• FAIRS/FESTIVALS

Houlton Agricultural Fair, with livestock, crafts, a midway and live entertainment, Houlton Fair Grounds. $10; includes all rides. Various times Friday to Monday; schedule at houltonfair.com.

Bath Heritage Days, live music, arts and crafts, food, carnival rides, fireworks and more, downtown Bath. Free admission; rides and concessions cost extra. Various times Friday to Monday; schedule at bathheritagedays.com.

Bethel Art Fair, more than 70 artists and crafters, live music and theater, Common, Bethel Village. Free. 824-3575. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.

Lucid Fest, fundraiser for Lucid Stage with arts and crafts, food, massage therapy, live music and theater, children’s activities and more, Lucid Stage, Portland. Free/donations. lucidstage.com. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday; 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.

Kennebunk Old Home Week, heritage festival with old-fashioned lobster bake, children’s activities, sporting events, history displays, a petting zoo, a street dance and more, Main Street, Kennebunk. Various times Monday to July 9; schedule at kennebunkfestivals.com.

Norway Arts Festival, sponsored by the Western Maine Art Group and Norway Downtown, Downtown Norway. Various times July 7-9; schedule at norwayartsfestival.org.

East Millinocket Summerfest, with live music, a children’s parade, fireworks and more, Opal Myrick Park, East Millinocket. Various times July 7-10; schedule at eastmillinocket.org/summerfest2011.html.

• SPECIAL EVENTS

TODAY

National Theatre Live: “The Cherry Orchard” in HD, screening of Chekhov play, Strand Theatre, Rockland. $15 to $23. rocklandstrand.com. 2 and 7 p.m.

National Theatre Live: “The Cherry Orchard” in HD, screening of Chekhov play, Fryeburg Academy (Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center), Fryeburg. $15 to $22. 935-9232. 7 p.m.

Wine Tasting, Rieslings and Pinot Noirs of Mosel Valley, plus Germany winemaker Von Schleinitz; Rosemont Market & Bakery, Portland. Free. 831-2553. 4 to 7 p.m.

FRIDAY

Wine Tasting, barbecue-friendly whites and reds, Rosemont Market & Bakery, Portland. Free. 831-2553. 4 to 7 p.m.

Lobster Role: A Rabelais Tribute, lobster-themed evening includes book reading, photography exhibit and public exhibit of the first fine-press edition of a work by David Foster Wallace; Rabelais, Portland. Free. 774-1044. 5:30 to 8 p.m.

Red, White and Blue Variety Show, old patriotic songs and dances, Sanford Maine Stage, Springvale. $10. sanfordmainestage.com. 7 p.m. 

SATURDAY

Lighthouse Tours, one of only 40 caisson-style lighthouses in the U.S. and the only one open to visitors, must be more than 55 inches tall, canceled in case of rain or fog; Spring Point Ledge Lighthouse, South Portland. $5; free for children under 14. springpointlight.org. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

SUNDAY

235th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, public reading and commentary by a living history interpreter, Colonial Pemaquid Historic Site, New Harbor. Free. 677-2423. 2 p.m.

WEDNESDAY

Crafts at the Clambake, juried show, Clambake Restaurant, Scarborough. 883-1031. 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Yarmouth Summer Arts Series: Reifer and Saccone and Friends (physical comedy, accordion and clowning for children), Royal River Park, Yarmouth. (Rain location is Harrison Middle School). Free. 846-2406. 11 a.m.

JULY 7

Community Cookout, Potluck and Bandstand Concert, 195th Army Band with jazz combo, brass quintet and sax quartet, Village Green, North Yarmouth. Free. 595-2997. 5:15 p.m.

Hypnotist Paul Ramsay, Lucid Stage, Portland. $10, $12. 899-3993. 7:30 p.m.

• FILMS

The Wizard Series, screenings of Harry Potter movies, Fryeburg Academy (Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center), Fryeburg. $3 adults; $2 students. fryeburgacademy.org/pac. “Sorcerer’s Stone,” 7:30 p.m. Friday; “Chamber of Secrets,” 1 p.m. Saturday; “Goblet of Fire,” 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, “The Prisoner of Azbakan,” 7:30 p.m. July 7. Through July 14.

Teens Through Time, film series with teen-cenric view point, Portland Public Library. Free. 871-1700. 2000s: “Napoleon Dynamite” (2004), 4:30 p.m. Wednesday.

“Trollhunter,” creature feature with a talk on trolls by Loren Coleman of the International Cryptozoology Museum, all ages; Space, Portland. $7; $5 members. space538.org. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.

• BOOKS/AUTHORS

TODAY

Poetry and Music Series, with poet Dave Morrison and musicians Dave and Anna Patterson, Lithgow Public Library, Augusta. Free. lithgow.lib.me.us. 6:30 p.m.

Linda and Martha Greenlaw, authors of “The Maine Summers Cookbook,” Nonesuch Books, South Portland. 799-2659. 7 p.m.

Julia Spencer-Fleming, author of “One Was a Soldier,” Kennebooks, Kennebunk. 967-6136. 6:30 p.m.

Paul Dioron, book signing and reading by the author of “Trespasser,” Maine Coast Book Shop and Cafe, Damariscotta. 563-3207. 5 p.m.

FRIDAY

Jay R. Tunney, author of the biography “The Prizefighter and the Playwright,” Maine Coast Book Shop and Cafe, Damariscotta. 563-3207. 5 p.m.

SATURDAY

Jenifer LeClair, author of “Danger Sector,” Maine Coast Book Shop and Cafe, Damariscotta. 563-3207. 11 a.m.

WEDNESDAY

Brown Bag Lecture, with Shonna Milliken Humphrey, author of “Show Me Good Land,” Portland Public Library. Free; bring own lunch. 871-1710. Noon to 1 p.m.

Anita Shreve, author of “Rescue,” Lincoln Theater, Damariscotta. Free. 563-2739. 7 p.m.

• PRO SPORTS

Portland Sea Dogs, Minor League baseball, Hadlock Field, Portland. $7, $9. portlandseadogs.com. Vs. New Hampshire, 7 p.m. today and Friday; 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

 

Copy the Story Link