June 23: FARMINGTON, the Bellamy Jazz Band will perform at 7:30 p.m. at UMF Merrill Hall. $7/$6 645-2157

June 23: GREENE, harpist Christina Tourin will perform at 2 and 7 p.m. at Sawyer Memorial, 371 Sawyer Road. Free 946-5311

June 23, 24: NEW GLOUCESTER, the Maine Festival of American Music will be held at the United Society of Shakers. 729-8512

June 23, 24, 25: NEW GLOUCESTER, Thompson’s Third Annual family bluegrass music festival will be held at Thompson’s Apple Orchard, Gloucester Hill Road. 926-4738

June 23: PORTLAND, Middle Eastern music and dance will be performed by Alhan Arabic Music Ensemble at 8 p.m. at Center for Cultural Exchange, One Longfellow Square. $15 761-1545

June 23: PORTLAND, PORTopera’s Maine’s Emerging Artists will perform at 7:30 p.m. at Portland Museum of Art. $20 879-7678

June 23: PORTLAND, Emilia Dahlin will perform at 8:30 p.m. at SPACE Gallery, 538 Congress St. 828-5600

June 23: PORTLAND, the DaPonte String Quartet and Martin Perry, piano, will perform at 7:30 p.m. at St. Patrick’s Church, 1251 Congress St. $15/$12 775-3356

June 23: ROCKLAND, Gordon Bok will perform at 8 p.m. at the Strand Theatre, 345 Main St. $20/$25 236-2707

June 23: RUMFORD, Bulletboys will perform at 9 p.m. at the Shak, 12 Oxford Ave. $10 364-4649

June 24, 25: BIDDEFORD, Paul Farrell and the Silver Tones will perform at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday and 4 p.m. on Sunday at La Kermesse Festival. 783-1894

June 24: BRUNSWICK, Francis Doughty will perform at 7:30 p.m. at Maine Street Art. $12 721-0244

June 24, 25: BRUNSWICK, the Bowdoin International Music Festival will be held at Bowdoin College.

June 24: CARRABASSETT VALLEY, the Carrabassett Valley Summer Music Festival will be held at KC’s Kreativity Center. 235-3000

June 24: ELLSWORTH, Shawn Mullins will perform at 8 p.m. at the Grand, 165 Main St. 667-9500

June 24: FREEPORT, Suzanne Vega will perform jazz/folk music at 7:30 p.m. at L.L. Bean Discovery Park. 1-800-559-0747

June 24: GARDINER, Omar Ricardo and his Many, Many Women will perform at 7:15 p.m. at Johnson Hall, 280 Water St. $20 582-7144

June 24: JEFFERSON, the Maine Country Music “Coming Together II,” will be held at Broken Acres Farm, 160 Valley Road. 426-9580

June 24: LEWISTON, organist Arthur LaMirande will perform at 7:30 p.m. at the Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul.

June 24: RUMFORD, Misfits will perform at 9 p.m. at the Shak, 12 Oxford Ave. $5 364-4649

June 25: AUGUSTA, PORTopera Maine’s Emerging Artists will perform at 2 p.m. at UMA Jewett Hall Auditorium. $10/$5 621-3551

June 25: PORTLAND, Train will perform at 7:30 p.m. at Portland City Hall Merrill Auditorium. $36.50 842-0800

June 25: PORTLAND, Tamara Poddubnaya will perform at 7:30 p.m. at St. Patrick’s Church, 1251 Congress St. $15/$12 775-3356

June 25: ROCKPORT, Francis Doughty, guitarist, will perform at 6 p.m. at McMahon’s Rockport Grille, Route 1.

June 25: WILTON, the Browders will perform at 6:30 p.m. at Calvary Hill Baptist Church, Routes 2 and 4.

Dance

June 23: AUGUSTA, Vintage will play at a ballroom dance at the Augusta Elks Club. 314-3808

June 23, 25, , 29, 30, July 2, 6, 7, 9, 13, 14, 16, 20, 21, 23: GORHAM, Ballroom Dance Parties will be held every Thursday, Friday and Sunday at Centre of Movement School of Performing Arts, Route .25. 839-3267

June 23, 30, July 7, 14, 21: PORTLAND, a Friday night Latin dance party will be held at 8 p.m. at Maine Ballroom Dance, 614 Congress St. 773-0002

June 24, July 1, 8, 15, 22: CUMBERLAND, ballroom dancing will be held at 8 p.m. at the West Cumberland Recreational Hall, Blackstrap Road. 829-3737

June 24: LOCKE MILLS, a benefit supper and dance will be held at 5:30 p.m. at the Jackson Silver Post. $6.50/$5

June 24, July 1, 8, 15, 22: PORTLAND, a ballroom dance party will be held at 8 p.m. at Maine Ballroom Dance, 614 Congress St. $6 773-0002

June 24: SABATTUS, a supper, followed by dance, will be held at 5 p.m. at Jacques Cartier Club, Wales Road. $6/$2.50 375-9008

June 25: LEWISTON, the Country Ridgerockers 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

For kids

June 24: LEWISTON, a children’s storytime will be held at 10:30 a.m. at the Page Turner, 247 Lisbon St. 753-1112

June 24: LEWISTON, a display of more than 300 pieces of art by Doodlebug Children’s Art Studio will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. on the fourth floor of the Bates Mill. Free admission. 577-0721

June 24: LIVERMORE FALLS, a Kid’s Celebration, with bounce house, puppet show, games, food, face painting and more, will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Emmanuel Assembly of God Church. 897-5400

June 24: PORTLAND, Mrs. Maine USA 2006 will present story time at 11 a.m. at the Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square. 871-1710

Special

June 23, 24: AUBURN, the American Cancer Society Relay for Life will be held at Edward Little High School. 782-0786

June 23-July 4: AUGUSTA, the 29th Annual Whatever Family Festival, with music, sports tournaments, dancing, fireworks, parade and more, will be held in the Gardiner and Augusta area.

June 23: BATH, the annual auction, “Spring Into Summer for the Arts,” will be held at 6 p.m. at the Chocolate Church Arts Center, 798 Washington St. $20/$25 442-8455

June 23-25: FARMINGTON, the 11th Annual Tractor Festival will be held at the Farmington Fairgrounds.

June 23: LEWISTON, Holy Family’s ninth annual lobster and pepper steak lunch will be held from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Sabattus Street. $8/$7 782-8928

June 23: PORTLAND, a “Comedy Jam,” with Dan Rosenberg, Tammy Pooler and Seth Bond Perry will be held at 7:30 p.m. at Liquid Blue, 440 Fore St. $5 615-4079

June 23-30: PORTLAND, best home designs of the Mainestream Green Home Design Contest, will be shown at the Joel and Linda Abromson Community Education at USM. Showtimes are Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. 626-4600

June 23, 30, July 7, 14, 21: PORTLAND, a benefit haddock chowder, lobster roll or ham salad luncheon will be held 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Friday at North Deering Congregational Church, 1364 Washington Ave. $6.50/$3.75 883-3568

June 23, 24, 25: SABATTUS, a benefit yard sale will be held from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and 8 a.m. to noon on Sunday at the Maxwell Gill Hall. 375-6586

June 23: SOUTH PARIS, Michael Lane Trautman will perform mime, stand-up comedy and more at 8 p.m. at Celebration Barn Theater, 190 Stock Farm Road. $10/$8 743-84523

June 23, 24: TURNER, a benefit indoor yard sale will be held at Calvary Christian Academy. 225-3665

June 24: BATH, a Comedy Blast will be held at 7:30 p.m. at the Chocolate Church Arts Center, 798 Washington St. $12/$17 442-8455

June 24: BERLIN, N.H., the Scandinavian Summer Solstice and Community Celebration will be held from 3 to 9 p.m. on the banks of the Androscoggin River, Route 16. 603-752-7202

June 24: BETHEL, a yard sale will be held at 8 a.m. and an auction at 6:30 p.m. by the Rotary Club of Bethel. 824-2410

June 24, 25: BIDDEFORD, the La Kermesse Festival will be held in the Biddeford area.

June 24: BOWDOIN, the Annual Strawberry Festival will be held from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at the West Bowdoin Parish Hall. $6/$3 353-2446

June 24: CARRABASSETT VALLEY, the Carrabassett Summer Festival with art show, demonstrations, music, skate park exhibition and more, will be held from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in downtown Carrabassett Valley. 623-4177

June 24, 25: FREEPORT, the Annual Paddlesports Festival will be held at L.L. Bean Flagship Store.

June 24: GILEAD, the Gilead Family and Friends Day will be held at the Gilead Town Hall.

June 24: LIVERMORE, Heritage Days and Antique Car Show will be held at 10 a.m. at Norlands Living History Center, 290 Norlands Road. $2 897-2236

June 24: MECHANIC FALLS, an all-day fundraiser, with bake sale, spaghetti supper and dance, will be held at the American Legion Hall.

June 24: MONMOUTH, the Black Fly Follies, the annual night of music, comedy and antics, will be held at 7:30 p.m. at Cumston Hall. $22/$18 933-9999

June 24: NORWAY, a paddle and cookout will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Crooked River. $10 739-2124

June 24: POLAND SPRING, a Strawberry Festival will be held at the gazebo.

June 24: PORTLAND, a “Comedy Jam,” with Dan Rosenberg, Brian Brinegar and Tammy Pooler will be held at 7:30 p.m. at Liquid Blue, 440 Fore St. $5 615-4079

June 24: SACO, the 36th Annual Saco Sidewalk Art Festival will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Main Street and Pepperell Square. 286-3546

June 24: TOPSHAM, a teen idol competition will be held at 7 p.m. at the Topsham Public Library in the highlands community room, 25 Foreside Road. 725-1727

June 24: WESTBROOK, the Fifth Annual His Gifts, His Presence New England Christian Arts Festival, with dancers, musicians, poets, potters, sculptors, painters and more, will be held from 3 to 9 p.m. at Greater Portland Vineyard Christian Fellowship, 715 Brighton Road. $5 892-5886

June 24: WINTHROP, a public breakfast will be held from 7 to 9 a.m. at the Winthrop grange Hall. 622-0405

June 25, July 2, 9, 16, 23: BRIDGTON, an open mic night will be held every Sunday at 3 p.m. at Cafe DeCarlo, Main Street. Free 647-4596

June 25: OXFORD, the 25th Annual VIP Show Shine and Drag will be held from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Oxford Plains Speedway. $2 856-2610

June 25: PEAKS ISLAND, breakfast by the sea will be held from 8 to 11 a.m. at Fifth Maine Regiment Museum. $5/$3 766-3330

June 25: RANGELEY, the Maine Hysterical Society, featuring comedy, will be held at 7 p.m. at the Clubhouse Restaurant, Main Street. $15/$18 864-5571

June 25: SOUTH PARIS, a Painting a Maine Garden and Summer Festival will be held at the McLaughlin Foundation Garden, 97 Main St. 743-8820

June 25: SOUTH PARIS, a “Paris in the Springtime” walk will be held at 11 a.m. at the County Courthouse, 26 Western Ave. 774-3415

Theater

June 23-July 1: ARUNDEL, “I Love a Piano,” will be performed at the Arundel Barn Playhouse, 53 Old Post Road. Showtimes are Tuesday-Saturday at 8 p.m., Wednesday at 2 p.m., June 18 at 8 p.m. and June 23 at 2 p.m. $33/$23 985-5552

June 23, 24: BRUNSWICK, Maine State Music Theatre will perform “South Pacific,” at Bowdoin College Pickard Theater. $28/$15 725-8769

June 23, 24: HALLOWELL, Gaslight Theater will perform “Jake’s Women,” at 8 p.m. at Hallowell City Hall Auditorium. $10/$8 626-3698

June 23, 24, 25: HARRISON, “Reny’s, the Musical,” will be performed at Deertrees Theatre and Cultural Center, Deertrees Road. Showtimes are June 23 and 24 at 8 p.m. and June 24 and 25 at 2 p.m. $9.99/$5.99 583-6747

June 23-25: PARIS, Oxford Hills Music and Performing Arts Association will perform “tick, tick…Boom,” at Paris Hill Academy. Showtimes are Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. 739-6200

June 23, 24: PORTLAND, Lyric Music Theater will perform “Picnic,” at 8 p.m. at the theater, 176 Sawyer St. $10 799-1421

June 23, 24: RUMFORD, RAAPA will perform the dinner/theater production of “Scrambled Eggs,” at 5:30 p.m. 369-0205

June 23, 24, 25, 28, 29, 30, July 1: SKOWHEGAN, “A Little Quickie,” will be performed at Lakewood Theater. Showtimes are June 23, 24, 29, July 1 at 8 p.m., June 25 at 4 p.m. and June 28 at 2 and 6:45 p.m. 474-7176

Films

June 24: BELFAST, “An Inconvenient Truth,” will be shown at 7 and 9 p.m. at the Colonial Theatre. 338-1930

Books

June 24: LISBON FALLS, Franklin Gould, author of “The Woman’s Right, a Story of My Maine Grandmother, 1848-1927,” will sign copies of his book at 1 p.m. at the Marion T. Morse Center, 18 School St. 353-8510

Lectures

June 24: ROCKLAND, Diane Forsberg, deputy director/chief curator of the Arkell Museum at Canajoharie, N.Y., will speak at 2 p.m. at Farnsworth Art Museum, 16 Museum St. 596-6457

Suppers

June 23: LISBON, a roast turkey supper will be held from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at Odd Fellow Hall, 27 Village St. $6/$3 353-2567

June 23: LISBON, a fish fry supper will be held from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the VFW Hall, Route 196. $6/$3 353-5291

June 24: AUBURN, a baked bean and casserole supper will be held from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at the Sixth Street Congregational Church. $5/$3 784-9485

June 24: GREENE, a baked bean and casserole supper will be held from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the VFW Hall. $5/$2.50 946-5331

June 24: LISBON FALLS, a baked bean and ham supper will be held from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at Lisbon Methodist Church, School Street. $6/$2

June 24: MINOT, a pork roast supper will be held from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at Minot Center Grange hall, Center Minot Hill Road. $7/$4, children under 5, free

June 24: SOUTH PARIS, a summer salad supper will be held from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at Deering Memorial Methodist Church, 39 Main St. $7/$3