Music
April 29: AUBURN, Trailer Trash will perform at 8 p.m. at Gritty McDuff’s, 68 Main St. 376-2739
April 29: BROWNFIELD, Enter the Haggis will perform at 8 p.m. at Stone Mountain Arts Center, 695 Dugway Road. 935-7292
April 29: BRUNSWICK, teens with The Theater Project will give a benefit musical show at 7 p.m. at the theater, 14 School St. $5 729-8584
April 29: LEWISTON, indie pop-rockers Cold War Kids will perform at 9 p.m. at Bates College’s Clifton Daggett Gray Athletic Building, 130 Central Ave. $20 786-6330
April 29: LEWISTON, Kit Demos will perform jazz at 9 p.m. at She Doesn’t Like Guthries, 115 MIddle St. 376-3344
April 29: LEWISTON, Ruckus will perform at 8 p.m. at The Cage, 97 Ash St. 783-0668
April 29: LEWISTON, pianist Henry Kramer and the University of Southern Maine’s Chamber Singers will perform at 8 p.m. at Bates College’s Olin Arts Center Concert Hall. 773-7012
April 29, 30: LEWISTON, the Biennial Pine Tree Piano Festival will be held at Bates College. 449-0093
April 29: NORWAY, an open-mic night will be held at 7 p.m. at the First Universalist Church, 479 Main St. $3 743-2828
April 29: PARIS, Zach Jones and SKOSH will perform at a benefit for tsunami relief at 7 p.m. at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School. $5
April 29: PORTLAND, Dudefest 2011 will be held at 8 p.m. at One Longfellow Square, 181 State St. $6 761-1757
April 29: PORTLAND, country/folk singer John Prine will perform at Portland City Hall Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St. $65-$40 842-0800
April 29: PORTLAND, Talib Kweli will perform at 8 p.m. at Port City Music Hall, 504 Congress St. $40-$20 899-4990
April 29: PORTLAND, the Portland Jazz Orchestra will perform at 8 p.m. at Hannaford Hall on the University of Southern Maine campus. $15-$5 780-5256
April 29: ROCKLAND, singer-songwriter Shawn Mullins will perform at 8 p.m. at the Strand Theatre, 345 Main St. $20/$25 594-0070
April 29: TURNER, Chad Porter will perform at Fore Seasons Restaurant and Lounge.
April 30: BATH, Enter the Haggis will perform at 7:30 p.m. at the Chocolate Church Arts Center, 804 Washington St. $22/$18 442-8455
April 30: BROWNFIELD, Susan Werner will perform at 8 p.m. at Stone Mountain Arts Center, 695 Dugway Road. 935-7292
April 30: BRUNSWICK, the 11th annual barbershop concert will be held at 7 p.m. at the United Methodist Church, 320 Church Road. $8/$10 729-8571
April 30: FARMINGTON, the UMF Orchestra will perform at 3 p.m. at Merrill Hall on the University of Maine at Farmington campus. $8/$6 778-7072
April 30: FARMINGTON, local band Revelation ’90 will perform at a benefit at 7 p.m. at the University of Maine at Farmington’s Roberts Learning Center. Donations 778-0670
April 30: GORHAM, the Guitar Studio Ensemble will perform at 7:30 p.m. at the University of Southern Maine’s Corthell Concert Hall. Free 780-5256
April 30: GORHAM, the University of Southern Maine’s School of Music Concert Band will perform at 2 p.m. at Gorham High School’s McCormack Performing Arts Center, 41 Morrill Ave. $6/$3 780-5256
April 30: LISBON FALLS, the Christian band Cornerstone will perform at 7 p.m. at St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church. Free
April 30: LIVERMORE, Skosh will perform at the Clubhouse Tavern. $5
April 30: PARIS, Tom O’Connell and Kevin Kimball, blues duo, will perform at 7 p.m. at the Smilin’ Moose, 10 Market Square. 739-6006
April 30: PORTLAND, Roomful of Blues will perform at 8 p.m. at One Longfellow Square, 181 State St. $25/$28 761-1757
April 30: PORTLAND, a spring music fling, featuring three bands, will be held at 8 p.m. at the Portland Sports Dome, 512 Warren Ave. $15/$20 221-2343
April 30: TURNER, legendary guitarist Denny Breau will perform at a benefit cabin fever concert at 6:30 p.m. at Turner Center Universalist Church, Route 117. Donations 754-0954
April 30: TURNER, the third annual a cappella concert “Joining Voices” will be held at 2 p.m. at Leavitt Area High School auditorium. $5/$3
April 30: TURNER, Chad Porter will perform at 7 p.m. at Foreseasons Restaurant and Lounge.
April 30: UNITY, a free evening of music and refreshments, with bluegrass group Wild Blue Yonder, will be held at 7 p.m. at the Unity Community Center, 437 Quaker Hill Road. 491-5080
April 30: WATERVILLE, the Colby Symphony Orchestra, Colby College Chorale and Colby-Kennebec Choral Society will perform at 7:30 p.m. at Colby College Lorimer Chapel.
May 1: AUBURN, L-A Christian musicians will perform at a benefit at 6 p.m. at Court Street Baptist Church, 129 Court St. 784-6661
May 1, 8, 15: GRAY, an open mic/blues jam will be held every Sunday from 3 to 7 p.m. at the Tailgate Bar and Grill, 61 Portland Road. 657-7973
May 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
May 1: MANCHESTER, the CODA Chorus will perform at 7 p.m. at Hope Baptist Church, Route 202. Donations 623-9433
May 1: MECHANIC FALLS, a country music get-together will be held from 2:30 to 5 p.m. at the Silver Spur, Route 121. Donations. 515-3922
May 1: PORTLAND, the Italian Heritage Center Concert Band will perform at 2 p.m. at the Italian Heritage Center, 40 Westland Ave. $7-$5
May 1, 3: PORTLAND, the Portland Symphony Orchestra will perform “Daphnis and Chloe” at 2:30 p.m. Sunday and 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Portland City Hall Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St. 842-0800
May 1: SALEM, the A and E Hill Country Music gospel show will be held at 1:30 p.m. at the Salem Community Building. Donations
May 2: PORTLAND, the Digi Tour, with Davey Days, Mystery Guitar Man, David Choi, Destorm, the Gregory Brothers and Ricky Ficarelli, will perform at 7 p.m. at Port City Music Hall, 504 Congress St. $25-$8 899-4990
May 3: LEWISTON, the Prince Edward Island Fiddle Camp Roadshow will be presented at 7 p.m. at the Franco-American Heritage Center, 46 Cedar St. $15 783-1585
May 3: OXFORD, the Mollyockett Chorus, Chapter of Sweet Adelines International, will hold a “Friends and Family Night” at 7 p.m. at the Church of the Latter Day Saints, Skeetfield Road. 240-8980
May 4: AUBURN, live music with Michael Krapovicky will be held at noon at the Auburn Public Library, 49 Spring St. 333-6640
May 4: BRUNSWICK, Bowdoin College’s World Music Ensemble will perform at 7:30 p.m. at Bowdoin College’s Kanbar Auditorium. Free 798-4141
May 4: CARTHAGE, the Prince Edward Island Fiddle Camp Roadshow will be presented at 7 p.m. at Skye Theatre Performing Arts Center, 2 Highland Drive. $15 562-4445
May 4: OGUNQUIT, Ottmar Liebert and Luna Negra will perform at 8 p.m. at Jonathan’s Ogunquit, 92 Bourne Lane. 646-4777
May 5: BROWNFIELD, the Spinney Brothers will perform bluegrass at 8 p.m. at Stone Mountain Arts Center, 695 Dugway Road. 935-7292
May 5, 6: BRUNSWICK, the Bowdoin Chorus will perform at 7:30 p.m. at Bowdoin College’s Kanbar Auditorium. Free 798-4141
May 5, 12: LEWISTON, a blues jam will be held at 8 p.m. every Thursday at The Cage, 97 Ash St. 783-0668
May 5: PORTLAND, the Vampirates will perform at 8 p.m. at Geno’s Rock Club, 625 Congress St. 221-2382
May 5: PORTLAND, Kinetix will perform at 9 p.m. at Port City Music Hall, 504 Congress St. $8 899-4990
May 5: PORTLAND, Tommy Emmanuel will perform at 8 p.m. at Portland City Hall Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St. 842-0800
May 5: UNITY, the Prince Edward Island Fiddle Camp Roadshow will be presented at 7:30 p.m. at Unity College Centre for the Performing Arts, 42 Depot St. $15 948-7469
Dance
April 29: AUBURN, a dance, with music by the Broad Street Band, will be held at 8 p.m. at the American Legion hall, 71 South Main St. 782-1118
April 29, 30, May 6, 8: LIMINGTON, “Cinderella,” a dance theater production, will be presented at Ossipee Trail Arts Center, 60 Ossipee Trail. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. April 29 and May 6, 3:30 and 7:30 p.m. April 30, and 2:30 and 5:30 p.m. May 8. $8-$5 839-3267
April 30: AUBURN, a dance and karaoke with Jean Louis will be held at 8 p.m. at the American Legion Hall, 71 South Main St. 782-1118
April 30: LEWISTON, nearly 90 alumni of Bates College’s dance program will perform at 8 p.m. at Bates College Schaeffer Theatre, 305 College St. Free 786-6487
April 30: LISBON, a dance will be held at 7:30 p.m. at the VFW hall.
April 30: MONMOUTH, a dinner/dance, with music by the Wildwoods Band, will be held at 4:30 p.m. at Monmouth Academy. $10/$5
April 30: NORWAY, a contra dance will be held at 7 p.m. at the Norway Grange hall. $10 739-2124
April 30: NORWAY, a dance and karaoke, with music by DJs Keith and Kathy, will be held at 7 p.m. at the American Legion hall. $6
April 30: PARIS, a dance, with music by the Jones Dance Band, will be held at 7 p.m. at the American Legion Hall, Church Street. $5
May 1: LEWISTON, the Knights of Columbus singles and couples dance for ages 21 and over, with music by Over the Hill Billies, will be held at 7 p.m. at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 150 East Ave. $9 784-0389
May 2: AUBURN, zumba clubbing will be held at 7 p.m. at Club Texas, 150 Center St. $3 312-2277
May 2, 9: DRESDEN, country western line and partner dancing will be held at 7 p.m. at the Dresden Masonic Hall, Route 127. $3/$4 785-4866
May 4, 11: LEWISTON, country line dancing will be held at 6:30 p.m. at Central Hall, Lisbon Street. 786-0003
May 4: MECHANIC FALLS, zumba clubbing will be held at 6 p.m. at the Silver Spur, Route 121. $10 312-2277
May 5: AUBURN, belly dancing with IMari will be presented at noon at the Auburn Public Library, 39 Spring St. 333-6640
Special
April 29: AUBURN, the Edward Little High School variety show will be held at 7 p.m. at the Great Falls auditorium, Academy Street. $8/$5
April 29: BETHEL, slam poetry from Boston will be presented at 7 p.m. at Bingham Auditorium, 45 Church St. $10/$5 824-3575
April 29: BIDDEFORD, the Biddeford ArtWalk will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. at the North Dam Mill, 2 Main St. 229-3560
April 29-May 1: BOOTHBAY HARBOR, the “Fishermen’s Festival,” with trap hauling, codfish relay, fish try and llobster crate races, will be held in Boothbay Harbor. 633-6280
April 29-May 1: FRYEBURG, the 21st annual National Belted Galloway and Pride of the Pines Hereford sale and youth show will be held at the Fryeburg Fairgrounds. 935-2248
April 29: PARIS, the Project Graduation “Donkeyball” will be held at 6:30 p.m. at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School. $7/$6 743-8914
April 29: PORTLAND, a “Happy Trails” big bash and silent auction will be held at 5:30 p.m. at the Portland Club, 156 State St. $25/$20 761-6665
April 29: PORTLAND, comedian Ralphie May will perform at 8 p.m. at the State Theatre, 609 Congress St. $29.50 1-800-745-3000
April 30, May 1: AUBURN, the WLU mother-daughter-doll “Wonderland Tea” will be held at the clubhouse, 19 Elm St.
April 30: BETHEL, the annual benefit sale will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the West Parish Congregational Church, Church Street. 357-3524
April 30: BETHEL, a “Smile Fund Sale” benefiting the adult dental program in the region, will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at West Parish Congregational Church. 357-3524
April 30: FARMINGTON, a spring fling will be held at 11 a.m. at UMF Olsen Student Center. Free
April 30: HARTFORD, a tea party will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Hartford Town Hall, Route 140. $3 224-7355
April 30: LEWISTON, the 2011 Multiple Sclerosis Walk will be held at 10 a.m. at Lewiston High School, 156 East Ave. 240-9113
April 30: LEWISTON, a “Cabaret,” with food and musical performances, will be held at 7:30 p.m. at the Franco-American Heritage Center, 46 Cedar St. $18 689-2000
April 30: LEWISTON, “Aperire,” a group art show and celebration of spring, will be held at 7 p.m. at Art Pulse Gallery, 178 Lisbon St., second floor. 402-0904
April 30: LISBON FALLS, the American Sign Language talent show will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. at Lisbon High School gym. $5 353-3030
April 30: OXFORD, the Oxford County 4-H Leaders Association’s second annual walk-a-thon will be held from 9 a.m. to noon at Oxford County Fairgrounds. 743-1886
May 1: DIXFIELD, a benefit for Stanwood Pingree, with supper, Chinese auction, bake sale and music, will be held from 2 to 6 p.m. at the American Legion Hall. $10/$5 357-7656
May 1: FARMINGTON, the “Walk for Autism” will be held at noon at the Farmington Fairgrounds. 1-800-273-5200
May 1: FREEPORT, finalists for the fourth annual Merriconeag Poetry Festival will be honored from 3 to 4:30 p.m. at Merriconeag Waldorf School, 57 Desert Road. 688-8989
May 1: MANCHESTER, an antiques and collectibles sale will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Manchester Grange hall, Route 202. Free 623-3436
May 1: NEW GLOUCESTER, a benefit “CROP Walk” will be held at 10:30 a.m. at the First Congregational Church, 19 Gloucester Hill Road. 926-3260
May 1: WALDOBORO, the 10th annual “Cruisin’ to Graduation” car show will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Medomak Valley High School, 320 Manktown Road. $4/$3 542-0848
May 3: AUBURN, June Spear will present a program on “Sailing the Mediterranean Sea” at 2 p.m. at Auburn Public Library, 49 Spring St. 333-6640
May 4: TOPSHAM, Ken Goodwin, founder of Maine Spirit Healing, will present a program at 6:30 p.m. at Book and Buckle Cafe. $25353-9574
May 5: LEWISTON, Museum L-A will offer tours of three facilities still engaged in the shoe industry from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Free with registration 333-3881
Theater
April 29-May 15: BIDDEFORD, “Always, Patsy Cline” will be performed at City Theater, 205 Main St. Showtimes are 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday. 282-0849
April 29, 30: DIXFIELD, “Love at the Cafe” will be performed at 6:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday, and 2 p.m. Saturday at Dirigo High School.
April 29, 30: HALLOWELL, Gaslight Theater’s annual “Evening of One-Act Plays” will be held at 7:30 p.m. at Hallowell City Hall. $12/$10 626-3698
April 29, 30: LEWISTON, Out of the Box Theater will perform “A Walk In the Woods” at 7:30 p.m. at DownStage at L/A Arts, 5 Canal St. Alley. $10/$12 782-7228
April 29, 30: MONMOUTH, the Monmouth Middle School drama club will perform “The Scheme of the Driftless Shifter” at 7 p.m. at Cumston Hall, Route 132.
April 29: PORTLAND, the 10th annual Maine Playwrights Festival of short plays will be held at St. Lawrence Arts Center, 76 Congress St. $16/$14 854-0065
April 29, 30; RUMFORD, the Rumford Association for the Advancement of the Performing Arts will present a dinner/theater show of three short one-act plays at 6 p.m. at the Eagles Hall. $30 369-0205
April 29, 30, May 1: SEBAGO, “Godspell Junior” will be performed at Schoolhouse Arts Center, Route 115. Showtimes are 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 4 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. $10-$5 642-3743
April 30-May 14: BAR HARBOR, “Almost, Maine” will be performed at Mount Desert High School, Eagle Lake Road. Showtimes are 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. 288-5011
May 3-22: PORTLAND, Portland Stage Company will perform “The Syringa Tree” at 25A Forest Ave. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, 4 and 8 p.m. Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday. 774-0465
May 4, 5: AUBURN, the Lakeside Players will perform “Songs, Skits and Other Stories” at 7 p.m. at Central Maine Community College’s Kirk Hall Auditorium, 1250 Turner St. Free 838-1722
May 4, 5: BRUNSWICK, “Jackie and Johnny’s Friday Night Fright Show,” an independent study by Bowdoin College student Jillian Eddy, will be performed at 7 p.m. at Bowdoin College Wish Theater. Free with ticket 725-3375
May 5, 6, 7: FARMINGTON, the Mt. Blue Theater Company will perform “Pride and Prejudice” at 7 p.m. at Mt. Blue High School Auditorium.
May 5-8: PORTLAND, a Company of Girls will perform “The Conference of the Birds” at Portland Stage Studio Theater, 25A Forest Ave. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. $5/$7 874-2107
May 5-22: PORTLAND, Mad Horse Theater will perform “Spring Awakening” at Lucid Stage, 29 Baxter Blvd. $18/$20 899-3993
May 5-22: WESTBROOK, the Riverbank Shakespeare Festival will be held at Riverbank Park, Main Street. Free/$10 854-0065
Books
April 30: STRONG, Patricia Probert Gott, author of “The DAYES of Wyoming,” will sign copies of her book from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the White Elephant. 743-2628
May 2, 3: FARMINGTON, a book sale will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday and 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday at Franklin Memorial Hospital.
Films
April 29: GREENE, John Wilson will narrate his film “Inside the Tuscan Hills” at 2 and 7 p.m. at Araxine Wilkins Sawyer Memorial, 371 Sawyer Road. Free 946-5311
April 29: MONMOUTH, the Marx Brothers’ “Room Service” will be shown at 7 p.m. at Cumston Hall. $5 933-9999
April 30, May 3: BRUNSWICK, “Memphis” will be shown at 7:30 p.m. at Brunswick 10, 19 Gurnet Road.
May 4: FARMINGTON, “Pay It Forward” will be shown at 7 p.m. at UMF Education Center. Free 778-7292
Lectures
May 3: BRUNSWICK, Erica King, policy associate at the University of Southern Maine’s Muskie School of Public Service, will speak on “Wanting More for America’s Daughters, Sisters and Mothers: Questioning the Mass Incarceration of Women” at 7 p.m. at Bowdoin College Kresge Auditorium. Free 725-3724
May 3: PORTLAND, Alfie Kohn, national education and parenting critic, will speak at 7 p.m. at USM Hannaford Hall. Free 781-6321
May 3: WINTHROP, Stephen Kottler, a professional homeopathic practitioner, will speak about homeopathy at 6:30 p.m. at Bailey Public Library. Free 377-8673
May 4: LEWISTON, Tejumola Olaniyan, a professor of English at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, will give a lecture titled “On Bigness: Wealth, Power and Body Size in African Political Cartoons” at 4:15 p.m. at Bates College Pettengill Hall. 786-6933
May 5: BRUNSWICK, Collin Roesler, associate professor of earth and oceanographic science at Bowdoin College, will speak on “Big Waves: Rogues, Monsters and Tsunamis” at 12:30 p.m. at Bowdoin College Moulton Union. Free 725-3253
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