‘South Pacific’ at GHS

Gorham High School, 41 Morrill Ave., presents its production of the Rogers and Hammerstein musical, “South Pacific,” with six performances opening this month and continuing through Saturday, April 7.

Performance times and dates are 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, March 30 and 31; 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, April 1; 7:30 p.m., Friday, April 6; and 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., Saturday, April 7.

Tickets are $9; $6, students and seniors. For ticket reservations, call 839-5754.

For information about placing an advertisement in the show program, contact Jeannine Owens at 807-6985 or e-mail jowens@gliddonowens.com

Gorham bridge rehab talk

Officials from the Maine Department of Transportation will discuss plans at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, March 21, in a preliminary public meeting in the Gorham Municipal Center, 75 South St., to rehab the Curtis Bridge.

The bridge carries traffic on Route 22 over the east branch of the Stroudwater River. The highway is heavily used by commuters from Buxton, Hollis, Scarborough, Standish and other communities.

The public is invited to comment on the project.

John Buxton, bridge maintenance engineer at the Department of Transportation, said Tuesday the 53-year old bridge is a culvert with a 13-foot span. Buxton said the bridge is in poor condition but is safe.

Mark Parlin of the Maine Department of Transportation is project manager. For more information, call 624-3449 or e-mail mark.parlin@maine.gov.

Freedom Sunday at South Gorham Baptist

South Gorham Baptist Church, County Road, in Gorham is hosting Freedom Sunday at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday, March 18.

The service at South Gorham Baptist unites the church with thousands of others on five continents to call for the end of modern-day slavery. Through worship, fasting and prayer, churches are joining together to end human trafficking.

Kati King of Gorham, a leader in the evangelical ministry Young Life, will speak, as will Doug Elder of Windham. Elder, a band member of The Wrecking group, will also sing.

Freedom Sunday was founded by a San Francisco-based nonprofit, Not For Sale. It equips and mobilizes activists to combat slavery.

“There are more than 30 million slaves in the world today, more than at any other point in human history,” the Not For Sale web site reports.

Everyone is invited to attend the church service.

Local writers observe poetry month

The North Gorham Writers’ Group will present an evening of original poetry and prose during its annual reading at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 27, in the Cairn Community Room of the United Church of Christ, at the intersection of Standish Neck and North Gorham roads.

Reading are former and current Gorham residents Warren Gilman, Frances Mains, Delina Eisenhower, Terri Cole, John Labrecque, Mary Snell, Linda Strout and Lorraine St. Onge.

Following the reading, homemade refreshments will be served. For more information, call Mary Snell at 892-9831.

Register for adult education classes

Gorham Adult Education has announced registration for three courses.

Belly dancing for all levels will have six classes on Wednesdays 6-7 p.m. beginning March 21 and continuing through May 2 at the Village School with no class on April 18. Cost, $39.

Have your cake and eat it, too – healthy desserts – 6-8 p.m. on Thursday, March 22, at Gorham Middle School; $25.

Cyberbullying/Social Media Parent Workshop, 6-8:30 p.m., Thursday, March 22, Gorham Middle School; $15.

For more information or to register, visit www.gorham.maineadulted.org or call 222-1095.

Free USM art talk

University of Southern Maine artist-in-residence Jesseca Ferguson will give a free talk about her pinhole photographs and collaged photo objects on Friday, March 16, 1 p.m. in the Art Department’s Burnham Lounge in Robie Andrews Hall on the Gorham campus.

The talk is free and open to the public with a snow date of Friday, March 23. For driving and parking directions visit www.usm.maine.edu/gallery/map-directions and look for Lecture Series in the Visual Arts or call 780-5008.

Bingo at senior center

The Lakes Region Senior Center, 40 Acorn St., in Gorham will host bingo, open to the public, at 10 a.m. on Thursday, March 22. Cost is 25 cents per card with the first card free.

The senior center is open Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Drop in and see what we are all about. Become a member and be eligible to join us for all daily activities

If there is no school because of storm, the center will be closed.

News from Tennessee

Jeffrey Hale, formerly of Gorham, and his wife, Debra, are living in Lynnville, Tenn. Hale’s aunt, Theresa Arey of Westbrook, recently received a newspaper article from Debra about the couple and a vineyard they own.