Music and Nightlife: Paisley tour gallops into Scarborough

IT ISN’T OFTEN that you get a star the caliber of Brad Paisley at a horse track, and it’s even rarer when that star has a hit album on the charts right now. Paisley will perform songs from his new hit album “This Is Country Music” along with old favorites at the Seacoast Country Music Festival. Also performing are Blake Shelton and Jerrod Newman.

WHEN: 7 p.m. Sunday

WHERE: Scarborough Downs, 90 Payne Road

HOW MUCH: $61 to $125

INFO: (888) 333-3101; speedytix.com

Two Chicks to hold  court in Bean’s yard

HERE’S A BARGAIN — two-thirds of the hit country act The Dixie Chicks for the price of none. Martie Maguire and Emily Robison, aka Court Yard Hounds, will be doing a free show Saturday at L.L. Bean.

WHEN: 7:30 p.m. Saturday

WHERE: Discovery Park, L.L. Bean, 95 Main St., Freeport

HOW MUCH: Free

INFO: (877) 755-2326; tinyurl.com/freecourtyardhounds

Art and Theater: Maine Pro Musica hits the road

MAINE PRO MUSICA orchestra, in partnership with the Strand Theatre in Rockland, the Lincoln Theater in Damariscotta and the Grand Theatre in Ellsworth, will visit each theater over three nights beginning Tuesday.

WHEN: Tour begins at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday

WHERE: Strand Theatre, Rockland

HOW MUCH: $25; $12 students

INFO: mainepromusica.org

Bowdoin opens landmark Hopper exhibit

EDWARD HOPPER spent parts of nine summers in Maine, producing more than 100 pieces of art. Bowdoin College exhibits most of that work in “Edward Hopper’s Maine.”

WHEN: Opens Friday. Through Oct. 16.

WHERE: Bowdoin College Museum of Art, 9400 College Station, Brunswick

HOW MUCH: Free

INFO: bowdoin.edu/art-museum

Dining and Drink: Dine at twilight in Cape orchard

CULTIVATING Community’s “twilight dinners,” held each year during growing season, begin this week. Enjoy a three-course meal in a farm orchard prepared by a local chef. If this one sells out, there are four more this summer, on July 28, Aug. 11, Aug. 25 and Sept. 8.

WHEN: 6 to 8 tonight

WHERE: Turkey Hill Farm, 120 Old Ocean House Road, Cape Elizabeth

HOW MUCH: $25 (BYOB)

INFO: cultivatingcommunity.org

Colony’s kitchen on potluck agenda

IF YOU’RE serious about supporting the local foods movement, rub elbows with like-minded folks at a Slow Food potluck dinner. The evening’s agenda includes a tour of the Quimby Colony kitchen.

WHEN: 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday

WHERE: Quimby Colony, 769 Congress St., Portland

HOW MUCH: Bring a dish.

INFO: RSVP to info@slowfoodportland.org

Et Cetera: Take a walk on the wicked side

PEEK INTO the Old Port’s spooky past during the Full Moon Wicked Walking Tour, where you’ll hear the tales of ghost ships and cursed society ladies. Bring your digital camera and attempt to capture some ghostly orbs.

WHEN: 8 p.m. Friday

WHERE: Bell Buoy Park (near Casco Bay Lines), Commercial Street, Portland

HOW MUCH: $15 (cash only)

INFO: wickedwalkingtours.com

Suburban gardens open their gates

EXPLORE THE suburban gardens of Scarborough during the Scarborough Garden Club’s annual tour. Six of the nine gardens on the tour are within walking distance of each other.

WHEN: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday

WHERE: Various locations in Scarborough

HOW MUCH: $15; buy tickets at local garden centers in advance and at the historic Hunnewell House day of the event

INFO: 839-4033