March 7: BRUNSWICK, Gary Lawless will present a poetry reading at 7 p.m. at Curtis Memorial Library. 729-4930

March 7: NEWRY, the Burlington Taiko will perform at 7 p.m. at the Sunday River Ski Resort at the Grand Summit Resort Hotel. $8/$4 824-3575

March 7: PORTLAND, “The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill,” will be shown at 6:30 p.m. at Southern Maine Community College. 624-9827

March 7: PORTLAND, Joshua Bell, violinist, and Jeremy Denk, pianist, will perform at 7:30 p.m. at Portland City Hall Merrill Auditorium. $30/$100 842-0800

Tomorrow

March 8: BRUNSWICK, Wayne Smith, professor at Johns Hopkins University, will speak on “U.S. Policy Towards Cuba: the Enduring Perfect Failure,” at 7 p.m. at Bowdoin College Searles Hall. 729-4930

March 8: BRUNSWICK, the Meddiebempsters, a cappella group, will perform at 7 p.m. at Bowdoin College Moulton Union. Free 725-3375

March 8: FARMINGTON, comedian Kyle Cease will perform at 9 p.m. at UMF Olsen Student Center. Free 778-7346

March 8: FARMINGTON, a Career Fair will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. at UMF Olsen Student Center. Free 778-7029

March 8: LEWISTON, Daniel J. Fornari, director of the Deep Ocean Exploration Institute at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, will speak about technological advances in ocean exploration at 7 p.m. at Bates College Carnegie Science Hall, 44 Campus Ave. Free 786-6330

March 8: LEWISTON, country line dancing will be held every Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. at Central Hall, Lisbon Street. 786-0003

March 8: NAPLES, a karaoke and dance will be held at 8 p.m. at Oh Ryan’s Pub and Club, Routes 11 and 302. 753-0100