“A Musical Celebration of Sarah Orne Jewett,” South Berwick

Sept. 4 – 7, Thursday – Sunday, 8:00 p.m./Thurs. and Fri., 3:00 p.m. and 8:30 p.m./Sat. 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m./Sun., “The Witches of Eastwick,” The Witches of Eastwick are the original “desperate housewives!” The Ogunquit Playhouse is proud to be selected by Cameron Mackintosh to be the American Northeast premiere of his hit stage adaptation of The Witches of Eastwick, the sexy new musical comedy based on the Warner Brothers hit motion picture. $37 – $79, Ogunquit Playhouse, 10 Main Street, Ogunquit. FMI: 207-646-5511, www.ogunquitplayhouse.org.
Sept. 4 – 7, Thursday – Sunday, 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m., “At Home in the Victorian Era,” “At Home in the Victorian Era” offers a peek into the Victorian home using period furnishings, textiles, and bric-a-brac from the Saco Museum’s collection. From entry hall to parlor to dining room, from sitting room to kitchen to bedroom, six room vignettes provide fascinating insights about 19th-century daily domestic life and the power of the ideas that defined the “happy household.” $3 – $5, Saco Museum, 371 Maine St., Saco. FMI: 207-283-3861, www.sacomuseum.org.
Sept. 5 – 6, Friday – Saturday, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., “Vitamin V: How Food Fought the Second World War,” Explore life, nutrition, and rationing on the home front in this exhibition featuring the Museum’s 1940s propaganda poster collection. The exhibit discusses both nutrition history as well as today’s food insecurity in Maine. An art space and live Victory Garden inhabit the Museum’s courtyard to supply fresh vegetables to local food pantries. Admission is $3 – $7.50, Brick Store Museum, 117 Main Street, Kennebunk. FMI: 207-985-4802, www.brickstoremuseum.org.
Sept. 6, Saturday, 9:00 a.m., – 12:00 p.m., “Taylor, Frey, Leavitt House Museum,” The 1850 Taylor/Frey/Leavitt House Museum in Waterboro Center is an unspoiled dwelling with many original features. It will be open to the public free of charge, donations accepted, each Saturday morning from 9 to Noon through September 27th. The museum complex includes the period-furnished 1817 Deering Schoolhouse and a blacksmith shop. The barn and ell of the house contain antique cobbler, optician and barber shops. Taylor, Frey, Leavitt House Museum, 6 Old Alfred Road, Waterboro. FMI: 207-247-5878, www.waterboro-me.net.
Sept. 6, Saturday, 7:30 p.m. – 9:3- p.m., “Jennifer Porter Concert & CD Release Party,” Following the success of her benefit CD, The Way You Look Tonight, which received airplay on Jazz radio stations across the country, on Sirius XM, and on every continent except Antarctica, this amazingly versatile musician once again brings to the SRT stage an array of songs from across the musical spectrum. This concert will celebrate the release of Jennifer’s new CD, Easy Living, which features a dozen Jazz classics from the 20s, 30s and 40s. The CD will be exclusively available at this event weeks before its national release! Jennifer will be joined by the incomparable Sonny Barbato on piano, with regional luminaries Jim Lyden (bass) Les Harris, Jr. (drums) Matt Langely (saxophones) Trent Austin (trumpets) Jason Anick (violin) and others! From Jazz to Blues to Country to Opera, Jennifer always entertains, thrills and inspires. Be sure to make reservations early for this very special evening! ADM. $20 – RESERVATIONS STRONGLY ADVISED, Saco River Theatre, 29 Salmon Falls, Bar Mills. FMI: 207-929-6472, www.sacorivertheatre.org.
Sept. 7, Sunday, 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m., “A Musical Celebration of Sarah Orne Jewett,” Join book lovers, community members, and staff in the annual celebration of Sarah Orne Jewett’s birthday. At this year’s celebration the Community Chorus at South Berwick presents Jewett poems set to music and interspersed with a program of readings from the author’s wider works. Refreshments, including parsnip birthday cake, will be served. $5 Historic New England members and South Berwick residents, $10 nonmembers, Sarah Orne Jewett House – Museum & Visitor Center, 5 Portland St., South Berwick. FMI: 207-384-2454, www.historicnewengland.org.
Sept. 7, Sunday, 4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m., “Tuscan Wine Dinner,” A Sunday afternoon Tuscan Wine dinner with Mirco Billorsi of Tenuta Caparzo and Borgo Scopeto featuring the wines of Chianti Classico, Brunello and Morellino. 4 pm at Joseph’s by the Sea in Old Orchard Beach. $65 pp Joseph’s By the Sea, 5 W.Grand Avenue, Old Orchard. FMI: 207-934-5044, www.josephsbythesea.com.