Theater

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

Friday, Oct. 18

Laura Kargul, piano concert of Bach, Beethoven and Brahms, 8 p.m., Corthell Concert Hall, USM Gorham Campus. $15, $10 for seniors, USM employees, alumni. $5 students. www.usm.maine.edu/music/boxoffice or call 780-5555.

Mandy Patinkin in concert, presented by Portland Ovations, 8 p.m. Merrill Auditorium, Portland. $41-$70. 841-0800 or visit portlandovations.org.

Saturday, Oct. 26

Cellist David Finckel, pianist Wu Han and violinist Philip Setzer, chamber music concert, presented by Portland Ovations at 3 p.m. at Merrill Auditorium, Portland. $40 for Ovations members, $44 for general public, limited $10 students. Visit www.portlandovations.org, contact PortTIX at 207-842-0800 or stop by the box office window at Merrill Auditorium.

Events

Friday, Oct. 18

Burlesque Halloween Ladies Night Out, 8:30-9:30 p.m., Drouin Dance Center, Westbrook. $5 per person. Restricted to age 18 and above. Pre-registration not required, but preferred, as space is limited. Call 854-2221 to register and visit www.drouindancecenter.com for directions to the studio.

Saturdays, Oct. 19 and 26

18th century Stroudwater Burial Ground tours, noon-4 p.m. hosted by Tate House Museum. Hear ghostly apparitions discuss their lives. $12 adults, $6 children 12 and under. Tickets and pie sale in the gift shop, 1267 Westbrook St., Portland. 774-6177 or www.tatehouse.org.

Saturday, Oct. 19

Gallery talk by artist Philip Carlo Paratore, 3:30 p.m., Saccarappa Art Collective, 861 Main St., Westbrook.

Monday, Oct. 21

“Public Broadcasting in the Digital Age,” 6:30 p.m., Windham Public Library, Windham. Henry Laurence discusses how new media has changed the traditional press. Sponsored by the Raymond Village Library (655-4283), the Windham Public Library (892-1908) and the Sebago Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce through a partnership between the Mid-Coast Forum and the Maine Humanities Council.

Tuesday, Oct. 22

Genealogy Workshop, 6:30 p.m. at Buxton-Hollis Historical Society, 100 Main St., (Bar Mills) Buxton. Suggested donation, $10.

Through October

Tate House Museum tours, Wednesdays-Saturdays, 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.

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