CONCERTS

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].

Friday, May 5
“Cinco de Mayo Celebration!” University Chorale, 5 p.m., First Parish Church, 425 Congress St., Portland, tickets $5-$8.

Saturday, May 6

“Planting Roots: Phoenix Chorale Spring Concert,” music from African and Western cultures, and singers from In Her Presence, 3 p.m., Saint Luke’s Cathedral, 143 State St., Portland. By donation.

Saturday, May 13
Kate Aldrich, internationally renowned mezzo-soprano, with pianist Martin Perry, 7:30 p.m., presented by Opera Maine (formerly PORTopera) in USM’s Hannaford Hall, Portland. Tickets $10-$108 at http://katealdrichinconcert.bpt.me/

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

“Thursday, April 27 – Saturday, May 6

Maine Playwrights Festival, Portland Ballet Studio Theater, 517 Forest Ave.,  $16/$18, acorn-productions.org/Playwrighttxs.html.

Friday & Saturday, April 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.

Saturday, April 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].

Through April 30

“The Trip to Bountiful,” St. Lawrence Arts Center, 76 Congress St., Portland.  Thursday, 7 p.m.; Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 3 & 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, 2 p.m. Ticket prices vary, 885-5883, www.goodtheater.com.

Through 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].

Friday, May 12-Sunday, May 14

“Hunchback of Notre Dame, presented by Vivid Motion dance company,  Friday and Saturday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, 2:30 p.m.,  St. Lawrence Arts, Portland. Tickets $14, $7. vividmotion.org.

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.

Saturday, April 29

“Day of Rock: Celebrate all things Rock and Roll,” 10:15 a.m.-4 p.m., Maine Children’s Museum and Theatre, 142 Free St., Portland, with Maine Academy of Modern Music featuring a Rock and Roll dance party with one of MAMM’s bands, Free with admission. 828-1234, ext. 231, www.kitetails.org.

Sunday, April 30

Day-O-Saurus Dinosaur Day, 10:15 a.m.-5 p.m., Maine Children’s Museum and Theatre, 132 Free St., Portland. Free with admission, 828-1234, ext. 231, www.kitetails.org.

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].

Monica Wood, author of “The One-in-a-Million Boy,” will speak at 7 p.m. at Gorham’s Baxter Memorial Library on Wednesday, May.3.

Internationally renowned mezzo-soprano Kate Aldrich performs Saturday, May 13, at Hannaford Hall on the University of Southern Maine Portland campus.