“Maine Celtic 2017 Music Series: Scott MacMillan & Colin Grant,”Chocolate Church Arts Center, Bath

Feb. 9, Thursday, 10am, “Longfellow Days 2017- Community Poetry Reading,” this informal gathering, facilitated by poets Ted and Ruth Bookey, is open to everyone, so please bring and share a poem, free, Thornton Oaks Retirement Community, 25 Thornton Way, Brunswick. FMI: 917-543-8421, www.brunswickdowntown.org.
Feb. 9, Thursday, 7pm, “CJ Chenier,” the Creole son of the Grammy Award-winning “King of Zydeco,” Louisiana musician, Clifton Chenier. In 1987, Chenier followed his father’s footsteps and led his Father’s band as an accordion performer and singer of zydeco, a blend of Cajun and creole music, $20/advance, $24/at the door, Camden Opera House, 29 Elm Street, Camden. FMI: 207-236-7963, www.camdenoperahouse.com.
Feb. 9-12, Thursday-Sunday, 7:30pm/Thurs, 8pm/Fri. and Sat, 2pm/Sun, “Cocktails and Travails,” this outrageous madcap farce was written by Maine playwright and actor Brent Askari, Greg has arranged a nice, quiet, intimate cocktail party with his wife, Emily, and his stuffy colleague, Professor Stilton. A perfect evening could mean Greg achieves tenure at the college. But when Professor Stilton arrives, Emily and the hors d’oeuvres are missing, Greg’s mother-in-law insists on crashing the party, and Greg’s deadbeat brother is convinced he can somehow help. And what on earth is in the punch? Things couldn’t get any worse. Or could they? Pay-what-you-can, $20/suggested donation, $40/Feb. 4th, cocktail party included, The Theater Project, 14 School Street, Brunswick. FMI: 207-729-8584, www.theaterproject.com.
Feb. 10-11, Friday-Saturday, 7pm, “Banff Mt. Film Festival World Tour,” The most prestigious mountain festival in the world, The Banff Centre’s Banff Mountain Film Festival celebrates its 42th year in 2017 by continuing to bring the best mountain action, environmental, and adventure films to audiences in Banff and in 40 countries across the globe. Hot on the heels of the festival held every fall in Banff, Alberta, the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour hits the road. With stops planned in about 400 communities and 40 countries across the globe, the 2016/2017 World Tour features a collection of exhilarating and provocative films that explore life in the mountains. They highlight remote cultures, intense expeditions into exotic landscapes and bring adrenaline-packed sports into sharp focus, films for each night listed on website, $5, Camden Hills Regional High School, Strom Auditorium, 25 Keelson Ave, Rockport. FMI: 207-236-7120, www.banffcentre.ca/banffmountainfestival/tour.
Feb. 10, Friday, 7:30pm, “Maine Celtic 2017 Music Series: Scott MacMillan & Colin Grant,” presenting the best CELTIC musicians performing in the intimate venue of the Curtis Room. Tonight’s show features Cape Breton fiddler extraordinaire Colin Grant and Nova Scotia ruling Crown Prince of music Scott Macmillan team up to bring us some live tunes from the new release “Good2Go.” Seats are limited to 75. Some shows will have dance floor and serve adult beverages. Everyone is Irish on these evenings, $15, Chocolate Church Arts Center, 804 Washington Street, Bath. FMI: 207-442-8455, www.chocolatechurcharts.org.
Feb. 10, Friday, 7:30pm, “Harvey Reid and Joyce Andersen,” Reid has absorbed a vast repertoire of American contemporary and roots music and woven it into his own personal and distinctive style, creating songs that have been recorded by dozens of artists. His recordings showcase a mastery of many instruments and styles of acoustic music, from folk to slashing slide guitar blues to bluegrass, old-time, Celtic, ragtime, and even classical. Joyce Andersen has made her way from backing vocalist gigs in folk, Celtic, rock, country and bluegrass bands that have taken her to Carnegie Hall and the Conan O’Brien Show, to her present role center stage as a singer, songwriter and instrumentalist. After five solo singer-songwriter albums and five acoustic folk collaborations with Harvey Reid, she has reinvented herself as a “fiddle troubadour” whose acclaimed solo CD “Swerve” led one reviewer to note “It will forever alter your perception of the violin.” Reid and Andersen each bring distinguished musical careers to a program that will feature the married couple performing together and individually, $12/advance, $15/door, $8/students, Phippsburg Congregational Church, 10 Church Lane, Phippsburg. FMI: 207-389-1770, www.phippsburgucc.org.
Feb. 11-12, Saturday-Sunday, 11am, “Winter 2017 Fine Art & Antiques Auction,” exciting winter auction featuring the lifelong Collection of Leo Wilensky, which includes some of the finest examples of American folk art to come to the market in many years, plus important antique furniture, textiles, and early lighting — all to be sold unreserved. There will also be a selection of fine art, country furniture; marine items; Native American artifacts, early toys, estate silver and jewelry, ceramics and art glass, Asian antiques and other decorative pieces. All lots can be viewed at website. Live, absentee, telephone, and internet bids are accepted, free, Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, US Route 1, Thomaston. FMI: 207-354-8141, www.thomastonauction.com.