Out and About for the Mid Coast Lakes Region of Maine June 21-27

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Out and About for the Mid Coast Lakes Region of Maine June 21-27

Vintage Baseball Game, Pettingell Farm, Freeport

June 21-24, Thursday-Sunday, various times, Bar Harbor’s Legacy of the Arts Festival, studio and gallery openings, exhibits, concerts, comedy, workshops, lectures, historic tours and more, various locations, Bar Harbor. FMI: 207-288-5103, www.legacyartsfestival.com.
June 22, Friday, 7:30pm, Chamber Music Festival, complete violin and piano works of Shubert, $20-30, Kneisel Hall, 137 Pleasant Street, Blue Hill. FMI: 207-374-2811, www.kneisel.org.
June 23, Saturday, 9am-3pm, Harrseeket Heritage Day & Harborside Gala, a lively celebration of Freeport’s maritime past, including viewing, touring or sailing aboard the historic schooner Bowdoin, trying your hand at knot-tying and oar making with the Compass Project, enjoying maritime shanties and jigs, and more, daytime waterfront activities are free, $40/gal and auction, Brewer South Freeport Marine, 31 Main Street, South Freeport. FMI: 207-865-3170, www.freeporthistoricalsociety.org.
June 23, Saturday, 8pm, Music Among Friends, this special concert will mark Thomas Wolf’s retirement after a half century as Artistic Director of Bay Chamber Concerts and it is a must hear. The gala program, in which Wolf himself will perform, will feature works by Handel, Arensky, and Schumann, and will include Curtis Institute of Music Director Roberto Diaz, former Boston Symphony concertmaster, Joseph Silverstein, Muir Quartet cellist Michael Reynolds, Vermeer Quartet members Shmuel Ashkenasi and Marc Johnson, and pianist Gloria Chien. It will be followed by a champagne reception, $50/adult, $8/uncer 18, Rockport Opera House, 6 Central Street, Rockport. FMI: 207-236-2823, www.baychamberconcerts.org.
June 24, Sunday, 1pm, “Vintage Baseball,” based on 1860 rules, An authentic baseball game based on the 1860 rules between the Dirigo (ME) and Essex (MA) Vintage Baseball teams. After the game the community is invited to play the teams, old-time music from The Maine Squeeze accordion band, kettle corn, icecream, raffles and more, $5/general, free/members and kids, Pettengill Farm, Pettengill Road, Freeport. FMI: 207-865-3170, www.freeporthistoricalsociety.
June 24, Sunday, 3pm, Summer Concert, Mark Tipton Trio, trumpet, piano and drums, donations welcome, First Church, 55 Spring Street, Belfast. FMI: 207-338-2282, www.mainetoday.com.
June 27, Wednesday, 7:30pm, The Best of the MET: Live in HD Encore Series, “Don Giovanni,” Mariusz Kwiecien is the world’s most famous lover in Michael Grandage’s elegant new production, led by Met Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi, $20, Lincoln Theater, 2 Theater Street, Damariscotta. FMI: 207-563-3424, www.atthelincoln.org.

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