Events

Music

Aura, 121 Center St. Silverstein, Apr. 19; Bruce in the USA, Apr. 25. 772-8274.

Bay Chamber Concerts, Hammer Hall, 5 Mountain St., Camden. Minetti Quartet, Apr. 12; Adam Swanson, May 7; Spring Chamber Music Recital, May 14. 236-2823.

Blue, 650A Congress St. Darksoft, Waves Crashing, & XO, Apr. 24; Sue Sheriff Jazz, Holly Channell Quartet, & Nicholas Ryder Group, Apr. 26; Church of Good Times & El Malo, May 2; Heather Lynn & Wild Honey Collective, May 3; Songwriters in The Round, May 8. 774-4111.

Cadenza, 5 Depot St., Freeport. Denny Breau, Apr. 18; T-Acadie, Apr. 19; Lara Herscovitch & the Highway Philosophers, Apr. 25; Zoot Jumpers, Apr. 26; Songwriter Showcase, Apr. 27; Kray Van Kirk, May 2; Carole Wise, May 3; Bailey’s Mistake, May 9; Adam Swanson, May 10. 560-5300.

Camden Opera House, 29 Elm St. 40 Thieves, Apr. 16; Tom DiMenna, Apr. 25. 236-7963.

Chocolate Church Arts Center, 804 Washington St., Bath. The Eagles Experience, Apr. 11; Steve Poltz,  May 15. 442-8455.

Friends of the Kotzschmar Organ, Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St. Bach Birthday Bash, on demand to Apr. 28. 842-0800.

Good Theater, Stevens Square Theater, 631 Stevens Ave. I’ll Drink To That!: Grand Re-Opening Concert Gala, Apr. 24–May 4. 835-0895.

Grand Theater, 165 Main St., Ellsworth. MET LIVE: Le Nozze Di Figaro, May 3; MET LIVE: Salome, May 17. 667-9500.

The Hill Arts, 76 Congress St. Blues Prophets, Apr. 25; Denny Breau, May 18. 347-7177.

Jonathan’s Ogunquit, 92 Bourne Ln. Johnny Cash Tribute Show, Apr. 19; The Peacheaters, Apr. 25; Dar Williams, Apr. 26; Sawyer Fredericks, May 1; Another Tequila Sunrise, May 3; Nicole Zuraitis, May 4; The Joshua Tree Band, May 9; Rock This Town Orchestra Trio, May 10; Moondance, May 16. 646-4777.

Lincoln Theater, 2 Theater St., Damariscotta. The Met Live: Le Nozze di Figaro (Mozart), Apr. 26; The Met Live: Salome (R. Strauss), May 17. 563-3424.

Maine Film Center, 93 Main St., Waterville. Met Opera Encore: Le Nozze Di Figaro (Mozart),
May 3. 873-7000.

Maine Irish Heritage Center, 34 Gray St. Breen, Rynne, & Murray, Apr. 15. 780-0118.

Mayo Street Arts, 10 Mayo St. Cuarteto Rotterdam, Apr. 19; Neil Pearlman & Giovanni Kiyingi, May 1. 879-4629.

One Longfellow Square, 181 State St. Allie Sherlock, Apr. 13; Jim Lauderdale & The Game Changers, Apr. 18; Lucy Kaplansky, Apr. 19; David Wilcox, Apr. 23; Pine Tree Flyers & The Young Tradition Touring Group, Apr. 25; Mary Fahl, Apr. 26; Missy Raines & Allegheny, May 1; Medium Build & Petey USA, May 4; Olive Klug, May 9; Griffin House, May 10; Duke Robillard, May 16. 761-1757.

​​Opera House at Boothbay Harbor, 86 Townsend Ave. The Boneheads, Apr. 26. 633-5159.

Portland Conservatory of Music, 28 Neal St. Melissa Lund Ziegler, Apr. 17; Words in Music, Apr. 18–19; Ban & Maneri: Transylvanian Dance, Apr. 25; PCM Spring Benefit, May 10. 775-3356.

Portland House of Music, 25 Temple St. Moe, Apr. 17; La Lom, Apr. 19; The Brokes, Apr. 25; Grateful Shred, Apr. 25; Matt Andersen, May 1; Quaint AF, May 2; Brett Dennen & River Whyless, May 3; Bit Brigade, May 4; Michigan Rattlers, May 6; Evan Honer, May 7; Darren Kiely, May 10; Moon Hooch & Saxsquatch,
May 16. 805-0134.

Portland Ovations, Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St. The Count Basie Orchestra, May 8. 842-0800.

Portland Symphony Orchestra, Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St. Carmina Burana, Apr. 27–29 (on demand May 19–Jun. 16); Classic Romance, May 13. 842-0800.

State Theatre, 609 Congress St. Get the Led Out, Apr. 17; moe., Apr. 18; Badfish, Apr. 19; Magdalena Bay, Apr. 28; MJ Lenderman & The Wind, May 4; Cypress Hill, May 15. 956-6000.

Stone Mountain Arts Center, 695 Dugway Rd., Brownfield. Alison Brown, Apr. 19; Twisted Pine, Apr. 26; Lyle Lovett Acoustic Group, Apr. 30; Kris Delmhorst & Jeffrey Foucault, May 2; Love in the Country, May 3; Valerie June, May 8; The Steel Wheels with Jack Broadbent, May 9; Rickie Lee Jones, May 10; Mary Frances Leahy,
May 16. 935-7292.

Stonington Opera House, 1 School St. Open Mic Night, May 7. 367-2788.

Strand Theatre, 345 Main St., Rockland. Met Opera: Le Nozze Di Figaro, Apr. 26 & May 6; Matt Andersen with Julian Taylor, May 2. 594-0070.

University of Southern Maine, Corthell Hall, 37 College Ave., Gorham. Nicholas Rhodes, Apr. 19; University Chorale & Chamber Singers, Apr. 21; Jazz Ensemble, Apr. 24; Vocal Jazz, Apr. 25; Abigail Curtis, Apr. 26; Composers Ensemble, Apr. 26. 780-5555.

University of Southern Maine, Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St. Osher Youth Ensembles Spring Concert, Apr. 16. 780-5555.

University of Southern Maine, South Portland High School, 637 Highland Ave. Haydn, Beethoven, and Boulogne, Apr. 30. 780-5555.

Vinegar Hill Music Theatre, 53 Old Post Rd., Arundel. The Mallett Brothers Band, Apr. 19; Loudon Wainwright III, Apr. 27; The THE BAND Band, May 2; Roomful of Blues, May 3; The Furious Bongos, May 4; Carbon Leaf, May 15; Sans Souci, May 16. 985-5552.

Waldo Theatre, 916 Main St., Waldoboro. Live Sonic Alchemy, Apr. 27. 975-6490.

Theater

Belfast Maskers, 17 Court St. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Apr. 25–May 4. 619-3256.

City Theater, 205 Main St., Biddeford. Murder On The Orient Express, May 9–25. 282-0849.

Collins Center for the Arts, 2 Flagstaff Rd., Orono. NT Live Broadcast: Dr. StrangeLove, Apr. 10. 581-1755.

Community Little Theatre, 30 Academy St., Auburn. The Little Prince, May 9–18. 783-0958.

Footlights Theatre, 190 US-1, Falmouth. From Pen to Paper to Stage, Apr. 18–19. 747-5434.

Mad Horse Theater, 24 Mosher St., South Portland. The Legend of Georgia McBride, May 1–25. 747-4148.

Mayo Street Arts, 10 Mayo St. Bread & Puppet Spring Tour, Apr. 26–27. 879-4629.

Ogunquit Playhouse, 10 Main St. Come From Away, May 15–June 14. 646-5511.

Penobscot Theatre Company, Bangor Opera House, 131 Main St. Mother Russia, May 1–18. 942-3333.

Portland Ovations, Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St. The Simon & Garfunkel Story, Apr. 23. 842-0800.

Portland Stage, 25A Forest Ave. Not Quite Almost, to May 4; Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, May 14–Jun. 1. 774-0465.

Public Theatre, 31 Maple St., Lewiston. Now and Then, May 2–11; The Dragon King, May 18. 782-3200.

Waldo Theatre, 916 Main St., Waldoboro. Frances Floats: From Broadway to Back River Road, Apr. 26. 975-6490.

Waterville Opera House, 1 Common St. Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical, Apr. 25–27 &
May 2–4. 873-7000.

Literary

Kennebunkport Community House, 2 North St. Colin W. Sargent discusses Portland Monthly feature stories and reads from Flying Dark, Apr. 3. colinsargent.com.

Maine Audubon, Gilsland Farm, 20 Gilsland Farm Rd., Falmouth. Birds & Words: A 1-Day Birding & Writing Workshop, Apr. 27. 781-2330.

Maine Irish Heritage Center, 34 Gray St. Maine Irish reads Trespasses by Louise Kennedy, May 8. 780-0118.

Maine Jewish Museum, 267 Congress St. Lowry’s Lodge Spring Open Poetry Reading, Apr. 27. 773-2339.

Print: A Bookstore, 273 Congress St. Nathaniel Ian Miller (Red Dog Farm), Apr. 24; Jennifer Haigh (Rabbit Moon), Apr. 30; Aaron John Curtis (Old School Indian) with Morgan Talty, May 7. 536-4778.

Dance

Aura, 121 Center St. Gimme Gimme Disco, Apr. 12. 772-8274.

Belfast Flying Shoes, First Church in Belfast UCC Fellowship Hall, 8 Court St., Belfast. First Friday Dance, May 2. 338-0979.

Blue, 650A Congress St. Salsa Nite, Apr. 25. 774-4111.

Hackmatack Playhouse, 538 School St., Berwick. Sunday Contra Dance, May 4. 698-1807.

The Hill Arts, 76 Congress St. Hustle & Flow Presents: Dancestravaganza, May 17. 347-7177.

Maine Dance Center, Windham Performing Arts Center, 406 Gray Rd. Recital 2025: Legends & Icons, May 10. mainedancecenter.com.

Maine State Ballet, Lopez Theater, 348 U.S. Route One, Falmouth. Don Quixote, Apr. 11–13. 781-3587.

Mayo Street Arts, 10 Mayo St. Flamenco Movement Workshop for Mothers and Caregivers, Apr. 12–13; Flamenco Tablao, Apr. 12–13. 879-4629.

Portland Ballet, Westbrook Performing Arts Center, 471 Stroudwater St. The Sleeping Beauty, Apr. 25–26. 857-3860.

Portland Ovations, Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St. Complexions Contemporary Ballet, Apr. 11. 842-0800.

Portland School of Ballet, Westbrook Performing Arts Center, 471 Stroudwater St. Year End Showcase,
May 10. 857-3860.

Portland Symphony Orchestra, Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St. Sleeping Beauty with Portland Ballet, May 11. 842-0800.

Three of Strong Spirits, 35b Diamond St. Bachata Night with Danza Latina, Apr. 18. 899-4930.

USM Department of Theatre, Russell Hall,
Gorham Campus. USM Spring Dance Concert, Apr. 25–27. 780-5151.

Vivid Motion, The Hill Arts, 76 Congress St. Grania: Pirate Queen, May 9–11. 347-7177.

Art

Bates College Museum of Art, 75 Russell St., Lewiston. Senior Thesis Exhibition 2025, Apr. 11–May 24; Beth Van Hoesen, Apr. 11–May 24. 786-6158.

Bowdoin College Museum of Art, 245 Maine St., Brunswick. Art, Ecology, and the Resilience of a Maine Island: The Monhegan Wildlands, to Jun. 1; Irreplaceable You: Personhood and Dignity in Art: 1980s to Now, to Jun. 1; Poetic Truths: Hawthorne, Longfellow, and American Visual Culture, 1840–1880, to Jul. 20. 725-3275.

Caldbeck Gallery, 12 Elm St., Rockland. March On: Selections, to Apr. 26. 594-5935.

Carol L. Douglas Studio and Gallery, 394 Commercial St., Rockport. Landscape and marine paintings, workshops, and instruction. Watch-me-paint.com.
(585) 201-1558.

Center for Maine Contemporary Art, 21 Winter St., Rockland. Katrina Weslien: i forgot to remember, to May 4; Kyle Downs: From The Collection of Lord Red, to May 4; The Sun, Trying to Disappear, to May 4; Allison Cekala & Nate Luce: Fruition, to May 4. 701-5005.

Colby College Museum of Art, 5600 Mayflower Hill Dr., Waterville. Square + Triangle, to Apr. 21; Senior Show 2025, May 9–24; Into the Wind, to Jun. 8; Radical Histories: Chicanx Prints from the Smithsonian American Art Museum, to Jun. 8. 859-5600.

Cove Street Arts, 71 Cove St. Emergent, to
May 10. 808-8911.

Farnsworth Art Museum, 16 Museum St., Rockland. Arts@theIntersection: Year Two, to May 4; Native Prospects: Indigeneity and Landscape Painting, to Jul. 6; Capturing Her Environment: Women Artists, 1870–1930, to Aug. 25. 596-6457.

First Friday Art Walks, Creative Portland, 84 Free St. May 2. 370-4784.

Greenhut Galleries, 146 Middle St. Maine Show 2025, to Apr. 26; Jim Flahaven, May 1–31. 772-2693.

Lincoln Theater, 2 Theater St., Damariscotta. Exhibition On Screen: Dawn of Impressionism: Paris 1874, May 7–8. 563-3424.

Maine Historical Society, 489 Congress St. Maine’s Untold Vegetarian History, to May 17; Best Friends: Mainers and their Pets, to Jun. 6; Of Note: Maine Sheet Music, to Jul. 28. 774-1822.

Maine Jewish Museum, 267 Congress St. Masha Ryskin & Serge Marchetta: Traces, to May 2; Craig Becker: Lorica: Masks of Eternity, to May 2; Linda Gerson: Elements of Light and Color, to May 2. 773-2339.

Maine Maritime Museum, 243 Washington St., Bath. Upta Camp, to Nov. 28; Upon That Isle in Maine: The Story & Works of Chris Van Dusen, to Mar. 29, 2026. 443-1316.

Meetinghouse Arts, 40 Main St., Freeport. Combined, to Apr. 26; FreePORT: Our Working Waterfront Then and Now, May 2; Refresh, May 16. 865-0040.

Ogunquit Museum of American Art, 543 Shore Rd. A Sailboat in the Moonlight, Apr. 18–Jul. 20; Henry Strater’s Ogunquit, APr. 18–Nov. 16; Where the Real Lies, Apr. 18–Nov. 16. 646-4909.

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum, 10 Polar Loop, Brunswick. At Home In the North, to Jun. 1, 2026. 725-3416.

Portland Museum of Art, 7 Congress Sq. As We Are, to Apr. 27; Jo Sandman: Skin Deep, to
Aug. 17. 775-6148.

Richard Boyd Art Gallery, 15 Epps St., Peaks Island. The American Landscape, to Apr. 29; Paintings in Oil, May 1–29. 712-1097.

Roux & Cyr International Fine Art Gallery, 48 Free St., Portland, Jake Hall Showing, 221-7700.

Ticonic Gallery & Studios, 93 Main St., Waterville. Sports Illustrators, Apr. 16–Jun. 16. 873-7000.

University of New England Art Galleries, UNE Art Gallery, 716 Stevens Ave. Circle of the Sun, to Jun. 8. 602-3000

University of New England Art Galleries, Jack S. Ketchum Library, 11 Hills Beach Rd., Biddeford. As Above, So Below, to May 4. 602-3000.

Bites

The Burleigh, Kennebunkport Inn, 1 Dock Sq. Easter Sunday Brunch, Apr. 20. 204-9668.

Earth at Hidden Pond, 354 Goose Rocks Rd., Kennebunkport. Easter Sunday at Earth, Apr. 20; Spring Fling Mixology, Apr. 26. 967-6550.

The Ecology School, Maine Beer Company, 525 US-1, Freeport. Community Pizza Night, May 7. 283-9951.

Maine Tasting Center, 506 Old Bath Rd., Wiscasset. Indian Homestyle Cooking Journey, May 2, 9, 15,
& 16. 558-5772.

Maine Seaweed Week, find seaweed food and drink specials, cooking workshops, farm tours, and more at over 70 businesses to celebrate this sustainable superfood. Apr. 25–May 4. seaweedweek.org.

Now You’re Cooking, 49 Front St., Bath. Italian Dinner Cooking Class with Shawn Piciulli, Apr. 13; Dinner for Two Class with Alexandra Vafiades, Apr. 24; Healthy Brunch Cooking Class with Dr. Alyssa Finn, Apr. 27; The Complete Oyster with Jean Vande Moortel, May 11. 443-1402.

Stone Mountain Arts Center, 695 Dugway Rd., Brownfield. Mother’s Day Brunch & Concert,
May 11. 935-7292.

WW&F Railway, 97 Cross Rd., Alna. Mother’s Day Tea with Back River Bistro, May 10. 882-4193.

Don’t Miss

Chocolate Church Arts Center, 804 Washington St., Bath. Patten Library Spelling Bee, May 9. 442-8455.

Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, 105 Botanical Gardens Dr., Boothbay. Fundamentals of Botany,
Apr. 25. 633-8000.

Maine Maritime Museum, 243 Washington St., Bath. STEAMbox Family Workshop: Learning with Light, Apr. 19; Drop-In LEGO Workshops with Colby Adolphsen, Apr. 30; Community Day, May 17. 443-1316.

Makers on Main, Main St., Freeport. An expansive trail of Maine art, crafts, & food, with a delightful array of local products for sale, May 3. visitfreeport.com/makersonmain.

Mayo Street Arts, 10 Mayo St. An Evening of Crankies with Katherine Fahey, Apr. 20. 879-4629.

Owls Head Transportation Museum, 117 Museum St. STEM FEST, Apr. 12. 594-4418.

Railway Village Museum, 586 Wiscasset Rd., Boothbay. National Train Day Celebration,
May 10. 633-4727.

Stonington Opera House, 1 School St. Trivia Night, Apr. 17 & May 15. 367-2788.

Strand Theatre, 345 Main St., Rockland. Jurassic Jo’s Dino Show, May 3. 594-0070.

Strawbery Banke Museum, 14 Hancock St., Portsmouth. Berry Basket Workshop, Apr. 19; Springfest:
A Celebration of Gardens & Baby Animals,
May 10–11. (603)433-1100.

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Compiled by Bethany Palmer