2013 Visitor's Guide

SHOWS & EXHIBITS PORTLAND MUSEUM OF ART 775-6148, portlandmuseum.org THROUGH MAY 19: BLUEBERRY RAKERS: Photographs by David Brooks Stess MAY 2 – SEPTEMBER 8: THE WILLIAM S. PALEY COLLECTION: A Taste for Modernism SEPTEMBER 7 – DECEMBER 8: WINSLOW HOMER’S CIVIL WAR SEPTEMBER 7 – DECEMBER 8: AHMED ALSOUDANI: Redacted OCT 3, ’13 – JAN 5, ‘14: 2013 Portland Museum of Art Biennial JUNE 8 – AUGUST 25: SHANGAA: Art of Tanzania DECEMBER: THE VELVETEEN RABBIT FEBRUARY ’14: RUMPELSTITSKIN MAINE HISTORICAL SOCIETY 774-1822, mainehistory.org THROUGH MAY 24: WIRED! How Electricity Came to Maine JUNE 28, ‘13 – MAY 30, ’14: THIS REBELLION: Maine and the Civil War FARNSWORTH ART MUSEUM 596-6457, farnsworthmuseum.org THROUGH DECEMBER 29: AMERICAN TREASURES: Small Treasures APRIL 27 – DECEMBER 29: EVERY PICTURE TELLS A STORY: N.C. Wyeth Illustrations from the Brandywine River Museum THROUGH JAN 5, ‘14: A WONDROUS JOURNEY: Jonathan Fisher and the Making of Scripture Animals MAINE MARITIME MUSEUM 443-1316, mainemaritimemuseum.org MAY 3 – DECEMBER 1: THAT FLAUNTING RAG! Maine’s Maritime War Against the Confederacy JUNE 7 – OCTOBER 15: BEYOND THE BREAKERS: Lighthouses, Life-Saving and the U.S. Coast Guard CHILDREN’S MUSEUM & THEATRE OF MAINE B?BL>?@A, kitetails.org JULY: CHARLOTTE’S WEB

FREE OUTDOOR EVENTS JULY + AUGUST Pack a picnic lunch or dinner, grab a lawn chair or blanket, and enjoy the show. ALIVE AT FIVE CONCERTS Thursday evening concerts from 5-7:30 pm in Portland’s Monument Square Portland’s Downtown District: 772-6828 SUNSET FOLK SERIES Wednesday evening performances in Portland’s Western Prom Park Portland Parks & Recreation: 756-8275 KIDS ACTIVITY DAY Wednesdays 10:30 –11:30 am in Portland’s Lobsterman’s Park Portland’s Downtown District: 772-6828 L.L. BEAN’S SUMMER IN THE PARK Saturday evening 7:30 pm performances in L.L. Bean’s Discovery Park in Freeport. llbean.com/summer WEEKDAY PERFORMANCE SERIES Tuesdays from noon to 1:00 pm in Portland’s Post Office Park & Congress Square Portland’s Downtown District: 772-6828 CRUSHER’S KIDS CONCERTS IN THE PARK Thursdays at 12:30 pm in Deering Oaks Park Portland Parks & Recreation: 756-8275 FRIENDS OF EASTERN PROMENADE CONCERT SERIES Thursdays at 7:00 pm in Fort Sumner Park Portland Parks & Recreation: 756-8275 FRIDAY NOONTIME CONCERTS Portland’s Post Office Park & Congress Sq Portland’s Downtown District: 772-6828 FIREWORKS IN THE SQUARE Fireworks every Thursday night at 9:45 pm in Old Orchard Beach, Old Orchard Beach Chamber: 934-2500 SOUTH PORTLAND SUMMER CONCERTS Wednesday evening performances in South Portland’s Mill Creek Park at 6:30 pm South Portland Parks & Recreation: 767-7650 SUMMER ARTS SERIES Wednesday concerts in Yarmouth’s Royal River Park Yarmouth Community Services: 846-2406 Check for times online: yarmouthcommunityservices.org SUMMER CONCERT SERIES Thursday evenings at Scarborough’s

AUGUST 2 – SEPTEMBER 27: SOME BURDENSOME: Big Ships, Big Cargoes OCTOBER 25, ’13 – JUNE 1, ’14: GOING COASTAL: Humor, Parody and Amusement of a Maritime Nature PORTLAND STAGE COMPANY 774-0465, portlandstage.org APRIL 30 – MAY 19 : WITTENBERG SEPT 24 – OCT 20: MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM OCT 29 – NOV 17 : VIGIL NOV 29 – DEC 22 : THE SNOW QUEEN DEC 3 – 22: THE SANTALAND DIARIES JAN 21 – FEB 16, ‘14: WORDS BY FEB 25 – MAR 16, ‘14: VEILS MARCH 25 – APRIL 13, ‘14: TRIBES APRIL 29 – MAY 25, ’14: THE SAVANNAH DISPUTATION MAINE STATE MUSIC THEATRE 725-8769, msmt.org JUNE 5 – 22: DREAMGIRLS JUNE 26 – JULY 13: LES MISERABLES JULY 27 – AUGUST 3 : GYPSY AUGUST 7 – 24: MARY POPPINS COASTAL MAINE BOTANICAL GARDENS 633-4333, mainegardens.org MAY 25 – MID-OCTOBER: BRANCHING OUT (Student Art Ex hibit) JUNE 27 – SEPTEMBER 22: LIVING WOOD JULY 11 – SEPTEMBER 2: LUNAFORM – a 20th Anniversary Exhibit AUGUST 1 – 28: TREE SKETCHES

EVENTS

Drawings of trees by Dick Rauh AUGUST 30 – OCTOBER 8: COLOR STUDY: Macro By Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens Photography Club members BRICK STORE MUSEUM PKENNEBUNKQ – 985-4802, brickstoremuseum.org

Town Park Gazebo Scarborough Community Services: 730-4150

ONGOING: DESIGN AND FUNCTION: Furnishings, Portraits, and Art, 1685 - 1840 Permanent Exhibition APRIL 20 – SEPTEMBER 19: MARITIME HERITAGE OF THE KENNEBUNKS JUNE 7 – SEPTEMBER 19 : THE TOURIST OF >C>@ M ?=>@ THROUGH DECEMBER : FROMTHE KENNEBUNKS TOAPPOMATTOX: The Civil War at Home and Away

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