May 13, 7 p.m. Language Arts Live featuring Paul LaFarge, author of "The Facts of Winter," free, Skelton Lounge, Chase Hall, Bates College, 56 Campus Avenue, Lewiston. FMI: 207.786.6255, www.bates.edu.May 13, 7-8 p.m. An Evening with Amy Wilson, author of "When Did I Get Like This? The Screamer, The Worrier, The Dinosaur-Chicken-Nugget Buyer and Other Mothers I Swore I'd Never Be," talk and book signing, Auburn Public Library, 49 Spring Street, Auburn. FMI: 207.333.6640, www.auburn.lib.me.us. May 14, 7:30 p.m. Portland Chamber Music Festival Spring Concert, featuring Jennifer Elowitch, violin; Stefani Taylor, viola; Marc Johnson, cello; and Dena Levine, piano, program includes Haydn, Piano Trio No. 44 in E Major; Rebecca Clarke, Piano Trio; Brahms, Piano Quartet in C Minor, Op. 60, rece... 05/25/2010

May 6, noon, Jon Peter Lewis, a.k.a. JPL , third season American Idol finalist, performing original songs, $5/adults, $3/students with ID, open to the public, UMF Amphitheater, High Street, Farmington. FMI: 207.778.7339, www.umf.maine.edu. May 7, 2 and 7 p.m. The Sky Blue Boys, Banjo Dan and Willy Lindner, perform authentic old-time music, Araxine Wilkins Sawyer Memorial Auditorium, 371 Sawyer Road, Greene. FMI: 207.946.5311, www.townofgreene.net. May 7, 5-8 p.m. Art2010, Opening Reception,15th annual juried group show, Harlow Gallery, draws artists from all over the state of Maine, free, Harlow Gallery, 160 Water Street, Hallowell. FMI: 207.622.3813, www.harlowgallery.org. May 8, 8:00 a.m.-1 p.m. Plant and Rummage Sale, benefit for Gardiner Elementary PTA, Laura E. Richards School, 279... 05/25/2010

April 1, 5 p.m. Masquerade Ball-Paper Faces on Parade, hide your face so the world can never find you, a night of mayhem and tomfoolery, dress in costume, be anyone, be absurd or be amazing, dance the night away enjoying an array of musical genius, crazy food and punch, free, open to the public, UMF Art Gallery, 246 Main Street, Farmington. FMI: 207.778.7002, www.umf.maine.edu. April 2, 5-8 p.m. "Eternal Whispers," Opening Reception, an exhibition of paintings by Petrea Noyes of Brooks and relief carvings by Lynne Joddrell Baggett of Steuben, Harlow Gallery, 160 Water Street, Hallowell. FMI: 207.622.3813, www.harlowgallery.org. April 2-3, 7 p.m. Robinson Ballet LIVE 2010, an exhilarating dance show certain to entertain and delight, $14/adults, $8/children and students, Penobscot Theatre... 04/16/2010