March 10: BRUNSWICK, the Bowdoin College Chorus will perform at 7:30 p.m. at the Bowdoin College Chapel. Free 725-3747

March 10, 11: CARRABASSETT VALLEY, the female-fronted party cover band, One Down, will perform at 9 p.m. at Sugarloaf/USA. $10 237-6939

March 10: GARDINER, Anni Clark will perform folk music at 7:30 p.m. at Johnson Hall Performing Arts Center, 280 Water St. $9/$4 582-7144

March 10: GORHAM, a night of west coast jazz will be presented at 8 p.m. at USM Corthell Concert Hall. $15/$10 780-5555

March 10: PORTLAND, the Wood Brothers will perform at 8:30 p.m. at SPACE Gallery, 538 Congress St. $8 774-7842

March 10: PORTLAND, a guest organist from Vienna, Peter Planyavsky, will perform at 7:30 p.m. at Portland City Hall Merrill Auditorium. 883-9525

March 10: RUMFORD, Strict 9 will perform at 9 p.m. at the Shak, 12 Oxford Ave. $5 864-4649

March 11: FARMINGTON, Northfield, Sole Expression and Mt. Blue Show Choir will perform at a benefit concert at 7:30 p.m. at UMF Nordica Auditorium. Donations 778-3833

March 11: FREEPORT, the Southern Maine Children’s Chorus will perform at 3:30 p.m. at Freeport Performing Arts Center at Freeport High School, 30 Holbrook St. Free 780-5256

March 11: LEWISTON, soprano Susan Brownfield and baritone Aaron Engebreth will perform at 8 p.m. at Bates College Olin Arts Center Concert Hall. Free 786-6135

March 11: PORTLAND, Pam Baker and the SG’s will perform at 9 p.m. at Spring Point Tavern, 175 Pickett St. 799-2245

March 11: PORTLAND, the Makem Brothers will perform at 7:30 p.m. at the Maine Irish Heritage Center, corner of State and Gray Streets. $22/$19 780-0118

March 11, 12: ROCKPORT, “Unintended Consequences,” a live music and multi-image video, will be held at 3:30 p.m. at Center for Maine Contemporary Art, 162 Russell Ave. 236-2875

March 11: RUMFORD, Wolfcreek will perform at 9 p.m. at the Shak, 12 Oxford Ave. $5 864-4649

March 12: AUBURN, Guitar Shorty will perform at 7 p.m. at Midnight Blues Club and Restaurant, 34 Court St. $10 783-9600

March 12: AUGUSTA, the DaPonte String Quartet will perform at 2 p.m. at UMA Jewett Hall Auditorium. $10/$15 621-3551

March 12: BANGOR, the Celtic Woman will perform at 7 p.m. at the Bangor Auditorium, 100 Dutton St. $45.50/$29.50 990-4444

March 12: PORTLAND, the Portland Symphony Orchestra will perform classical music at 2:30 p.m. at Portland City Hall Merrill Auditorium. $15/$46 842-0800

March 12: RUMFORD, the State Street Jazz Band of Portland will perform at a benefit concert at 2 p.m. at the Rumford Town Hall auditorium. $10/$8 369-0578

March 12: TOPSHAM, Mark Kleinhaut, guitarist and Tracey MacLean, vocalist, will perform at 2 p.m. at Topsham Public Library, 25 Foreside Road. Free 725-1727

March 12: WILTON, the Mt. Blue Voices, a cappella vocal ensemble, will perform at 3 p.m. at the First Congregational Church. 778-2352

Dance

March 10: AUBURN, a sock hop and spaghetti supper will be held at 5:30 p.m. at the New Auburn Social Club. $12/$4 782-4535

March 10, 12, 16, 17, 19, 23, 24, 26: GORHAM, Ballroom Dance Parties will be held every Thursday, Friday and Sunday at Centre of Movement School of Performing Arts, Route .25. 839-3267

March 10: LEWISTON, a contradance, with music by Wake the Neighbors, will be held at 8 p.m. at Bates College Chase Hall Lounge. $8/$7

March 10-May 26: LEWISTON, line dancing will be held Fridays from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Central Hall, Lisbon Street. 783-6667

March 10, 17, 24: PORTLAND, a Friday night Latin dance party will be held at 8 p.m. at Maine Ballroom Dance, 614 Congress St. 773-0002

March 10: RUMFORD, the Greg Waite and Dick Dupuis memorial dance, with music by the E and I Band, will be held at 7 p.m. at Black Mountain of Maine. Donations

March 11, 18, 25: CUMBERLAND, ballroom dancing will be held at 8 p.m. at the West Cumberland Recreational Hall, Blackstrap Road. 829-3737

March 11: FARMINGTON, a contradance, with music by Michelle Roy and Fred White, will be held at 8 p.m. at State Theater/City Lights North, 231 Broadway. $5 397-2241

March 11: LOCKE MILLS, an old fashioned benefit dance, with music by the Richard Felt Orchestra, will be held at 8 p.m. at the Locke Mills Town Hall. 674-2259

March 11: NORTH YARMOUTH, a family contradance will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Wescustogo Hall, Route 115. $3/$12 712-2837

March 11: NORTH YARMOUTH, a contradance and supper will be held at 7:30 p.m. at Wescustogo Hall, Route 115. 712-2837

March 11, 18, 25: PORTLAND, a ballroom dance party will be held at 8 p.m. at Maine Ballroom Dance, 614 Congress St. $6 773-0002

March 11: SABATTUS, a baked bean supper and dance will be held at 5 p.m. at the Jacques Cartier Club, Wales Road. $6/$2.50 375-9008

March 11: SOUTH PARIS, the Swingin’ Bears Square Dance Club Shamrock dance will be held at 7 p.m. at Oxford Hills Middle School, Pine Street. 743-7176

March 12: AUBURN, “All God’s Critters” contradance, 6:30 p.m. at First Universalist Church, 169 Pleasant St., donations benefit humane society 784-7265

March 12: LEWISTON, the Patio Cowboys will play at the Lewiston Singles Club dance at 7 p.m. at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 150 East Ave. $8/$7 784-3660

March 12: LEWISTON, a Winter Dance Festival will be held at 2 p.m. at the Franco-American Heritage Center, Cedar Street. $10/$5 783-1585

March 12: PORTLAND, an Irish Ceili dance, with music by the Portland Ceili Band, will be held from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. at Ri Ra Irish Pub, 72 Commercial St. 939-7703

For kids

March 10: BRUNSWICK, the Portland Symphony Orchestra KinderKonzert series, “Percussion: City Sounds,” will be held at 9:30 and 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. at Brunswick High School Crooker Theater. $3 773-6128

March 11: WATERVILLE, the 11th Annual Children’s Book Character Party,” “Cat in the Hat,” will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Colby College book store, Roberts Union. 859-5400

Special

March 10: AUBURN, an open mic, poetry slam/jam will be held at 7 p.m. at the Pleasant Note Coffeehouse, 169 Pleasant St. Donations 783-0461

March 10: FARMINGTON, a benefit live and silent auction will be held at 7 p.m. at Old South Congregational Church, Main Street. 778-0424

March 10: PORTLAND, a “Comedy Showcase,” with Nathan Brady, John Moses and Seth Bond Perry, will be held at 7:30 p.m. at Liquid Blue, 440 Fore St. $5 854-9778

March 10, 17, 24: PORTLAND, a benefit haddock chowder, lobster roll or ham salad luncheon will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Friday at North Deering Congregational Church, 1364 Washington Ave. $6.50/$3.75 883-3568

March 10, 17, 24, 31: RUMFORD, a salmon pie Lenten luncheon will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church. $6

March 10: WINTHROP, a fish chowder luncheon will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Winthrop Congregational Church. $6 377-8639

March 11: AUBURN, the 12th Annual Ice Performance will be held at 4 p.m. at Ingersoll Arena. $3 783-7531

March 11: FARMINGTON, the Lawn Chair Pirates will perform comedy at 8 p.m. at UMF Olsen Student Center. Free 778-7346

March 11: FARMINGTON, a free meatloaf luncheon will be held from noon to 1 p.m. at Old South First Congregational Church. 639-2013

March 11: GORHAM, the Ninth Annual Gorham Marketplace will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at USM Costello Field House. Free 839-5034

March 11: LEEDS, a Family Fun Night, with supper, games, relay race, scavenger hunt, arts and crafts and more, will be held at 5 p.m. at Leeds Community Church. Donations 524-3003

March 11: PORTLAND, a “Comedy Showcase,” with Bob Lazaroth, Brian Brinegar and Tammy Pooler, will be held at 7:30 p.m. at Liquid Blue, 440 Fore St. $5 854-9778

March 11: RANGELEY, the Family Winter Carnival Orgonon will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Wilhelm Reich Museum Conference Center, Dodge Pond Road. 864-3443

March 11: SOUTH PARIS, a benefit custodian Chinese auction will be held at 1 p.m. at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School cafe. 539-2517

March 11: TOPSHAM, a family roller skating event will be held from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at Howard Sports, Route 201. 353-5863

March 12: AUBURN, a public breakfast will be held from 8 to 10 a.m. at the VFW Hall, 588 Minot Ave. $4.50/$3.50 784-6883

March 12: AUBURN, a pancake breakfast will be held from 8 a.m. to noon at St. Philip’s Church, Route 4. $3.50/$1.50 783-1661

March 12: BATH, the Bath Antiques Show will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Bath Middle School, exit onto Congress Avenue from Route 1. $4/$3.50 443-8983

March 12, 19, 26: BRIDGTON, an open mic night will be held every Sunday at 3 p.m. at Cafe DeCarlo, Main Street. Free 647-4596

March 12: RUMFORD, a public corned beef dinner will be held from noon to 1:30 p.m. at Rumford Grange Hall, Route 2. $7/$3

Theater

March 10-19: AUBURN, Community Little Theatre will perform “Grand Hotel, the Musical,” at the Great Falls Performing Arts Center, Academy Street. $15/$13 783-0958

March 10, 11, 12: FARMINGTON, Theatre UMF will perform “Edith Stein,” at 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and 2:30 p.m. on Sunday at UMF Alumni Theater. $6/$4 778-7465

March 10: HALLOWELL, Omar Ricardo and “His Many, Many Women,” will perform at 7:30 p.m. at Hallowell City Hall auditorium. $10 626-3698

March 10-19: LEWISTON, Bates College Theater Troupe will perform “Popcorn,” at Bates College Schaeffer Theatre, 305 College St. Showtimes are Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. $6/$3 786-6161

March 10, 11: POLAND, Poland Regional High School will present the One-Act Play Festival at Poland Regional High School. $7 998-5400

March 10-26: PORTLAND, the Portland Players will perform “You Can’t Take it With You,” at 420 Cottage Road. Showtimes are Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2:30 p.m. $19/$17 799-7337

March 10-19: PORTLAND, A Company of Girls will perform “Anne and the Raja Tiger,” at 10 Mayo St. Showtimes are Friday at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday at 1:30 and p.m. $5 874-2107

March 10-12: PORTLAND, the Children’s Theatre of Maine will perform “Miss Nelson is Missing,” at 317 Marginal Way. Showtimes are Friday at 7 p.m., Saturday at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. $10/$8 828-0617

March 10-12: PORTLAND, Good Theater will perform “The Mystery of Edwin Drood,” at St. Lawrence Arts Center, 76 Congress St. Showtimes are Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. $20/$12 885-5883

March 10-26: PORTLAND, Portland Stage Company will perform “I Am My Own Wife,” at 25A Forest Ave. Showtimes are Wednesday-Friday at 7:30 p.m., Saturday at 4 and 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. $33/$19 774-0465

March 11: HALLOWELL, Omar Ricardo and “His Many, Many Women,” will perform at 5 p.m. at a dinner/theater at Maple Hill Farm, 11 Inn Road. $35 626-3698

March 11: NEWRY, the National Marionette Theater will present “Peter Pan,” at 7 p.m. at the Sunday River Ski Resort at the Grand Summit Resort Hotel. $8/$4 824-3575

March 12, 13: AUBURN, L-A Community Little Theatre will hold auditions for “Diary of Anne Frank,” at 6 p.m. by appointment only. 783-0958

Films

March 10: GREENE, “Royal Netherlands: The Dutch Today,” will be shown at 2 and 7 p.m. at the Sawyer Memorial, 371 Sawyer Road. Free 946-5311

March 12: ROCKLAND, “The Secret of Roan Inish,” will be shown at 1 p.m. at the Strand Theatre, 345 Main St. $5 542-3723

Books

March 11: AUBURN, Robert W. Chapman, author of “A Certain Fall,” will sign copies of his book from noon to 3 p.m. at Waldenbooks at the Auburn Mall. 783-8946

Lectures

March 11: NORWAY, Frederick Douglas will speak on “When the Lion Wrote History,” at 11 a.m. at Norway Memorial Library.

March 11: WATERVILLE, Yolanda King will speak on “Open My Eyes, Open My Soul: Discovering the Power of Diversity,” at 7 p.m. at Colby College Lorimer Chapel. Free 859-4256

March 12: BETHEL, Bonnie Pooley and Mac Davis will speak about planning and leading canoe trips in Maine’s remote lakes at 2 p.m. at West Parish Congregational Church, Garland Chapel, Church Street. Donations 824-0508

March 12: ROCKPORT, Owen Smith, director of the new media program at UMO, will speak at 2 p.m. at Center for Maine Contemporary Art, 162 Russell Ave. 236-2875

Suppers

March 10: FARMINGTON, a spaghetti supper will be held from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at Titcomb Mountain. $6/$3

March 10, 17, 24, 31, April 7, 14: LEWISTON, a fish or corn chowder supper will be held from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at Holy Cross Parish Hall. $5/$1 240-3291

March 10: LISBON, a stuffed shell supper will be held from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the VFW Hall, Route 196. $6/$3 353-2152

March 10: LISBON, a corned beef or ham supper will be held at the Lisbon American Legion Hall. $5 784-0947

March 10: SABATTUS, a fund-raising supper will be held from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at Jillson’s Farm. $6/$5 784-8388

March 11: BUCKFIELD, a spaghetti supper will be held at 5 p.m. at the Evangelic Lutheran Church, Route 117. $7/$5

March 11: DIXFIELD, a baked bean and casserole supper will be held from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at the Dixfield Congregational Church. $5/$2.50 562-4582

March 11: FREEPORT, a baked bean and chop suey supper will be held at 5 and 6 p.m. at the First Parish Church, UCC, 40 Main St. $6/$2 865-6022

March 11: LEWISTON, a baked bean and casserole supper will be held from 4:45 to 6 p.m. at Calvary United Methodist Church, 59 Sabattus St. $6/$3

March 11: LISBON FALLS, a baked bean and casserole supper will be held from 4:45 to 6 p.m. at Holy Trinity Church parish hall, 67 Frost Hill Ave. $6/$4 353-5636

March 11: MEXICO, a roast beef supper will be held at 5 p.m. at the Mexico Congregational Church, United Church of Christ, 163 Main St. $7/$3 369-0578

March 11: PORTLAND, a benefit roast beef buffet will be held at 4:30 p.m. at North Deering Congregational Church, 1364 Washington Ave. $8/$4.50 797-2487

March 11: SABATTUS, a baked bean and casserole supper will be held from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at the American Legion Hall, Island Road. $6/$3 375-8897

March 12: AUBURN, a Rainbow potluck supper will be held from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at First Universalist Church, 169 Pleasant St. 784-7265