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Feb. 11: GORHAM, the Southern Maine Symphony Orchestra will perform at 8 p.m. at USM Corthell Concert Hall. $6/$3 780-5555

Feb. 11: HEBRON, the Tancrede Trio will perform at 10:15 a.m. at Hebron Academy Androscoggin Theater. Free 966-2100

Feb. 11: PORTLAND, P.O.S. will perform at 9 p.m. at SPACE Gallery, 538 Congress St. $8/$10 774-7842

Feb. 11: PORTLAND, PORTopera will hold auditions for chorus members at Immanuel Baptist Church. To schedule time call 879-7678

Feb. 11: RUMFORD, the Mizfits will perform at 9 p.m. at The Shak, 12 Oxford Ave. $5 364-4649

Feb. 12: AUGUSTA, the DaPonte String Quartet will perform at 2 p.m. at UMA Jewett Hall. $10/$5 621-3551

Feb. 12: BRUNSWICK, Jez Lowe and the Bad Pennies will perform at 4 p.m. at Bowdoin College Kresge Auditorium. $18/$15 688-4515

Feb. 12: RUMFORD, the Frank Hannon Band will perform at 9 p.m. at The Shak, 12 Oxford Ave. $10 864-4649

Feb. 12: SALEM, country bluegrass music will be performed at 1 p.m. at Salem Community Building.

Dance

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

Feb. 11: FARMINGTON, a Valentine dance/supper, with music by Legends, will be held at 6 p.m. at the Farmington Elks Lodge. $25 778-4726

Feb. 11: FARMINGTON, a contradance, with music by the Racket Factory, will be held at 8 p.m. at State Theater/City Lights North, 231 Broadway. $5/$10 397-2241

Feb. 11: JAY, a benefit Valentine dinner/dance, with music by Alibi, will be held at 6 p.m. at the VFW Hall, Jewell Street. $20 897-5112

Feb. 11: LEWISTON, a Valentine dance, with music by Vintage, will be held at 8 p.m. at the Lewiston Lodge of Elks, Lisbon Street. 784-4801

Feb. 11: LEWISTON, a “Blue Hawaii” dinner/dance, with music by Claude Mailhot, will be held at Holy Cross Church Hall, Lisbon Street. $25/$12.50 784-9000

Feb. 11: LEWISTON, a Valentine’s Day father/daughter benefit dance will be held from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the Carriage House, 1119 Lisbon St. $35/$5 772-7270

Feb. 11: LISBON, a dinner/dance will be held at 5:30 p.m. at the VFW Hall, Route 196. $6/$3 353-2152

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

Feb. 11: RUMFORD, a dance, with music by the E/I Band, will be held at 7 p.m. at Le Paresseux Snowshoe Club, Waldo Street.

Feb. 11: SABATTUS, a dinner/dance will be held at 5 p.m. at the Jacques Cartier Club, Wales Road. $6/$2.50 375-9008

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

Feb. 11: SOUTH PARIS, a dinner/dance, with music by the Bobby Reed and Wild Horse Band, will be held at 4 p.m. at the American Legion Hall, Church Street. $10/$5 966-2771

Feb. 12: GORHAM, Ballroom Dance Parties will be held every Thursday, Friday and Sunday at Centre of Movement School of Performing Arts, Route 25. 839-3267

Feb. 12: LEWISTON, Bush-Whack 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

Feb. 12: WINDHAM, a Valentine dance will be held at 1 p.m. at the Windham Eagles Hall, Route 303. $6/$7 490-1232

Kids

Feb. 11: FARMINGTON, an American Cancer Society Kids’ Relay for Life will be held at 2:30 p.m. at the Farmington Recreation Department. 652-2020

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Feb. 11: AUBURN, “Heart to Heart,” an evening of food, fun and fellowship, will be held at 6 p.m. at Court Street Baptist Church, 129 Court St. 784-6661

Feb. 11: AUBURN, a Winter Festival, with many events, will be held at Lost Valley Lodge. 784-1561

Feb. 11: BRUNSWICK, the Improvabilities, improv group, will perform at 8 p.m. at Bowdoin College Kresge Auditorium. Free 725-3375

Feb. 11: DIXFIELD, the Blessing of the Sleds will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Mt. View Campground. 364-2428

Feb. 11: FARMINGTON, a community beef stew luncheon will be held from noon to 1 p.m. at Old South First Congregational Church. Free 778-0424

Feb. 11: MONMOUTH, the annual bake sale will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Cumston Public Library.

Feb. 11: PORTLAND, actor/comedian Bill Cosby will perform at 5 and 8 p.m. at Portland City Hall Merrill Auditorium. 842-0800

Feb. 11: PORTLAND, a “Comedy Showcase,” with Stephanie Peters, Jeremie Remain and Brian Brinegar, will be held at 7:30 p.m. at Liquid Blue, 440 Fore St. $5 854-9778

Feb. 11: PORTLAND, the Mad Hatter’s Tea Party will be held at the Merry Manor Inn, 700 Main St. 934-4090

Feb. 11: PORTLAND, the second annual Vacationland RV and Camping SuperShow will be held at the Portland Sports Complex, Warren Avenue. $7/$2 782-5874

Feb. 11: PORTLAND, the 16th annual Maine Home, Remodeling and Garden Show will be held at Cumberland County Civic Center. Showtimes are Saturday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. $7/$5 935-2845

Feb. 11: SOUTH PARIS, a spring bridal show will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Four Seasons Function Center, Main Street. 739-2988

Feb. 11: STONINGTON, a Valentine Coffeehouse, with open mic, will be held at 7 p.m. at the Stonington Opera House. $5 367-2788

Feb. 11: VIENNA, a public breakfast will be held from 6 to 9 a.m. at the Vienna Community Room, Kimball Pond Road. $6/$3

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

Feb. 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

Feb. 12: AUBURN, a Grand Finale Gala will be held at noon at the Book Burrow, Center Street. 344-6090

Feb. 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

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

Feb. 12: HEBRON, the annual Founders Day community skating party will be held from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. at the Robinson Arena. 966-5266

Feb. 12: INDUSTRY, the Northern Lites Snowmobile Club annual pig roast will be held at noon at Industry Town Hall. $8/$5

Feb. 12: N. CONWAY, N.H., Joy Violette Wolf and Nathan Stein will present readings at noon at the Native American Cultural Center. 603-356-5772

Feb. 12: VIENNA, a Valentine breakfast will be held at 7:30 a.m. at the Congregational Church of East Sumner.

Theater

Feb. 11: BRUNSWICK, the Theater Project will perform “Winter Cabaret,” at the theater, 14 School St. Showtimes are Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. $15 729-8584

Feb. 11: LEWISTON, “The Vagina Monologues,” will be performed at 7 p.m. at Bates College Olin Arts Center Concert Hall. $3 786-6330

Feb. 11: LEWISTON, the Public Theatre will perform “Bad Dates,” at the theater, corner of Lisbon and Maple streets. Showtimes are Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. $16/$14 782-3200

Feb. 11: PORTLAND, Portland Stage Company will perform “Rough Crossing,” at 25A Forest Ave. Showtimes are Wednesday-Friday, 7:30 p.m., Saturday at 4 and 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. $29/$25 774-0465

Feb. 11: PORTLAND, Mad Horse Theatre will perform “Baby With the Bathwater,” at the Portland Performing Arts-Studio Theatre. Showtimes are Thursday at 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 7 p.m. $16/$10 730-2389

Feb. 11: 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

Feb. 12: BRUNSWICK, Maine State Music Theatre will hold auditions for the 2006 season from noon to 6 p.m. at 22 Elm St. 725-8760

Films

Feb. 11: NORWAY, “Mission Against Terror,” will be shown at 11 a.m. at Norway Memorial Library, 258 Main St. 743-2183

Feb. 12: PORTLAND, “A Matter of Dignity,” will be shown at 3 p.m. at USM Luther Bonney Auditorium.

Books

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Feb. 12: AUBURN, Darcy Gammon Wakefield, author of “No Flies on Bill: The Story of an Uncontrollable Old Woman, My Grandmother, Ethel “Billie” Gammon,” will sign copies of her book from noon to 3 p.m. at the Book Burrow and Cafe, 593 Center St. 581-1891

Lectures

Feb. 11: NORWAY, two international leaders, Bernie Dwyer, filmmaker and journalist with Radio Havana and Father Geoffrey Bottoms, leader in the U.K. Cuba solidarity campaign, will speak at 11 a.m. at Norway Memorial Library, 258 Main St. 743-2183

Feb. 12: BETHEL, Wendy Iseman will speak about Yorkshire, England, at 2 p.m. at the West Parish Congregational Church, Garland Chapel, Church Street. Donations 824-0508

Suppers

Feb. 11: FARMINGTON, a baked bean and casserole supper will be held from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at Trinity United Methodist Church, Farmington Falls Road.

Feb. 11: JAY, a benefit lasagna supper will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. at Jay High School. 897-6785

Feb. 11: LEWISTON, a Greek supper will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, 155 Hogan Road. $8.50/$4 783-6795

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

Feb. 11: LISBON, a smothered beef supper will be held from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the VFW Hall, Route 196. $6/$3 353-2152

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

Feb. 11: MEXICO, a spaghetti supper will be held at 5 p.m. at the Mexico UCC (Green Church). $6/$3

Feb. 11: NEW VINEYARD, a soup and chowder supper will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. at Smith Hall. $5/$3

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

Feb. 11: SALEM, a benefit candlelight spaghetti supper will be held from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at Salem Community Building.

Feb. 11: SOUTH PARIS, a chili, corn and clam chowder supper will be held at the Second Congregational Church. $8 743-8914

Feb. 11: WILTON, a benefit spaghetti supper will be held at 5 and 6 p.m. at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church hall. $6/$4 645-9413

Feb. 12: BETHEL, a benefit “Italian Feast,” with recipes from the “Sopranos” cookbook, will be held at the Gideon Hastings House, 22 Broad St. $25/$12.50 824-3496

Feb. 12: LEWISTON, L/A Arts presents “Evening of Wine and Roses,” a benefit full course meal, at 4 p.m. at the Munroe Inn Restaurant. $100 782-7228

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