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Concerts

Sept. 27, Oct. 4: AUBURN, Mary Murphy will perform on the piano at 6:30 p.m. at Holly’s Own Deli and Wine Bar, 84 Court St. 333-3041

Sept. 27: CARTHAGE, singer/songwriters Stephanie Hardy and Jason MacDonald will perform at 7 p.m. at Skye Theatre Performing Arts Center. $10 562-4445

Sept. 27: FARMINGTON, the acoustic cafe student performance night will be held at 9 p.m. at UMF Olsen Student Center. Free 778-7346

Sept. 28: AUBURN, Lindsey Montana will perform on the acoustic guitar at 6:30 p.m. at Holly’s Own Deli and Wine Bar, 84 Court St. 333-3041

Sept. 28: BATH, Titus Abbott, saxophone and Jim Lyden, double bass, will perform at 6:30 p.m. at Solo Bistro, 128 Front St. 443-3373

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Sept. 28: BATH, the Battlefield Band, a Scottish group, will perform at 7:30 p.m. at the Chocolate Church Arts Center, 798 Washington St. $28-21 442-8455

Sept. 28: BOOTHBAY HARBOR, Inanna, percussion and vocal ensemble, will present an evening of drumming at 8 p.m. at Boothbay Harbor Opera House, 86 Townsend Ave. $12/$15 633-5159

Sept. 28: BRUNSWICK, Mateusz Kolakowski, Polish pianist, will perform at 7:30 p.m. at Bowdoin College Kanbar Auditorium. Free 725-3747

Sept. 28: GORHAM, the Bayside Trio will perform at 8 p.m. at USM Corthell Concert Hall. 780-5555

Sept. 28: LEWISTON, guitarist/vocalist Shawn Larkin and saxophonist Mark Pendleton will perform at 6 p.m. at L/A Coffee and Wine Bistro, Mr. Paperback Bookstore, 855 Lisbon St. 321-1601

Sept. 28: OGUNQUIT, Kate Schrock will perform with Jeff Rojo, Marc Chillemi and Mary Ukelady Hargreaves at 8 p.m. at Jonathan’s Restaurant, 92 Bournes Lane. 646-4777

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Sept. 28: PARIS, a musical benefit show will be held at 7:30 p.m. at Oxford H ills Comprehensive High School.

Sept. 29: AUBURN, the Double Bass Band will perform at 6:30 p.m. at Holly’s Own Deli and Wine Bar, 84 Court St. 333-3041

Sept. 29: BRUNSWICK, Navarana Sorensen of Greenland will perform traditional and contemporary Inughuit drum songs at 11 a.m. at Bowdoin College Hubbard Hall. Free 725-3416

Sept. 29, 30: BRUNSWICK, Ron Carroll and Friends will perform hit songs and show tunes of yesteryear at 7:30 p.m. Saturday and at 2 p.m. Sunday at Brunswick High School Crooker Theater, Maquoit Road. $10 373-6018

Sept. 29: FALMOUTH, Maine singer/songwriter Lynn Deeves will perform at 7 p.m. at Meadow Wind Center for Holistic Arts, 100 gray Road. $10/$12 878-3899

Sept. 29: FARMINGTON, Jay Unger and Molly Mason will perform at 7:30 p.m. at UMF Nordica Auditorium. $10-$5 778-4770

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Sept. 29: GORHAM, an old-fashioned outdoor band concert featuring the USM Concert Band will be held at 1 p.m. in front of USM Corthell Concert Hall. Free 780-5555

Sept. 29: HIRAM, the annual Bluegrass Festival will be held at Apple Acres Farm, 363 Durgintown Road. $10 625-4777

Sept. 29: LEWISTON, Birdfeeder will perform at 7 p.m. at Guthries, 115 Middle St. Free 376-3344

Sept. 29: LEWISTON, the Maine Music Society will perform at 7:30 p.m. at Bates College Olin Arts Center Concert Hall. $18-$9 782-1403

Sept. 29: LEWISTON, pianists Frank Glazer and Duncan Cummings will perform at 7:30 p.m. at Franco-American Heritage Center, 76 Cedar St. $15/$12 689-2000

Sept. 29: LEWISTON, Grady Wallace will perform at 5:30 p.m. at L/A Coffee and Wine Bistro, Mr. Paperback bookstore, 855 Lisbon St. 321-1601

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Sept. 29: PORTLAND, Lindsey Montana and the Smoldering Bones will perform at 8:30 p.m. at Howie’s Pub, 501 Washington Ave. 347-7107

Sept. 29: PORTLAND, Motor Booty Affair will perform at 8:30 p.m. at the Gold Room, 512 Warren Ave.

Sept. 30: AUGUSTA, Creedence Clearwater Revisited will perform at 7:30 p.m. at the Augusta Civic Center. $43.50/$38.50 626-2400

Sept. 30: BOOTHBAY HARBOR, Jay Ungar and Molly Mason will perform at 7:30 p.m. at Boothbay Harbor Opera House, 86 Townsend Ave. $18/$20 633-5159

Sept. 30: OAKLAND, the Makem Brothers with Mickey and Liam Spain will perform at 2 p.m. at Messalonskee Performing Arts Center, Oak Street. $10 872-2281

Sept. 30: PORTLAND, Tom Snow and Tim Hill will perform jazz at 10:30 a.m. at Portland Museum of Art, Seven Congress Square. 775-6148

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Sept. 30: PORTLAND, Magnolia Electric Co. and the Watson Twins will perform at 9 p.m. at SPACE Gallery, 538 Congress St. $10 828-5600

Sept. 30: SALEM, the Narrow Gauge String Band will perform at 1 p.m. at Salem Community Building. Donations

Dance

Sept. 27, 28, 30, Oct. 4, 5, 7, 11, 12, 14: GORHAM, ballroom dance parties will be held every Thursday, Friday and Sunday at Centre of Movement School of Performing Arts, Route 25. 839-3267

Sept. 27, Oct. 4, 11: PORTLAND, salsa and swing dancing will be held at 8:30 p.m. at Maplewood Dance Center, 383 Warren Ave. 878-0584

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Sept. 28, 29: FALMOUTH, Maine State Ballet will present “A Night of Broadway” at 7 p.m. at the theater. $15 781-7672

Sept. 28: MECHANIC FALLS, the Kayla Wass Band will play at a dance at 8 p.m. at the Silver Spur, 272 Lewiston St. $10 345-3211

Sept. 28, Oct. 5, 12: PORTLAND, a Friday night Latin dance party will be held at 8 p.m. at Maine Ballroom Dance, 614 Congress St. 773-0002

Sept. 29, Oct. 6, 13: CUMBERLAND, ballroom dancing will be held at 8 p.m. at the West Cumberland Recreation Hall, Blackstrap Road. 829-3737

Sept. 29, 30: LEWISTON, the Bates College Modern Dance Company will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday and at noon Sunday at Bates College Schaeffer Theatre. Free 786-6161

Sept. 29: MECHANIC FALLS, the Locomotives will play at a dance at 8 p.m. at the Silver Spur, 272 Lewiston St. $10 345-3211

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Sept. 29, Oct. 6, 13: PORTLAND, a ballroom dance party will be held at 8 p.m. every Saturday at Maine Ballroom Dance, 614 Congress St. $6 773-0002

Sept. 29: WATERFORD, a dance, with music by the Richard Felt Band will be held at 7 p.m. at Waterford Grange Hall, Valley Road. $7 583-4015

Sept. 30: LEWISTON, Steve and 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

Special

Sept. 27: AUBURN, the Androscoggin Home Care and Hospice annual fundraiser “Autumn Night Out” will be held at 6:30 p.m. at Martindale Country Club. $50 795-9537

Sept. 27-29: CUMBERLAND, a benefit barn sale will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 53 Blanchard Road.

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Sept. 27-30: FALMOUTH, the Portland Symphony Orchestra Designers ShowHouse 2007 will be held at the Oakley Estate, 113 Foreside Road. $15/$20 842-0800

Sept. 27: LEWISTON, New York poet and poetry editor Gabriel Fried will present a reading at 7:30 p.m. at Bates College Chase Hall.

Sept. 27: MECHANIC FALLS, Karaoke Night will be held at 7 p.m. at the Silver Spur, 272 Lewiston St. $6 345-3211

Sept. 27: WELLS, the “Pinkinfiddle” natural estuaries day celebration with crafts, pumpkin carving, music, animals, games, food and more, will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Wells Reserve at Laudholm Farm. $10 646-1555

Sept. 28, 29, 30: FALMOUTH, the eighth annual Audubon pottery and jewelry sale will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday at Gilsland Farm and Maine Audubon, Route 1. $2 772-4334

Sept. 28: HALLOWELL, poets Jan Bunford and Ellen Taylor will read from their poetry at 7 p.m. at Harlow Gallery, 160 Water St. $3 685-3636

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Sept. 28, 29; LEWISTON, the Professional Bull Riders will perform at 7:30 p.m. at Androscoggin Bank Colisee, 190 Birch St. $31-$16 783-2009

Sept. 28: LEWISTON, a job fair will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Career Center, 5 Mollison Way. 753-9094

Sept. 28: NORWAY, an open mic night will be held at 7 p.m. at First Universalist Church, 479 Main St. $3 935-4505

Sept. 28, 29: NORWAY, a yard sale will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Norway-Paris Solid Waste Station, Brown Street. 743-9503

Sept. 28: PORTLAND, the Sontiago CD release party will be held at 9 p.m. at SPACE Gallery, 538 Congress St. $6 828-5600

Sept. 28: PORTLAND, comedian Johnny Joyce will perform at 8:30 p.m. at the Gold Room, 512 Warren Ave.

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Sept. 29: AUBURN, the First Auburn Senior Citizens fall fair will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Hasty Community Center, Pettengill Park. 782-4951

Sept. 29, 30: AUGUSTA, the 21st annual Maine Woodcarvers Association Show will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday at the Augusta Armory. $3 873-3370

Sept. 29, 30: CAMDEN, the Harbor Arts Juried Arts and Crafts Show will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Camden Harbor Park, the Amphitheatre and on Atlantic Avenue. 236-4404

Sept. 29: CASCO, the sixth annual Point Sebago Maine Made Craft Fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Point Sebago Resort, Route 302. 357-7597

Sept. 29: DURHAM, the 19th and 20th century Maine quilt exhibit will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the old town hall, 144 Royalsborough Road. 353-6250

Sept. 29, 30: FREEPORT, the 15th annual Hunting Expo event will be held at L.L. Bean, Main Street.

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Sept. 29: GARDINER, the Wingnuts, high-energy improvisational comedy, will perform at 7:30 p.m. at Johnson Hall Performing Arts Center, 280 Water St. $15-$10 582-7144

Sept. 29, 30: HARRISON, the annual gun show will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday at the VFW Hall, Route 35. 647-9438

Sept. 29: JAY, the eighth annual ATV Toy Run will be held at 9 a.m. at McDonald’s parking lot. 897-2926

Sept. 29: LEWISTON, the Stanton Bird Club will host a Community Fall Festival from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Thorncrag Nature Sanctuary, Montello Street. 782-5238

Sept. 29: LIVERMORE FALLS, the 2007 Apple Pumpkin Festival will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the recreation field, Foundry Road. 897-3982

Sept. 29: LIVERMORE FALLS, a book sale will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Treat Memorial Library, 56 Main St.

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Sept. 29: MONMOUTH, the second annual fall harvest craft fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Monmouth Fairgrounds, Academy Road. 377-2458

Sept. 29, 30: MONMOUTH, the Theater at Monmouth benefit yard sale will be held from 9 a.m. to noon at the old Grange hall, Main Street. 933-2952

Sept. 29, Oct. 6: NEW GLOUCESTER, Apple Saturdays, with orchard tours, an apple pie sale, doll making, and homemade donuts and cider, will be held from 10 a.m. to noon and from 1 to 3 p.m. at Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village. 926-4597

Sept. 29: NORWAY, a plant sale will be held from 9 a.m. to noon at the Second Congregational Church, Main Street.

Sept. 29: PARIS, the “X” 10th anniversary gala, with food, drink, dancing and more will be held at 7 p.m. at McLaughlin Garden Center, 97 Main St. $25 743-8820

Sept. 29: PARIS, a benefit Chinese auction will be held at 5 p.m. at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School.

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Sept. 29, 30: SANFORD, the annual National Alpaca Weekend will be held at Oakhill Alpaca Ranch, Route 11. 793-3414

Sept. 29: WATERFORD, a Fall Family Fun Day will be held at 10 a.m. at Waterford World Fairgrounds, Green Road. $9-$3

Sept. 29: WINTHROP, an antique appraisal event will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Winthrop Congregational Church, 10 Bowdoin St. $2

Sept. 30: AUBURN, the 19th annual Fall Festival, with live music, paintball, chairlift rides, children’s activities and more, will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Lost Valley Ski Area. 784-1561

Sept. 30: AUGUSTA, Andrea Ostrofsky will present a program on the workings of leavening agents to 18th and 19th century bakers at 1 p.m. at Old Fort Western. $6/$4 626-2385

Sept. 30, Oct. 7, 14: BRIDGTON, an open mic night will be held from 3 to 6 p.m. every Sunday at Cafe DeCarlo. 647-4596

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Sept. 30-Oct. 7: FRYEBURG, the 157th annual Fryeburg Fair, with livestock, an exhibition hall, farm museum, craft demonstrations, entertainment, food and more, will be held at Fryeburg Fairgrounds. 935-3268

Theater

Sept. 27-30: FREEPORT, the Freeport Community Players will perform “The Carol Burnett Show” at 7:30 p.m. at Freeport Performing Arts Center, 30 Holbrook St.

Sept. 27-Oct. 6: OGUNQUIT, “The Full Monty” will be performed at the Ogunquit Playhouse. Showtimes are at 8 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, at 8:30 p.m. Saturday, at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday and at 3:30 p.m. Sunday. $39-$48 646-5511

Sept. 27-Oct. 14: PORTLAND, Good Theater will perform “Ruthless! The Musical,” a madcap and funny show, at St. Lawrence Arts Center, 76 Congress St. Showtimes are at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and at 2 p.m. Sunday. $25/$17 885-5883

Sept. 27-Oct. 21: PORTLAND, Portland Stage Company will perform “The Piano Lessons,” about an elaborately carved piano passed down by a great-grandfather, at the theater, 25A Forest Ave. $35-$19 774-0465

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Sept. 28, 29, 30, Oct. 6: BATH, auditions for “Les Miserables” will be held at 7 p.m. Friday, at noon Saturday, at 4 p.m. Sept. 30 and at 1 p.m. Oct. 6 at the Chocolate Church Arts Center, 798 Washington St. 442-8455

Sept. 28, 29, 30, Oct. 4, 5, 6, 7: MONMOUTH, Theater at Monmouth will perform “Once Upon a Mattress,” loosely based on “The Princess and the Pea,” at Cumston Hall. Showtimes are at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and at 2 p.m. Sunday. $22/$18 933-9999

Sept. 28-30: PORTLAND, the Portland Players will perform “Cinderella” at the theater, 420 Cottage Road. Showtimes are at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and at 2:30 p.m. Sunday. 799-7337

Sept. 28, 29, 30: PORTLAND, Lyric Music Theater will perform “Oklahoma” at the theater, 176 Sawyer St. 799-1421

Sept. 29, 30: FARMINGTON, the Sandy River Players will hold auditions for “Oliver” from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at UMF Alumni Hall and at noon Sunday at UMF Merrill Hall.

Sept. 29-Oct. 14: PORTLAND, Mad Horse Theatre Company will perform “Of Mice and Men,” the haunting tale of two lonely migrant workers who dream of a place they can call their own, at Portland Performing Arts Center Studio Theater, 25A Forest Ave. Showtimes are at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and at 2 and 7 p.m. Sunday. $18 730-2389

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Films

Sept. 27: UNITY, “Out of Balance: Exxon Mobil’s Impact on Climate Change” will be shown at 7:30 p.m. at Unity College Centre for the Performing Arts. Free 948-3131

Sept. 28, 29, 30: LEWISTON, “Ocean’s Thirteen” will be shown at 7 and 9:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and at 2 and 4:30 p.m. Sunday at Bates College Olin Arts Center. $1

Sept. 30: FARMINGTON, “Arctic Tale,” a fundraiser for the Western Maine Audubon Society, will be shown at 1 and at 3:30 p.m. at Narrow Gauge Cinema. $5

Books

Sept. 29: FREEPORT, Susan Bartlett, author, and Luanne Wren, illustrator, will sign copies of their book “Opening Day” from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at L.L. Bean Hunting Expo. 415-4159

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Sept. 29: STRONG, Patricia Probert Gott, author of “So You Wanna Be a Cowgirl,” will sign copies of her book from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Strong Memorial Library. 743-2628

Lectures

Sept. 27: BRUNSWICK, Gregory Michie will speak on “We Don’t Need Another Hero: Urban Schools and the Promise of Public Education in America” at 7 p.m. at Bowdoin College Kresge Auditorium. Free 725-3465

Sept. 27: BRUNSWICK, David Lubin from Wake Forest University will speak on “Art for War’s Sake: WWI and American Visual Culture” at 7:30 p.m. at Bowdoin College Kresge Auditorium. Free 725-3697

Sept. 27: CASTINE, John W. Fairbanks, a graduate of Maine Maritime Academy with the class of 1952, will speak on “Thermoelectrics and Vehicular Thermoelectrics Applications” at 7 p.m. at Maine Maritime Academy Harold Alfond Student Center. 326-2256

Sept. 27: ORONO, former U.S. Senate majority leader George Mitchell will speak at 1:30 p.m. at UMO Hauck Auditorium. 581-3571

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Sept. 27: PORTLAND, Maine author Jane Brox will speak on “The Particulars of Place” at 7 p.m. at USM Glickman Family Library. Forest Avenue. 780-4920

Sept. 27: PORTLAND, Brian P. Allen will speak about Broadway musical theater at 1 p.m. at the Oakley Estate. 842-0800

Sept. 28: LEWISTON, Agnes Denes, renowned environmental artist, will speak on “The Paradox of Eco-Logic: Individual Creation vs. Social Consciousness” at 7 p.m. at Bates College Olin Arts Center Concert Hall, 75 Russell St. 786-6329

Exhibits

Augusta: Exhibits of Maine’s natural environment, prehistory, social history and manufacturing heritage are featured year-round; and “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

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

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Bath: “Interpretations,” featuring the works of Thomas Connelly, Tom Hall, Robert Solotaire and John Whalley, will be held through Oct. 27 at the Chocolate Church Arts Center, 798 Washington St. Gallery hours: noon to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. 442-8455

Belfast: “Maine: Five Perspectives,” with works by Murad Sayen of Paris, Edward Leaman of Hallowell, Keith Schneider of Liberty, Gayle Fitzpatrick of Ogunquit and Mary Cupp of Falmouth, will be featured through Oct. 2; and works by artists of the Belfast Poetry Festival will be featured Oct. 5 through Oct. 24 at the Phoenix Gallery, 159 High St. 338-0087

Bethel: A display cafe reminiscent of natural history cabinets assembled during the Victorian age will be featured through Dec. 31 at the Bethel Historical Society O’Neil Robinson House. Gallery hours: 10 a.m. to noon Tuesday-Friday and 1 to 4 p.m. weekends. 824-2908

Biddeford: Pastel landscape paintings by Liz Moberg will be featured through Oct. 4 at UNE Stella Maris Hall. Gallery hours: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. 284-6394

Boothbay Harbor: Works by John Vander will be featured through Oct. 23 at Gold/Smith Gallery, 41 Commercial St. Gallery hours: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. 633-6252

Boothbay Harbor: The work of 30 sculptors from New England will be featured through Oct. 9 at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens. 688-4468

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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: “Darkness and Light: New Paintings in Oil and Watercolor” by Robert Spring will be featured through Sept. 29 at Bayview Gallery, 58 Maine St. 729-5500

Brunswick: “Piper Cub: A Sculptural Installation,” sculpture by Mark Wethli, will be featured through Nov. 3 at Coleman Burke Gallery, Fort Andross, 14 Maine St. Gallery hours: noon to 4 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday. 725-3761 Studies and drawings of “Dance of Two Cultures” will be featured Oct. 1 through Oct. 31 at Curtis Memorial Library, 23 Pleasant St. 725-5242

Castine: Works by Italian artist Letizia Mancino will be featured through Oct. 17 at Maine Maritime Academy. Gallery hours: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday-Friday. 326-2256

Farmington: Works by husband-wife duo Peter Dumont and Megan Roberts will be featured through Sept. 30 at Heirlooms of Tomorrow, 710 Wilson Road. 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

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Gorham: “USM Self-Taught Art Exhibits” will be featured through Nov. 11 at USM Art Gallery. Gallery hours: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday-Friday and 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

Hallowell: “Versions of the Truth,” recent works by Ian B. Ormon and Melissa Post van der Burg, will be featured through Sept. 30 at Harlow Gallery, 160 Water St. 622-3813

Hinckley: “Artists as Naturalists” will feature works by 12 artists through Oct. 15; and “Gerd H. Heinrich: a 20th Century Biologist and Museum Collector” will be featured through April 15 both 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

Kingfield: “Pat Chandler: Beaches, Marshes and Woods” will be featured through Oct. 8 at Stadley Gallery, 225 Main St. Gallery hours: noon to 4 p.m. daily.

Lewiston: “Green Horizons,” an exhibition exploring the concept of environmental sustainability, will be featured through Dec. 9 at Bates College Museum of Art, 75 Russell St. 786-6158

Lewiston: “Portraits and Voices: Workers of Seven Mills,” will be featured through Feb. 28 at Museum L-A, 35 Canal St. 333-3881

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Lewiston: “Maine Sculptors” will be featured through Oct. 13 at L-A College Atrium Art Gallery, 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. 753-6511

Lewiston: Photography by John Galgano will be featured through Sept. 30 at Central Maine Medical Center, Rotating Art Gallery, 300 Main St. 346-3462

Lewiston: “Creative Economy” will be featured through Oct. 27 at L/A Arts Gallery 5, 49 Lisbon St. Gallery hours: 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, 2 to 8 p.m. Thursday and by appointment. 576-4805

Lewiston: Works by Roderick Dew will be featured through Nov. 17 at Atelier Opulesce, 143 Canal St. 784-0000

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

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Norway: Portraiture, landscape and still life work of Beverly Banks will be featured through Sept. 30; and works by Carolyn Rhoads will be featured Oct. 5 through Oct. 28, both at Frost Farm Gallery, 272 Pikes Hill. 743-8041

Portland: “Masterpieces From the Currier Museum of Art” and “Selected N.C. Wyeth Masterworks” are ongoing; “Frank Lloyd Wright and the House Beautiful” will be featured through Oct. 8; and “Graphite,” featuring paintings, drawings and sculpture on graphite, will be featured through Nov. 25 at the 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: “Picturing Portland: A Century of Change” will be featured through Nov. 25 at Portland Harbor Museum on the waterfront. Gallery hours: 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday during April and May and seven days a week starting Memorial Day Weekend. $4 799-6337

Portland: The sixth annual Sculpture Garden Invitational will be featured through Oct. 28; and “Faces of the Mind: Portraits of Mental Illness” will be featured through Nov. 25 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 Crystal Yacolino, Max Beckmann, Otto Dix, Max Liebermann, Franz Marc and more will be featured through Sept. 30 at Ed Pollack Fine Arts, 25 Forest Ave. Gallery hours: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday-Friday and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. 699-2919

Portland: “Nighduc,” new work by modernist painter William Manning, will be featured through Sept. 30 at Jameson Modern, 305 Commercial St. Gallery hours: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday-Saturday and by appointment. 772-5522

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Portland: “Duane Paluska: Paintings and Sculpture” will be featured through Sept. 29; and “Noriko Sakanishi: Constructions and Collages” will be featured Oct. 4 through Oct. 27, both at June Fitzpatrick Gallery, 522 Congress St. 879-5742

Portland: “Berenice Abbott: Science Photographs – Laws of Physics and Abstraction” will be featured through Oct. 31 at Susan Maasch Fine Art, 29 Forest Ave. Gallery hours: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday-Friday and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. 699-2961

Portland: “American Social Realism,” works by Joseph Hirsch, John Sloan, Raphael Soyer, Reginald Marsh and others, will be featured through Oct. 31 at Edward T. Pollack Fine Arts, 25 Forest Ave. Gallery hours: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday-Friday and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. 699-2919

Portland: “Graphite: Prints From Anderson Ranch by Meg Brown Payson” will be featured through Sept. 29 at June Fitzpatrick Gallery, 112 High St. Gallery hours: noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday. 772-1961

Portland: “John Andres: Painting in Relief” will be featured through Sept. 29; and works by Abbott Meader will be featured Oct. 4 through Oct. 27, both at Cooper Jackson Gallery, 70 India St. 772-2108

Portland: “Drawn In: New Drawings by Christina Goodwin” will be featured through Oct. 19 at the Drawing Room, 142 High St. 632-2391

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Portland: Works by Monroe artist Alison Rector will be featured Oct. 4 through Oct. 27 at Greenhut Galleries, 146 Middle St. Gallery hours: 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and by appointment. 772-2693

Rockland: “The Wyeth Collection” and “Alex Katz: Early Paintings” are featured continuously; “Bo Bartlett: Still Point” will be featured through Oct. 14; “N.C. Wyeth: Artist and Illustrator” will be featured through Nov. 1; “Kosti Ruohomaa Photographs” will be featured through March 9; and “James Wyeth: Selected Works” will be featured through May 18 at Farnsworth Art Museum, 352 Main St. Gallery hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday-Sunday. $8/$5 596-6457

Rumford: Paintings, sculptures, fibers, flowers and other art work related to flowers will be featured through Sept. 30 at Pennacook Art Center, 82 Congress St. 364-9972

St. George: “Lee Gabriel: New Work” will be featured through Oct. 14 at the Drawing Room Fine Arts and Illustration, 864 River Road. 372-6242

Thomaston: “Finnish American Music, Handicrafts and Sauna” will be featured through Oct. 13 at Finnish Heritage House. Gallery hours: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesdays and 9 a.m. to noon Saturdays.

Topsham: “Gloria Brown: Photographer” will be featured through Oct. 30 at Topsham Public Library Crooker Gallery, 25 Foreside Road. 725-1727

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Turner: Works by Maine artist Helen Warren will be featured through Sept. 29 at Turner Center for the Arts. Gallery hours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday. 225-3115

Unity: “Ben Potter: Drawings, Painting and Sculpture” will be featured through Oct. 13 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. 947-3131

Wiscasset: “Coastal Tracings and Selected Works” will be featured through Oct. 8 at James Patrick Gallery, 25 Fort Hill St. Gallery hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. 882-9951

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

Yarmouth: “A Dog and Pony Show,” presenting canine, equine and carriage driving artworks, will be featured through Oct. 28 at Skyline Farm Carriage Museum. Gallery hours: noon to 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday or by appointment. 829-9203

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