Theater

Friday-Saturday, Sept. 6-7

Auditions for “Children of Eden,” Windham Center Stage Theater at Windham Town Hall, 6 p.m. Friday and 11 a.m. Saturday. Show dates in November. Email for appointment, Janelle.lsosciuto@gmail.com.

Concerts

Thursday, Aug. 29

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

Portland Jazz Orchestra, Dr. Chris Obholtzer and 18-piece band, 8 p.m., One Longfellow Square, Portland. $5/$9.

Maine Marimba Ensemble, Zimbabwean music presented by Friends of the Eastern Promenade Concert Series, 7 p.m. at Fort Sumner Park, Portland. 874-8826

Friday, Sept. 6

Port City Swing Dance, live music by The Lay-Z-Gait Band. Lessons at 8 p.m., dance at 9 p.m., Woodford’s Club, 179 Woodford St., Portland. No partner needed, beginners encouraged. $10. Information, visit Facebook (Mainiac Swing Dance Society), portcityswing.com or 563-8632.

Friday, Oct. 11

Jonathan Edwards in concert, presented by Music with a Mission, 7 p.m., North 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

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. 774-1822.

Wednesday, Sept. 4

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

Friday, Sept. 6 to Sunday, Sept. 8

Hermann’s Original Royal Lipizzan Stallions of Austria, 7 p.m. Friday, 6 p.m. Saturday, 1 p.m. Sunday, , Hearts & Horses Therapeutic Riding Center, 63 Justin Merrill Road, Buxton. Tickets at door. 929-4700 or heartsnhorses.org or hlipizzans.com.

Sunday, Sept. 8

Victorian Fair, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Victoria Mansion, 109 Danforth St., Portland. Civil War encampment, blacksmithing, music, Shakespeare, lawn games, mansion tours. Children accompanied by adult, free. Admission at gate, $10 adults, college students with ID, $5 and children under 17, free.

Monday, Sept. 9

Open House, Westbrook Community Center Music & Dance, 5:30-7 p.m. Visit Cambium Music Studio, Brio Dance Studio, demos, door prizes, free refreshments. Call 854-0676 or gpost@westbrook.me.us.

Wednesday-Thursday,

Sept. 25-26

Book talk and signing, Don Perkins “Our Barns” book, 10 a.m to 5 p.m., Cumberland Fair Exhibition Hall.

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.

Hermann’s Original Royal Lipizzan Stallions of Austria perform at Hearts & Horses, Buxton, on the weekend of Sept. 6-8.