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Theater

Thursday, July 18-27

Adrift in Macao,” Maine premiere, presented by The Originals, Saco River Theater, Salmon Falls Road, Bar Mills. 7:30 p.m. on July 18,19,20,25,26,27; 2 p.m. July 21. $22 adults, $20 students and seniors. Thursdays, pay what you can. 929-5412.

Friday, July 19-Aug. 4

The 39 Steps,” presented by Freeport Players at Freeport Performing Arts Center, 30 Holbrook St., Freeport. Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. Sunday at 2 p.m. Pay what you want on July 18, preview at 7:30 p.m. Otherwise, tickets $15/door, $10 advance. www.fcponline.org/tix.htm, or in person at Freeport Community Center Thrift Store.

July 19-28

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Charlotte’s Web,” Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine, 142 Free St., Portland., Fridays and Sundays at 4 p.m., Saturday, Wednesday, Thursday at 1:30 and 4 p.m. Tickets $8-9. 828-1234, ext. 231, www.kitetails.org.

Concerts

Thursday, July 18

Bands on the Boardwalk, featuring Endless Escapade, 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Saccarappa Park, Westbrook. Free.

Saturday, July 20

Life as I Hear It,” featuring Daniel Strange and Ashley Liberty, 7 p.m., North Windham Union Church, Route 302. Admission $12/$10 students, seniors. Proceeds of this Music with a Mission series benefit community programs. www.mwamconcerts.com.

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Wednesday, July 24

Summer concert series, Now is Now, 6-8 p.m., Riverbank Park, Westbrook. Free.

Saturday, July 27

Portland String Quartet Summer Workshop students perform chamber music, 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. at Saint Joseph’s College, White’s Bridge Road, Standish. Free. www.portlandstringqurtet.org.

Saturday, Aug. 3

Westbrook High School Alumni Concert, featuring concert band, jazz ensemble and choral group, 7 p.m. at Westbrook High School auditorium. Free. Donations to the music program accepted at the door. Visit Facebook: Westbrook Maine Music Alumni. Visit Facebook: Westbrook Maine Music Alumni.

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Events

Thursday, July 18

Peaks Island Puppets, children’s program, 10:30 a.m. at Portland Public Library, Monument Square. Followed by puppet-making workshop. Free.

Saturday, July 20

Lowry’s Lodge, featuring poets Ted Bookey and Robin Merrill. Hosts Jim Donnelly and Anna Wrobel; 7 p.m. at Saccarappa Art Collective, 861 Main St., Westbrook. $3 suggested donation.

Herb Walk, with Kevin Pennell, herbalist. Informative walk and talk; 9-10:30 a.m. at Trout Brook Nature Preserve at intersection of Marsh Road and Providence Ave., South Portland. Presented by South Portland Land Trust. [email protected].

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Art in the Park, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Shorey Park, Bridgton, on the shores of Highland Lake. Rain date: Sunday, July 21. Featuring 60 artists and six nonprofit groups. Paintings, photography, jewelry, wood, glass, sculpture, fiber, pottery, AG dolls’ clothing and more. 647-2787 or www.gallery302.com.

Monday, July 22

Cumberland and Oxford Canal,” presented by Windham Historical Society, 7 p.m. at Windham Veterans Center. Q&A, refreshments. Suggested donation $5. Fundraiser for Village Green. [email protected].

Thursday, July 25

The Incredibles,” Disney movie, shown at sunset at Bug Light Park, South Portland. Hosted by The South Portland-Cape Elizabeth Community Chamber and the city of South Portland. The park opens at 6:30 p.m. with live music, games, children’s activities. Free. 767-7650.

Monday, Aug. 26

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Steamboats on Sebago, illustrated presentation, 7 p.m, Windham Veterans Center, Windham. $5 donation suggested. Q&A, refreshments. Fundraiser for Windham Historical Society’s proposed Village Green. [email protected].

Through summer

Tours of Winslow Homer Studio, by Portland Museum of Art, during the summer season, through Sept. 4. Tickets for members $30; non-members, $55. Advance reservations only. 775-6148 or www.portlandmuseum.org.

Thursdays through September

POV (Point of View) films, 7:30 p.m. in the Rines Auditorium at Portland Public Library, free to the public. 871-1700 or portlandlibrary.com.

Open through October

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

Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays

Movies at the Museum, 2 p.m., at Portland Museum of Art. Tickets $7, available day of show. moviesatthemuseum.org.

Exhibits

Through Wednesday,

Aug. 7

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Marking Time,” a collection of painter Barbara Brady’s work, at Saccarappa Art Collective, 861 Main St., Westbrook. Anne Bernard’s encaustics and drawings on the gallery’s Riverside Wall. New works presented by member artists. Gallery hours noon-7 p.m., Wednesday-Saturday. 591-7300 or [email protected].

Through Sept. 8

A Taste of Modernism,” Portland Museum of Art, 62 works from the William S. Paley Collection at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. portlandmuseum.org.

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