Out and About for the Belgrade Lakes Region of Maine Feb. 7-13

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Out and About for the Belgrade Lakes Region of Maine Feb. 7-13

“Nordic Skiing,” Titcomb Mnt, Farmington

Feb. 7, Thursday, 6-8pm, Nordic Skiing, Narrow Gauge Trail, bring friends and family, no experience necessary, minimum age of 13, under 13 with adult supervision, meet at Oak Street Trail Head, $5, Titcomb Mountain, Oak Street Trail Head, Farmington. FMI: 207-778-7495, www.titcombmountain.com.
Feb. 7, Thursday, 8-10pm, Adam Mamawaia, award-winning 25 year old stand-up comedian based out of Hoboken, New Jersey, winner of the New Jersey Comedy Festival, semifinalist in the 2011 Boston Comedy Festival, free, Thomas Auditorium, UMF, Farmington. FMI: 207-778-7339, www.umf.maine.edu.
Feb. 8, Friday, 7:30-9:30pm, Franco-American/Bates Dance Showcase, regional choreographers from across Maine and New England submit work to be included in the program, along with popular Bates student groups, an exciting evening filled with beauty, tenderness, humor, new ideas and familiar forms against a backdrop of world-class production and stagecraft, $14/adult, $12/seniors and students, Franco-American Heritage Center, 46 Cedar Street, Lewiston. FMI: 207-783-1585, www.francocenter.org.
Feb. 8, Friday, 7:30-9:30pm, Lady Smith Black Mambazo, a male choral group from South Africa that sings in the vocal styles of isicathaviya and mbube, they rose to worldwide prominence as a result of singing with Paul Simon on his album, Graceland, $27/adults, $15/seniors and students, Bates Chapel, 275 College Street, Lewiston. FMI: 207-782-7228, www.bates.edu.
Feb. 8, Friday, 7:30-10pm, Steel Magnolias, centering on the lives of six southern ladies who gather at a small-town beauty parlor, the play is alternately hilarious and touching, and, in the end, deeply revealing of the strength and purposefulness which underlies the antic banter of its character, $12/adults, $10/students and seniors, Custom Hall, 796 Main Street, Monmouth. FMI: 207-514-4929, www.theateratmonmouth.org.
Feb. 9, Saturday, Fishing Derby, Taylor Pond, Auburn, weigh in at 795 Garfield Road, total cash prize amount $3,350, sponsored by Healthy Smiles for ME, Inc, contact Rodney Leavitt, Taylor Pond, Auburn. FMI: www.state.me.us/ifw/fishing/derbies_tournaments/derbies.htm.
Feb. 11, Monday, 8:15pm, Kenya Hall with special guest Nigel Hall, Kenya Hall conveys soul and a feel not often heard within people of her generation, she offers and intimate perspective as well as an often candid charisma, Nigel has been describes as a jazz/soul/funk musician undefined by era, $15, Slates Restaurant, 163 Water Street, Hallowell. FMI: 207-622-9575, www.slatesrestaurant.com.

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