On November 3, the Penobscot Theatre Company's production of Arthur Miller's The Crucible opens at the Bangor Opera House. The production is part of a series, "Classics in Context," which uses works relevant to current events to connect the company with community organizations, cultural institutions, and individuals. Partners for The Crucible include the Bangor Public Library, the Margaret Chase Smith Library in Skowhegan, the Salem Witch Museum in Salem, Massachusetts, and the Maine Civil Liberties Union. The production runs through November 14; for tickets, please call (207)942-3333.

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"Threatened and Endangered," the traveling exhibition of artist's books by Rebecca Goodale featured in the MHC Spring 2004 newsletter, has opened at the Bowdoin College's Hawthorne-Longfellow Library. The show presents works that combine silk screen, painting techniques, and cutouts with a variety of book structures. Please call Bowdoin at (207)725-3280 for more information.

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The Franco-American Heritage Society of Kennebec Valley held the grand opening of "Museum in the Streets" on September 12. The project includes ten plaques that depict the lives of Franco-Americans through photographs and information written in both English and French. The plaques will be permanently stationed throughout the South End of Waterville.

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"Un/Coverings: Contemporary Maine Fiber Art" opened at the Farnsworth Museum. The exhibition is one of the central events of this year's celebration "Maine Fiberarts: State of Fiber 2004." The exhibition examines the ways in which fiber can both protect, conceal, and reveal the physical and spiritual self, and overturns conventional ideas about fabric as functional craft. Artists represented in the show include Catherine Draper, Emily Freeman, Richard Lee, Susan Barrett Merrill, Jeannie Mooney, Arlene Morris, Anne Nemrow, Margaret Schwarcz, Donald Talbot, Patricia Wheeler, and Susan Winn. Please call the Farnsworth at (207)596-6457 for more information.

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The Curtis Memorial Library's "Cornerstones of Science" book discussion series began on September 22. E.O. Wilson's The Future of Life is being discussed in chapter order over the course of seven Wednesdays through November 3. The public is invited to bring lunch and join area authors, scientists and educators in compelling discussions on one or all of the series days. The program is free and takes place from noon to 1 p.m. in the Morrell Meeting Room at 23 Pleasant Street in Brunswick. For more information, call Jocelyn Hubbell at (207)725-5242.

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Low Tide and Clams, 2004

"John Walker: A Winter in Maine" opened at the University of Maine Museum of Art in Bangor. Walker's paintings are in the collections of the most distinguished art institutions in the world, including the British Museum in London, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia. The exhibition takes place at the Museum's Norumbega Hall in downtown Bangor. For more information, please call the University of Maine Museum of Art at (207)561-3350.

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"Living Green: Examining Sustainability" is an exhibit exploring current trends in sustainable art and architecture at the Institute for Contemporary Art in Portland. By what standards do we label an object or building as green? Is sustainable architecture self-referential, applying only to the environmental concerns of the structure, or is there a more ephemeral component to sustainability, a necessary consideration of the mutual impact of humans and structure upon one another within the environment? Artist Marguerite Kahrl, international art/architecture collaborative Spurse, and the Architectural League of New York's Ten Shades of Green come together to examine the limits and possibilities of sustainability. For more information, call the Institute for Contemporary Art at (207)879-5742 x229.

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