May 21: AUBURN, the Wesleyan Singers of the United Methodist Church of Auburn will perform a cantata titled “Prayers for the Nations,” at 7 p.m. at the church, 439 Park Ave. Donations 783-3972

May 21: FARMINGTON, the Mt. Blue Voices will present their annual spring concert at 7 p.m. at UMF Merrill Hall. 778-2352

May 21: GREENE, the Melody Trio from Nashville, Tenn., will perform at 7 p.m. at the Baptist Church of Greene, 102 Main St. Donations 946-5505

May 21: GREENE, the band, Old Grey Goose, will perform American folk and Central Asian music at 2 and 7 p.m. at the Sawyer Memorial, 371 Sawyer Road. Free 946-5311

May 21: LISBON FALLS, “Family Folk Night,” will be held at 6:30 p.m. at the Lisbon Teen Center, 32 Main St. Free

May 21: PORTLAND, John Hiatt will perform at 8 p.m. at State Theatre, 609 Congress St. $28.50 773-7940

May 21, 28, June 4: PORTLAND, dehuman8 and DJ Stranger will perform at 9 p.m. downstairs at Asylum, 121 Center St. 772-8274

May 22: BRUNSWICK, Ray Cornils, organist, will perform at 7:30 p.m. at First Parish Church, 9 Cleaveland St. Free 729-7331

May 22: CAMDEN, Poncho Sanchez will perform at 7:30 p.m. at Camden High School Strom Auditorium. 236-2823

May 22: FARMINGTON, Maine Mountain Chamber Music will be featured at 7 p.m. at UMF Merrill Hall. $8/$6 778-7136

May 22: GRAY, Roger Hurricane Wilson will perform at 9 p.m. at the Loose Moose Saloon. 657-7171

May 22: OGUNQUIT, the Annual Fiddlers Contest will be held at 7 p.m. at the Dunaway Center, School Street. 646-6170

May 22: PORTLAND, the Maine Music Society will present the Androscoggin Chorale at 7:30 p.m. at Trinity Episcopal Church. $17.50/$14 782-1403

May 22: PORTLAND, Women in Harmony, a chorus of women’s voices, will perform at 7 p.m. at the First Congregational Church, 301 Cottage Road. $15/$12 332-2422

May 22: PORTLAND, the Glenn Miller Orchestra will perform at Portland City Hall Merrill Auditorium, Myrtle Street. 842-0800

May 22: PORTLAND, Be-Bop guitarist, Mimi Fox will perform at 8 p.m. at Center for Cultural Exchange, One Longfellow Square. $15/$18 761-1545

May 22: PORTLAND, the State Street Traditional Jazz Band of Portland will perform at 7 p.m. at North Deering Congregational Church, 1364 Washington Ave. $5 797-2487

May 22: RUMFORD, Rick Charette will perform at 2 p.m. at Mountain Valley High School. $8 369-9087

May 22: WILTON, a Bluegrass gospel concert will be held at 7 p.m. at the East Wilton Union Church.

May 23: LEWISTON, the Maine Music Society will present the Androscoggin Chorale at 3 p.m. at Franco-American Heritage Center. $17.50/$14 782-1403

May 23: LEWISTON, six locally known bands will perform at 3 p.m. at Club HYPNO, 17 Park St. $5 740-1212

May 23: YARMOUTH, the Greater Freeport Community Chorus will perform at 3 p.m. at the North Yarmouth Congregational Church. 865-9032

Dance

May 21, 23, 27, 28, 30, June 3, 4, 6: GORHAM, Ballroom Dance Parties will be held every Thursday, Friday and Sunday at Centre of Movement School of Performing Arts, Rt. 25. 839-3267

May 21: PORTLAND, a swing dance, with music by Victory Swing, will be held at 8 p.m. at Presumpscot Grange Hall, 1844 Forest Ave. $10

May 21, 28, June 4: PORTLAND, country dancing will be held at 8:30 p.m. at Maplewood Dance Center, 383 Warren Ave. 878-0584

May 21, 28, June 4: PORTLAND, Friday Night Latin Dance Party will be held at 8 p.m. at Maine Ballroom Dance, 614 Congress St. $5 773-0002

May 21, 22: SOUTH PARIS, the Maurice Dance Theatre will hold the Sixth Annual Spring Recital at 7 p.m. at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School Auditorium. 743-3848

May 22, 29, June 5: CUMBERLAND, ballroom dancing will be held at 8 p.m. at the West Cumberland Recreation Hall, Blackstrap Road. 829-3737

May 22: DRESDEN, a country western line and partner dance will be held at 8 p.m. at the Masonic Hall. $7/$8 622-4884

May 22: LIVERMORE, an old fashioned barn dance will be held at Norlands Living History Center, 290 Norlands Road. $5 897-4366

May 22: LOCKE MILLS, an old fashioned dance, with music by the Richard Felt Orchestra, will be held at 8 p.m. at the Locke Mills Town Hall. 674-2259

May 22: PORTLAND, a Seacoast Ballroom Dance Social will be held at 8:30 p.m. at Maplewood Dance Center, 383 Warren Ave. 878-0584

May 22, 29, June 5: PORTLAND, a ballroom dance party will be held at 8 p.m. at Maine Ballroom Dance, 614 Congress St. $6 773-0002

May 22: TURNER, a Buckeneers Bash Dance, with music by the Arlo West Band, will be held at 8 p.m. at Boofy Quimby Memorial Center. $10 597-2299

May 23: LEWISTON, Wild Horse will play at the Lewiston Singles Club dance at 7 p.m. at C & J Hall, 711 Webster St. $8/$7 784-3660

May 23: PORTLAND, Naya’s Trance will host “Hafli,” a middle eastern dance party, at 2 p.m. at Maine Ballroom Dance, 631 Congress St. Donations 318-0400

Kids

May 23: PORTLAND, the Portland Symphony Orchestra will feature a petting zoo for children, with child-size instruments and PSO musicians, at 3:15 p.m. at the Children’s Museum of Maine, 142 Free St. 828-1234

Special

May 21: HALLOWELL, poets Joe-Anne McLaughlin and Kevin Sweeney will read from their poetry at 7:30 p.m. at the Harlow Gallery, Water Street. 685-3636

May 21: KINGFIELD, the Third Annual Car Hop will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. at Woodsman, Main Street. 265-5897

May 21, 22: MECHANIC FALLS, an indoor yard sale will be held from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Our Lady of Ransom Parish Hall, 117 Elm St.

May 21, 28, June 4: PORTLAND, a benefit haddock chowder, lobster roll or ham salad luncheon will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at North Deering Congregational Church, 1364 Washington Ave. $6/$3.75 797-2487

May 21: RUMFORD, a cancer survivor recognition will be held at 4:30 p.m. at Hosmer Field. 364-8358

May 22: AUBURN, the annual open house will be held from 9 a.m. to noon at the Woodbury Municipal Garage, Gracelawn Avenue. 783-1733

May 22: AUBURN, Maine author Lynn Plourde will present a program at 9 a.m. at Central Maine Community College Kirk Hall Gymnasium, 1250 Turner St. 777-1387

May 22, 23: AUBURN, the New Auburn American Legion will hold a fund-raising yard sale from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at 37 Swett Ave. 783-0656

May 22: AUBURN, Auburn Central Fire Station will hold an open house to celebrate Emergency Medical Services Week from 8 a.m. to noon on Minot Avenue.

May 22: BANGOR, a literary get-together for playwrights and theatre devotees will be held at 2 p.m. at the Bangor Public Library, 145 Harlow St. $2 386-1400

May 22: BRUNSWICK, a spring plant and bake sale will be held from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Brunswick United Methodist Church, 320 Church Road. 353-8727

May 22: CANTON, the Pine Tree Council Boys of America Auto Show and Business Fair will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Rt. 140, near the ball field. 597-2024

May 22: FARMINGTON, the new and used summer equipment sale will be held from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Titcomb Mountain. 778-9031

May 22: FARMINGTON, a “Whatever” sale will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the American Legion Hall, corner of High and Middle Streets.

May 22: GRAY, the creature katcher, Dana Johnson, will present a program at 11 a.m. at Maine Wildlife Park, Rt. 26. 657-4977

May 22: HOLLIS, a bake, book and rummage sale will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Hollis Center Library, Rt. 35 and 202. 929-3911

May 22: LIVERMORE FALLS, a yard sale will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Eaton Memorial United Methodist Church, Church Street. 897-4154

May 22: MECHANIC FALLS, the annual book sale will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Mechanic Falls Public Library, 15 Elm St. 345-9450

May 22: NORTH WATERFORD, a benefit walk will be held at 9 a.m. starting at Kosi’s Convenience Store, Rt. 118. 583-4621

May 22: OXFORD, a PetFest, with clinics, demonstrations, agility course, fun games, concessions and more, will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Oxford County Fairgrounds. 539-4074

May 22, 23: PORTLAND, the 21st Annual Gem and Mineral Show will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the UNE Finley Gym, 716 Stevens Ave. $4/$3 784-1738

May 22: RUMFORD, the Bob Marley Show will be held at 8 p.m. at Mountain Valley High School Auditorium.

May 22: RUMFORD, the American Cancer Society luminaria ceremony will be held at 9:30 a.m. at Hosmer Field. 364-8358

May 22: RUMFORD, a birthday party and open house to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Rumford Public Library will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

May 22: SEBAGO, “It’s My Line Anyway,” an evening of improv theater and a black tie/auction fundraising event, will be held at 6 p.m. at Schoolhouse Arts Center. $15 642-3743

May 22: TURNER, a pancake breakfast will be held from 6 to 9 a.m. at Turner Rescue. $5/$3

May 23: MONMOUTH, a May Faire plant sale will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Cumston Public Library. 933-2238







Theater

May 21, 22: LEWISTON, “The Memory of Salt,” will be performed at 8 p.m. at Bates College Florence Keigwin Amphitheater. 786-6330

May 21, 22: MONMOUTH, Theater at Monmouth will perform “The Odd Couple,” at at 7:30 p.m. at Cumston Hall. $18/$14 933-9999

May 21-23: PORTLAND, Portland Stage Company will perform “Women and the Sea,” at 25A Forest Ave. Show times are Friday at 7:30 p.m., Saturday at 4 and 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. $32/$16 774-0465

May 21-30: PORTLAND, the Portland Players will perform “I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change,” at 420 Cottage Road. Show times are Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2:30 p.m. $14/$17 799-7337

May 21-30: PORTLAND, Moxielab will perform “Far Away,” at 8 p.m. at the Portland Performing Arts Center, Studio Space, 25A Forest Ave. $15/$10 541-1988

May 21, 22: PORTLAND, the Broadway Bound Ensemble will perform “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown,” at 7 p.m. at 317 Marginal Way. $9/$7 828-0617

May 21, 22, 23, 28, 29, 30, June 4, 5, 6: WINDHAM, “Arsenic and Old Lace,” will be performed at Windham Center Stage Theater. Show times are Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. $10/$12 893-2098

May 22: BOWDOINHAM, “Spring Versus Mud,” a theatrical exploration of sudden green growth, will be held at 6 p.m. at the Bowdoinham Town Hall. 666-5531

May 22: BRUNSWICK, the Center Stage Players, a theater company for older adults, will perform “Different Paths,” at 1 p.m. at 6 Noble St. Donations 729-0757





Films

May 22: PORTLAND, the Second Annual Maine Deaf Film Festival will be held from 1 to 5 and 6 to 10 p.m. at the University of Southern Maine. $15/$7 797-7656



Lectures

May 21: LOVELL, Henry and Shirley Hamilton will speak about Afghanistan at 7 p.m. at the Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library, 227 Main St. 925-3177

May 21: PORTLAND, internationally acclaimed mystic scholar Andrew Harvey will speak on “The Way of Passion: A celebration of Rumi,” at 7:30 p.m. at Williston West Church, 32 Thomas St. $10 347-6740

May 21: PORTLAND, Linda Leonard, Ph.D., will speak on “The Call to Create: Celebrating Acts of Imagination,” at 7:30 p.m. at Immanuel Baptist Church, 156 High St. $10/$12 729-0300

May 22: PORTLAND, internationally acclaimed mystic scholar Andrew Harvey will speak on “Mystic Activists and the Direct Path,” at 9 a.m. at the Allen Avenue Universalist Church, 524 Allen Ave. $75 347-6740





Suppers

May 21: FARMINGTON, an Italian night supper will be held from 5 to 6 p.m. at Trinity United Methodist Church, Rt. 2. $6/$3

May 21: LISBON, a smothered beef supper will be held from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Odd Fellows Hall, 27 Village St. $6/$3.50

May 22: CHESTERVILLE, a benefit casserole supper will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Chesterville Town Hall. $5/$2.50 778-6978

May 22: GRAY, a baked bean and casserole supper will be held at 5 p.m. at the First Congregational Church, Rt. 115. $6/$2 657-4279

May 22: GREENE, a baked bean supper will be held from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the VFW Hall. $5/$2.50 946-5331

May 22: LEWISTON, a Greek supper will be held from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, 155 Hogan Road. $9/$4 783-6795

May 22: LISBON FALLS, a baked bean and ham supper will be held from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at the Lisbon Methodist Church, School Street. $5.50/$2.50 353-8951

May 22: LIVERMORE, a Belgian supper will be held at 5:30 p.m. at the Norlands Living History Center, 290 Norlands Road, followed by a dance. $35/$20 897-4366

May 22: MINOT, a roast turkey supper will be held from 5 to 6 p.m. at the United Methodist Church. $6/$3

May 22: MONMOUTH, a baked bean and casserole supper will be held from 5 to 6 p.m. at the Monmouth Masonic Hall.

May 22: NEW GLOUCESTER, a smorgasbord supper and chicken pie sale will be held from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the grange hall, Rt. 26. $6/$3 998-2586

May 22: OXFORD, a benefit ham supper, followed by a concert will be held at 5:30 p.m. at Grace Fellowship Church. $6/$3 539-9064

May 22: OXFORD, a fried haddock supper will be held from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at the Lake Thompson Fish and Game clubhouse, Paine Road. $6.50/$3.25 890-4871

May 22: TURNER, a spaghetti supper will be held from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at Turner Village Church. Donations 225-2258