Theater

Through Sunday, Sept. 29

“Jesus Christ Superstar,” Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., Sundays at 2:30 p.m., Portland Players, 420 Cottage Road, South Portland. $15-$20. 799-7337 or www.portlandplayers.org.

Friday and Saturday, Sept. 27-Oct. 5

“Legally Blonde, the Musical,” Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., Sundays at 2:30 p.m., Lyric Music Theater, 176 Sawyer St., South Portland. 799-1421 or email ticketslyric@gmail.com.

Through Sunday, Oct. 6

“Arsenic and Old Lace,” Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, Schoolhouse Arts Center, Standish. $14-$16. Schoolhousearts.org.

Wednesday-Thursday, Oct. 2, 3

“Potted Potter,” Harry Potter parody, presented by Portland Ovations, 7 p.m., Merrill Auditorium, Portland. www.portlandovations.org 842-0800.

Friday, Oct. 5, Friday and Saturday, Oct. 11, 12

“The Little Mermaid,” presented by Maine State Ballet, Maine State Ballet Theater in Falmouth. Fridays at 7 p.m., Saturday 1 and 4 p.m., Tickets $15/$20. Reserve www.mainestateballet.org or 781-3587.

Through Sunday, Oct. 20

“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” Portland Stage Company, 25A Forest Ave., Portland. For showtimes and prices, www.portlandstage.org, 774-0465.

Concerts

Saturday, Sept. 28

Old-fashioned Outdoor Band Concert, 1 p.m. on the green outside Corthell Hall, USM Gorham Campus (if rain, Brooks Student Center). Bring lawn chairs. Free.

Saturday, Sept. 28

“From Broadway to Barbershop,” featuring area vocalists and chorus, 7 p.m. at Raymond Village Community Church. Doors open at 6 p.m. Tickets at the door, $10 adults, $5 children under 12. 627-3351 or marpo@maine.rr.com.

Friday, Oct. 4

Master Class with mezzo-soprano Delores Ziegler, 2 p.m., Corthell Concert Hall, USM Gorham Campus. Open to the public. Free.

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

Thursday, Sept. 26

Maine’s heirloom apple tasting and talk, 7 p.m. at Maine Historical Society, 489 Congress Street, Portland. Donation at the door. Talk by John Bunker, pomologist. Bring samples to identify. Tasting follows talk.

Saturday, Sept. 28

“Buxton, Maine: An American Story,” movie, presented by Saco River Theatre, 6:30 p.m. at the Old White Church, Bar Mills, right next to the theater. Proceeds shared by the Buxton Historical Society and The Saco River Theatre. $15 admission. Reservations advised, 929-6472.

Monday, Oct. 7

“Les Miserables,” Monday Movie Matinee, 1:30 p.m. at Scarborough Public Library, Gorham Road. Movies shown first Monday, monthly. Light refreshments. Free.

Thursday, Oct. 17

Book talk with Paul Doiron, author of “Massacre Pond,” 7 p.m., Walker Memorial Library, Westbrook.

Wednesdays through Sundays

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.

Through October

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

Exhibits

Through Oct. 25

“Maurice Sendak: 50 years, 50 works, 50 reasons,” Portland Public Library. 871-1700, or portlandlibrary.com.

Through Oct. 26

“Aerials: Views from Above,” paintings of Philip Carlo Paratore, Saccarappa Art Collective Gallery, 861 Main St., Westbrook. Gallery open Wednesday-Saturday, noon-7 p.m. saccarappaart@gmail.com.

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