Out and About for the Greater Belgrade Lakes Region of Maine April 28-May 4

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Out and About for the Greater Belgrade Lakes Region of Maine April 28-May 4

                                      Canoe Trip down Sandy River, Farmington

 

April 28, Thursday, Canoe/Kayak Trip, canoe/kayak the Sandy River, appropriate for all skill levels, will canoe to Fairbanks to the flats in Farmington (approx 1 hour on the water), free, call for details, UMF Fitness and Recreation Center, 111 South Street, Farmington.  FMI:  207-778-7495, http://www.umf.maine.edu.

 

April 28, Thursday, 6:30pm, Poetry and Music Series, featuring UMA’s student poets and jazz ensemble Envok, free, Lithgow Library, 45 Winthrop Street, Augusta.  FMI:  207-626-2415, http://www.lithgow.lib.me.us.

 

April 28-29, Thursday-Friday, 7:00pm, Variety Show, presented by Edward Little High School’s Drama Club featuring students along with numerous faculty members, $8/adults, $5/students and seniors, Community Little Theatre Auditorium, Academy Street, Lewiston.  FMI:  207-333-6652, http://laitshappeninghere.com.

 

April 28-30, Thursday-Saturday, 7:30pm, “A Walk in the Woods,” if you didn’t get a chance to see it last week, this two-man play nominated for both a Pulitzer Prize and a Tony Award, depicts the developing relationship between the two men, a Russian diplomat and an American diplomat is playing for its last run, $10, $12/at the door DownStage, 221 Lisbon Street, Lewiston.  FMI:  207-782-7228, http://www.laarts.org/.

 

April 30, Saturday, 7:30pm, Lewiston Cabaret, not too different from early cabaret experiences a “Le Chat Noir’ in 19th century Paris, showcasing performing artists and their new acts, the Center’s cabaret will be immersed in atmosphere, light foods, a cash bar, and starry performances, $18, Franco-American Heritage Center, 46 Cedar Street, Lewiston.  FMI:  207-783-1585, http://www.francoamericanheritage.org.

 

April 30, Saturday, 7:30pm, Bookend Brahms, the evening will begin with Johannes Brahms’s stirring Academic Festival Overture followed by a performance of the winner of Colby’s annual student concerto competition, the Colby College Chorale and Colby-Kennebec Choral Society will join for a performance of Anton Bruchkners Virga Jesse floruit and Brahms’s Schicksalslied, free, Lorimer Chapel, Colby College, 4000 Mayflower Hill, Waterville.  FMI:  207-859-4000, http://www.colby.edu.

 

April 30, Saturday, 8:oopm, Bates Dance Alumni Reunion Concert, nearly 90 dance alumni perform a piece based on images by the late dance photographer Leonard Plavin, commemorate the passion and achievement of a photographer who shot some 10,000 images of the Bates College Modern Dance Company, free, Schaeffer Theatre, 305 College Street, Lewiston.  FMI:  207-786-6487, http://home.bates.edu.

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