Area Arts

Pushing Clay: USM Art Gallery, October 29-December 7, Opening reception and Jurors’ Talk November 7, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Pushing Clay, perhaps the most significant contemporary ceramics exhibit ever organized in Maine, is part of a series of ceramic events organized by Ray Chen and Carolyn Eyler as part of a comprehensive mission to heighten the cultural, educational, and intellectual awareness of international ceramic aesthetics in New England. The exhibit opens in the Art Gallery in Gorham Oct. 29 and runs through Dec. 7, 2002. The opening reception and Jurors’ Talk by the three jurors is scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 7, 5:30-7:30 p.m. For more information please call the USM Art Gallery at 780-5009.

Sculpting in Relief: Creating a Personal Vocabulary, Workshop by Carol Grant Nov. 8 and 9 on Gorham Campus. Grant’s workshop will focus on creating a personal vocabulary through sculpture in relief. The corresponding slide talk is free and open to the public at 4 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 7 in Burnham Lounge, Robie Andrews Hall on the Gorham campus. The workshop has limited openings left and will take place in the ceramics room in Robie Andrews on Friday 9 a.m.-4 p.m. For registration fees and info, call the USM Art Department at 780-5460.

Auditions: Lewiston-Auburn's Community Little Theatre will hold auditions for the January production of "Phantom" on October 26 at 10 am and October 29 at 6:30 pm at the Great Falls Performing Arts Center, Academy St., Auburn. Anyone with specific questions about the requirements of the singing roles may contact the Music Director at 784-8165. For more information, please call Dick Martin at 783-1828 or Karen Mayo at 346-6140. Scripts are available for perusal. www.laclt.com.

Littlejohn’s Island Art Association: Featured paintings on display at the Gray Public Library, 5 Hancock Street, Gray, through October. Call the Library FMI at 657-4110.
Casco Bay Concert Band: "By Request," October 20, 3 p.m. at the Performing Arts Center, Gorham High School, 45 Morrrill St., Gorham. Selections include Nimrod from Enigma Variations, Gandalf from Lord of the Rings, selections from Fiddler on the Roof, and more. Admission is $7 for adults, Seniors $6, students, children free. FMI call 892-8812. handicapped accessible and free parking.

Auditions: The Gray-New Gloucester Community Theater will hold auditions on Thursday, October 17 at 6:30 at Gray’s First Congregational Parish House, for its first production, the comedy, "Laffing Room Only." The play has 10 adult roles. Auditions will consist of a play reading and a short improvisation. FMI or if interested in technical aspects, call Fran Dombrowski at 657-4352.

Play Opening: The Public Theatre season’s opening play, "Art," will be performed on Oct 11 with a run thorugh October 27. The New York Times called the play, "the funniest play on Broadway." For tickets and information call 782-3200. The Public Theatre is located at Lisbon and Maple Street, in downtown Lewiston.

Chamber Music: Cohen Chamber Music Series at Hebron Academy: 2002-03 season: Friday, October 24 at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, February 15: 2003, and Saturday, April 26, 2003, at the Androscoggin Theater, Sargent Gym, Hebron Academy. Events are free.