Music

Oct. 30: BATH, Gary Wittner, guitar, and Raul Freyre, vocals/percussion, will perform Latin jazz at 6:30 p.m. at Solo Bistro, 128 Front St. 798-9201
Oct. 30: BOWDOINHAM, an open house and concert will be held at 3 p.m. at the Free Grange Music Studio at Main Street and Route 125. $3 332-3459
Oct. 30, 31, Nov. 1: GORHAM, the University of Southern Maine school of music will perform at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 5 p.m. Sunday at USM Corthell Concert Hall. $15-$5 780-5555
Oct. 30: HEBRON, the Tancrede Trio will perform at 7:30 p.m. at Hebron Academy Androscoggin Theater. Free 966-2100
Oct. 30: LEWISTON, the Dave Rowe Trio will perform at 7:30 p.m. at the Franco-American Heritage Center, 46 Cedar St. 689-2000
Oct. 30: LEWISTON, the Broad Street Trio will perform at 8:30 p.m. at Little Dan’s BBQ, 757 Main St. 333-3227
Oct. 30: LEWISTON, a teen “Open Mic of Horrors” will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. at Lewiston Public Library Callahan Hall, 200 Lisbon St. 513-3135
Oct. 30: LISBON, karaoke night will be held at 8 p.m. at the VFW Hall. $6 784-0447
Oct. 30: NORWAY, the seventh annual open-mic night Halloween bash will be held at 7 p.m. at First Universalist Church, 479 Main St. $3 935-4505
Oct. 30: SCARBOROUGH, the PumpkinHead Halloween bash will be held at 8:30 p.m. at the Landing at Pine Point, 353 Pine Point Road. $20 774-4527
Oct. 30, 31: UNITY, the Brew will perform classic rock at 8:30 p.m. at Unity Centre for the Performing Arts. $16.50/$18 948-3131
Oct. 31: AUBURN, Remo, Jeff and Richard will perform at 7 p.m. at Holly’s Own Deli and Restaurant, 84 Court St. 333-3041
Oct. 31: LEWISTON, FenderBender, a quartet from the Lewiston-Auburn area, will perform at 8 p.m. at Little Dan’s BBQ, 757 Main St. 576-4540
Oct. 31: LEWISTON, the Broad Street Band will perform at 8:30 p.m. at Fast Breaks Restaurant, 1465 Lisbon St. 782-3305
Oct. 31: NEWRY, the Rustic Overtones will perform at 8 p.m. at the Phoenix House, 9 Timberline Drive. 824-2222
Oct. 31: NORTH YARMOUTH, Dirty McCurdy will perform at 8 p.m. at Harmony Hall, 343 Gray Road. 657-4300
Nov. 1: AUBURN, a public hymn sing will be held at 1 p.m. at High Street Congregational Church, 106 Pleasant St. 784-1306
Nov. 1: BRUNSWICK, the Bowdoin College Concert Band will perform at 2 p.m. at Bowdoin College Kanbar Auditorium. Free 798-4141
Nov. 1: BRUNSWICK, Jazz for a New Society will perform at 7 p.m. at the Gelato Fiasco, 73 Maine St. Free 607-4002
Nov. 1: CARTHAGE, the Pineland Fiddlers will perform at 3 p.m. at Skye Theatre Performing Arts Center, 2 Highland Drive. $10 562-4445
Nov. 1, 8, 15: GRAY, an open mic/blues jam will be held every Sunday from 3 to 7 p.m. at Tailgate Bar and Grill, 61 Portland Road, Route 100. 657-7973
Nov. 1: JAY, the Maine Country Music Association Country Sunday will be held from 1 to 5 p.m. at the Community Building. $7/$6 645-2472
Nov. 1: LEWISTON, Fiddle-icious will perform at 2 p.m. at the Franco-American Heritage Center, 46 Cedar St. $12/$10 689-2000
Nov. 1, 8, 15: LEWISTON, karaoke night will be held at 8 p.m. every Sunday at Schemengees Bar and Grille, 551 Lincoln St. 777-1155
Nov. 1: OAKLAND, the Colby Symphony Orchestra will perform at 3 p.m. at Messalonskee Performing Arts Center, 131 Messalonskee High Drive. Free 465-9135
Nov. 1, 8: TOPSHAM, fiddle concerts will be held at 12:30 p.m. at HeartSpeak Studio, 56 Elm St. $5/$12 332-3459
Nov. 1: WINTHROP, the Maine Academy of Country Music’s second annual “Friends for a Warmer Town” afternoon of country music will be held at 1 p.m. at the American Legion Hall. Donations 377-3597
Nov. 3: LEWISTON, Vent-Du-Nord, French singers, will perform at 7 p.m. at Franco-American Heritage Center, 46 Cedar St. $10/$5 689-2000
Nov. 3: LEWISTON, Ken Labreque, classical guitarist, will perform at 12:30 p.m. at Bates College Olin Arts Center Concert Hall. 786-6135
Nov. 4: RUMFORD, the U.S. Air Force Liberty Jazz Band will perform at 7:30 p.m. at Rumford Municipal Auditorium, 145 Congress St. Free 364-2983
Nov. 5, 12: LEWISTON, a blues jam will be held every Thursday starting at 8 p.m. at the Cage, 97 Ash St. 783-0668
Nov. 5: LEWISTON, Orchid Ensemble, a Canadian group, will perform at 7:30 p.m. at Bates College Olin Arts Center Concert Hall, 75 Russell St. $15/$10 782-7228
Nov. 5: UNITY, Le Vent du Nord will perform at 7:30 p.m. at Unity College Centre for the Performing Arts. $11/$10 948-3131

Dance

Oct. 30: LEWISTON, an alternative contradance will be held at 8 p.m. at Bates College Merrill Gymnasium. $8/$5 786-6330
Oct. 31: AUBURN, a Halloween dance will be held at 7 pm. at the VFW Hall, 588 Minot Ave. 329-8784
Oct. 31: LEWISTON, a Halloween costume dance party will be held from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. at She Doesn’t Like Guthries, 115 Middle St. 376-3344
Oct. 31: LITCHFIELD, a Halloween costume dance will be held at 7 p.m. at the Litchfield Sportsman Club. 377-8035
Oct. 31: NORWAY, a Halloween dance and karaoke, with music by the Old Crows, will be held at 7 p.m. at the American Legion Hall. $6
Oct. 31: PARIS, the “Witches Lunch and Dance” will be held at 5:30 pm. at the American Legion Hall, Church Street. $5/$3
Oct. 31: PARIS, a dance, with music by the Jones Dance Band, will be held at 7 pm. at South Paris Legion Hall, Church Street. $5 743-5723
Oct. 31: PORTLAND, the Portland Ballet “Spooktacular” will be presented at 2 p.m. at Portland High School John Ford Theater. 772-9671
Nov. 1: LEWISTON, the Knights of Columbus singles and couples dance for ages 21 and over, with music by Wild Horse, will be held at 7 pm. at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 150 East Ave. $8 784-0389
Nov. 2, 9: DRESDEN, country western line and partner dancing will be held at 7 p.m. at the Dresden Masonic Hall, Route 127. $3/$4 622-4884
Nov. 3, 10: LEWISTON, line dancing will be held every Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at Central Hall, 191 Lisbon St. 783-6667
Nov. 4, 11: LEWISTON, country line dancing will be held at 6:30 p.m. at Central Hall, Lisbon Street. 786-0003
Nov. 5, 12: RUMFORD, Noel and Don will play at a dance at 7 p.m. at the Eagles Hall, 13 Oxford Ave. 369-0519

Kids
Oct. 30: LEWISTON, a Halloween party will be held at 10:30 a.m. at the Toy Library, 134 College St. 782-1112
Oct. 30: PARIS, a Halloween bash for children in the Oxford Hills community will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. at Paris Public Library, 37 Market Square. Free 743-6994
Oct. 31: BRIDGTON, a children’s Halloween party will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Bridgton Town Hall. 647-8786
Oct. 31: CHESTERVILLE, a Halloween party for local children will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Chesterville Town Hall. 778-2689
Oct. 31: LEWISTON, Halloween family night will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. at New Life Community Center, 134 College St. 782-3939
Oct. 31: LEWISTON, the Lewiston Department of Recreation will put on a free Halloween celebration for preschoolers through grade 6, from noon to 1:30 p.m. at the Lewiston Memorial Armory, 65 Central Ave. 513-3005
Oct. 31: NORWAY, a Halloween party will be held from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at Second Congregational Church. $5 743-2290
Oct. 31: OXFORD, a Halloween party will be held from 4 to 5:30 p.m. at Oxford Recreation. 890-7575
Oct. 31: WILTON, a Halloween party for young children through grade 4 will be held from 10 a.m. to noon at Cushing School. $1 645-3082

Special

Oct. 30, 31: AUGUSTA, a Haunted house will be offered from 6:30 to 9 p.m., with a matinee from 1 to 4 p.m. on Oct. 31 at the former Circuit City location, next to Dick’s Sporting Goods. $10
Oct. 30, 31: BUCKFIELD, a haunted hay ride will be held from 6 to 10 p.m. on Paris Hill Road. $5
Oct. 30, 31: BUCKFIELD, a Halloween variety show will be held at 7:30 p.m. at Oddfellow Theater, Route 117. $12-$6 336-3306
Oct. 30: MECHANIC FALLS, Pumpkin Land will be open weekends from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at 125 Pigeon Hill Road. 998-3259
Oct. 30: NEWRY, comedian Bob Marley will perform at 9 p.m. at the Phoenix House, 9 Timberline Drive. 824-2222
Oct. 30: NORWAY, the Norway Halloween fest will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. on Main Street. 743-6651
Oct. 30: PORTLAND, the second annual Motor Booty Halloween party will be held at the Gold Room, 512 Warren Ave. 221-2343
Oct. 30, 31: SEBAGO, a haunted schoolhouse will be open from 6 to 9 p.m. at Schoolhouse Arts Center, Route 114. $10/$12 642-3743
Oct. 30: WALES, a haunted trail will be open from 6 to 8 p.m. at Roaring Brook Nurseries, 639 Gardiner Road.
Oct. 31: AUBURN, a Halloween comedy event, “The Dress-Up Show,” an evening of silly fun, will be held at 8 p.m. at Fireside Inn and Suites, 1777 Washington St. $14/$12 777-1777
Oct. 31, Nov. 1: AUGUSTA, the 26th annual Maine Made Christmas Craft Show will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Augusta Armory, 179 Western Ave. 946-7079
Oct. 31: CANTON, a haunted house will be open from 6:30 to 10 p.m. at the Old Canton School House, 36 School St. Free
Oct. 31: DIXFIELD, a benefit haunted hayride will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. at McGouldrick Park. $4/$3
Oct. 31: LEWISTON, an annual harvest party will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. at Vineyard Campus, 9 Foss Road. 784-9500
Oct. 31: LISBON FALLS, a Halloween party and karaoke will be held at Railroad Pub, 697 Lisbon Ave. 353-6069
Oct. 31: LIVERMORE, a harvest festival, featuring a baking contest, will be held from 3 to 7 p.m. at Victory Christian Church, 1680 Federal Road. 320-1285
Oct. 31: NEWRY, the Hike the River benefit will be held at 11 a.m., starting at the Phoenix House, 9 Timberline Drive. 824-2222
Oct. 31: RUMFORD, a craft fair will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Rumford Elementary School, Lincoln Avenue. 364-8155
Oct. 31: RUMFORD, the seventh annual Black Mountain of Maine trail races/walks and hayrides will be held at 9 a.m. at the resort. 562-7172
Oct. 31: YARMOUTH, the third annual Yarmouth Pumpkin Run will be held at 7:30 a.m. at Yarmouth High School, West Elm Street. 846-3826
Nov. 1: AUGUSTA, the Lipizzaner Stallions will perform at 2 and 6 p.m. at the Augusta Civic Center Auditorium. $26/$24 626-2400
Nov. 1: HEBRON, a benefit 5K race will be held at 11:15 a.m. at Hebron Academy. 890-8205
Nov. 1: OTISFIELD, Halloween harvest hay rides will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. at Seeds of Peace, Powhattan Road.
Nov. 1: STRONG, a craft sale will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Legion Hall, South Main Street.
Nov. 2: LEWISTON, Cecilia Vicuna will present a poetry reading at 7:30 p.m. at Bates College Benjamin Mays Center.
Nov. 3: LEWISTON, the Lipizzaner Stallions will perform at 7:30 pm. at Androscoggin Bank Colisee, 190 Birch St. 783-2009
Nov. 3: LEWISTON, a meet-and-greet with Don MacAdam, coach of the Lewiston Maineiacs, will be held at 6:30 p.m. at the Franco-American Heritage Center, 46 Cedar St. 689-2000
Nov. 4: LEWISTON, an open house will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Patrick Dempsey Center for Cancer Hope and Healing at Central Maine Medical Center, 300 Main St. 795-8254
Nov. 5, 6: FARMINGTON, the Mt. Blue Curtain Raisers will present improv comedy at 7:30 p.m. at Mt. Blue High School Auditorium. $3 778-0356

Theater

Oct. 30: AUBURN, Young Professions of the Lewiston-Auburn area will perform the murder/mystery dinner theater production “Lights! Camera! Murder! at 7 p.m. at Martindale Country Club. $35 783-2249
Oct. 30: AUBURN, the Lakeside Players will perform a series of brief
one-act comedies at 8 p.m. at Central Maine Community College Kirk Hall
Auditorium. Free 755-5357
Oct. 30-Nov. 8: BATH, “Bad Day at Gopher’s Breath” will be performed by Studio Theatre of Bath at 880 Washington St. 443-2418
Oct. 30, 31: BIDDEFORD, “Swingtime Canteen” will be performed at City Theater, 205 Main St. 282-0849
Oct. 30, 31: BRUNSWICK, “Drums in the Night” will be performed at 8 p.m. at Bowdoin College Pickard Theater. Free with ticket. 725-3375
Oct. 30-Nov. 8: BRUNSWICK, the Theater Project will perform “Dracula” at the theater, 14 School St. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. $12 729-8584
Oct. 30: FARMINGTON, the murder mystery “Murder at Crooke’s Crossing” will be performed at 6:30 p.m. at Farmington Public Library. $15/$25 578-0286
Oct. 30, 31: FREEPORT, “An American Werewolf in London” will be performed at 8 p.m. at the Freeport Performing Arts Center, 30 Holbrook St. Free 865-4706
Oct. 30, 31, Nov. 1: GORHAM, “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” will be performed at 8 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday and at 5 p.m. Sunday at USM Corthell Concert Hall. $15-$5 780-5555
Oct. 30, 31, Nov. 1: LIMINGTON, “Boo,” featuring 13 scenes from Halloween, will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Friday, 4 p.m. Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday. $7 839-3267
Oct. 30, 31, Nov. 1: MONMOUTH, the Monmouth Community Players will perform “Alice: A Return to Wonderland” at Cumston Hall. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday. 933-2229
Oct. 30, 31, Nov. 1: POLAND, “Little Shop of Horrors” will be performed at Poland Regional High School Dr. Wall Theatre, 1457 Maine St. Showtimes are 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. $8/$10 998-5400
Oct. 30-Nov. 15: PORTLAND, Portland Stage Company will perform “The Gin Game” at the theater, 25A Forest Ave. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. Friday; 4 and 8 p.m. Saturday; and 2 p.m. Sunday. $36-$13 774-0465
Oct. 30-Nov. 22: PORTLAND, Good Theater will perform “Frost/Nixon” at St. Lawrence Arts Center, 76 Congress St. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday; 8 p.m. Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday; 7:30 pm. Nov. 4; and 3 p.m. Nov. 14. $28-$15 885-5883
Oct. 30-Nov. 15: PORTLAND, the Portland Players will perform “The Rocky Horror Show” at the theater, 420 Cottage Road. Showtimes are 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday; and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, with a special show at 11 p.m. on Oct. 31. 799-7337
Oct. 31: LEWISTON, Mystery for Hire will perform the murder-mystery dinner theater production “Spirits of Suspicion” at 7 p.m. at Marco’s Restaurant, Mollison Way. $36.95 783-0336
ov. 2: PORTLAND, the “Naked Shakespeare” performance will be presented at 8 p.m. at the Wine Bar, Wharf Street. $5 854-0065
Nov. 4: FARMINGTON, “As Maine Grows,” a theatrical thriller on the issues of growth and development in Maine, will be performed at 7 p.m. at UMF Roberts Learning Center. Free 778-7258
Nov. 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14: HALLOWELL, Gaslight Theater will perform “Rabbit Hole” at Hallowell City Hall. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. Thursday and 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday. $10/$8 626-2698

Books
Oct. 30, Nov. 13, 20: WESTBROOK, dramatic readings of
finalists for the Maine Playwrights Festival will be presented at 7:30
p.m. at Acorn Studio Theater, 90 Bridge St. $5 854-0065
Nov. 3, 4: BRIDGTON, a book fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday and 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday at Bridgton Hospital. 647-6055

Nov. 3: NORWAY, a read-a-thon will be held from 2:15 to 4:30 p.m. at Norway Memorial Library, 258 Main St. 743-5309

Films
Oct. 30, Nov. 1: LEWISTON, “Sleepwalking Land,”by Mozambican director Teresa Prata, will be shown at 8 p.m. at Bates College Olin Arts Center, 75 Russell St. $5 786-6330
Nov. 1: FARMINGTON, “Spirits of the Dead” will be shown at 7 p.m. at UMF Roberts Learning Center. Free 778-7424
Nov. 1: FARMINGTON, “Spirits of the Dead” will be shown at 7 p.m. at UMF Roberts Learning Center. Free 778-7424
Nov. 1: LEWISTON, Public Enemies” will be shown at 2 and 4:30 p.m. at Bates College Olin Arts Center. $1
Nov. 1: LEWISTON, “Sleepwalking Land,” about Mozambique, will be shown at 8 p.m. at Bates College Olin Arts Center. $5 786-6135
Nov. 3, 9: FARMINGTON, films from the Muslim world will be shown at 6:30 p.m. at UMF Roberts Learning Center. Free 778-7341
Nov. 3: LEWISTON, “Kon Kon,” about Aconcagua, the tallest mountain in the Western hemisphere, will be shown at 4:15 p.m. at Bates College Olin Arts Center.
Nov. 5: BRUNSWICK, “Leipzig in the Fall,” about the Berlin Wall, will be shown at 7 p.m. at Bowdoin College Cleaveland Hall. Free 725-3357

Lectures
Nov. 2: BRUNSWICK, activist, historian and writer Rebecca Solnit will speak on “A Paradise Built in Hell: Private Emotion and Public Life” at 7:30 p.m. at Bowdoin College Memorial Hall. Free 725-3257
Nov. 2: BRUNSWICK, Nannette Giacoma, owner of New Moon Rising Coaching, will speak on “Artful Marketing” at 6 p.m. at Frontier Cafe, Cinema and Gallery. $5 798-6964
Nov. 3: NORWAY, Dr. Bruce F. Rueger of Colby College will speak on “Geologic Influences on Benedict Arnold’s March to Quebec, 1775” at 7 p.m. at Norway Memorial Library, 151 Main St. 743-5309
Nov. 3: PORTLAND, Dr. Ian Newton, world-renowned bird expert and author, will speak on “Population Limitation in Migratory Birds” at 6 p.m. at USM Glickman Library. 839-7600
Nov. 4: BRUNSWICK, David Livingston Smith, associate professor of philosophy, University of New England, will speak on “Who Do You Think You’re Fooling? A Biological Approach to Self Deception” at 4 p.m. at Bowdoin College Druckenmiller Hall. Free 725-3152