Auditions
Maine State Music Theatre open call st 22 Elm St., Brunswick, for ages 12-18, Thursday, March 31, 4-8 p.m.; ages 5-18, Friday, April 1, 4-8 p.m.; adults, teens and children ages 5 and up Saturday, April 2, 11 a.m.- 3 p.m. See msmt.org/local-maine-auditions for details.
Exhibits/Galleries
“Reflections”: solo show by Brooke Lambert, Union of Maine Visual Artists Gallery at 516 Congress St., Portland, through March 30.
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.
Thursday 3/31
“Headway”: Chocolate Church Arts Gallery, Bath. Open house 5:30-7 p.m. for group show of artists from Independence Association program Spindleworks. On view to April 9.
Film
Friday 3/25
Take 4 Presents: Water: 7:30 p.m., film with live musical accompaniment reflects on our dependence on water as a resource, commodity and defining feature of Maine’s landscape and culture. Frontier, 14 Maine St., Mill 3, Brunswick. $15-$18, eventbrite.com.
Ongoing
Apohadion Theater: virtual screenings via theapohadiontheater.com.
Frontier Theater: 14 Maine St., Brunswick. Weekly listings for in-person showings at explorefrontier.com/events/all.
Southworth Planetarium: 96 Falmouth St., Portland, in person, usm.maine.edu/planet/location-and-hours.
Museums
Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick “Marcia Resnick: As it Is or Could Be” and “Jona Frank: Model Home,” to June 5. “Innovation and Resilience Across Three Generations of Wabanaki Basket-Making,” to June. Hours 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Thursday and 1-5 p.m. Sunday. bowdoin.edu/art-museum.
“Maine Historical Society in Pictures: Exploring our first 200 Years,”: Over two centuries of paintings, photographs and stories of pivotal MHS leaders. 489 Congress St., Portland. On view to May 21. Non-member adults $10; children (6-17) $5; under 6, free. Registration required at mainehistory.org.
“Northern Threads: Two Centuries of Dress at Maine Historical Society, part I:” museum bicentennial exhibit at 489 Congress St., Portland. On view to July 30. Admission fees, registration apply.
Portland Museum of Art, “North Atlantic Triennial Down North”: contemporary art of the North Atlantic region, to June 5. portlandmuseum.org/triennial.
Sunday 3/27
Skyline Farm Carriage Museum Exhibit: “Town and Country: Rocking and Rolling Down The Lane,” 1-4 p.m., around 40 unique business and personal cold weather, horse-drawn carriages and sleighs, 95 The Lane, North Yarmouth. Free.
Thursday 3/31
“Curator’s Tour: Antiquity & America”: 4:30 p.m., Bowdoin College Museum of Art, 255 Maine St., Brunswick. Special tour of “Antiquity & America: Artists, Collectors, and the Ancient Mediterranean” with curator Sean P. Burrus. bowdoin.edu.
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.
Music
“Music of Motown”: PSO POPS! with guest conductor William Waldrop, Merrill Auditorium, Portland. Available to April 8.
Friday 3/25
“Across the Waking Skies” album release with Ethan Tischler: 7 p.m., Mayo Street Arts, 10 Mayo St., Portland. $15-$22, tickettailor.com.
Cadenza – Bess Jacques: 7 p.m., Freeport, visitfreeport.com.
Brit Floyd: 8 p.m., Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St., Portland.
An Evening with Hrishikesh Hirway and Jenny Owen Youngs: 8 p.m., Space Gallery, 538 Congress St., Portland. $20, space538.org.
Saturday 3/26
Erin Wagner, mezzo-soprano, and pianist Shawn Chang: 3 p.m., presented in advance of Wagner’s Carnegie Hall recital debut, Portland Conservatory of Music, 28 Neal St., Portland. Free to $30, operamaine.org.
Cadenza – Andrew LaVogue: 7 p.m. LaVogue’s music combines post-rock, folk and psychedelia with American primitive guitar playing. Freeport.
Tom Rush with Matt Nakoa: 7:30 p.m., Chocolate Church Arts Center, Bath, $50-$55.
The East Bayside Bluegrass Family Reunion: 8 p.m., a night of roots music hosted by Joe K., One Longfellow Square, 181 State St., Portland. $15-$20.
Thursday 3/31
Heather Pierson Trio: 8 p.m., One Longfellow Square, 181 State St., Portland.
John Elliott: 7 p.m. Blue, 650A Congress St., Portland. bandsintown.com.
Karaoke: 10 p.m.-12:30 a.m., Sea Dog Brewing Company, 125 Western Ave., South Portland. sopo.seadogbrewing.com.
Marc Ribot: 8 p.m., Space Gallery, 538 Congress St., Portland. $20, space538.org.
Sphinx Virtuosi: 7 p.m., Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St., Portland. $20-$45, portlandovations.org.
Troy R. Bennett: 6:30 p.m. Portland Eagles, 184 St. John St., Portland. bandsintown.com.
Friday 4/1
April Fools: 7 p.m., Cadenza, 5 Depot St., Freeport. bandsintown.com.
Drake White – The OPTIMYSTIC Tour: 8 p.m., Aura Maine, 121 Center St., Portland. $20.
Eileen Ivers: 7:30 p.m., Chocolate Church Arts Center, Bath. $38/$43.
Melissa and her Minions: 8-11 p.m. Jazz Friday at The Dogfish Company, 128 Free St., Portland. thedogfishcompany.com.
PortFringe Presents: POP-UP Pirates of Penzance!: 7 p.m., Geno’s Rock Club, 625 Congress St., Portland. $15-$45, portfringe.com.
Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes: 8 p.m., State Theatre, 609 Congress St., Portland. $35-$65.
The THE BAND Band 8 p.m., One Longfellow Square, 181 State St., Portland. bandsintown.com.
Saturday 4/2
Bert Kreischer: 7 p.m., Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle Street, Portland.
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.
Fourth Friday Jazz with rotating special guest: 8-11 p.m., The Dogfish Company, 128 Free St., Portland. thedogfishcompany.com.
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
Agatha Christie’s “Murder on the Orient Express”: through March 27, Lyric Music Theater, 176 Sawyer St., South Portland. $19-$23, lyricmusictheater.org.
“I And You”: March 30-April 17. One afternoon, Anthony arrives unexpectedly at classmate Caroline’s door bearing a beat-up copy of Walt Whitman’s “Leaves of Grass,” an urgent assignment from their English teacher. Portland Stage Company, 25A Forest Ave., Portland. $20-$68, portlandstage.org.
“Wait, What?! A Comedy”: March production at The Footlights Theatre, 190 U.S. Route 1, Falmouth. $20, thefootlightstheatre.com.
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