• BENEFITS

Help Heat Homes Benefit Supper, spaghetti dinner with music from Static Codea featuring Mary Bergey, Elk’s Lodge, Rockland. $6. 236-8625. 5 to 8 p.m. Friday.

Nor’ Easters Synchronized Skating Team Spaghetti Dinner, fundraiser for travel expenses to Easterns competition, St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, Falmouth. $10; $7 seniors; $5 children. 781-5058. 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday.

Bridgton Winter Carnival MeltDown Party, benefit for the Bridgton Community Center with live music, sample tastings from local restaurants and a cash bar, Bridgton Town Hall. $20 in advance; $25 day of event. 647-3116. 8 p.m. to midnight Saturday.

• SPECIAL EVENTS

TODAY

Snowmobile Snodeo, snowmobile events, chili/chowder cook-off, sleigh rides, antique snowmobiles, obstacle course, radar run and fireworks; various locations, Rangeley. Schedule at rangeleysnowmobile.com/snodeo.htm. Today to Sunday.

FRIDAY

Tavern Dinner, traditional hearth-cooked meal in an authentic Colonial tavern atmosphere, Museums of Old York, York. $35; $30 for museum members. 363-4974, Ext. 12. 6 to 8 p.m.

“Preservation of Earth,” interactive demonstration of flower and leaf preservation process by Joanne Fitzpatrick, Constellation Gallery, Portland. Free. 409-6617. 7 p.m.

“IBEX: Search for the Solar System’s Edge,” planetarium show, University of Southern Maine (Southworth Planetarium), Portland. $4, $6. usm.maine.edu/planet. 7 p.m.

“Two Small Pieces of Glass,” planetarium show about the history and science of telescopes, University of Southern Maine (Southworth Planetarium), Portland. $4, $6. usm.maine.edu/planet. 8:30 p.m.

SATURDAY

“Music, Dance, Poetry: A Celebration of Scottish Bard Robert Burns,” with the Highland Soles, the Neil Pearlman Band, Elijah Woolcott, Annie Finch and Betsy Sholl, The New Church, Portland. $12. 767-6396. 7:30 p.m.

First Annual Hip Hop Dance Hall, presented by Dunk the Junk, a local nonprofit campaign against childhood obesity; includes graffiti art by Too Rich, live DJ music, sushi and a cash bar, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport. $30. 236-2875. 7 p.m.

Winter Family Fun Day, ice skating, sledding and interpretive walks, lunch provided, Cobscook Bay State Park, Edmunds Township. $1.50 for ages 12 to 64; free for all others. 726-4412. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Metropolitan Opera Live in HD, live broadcast of “The Enchanted Island,” Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center, Fryeburg. $23, $26; $18 for students. 935-9232. 1 p.m.

Metropolitan Opera Live in HD, live broadcast of “The Enchanted Island,” Lincoln Theater, Damariscotta. $23; $21 for seniors. atthelincoln.org. 1 p.m.

Metropolitan Opera Live in HD, live broadcast of “The Enchanted Island,” Strand Theatre, Rockland. $27. rocklandstrand.com. 12:55 p.m.

“The Mystery of Ice Mountain,” Dolly Wagglers puppet show for all ages, Mayo Street Arts, Portland. $8; $4 for children. mayostreetarts.org. 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.

Mushers Bowl Winter Carnival, family festival with a snowmobile parade, a bonfire, horse-drawn sled rides, ice skating, dancing, a polar bear dunk, ice fishing and food; various locations, Bridgton. Schedule at mainelakesmushersbowl.com. Saturday and Sunday.

SUNDAY

Sacred Harp Singing, participatory event, potluck after singing, Home of Corrone and Ruth Ann Bryant, Damariscotta. Free; bring dish for potluck. 563-6083. 2 to 5 p.m.

Live in HD: Berlin Philharmonic, tribute to Venezuela featuring Maestro Gustavo Dudamel, Lincoln Theater, Damariscotta. $17. 563-3424. 2 p.m.

“Dinosaurs,” planetarium show, University of Southern Maine (Southworth Planetarium), Portland. $5; $4 for children and seniors. usm.maine.edu/planet. 3 p.m.

Nor’ Easters Synchronized Skating Team Exhibition, Family Ice Center, Falmouth. Free. 781-5058. 2:40 to 4:40 p.m.

MONDAY

Third Annual Pie and Art Gala, pie competition, pie dance, pie-eating contest, pie poetry, pie theater and more, Mayo Street Arts, Portland. mayostreetarts.org. 5:30 p.m.

Storytime in the Garden, hour-long stories read by Pat Jeremiah, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Boothbay. Free. 633-4333. 10 a.m.

WEDNESDAY

Andy Andrews: “Being Doing,” New York Times best-selling author and motivational speaker, Merrill Auditorium, Portland. $47 to $82. porttix.com. 7 p.m.

Robert Burns Supper, traditional Scottish fare, includes introductions, toasts and recitations, The Inn at Brunswick Station. $35. 837-6565. 6:30 p.m.

Cooking and Wine Series: The Many Styles of Pork and Pinot Noirs, educational gourmet food and wine experience, 21-plus; Chadwick Bed and Breakfast, Portland. $75; $125 per couple. 6 to 9 p.m.

JAN. 26

Pecha Kucha Night, informal and fun gathering for creative people to share their ideas, work and thoughts, River Tree Arts, Kennebunk. $5. rivertreearts.org. Doors at 6:30 p.m.; program at 7:20 p.m.

“3 Superstars in Berlin,” opera broadcast from Berlin’s Waldbuhne, Strand Theatre, Rockland. $20. rocklandstrand.com. 7 p.m.

• FILMS

“40 WEST” (2012), Maine premiere of thriller shot in Buxton and Hollis, Nickelodeon Cinemas, Portland. 40WESTmovie.com. 6:30 and 9 p.m. today.

“The Sensation of Sight” (2006, Rated R), Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center, Fryeburg. $8; $4 for students. 935-9232. 7:30 p.m. today.

Future Shorts Pop-Up Film Festival, showcase of short films from around the world, all ages; Space, Portland. $8, $6 students. space538.org. 7:30 p.m. Friday.

“The Wizard of Oz” (1939, Rated G), Long Branch School & General Store, Bowdoinham. Free. 699-8900. 6 p.m. Saturday.

“The Help” (2011, Rated PG-13), York Public Library. Free. 363-2818. 3 p.m. Sunday.

“The Champ” (1979, Rated PG), Skidompha Library, Damariscotta. $5/donation. 563-5513. 6:30 p.m. Monday.

“Urbanized” (2011), documentary about the design of cities followed by Q&A with Noah Chasin and Mitchell Rasor, Space, Portland. $7. space538.org. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.

“On the Job: Women Launching New Traditions” (1997), Maine documentary, Maine Maritime Museum, Bath. $5; $3 for members. mainemaritimemuseum.org. 6:30 p.m. Jan. 26.

• BOOKS/AUTHORS

Jim Witherell, author of “L.L. Bean: the Man and His Company,” Auburn Public Library. 514-0336. Noon today.

Brown Bag Lunch and Learn Series, with Bill Haviland, author of “At the Place of the Lobsters and Crabs: Indian People and Deer Isle, Maine,” Abbe Museum, Bar Harbor. Free. abbemuseum.org. Noon today.

Poet James Richardson, winner of the 2011 Jackson Poetry Prize, Bates College (Edmund S. Muskie Archives), Lewiston. Free. 784-0416. 7:30 p.m. Monday.

Andrea Zittel, artist lecture followed by book signing, Portland Museum of Art. Free. portlandmuseum.org. 6 p.m. Monday.

Beth Olshansky, author of “The Power of Pictures: Creating Pathways to Literacy Through Art,” Maine College of Art (Osher Hall), Portland. Free. meca.edu. 7 p.m. Tuesday.

Brown Bag Lecture, with Crash Barry, author of “Tough Island: True Stories from Matinicus, Maine,” Portland Public Library. Free; bring lunch. 871-1700. Noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday.

Andre Dubus III, author of “House of Sand and Fog” talks about the art of creating nonfiction writing, Thornton Academy Garland Auditorium, Saco. Free. thorntonacademy.org. 7 p.m. Jan. 26.

Morgan Callan Rogers, author of “Red Ruby Heart in a Cold Blue Sea,” book-release party, University of Southern Maine (Woodbury Campus Center), Portland. usm.maine.edu. 7 p.m. Jan. 26.

Carol Bachofner, author of “Native Moons, Native Days,” Rockland Public Library. 594-0310. 6:30 p.m. Jan. 26.

• PRO SPORTS

Portland Pirates, AHL affiliate of the Phoenix Coyotes, Cumberland County Civic Center, Portland. $12 to $20. portlandpirates.com. Vs. Springfield, 7 p.m. Friday; Vs. St. John’s, 7 p.m. Saturday.

Maine Red Claws, NBA Development League affiliate of the Celtics, Bobcats and 76ers, Portland Exposition Building. $6 to $30. nba.com/dleague. Vs. Erie, 8 p.m. Friday, 5 p.m. Sunday.

• PARTICIPANT DANCE

Swing Dance, music by Maine Swingin’ DJs, Wescustogo Hall, North Yarmouth. $8. 653-5012. Lesson at 7 p.m., dance at 8 p.m. Friday.

Copy the Story Link