CONCERTS

Friday, April 21

Dirty Bourbon River Show, 10 p.m., Empire, 575 Congress St., Portland, tickets $7/$10.

Mipso, with special guest 10 String Symphony, 8 p.m., One Longfellow Square, Portland, tickets $15, all ages, 761-1757, www.onelongfellowsquare.com.

Saturday, April 22

AFRiCAN DUNDADA, Acholi Dancers, and friends, 7 p.m., Mayo Street Arts, 10 Mayo St., Portland. Benefits youth programs, the ACLU of Maine, Action Against Hunger, and South Sudan Care, tickets $15 at brownpapertickets.com/event/2884313.

Country music concert by Gloria Jean, preceded by bean supper, at Windham Veterans Center. Supper 5 p.m., concert 7 p.m. $8 dinner, $10 concert, $15 combo. 939-9352 or [email protected].

Saturday, April 29

State Street Traditional Jazz Band, 7 p.m., North Windham Union Church, 723 Roosevelt Trail/Route 302, Windham; part of Music with a Mission concert series, with proceeds benefiting Windham Food Pantry. Tickets at door, $12 for adults, $10 for students, children, seniors.  Box office opens at 6 p.m., doors open 6:30 p.m. 892-7149 or email [email protected].

July 26-28
La Traviata, presented by Opera Maine (formerly PORTopera), 7:30 p.m., Merrill Auditorium, Portland. Tickets at PortTIX.com, 842-0800, or at box office, 20 Myrtle St., Portland. Ticket prices $39-$131 (including fees), special pricing for students, groups, seniors, children.

THEATER

Friday & Saturday, April 21-22, 28-30

“Chapatti,” by Christian O’Reilly, Maine premiere, presented by The Originals at Saco River Theatre, 29 Salmon Falls Road, Buxton, 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Adults $20, students and seniors $18. Reservations advised. 929-5412 or www.sacorivertheatre.org.

Friday, April 21-May 7

“Plaza Suite,” by Neil Simon, at Schoolhouse Arts Center, 16 Richville Road, Standish; 7:30 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays; $14, $12. Go to www.schoolhousearts.org or contact [email protected].

Saturdays, April 22 & 29

“The Costume Party Caper,” mystery dinner theater presented by Windham Center Stage Theater, 6 p.m. at the Spring Meadows Country Club, 59 Lewiston Road in Gray. Compete with other tables to win the evening’s prize. Tickets $38, table of eight $288. To benefit WCST’s 2017 scholarship and general improvement fund. Reservations required. Fill out form at windhamtheater.org/boxoffice.htm, 893-2098 or email [email protected].

Sunday, April 23 & Tuesday, April 25

Portland Symphony Orchestra presents Barber Adagio for Strings Beethoven Symphony No. 9, 2:30 p.m. Sunday, April 23, and 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 25, Merrill Auditorium, Portland. Tickets $25 – $75 through PortTIX at 842-0800 or porttix.com.

EVENTS

Weekly on Thursdays

Thursday Night Stomp! Portland Swing Project weekly swing dance, Maine Ballroom Dance, 614 Congress St., Portland. Dance to a variety of swing music from the 1920s to today. Free beginning lesson 7-7:30 p.m. and music 7:30-9:30 p.m. $8-$10. Details and band/deejay schedule at portlandswingproject.com.

Wednesday, May 3
Monica Wood, author of “The One-in-a-Million Boy,” 7 p.m., Baxter Memorial Library, 71 South St., Gorham. baxterlibrary.org, 222-1190.

Send events 10 days in advance to [email protected].

Jesse, played by Gerald Davis of Hollis, cajoles Muriel, played by Mia Foley Perron of Westbrook, in Schoolhouse Arts Center’s production of Neil Simon’s “Plaza Suite.” Performances are scheduled this Friday through May 7.