Dec. 28: LEWISTON, Annie Clark and Ellis Paul will perform at 7:30 p.m. at The Maple Room, 22 Park St. $25 450-8645

Dec. 28, 29, Jan. 4, 5, 11, 12: LEWISTON, live music with smooth jazz, blues and rock will be presented at 6 p.m. at L/A Coffee and Wine Bistro at Mr. Paperback Bookstore, 855 Lisbon St. 783-0444

Dec. 29: BRUNSWICK, Sally Davis will present vocals with keyboard at 6 p.m. at Capt. Daniel Stone Inn, 10 Water St. 725-7721

Dec. 29: BRUNSWICK, Castlebay will perform at 7:30 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 13 Pleasant St. $10 529-5438

Dec. 29: NORWAY, Mary Ukelady Hargreaves will perform at 11 a.m. at Norway Memorial Library, 258 Main St. 743-5309

Dec. 29: WATERVILLE, the Rustic Overtones will perform at 8 p.m. at the Waterville Opera House. 873-7000

Dec. 30: PORTLAND, Will Dailey will perform at 9 p.m. at the Big Easy, 55 Market St.

Dec. 31: LEWISTON, Lindsey Montana will perform at 6:30 p.m. at Davinci’s Eatery, 150 Mill St. 782-2088

Dance

Dec. 27, 28, 30, Jan. 3, 4, 6, 10, 11, 13: GORHAM, ballroom dance parties will be held every Thursday, Friday and Sunday at Centre of Movement School of Performing Arts, Route 25. 839-3267

Dec. 27: NEWRY, PoiStar Fire Dance Productions will perform outside at 7 and 7:45 p.m. at Sunday River Ski Resort at White Cap Base Lodge. Free 824-3000

Dec. 27-30: PORTLAND, Vivid Motion Inc., an innovative and quirky dance company, will perform “The Night Before Burlesque,” a brazen holiday dance show, at St. Lawrence Arts and Community Center, 76 Congress St. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. Dec. 27, 28, 29, 30. $12/$10. Adults only. 838-0659

Dec. 27, Jan. 3, 10: PORTLAND, salsa and swing dancing will be held at 8:30 p.m. at Maplewood Dance Center, 383 Warren Ave. 878-0584

Dec. 28, Jan. 4, 11: PORTLAND, a Friday night Latin dance party will be held at 8 p.m. at Maine Ballroom Dance, 614 Congress St. 773-0002

Dec. 29, Jan. 5, 12: PORTLAND, a ballroom dance party will be held at 8 p.m. every Saturday at Maine Ballroom Dance, 614 Congress St. $6 773-0002

Dec. 30: LEWISTON, Clary Hill 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

Dec. 31: LEWISTON, a New Year’s Eve dinner/dance, with music by Vintage will be held at 6 p.m. at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 150 East Ave. $65 783-7560

Dec. 31: LISBON, a New Year’s Eve dance will be held at 6 p.m. at the VFW Hall, Route 196. 353-4879

Dec. 31: NORTH YARMOUTH, a New Year’s extravaganza dinner/dance will be held at 6 p.m. at Wescustogo Hall, Route 115. $12/$20 712-2837

Dec. 31: PARIS, a New Year’s Eve dance with music by the Country Ladds will be held at 8 p.m. at the American Legion Hall, Church Street. $15/$25 743-7965

Dec. 31: RUMFORD, a New Year’s Eve dinner/dance will be held at 5:30 p.m. at the Rumford Elks Lodge. $25/$15 364-4022

Dec. 31: SABATTUS, a New Year’s Eve dance will be held at the American Legion Hall, Island Road. 375-4058

Kids

Dec. 27: LEWISTON, a program for children ages 6 through 10 will be held from 10 to 11:30 a.m. and from 2 to 3:30 p.m. at Museum L-A, 35 Canal St. $5 333-3881

Dec. 29: NEWRY, “Mad Science – Spectacular Kids Show,” exploring the zany side of science, will be held at 7 p.m. at Sunday River Ski Resort at the Grand Summit Resort Hotel. $8-$4 824-3000

Dec. 31: FREEPORT, L.L. Bean on Main Street will offer an evening of activities for the family, including a “Kidnight” countdown at 6 p.m. featuring children’s entertainer Rick Charette and the Bubblegum Band, followed by fireworks.

Dec. 31: LEWISTON, the “Hallelujah Hop” will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. at Jesus Party Headquarters, 291 Bates St. 786-5568

Special

Dec. 27-31: AUBURN, a collection of 44 classic cameras will be displayed in the first floor lobby at Auburn City Hall, The hours are 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday and 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday-Friday. 333-6600

Dec. 27, 28, 29, 30, 31: PORTLAND, comedian Bob Marley will present a holiday show at 8 p.m. Dec. 27 and 28 and at 6:30 and 9 p.m. Dec. 29, 30 and 31 at Portland City Hall Merrill Auditorium. $32/$35 842-0800

Dec. 28: CARRABASSETT VALLEY, the “Carry the Torch for a Cure” torchlight parade will be held at Sugarloaf USA. 1-800-843-5623

Dec. 28: CARRABASSETT VALLEY, a comedy night with Tim Sample and the Maine Hysterical Society will be held at 8 p.m. at Sugarloaf USA in the King Pine Room. $10/$6 1-800-843-5623

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

Dec. 29, 30: SCARBOROUGH, the Maine Hysterical Society’s annual benefit holiday show will be held at 7 p.m. Saturday and at 2 p.m. Sunday at Scarborough High School Winslow Homer Auditorium, Oak Hill, Route 1. $17/$12 885-5883

Dec. 30, Jan. 6, 13: BRIDGTON, an open-mic night will be held from 3 to 6 p.m. every Sunday at Cafe DeCarlo. 647-4596

Dec. 31: BETHEL, the 10th annual New Year’s Bethel with cabaret show, music, storytellers, children’s dragon parade and horse-and-wagon rides will be held in Bethel. $12/$10 824-2908

Dec. 31: CARRABASSETT VALLEY, a family New Year’s Eve party with music, contra dancing and fireworks will be held at Sugarloaf USA in the Base Lodge. 1-800-843-5623

Dec. 31: DOVER-FOXCROFT, a New Year’s Eve celebration will be held at Center Theatre, 20 East Main St. 564-8943

Dec. 31: FREEPORT, L.L. Bean on Main Street will offer an evening of activities for the family, including a “Kidnight” countdown at 6 p.m. featuring children’s entertainer Rick Charette and the Bubblegum Band, followed by fireworks.

Dec. 31: PORTLAND, a New Year’s Eve party will be held at 9:30 p.m. at the Station, 272 St. John St. $20

Dec. 31: PORTLAND, a New Year’s Eve extravaganza with music, comedy and food will be held at the Gold Room, 512 Warren Ave. 221-2343

Theater

Dec. 28, 29, 30: BATH, Lanyard Theatre Company will perform “The Chief Engineer” at 7 p.m. Friday and 2 and 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at Chocolate church Arts Center, 798 Washington St. $10/$15 442-8637

Dec. 28, 29, 30: LEWISTON, Community Little Theatre will perform “Disney’s High School Musical” at Lewiston Middle School Auditorium, 70 Central Ave. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. Dec. 28 and 29 and 2 p.m. Dec. 29 and 30. 783-0958

Dec. 29, 30: SEBAGO, auditions for “Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep” will be held from 2 to 4:30 p.m. at Schoolhouse Arts Center, corner of Routes 114 and 35. 642-5188

Exhibits

Albany, N.H.: “Bog Life/Bird Life,” photography exhibit by Brad Fuller, will be featured through Jan. 31 at Tin Mountain Nature Learning Center, 1245 Bald Hill Road. Gallery hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Saturday. 603-447-6991

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

Bangor: Works by Indian Island artist and educator Michael E. Vermette will be featured through Dec. 31 at Bangor Public Library, 145 Harlow St. 947-8336

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

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

Belfast: “End of the Season Show” will be featured through Dec. 31 at Working Art Gallery, 65 Main St. Gallery hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday. 338-4820

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

Bowdoinham: “Salamanders and Lizards Gallery Show” will be featured through Jan. 19 at Merrymeeting Arts Center, 9 Maine St. 666-8907

Brunswick: “Carved in Stone: Two Views of Inuit Art,” an exhibit of Canadian Inuit sculpture, “Polar Photography by Bryan Alexander,” featuring photographs of Northwest Greenland, “A Permanent Home: Recent Acquisitions From Alaska” and “Chilling Discoveries About Global Warming,” featuring a piece of an ice core from the Greenland ice cap, will be featured through Jan. 31 at Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum at Bowdoin College. Gallery hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday and 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday. 725-3416

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: A holiday exhibition will be featured through Jan. 5 at Bayview Gallery, 58 Maine St. 1-800-244-3007

Farmingdale: “Mixed Media Collection” by Claudia Brahms and “Limited Edition Photographs” by Noel J. Mount will be featured through Jan. 16 at Renaissance Gallery, 685 Maine Ave. Gallery hours: 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. 623-3575

Farmington: Works by Carlton Rollins will be featured through Dec. 31 at Heirlooms of Tomorrow. 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

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 Feb. 28 at Museum L-A, 35 Canal St. 333-3881

Lewiston: Works by Auburn artist Joyce Coyne will be featured through Jan. 3 at St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center lobby gallery. 777-8100

Lewiston: Works by Joyce Coyne and Marj DiRenzo will be featured through Jan. 4 at Central Maine Medical Center Heart and Vascular Institute lobby, High Street.

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: “Holiday Group Show” will be featured through Dec. 31 at Commons Art Gallery, 447 Main St. Gallery hours: 3 to 6 p.m. Thursday and Friday and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.

Portland: “Masterpieces From the Currier Museum of Art” and “Selected N.C. Wyeth Masterworks” are ongoing; “Both Sides of the Camera,” photographs from the collection of Judith Ellis Glickman will be featured through Jan. 6; and “New Acquisitions 2007” will be featured through Feb. 10, 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; and “Tree Houses,” a hands-on exhibit, will be featured through Dec. 31 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: Works by Abelardo Morell will be featured through Jan. 27 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 Maine artist Brita Holmquist will be featured through Dec. 31 at Dawnis Fine Handmade Jewelry, 616 Congress St. 773-6011

Portland: “Monhegan on Paper: Watercolors of Edward Christiana” will be featured through Jan. 5 ; and the Jameson Art Group holiday show “The Art of Giving” will be featured through Jan. 25, both at Jameson Gallery, 305 Commercial St. Gallery hours: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday-Saturday and by appointment. 772-5522

Portland: An exhibition marking the 30th anniversary of the gallery will be featured through Dec. 29 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

Portland: A group show will be featured through Dec. 29 at Cooper Jackson Gallery, 70 India St. Gallery hours: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday and by chance or appointment. 772-2108

Portland: “Urban Landscape,” featuring works by Richard Estes, Richard Haas, David Kapp, Todd Watts, Rackstraw Downes and Rush Brown, will be up through Dec. 31; “The Urban Landscape” will be featured through Jan. 31; and “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 shown Jan. 4 through Feb. 29, all 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

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: Works by painter David Estey of Belfast, sculptor Richard Whittier of Liberty and furniture craftsman Mort LaPointe of Topsham will be featured through Jan. 15 at the Royall Gallery, 52 Main St. 737-2257

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

Rumford: Works by Norway artist Pat Chandler will be featured through Dec. 31 at Pennacook Art Center, 82 Congress St. Gallery hours: noon to 5 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday. 364-9972

Topsham: “Three Mediums” featuring the works of Shirley Lewis, Liz Messler and Claire Vigneau will be shown through Jan. 31 at Topsham Public Library Crooker Gallery, 25 Foreside Road. 725-1727

Turner: “In Good Company,” the works of 30 artists, will be featured through Jan. 19 at Turner Center for the Arts at Leavitt Institute Building. 225-3115

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; “Fall Faculty Exhibition” will be featured through Jan. 20; and “Currents: Amy Stacey Curtis” will be featured through April 13, 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: “Work of Heart,” 30 paintings by Barbara Bagshaw of Windham, will be featured through Feb. 1 at Blue Marble Gallery, 153B Main St. 873-2300

Wiscasset: “Annual Holiday Exhibition” will be featured through Dec. 31 at Wiscasset Bay Gallery, 67 Main St. Gallery hours: 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday. 882-7682

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