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Breezy listening

Get ready for great summer concerts.

Playing around

The unexpected is the norm for this little festival.

When the mooooo ...d strikes

All eyes on the bovines for bingo event.
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Music Movie Mondays

Movie? Music? Who can decide? Catch a music-centric movie at One Longfellow Square on the first Monday of the month through June. 7 p.m. Monday | $7| One Longfellow Square, Portland
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Cajun Cooking Challenge

Fat Tuesday is early in Maine. Sample some good Cajun grub from local restaurants and vote for your favorite. Noon to 3 p.m. Tuesday | Free/$3-$5 donation | University of Southern Maine, Portland
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GreenDinner

Follwing Tuesday's GreenDrinks, head to The Salt Exchange for local food, local people and some locally minded conversation. This is the inaugural GreenDinner. 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday | $35 | The Salt Exchange, Portland
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V-Day ready?

No other holiday inspires such thoughtful flower-sending, feeling-sharing and chocolate-eating. And hostility. Lovers or love haters: Have you made your plans yet? A Dozen Valentine's Day Diversions
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dining

Katie Made Bakery, Portland

"Along with its tempting, served-all-day breakfast sandwiches made with Blue Bell farm-fresh eggs ($3.75), Katie Made offers three daily lunch sandwich specials."
BARS & CLUBS

Oasis, Portland

Tucked in the heart of the Old Port is a little taste of tropical at the Oasis. The nightclub has two levels with a bar and dance floor, and is perfect for a night out on the town.
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MUSIC

Soul Rebels Brass Band Mardi Gras Party

It'a Mardi Gras time in Portland. Celebrate with Sly-Chi and Soul Rebels Brass Band.

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EARLY SHIFT: Gene Willard, Casco Bay Lines captain
The fourth installment of Early Shift, spotlighting workers in the Portland area who are at their jobs before the sun rises. This week: Gene Willard, Casco Bay Lines captain who steers the 5:05 a.m run of the 110-foot Aucocisco III.

Things to do Valentine's Day inspires such thoughtful flower-sending, feeling-sharing and chocolate-eating. And bitterness. Whether you're a lover or a hater:
>> A Dozen Valentine's Day Diversions | Take the Valentine's Day Poll

Things to do MAMM SLAM, an annual high school battle of the bands, is looking for hard-rocking young bands from across the state to compete this spring. Registration deadline: Feb. 14, 2012
>> MAMM SLAM 2012

Winter is here for a while. Find ways to enjoy it with our roundup of January events, skating rinks, cross-country skiing trails and other adventurous things to do.
>> Winter Guide

More The List | More guides | More video

"A Murder of Crows"
multiple artist show, Aarhus Gallery
"A Natural Order" Presented by Spindleworks and Arts are Elementary
artists from Maine and beyond, Frontier Cafe, Cinema & Gallery
"Animal Allies: Innuit Views of the Natural World"
Bowdoin College (Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum)
"Back to the Garden"
Garden themed work in multi-media with several Maine artists, Markings Gallery 443-1499.
"Creative Pursuits – Not Your Average Student Art Show”
An exhibition of works by Kennebunk High School photography students, Kennebunk Free Library 985-2173.

Ready, Set, GO

from the Portland Press Herald
We've come up with a lengthy list of things to do that are sure to help you enjoy the great outdoors. They may even be good for working on that early-season tan.
>> Spring Guide

Fast Forward Farther in the Future

(mark your calendar)

Billy Idol, 8 p.m. Sept. 14, House of Blues, Boston. $37 to $49.50. www.livenation.com; (866) 448-7849 Goo Goo Dolls, 8 p.m. Aug. 6, Meadowbrook U.S. Cellular Pavilion, Gilford, N.H. $24.25 to $57.50. www.meadowbrook.net; (603) 293-4700. 2010 Lilith Tour with Sarah McLachlan, Carly Simon, Kelly Clarkson, Tegan & Sara and many more, 3 p.m. July 30, Comcast Center, Mansfield, Mass. $31 to $101. www.livenation.com; (866) 448-7849 Barenaked Ladies with Ben Kweller and Angel Taylor, 7 p.m. Aug. 7, Bank of America Pavilion, Boston. $28 to $52.50. www.livenation.com; (866) 448-7849 Willie Nelson, 7:30 p.m. Aug. 11, Merrill Auditorium, Portland. $45 to $65. 842-0800; www.portlandovations.org.

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