Finally, take your date to a PORTLAND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA outdoor “INDEPENDENCE POPS” concert, June 29 through July 3, but you’ll have to leave Portland for Cape Elizabeth, Old Orchard Beach, Bridgton, Sanford, or Brunswick. Heck, summer is time to get out of the city. Your lovers want you to take them places. Travel in the summertime is romantic. And so are Maine’s classical concerts.
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