Today

April 20: BANGOR, the Annual Poets/Speak will be held from 5:30 to 9 p.m. at Bangor Public Library, 145 Harlow ST. 947-8336

April 20-May 1: BANGOR, Penobscot Theatre Company will perform “Noises Off,” at the Bangor Opera House, 131 Main St. Show times are April 20, 21 and 28 at 7 p.m., April 22 and 29 at 8 p.m., April 23 at 5 p.m. and April 24, 27 and May 1 at 2 p.m. $12/$25 942-3333

April 20-22: BRUNSWICK, the Bowdoin College Department of Theater and Dance will perform the 34th Annual Spring Dance, at 8 p.m. at Bowdoin College Pickard Theater. 725-3375

April 20: BRUNSWICK, flute and piano students of instructors Krysia Tripp and Joyce Moulton, will perform at 8 p.m. at Bowdoin College Tillotson Room. Free 725-3747

April 20: GORHAM, compositions by USM students will be performed by the Southern Maine Symphony Orchestra at 7:30 p.m. at USM Corthell Concert Hall. Free 780-5555

April 20: PORTLAND, Vusi Mahlasela, South African musician/singer, will perform at 7:30 p.m. at Center for Cultural Exchange, One Longfellow Square. $16/$19 761-0591

April 20: PORTLAND, author Christine Ellen Young will speak at noon at Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square. Free 871-1710

Tomorrow

April 21: AUGUSTA, the Annual Silver Tea will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. at St. Mark’s Home for Women, 57 Winthrop St. 623-3124

April 21: BATH, Chris Humphrey, vocal and Mark Shilansky, piano, will perform at 5:30 p.m. at the Chocolate Church Arts Center, 798 Washington St. 442-8455

April 21-22: GREENE, photographer and film producer, Buddy Hatton, will narrate his film, “In Search of Shangri-La,” at 7 p.m. on Thursday and 2 and 7 p.m. on Friday at the Sawyer Memorial, 371 Sawyer Rd. Free 946-5311

April 21: ORONO, Malcolm Collins, Prof. Martha McNamara, Jennifer Jones and Sara Martin will speak on “The University of Maine’s Historic Preservation Master Plan,” at 5 p.m. at UMO Maine Center for the Arts. Free 581-3571

April 21: ORONO, the Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Combo will perform at 7:30 p.m. at UMO Minsky Recital Hall. 581-3756

April 21: PORTLAND, the USM Jazz Ensemble will perform at 8 p.m. at Immanuel Baptist Church, High Street. $6/$3 780-5555

April 21, 22, 23, 29, 30: WALDOBORO, “Beowulf! King,” will be performed at 8 p.m. at Waldo Theater. 832-6060

April 21-23: WATERVILLE, “Marisol,” will be performed at 7:30 p.m. at Colby College Strider Theater. 872-3358