Strumming in the new year

Ellis Paul and his full band, along with several special guests, will welcome the new year Jan. 1 at Longfellow Square in Portland. Contributed / Tim Rice

Exhibits/Galleries

David Little, mixed media art, through Dec. 31, Merrill Memorial Library, Yarmouth.

“Home Fires: Freedom and Captivity,” University of New England Art Gallery, 716 Stevens Ave., Portland. Free, through Jan. 23, library.une.edu.

Maine Historical Society, 489 Congress St., Portland: “Sagadahoc County through the Eastern Eye: Selections from the Penobscot Marine Museum,” “Begin Again: reckoning with intolerance in Maine,” “Passing the time: artwork by World War II German Prisoners of War in Aroostook County,” through Dec. 31, mainehistory.org.

Peace and Joy, holiday show at Arts & Cultural Alliance of Freeport Meetinghouse Arts gallery, 40 Main St., through Dec. 30, freeportartsandculture.org.

“Re|Framing the Collection: New Considerations in European and American Art, 1475-1875,” Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, to Dec. 31, bowdoin.edu/art-museum.

“Through the Lens: Midcoast Maine,” Chocolate Church Arts Center, 804 Washington St., Bath, through Jan. 8.

Ongoing

Maine Art Collective, multimedia experience run by 14 Maine artists using media ranging from sculpture to jewelry, painting to photography. Maine Art Collective, 18 Exchange St. Portland.

Space Gallery, 538 Congress St., Portland. space538.org/exhibitions.

Film

Apohadion Theater, virtual screenings via theapohadiontheater.com.

Southworth Planetarium, 96 Falmouth St., Portland, usm.maine.edu/planet/location-and-hours.

Museums

Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick: “There is a Woman in Every Color,” examines the representation of Black women over the past two centuries, “Transformations: New Acquisitions of Global Contemporary Art,” both through Jan. 30.; “New Views of the Middle Ages: Highlights from the Wyvern Collection,” through Feb. 27, hours at bowdoin.edu/art-museum.

Portland Museum of Art: “Clifford Ross: Sightlines,” major survey of one of the world’s preeminent multimedia artists, masks required for all, through Jan. 9. portlandmuseum.org.

Victoria Mansion, 109 Danforth St., Portland. Open through Jan. 9, closed Mondays, Christmas and New Year’s Day. victoriamansion.org/christmas-at-victoria-mansion-2.

Ongoing

Maine Museum of Photographic Arts Antidote online at mainemuseumofphotographicarts.org/antidote.

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. by reservation, Bowdoin College, 255 Maine St., Brunswick, bowdoin.edu/arctic-museum.

Portland Museum of Art, Congress Street, portlandmuseum.org.

Music

Sunday 12/26

Home for the Holidays | Dimensions in Jazz, 8 p.m., Portland Conservatory of Music, 28 Neal St., Portland. $5-$25, portlandconservatoryofmusic.org.

Monday 12/27

Dar Williams w/ Crys Matthews, 8 p.m., One Longfellow Square, 181 State St., Portland, $45/$55 day of.

Start Making Sense – a Tribute To Talking Heads, 8 p.m., State Theatre, 609 Congress St, Portland. $20.

Thursday 12/30

Irish Night at the Eagles, 6:30 p.m., Portland Eagles, 184 St John St., Portland. Open to the public; sign in at the bar. bandsintown.com.

Friday 12/31

The Samples w/ SeepeopleS, 8 p.m., Bayside Bowl, 58 Alder St., Portland, bandsintown.com.

The Ghost Of Paul Revere, 8:30 p.m., State Theatre, 609 Congress St., Portland. $30.

Saturday 1/1

Ellis Paul, 8 p.m., One Longfellow Square, 181 State St., Portland, bandsintown.com.

Ongoing

80’s n Retro Party, rotating DJs last Saturday of every month, Flask Lounge, 117 Spring St., Portland. flasklounge.com.

Afrobeat Saturdays: 9 p.m. Saturdays, Aura Maine, 121 Center St., Portland, eventbrite.com.

Darlin’ Corey, 6 p.m. first Friday of the month through December, Port City Blue, 650A Congress St., Portland.

Foundation Friday, second Friday of the month, Flask Lounge, 117 Spring St., Portland. Community. Dance. Music. Love. See flasklounge.com for time.

Irish Music Night, 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays, Blue, 650A Congress St., Portland, facebook.com/IrishNightAtBlue.

Karaoke, 10 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. every Thursday, Sea Dog Brewing Company, 125 Western Ave., South Portland. sopo.seadogbrewing.com.

Under the Covers, 8-11:30 p.m., third Friday of the month, Seasons Grille, 155 Riverside St., Portland. Free.

Theater/Dance

Disney on Ice, Dec. 24-27, Cross Insurance Arena, Portland, $18-$115.

Good Theater Presents: “Who’s Holiday,” 7 p.m. through Jan. 2, St. Lawrence Arts, Munjoy Hill, Portland, $27-$34, stlawrencearts.org.

Friday 12/31

New Year’s Planetarium, 6:30 p.m., Southworth Planetarium, 96 Falmouth St., Portland. $7-$20.

A Comedy of Haunted History, 7 p.m., Bell Buoy Park, 72 Commercial St., Portland. Traverse the creepy corners of Portland’s Old Port in this comedy of Haunted History, $19.99-$29.99, wickedwalkingtours.com.