex Katz, through Sunday; Alex Katz, “Maine/New York,” 28 paintings and one multi-part sculpture, through Dec. 30. colby.edu

Maine State Museum, Augusta: “Malaga Island: Fragmented Lives,” historic photographs, documents, artifacts and first-person accounts, through May. mainestatemuseum.org

Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland: “Impressionist Summers: Frank W. Benson’s North Haven,” paintings, lithographs and etchings, through Oct. 21; Andrew Wyeth: “Summers in Port Clyde,” watercolors from 1930s and ’40s, through Nov. 4; “Jamie Wyeth, Rockwell Kent and Monhegan,” paintings, through Dec. 30. farnsworthmuseum.org

Abbe Museum, Bar Harbor: 2012 Waponahki Student Art Show, through Oct. 22; “Indians and Rusticators” and “Transcending Traditions: The Next Generation and Maine Indian Basketry,” through Dec. 29. abbemuseum.org

• ART GALLERIES

OPENINGS/RECEPTIONS

John Whalley: “World of Wonders” and Nancy Morgan Barnes: New Work, Greenhut Galleries, Portland. greenhutgalleries.com. Opening reception, 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday. Through Oct. 27.

Mary Barnes: “Once Removed” and John Santoro: “Transitions,” Elizabeth Moss Gallery, Falmouth. elizabethmossgalleries.com. Opening reception, 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday. Through Nov. 4.

First Friday ArtWalk, galleries and museums open for free, downtown Portland. firstfridayartwalk.com. 5 to 8 p.m. Friday.

“Elegant Enigmas: The Art of Edward Gorey,” original illustrations, preparatory sketches, unpublished drawings and ephemera, Portland Public Library (Lewis Gallery). portlandlibrary.com. Opening reception with the DaPonte String Quartet, 5 to 8 p.m. Friday. Through Dec. 29.

“Rock, Canvas, Blow Torch,” Harmon’s & Barton’s Gallery, Portland. harmonsbartons.com. Opening reception, 5 to 8 p.m. Friday. Through Oct. 31.

“Fire Before Ice,” Constellation Gallery, Portland. constellationart.com. First Friday reception, 5 to 8 p.m. Friday. Through Oct. 24.

“Maine Masterworks,” works by James Fitzgerald, Charles Woodbury, William T. Richards, Emil Holzhauer and more, Gleason Fine Art, Portland. 699-5599. Opening reception, 5 to 8 p.m. Friday. Through Nov. 17.

Ronnie Wilson: “Dancing with Color” and Ruthy Sylmore: “Paris Walls re/con/figured,” Addison Woolley Gallery, Portland. addisonwoolley.com. Opening reception, 5 to 8 p.m. Friday. Through Oct. 27.

Michael Connor: “Chee is Twee,” graphite and watercolor drawings of diminutive creatures, The Green Hand Bookshop, Portland. 253-6808. Opening reception, 5 to 8 p.m. Friday. Through Oct. 31.

William Hessian and Abbeth Russell: “Masked Hornets and Other Oddities,” haunted paintings and warrior insects, Avesta Oak Street Lofts, Portland. 766-6204. Reception, 5 to 8 p.m. Friday.

Bob Santandrea, Jeanne O’Toole Hayman and Jay La Brie: Multi-Media Exhibit, Richard Boyd Gallery, Peaks Island. richardboydpottery.com. Opens Friday. Through Oct. 31.

Maine Women in the Arts: “Big & Small,” fall fine art show, Masonic Hall, Kennebunkport. mainewomenarts.com. Opening reception, 5 to 7 p.m. Friday. Through Sunday.

“CSA: Community Supporting Arts,” work of 14 artists who have partnered with central Maine farms, Harlow Gallery, Hallowell. harlowgallery.org. Opening reception, 5 to 8 p.m. Friday. Through Oct. 27.

“The Making of Music,” musical instruments and art inspired by music or musical instruments, Aarhus Gallery, Belfast. aarhusgallery.com. Opening reception, 5 to 8 p.m. Friday. Through Oct. 28.

Condon and Georgeann Kuhl: “Tuscany to Pompeii and Beyond,” Art Galleries at University of Maine — Machias. 255-1279. Opening reception, 5 to 7 p.m. Friday. Through Nov. 30.

“Eight Artists,” featuring Dianne Schelble, Laurie Goddard, Jon Kolkin, Diane Bowie Zaitlin, Adriance DeGroff, David Estey, America Martin and Megan Hinton, Carver Hill Gallery, Rockland. 594-7745. Opening reception, 5 to 8 p.m. Friday. Through Oct. 31.

John Wood, Hank Tyler, Kathleen Florance, Karl Gerstenberger and Keith Carver, multi-media, Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center, Rockland. maineseabirds.org. Opening reception, 5 to 8 p.m. Friday. Through Dec. 4.

Lissa Hunter and Simon van der Ven: “Escape Boundaries,” new work, CRAFT Gallery, Rockland. craftonelm.com. Opening reception, 5 to 7 p.m. Friday. Through Nov. 11.

“Off the Beaten Path,” multi-artist show focusing on Maine landscapes, Caldbeck Gallery, Rockland. caldbeck.com. Opening reception, 5 to 7 p.m. Friday. Through Nov. 3.

Amy Stacey Curtis: “SPACE,” interactive installation art, Winthrop Commerce Center. amystaceycurtis.com. Opening reception, 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday. Through Oct. 21.

“Falling for Color,” work by Martha Baum, Neil Myrick, Diana Johnson, Marcia Feller and Anne Tarbox, Yarmouth Frame Shop and Gallery. yarmouthframeshopandgallery.com. Opening reception, 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday. Through Dec. 8.

“Vanguard,” avant-garde, experimental and innovative works by nine Maine artists, University of New England (Art Gallery), Portland. une.edu/artgallery. Opens Oct. 11. Through Dec. 10.

CONTINUING

Greenhut Galleries, Portland: J. Thomas R. Higgins, “Paint and Perception: A Retrospective Exhibition,” through Wednesday. greenhutgalleries.com

Macpage LLC, South Portland: “Landscapes,” 20 local artists in various media, through Oct. 19. macpage.com

North Yarmouth Academy (Curtis Gallery), Yarmouth: Susan Myer Riley and Travis Roy, through Oct. 31. 847-5423.

Hawk Ridge Farm, Pownal: “Autumn,” sculpture by 26 New England artists, through Monday. junelacombesculpture.com

Coleman Burke Gallery (Fort Andross), Brunswick: Arlee Woodworth, “Paint,” through Friday. colemanburke.com

Icon Contemporary Art, Brunswick: Jeff Keller, “Prospect,” through Oct. 13. 725-8157.

Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Boothbay: “On the Wing,” sculpture exhibition and sale, through Monday. mainegardens.org

Gleason Fine Art, Boothbay Harbor: Philip Frey, “New Paintings,” through Oct. 13. 633-6849.

Gold/Smith Gallery, Boothbay Harbor: Laura Bianchi, Tuscan Realist painter, through Tuesday. 633-6252.

Pemaquid Art Gallery: Group show, through Monday. 677-2752.

Engine, Biddeford Arts, Biddeford: “The Vinyl Show,” group show of recycled vinyl records, through Oct. 20. feedtheengine.org

York Art Association, York Harbor: “Works on Paper,” through Sunday. yorkartassociation.com

Littlefield Gallery, Winter Harbor: Frederick Lynch and James Linehan, “Geometry Meets Nature,” through Oct. 15. littlefieldgallery.com

Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport: 2012 Biennial Exhibition, through Nov. 28. cmcanow.org

Lyceum Gallery, Lewiston: Meg Weston, “Lava Flows,” volcanic images and words, through Oct. 26. lyceumgallery.com

Turtle Gallery, Deer Isle: “Continuing Connections: New and Old — All Media,” orchard photographs by Michael Alpert, through Oct. 13. turtlegallery.com

Yvette Torres Fine Art, Rockland: John Urbain, “No Ideas But in Things,” through Oct. 14. 332-4014.