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The Old Gray Goose, a country dance band, is presenting this

year’s roundup of Maine’s champion fiddlers at the Downeast fiddle jamboree, held on May 22 and 23 at the Saco River Grange Hall in Bar Mills.

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After months in the studio recording and mixing, Bluezberry Jam is releasing its first CD with a party and performance at the Saco Coffeehouse Friday. The band plays a combination of originals and jazzy interpretations of old standards.

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Local author Colin Sargent will be talking about his book, “The Museum of Human Beings,” at the Walker library in Westbrook Tuesday at noon. The book is about Jean-Baptiste, the son of Sacagawea, who was taken to Europe and exhibited as a man-savage.

Theater Listings

“Richard II,” Riverbank Park, Main Street, Westbrook, May 17 and 23 at 2 p.m., $8 suggested donation. Call 854-0065.

“A Chorus Line,” Ogunquit Playhouse, 10 Main St., Ogunquit, opening night Thursday, May 20, at 8 p.m., various times through June 13, $41-$54. Call 646-5511.

Concert Listings

Thursday, May 14

Peter Miles, The Landing, 750 Roosevelt Trail, Windham, 9 p.m.-midnight. Call 892-2299.

Friday, May 15

Bluezberry Jam, CD release party, Saco Coffeehouse, Unitarian Universalist Church, 60 School Street, Saco, 7 p.m. Call 282-0062.

Tuesday, May 19

Kinderkonzert, Portland Symphony Orchestra, South Portland High School Auditorium, 637 Highland Ave., South Portland, 9:30 a.m., $3-$4. Call 773-6128.

Friday, May 22

Downeast fiddle jamboree, Saco River Grange Hall, 29 Salmon Falls Road, Bar Mills, 7:30 p.m., $12-$14. Call 929-6472.

Saturday, May 23

Downeast fiddle jamboree, Saco River Grange Hall, 29 Salmon Falls Road, Bar Mills, 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., $12-$14. Call 929-6472.

Event Listings

Thursday, May 7

Friday, May 15

Authors James Ball and Jed Baker at autism conference, Wyndham Portland Airport Hotel, 363 Main Mall Road, South Portland, 8:15 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Call 1-800-489-0727.

Art class with Elizabeth Shore, The Pines, Ocean Park, Old Orchard Beach, weekly through June 4, 2-4 p.m., $40. Call 934-3408.

Saturday, May 16

Ballet master class with Linda MacArthur Miele, Maine State Ballet, at 348 Route 1, Falmouth, 1-2:30 p.m., $5. Call 781-7672.

Monday, May 18

Canine Body Language: What your dog is telling you, an educational lecture, South Portland Community Center, 21 Nelson Road, 6:30-8 p.m. Call 671-6393.

Tuesday, May 19

“The Museum of Human Beings” author Colin Sargent, Walker Memorial Library, 800 Main St., Westbrook, noon. Call 854-0630.

Exhibits

“Heat Stroke: New England Wax Artists Working in Encaustic,” various artists, Saco Museum, 371 Main St., Saco, through May 30.

“PORTRAITS: Prints, Drawings and Photographs,” A Fine Thing: Edward T. Pollack Fine Arts, 25 Forest Ave., Portland, through May 30.

“Dux Femina Facti: A Woman is in Charge,” photography, painting, sculpture and mixed media by various artists, Susan Maasch Fine Art, 29 Forest Ave., Portland, May 1-31.

“Photography in Maine: New Work,” various artists, University of New England Gallery of Art, 16 Stevens Ave., Portland, through June 7.

Year of the Ox, jewelry by Alicia Allen, opening reception, RISE gallery, 864 Broadway, South Portland, through June 13.

“The Fractal Nature of Minerals and Wax”, work by encaustic artist Rick Green, Stones & Stuff, 556 Congress St, Portland, June 5-30.