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.

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.

Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays

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

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.

Exhibits

Through Aug. 29

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

Send events 10 days in advance to arts@keepmecurrent.com.

Maine crime writer Kate Flora will speak at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 22, at Walker Memorial Library in Westbrook.