Out and About for the Sanford/York County Lake Regions of Maine Sept. 1-7

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Out and About for the Sanford/York County Lake Regions of Maine Sept. 1-7

                                    “I Left My Heart,” Arundel Barn Playhouse

Sept. 1-4, Thursday-Sunday, Tuesday & Wednesday, 6 & 7, 2:30pm/Thurs, Wed, 2pm & 7pm/Sun, 8pm/Thurs-Sat, “Legally Blonde,” this award-winning musical sensation is based on the hit movie of the same name and follows college sweetheart and homecoming queen, Elle Woods as she puts down the credit card, hits the books and heads for Harvard Law School in pursuit of her boyfriend Warner, who just dumped her for someone more serious, this all singing, all dancing, feel-good musical comedy is so much fun it shouldn’t be legal, see website for ticket details, Ogunquit Playhouse, 10 Main Street, Ogunquit.  FMI:  207-646-5511, www.ogunquitplayhouse.org.

 

 

Sept. 1-3, Thursday-Saturday, 8:00pm, “I Left My Heart:  A Salute to the Music of Tony Bennett,” come and celebrate the legacy and longevity of legendary Tony Bennett and the vibrant energy of Three Young Tenors in this showcase for some of America’s greatest songwriters and songsters for Broadway, Hollywood and Tin Pan Alley.  The Three Young Tenors will thrill your heart and touch your soul with songs like Cold, Cold Heart, Rags to Riches, The Good Life, Because of You, I Want to be Around and 41 more top hits from yesteryear to MTV unplugged, $38, Arundel Barn Playhouse, 53 Old Post Road, Arundel.  FMI:  207-985-5552, www.arundelbarnplayhouse.com.

 

 

Sept. 1-3, Thursday-Saturday, 2pm/Thurs, 8pm/Thurs-Sat, “The 39 Steps,” a man with a boring life meets a mystery woman with a thick accent.  After she is murdered in his home, the man goes on the run and enters a secret world of strangers, detectives, spies and assorted characters, $25/adults, $22/seniors, $10/students and children, Hackmatack Theater, 538 School Street, Berwick.  FMI:  207-698-1807, www.hackmatack.org.

 

 

Sept. 2, Friday 4-7pm, “Paint the Bunk,” 100 pieces of original artwork for sale at $200 each, from Parsons Beach to the rolling hills on Rt. 35, from Kennebunk Beach to the blueberry plains, historic houses, church steeples and gardens, artists include Allaire, Bonneau, Carr, Cressey, Desmond, Hopkins and more, proceeds benefit Heartwood College of Art, Brick Store Museum Program Center, 4 Dane Street, Kennebunk.  FMI:  207-985-0985, www.heartwoodcollegeofart.org.

 

 

Sept. 2, Friday, 7pm, Boston Red Sox Alumni Charity Softball Game, presented by the Old Orchard Beach Firefighters, in addition to the main event there will be a chance for autographs and pictures after the game and a special free children’s baseball/sports clinic before the game at 6pm, Bob Stanley, Sam Horn, Dennis “Oil Can” Boyd and other guests, $10, Old Orchard Beach Ballpark, E. Emerson Cummings Blvd, Old Orchard Beach.  FMI:  207-871-7876, www.oldorchardbeachballpark.com/.

 

 

Sept. 3, Saturday 9am-4pm, School Around Us’ 36th Annual Craft Fair, featuring 80 juried artists and artisans, live music and food, free, The Green, Ocean Avenue, Kennebunkport.  FMI:  207-967-3143, www.schoolaroundus.org

 

Sept. 3, Saturday, 7:30pm, Mac McHale and Emery Hutchins, a revival of their high-spirited, 1990’s Irish band Northeast Winds, with Irish ballads and rousing pub sons, sing-alongs, and hot-picking instrumentals, $14, $12, free, 12 and under, Saco River Grange Hall, Salmon Falls Road, Bar Mills.  FMI:  207-929-6472,www.sacorivergrangehall.org.

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