The Mooring Bed & Breakfast

the story of Iordana Borila Ceausescu

A story with international impact and a surprise Maine coast connection (Iordana Ceausescu of Romania hid in secret here, fearing for her son's life and safety after the 1989 Romanian Revolution).

A nonfiction novel by a Maine writer nominated for the Booker Prize.

594-4418.

Theater

Belfast Maskers, 17 Court St. Big Fish, Jul. 27–Aug. 6; A Festival of One Act Plays, Sept. 1–2. 619-3256.

Carousel Music Theater, 196 Townsend Ave., Boothbay Harbor. Boogie Down, through Aug. 2; Liberty Belles, Aug. 8–30. 633-5297.

Celebration Barn Theater, 190 Stock Farm Rd., South Paris. Celebration Barn Jamboree, Aug. 25–26; Tony Montanaro: A Love Story, Sept. 9. 743-8452.

City Theater, 205 Main St., Biddeford. Sweet Charity, through Aug. 6. 282-0849.

Community Little Theatre, 30 Academy St., Auburn. Little Mermaid, Aug. 10–13 & 17–20. 783-0958.

Deertrees Theatre, 156 Deertrees Rd., Harrison. An Evening at Dave’s Sauna, Aug. 4–5; Kippy: Pray for the Dead and Fight Like Hell for the Living!, Sept. 1; A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Sept. 8–9. 583-6747.

Denmark Arts Center, 50 W Main St. Musical Theater Camp with Mary Bastoni, Jul. 24–28; Kids Musical Theater Performance, Jul. 29. 452-2412.

Grand Theater, 165 Main St., Ellsworth. On Golden Pond, Aug. 4–6; Shakespeare on the Harbor: Best of the Bard!, Aug. 12–13. 667-9500.

Hackmatack Playhouse, 539 School St., Berwick. Mark Twain’s Folly, through Jul. 29; Godspell, Aug. 3–19. 698-1807.

Heartwood Regional Theater Company, 81 Academy Hill Rd., Newcastle. Hamlet, Jul. 28–29 & Aug. 2–5. 563-1373.

The Hill Arts, 76 Congress St. Portland Theater Festival

Presents: The Thin Place, through Jul. 30; Slemons Productions

Presents: Firebringer, Aug. 11–13; Portland Theater Festival

Presents: Sanctuary City, Aug. 17–Sept. 3. 347-7177.

Lakewood Theater, 76 Theater Rd., Madison. Hope and Gravity, through Jul. 29; Catch Me If You Can, Aug. 3–12; Leading Ladies, Aug. 17–26; Anatomies, Aug. 31–Sept. 9. 474-7176.

Lincoln Theater, 2 Theater St., Damariscotta. NT Live: Fleabag, Aug. 10; NT Live: Best of Enemies, Aug. 31–Sept. 1. 563-3424.

Maine Film Center, 93 Main St., Waterville. National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies, Aug. 5; National Theatre Live: Fleabag, Sept. 1. 873-7000.

Maine State Music Theatre, 1 Bath Rd., Brunswick. 9 to 5, through Aug. 5; Something Rotten, Aug. 9–26; Alice In Wonderland, Aug. 21. 842-0800.

Ogunquit Playhouse, 10 Main St. Disney’s Descendants, Jul. 29–30; SpongeBob Musical, Aug. 5–6 & 12–13; On Your Feet!, through Aug. 19; The Da Vinci Code, Aug. 24–Sept. 23. 646-5511.

Penobscot Theatre Company, Bangor Opera House, 131 Main St. The Little Prince, Aug. 18–20. 942-3333.

Saco River Theatre, 29 Salmon Falls Rd., Buxton. The Originals Present A Picasso, through Jul. 29. 929-6473.

Stonington Opera House, 1 School St. Almost, Maine, Aug. 10–20. 367-2788.

Strand Theatre, 345 Main St., Rockland. The Encounter: Rockland, Aug. 4–5; NT Live: Good, Aug. 17. 594-0070. Theater at Monmouth, Cumston Hall, 796 Main St. Richard II, through Aug. 11; The Importance of Being Earnest, through Aug. 11; through Aug. 12;

Waterville Opera House

Jul. 24–29; MCT: Murder on the Orient Express

Dance

Belfast Flying Shoes

Fellowship Hall, 8 Court St., Belfast. Flying Shoes on First Fridays, Aug. 4 & Sept. 1. 338-0979.

Center Theatre

R3LOAD Dance Party, Jul. 29. 564-8943.

Collins Center for the Arts

Ballet Theatre:

Deertrees Theatre

Dark Side of Somewhere

Maine State Ballet

Falmouth.

Merrill Auditorium

Drums, Aug. 12. 842-0800.

State Theatre

Musical Theatre Dance Party, Sept. 8. 956-6000.

Vivid Motion

Motion’s Greatest Hits

Music

1932 Criterion Theatre

Duke Ellington Orchestra Quintet, Jul. 27; Steve Vai, Aug.

1; The Wallflowers, Aug. 2; Sister Sparrow & the Dirty Birds, Aug. 13; The Wailers, Sept. 7. 288-0829.

Aura, 121 Center St. Chris Webby, Jul. 28; Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds, Aug. 12; Sunny Day Real Estate, Aug. 18. 772-8274.

Blue, 650A Congress St. Kyle Friday, Jul. 27; Anthony Crescente, Aug. 19; Bees Deluxe, Aug. 19; Alex McCue & the Group Activity, Sept. 14. Jazz sesh, every Wed. 774-4111.

Cadenza, 5 Depot St., Freeport. Stan Davis, Jul. 28; The Collins Band, Jul. 29; Anni Clark, Aug. 4; Heather Pierson Trio, Aug. 5; The Last of the Duke Street Kings, Aug. 11; Memphis Lightning, Aug. 17; Mark and Rianne, Aug. 26; The Potboilers, Aug. 31; Evan Arntzen Trio, Sept. 1; Pat Colwell & The Soul Sensations, Sept. 16; James Fernando, Sept. 22; Southside Blues, Sept. 23. 560-5300.

Camden Opera House, 29 Elm St. Frontiers, Sept. 1. 236-7963.

Camden Opera House, Camden Snow Bowl, 20

Barnestown Rd. Summer Sounds: Primo Cubano, Aug. 6; Summer Sounds: The Right Track, Aug. 13; Summer Sounds: The Gawler Family Band, Aug. 20; Summer Sounds: The Hot Suppers, Aug. 27. 236-7963.

Center Theatre, 20 E. Main St., Dover-Foxcroft. Marc Black, Jul. 28; Bert Elvis, Aug. 16. 564-8943.

Chocolate Church Arts Center, 61 Commercial St., Bath. Saturday Shows in Waterfront Park: Xander Nelson (Jul. 29), Dexter Allen and Big East Band (Aug. 5), Sonja and Good Friends (Aug. 12), Red Tail Hawk (Aug. 19), Pan Fried Steel (Aug. 26). 442-8455.

Chocolate Church Arts Center, 804 Washington St., Bath. KindKids Family Music & Movement Classes, Jul. 27. 442-8455. Collins Center for the Arts, 2 Flagstaff Rd., Orono. Grace Potter, Sept. 7. 581-1755.