ART

“Art is Community VI” will be on display through Dec. 6 at The Old White Church, 15 Salmon Falls Road in Buxton. The exhibit will be open during Saco River Theater Concerts or by appointment. This juried annual art show show is sponsored by the Saco River Art League and features regional art and fine crafts, includes paintings, photography, sculpture and child-friendly interactive art-making for visitors during the opening weekend. Admission is free. Proceeds benefit the artists and Saco River Theatre. For more information or admission by appointment, call Pat at 929-6472 or Susan at 642-4219.

A collection of fused glass artwork by Kay Mckeever Allison will be on display at the University of New England’s Biddeford Campus Center through Nov. 30. The exhibition features works of art made by cutting, layering and melting glass in a kiln at different temperatures. Many of the works are inspired by the Maine landscape. The exhibit is free and open to the public. UNE’s Campus Center is located at 11 Hills Beach Road in Biddeford. Hours are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. For more information, contact Diane Noble by email at dbmn27@maine.rr.com or call 284-6394.

THEATER

Portland Stage presents “The Mountaintop” by Katori Hall through Nov. 22 at 25A Forest Ave. in Portland. The show is a theatrical re-imagining of events the night before the assassination of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King. Katori Hall is the winner of the Blackburn Price for outstanding women playwriters, and with this production, she asks the question: what did Martin Luther King do the night before he died? The play took home England’s prestigious Olivier Award for best play in March 2010. For more information, go to www.portlandstage.org.

“LAUGH OUT LOUD ( cry quietly),” a comedy about Internet dating, is being presented by the UNE Players at City Theater, 205 Main St., Biddeford, Nov. 13, 14, Friday and Saturday, 7:30 p.m. and Nov. 15, Sunday, 2 p.m. Cost is $10, or free with a University of New England ID.

Good Theater presents “Mama’s Boy” by playwright Rob Urbinati. The show stars Broadway veteran Betsy Aidem as Marguerite Oswald, Laurel Casillo as Marina Oswald, Graham Emmons as Lee Harvey Oswald and Erik Moody as Robert Oswald.The show will take place at the St. Lawrence Arts Center, 76 Congress St. in Portland and will run through Nov. 22. Tickets are available by calling the box office at 885-5883 or by going to www.goodtheater.com.

Good Theater presents Will Rhys’ one-man version of the Dickens classic “A Christmas Carol” with four performances. The production will be on stage Nov. 27-29. Performance times Friday at 7:30 p.m., Saturday at 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. at the St Lawrence Arts Center, 76 Congress St. in Portland. For more information, call 885-5883 for reservations and information or log onto www.goodtheater.com.

Maine State Ballet’s “The Nutcracker” kicks off the holiday season on Nov. 28 and will run through Dec. 6 at the Merrill Auditorium in Portland. This family holiday tradition will feature live music from the Maine State Ballet Orchestra, singing from the Musica de Filia Girls Chorus, costumes and stage scenery by Gail Csoboth and dancing by over 300 Maine dancers. Tickets are on sale through Porttix at 842-0800, online at mainestateballet.org or tickets.porttix.com, or at the Merrill Auditorium box office. Tickets are priced at $21-66, and discounts are available for groups, seniors and children.

Good Theater presents the annual presentation of its “Broadway at Good Theater” concerts from Dec. 2-6. These fundraising events feature two special guests, Broadway star Kenita R. Miller, singer Nicolas Callaway Foster and a dozen Good Theater performers. Performances take place at the St. Lawrence Arts Center, 76 Congress St. in Portland. Show times are Wednesday, Dec. 2 at 7 p.m., Thursday Dec. 3 at 7 p.m., Friday, Dec. 4 at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 5 at 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 6 at 2 p.m. Ticket prices range between $27- 40. For information and tickets call 885-5883 or go to the Good Theater, website www.goodtheater.com.

Our Theatre Company proudly presents “A Christmas Story” from Dec. 4-13. Charles Dickens’ classic holiday story of redemption will be on stage on Fridays and Saturdays at 7 p.m. with Sunday matinees at 2 p.m. This show is general admission. Tickets for adults are $12, tickets for seniors and children are $10. Nasson Little Theatre is located at 457 Main St. in Springvale. For ticket reservations, go to www.myotc.org.

“The Best Christmas Pageant Ever” will be on stage at City Theater from Dec. 4-13. The performance will run on Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. Tickets are $20 and are available by calling 282-0849 or at www.citytheater.org.

The Ogunquit Playhouse production of “White Christmas” will be at the Music Hall in Portsmouth, New Hampshire from Dec. 9-20. Two Broadway veterans, Jeffry Denman and Joey Sorge, are slated to star in the upcoming Ogunquit Playhouse production of the holiday classic. Tickets are on sale now at The Music Hall by calling 603-436-2400, visiting www.themusichall.org or visiting the box office at 28 Chestnut St, Portsmouth, N.H.

MUSIC

Pianists Ilya Kazantsev and Eri Okubo-Kazantseva return to the Sanford-Springvale Historical Museum on Friday, Nov. 13 at 7:30 p.m. Kazantsev will perform Rachmaninov’s transcriptions of works for solo piano by Schubert, Tchaikovsky and Mussorgsky and Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2. Okubo-Kazantseva will give a solo performance of a Japanese classic. Together they will also perform four-hand compositions by Debussy and Gershwin. Tickets are $15 for adults and seniors and free for children age 21 and under. To reserve tickets, call 324- 2797. The museum is open to the public and is wheelchair accessible. For more information on the current exhibition, visit www.sanfordhistory.org.

SPECIAL INTEREST

Ogunquit Performing Arts announces the 15th annual Classic Film Series. Films will be shown at the Dunaway Center, 23 School St. in Ogunquit on the first Sunday of the month at 2 p.m. from November through May. “A Child’s Christmas in Wales” will be presented on Saturday, Dec. 5 at 2 p.m. In this prose work by the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas, an old man shares his heartwarming memories of Christmases past with his grandson. Admission is free and there is plenty of free parking.