“Longfellow and the Bull,” Hiram
Oct. 6, Thursday, 5-7pm, Turkey Dinner, Thanksgiving may be a couple months away, but it’s time to talk turkey, a dinner with all the fixin’s includes stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, three kinds of vegetables, cranberry sauce, homemade bread and apple crisp, $8/adults, $5/kids, First Baptist Church, Route 11, Shapleigh.  FMI:  207-636-7961, www.mainetoday.com.
Oct. 7, Friday, Laura Kargul, Liszt concert, international pianist, she has received particular recognition for her playing of the nineteenth century romantics, she is one of the few pianists ever invited to give a full recital on Liszt’s own bechstein piano at the Liszthaus in Weimar, Germany, Sanford-Springvale Historical Society, 505 Main Street, Springvale.  FMI:  207-490-1028, www.sanfordhistory.org.
Oct. 8, Saturday, 7pm, Suede, pop/jazz/blues phenom is like a cross between Diana Krall, Natalie Cole and Bette Midler, she’s sassy, smooth, intoxicating and funny, the perfect tonic for a fabulous fall weekend, $30, Jonathan’s Restaurant, 92 Bourne Lane, Ogunquit.  FMI:  207-646-4526, www.jonathansrestaurant.com.
Oct. 8, Saturday, 8pm, Harvest Dance, all ages, singles welcome, casual dress, cash bar, free popcorn, raffles, $10, Nasson Community College, 457 Main Street, Springvale.  FMI:  207-324-5657, www.nassoncc.org.
Oct. 9, Sunday, 1-6pm, Bluegrass Music Jam, acoustic and unplugged instruments welcome to join, or just come and enjoy the music, $7/general, Roost Function Hall, 62 Chicopee Road, Buxton.  FMI:  207-799-1232, www.bluegrassjournal.com.
Oct. 9, Sunday, 2:30pm, “Longfellow and Bull:  The Virtuoso and the Poet,” Charles Kaufman explores the friendship of violin virtuoso Ole Bull with poet Longfellow, free, Hiram Historical Society, Great Ossippee Museum, 20 Historical Ridge, Hiram.  FMI:  207-625-4762, www.mainetoday.com.
 
Oct. 10, Monday, 11:00am, Auction: York County Paper letters, we will be selling a lot of old items from deceased Judge Fenderson a lot of paper goods, photos, documents, letters, etc from Parsonsfield, Porter, Kezar Falls, Limerick, Limington, Alfred with a lot of old names, free, Saco River Auction House, Two Main Street, Biddeford.  FMI:  207-836-6896, www.cornish-maine.org.