June 8: BRYANT POND, Hugh Swan of Greenwood will speak at 10 a.m. at Whitman Memorial Library.

June 8: CARTHAGE, Grada from Ireland will perform at 7:30 p.m. at New England Celtic Arts. $10/$8

June 8: GREENE, Michael Pery will present a film on Maine lighthouses at 7 p.m. on Thursday and 2 and 7 p.m. on Friday at the Sawyer Memorial, 371 Sawyer Road. Free 946-5311

June 8: LEWISTON, the Countryside Dancers will hold a dance at 7 p.m. at Central Hall, 191 Lisbon St.

June 8: LIVERMORE, Dr. Doug Hodgkins will speak about his book, “Fractured Families: Fighting in the Maine Courts,” at 7 p.m. at the North Livermore Baptist Church, Route 4 and Crash Road. 897-2236

June 8: PORTLAND, Grada will perform Irish music at 8 p.m. at Center for Cultural Exchange, One Longfellow Square. $15 761-1545

June 8: PORTLAND, Add Verb Productions will host a celebration and showcase of their national and Maine-based performance work at 6:30 p.m. at Howell Ltd. Studios, 141 Middle St. $25 772-1167

June 8: SKOWHEGAN, “House of the Seven Gables,” will be performed at Lakewood Theater. Show times are June 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17 at 8 p.m., June 11 at 4 p.m. and June 14 at 2 and 6:45 p.m. 474-7176

Tomorrow

June 9: AUBURN, Paul Farrell and the Silver Tones will perform at 1:30 p.m. at the Auburn Residential Care Center. 783-1894

June 9: BETHEL, Susan Poulin and Gordon Carlisle will perform “The Art of Collaboration,” at 7 p.m. at Gould Academy Trustees Auditorium. $5

June 9: BRUNSWICK/TOPSHAM, the Second Friday Art Walk will be held in the Brunswick and Topsham areas. 725-0386

June 9: FARMINGTON, a Small Business Showcase will be held from 3 to 6 p.m. at Mountain Counties Heritage, 109 Church St. 778-2792

June 9: LEWISTON, the Professional Bull Riders will perform at the Colisee, 160 Birch St. $30/$15 783-2009

June 9: LIVERMORE, Kate Carney, master storyteller, actor, director and teacher, will perform at 7:30 p.m. at Norlands Living History Center, 290 Norlands Road.

June 9: LIVERMORE, the Smith Brothers will perform at 7:30 p.m. at the North Livermore Baptist Church, Route 4 and Crash Road. 897-2236

June 9: MONMOUTH, the Down East Country Music Association Third Annual Jamboree will be held at Beaver Brook Campground, Route 202. 933-2108

June 9: PORTLAND, a “Comedy Jam,” with Johnny Joyce, Tom Monetto and Tammy Pooler, will be held at 7:30 p.m. at Liquid Blue, 440 Fore St. $5 854-9778