Monday
Spoken word
“Soapbox Monday” gives everyone a chance to get up on stage and speak their pieces for up to three minutes. It’s held every Monday from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Acoustic Coffee, 32 Danforth Street in Portland. For more information call 774-0404.
Tuesday
Free multimedia screening
“When Cave Men Painted” is a multimedia artwork for Southworth Planetarium by visiting-artist-in-residence James Walsh. There will be a free screening of it today starting at noon in the planetarium (located in the Science Building, Portland campus). For more information call 780-5009 or 780-4249.
Slide lecture
Author Seymour I. Schwartz will present slides and lecture on the “Mismapping of America: An Exploration into Five Major Cartographic Errors in American History.” It begins at 6:30 p.m. in the Moot Court Room, Law School Building, Portland campus. The event is free; for information call 780-4850.
Wednesday
Music
Lucinda Williams and the Jayhawks perform at Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle Street, Portland. The show starts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $35.25 and $40.75 and can be purchased by calling PortTix at 842-0800.
Lecture
Chris Potholm lectures on “Politics in Maine” as part of the USM Muskie School lecture series, “Changing Maine: 1960- 2010.” The free lecture begins at 7 p.m. in the Moot Courtroom, on the first floor of the Law School building, Portland campus. For more information call 780-4150 or view the lecture series website at http://muskie.usm.maine.edu/changingmaine.
Music
The Ontario band Ten Year Drought play tonight in slow motion, with local band Godbois! opening the show. The music starts at 8 p.m. at SPACE, 538 Congress St., Portland. Tickets are $5, and the show is open to ages 18 and over. Call 828-5600 for information.
Thursday
Skit
“Jake and Caroline,” a skit about a relationship that is emotionally, sexually and physically abusive, will be presented by YAAPP (Young Adult Abuse Prevention Program). Watch it in the Woodbury Campus Center Amphitheater, Portland campus, at 1 p.m., and stay for the discussion afterwards. For more information call the Women’s Resource Center at 780-4996.
Music
Donna the Buffalo, an upstate New York band that combines Cajun, folk, zydeco, rock, and country music, plays at at 8 p.m. at SPACE, 538 Congress St. in Portland. Tickets are $5, and the show is open to ages 21 and over. Call 828-5600 for information.
Friday
Theatre
“The Music Man,” a musical that originally opened on Broadway in 1957, will play tonight at 8 p.m. at Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle Street, Portland. Tickets are $35, $45, and $52, and can be purchased by calling Porttix at 842-0800.
Live radio performance
WMPG’s Local Motives radio show will feature a live performance by the Americana hard rock band Welfare Mafia starting at 7:30 p.m. Tune in to 90.9 FM, 104.1 FM, or listen on the Internet at www.wmpg.org.
Saturday
Record/book sale
WMPG’s Eighth Annual Record and Book Sale will be held from 10 to 4 p.m. in Sullivan Gym on the Portland campus. Admission is $1. For information call 780-4424.
Music
Local band The Coming Grass play alt-country/roots rock tonight. Maine singer/songwriter Raycharles Lamontagne opens the show at 8:30 at SPACE, 538 Congress St. in Portland. Tickets are $5, and the show is open to ages 21 and over. Call 828-5600 for information.
Sunday
Film
Lost Film Fest, a traveling showcase of anti-corporate film, features scathing and hilarious social commentary in the form of narrative shorts, documented pranks, and hot Riot Porn (amateur footage from protests around the world). The Fest starts at 7 p.m. at SPACE, 538 Congress St., Portland. Tickets are $5; call 828-5600 for information.
SUBMISSIONS
To submit a Destinations listing, contact Brian O’Keefe, Arts Editor, by telephone at 780-4084 ext. 4, fax at 780.4085, or electronic mail at [email protected].