Page 14 — THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN, Wednesday, December 8, 2010
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Walker Memorial Library Holiday Open House 3 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The Friends of the Walker Memorial Library in Westbrook are hosting their annual Holiday Open House. The public is cordially invited to the Walker Memorial Library for refreshments and festive holiday cheer in celebration of the season. Musical entertainment will be provided by the Chopin Club. There will be a raffle drawing for three baskets filled with a variety of books and other items, ideal for gifts. The baskets are on display at the library; proceeds in support of the Library.
Sesame Street Live 7 p.m. Sesame Street Live “1-2-3 Imagine! with Elmo and Friends” comes to the Cumberland County Civic Center. Dec. 9 to Dec. 12. Opening night tickets $10 excludes Sunny and Gold Circle seats); Friday at 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Saturday at 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m.; and Sunday at 1 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. Tickets: $50 (Sunny Seats — front row and includes a meet and greet with two Sesame Friends), $20 (Gold Circle), $15, $12 & $10. www.theciviccenter. With assistance by Professor Art, the Sesame Street Live friends prepare for a colorful adventure in “Elmo’s com/events Coloring Book.” Sesame Street Live “1-2-3 Imagine! with Elmo and Friends” comes to the Cumberland County Awesome Town presents: Coats Civic Center. Dec. 9 to Dec. 12. (Photo courtesy Sesame Workshop)
and Cans For The Community 7 p.m. A one-night only extravaganza to gather food, coats and funds for Portland’s Salvation Army. For $5 (only $3 if you bring a gently used coat or a can of food) you can enjoy The Hot Tarts, Sun Gods in Exile, the premiere of Spiderhearts featuring the legendary Boo and Vik44, DJ King Alberto and a performance by the ever sexy, one of a kind, Atomic Trash. MC’d by Boo and The Fuge! Geno’s Rock Club. Guests will have the opportunity to bid on all kinds of iitems in a silent auction. There will be everything from one of a kind local art to a motorcycle seat to WWE garb! A raffle will feature anything from a gift certificate to a local restaurant to a gift certificate for an hourlong tattoo session from Hollowed Ground and everything in between! With drawings every hour, there will be tons of chances to win. Appearances by the tough beauties of Maine Roller Derby! www.myspace.com/genosrockclub/ shows or go to the Facebook page.
Screening of ‘Herb & Dorothy’ 7:30 p.m. Part of SCOPE: SPACE’s Visual Arts Film Series, SPACE Gallery at 538 Congress St. will screen “Herb & Dorothy.” Doors open at 7 p.m.; film at 7:30 p.m. “‘Herb & Dorothy’ tells the extraordinary story of Herbert Vogel, a postal clerk, and Dorothy Vogel, a librarian, who managed to build one of the most important contemporary art collections in history with very modest means. In the early 1960s, when very little attention was paid to Minimalist and Conceptual Art, Herb and Dorothy Vogel quietly began purchasing the works of unknown artists. Devoting all of Herb’s salary to purchase art they liked, and living on Dorothy’s paycheck alone, they continued collecting artworks guided by two rules: the piece had to be affordable, and it had to be small enough to fit in their one-bedroom Manhattan apartment. Within these limitations, they proved themselves curatorial visionaries; most of those they supported and befriended went on to become worldrenowned artists. Their circle includes: Sol LeWitt, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Richard Tuttle, Chuck Close, Robert Mangold, Sylvia Plimack Mangold, Lynda Benglis, Pat Steir, Robert Barry, Lucio Pozzi, and Lawrence Weiner.” www.herbanddorothy.com or www.space538.org
‘Good Medicine’ at UMF 7:30 p.m. University of Maine at Farmington will present “Good Medicine,” a new play chronicling the experiences of a midwife at the turn of the century, written and directed by Jayne Decker, UMF instructor and artistic director for the Sandy River Players. Performances in UMF’s Alumni Theater are at 7:30 p.m., on Dec. 9, 10 and 11; and at 2 p.m., on Dec. 12. Admission is free and open to the public, with donations to benefit Casa Materna — a Women’s Cooperative in Mulukuku, Nicaragua — gratefully accepted at the door. For more information on Casa Materna, visit http://www.casamaterna.org/.
Keystone Reading Series at Local Sprouts 8 p.m. Keystone Reading Series at Local Sprouts Cafe on Congress Street. A new monthly series, poets: Nylah Lyman, Shanna Miller McNair and Megan Grumbling. Any questions can be directed to Kevin at kstjarre@hotmail.com
Friday, Dec. 10 Alternative Gift Market and Fair-Trade Craft Fair 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Center for Student Involvement and Leadership at Southern Maine Community College hosts
the Alternative Gift Market and Fair-Trade Craft Fair on Dec. 10 and 11. “Every holiday season, the Center for Student Involvement and Leadership at Southern Maine Community College (SMCC) hosts the Alternative Gift Market and Fair-Trade Craft Fair. The Alternative Gift Market provides holiday shoppers the chance to exemplify the true meaning of giving by purchasing life sustaining gifts, like food, medicine, education, in honor of friends, relatives and associates. The market will also include a Fair Trade Craft Sale with hand-made crafts from all over the world (proceeds of which benefit craft-makers from developing nations), baked goods, and displays representing the projects sponsored through the Alternative Gift Market.” The event will be held in the Campus Center at SMCC (2 Fort Road in South Portland) on Friday, Dec. 10, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Saturday, Dec. 11, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. For more information contact Ryan Bouchard at 741-5663 or rbouchard@smccme.edu.
Global Block Party at USM 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. University of Southern Maine’s Multicultural Student Association presents the third annual Global Block Party, Woodbury Campus Center, Portland campus. Free and open to the public, includes global entertainment, African drumming, Sudanese and Rwandan dancers, belly dancers, Indian dancers, USM’s salsa dancers, 50/50 raffle and food from Passage to India. For more information, or if you would like to be a performer or participate in the Global Fashions, please email Ben at benjamin.skillings@maine.edu.
‘Vision’ at Movies at the Museum “Vision: From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen” at Portland Museum of Art as part of the Movies at the Museum series. Friday, Dec. 10, at 6:30 p.m.; Saturday, Dec. 11, at 2 p.m.; and Sunday, Dec. 12, at 2 p.m. “Hildegard von Bingen was truly a woman ahead of her time. A visionary in every sense of the word, this famed 12th-century Benedictine nun was a Christian mystic, composer, philosopher, playwright, poet, naturalist, scientist, physician, herbalist, and ecological activist. This film brings the story of this extraordinary woman to life. In Vision, New German Cinema auteur Margarethe von Trotta (Marianne and Juliane, Rosa Luxemburg, Rosenstrasse) reunites with recurrent star Barbara Sukowa (Zentropa, Berlin Alexanderplatz) to bring the story of this extraordinary woman to life.”
Season of Light at the Planetarium 7 p.m. Season of Light: Southworth Planetarium’s annual holiday show that explores the astronomy and history of the holiday season: from Christmas to Hannukah to the Solstice. We also examine the “Star of Bethlehem.” Assuming it was a natural event, what might it have been? A supernova; a planetary conjunction or some other celestial event. Southworth Planetarium, 96 Falmouth St., Portland. Also Dec. 11-12. Check times at 780-4249. www.usm.maine. edu/planet
‘Listening In, Looking Out’ at Bates 7:30 p.m. Music improvised by schoolchildren from Japan and Lewiston forms the basis of a collaborative sound and image project to be performed at Bates College in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall, 75 Russell St. “Listening In, Looking Out” is a project undertaken by Hiroya Miura, a composer who directs the Bates College Orchestra, in collaboration with Bates students (including one from Maine), intermedia artist Peter Bussigel and percussionist Masaki Endo, as well as the children, whose recorded musical efforts
form part of the soundscape. Endo will perform during the presentation of the piece. For more information, please contact 7866135 or olinarts@bates.edu. The composition of the piece is based on a game, often associated with the Dadaist art movement of the early 20th century, in which each member of a team adds a piece, in turn, to the creation of a work. For “Listening In, Looking Out,” Miura, Mussigel and the Bates students conducted improvisation workshops this year with children in Sendai, Japan (where an earlier edition of the piece was premiered in 2009), and at Lewiston’s Farwell Elementary School. The workshops are designed to get children to improvise simple musical instruments from everyday objects. Recordings from the workshops were edited by the Bates students to create a sound and image composition. The Bates students taking part are two juniors, Abigael Merson of Falmouth and Jack Schneider of Tacoma Park, Md.; and Alex Koster, a senior from Pound Ridge, N.Y.
Magic of Christmas
7:30 p.m. Magic of Christmas concert. Friday, Dec. 10, at 7:30 p.m.; and Saturday, Dec. 11, at 2 p.m. at Merrill Auditorium. “Join Robert Moody and special guests for what critics and audiences are calling Maine’s finest holiday extravaganza. Celebrate the traditions, story and spirit of the season — experience the Magic for yourself!” Portland Symphony Orchestra. Through Dec. 19. www.portlandsymphony.org/content/?performance=magic-of-christmas
‘It’s A Wonderful Life’ at Old Port Playhouse 8 p.m. “It’s A Wonderful Life,” the beloved American holiday classic comes to life as a live 1940s-era radio broadcast, directed by Whitney Smith, at Old Port Playhouse. “The saga of George Bailey, the Everyman from the small town of Bedford Falls, whose dreams of escape and adventure have been quashed by family obligation and civic duty, whose guardian angel has to descent on Christmas Eve to save him from despair and to remind him—by showing him what the world would have been like had he never been born—that his has been, after all, a wonderful life!” It runs Dec. 3-19. Thursday at 7 p.m., Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m. $15-$22. Box Office, 773-0333, http://oldportplayhouse.com
Saturday, Dec. 11 Designing Women show 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Designing Women, a nonprofit volunteer corporation that works directly with organizations that benefit women and girls in local communities, will hold their last of only two Portland shows this year at Woodford’s Church, located at 202 Woodford St., Portland. “Over 20 female artists and craftwomen will be on hand to display their high quality and beautifully handcrafted pottery, handbags, glasswork, handwoven clothing and accessories, home accents, stained glass, and sculptural ceramic art. Items will range in size and price. The suggested $2 door donation and all lunch/refreshment proceeds will be donated to Partners for Rural Health in the Dominican Republic. Attending this show is a great way to complete your Holiday shopping list, support local artisans and benefit a wonderful community cause!” http://designingwomen.org
Holiday Arts & Crafts Show 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Join Lucid Stage this weekend for lastminute gift buying. There will be 50 vendors selling handmade arts and crafts and jewelry, dolls, pottery, photography, painting, knitwear, cards and more. Get your caricature done by Ed King. Free entry to win one of many raffle prizes. 29 Baxter Blvd. Saturday and Sunday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. www.lucidstage.com
Eyes on Owls at Gilsland Farm 9:30 a.m. Join naturalist Marcia Wilson, photographer Mark Wilson, and six live owls for an event devoted to owls. The program includes a slideshow introduction to owls of New England and beyond, a hooting lesson, tips on finding owls without disturbing them, and an opportunity to see seven live owls. We will have intimate looks at those species native to the region and beyond — everything from the diminutive saw-whet owl to the giant eagle-owl. The two abbreviated morning sessions are focused for young children (ages 2 and up). 9:30-10:15 a.m., 11-11:45 a.m., 1:30-2:45 p.m., or 4-5:15 p.m. Gilsland Farm, Falmouth, members: $10/adult, $5/child; nonmembers: $15/adult, $10/child. Advance registration necessary. http://habitat.maineaudubon.org/articles/Eyes-on-Owls/576/ see next page