Theater

Friday-Sunday, Aug. 23-25

“The Little Mermaid, Jr.” Disney musical, Schoolhouse Arts Center, Standish; 7 p.m. Friday, 4 and 7 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets $10, senior and student $8, 5 and under, $5. Call 642-3743.

Concerts

Thursday, Aug. 22

Bands on the Boardwalk, featuring Proftones, 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Saccarappa Park, Westbrook. Free.

Friday, Aug. 23

Dirty Bourbon River Show performs hard-edged blues, 8 p.m. at One Longfellow Square, Portland. Call 761-1757 or email at tickets@onelongfellowsquare.com.

Sunday, Aug. 25

Pat Benatar and Neil Geraldo, 8 p.m., State Theatre Portland. $46-$66. Statetheatreportland.com.

Thursday, Aug. 29

Bands on the Boardwalk, featuring Peter Albert, 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Saccarappa Park, Westbrook. Free.

Friday, Oct. 11

Jonathan Edwards in concert, presented by Music with a Mission, 7 p.m., N. Windham Union Church, Route 302, Windham. Tickets $25 adv/$30 door. Box office opens 6:15 p.m., online at www.mwamconcerts.com. To benefit Windham Neighbors Helping Neighbors and N. Windham Union Church.

Events

Thursday, Aug. 22

Book talk: Maine crime writer Kate Flora, 7 p.m., Walker Memorial Library, 800 Main St., Westbrook. Call 854-0630

Monday, Aug. 26

Steamboats on Sebago, PowerPoint presentation, 7 p.m., Windham Veterans Center, Windham. $5 donation suggested. Q&A, refreshments. Fundraiser for Windham Historical Society’s proposed Village Green. info@windhamhistorical.org.

Friday-Saturday, Aug. 30-31

Portland Brew Festival, 5:30-9 p.m. Friday; 12:30 p.m. Saturday, at Portland Company Complex, Fore Street, Portland. Tickets $35, at www.portlandbrewfestival.com. Food vendors on hand.

Tuesday, Sept. 3

The Navy’s Role in the War of 1812: A Dual Book Talk, noon at Maine Historical Society, 489 Congress St., Portland. Free. Info, call 774-1822

Wednesday, Sept. 4

War of 1812 Historians’ Roundtable, 6-8 p.m., Maine Historical Society, 489 Congress St., Portland. Free. Info, call 774-1822

Tuesday, Oct. 1

POP! (Portland Ovations Presents) arts celebration and silent auction, benefit to support Portland Ovations’ school and community-based arts programs, 5:30 p.m., inside The Portland Company Complex, 58 Fore St., Portland. $25 for Ovations members, $35 adv. And $40 door for general public. Call 773-3150.

Through summer

Tours of Winslow Homer Studio, by Portland Museum of Art, during the summer season, through Sept. 4. Tickets for members $30; non-members, $55. Advance reservations only. 775-6148 or www.portlandmuseum.org.

Wednesdays through Saturdays

Tate House Museum tours, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Sundays 1-4 p.m. Tours on the hour of Colonial home and gardens at 1267 Westbrook St., Portland. Call 774-6177 or www.tatehouse.org.

Thursdays through September

POV (Point of View) films, 7:30 p.m. in the Rines Auditorium at Portland Public Library, free to the public. 871-1700 or portlandlibrary.com.

Open through October

The South Portland Historical Society, at Cushing’s Point Museum in Bug Light Park. Open every day through October, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. www.sphistory.org or 767-7299.

Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays

Movies at the Museum, 2 p.m., at Portland Museum of Art. Tickets $7, available day of show. moviesatthemuseum.org.

Exhibits

Through Aug. 29

Works by Asherah Cinnamon, Maine Jewish Museum, Portland. Visit mainejewishmuseum.org.

Through Oct. 31

Annual Sculpture Garden Invitational, works by 10 artists, University of New England, Art Gallery, Portland. une.edu/artgallery.

Through May 2014

“Rebellion: Maine and the Civil War,” photographs, letters, artifacts, maps and memorabilia, Maine Historical Society, Portland. mainehistory.org. Through May 26.