Jan. 2: LEWISTON, The Mutineers, a bluegrass band from Portland, will perform at 9 p.m. at She Doesn’t Like Guthries, 115 Middle St. 376-3344

Jan. 3: AUBURN, Denny Breau and Frank Coffin will perform at 8 p.m. at Gritty McDuff’s, Main Street. 650-3294

Jan. 3: LEWISTON, Portland singer/songwriter Pecos Bill will perform at 9 p.m. at She Doesn’t Like Guthries, 115 Middle St. 376-3344

Jan. 3: NEW GLOUCESTER, Addie Thompson and Britta Pejic, singer/songwriters, will perform at 7:30 p.m. at the New Gloucester Village Coffee House at First Congregational Church, Gloucester Hill Road. $10/$5 926-3260

Jan. 3: PORTLAND, the Choral Art Society Camerata, a cappella group, will perform at 7:30 p.m. at Immanuel Baptist Church, 156 High St. 828-0043

Jan. 4: NORWAY, the fourth annual Christmastide concert will be held at 3 p.m. at Second Congregational Church, 205 Main St. Free 743-2290

Jan. 4: SALEM, the A&E Country Music show will be held at 1 p.m. at Salem Community Building. Donations

Jan. 5: NEWRY, Bruce Jacques will perform at 7 p.m. at Sunday River Ski Resort. 824-5243

Jan. 5: PORTLAND, the Larry Williams Trio will perform at 6:30 p.m. at Back Bay Grill, 65 Portland St. 772-8833

Jan. 6: NEWRY, Yo Yo Yo ’90s jam will be held at 7 p.m. at Sunday River Ski Resort. 824-5243

Jan. 7: NEWRY, Zahzel will perform hip-hop at 7 p.m. at Sunday River Ski Resort. 824-5243

Jan. 7: WALES, Gregory Guay, classical guitarist, and other artists will perform at a memorial concert for Ryan J. Guay and scholarship fundraiser at 6:30 p.m. at Oak Hill High School auditorium, 56 School Road. Donations 212-6464

Jan. 8: AUBURN, Jason Mancini will perform at 8 p.m. at Gritty McDuff’s, Main Street. 650-3294

Jan. 8: BRYANT POND, the Forestdale School program of chimes will be held at 2 p.m. at Whitman Memorial Library, 28 S. Main St. 665-2505

Dance

Jan. 3, 10, 17, 24, 31: PARIS, the Jones Dance Band will play old-fashioned music at a dance at 7 p.m. at the South Paris American Legion Hall, Church Street. $5 743-5723

Jan. 5, 12: DRESDEN, country western line and partner dancing will be held at 7 p.m. at the Dresden Masonic Hall, Route 127. $3/$4 622-4884

Jan. 6, 13: LEWISTON, line dancing will be held every Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at Central Hall, 191 Lisbon St. 783-6667

Jan. 7, 14: LEWISTON, country line dancing will be held at 6:30 p.m. at Central Hall, Lisbon Street. 786-0003

Jan. 7, 14: PORTLAND, line dancing will be held at 7 p.m. at Club 188, Warren Avenue. 653-3857

Jan. 7, 14: RUMFORD, line dancing will be held at 5:30 p.m. at the Eagles Hall, 13 Oxford Ave. Free 739-9798

Kids

Jan. 4: NORWAY, Mystery Academy will present “The Case of the Secret Map” for ages 7 through 12 from 1 to 3 p.m. at Norway Memorial Library, 258 Main St. 674-5185

Special

Jan. 2-4: AUGUSTA, the 21st annual Northeast Motorsports Expo and Trade Show will be held at the Augusta Civic Center. The hours are 5 to 10 p.m. Friday; 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday; and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday. $7.50/$4.50 626-2405

Jan. 5, 12: SEBAGO, Schoolhouse Arts Center at Sebago Lake will hold auditions for its winter variety show from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the center, Route 114. 642-3743

Jan. 6: PORTLAND, a poetry open-mic night will be held at 7 p.m. at North Star Cafe, 225 Congress St. $2 450-1815

Jan. 8: NEWRY, a “Black out! Black Light Glow Party” will be held at 9 p.m. at Sunday River Ski Resort. 824-5243

Theater

Jan. 3, 4: GRAY, the Fiddlehead Players will hold auditions for “Jungle Book – Kids” from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday and from noon to 3 p.m. Sunday at Fiddlehead Center, Shaker Road. 657-2244

Jan. 6: BATH, Studio Theatre of Bath will hold auditions for “The Odd Couple (Female Version) at 7 p.m. at the Chocolate Church Arts Center, 798 Washington St. 522-9954

Jan. 8, 9, 10: LEWISTON, Lewiston High School students will perform “Little Women” at 7:30 p.m. at Lewiston Middle School auditorium, Central Avenue. $8/$5 783-0958

Films

Jan. 3: STONINGTON, “Life by Lobster” will be shown at 4 p.m. at the Stonington Opera House. Free 367-2788

Books

Jan. 3: BRUNSWICK, Susan Tuttle, author of “Exhibition 36: Mixed-Media Demonstrations and Explorations,” will sign copies of her book from 1 to 4 p.m. at Borders Books, 147 Bath Road. 449-1490

Exhibits

Augusta: “Fred Richard’s Life in Photography” will be featured through Feb. 22 at Pine Tree State Arboretum, 153 Hospital St. 621-0031

Bath: “Ed McCartan – Paintings” will be displayed through Jan. 11 at Mae’s Cafe and Bakery, 160 Centre St. 442-8577

Bath: “2009 Juried Photography Show” will be featured Jan. 9 through Feb. 14 at the Chocolate Church Arts Center, 798 Washington St. Gallery hours: noon to 4 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday. 442-8637

Bridgton: Works by Chris Chapman will be displayed through Jan. 2 at Gallery 302, 38 Main St. 647-2787

Brunswick: “Lewis Desoto’s Paranirvana/Self-Portrait” will be shown through Jan. 26 at the 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: “James Bowdoin III: Pursuing Style in the Age of Independence” will be featured through June 7 at Bowdoin College Shaw Ruddock Gallery. 725-3275

Brunswick: “Errant Behaviors: A Projection and Sound Installation by Anne Wilson” will be featured through Jan. 18 at Bowdoin College Media Gallery. 725-3275

Brunswick: “Michael Mazur: Fall Mountains for Kuo Shi” will be featured through Jan. 25 at Bowdoin College Focus Gallery. 725-3275

Brunswick: “Hogarth’s Women” Virtue and Vice in Eighteenth-Century England” will be featured through Jan. 18 at Bowdoin College Becker Gallery. 725-3275

Brunswick: “American Spirit: Highlights From the Collection” will be featured through May 3 at Bowdoin College Boyd Gallery. 725-3275

Hallowell: “Works On, Of and With Paper: Christine J. Higgins” will be featured through Jan. 10 at Cerulean Fine Art Gallery, 202 Water St. Gallery hours: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday and by appointment. 626-9009

Lewiston: Watercolors by Joyce Coyne will be featured through Jan. 5; and “The Joy of Flowers,” paintings by Lydia Ward-Gray, will be displayed through Jan. 12, both at St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center lobby gallery, Campus Avenue. 786-0729

Lewiston: “Prints by R.J. Gray, Jr.” will be featured through Jan. 15 at Captive Elements Art House, 25 Landry Road. Gallery hours: 5 to 9 p.m. Tuesday-Friday; 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday; and Monday by appointment. 786-3606

Portland: “Landscapes From the Age of Impressionism” will be featured through Jan. 4; “Landscapes From the Age of Impressionism” will be viewed through Jan. 4; and “Lynne Drexler – Painter” will be displayed through March 1, all at Portland Museum of Art, Seven Congress Square. Gallery hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday and 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday and Friday through Columbus Day. 775-6148

Portland: “Textiles and Translations,” works by Alice Spencer, will be displayed through Jan. 11 at UNE Westbrook College, 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 gallery artists, paintings, sculpture and prints will be shown through Jan. 30 at Susan Maasch Fine Art, 29 Forest Ave. Gallery hours: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday or by appointment. 699-2966

Portland: “American and European Master Prints” will be displayed through April 25 at A Fine Thing: Edward T. Pollack Fine Arts, 25 Forest Ave. Gallery hours: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday or by appointment. 699-2919

Portland: The fourth annual Biennial Portland Show will be displayed through Jan. 3 at Greenhut Galleries, 146 Middle St. Gallery hours: 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday-Friday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. 772-2693

Portland: The seventh annual exhibition by Maine College of Art painting alumni will be featured through Jan. 24 at June Fitzpatrick Gallery, 112 High St. Gallery hours: noon to 5 p.m. Thursday-Saturday. 772-1961

Portland: The fifth annual exhibition of Maine College of Art staff members will be featured through Jan. 24 at June Fitzpatrick Gallery, 522 Congress St. 879-5742

Portland: Student work from continuing studies classes “Lost Wax Bronze Casting and the Practice of Painting” will be featured Jan. 9 through Feb. 6 at Free Street Gallery at MECA, 87 Free St.

Rockland: “The Wyeth Collection” and “Alex Katz: Early Paintings” are featured continuously; “From Impressionism to Modernism: American Paintings From the Farnsworth Art Museum, 1885-1935” will be on display through Feb. 1; and “Confronting Abstraction: Painting in Maine, 1945-1955,” will be featured through May 27, all at Farnsworth Art Museum, 352 Main St. Gallery hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday-Sunday. $8/$5 596-6457

Saco: “A Matter of Perception: Juried Exhibition by Artists with Disabilities” will be featured Jan. 9 through Feb. 22 at Saco Museum, 371 Main St. Gallery hours: noon to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday and noon to 8 p.m. Thursday. 283-3861

Unity: “Unity Under the Falls,” with works by Unity College students, will be displayed through Feb. 20 Unity College Centre for the Performing Arts, 42 Depot St. 948-7469

Waterville: “The Works of Alex Katz” and “Ancient Art” are ongoing; “Realms of Faith: Medieval Art From the Walters Art Museum” will be displayed through Jan. 4; “Currents,” solo exhibit dedicated to T.S. Beall, will be featured through Feb. 1; “Hiraki Sawa,” featuring works by Japanese-born artist Hiraki Sawa, will be on exhibit through Jan. 25; and the fall faculty exhibition will be shown through Jan. 18, 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