Check out the ‘Quarries: Muse and Material’ opening

MONSON — In conjunction with the installation of five sculptures along the town’s Main Street, the Monson Arts Gallery plans to host “Quarries: Muse and Material.” Curated by Carl Little, the exhibition features 40 artworks, including paintings, sculptures, photographs and drawings, related to quarries. The exhibition runs June 27 through Nov. 2 with a reception set for 5-7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 8.

Works in the show highlight the quarry as muse and as a source of stone for sculpture.

Sculptors include Obadiah Buell, Miles Chapin, Sam Finkelstein, Mark Herrington, Kazumi Hoshino, Isabel Maritato, Jesse Salisbury and Tim Shay.

Featured painters are Alan Bray, Sarah Lightfoot Brundage, Eleanor Conover, Lois Dodd, Joellyn Duesberry (1944-2016), Sarah Faragher, Nancy Glassman, Jill Hoy, Nina Jerome, Emily Muir (1904-2003), Tessa Greene O’Brien, Colin Page, Carol Sloane, John Wissemann (1925-2022) and Nancy Wissemann-Widrig. Mixed media work by Celeste Roberge and Mark Seif, plus some vintage photographs of quarries, including one by Berenice Abbott (1898-1981), round out the show.

Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday, noon-5 p.m. Sunday, and by appointment.

For more information, visit monsonarts.org or call 207-997-2070.

Catch a Karla Bonoff concert

WATERVILLE — Karla Bonoff plans to take the stage at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Waterville Opera House, 1 Common St.

Tickets cost $45-$54; operahouse.org.

Bonoff has been described as one of the finest singer/songwriters of her generation. Bonoff has enjoyed critical acclaim, commercial success, enduring popularity, and the unwavering respect of her peers. She has seen her songs become hits for Bonnie Raitt, Wynonna Judd and Linda Ronstadt. Many of Bonoff’s ballads are classics.

Get your tickets to see Little Mazarn

GARDINER — A Little Mazarn concert is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Johnson Hall Opera House, 280 Water St.

Tickets cost $21.99; johnsonhall.org.

The Little Mazarn is an unromantic river in central Arkansas. It is also the stage moniker of Lindsey Verrill. When she was 14 years old she received a banjo as a gift and started playing Tom Petty songs on it. This was mostly a secret endeavor while she played bass in bands, and cello and tuba in school. She eventually found her way to Austin and fell into a magical group of friends and collaborators called the Annie Street Arts Collective.

For years they hosted shows in wild and industrial abandoned places and hosted hundreds of bands in their house in south Austin. Verrill found herself in a little cabin near Manchaca, Texas, and started writing songs. That is what became Little Mazarn. These days she most often performs with Jeff Johnston (Lil’ Cap’n Travis, Ethan Azarian, Bill Callahan) on saw and Kendra Kinsey.