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Theater

Through Friday, June 27

“Much Ado about Nothing,” presented by Lyric Theater, 176 Sawyer St. South Portland, 8 p.m. Friday. $17.99-$21.99. 799-1421 or emailticketslyric@gmail.com.

Thursday, July 3 through Sunday, July 27

“Fiddler on the Roof,” presented by Schoolhouse Arts Center, Standish. 642-3743 or www.schoolhousearts.org or Facebook.

Saturday-Sunday, July 18-19

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Bluestocking Film Series, a variety of women-centered stories, at Space Gallery, Portland. Doors open at 7 p.m. with films beginning at 7:30 p.m. $10. www.brownpapertickets.com/event/670412. www.bluestockingfilms.com.

Concerts

Saturday, June 28

Guitartist Ed Gerhard, 7-9 p.m., St. Lawrence Arts Center, Portland. $25. www.stlawrencearts.org.

Wednesday, July 2

Westbrook City Band, Summer Concert Series, 6-8 p.m. Riverbank Park, Main St., Westbrook. Free.

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Delta Knight Band, summer concert, 6:30-8 p.m., Mill Creek Park, South Portland. Free. Rain date July 3. www.southportland.org or 767-7650

Thursday, July 10

Dexter Jenks, Gorham native, kicks off national tour, 8 p.m., Spire 29 on the Square, 29 School Street, Gorham. $10-$13. 222-2068 or http://spire29.com.

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.

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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.

Events

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.

Author Donn Fendler, autographs his book at Maine Wildlife Park, Route 26, Gray, and Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife will demonstrate fire building, survival shelter construction, and safety techniques for the outdoors. 657-4977 or www.mainewildlifepark.com.

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Elizabeth Bodner, author of “Seven Women in Maine,” noon-2 p.m., Free, at Sherman’s Books, Exchange Street, Portland. www.shermans.com.

Garden Tour, Cape Elizabeth. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Eleven gardens. $20 advance, $25 day of tour. www.fortwilliams.org.

Sunday, June 29

Strawberry Festival, 1-4 p.m., North Yarmouth Congregational Church, 829-3644. Fresh berries, baked goods, shortcake, pie.

Exhibits

Through Monday, June 30

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

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

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“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.

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 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.

The Westbrook City Band kicks off the Summer Concert Series, Wednesday, July 2, at 6 p.m., at Riverbank Park in Westbrook.Courtesy photo 

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