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Apple Tree Pruning Workshop, Pettengill Farm, Freeport
 March 1, Thursday, 2pm, National Theatre in London “The Comedy of Errors,” live broadcast starring Lenny Henry, Shakespeare’s furiously paced comedy, two sets of twins separated at birth collide in the same city without meeting for one crazy day, as mistaken identities lead to confusion on a grand scale, $23/general, $15/students, Strand Theatre, 345 Main Street, Rockland.  FMI: 207-594-0070, www.rocklandstrand.com.

March 1, Thursday, 7pm, Caryl Churchill’s “Top Girls,” presented by Bowdoin College Department of Theater and Dance, play set in the early 1980 Britain, a celebration and cautionary tale in a heady mix of theatrical style and form that asks, “Can women have it all?” free, Wish Theater, Bowdoin College, Brunswick.  FMI:  207-725-3375, www.bowdoin.edu.

 

March 2, Friday, 7:30pm, “Sex in the Sixties,” presented by Lincoln County Community Theater, an evening of four plays about sex in the 1960s, stories unfold at the beginning of the sexual revolution and explores in a loving way the intimate and human relationships craved by all ages, $12/general, $10/members, Lincoln Theater, 2 Theater Street, Damariscotta.  FMI:  207-563-3423, www.lcct.org.

 

March 3, Saturday, 2pm, Wabanaki Nature Legends, short walk on White Pines Trail with stops for stories based on Wabanaki legends, meet at benches by second parking lot, free with park admission, Wolfe’s Neck Farm, 184 Burnett Road, Freeport.  FMI:  207-865-4465, www.wolfesneckfarm.org.

 

March 3, Saturday, 5pm and 7pm, Spaghetti Supper Serenade by Wescustago Youth Chorale, spaghetti supper while being serenaded, proceeds to benefit the scholarship fund, $10, $5, 8 and under, Freeport Community Center, 53 Depot Street, Freeport.  FMI:  207-846-0705, www.mainetoday.com.

 

March 3, Saturday, 7:30pm, Thomas Pandolfi, an evening with Gershwin, this young American pianist is considered a leading interpreter of the works of George Gershwin, $20/advance, $22/door, Chocolate Church Arts Center, 804 Washington Street, Bath.  FMI:  207-442-8455, www.chocolatechurcharts.org.

 

March 4, Sunday, 1:30-3pm, Apple Tree Pruning Workshop, Dr. Brzozowski, a cooperative extension educator and Master Gardener teacher, will lead this hands on outdoor workshop, learn to identify and correct winter damage and learn to prune in the Freeport Historical Society’s historic apple orchard, dress for the weather, bring a pair of workgloves, $5, no charge/FHS members, historic Pettengill Farm, Pettengill Road, Freeport.  FMI:  207-865-3170, www.freeporthistoricalsociety.org.

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