Globe North best bets
FILM
Portsmouth, N.H.: SummerFilm @ The Music Hall presents "Young@Heart," a documentary about a chorus of New England senior citizens who perform songs by modern musicians such as the Clash and Coldplay. The men and women (average age, 81) are dedicated to living in the present. The movie focuses on the rigorous two-month preparation for a 2006 concert at the Academy Theater in Northampton. It will be shown Thursday-Saturday at 7:30 p.m. Before the film on opening night will be a brief performance by the Portsmouth New Horizons Band, a community band for adult students. A Show & Tell with Paul Goodwin will follow it. Tickets are $8.50 and will be sold at 7 p.m. at the outside box office window at 28 Chestnut St. Due to renovations there is no elevator access. 603-436-9900.
GARDEN TOUR
Rockport: Rockport Garden Club will host a tour of 11 residential gardens, Thursday and Friday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Shop for plants at one garden. Rain or shine. $25. Preview gardens at rockportgardenclub.org. Advance tickets at Toad Hall Book Store and Pier and Main on Main Street in Rockport and at Goose Cove Gardens in Gloucester. Days of tour, tickets will be at the Community House on Broadway in Rockport. Proceeds will be used to support 15 town gardens and fund local scholarships and other civic projects. For information, a tour map, and tickets, call 978-546-3143 or 978-546-2979.
LECTURE
Salem: The free Maritime Lecture Series program, hosted by the schooner Fame and Salem Maritime National Historic Site, presents Captain Jim Sharp, former captain of the Gloucester schooner Adventure, Wednesday at 7 p.m. at St. Joseph Hall, 160 Derby St. Sharp describes his experiences while filming the TV movie "Captains Courageous" in 1977 with Karl Malden and Ricardo Montalban. 978-729-7600 or 978-740-1660, nps.gov/sama.
MUSIC
Ipswich: Castle Hill's picnic concert series begins with the oldies band the Reminisants this Thursday, 7 to 9 p.m., on the Grand Allee of Castle Hill, 290 Argilla Road. $25 per car at the gate. Concerts canceled in case of rain. thetrustees.org, 978-921-1944, ext. 4028.
Newburyport: Friday and Saturday Newburyport's Riverfront Music Festival. Friday at 8 p.m., Martha Wainwright at the Firehouse Center for the Arts, 1 Market Square. $25. (firehouse.org, 978-462-7336). Saturday, 3 to 7 p.m., three free concerts in Waterfront Park, behind Firehouse Center, including bands The Brother Kite and Need to Breathe, plus singer-songwriter Matt Nathanson. 978-462-6680, info@newburyportchamber.org, newburyportchamber.org.
