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Theater

Thursday and Friday, June 19-20

“My Mother’s Clothes Are Not my Mother,” presented by Maine author Elizabeth Peavey, 7:30 p.m., St. Lawrence Center for the Arts, 76 Congress St., Portland $12-$15. 775-5568.

Through Friday, June 27

“Much Ado about Nothing,” presented by Lyric Theater, 176 Sawyer St. South Portland, 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 2:30 p.m. Sunday. $17.99-$21.99. 799-1421 or emailticketslyric@gmail.com.

Saturday, June 21

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“Alicia & Friends 5: A Musical Benefit for Epilepsy,” 7 p.m., Portland Players, 420 Cottage Road, South Portland. Show, raffle and champagne reception. $15-$30. www.epilepsynewengland.org/alicia-friends-musical.

Through Sunday, June 22

“Grey Gardens,” Mad Horse Theatre Company musical, Hutchins School, 24 Mosher St., South Portland, 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. $15-$20. 747-4148 or www.madhorse.com.

Concerts

Thursday, June 26

Grove United Methodist Church Youth Choir from West Chester, Pa., presented by Music with a Mission, 7 p.m., North Windham Union Church, Roosevelt Trail, North Windham. $5 suggested donation. Box office opens 6:15, doors open at 6:30 p.m. 892-7149 or MWAMconcerts@gmail.com.

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Saturday, July 12

Maine Music Awards Hall of Fame Show, 7 p.m., Cumberland County Civic Center.

Featuring Don McLean, Howie Day, Ellis Paul, Dave Mallett, Devonsquare, Carol Noonan. $39-$69. themainemusicawards.com or Ticketmaster.com.

Monday, July 14

“Opera at the Mansion,” presented by PORTopera and Victoria Mansion, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Victoria Mansion, Portland. Joint benefit includes wine, cocktails and hors d’oeuvres, and self-guided tours of mansion. $75. 772-4841.

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Saturday, June 21

Summer Solstice Farmers Market, 4-8 p.m. at Maine Wildlife Park, Route 26, Gray. Local farmers and food vendors. Free admission from 4-8 p.m. 657-4977, ext 0 or www.mainewildlifepark.com.

Lowry’s Lodge Poetry Series, 7 p.m., Saccarappa Art Collective, 861 Main St., Westbrook. Hosted by Jim Donnelly and Anna Wrobel. Featuring poets Dave Morrison and Pam Burr Smith. Refreshments available. $3 suggested donation.

Windham Summerfest, car show, booths, entertainment, parade at noon. On the high school grounds, Windham Center.

Raymond Village Bazaar, Meadow Road, Raymond, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Concessions, artists and crafters, white elephant sale, food, music.

Artisans on the Green and MAPA antique engine show, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Windham Historical Society, Windham Center. Demonstrations of blacksmithing, braided rugs, horse drawn carriage rides, snowshoe re-lacing/binding, caning and weaving chairs, wood and canvas canoe restoration, spinning, more. $5. per person, $20 family. Proceeds go toward building The Village Green at the society. www.windhamhistorical.org.

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Comedy on the Square, presented by Comedy Central, featuring Louis Ramey, 8 p.m., Spire 29 on the Square, Gorham. $10 advance, $13 door. 222-2068 or www.spire29.com.

Friday-Sunday, June 20-22

Friends of the Scarborough Library Annual Book Sale, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Sunday, Scarborough Public Library, 48 Gorham Road. scarboroughlibraryfriends.org.

Saturday, June 28

Maine’s Largest Yard Sale, 8 a.m.-2 p.m., Raymond Village Community Church. Plants, silent auction, lunch, pies, flea market.

Saturday, June 28

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Author Donn Fendler, will autograph his book, “Lost on Katahdin,” 11 a.m., Maine Wildlife Park, Route 26, Gray, plus program on fire building, survival shelter construction, and safety techniques for the outdoors. 657-4977 or www.mainewildlifepark.com.

Exhibits

Through Oct. 12

“Young Rufus Porter: The Art World Beckoning,” exhibit of artists’ works of his time including John Brewster Jr. and selections from William Matthew Prior School, Portland and Boston, Rufus Porter Museum, Bridgton. www.rufusportermuseum.org.

Through Monday, June 30

“Images, real and imagined,” oil paintings by Jack Riddle, Thomas Memorial Library, 6 Scott Dyer Road, Cape Elizabeth. thomas- memoriallibrary.org.

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Through Saturday, July 12

Saccarappa Art Collective, Main Street,Westbrook, Wednesday-Saturday, exhibit of photo-based collage by Craig Becker and photographic works by Kevin Brusie of Scarborough. Guest artists Russell Whitten, Barbara Brady, Jeff Woodbury with members Andy Curran, Frank Valliere, Melissa Post van der Burg, Caren Marie Michel, Tanya Fletcher, Jim Flahaven, Jonathan Eiten and Mary Brooking. saccarappaart@gmail.com or 591-7300.

Through Sunday, Aug. 3

“Picturing Monhegan Island,” photographs and drawings by George Daniell, Portland Museum of Art, Portland. Portlandmuseum.org

Through Sept. 30

“Sculpture: A Celebration of Art and Nature,” exhibition and sale curated by June LaCombe. Sculpture by some 40 artists in gardens and along woodland trails, Maine Audubon, 20 Gilsland Farm Road, Falmouth. junelacombesculpture.com.

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Through Oct. 31

UNE Art Gallery 13th Annual Sculpture Garden Invitational, works by 17 artists placed in gallery’s vestibule, around its exterior and in university’s historic quad. Free. UNE Art Gallery, 716 Stevens Ave., Portland. une.edu/artgallery.

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

This and other photo-based collages by Craig Becker are on exhibit now at the Saccarappa Art Collective on Main Street in Westbrook.  

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