Sept. 18: AUBURN, Rick Charette will perform at 11 a.m. outside at Central Maine Community College, 1250 Turner St. $$7/$15 786-7708

Sept. 18: FARMINGTON, Paul Oxman will perform acoustic music at 9 p.m. at UMF Olsen Student Center. Free 778-7346

Sept. 18: GORHAM, mezzo-soprano Jennifer DeDominici will perform at 8 p.m. at USM Corthell Concert Hall. $15/$10 780-5555

Sept. 18: GORHAM, an old-fashioned outdoor band concert, featuring the USM Concert Band, will be held at 1 p.m. in front of Corthell Concert Hall. 780-5555

Sept. 18: JEFFERSON, the Annual Country Music Jamboree will be held starting at noon on Saturday on Valley Road. $20/$10 832-4418

Sept. 18: LEWISTON, the Maine Chamber Ensemble will perform at 7:30 p.m. at Bates College Olin Arts Center Concert Hall. $17.50/$14 782-1403

Sept. 18: MONMOUTH, the Maine Country Music Association Weekend will be held at Beaver Brook Campground, North Monmouth. 933-2108

Sept. 18: PORTLAND, Rich Robinson will perform at 9:30 p.m. at the Big Easy, 55 Market St. $15 871-8817

Sept. 18: PORTLAND, the Maine Music Society will present the Maine Chamber Ensemble at 7:30 p.m. at Portland High School John Ford Auditorium. $17.50/$15 782-1403

Sept. 19: AUBURN, Mr. Nicks Blues Mafia will perform at 7 p.m. at Midnight Blues, 34 Court St. $3 783-9600

Sept. 19: AUGUSTA, Kid Rock will perform at 7:30 p.m. at the Augusta Civic Center. $35 773-7940

Sept. 19: BERLIN, N.H., Mac McHale and the Old-Time Radio Gang will perform at 2 p.m. at the Community Center for the Arts, 155 Emery St. $10 603-752-1028

Sept. 19: LEWISTON, the Maine Music Society will present the Maine Chamber Ensemble at 3 p.m. at the Franco-American Heritage Center at St. Mary’s Church. $17.50/$15 782-1403

Sept. 19: LEWISTON, the Verdehr Trio will perform at 3 p.m. at Bates College Olin Arts Center Concert Hall, 75 Russell St. Free 786-6135

Sept. 19: LOCKE MILLS, a memorial hymn sing will be held at 6:30 p.m. at Locke Mills Union Church. 674-2259

Sept. 19: MEXICO, Jennifer McPherson of southern Maine and Timothy A. Blodgett of Peru will perform at 3 p.m. at the Mexico First Baptist Church, 20 Roxbury Road. Donations 364-8712

Sept. 19: WEST PARIS, the Maine Kantele Consort will perform at 2 p.m. at the Finnish American Center, Maple Street.
Dance
Sept. 18: AUGUSTA, a dance party will be held every Thursday, Friday and Saturday at Club Liquid, 349 Water St. 623-2277

Sept. 18: BAR MILLS, a Fifties Swing Dance, with music by Al Doane’s Swing Band, will be held at 7:30 p.m. at the Saco River Grange Hall. $10/$8 929-6472

Sept. 18: CUMBERLAND, ballroom dancing will be held at 8 p.m. at the West Cumberland Recreation Hall, Blackstrap Road. 829-3737

Sept. 18: PORTLAND, the USM Homecoming Dance will be held at 9 p.m. at the Brooks Student Center. 780-5523

Sept. 18: PORTLAND, the Singles Network Dance, with music by the Easy Money Band, will be held at 8:15 p.m. at Maplewood Dance Center, 383 Warren Ave. 878-0584

Sept. 18: PORTLAND, a ballroom dance party will be held at 8 p.m. at Maine Ballroom Dance, 614 Congress St. $6 773-0002

Sept. 18: WATERFORD, a summer season dance, with live band music, will be held every Saturday at 8 p.m. at the North Waterford Fairgrounds. $8

Sept. 19: BATH, the Greaser’s Graveyard Reunion Sock Hop will be held at 5 p.m. in the parking lot off Water Street. 442-8240

Sept. 19: GORHAM, Ballroom Dance Parties will be held every Thursday, Friday and Sunday at Centre of Movement School of Performing Arts, Rt. 25. 839-3267

Sept. 19: LEWISTON, Clary Hill will play at the Singles Club Dance at 7 p.m. at C & J Hall, 711 Webster St. $8/$7 784-3660
Kids
Sept. 18: BATH, the Youth Theater Production will hold auditions from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Chocolate Church Theater, 798 Washington St. 442-8455

Sept. 18: LEWISTON, Kids Day America, with prizes, face painting, balloons, wellness education and more, will be held from noon to 3 p.m. at Sasseville Chiropractic, 513 Sabattus St. 777-3333

Sept. 18: PORTLAND, Motoko, Japanese storyteller, will be featured at 2 and 2:45 p.m. at Children’s Museum of Maine, 142 Free St. 828-1234
Special
Sept. 18: AUGUSTA, Maine Heritage Day will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Maine State Museum. Free 287-2301

Sept. 18: BETHEL, the Seventh Annual Bethel Harvest Fest and Chowdah Cook-Off will be held on the Bethel Common. 824-2282

Sept. 18: BRUNSWICK, a Family Arts Festival, with live music, workshops, local artists, dancing, music, theater and more, will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Brunswick Town Mall, Main Street. 798-6964

Sept. 18: BUCKFIELD, “Lonesomes and Twosomes,” with Karen Montanaro and Jackie Reifer, will be held at 7:30 p.m. at Oddfellow Theater, Rt. 117. $10/$8 336-3306

Sept. 18: DIXFIELD, a Harvest Festival will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Dixfield Congregational Church on the Hill. 562-4582

Sept. 18: FREEPORT, the 12th Annual Hunting Expo will be held at the L.L. Bean Hunting and Fishing Store and the Flagship Store, Main Street. 1-800-559-0747

Sept. 18: GORHAM, the Fourth Annual “Art in Autumn,” an exhibition and sale of paintings, sculpture and photography, will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at O’Donal’s Nurseries, 6 County Road. 839-4262

Sept. 18: GORHAM, Avner the Eccentric, one-man show, will be held at 11 a.m. at USM Corthell Concert Hall. $10/$5 780-5555

Sept. 18: GRAY, a pancake breakfast will be held from 7 to 9 a.m. at the Gray Congregational Church, Rt. 115. $3.75 657-4338

Sept. 18: 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

Sept. 18: LEWISTON, the Maine Walk for Children’s Cancer will be held at 8 a.m. at Shaw’s Supermarket in Lewiston. 786-3890

Sept. 18: LEWISTON, “Memory Crop,” an adult day of fund-raising album making, will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Lewiston High School, 156 East Ave. $25 784-3402

Sept. 18: LEWISTON, the Annual Circuit Convention of Jehovah Witnesses will be held at 9:40 a.m. each day to 4 p.m. at the Colisee, 190 Birch St. 445-3070

Sept. 18: NEW GLOUCESTER, a R & R spinning demonstration will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Shaker Village, 707 Shaker Road. Free 926-4597

Sept. 18: NEW PORTLAND, the New Portland Lions Fair with midway, exhibit hall, animal pulling events, crafts, livestock exhibits and more, will be held. 566-5722

Sept. 18: NORWAY, a coat and jacket sale will be held from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Stephens Memorial Hospital Thrift Shop, Danforth Street.

Sept. 18: OTISFIELD, a yard and bake sale will be held from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Otisfield Community Hall, Rt. 121. 627-4208

Sept. 18: OXFORD, the Oxford County Fair, with livestock shows, animal pulling events, midway, crafts, exhibits, new harness racing track and more, will be held. 674–2694

Sept. 18: ROCKLAND, a Harbor Fest, with music, food, crafts, family fun and more, will be held. 596-0376

Sept. 18: RUMFORD, a bake and book sale will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Rumford Public Library.

Sept. 18: RUMFORD, the Plymouth Owner’s Club is sponsoring a Meet and Tour of 1928-1932 four-cylinder Plymouths at the Madison Motel.

Sept. 18: STONEHAM, a Thrift Shop and Bake Sale will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Stoneham Church.

Sept. 19: FARMINGTON, the Fifth Annual Miss Farmington Fair Pageant will be held at 6:30 p.m. at the Farmington Fairgrounds. 839-5578

Sept. 19: FARMINGTON, a Lifesong Healing Service with Lorraine Louvat, will be held at 2 p.m. at St. Joseph’s Church, Middle Street.

Sept. 19: FARMINGTON, the Farmington Fair, with large midway, exhibit halls, livestock exhibits, animal pulling events, harness racing and more, will be held. 778-6083

Sept. 19: LINCOLN, the Second Annual Lincoln Lakes 5K Road Race will be held at 8:30 a.m. at Prince Thomas Park. 794-6548

Sept. 19: LITCHFIELD, an Ecumenical Healing Service will be held at 2 p.m. at the Litchfield Community Christian Church. 268-4676

Sept. 19: NAPLES, the Bikers Causeway Cancer Research Run will be held at the Causeway.

Sept. 19: OXFORD, the Lake Thompson Fish and Game fall shoot will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Paine Road. 539-2322

Sept. 19: PORTLAND, Psychic Sunday will be held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Holiday Inn West, 81 Riverside St. $1 286-1427

Sept. 19: PORTLAND, the University of Southern Maine will showcase their original works at “OLLI ART 04,” from noon to 4 p.m. at USM Payson-Smith Hall, Falmouth Street. Free 780-4406

Sept. 19: PORTLAND, a Coin and Stamp Show will be held from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Holiday Inn West, Riverside Drive. Free 721-7872

Sept. 19: SOUTH PARIS, the Norway-Paris Fish and Game chicken shoots, running deer competitions, will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the shooting range on Rt. 117. $2.50 743-7445
Theater
Sept. 18: PORTLAND, the Portland Players will perform “Annie Get Your Gun,” at 420 Cottage Road. Show times are Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m and Sunday at 2:30 p.m. $16/$19 767-6208

Sept. 18: PORTLAND, “Parmachene Belle,” will be performed at 8 p.m at the Company of Girls Performance Space, 10 Mayo St. $15/$12 774-4231

Sept. 18: SKOWHEGAN, “Whose Wives Are They Anyway?” will be performed at at 8:15 p.m. at Lakewood Theater. $19/$15 474-7176

Sept. 18: WATERVILLE, Aqua City Actors Theatre will perform “6 RMS RIV VU,” at 8 p.m. at the Waterville Opera House Studio Theater, 93 Main St. $12/$10 580-6783
Suppers
Sept. 18: AUBURN, a baked bean and American chop suey supper will be held from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at St. Philip’s Church. $5/$3

Sept. 18: AUBURN, a baked bean supper will be held from 4:30 – 6:30 p.m. at the American Legion Hall, 71 South Main St. $6/$2.50 926-5098

Sept. 18: AUBURN, a baked bean and casserole supper will be held at 5 p.m. at the United Methodist Church, 439 Park Ave. $6/$3

Sept. 18: BOLSTERS MILLS, a chicken pie supper will be held at 5 and 6 p.m. at Bolsters Mills United Methodist Church. $7/$3 583-9024

Sept. 18: LEWISTON, a baked bean and casserole supper will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. at the First United Pentecostal Church, 715 College St. $6/$3 784-9711

Sept. 18: NEW GLOUCESTER, a smorgasbord supper will be held from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Sabbathday Lake Grange Hall, Rt. 26. $6/$3 998-2586

Sept. 18: NEW GLOUCESTER, a baked bean supper will be held from 5 to 6 p.m. at the AMVETS Hall. $6/$2

Sept. 18: POWNAL, a baked bean and spaghetti supper will be held at 5 and 6 p.m. at the Pownal Center Congregational Church. $6/$3

Sept. 18: RAYMOND, a pot roast supper will be held from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at Raymond Village Community Church, Main Street. $6.50/$3 655-7749

Sept. 18: SABATTUS, a benefit baked bean and casserole supper will be held from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at Our Lady of the Rosary Church. $6/$3 375-6586

Sept. 18: WEST PARIS, a public supper will be held from 5 to 6 p.m. at the West Paris Grange Hall, Church Street. $6/$3 743-8963

Sept. 19: HARRISON, a roast beef supper will be held from 5 to 6 p.m. at Calvary Community Church. $7/$3