“Grease,” Ogunquit Playhouse, Ogunquit

June 5 – 8 and 11, Thursday – Sunday and Wednesday, 8pm/Thurs. and Fri., 3pm and 8:30pm/Sat., 2pm and 7pm/Sun., 2:30pm/Wed., “Grease,” get out your leather jackets and pull on your bobby socks for the most “electrifyin’” musical of all time – Grease, it’s a thrilling injection of pure fun with astounding dancing and amazing songs that will make you want to stand up and shout, “A-wop-bop-a-loo-bop a-wop-bam-boom,” $39-79, contact the Venue listed below for ticketing information, Ogunquit Playhouse, 10 Main Street, Ogunquit. FMI: 207-646-5511, www.ogunquitplayhouse.org.
June 6, Friday, 3:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m., “Free Beer Tastings with Baxter Brewings,” sample some of this season’s new offerings from Baxter Brewing Company of Lewiston Maine, Beer reps will be on hand with beer gear and to talk about the brewing culture in Lewiston, Stop by for a sample, Madden Beverage, 335 North Street, Saco. FMI: 207-282-8720, www.maddenbeverage.com.
June 6, Friday, 8:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m., “Never Been to Kingston,” listen to the smooth sounds of acoustic reggae, free and open to the public, The Hive, 84 Main Street, Kennebunk. FMI: 207-985-0006, www.thehivekennebunk.com.
June 6 – 8, Friday – Sunday, 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., “Here by the Sea: Contemporary Art of the Piscataqua,” Historic New England is pleased to present a group exhibition of work by artists inspired by the Piscataqua Region, Here by the Sea features twenty-nine artists working in varied media from blacksmithing to watercolor, free and open to the public, Sarah Orne Jewett House and Visitor Center, 5 Portland Street, South Berwick. FMI: 207-384-24254, www.historicnewengland.org.
June 7, Saturday, 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., “Plant Sale,” join us on the lawn between the Dyer Library and the Saco Museum for the Saco Bay Gardening Club’s annual plant sale, pick up this year’s perennials grown locally by garden club members and other local skilled gardeners, White dahlia bulbs will also be featured as well as an expanded selection of more uncommon perennials, check out the selection of vegetable seedlings – even lettuce seedlings grown by the Saco Middle School Ecology Club in their new greenhouse, the sale will happen rain or shine, Dyer Library and Saco Museum, 371 Main Street, Saco. FMI: 207-468-3720, www.sacomuseum.org.
June 7, Saturday, 8:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., “York Hospital 5k Road & Cross Country Race,” 3.1 miles of scenic York Village and York Harbor, Over the River and Through the Woods, $10 (13& Under), $20 (14&older) $45 (family) Day of Race $25, contact the Presenting Organization listed below for ticketing information, York Hospital, 15 Hospital Drive, York. FMI: 207-351-3430, www.yorkhospital.com.
June 7, Saturday, 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m., “Guided Walk with Saco Valley Land Trust,” let’s celebrate National Trails Day at the Great Cranberry Marsh in Biddeford, the walk will begin at the end of Georgetown Drive in Biddeford and will be led by forester Jeff Williams and members of the SVLT board, all are welcome to attend as the trail is easy to moderate terrain, free and open to the public, Great Cranberry Marsh, end of Georgetown Drive, Biddeford. FMI: 207-282-2119, www.sacovalleylandtrust.org.