THEATER

Friday, Sept. 16

Season Kick-Off Party, Mad Horse Theater, 7-9 p.m., Hutchins School, 24 Mosher St., South Portland. Snacks, beer, wine, preview of “The Totalitarians.” 747-4148.

Friday, Sept. 16-Sunday, Oct. 2

“Clue – the Musical,” presented by Schoolhouse Arts Center, Standish, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., Sundays at 2 p.m. www.schoolhousearts.org.

Friday, Sept. 23-Sunday, Oct. 9

“Bonnie & Clyde,” with music by Frank Wildhorn and lyrics by Don Black, Portland Players, 420 Cottage Road, South Portland. Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., Sundays at 2:30 p.m. $15-$20. 799-7337 or www.portlandplayers.org.

Saturday, Sept. 24

“Et’teffeh/Apples,” by Algerian experimental theater group, Istijmam. 7:30 p.m., Denmark Arts Center. www.denmarkarts.org

Friday, Sept. 30-Sunday, Oct. 9

“Under Milk Wood,” by Dylan Thomas, Main Stage, Russell Hall, USM Gorham. Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., Sundays at 5 p.m.; also Oct. 5 at 5 p.m. and Oct. 6 at 7:30 p.m. $8-$15. 780-5151 or www.usm.maine.edu/theatre.

CONCERTS

Saturday, Sept 17

Bellamy Jazz Band, 7 p.m., North Windham Union Church, Route 302, $10-$12, box office opens at 6 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 23

Faculty Concert Series, “Masterpieces of the Sonata,” including Mozart, Ravel and Prokokiev, 8 p.m. at Corthell Concert Hall, USM, Gorham. $5-$15. 780-5555 or www.usm.maine.edu/music/box-office.

Saturday, Oct. 1

Old-fashioned outdoor band concert and barbecue picnic, noon, on the green outside of Corthell Hall, USM Gorham (inclement weather site, Brooks Student Center or TBD). Concert is free; barbecue cash only. 780-5555 or www.usm.maine.edu/music/boxoffice.

Saturday, Oct. 8

Makem & Spain, Irish band, 7-9 p.m. at Maine Irish Heritage Center, Portland. $20 in advance, $25 at door. www.maineirish.com or 780-0118.

EVENTS

Wednesdays

Storytime at the North Gorham Public Library, 2 Standish Neck Road, Gorham, 10-10:30 a.m. for infants to 3 years. 892-2575.

Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 17-18

Craft Show, presented by Maine Crafts Guild, Camp Ketcha in Scarborough. $4, under 18 free. Opens at 10 a.m.

Saturday, Sept. 1

Lowry’s Lodge montly reading series,  7 p.m., Continuum for Creativity, 863 Main St., Westbrook. Featured poets are Maryli Tiemann and Bob MacLaughlin, with hosts Jim Donnelly and Anna Wrobel. $4.

Monday, Sept. 19

Author Ron Romano, discusses Bartlett Adams, Portland’s first stone carver and Romano’s book “Early Gravestones in Southern Maine: The Genius of Bartlett Adams. 7 p.m. at Windham Historical Society, 234 Windham Center Road. $5 donation suggested; refreshments. 650-7484.

Mondays, Sept. 19 and 26

Two free screenings of the “Being Mortal,” Magic Lantern Theater, 9 Depot St., Bridgton on Sept. 19 from 4:30-6:30 p.m. and Sept. 26 from 6-8 p.m. Topic is end-of-life care awareness, presented by Bridgton Hospital, Androscoggin Home Care & Hospice and Hospice Foundation of America. RSVP to Laurie McGilvery, 330-7463.

Tuesday, Sept. 20

Program about gravestone art, with Paul Barasel, 6:30 p.m., Buxton-Hollis Historical Society, 100 Main St. (Route 4A), Bar Mills (Buxton). $8-$10. 929-1684.

Saturday, Oct. 22

Paranormal investigation, by Maine Afterlife Research Society, 6:30-10:30 p.m., Old Red Church in Standish and nearby cemetery. Hosted by Standish Historical Society. $15 online (www.eventbrite.com) or $20 at door. Ages 12 and up, accompanied by adult.

Through October

Maine Historical Society, guided tours of the boyhood home of poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Portland. Monday-Sunday, first tour departs at 10:30 a.m. Garden open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. $3-$15. 774-1822 or www.mainehistory.org.

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

IN SOUTH PORTLAND

Joanna Clarke and Joel Crowley play Bonnie and Clyde in the Portland Players’ season opener, “Bonnie & Clyde: The Musical,” starting Friday, Sept. 23.

“Being Mortal,” a film that follows physician Atul Gawande as he thinks about death and dying in the context of being a healer, will be shown at the Magic Lantern Theater in Bridgton at 4:30 p.m. Sept. 19 and 6 p.m. Sept. 26.

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