March 2: BIDDEFORD, a healing service will be held at 2 p.m. at the Little House of Prayer, 8 Little House of Prayer Drive. 284-6286

March 2, 9, 16: BRIDGTON, an open mic night will be held from 3 to 6 p.m. every Sunday at Cafe DeCarlo. 647-4596

March 2: PORTLAND, "The Year of the Comic Book" event will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Verrillo's Convention Center, 155 Riverside St. 603-233-1312

March 4: NEWRY, Kevin Robart, magician and psychic entertainer, will perform at 7 p.m. at Sunday River Ski Resort at the Grand Ballroom of the Grand Summit Resort Hotel. $8-$4 824-3500

March 5: BETHEL, a program on wild orchids in Maine will be held at 7 p.m. at Gould Academy McLaughlin Science Building. 824-3806

March 6-9: PORTLAND, the 2008 Portland Flower Show will be held at the Portland Company Marine Complex, 58 Fore St. 287-7533

March 6: WATERVILLE, the first qualifying round of "Seize the Mic," featuring local talent, will be held at 9 p.m. at Hafford's Saloon. 680-2055

March 7, 8, 9: BANGOR, the Boating and Marine Expo will be held from 2 to 8 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday at Bangor Civic Center Auditorium. $4 947-5555

March 7, 8: BUCKFIELD, the "Early Evening Show" will be held at 7:30 p.m. at Oddfellow Theater, Route 117. $12-$6 336-3306

March 7: LEWISTON, French Night, with music, food, the C'est Si Bon Band and more, will be held at 6 p.m. at the Lewiston Lodge of Elks, 1675 Lisbon Road. $12 782-8297

March 7-9: PORTLAND, "Frostbiteme," first every GLBT and Friends event, with art, food, film, sports, music, comedy and more, will be held in the Portland area. 871-1956

March 8: LEWISTON, the second annual "Evening for Our Stars" fund-raising auction will be held at 5:30 p.m. at the Ramada Conference Center, Pleasant Street. $25 784-8811

March 8: LOVELL, a craft and cake sale will be held from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the United Pentecostal Church of Christ, Route 5. 925-3661

March 8: PARIS, the annual inside yard sale will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the American Legion Hall, Church Street. 743-5723

March 8: PARIS, a benefit Chinese auction will be held at 3 p.m. at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School cafeteria. 743-9594

March 8: POLAND, the Friends of the Ricker Memorial Library Auction will be held at 5 p.m. at the Library. 998-4390

March 8: PORTLAND, a special comedy fundraiser will be held at the Gold Room, 512 Warren Ave. 221-2343

March 8, 9: PORTLAND, the Portland Golf Expo will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Holiday Inn by the Bay, 88 Spring St. $8 318-6746

March 8: ROXBURY, a benefit ice fishing derby will be held at 7 a.m. at Ellis Pond.

March 8: WATERFORD, an Ice Fishing Extravaganza will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Bear Pond at the Bear Mountain Inn. 583-4404

March 9: BATH, the Bath Antiques Show will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Bath Middle School, exit onto Congress Avenue from Route 1. $4/$3.50 443-8983

March 9: PHILLIPS, a penny sale auction will be held at 1 p.m. at the Phillips Public Library, Main Street.

March 9: PORTLAND, Psychic Sunday will be held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Clarion Hotel, Congress Street. $1 286-1427

March 12: WATERVILLE, the second round of the "Seize the Mic" karaoke competition will be held at 9 p.m. at Bob-In. 680-2055

March 14: AUBURN, an open mic night will be held at 7 p.m. at the First Universalist Church, 169 Pleasant St. 783-8391

March 14: PORTLAND, comedian Bill Campbell will perform at 8:30 p.m. at the Gold Room, 512 Warren Ave. 221-2343

March 14, 15, 16: PORTLAND, the 21st annual Maine Boatbuilders Show will be held at the Portland Company Complex, 58 Fore St. The hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. $15 774-1067

March 15: AUGUSTA, the Kennebec Valley Stamp Club Collector's Show will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Augusta Elks Lodge. 622-7978

March 15: FARMINGTON, the lucky St. Paddy's Day benefit silent auction will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Fairbanks Church, Route 4. 778-4272

March 15: ORRINGTON, a Maple Festival and Irish celebration will be held at the Curran Homestead, 372 Fields Pond Road. 945-9311

March 16: SACO, the 10th Anniversary Mary's Walk and Kerrymen Pub Road Race will be held in Saco. 773-2533

March 2: DIXFIELD, Sammie Angel will perform gospel music at 6:30 p.m. at the Nazarene Church, 171 Weld Street.

March 2: FARMINGTON, the Mid Maine Youth Orchestra will perform at 3 p.m. at UMF Nordica Auditorium. Free 495-2117

March 2: TOPSHAM, Miscellania, Bowdoin College's female a cappella ensemble, will perform at 2 p.m. at Topsham Public Library, 25 Foreside Road. 725-1727

March 3: BRIDGTON, the Pine Tree Brass Band will perform at a chocolate sampling event at 6 p.m. at Bridgton Community Center, 15 Depot St. $5

March 4: LEWISTON, Chase the Fiddlers will perform at 12:30 p.m. at Bates College Olin Arts Center Concert Hall. 786-6135

March 4: PORTLAND, the Portland Symphony Orchestra will perform classical music at 7:30 p.m. at Portland City Hall Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St. $27 842-0800

March 5, 12: BELFAST, Me and Martha will perform every Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. at Darby's Restaurant, 155 High St. 338-2339

March 5: CARTHAGE, Cape Breton fiddler Jerry Holland will perform at 7 p.m. at Skye Theatre Performing Arts Center, 2 Highland Drive. $10 562-4445

March 5, 12: LEWISTON, women musicians will perform every Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. at the Wisdom Center, 97 Blake St. 784-0155

March 6: BATH, Christian Cuff and the Second Grace will perform at 7:30 p.m. at Chocolate Church Arts Center, 798 Washington St. $10 442-8455

March 6: LEWISTON, Jonathan Edwards will perform at 7:30 p.m. at the Franco-American Heritage Center, 46 Cedar St. $23/$19 782-7228

March 6: LEWISTON, Usman Khan will perform sitar music at 8 p.m. at Bates College Olin Arts Center Concert Hall.

March 6: LIVERMORE, "Music by Magic," a newly-formed vocal and instrumental group, will perform at 5:30 p.m. at the Carriage House Cafe, 1523 Federal Road. $25 592-1807

March 6: PORTLAND, the Nordica Trio will perform at 12:15 p.m. at First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church, 425 Congress St. Free 775-3356

March 7: BATH, Sally Davis will perform on the keyboard with vocals at Solo Bistro Bistro, 128 Front St. 443-3373

March 7: BRUNSWICK, Roberto Diaz will lead a student quartet at 12:30 and 7 p.m. p.m. at Bowdoin College Kanbar Auditorium. Free 725-3747

March 7: GARDINER, the Don Roy Trio will perform at 7:30 p.m. at Johnson Hall Performing Arts Center, 280 Water St. $12-$4 582-7144

March 7: LEWISTON, the Bates College Orchestra will perform at 8 p.m. at Bates College Olin Arts Center Concert Hall.

March 7, 8, 14, 15: LEWISTON, live music, with smooth jazz, blues and rock, will be held at 6 p.m. at L/A Coffee and Wine Bistro at Mr. Paperback Bookstore, 855 Lisbon St. 783-0444

March 7: PORTLAND, the 30th annual Devonsquare/Schooner Fare reunion concert will be held at 7:30 p.m. at the Gold Room, 512 Warren Ave. $25 799-5870

March 7: PORTLAND, Pink Martini will perform at 7:30 p.m. at Portland City Hall Merrill Auditorium. $53-$15 842-0800

March 7, 8: RANGELEY, the RLRS Singers will perform "Night on Broadway 2008" at 7 p.m. at Lakeside Theater. $8 864-5346

March 7: RUMFORD, pianist Angela Jia Kim will perform at 7:30 p.m. at Mountain Valley High School Muskie Auditorium. 364-3490

March 8: AUBURN, earth jams, dancing, singing and storytelling with guitarist Matt Lossigian, will be held at 10 a.m. at Auburn Public Library in the Androscoggin community room. Free 333-6640

March 8: BANGOR, "The Thinking Heart," a performance piece for two voices and cello, will be performed at 2 p.m. at Bangor Public Library, 145 Harlow St. 947-8336

March 8: BATH, James Blood Ulmer will perform blues and jazz at 7:30 p.m. at the Chocolate Church Arts Center, 798 Washington St. $18-$25 442-8455

March 8: BRUNSWICK, the Oratorio Chorale will perform at 7:30 p.m. at First Parish Church. $15/$20 725-1420

March 8: LEWISTON, pianist Chiharu Naruse of Hallowell will perform at 7:30 p.m. at Franco-American Heritage Center, 46 Cedar St. $15/$12 689-2000

March 8: NORTH YARMOUTH, a contradance will be held at 8:30 p.m. at Wescustogo Hall, Route 115. $9 712-2837

March 9: AUGUSTA, Frederick Moyer, concert pianist, will perform at 2 p.m. at UMA Jewett Hall Auditorium. $10/$5 621-3551

March 9: BUXTON, a bluegrass jam session will be held from 1 to 6 p.m. at the Roost Function Hall. $4/$3 854-5520

March 9: GORHAM, piano students from the University of Southern Maine School of Music will perform at 5 p.m. at USM Corthell Concert Hall. Free 780-5256

March 9: TOPSHAM, the Nor'easters, barbershop chorus, will perform at 2 p.m. at Topsham Public Library, 25 Foreside Road. 725-1727

March 9: YARMOUTH, the Oratorio Chorale will perform at 3 p.m. at Sacred Heart Church. $15/$20 725-1420

March 11: LEWISTON, David Pontbriand, sitar and Amos Libby, percussionist, will perform at 12:30 p.m. at Bates College Olin Arts Center Concert Hall.

March 11: PORTLAND, the Friends of the Kotzschmar Organ will hold a birthday party in honor of Johann Sebastian Bach at 7:30 p.m. at Portland City Hall Merrill Auditorium. $12 883-4234

March 12: CARTHAGE, Lisa Schneckenburger, Matt Heaton and Corey DiMario will perform at 7 p.m. at Skye Theatre Performing Arts Center, 2 Highland Drive. $10 562-4445

March 13: BATH, Janis Ian will perform at 7:30 p.m. at the Chocolate Church Arts Center, 298 Washington St. $26-$20 442-8455

March 13: PORTLAND, Harold Stover will present an organ recital at 12:15 p.m. at First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church, 425 Congress St. Free 775-3356

March 14: BATH, Gary Wittner, guitar and Jim Lyden, double bass, will perform at Solo Bistro Bistro, 128 Front St. 833-7757

March 14: LEWISTON, Pierre Bensusan will perform at 7:30 p.m. at the Maple Room, 22 Park St. $35 450-8645

March 15: CARRABASSETT VALLEY, Blackfoot and Molly Hatchet will perform Southern rock at Sugarloaf Resort. $26/$21 237-6937

March 15: LEWISTON, the Midcoast Symphony Orchestra will perform at 7:30 p.m. at Franco-American Heritage Center, 46 Cedar St. $14/$12 371-2780

March 15: LEWISTON, the Bates Gamelan Orchestra will perform at 8 p.m. at Bates College Olin Arts Center Concert Hall.

March 15: PORTLAND, the Corona Brothers, Jimmy Buffet tribute band, will perform at 8:30 p.m. at the Gold Room, 512 Warren Ave. 221-2343

March 15, 16: PORTLAND, the Portland Symphony Orchestra will perform the music of Henry Mancini at 8 p.m. Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Portland City Hall Merrill Auditorium. 842-0800

March 16: GORHAM, piano students from the University of Southern Maine School of Music will perform at 2 p.m. at USM Corthell Concert Hall. Free 780-5256

March 16: TOPSHAM, the Midcoast Symphony Orchestra will perform at 2:30 p.m. at Mt. Ararat Middle School Orion Performing Arts Center. $14/$12 371-2780

March 16: TOPSHAM, Mac McHale and Emery Hutchins will perform songs from Ireland at 2 p.m. at Topsham Public Library, 25 Foreside Road. 725-1727

March 16: YARMOUTH, the Maine Youth Orchestra and Augusta Symphony Orchestra will perform at 3 p.m. at Yarmouth Performing Arts Center at Yarmouth High School. $8/$5 751-8031

March 5: LEWISTON, "Roughing the Uppers," a documentary about the 1937 Lewiston-Auburn shoe strike, will be shown at 7 p.m. at Bates College Carnegie Science Hall. 333-3881

March 6: BRUNSWICK, the "John Adams" mini-series will be shown at 7 p.m. at Bowdoin College Pickard Theater. Free 725-3375

March 6: RANGELEY, a film about redemption will be shown at 7 p.m. at Lakeside Theatre.

March 8: NORWAY, "The Island" will be shown at 7 p.m. at Norway Memorial Library. Free 743-5309

March 9: AUGUSTA, dinner and a movie, "Drums Along the Mohawk" will be shown at 1 p.m. at Augusta City Hall, 16 Cony St. $15-$20 626-2385

March 12: LEWISTON, "Smashed," about underage drinking awareness, will be shown at 7 p.m. at Lewiston Public Library, 200 Lisbon St. Free

March 13, 14: GREENE, naturalist and educator Bob DeLoss will narrate his film "America's Natural Wonders" at 7 p.m. Thursday and 2 and 7 p.m. Friday at Araxine Wilkins Sawyer Memorial, 371 Sawyer Road. Free 946-5311

March 13: LEWISTON, "Grand Voyage," the story of a North African father's pilgrimage to Mecca, will be shown at 7 p.m. at the Franco-American Heritage Center, 46 Cedar St. Free 783-1583

March 15: LEWISTON, "A New Life," a piece by Professor of Theater Paul Kuritz, will be shown at 3 and 4:30 p.m. at Bates College Olin Arts Center.

March 2, 6, 7, 9, 13, 14, 16: GORHAM, ballroom dance parties will be held every Thursday, Friday and Sunday at Centre of Movement School of Performing Arts, Route 25. 839-3267

March 2: LEWISTON, Steve and the Good Old Boys will play at the Lewiston Singles Club dance at 7 p.m. at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 150 East Ave. $7/$8 784-3660

March 2: WESTBROOK, Vivid Motion will hold auditions for its spring dance show "The Odyssey" from 10 a.m. to noon at Acorn Productions Studio, 90 Bridge St. 450-6350

March 3, 10: DRESDEN, a country western line and partner dance will be held at 7 p.m. at Dresden Masonic Hall, Route 127. $3 622-4884

March 5, 8: LEWISTON, Bharata Natyam, dancer and Aniruddha Knight and his ensemble will demonstrate classical South Asian dance at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday and 8 p.m. Saturday at Bates College Muskie Archives.

March 5, 12: LEWISTON, country line dancing will be held every Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. at Central Hall. 786-0003

March 5, 12: PORTLAND, ballroom dancing will be held at 8:30 p.m. at Maplewood dance Center, 383 Warren Ave. 878-0584

March 6, 13: PORTLAND, salsa and swing dancing will be held at 8:30 p.m. at Maplewood Dance Center, 383 Warren Ave. 878-0584

March 7, 8: FALMOUTH, the Maine State Ballet will perform "The Firebird" and "Paquita" at 7 p.m. at the ballet theater, 348 U.S. Route 1. $15 781-7672

March 7, 8: NORWAY, Debi Irons and guests will present a dance program at 6:30 and 8:30 p.m. at Art Moves Dance Studio. $13 743-5569

March 7: PORTLAND, a swing dance, with music by the Delta Knights, will be held at 9 p.m. at North Deering Grange Hall, 1408 Washington Ave. 653-5012

March 7, 14: PORTLAND, a Friday night Latin dance party will be held at 8 p.m. at Maine Ballroom Dance, 614 Congress St. 773-0002

March 8, 15: PORTLAND, a ballroom dance party will be held at 8 p.m. every Saturday at Maine Ballroom Dance, 614 Congress St. $6 773-0002

March 8: WILTON, a contradance, with music by the Pineland Fiddlers, will be held at 8 p.m. at Wilson Grange Hall, Main Street. $6 397-2241

March 9: LEWISTON, Wild Horse will play at the Lewiston Singles Club dance at 7 p.m. at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 150 East Ave. $7/$8 784-3660

March 9: LEWISTON, the third annual Franco American Bates Winter Dance Showcase will be held at 2 p.m. at the Franco-American Heritage Center, 46 Cedar St. $12/$10 689-2000

March 14: LEWISTON, a contradance, with music by Bustopher Jones, will be held at 8 p.m. at Bates College Chase Hall Lounge. $5

March 15: BATH, a "Mud Boots and Black Tie" dinner, with dancing to the Scott Davis Quartet, will be held at 5:30 p.m. at Chocolate Church Arts Center, 798 Washington St. $50/$15 442-8455

March 15: FARMINGTON, the annual March Fest dance will be held at 8 p.m. at the Elks Lodge. $10 778-3482

March 16: LEWISTON, the Patio Cowboys will play at the Lewiston Singles Club dance at 7 p.m. at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 150 East Ave. $7/$8 784-3660

March 2-9: PORTLAND, Good Theater will perform "Prelude to a Kiss" at St. Lawrence Arts Center, 76 Congress St. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. Thursday, 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday, with a matinee at 3 p.m. March 8. $22-$17 885-5883

March 2-23: PORTLAND, Portland Stage Company will perform "Much Ado About Nothing," a hilarious battle-of-the-sexes, at the theater, 25A Forest Ave. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, 4 and 8 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. 774-0465

March 2, 7, 8, 9: PORTLAND, Lyric Music Theater will perform "Urinetown," about corporate mismanagement and local government bureaucracy, at the theater, 176 Sawyer St. Showtimes are 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday. 799-1421

March 2: STONINGTON, Tim Collins will perform "A Fire as Bright as Heaven," political and comedic monologues, at 7 p.m. at the Stonington Opera House. $10367-2788

March 2: WALES, Oak Hill High School's Theatre in the Woods will perform "Annie Get Your Gun" at 2 p.m. at the school auditorium. $8/$5 375-4950

March 5: BRUNSWICK, "Arcadia," an independent study in directing by Bowdoin senior Clark Gascoigne, will be held at 7 p.m. at Cram Alumni House, 83 Federal St. Free 725-3375

March 5, 9, 12: HALLOWELL, Gaslight Theater will hold auditions for "Bye Bye Birdie" at 6:30 p.m. at Hallowell City Hall. 626-3698

March 5: PORTLAND, Teatro Lirico d'Europa will perform "La Traviata" at 7:30 p.m. at Portland City Hall Merrill Auditorium. $53-$38 842-0800

March 6-9: FARMINGTON, "Buried Child," which explores the lives of a family in America's heartland, will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday at UMF Alumni Theater. $6-$3.50 778-7465

March 7-16: AUBURN, Community Little Theatre will perform "Once on This Island," a legend of romance between a peasant girl and a wealthy young man, at the Great Falls Performing Arts Center, Academy Street. Showtimes are 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. 783-0958

March 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16: BRUNSWICK, the Young Company of the Theater Project will perform "Haroun and the Sea of Stories" at the theater, 14 School St. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. $12 729-8584

March 7, 8, 9, 13, 14, 15, 16: LEWISTON, the Public Theatre will perform "Well," about a girl who wants to put on a little play about her family and her mother who keeps interrupting, at the theater, corner of Lisbon and Maple Street. Showtimes are 7 p.m. Thursday, 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. $18-$14 782-3200

March 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16: LEWISTON, "Measure for Measure," about a city in a lawless mess, will be performed at Bates College Gannett Theater. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. $6/$3 786-6161

March 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16: MONMOUTH, the Monmouth Community Players will perform "Little Shop of Horrors" at Cumston Hall. Showtimes are 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. $14/$12 933-2229

March 9-25: PORTLAND, the Portland Players will perform "Agnes of God" at the theater, 420 Cottage Road. Showtimes are 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday. $20-$15 799-7337

March 12, 13: PORTLAND, "Blast," a national tour, will be performed at 7:30 p.m. at Portland City Hall Merrill Auditorium. $60-$45 842-0800

March 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23: JONESPORT, "Behold the Lamb," the story of Christ's last days on earth, will be performed at 7 p.m. at the Jonesport Pentecostal Church, Highway 187 and Indian River Road. Free 497-2808

March 15: BOOTHBAY HARBOR, "Esops and Tender Offers," a farce set in a back-water corner of a big bank in a big city, will be performed at 8 p.m. at Boothbay Harbor Opera House, 86 Townsend Ave. $10 633-5159

March 6: FARMINGTON, Katherine Min, author of "Secondhand World," will sign copies of her book at 8 p.m. at UMF Olsen Student Center. Free 778-7454

March 13: WATERVILLE, Dr. Nelson Madore, author of "Voyages: A Maine Franco-American Reader," will sign copies of his book from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Colby College Student Center Atrium. 859-1319

March 2: AUGUSTA, Jay Adams will speak on "The Farmer's Year: Some Thoughts on Agriculture in 19th-Century Maine" at 2 p.m. at Augusta City Hall, 16 Cony St. Free/Donations 626-2385

March 5: LEWISTON, Jeffrey Brown, a senior correspondent for PBS' "NewsHour" will speak about his work and the state of the media at 7 p.m. at Bates College Chase Hall Lounge, 56 Campus Ave. Free 786-6308

March 5: PARIS, Rick Churchill will speak on "The Best People, Places and Plants" at 4 p.m. at McLaughlin Garden Center, 97 Main St. 743-8820

March 6: AUGUSTA, historian and author Marius Peladeau will speak on "The Kennebec Arsenal" at 7 p.m. at Augusta City Hall, 16 Cony St. Free/Donations 626-2385

March 6: BETHEL, Conni St. Pierre, professional musician, will speak about her musical instruments and learn about some music releases at 4:30 p.m. at the Gehring House, 77 Broad St. Free/Donations 836-2576

March 6: BRUNSWICK, Mike Franz, Bowdoin College assistant professor of government, will speak on "The Aftermath of Super Tuesday" at 12:30 p.m. at Bowdoin College Moulton Union. Free 725-3253

March 6: PORTLAND, Elizabeth DeWolfe, associate professor and chair of UNE's Department of History, will speak about her new book "The Murder of Mary Bean and Other Stories" at 7 p.m. at UNE Westbrook College Campus, 716 Stevens Ave. Free 221-4324

March 9: BANGOR, Prof. Phil Silver from the University of Maine will speak on "Music of the Holocaust" at 1 p.m. at Congregation Beth Abraham, 145 York St. Free 651-3532

March 11: FREEPORT, Mary Allen Lindemann, founder of Coffee by Design, will speak at 7:15 p.m. at Freeport Performing Arts Center.

March 12: CASTINE, Dr. Paul A. Mayewski, director and professor at the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine, will speak about his research and views on climate change at 7 p.m. at Maine Maritime Academy Delano Auditorium. 326-2256

March 12: LEWISTON, F. Sherwood "Sherry" Rowland, who shared a 1995 Nobel Prize for his ozone-layer research, will speak about his work in atmospheric chemistry and environmental advocacy at 4:15 p.m. at Bates College Muskie Archives, 70 Campus Ave. Free 786-6272

March 13: AUGUSTA, Mark L. Johnston, president of Kennebec Savings Bank, will speak on "A History of Kennebec Savings Bank" at 7 p.m. at Augusta City Hall, 16 Cony St. Free/Donations 626-2385

March 16: AUGUSTA, Dr. Elizabeth Hazard, University of Maine historian, will speak on "Against the Tide: Maine Anti-Imperialists in the Age of Empire" at 2 p.m. at Augusta City Hall, 16 Cony St. Free/Donations 626-2385

March 16: BANGOR, Dr. Matthias Kuentzel of Hamburg, Germany, will speak on "Iranian Holocaust Denial" at 1 p.m. at Congregational Beth Abraham, 145 York St. Free 651-3532

Augusta: Exhibits of Maine's natural environment, prehistory, social history and manufacturing heritage are featured year-round; "Cabinet of Curiosities, the Museum Science Collections and You" continues at the Maine State Museum, State House Complex. Gallery hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday. Closed all state holidays. 287-2301

Augusta: Works by Marcia Baker and Vi Eastman will be featured through March 15 at Finance Authority of Maine, 5 Community Drive. Gallery hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday. 1-800-228-3734

Augusta: Student art from the Maine Youth Excellence in Art program will be featured through March 30 at the Augusta Capitol complex. 287-6571

Bangor: "A Legacy of Collecting: 1983-Present" will be featured through April 5 at University of Maine Museum of Art, 40 Harlow St. Gallery hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Saturday. 561-3350

Bangor: Works by the Bangor Art Society will be featured through Feb. 29; and "Art in the Heart," with a group of avid artists and area art educators, will be featured March 4 through March 31, both at Bangor Public Library, 145 Harlow St. 947-8336

Bar Harbor: "Layers of Time: Archaeology at the Abbe Museum" is ongoing at Abbe Museum, 26 Mount Desert St. Gallery hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday-Sunday. 288-3519

Bath: Ongoing exhibits "A Maritime History of Maine," "Lobstering and the Maine Coast" and "Percy and Small Shipyard" at Maine Maritime Museum, 243 Washington St. Gallery hours: 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. daily except major holidays. 443-1316

Bath: "Paintings and Mixed Media by Margaret Leonard" will be featured through May 4 at Mae's Cafe and Bakery, 160 Centre St. 442-8577

Biddeford: Works by Charles Thompson and Deborah Randall will be featured through March 3 at UNE Biddeford Campus. Gallery hours: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. 284-6394

Bowdoinham: "Here's Looking at You: A Portrait Exhibit" will be featured through April 12 at Merrymeeting Arts Center Cathance Landing, 9 Maine St. 666-8907

Bridgton: The fifth annual student show will be featured through March 28 at Gallery 302, 38 Main St. 647-2787

Brunswick: "Pejepscot Past Times: Objects from the Original Collection" is ongoing at Pejepscot Historical Society, 159 Park Row. Gallery hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and until 8 p.m. Thursday. 729-6606

Brunswick: "Patty Chang: For Abramovic, Love Cocteau" will be featured through April 13; "Lawn Boy Meets Valley Girl: Gender in the Suburbs" will be featured through March 2; "Being: A Selection of Photographic Portraits" will be featured through March 6; "The American Scene: Part II" will be featured through Aug. 31; and "Great Graphics II: Prints 1970-Present" will be featured through May 28, all at Bowdoin College Museum of Art. Gallery hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 5 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday and 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday. 725-3275

Brunswick: "Constructions of the Body" will be featured March 4 through April 27 at Bowdoin College Becker Gallery. Gallery hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 5 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday and 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday. 725-3275

Farmington: "Leading," featuring works by Joel Seah, USM assistant professor of printmaking, through March 14 at UMF Art Gallery, 246 Main St. Gallery hours: 2 to 4 p.m. Tuesday-Sunday. 778-7072

Farmington: Works by Don Waterhouse will be featured through March 31 at Heirlooms of Tomorrow, 710 Wilton Road. Gallery hours: 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. 778-5315

Freeport: Maine landscapes and seascapes,paintings and limited edition prints by Maine artists Eric Hopkins, Neil Welliver, Connie Hayes, Tom Curry, David Little, Wendy Turner, and Jeff Colquhoun are featured continuously at Thos. Moser Cabinetmakers, 149 Main St. Gallery hours: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday-Saturday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. 865-4519

Freeport: Works by the Freeport Art Club will be featured through Feb. 29 at Freeport Community Library, 10 Library Drive.865-3307

Gorham: "Analog," featuring works by Gideon Bok, will be featured through April 6 at USM Art Gallery. Gallery hours: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday-Friday and 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. 780-5008

Hinckley: "Gerd H. Heinrich: a 20th Century Biologist and Museum Collector" will be featured through April 15 at L.C. Bates Museum, Route 201. Gallery hours: 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday and 1 to 4:30 p.m. Sunday. $2.50/$1 238-4250

Lewiston: "Portraits and Voices: Workers of Seven Mills," will be featured through March 31 at Museum L-A, 35 Canal St. 333-3881

Lewiston: "Taking Different Trails: The Artists' Journey to Katahdin Lake" will be featured through May 24; and "Wildness Within, Wildness Without: Exploring Maine's Thoreau-Wabanaki Trail" will be featured through March 4, both at Bates College Museum of Art. Gallery hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday. 786-6329

Lewiston: "Educate and Create: Maine Art Education Association Members' Exhibition" will be featured through April 5 at L-A College, 51 Westminster St. Gallery hours: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. 753-6500

Lewiston: "GPS" will be featured through March 8 at L/A Arts Gallery 5, 49 Lisbon St. Gallery hours: 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday 576-4805

Lewiston: "Fastened," featuring works by Andrew Coffin, will be featured through Feb. 29 at She Doesn't Like Guthries, 115 Middle St.

Lewiston: Works by Kendra Biddle and Melanie Therrien will be featured through Feb. 29 at Central Maine Medical Center Rotating Art Gallery, 300 Main St. 795-2295

Liberty: An exhibit of Early American hand tools, Native American artifacts and the work of more than 75 contemporary Maine artists and craftspeople is ongoing at the Davistown Museum, 58 Main St. Gallery hours, Labor Day through Christmas, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. 288-5126

Litchfield: An ongoing, changing art exhibit by Aleta Manchester of New England landscapes, historical to the present, is featured at the Country Café, Route. 126. The café is open seven days a week. 268-4003

New Harbor: "Guns, Politics and Furs: Pemaquid and the Defense of the Eastern Frontier 1667-1761" will be featured continuously at Colonial Pemaquid State Historic Site, Pemaquid Point. 677-2752

New Portland: Ongoing exhibits, featured year-round, include Indian art from the United States, Canada and South America, with special focus on Maine's Abenaki, also with an extensive early basket collection at Nowetah's American Indian Museum, Route 27. Gallery hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Free 628-4981

Nobleboro: Paintings by Philip Barter, Eric Hopkins, Paul Plante, Elena Jahn, John Neville and Jane Dahmen are featured continuously at Gallery House, 5 Center St. Gallery hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. 563-8598

Norway: The Child Health Center exhibit will be featured through March 10 at Lajos Matolcsy Arts Center, 480 Main St. 739-6161

Norway: Works by oil painter Emmy Andersson will be featured through March 31 at Cafe Nomad Community Gallery. 739-6161

Paris: The Western Maine Art Group will hold the mid-winter art sale through March 31 at McLaughlin Garden Center, 97 Main St. 739-6161

Portland: "Masterpieces From the Currier Museum of Art" and "Selected N.C. Wyeth Masterworks" are ongoing; photography works by Lola Alvarez Bravo will be featured through March 16; "Bright Common Spikes: The Sculpture of John Bisbee" will be featured through March 23; works by LHS student Linda Rand will be featured through March 30; and "New Natural History" will be featured through May 11, all at Portland Museum of Art, Seven Congress Square. Gallery hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday and 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday and Friday. 775-6148

Portland: "We Are Maine," a multicultural exhibit and a fire truck exhibit, is ongoing at the Children's Museum of Maine, 142 Free St. Gallery hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday and after Memorial Day, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Saturday. $6 828-1234

Portland: "Katahdin: The Lake and Her Artists" will be featured through Feb. 29 at Jameson Gallery, 305 Commercial St. Gallery hours: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday-Saturday and by appointment. 772-5522

Portland: "The Urban Landscape," featuring works by Richard Estes, Richard Haas, David Kapp, Todd Watts, Rackstraw Downes, Yvonne Jacquette, Christina Goodwin, Robert Solotaire, Bruce Muirhead, Jeff Loxterkamp and Rush Brown, will be featured through Feb. 29; "Paintings: Gallery Artists" will be featured March 7 through April 30, both at Susan Maasch Fine Arts, 29 Forest Ave. Gallery hours: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. 699-2966

Portland: "Michael G. Moore: Drawing Drawings" will be featured through Feb. 29 at USM Woodbury Campus Center. Gallery hours: 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday. 780-5008

Portland: "Revisioning Portland" will be featured through March 16 at Institute of Contemporary Art Evans Hunt Gallery. 775-5098

Portland: "Arthur Ganson: Machines Contemplating Time" will be featured through March 16 at Institute of Contemporary Art Lunder Gallery. 775-5098

Portland: "Lisa Young: Transcendence and Temporality" will be featured through March 15 at Institute of Contemporary Art William Sloane Jelin Gallery. 775-5098

Portland: "Only Connect: Richard Van Buren and David Moses Bridges" will be featured through March 1; "Bernard Langlais, 1921-1977: Abstractions and Reliefs" will be featured through March 22; and recent works by gallery artists will be featured March 5 through March 31, all at Aucocisco Galleries, 613 Congress St. Gallery hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday. 775-2222

Portland: "Change of View: Drawings by Kate Sullivan will be featured through Feb. 29; "Three Monumental Woodcuts" by Leonard Baskin, "Color Lithographs" by Francisco Zuniga and "Woodcuts" by Antonio Frasconi will be featured through April 30, all at Edward T. Pollack Fine Arts, 25 Forest Ave. 699-2919

Portland: "Fine Art Portraits," with works by Richard Sandifer, will be featured through Feb. 28 at Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square. 871-1710

Portland: "Wall Envy," featuring collections by two collectors in Maine, Gary D. Astrachan and John M. Day, will be featured through March 30 at UNE Westbrook College Campus, 716 Stevens Ave. Gallery hours: 1 to 4 p.m. Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday and 1 to 7 p.m. Thursday. 221-4499

Portland: Works by Geoffrey Drew will be featured March 6 through March 29 at Cooper Jackson Gallery, 70 Indian St. Gallery hours: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday and by chance and appointment. 772-2108

Portland: "Paul Heroux: Ceramics" will be featured March 5 through March 29 at June Fitzpatrick Gallery, 522 Congress St. 879-5742

Pownal: "Sculpture in the Snow" by June LaCombe will be featured through March 21 at June LaCombe Sculpture, Hawk Ridge Farm. By appointment only. 688-4468

Richmond: The second annual "What's Nude in Richmond" exhibit will be featured through March 4 at Royall Gallery, 52 Main St. 522-9501

Rockland: "The Wyeth Collection" and "Alex Katz: Early Paintings" are featured continuously; "Kosti Ruohomaa Photographs" will be featured through March 9; and "James Wyeth: Selected Works" will be featured through May 18, all at Farnsworth Art Museum, 352 Main St. Gallery hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday-Sunday. $8/$5 596-6457

Rockport: "Linear Perspectives" will be featured through Feb. 28; "Portals: Art and Spirit" will be featured through March 22; "Benjamin O. Rush: Wrestling With the Angel" will be featured through March 15; Michael Waterman: Ancient People" will be featured through March 15; and "An Other World" will be featured through April 19, all at Center for Maine Contemporary Art, 162 Russell Ave. Gallery hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday-Saturday and 1 to 5 p.m. $5 Sunday. 236-2875

Scarborough: "Spirit of Ireland," a photography exhibit, will be featured through March 31 at Biddeford Savings Bank, 350 U.S. Route 1. Gallery hours: 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday-Friday and 8:30 a.m. to noon Saturday. 766-1313

Topsham: A student art show will be featured through April 15 at Topsham Adult Education Center, behind Mt. Ararat High School. 729-7323

Turner: The 25th juried art exhibition will be featured through March 8 at Turner Center for the Arts, 98 Matthews Way. Gallery hours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday or by appointment. 225-3115

Unity: "Karen Gelardi: Components and Assemblies" will be featured through April 4 at Unity College Leonard R. Craig Art Gallery. Gallery hours: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday-Friday and 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday. 948-3131

Waterville: "The Works of Alex Katz" "Ancient Art" and "Whistler's Etchings and Lithotints, 1858-1896" are ongoing; "Highlights From the Lunder Collection" will be featured through June 15; "Currents: Amy Stacey Curtis" will be featured through April 13; "Gary Green: The History of Nature (Part I)" will be featured through March 23; "Adoph Gottlieb: Paintings and Early Prints" will be featured through April 13; and "Joan Whitney Payson Collection" will be featured through June 1, all at Colby College Museum of Art. Gallery hours: 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday and noon to 4:30 p.m. Sunday. 872-3549

Waterville: Works by George Myers, Jr., Kit Munroe-Myers, Leslie Harris, Jamie Ribisi, Jean Noon, Michael J. Smith, Bill Wyman and selected works by Colby College students will be featured through March 31 at Blue Marble Gallery, 153 B Main St. Gallery hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday. 873-2300

Yarmouth: "Yarmouth at the Turn of the Century" is ongoing at Yarmouth Historical Society, Main Street. Gallery hours: 1 to 5 p.m. Tuesday-Friday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. 846-6259