Ellicott City's Sweet bakery and café will host the latest Music Matters Songwriters Showcase this Saturday, June 27, 6:30-9:30 p.m. On the bill will be Hannah Spiro, Ilyaimy, Joseph Isaacs and Ash. Sweet is located at 8143 Main Street. Admission is free. Call 410-461-9275.

Village Center sounds

Iris Hirsch and the Retro Rockets will perform Thursday, June 25, 6-8 p.m., at the Hickory Ridge Village Center. The group plays oldies from the 1950s and 1960s. Admission is free. Call 410-596-2017.

Richard Walton performs with Straight on Red Friday June 26, 11:30 a.m., at the Wilde Lake Village Center, in Columbia. Linwood Taylor and the Rude Dogs perform outdoors Thursday, June 25, 6 p.m., at the Dorsey's Search Village Center. Admission to both concerts is free. Call 443-367-0110.

Blues at the Lakefront

Frederick-based blues guitarist Cathy Ponton King can be heard Saturday, June 27, 8-10 p.m., at Lake Kittamaqundi in Town Center. King has been releasing CDs since the early 1990s and has opened for such blues greats as Willie Dixon, Koko Taylor and Delbert McClinton. Admission is free. Call 410-365-1913.

Latin rhythms

Grupo Latino Continental performs Latin music Wednesday, July 1, 7 p.m., at Centennial Park South (10000 Route 108, Ellicott City). The outdoor concert is part of the weekly Sunset Serenade Concert Series. Parking donation is $3. Call 410-313-4700 (410-313-4452 in case of inclement weather).

FOOTNOTES

Adding more Spanish sizzle

Continuing with the lively sweep of Spanish dance in our area this month, Howard County's own Arte Flamenco performs its eighth annual showcase at Slayton House Sunday, June 28 at 7 p.m. Starting with five students in 1997, Natalia Monteleon's flamenco company in North Laurel has grown to a full-fledged performing troupe of five soloists, three guitarists, and a backup ensemble of a dozen dancers. She insists on live music in classes and concerts. Call 301-617-0694 for details or send an e-mail to natalia@arteflamenco.us.

CURTAIN UP!

Alumni Players conjure 'Spirit'

A troupe of local high school graduates calling itself the You Can Always Come Home Players is staging a summer showcase production of Noel Coward's comedy "Blithe Spirit," hosted by River Hill High School. The 1941 farce finds a novelist who is doing research on mediums accidentally conjuring up the ghost of his first wife.

Performances are June 25-27 at 7:30 p.m. in the River Hill High School auditorium. Tickets are $10, with proceeds going to a new fine arts scholarship fund. For information, call 410-313-7120 and ask for Nancy Duffy or Carla Styczynski. Tickets will also be sold at the door on performance nights, when the box office opens 90 minutes prior to curtain.

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