BRUNSWICK — The 2013 Bowdoin International Music Festival’s final concert presents an all-strings program of renowned works tonight at 7:30 p.m. at Crooker Theater. The performance will feature Johann Sebastian Bach’s Suite No. 3 for Solo Cello in C Major, BWV 1009; Ludwig van Beethoven’s String Quartet in G Major, Op. 18, No. 2; and […]

TOPSHAM — Midcoast Youth Theater presents its final summer show, the Disney musical “The Little Mermaid, Jr.,” performed by middle school youth. Shows are Aug. 8-10 at Orion Performing Arts Center, Topsham. Travel under the sea to experience the story of the beautiful young mermaid Ariel (Matti Donovan), who longs to leave her ocean home […]

Once upon a time, before having her own exhibition there, Katherine Bradford used to walk past the Bowdoin College Museum of Art almost daily to get her groceries. It was 1968, she had just married Peter Bradford, a promising young Yale Law School graduate hired to work in the administration of Gov. Ken Curtis. “And […]

TOPSHAM — Midcoast Youth Theater presents its teen summer show, “Anything Goes,” the Tony Award-winning Broadway revival. It’s classic musical theater with hilarious and complex plots combined with foot-tapping song numbers. Shows are today, July 26 at 7 p.m., and Saturday, July 27, at 2 p.m. All performances are at the Orion Performing Arts Center […]

CAMDEN — The Camden International Film Festival has announced its Points North Pitch is now open for submissions. The pitch is an opportunity for documentary filmmakers to present their feature-length work-in-progress to a panel of influential industry decision makers. The deadline for submission is Aug. 9. Filmmakers on Saturday, Sept. 28, and will be given […]

HALLOWELL — The Harlow Gallery and Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts are excited to present their second artist presentation of the summer on Tuesday, July 30, at 6:30 p.m. at the Harlow Gallery, 160 Water St. The series focuses on trends and trend-setters in ceramic art, and this session will feature artists Eva Champagne […]

DAMARISCOTTA — An opening reception for “Jean Kigel: 15th Annual Eastern Views — Recent Asian Brush and Watercolor” will be held Friday, Aug. 2, from 5 to 7 p.m. at River Arts West Gallery on Route 1. Paintings will be on exhibit through Aug. 14. Kigel’s signature work, “Homarus Lafite Rothschild 1961” represents her playful […]

WISCASSET — An exhibition of the works of New York and Boothbay artist Marcia Annenberg runs through Aug. 25 at Maine Art Gallery, 15 Warren St. An artist talk is planned Aug. 3 at 2 p.m. Another exhibit, “Coastal Spirits,” featuring artwork by Tony vanHasselt, will also be on view through Aug. 25. The Maine […]

BOWDOIN — “Simple Pleasures 2013: Three Women’s Views” will be on exhibit at Lamarche Gallery in Bowdoin College’s Smith Union. The exhibit features art by Cynthia Asherman of Yarmouth, Sharon Culf-Gorman of Falmouth and Brunswick’s Judy Segal. The three artists are friends, and paint together often. One of their favorite plein air adventures is being […]

ROCKLAND — On Wednesday, Aug. 7, at 5:30 p.m., the Farnsworth Art Museum will present “A Conversation with Jamie Wyeth.” The program, in conjunction with the exhibition “Every Picture Tells a Story-N.C. Wyeth Illustrations from the Brandywine River Museum” on display at the museum’s Wyeth Center through Dec. 29, will take place at The Strand […]