Out and About for the Bangor Lakes Region of Maine May 16-22

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Out and About for the Bangor Lakes Region of Maine May 16-22

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“Highland Classic Trio,” Dover-Foxcroft

May 16, Thursday, 5pm/gates open, Motley Crue, heavy metal band, opening act is Hinder, $41.75-$91.75, Darling’s Waterfron Pavilion, 275 North 4th Street, Bangor. FMI: 207-358-9327, www.waterfrontconcerts.com.
May 17, Friday, 7pm, Highlands Classic Trio, local chamber music group, a rare opportunity to hear Mendelssohn’s Piano Trio in d-minor, Op. 49, also offered will be solos and duos by Handel, Gliere and Ravel, donation, Dover-Foxcroft Congregational Church, 834 West Main Street, Dover-Foxcroft. FMI: 207-564-0043, www.bangordailynews.com.
May 17-19, Thursday-Sunday, 7pm/Thursday, 8pm/Friday, 5pm/Saturday, 3pm/Sunday, “Around the World in Eighty Days,” hold onto your seats for the original amazing race, join fearless adventurer Phileas Fogg and his faithful manservant as they race to beat to clock, presented by Penobscot Theatre, see site for ticketing details, one complimentary youth ticket for kids 18 and under, for every full priced ticket purchased, Bangor Opera House, 131 Main Street, Bangor. FMI: 207-942-3333, www.penobscottheatre.org.
May 18, Saturday, 7-8pm, NRS Presents: “Let There Be Music!” The choral group’s spring repertoire features a collection of songs around the subjects of earth, sky and water; including John Rutter’s Look at the World and Frank Ticheli’s Earth Song, along with beautiful American Folk Songs, Bright Morning Stars, as arranged by Jay Althouse and Shenandoah by John Purifoy. A haunting and unique traditional Scottish song, Loch Lomond, arranged by Jonathan Quick, adds a bit of mystery to the program. Rollo Dilworth’s energetic African-American spiritual Take Me to the Water ends the concert on a high note, $10, Columbia Street Baptist Church, 63 Columbia Street, Bangor. FMI: 207-945-6616, www.csbsbangor.org.
May 19, Sunday, 11am-2pm, Farmer’s Market, locally grown produce, farm raised meats, plants, baked goods and high quality handcrafted items, free to browse, Abbot Square, Bangor. FMI: www.downtownbangor.com.
May 19, Sunday, 4-5pm, Divisi presents: “Of Sleep & Light,” his eclectic program is designed to bring listeners from the reverie and light of spring to the darkness of sleep and the resounding renewal that is a result from each. Featuring works such as “There Will be Rest” by Frank Ticheli (based on a Sara Teasdale poem) to “Sleep” by Eric Whitacre to “Come Sleep” by the up and coming Australian composer, Daniel Brinsmead, this program travels through the recesses of what it is to rest; whether in the act of falling asleep, of dreaming, or of finding an ultimate peace. The concert is rounded out by sacred and secular work revolving around light and features works such as “Heavenly Light “(Kopylow) as well as an amazing arrangement of “This Little Light of Mine” by Moses Hogan, $10, Hampden Congregational Church, 101 Main Road North, Hampden. FMI: 207-862-5248, www.hccmaine.org.
May 19, Sunday, 4-5pm, Sacred Music Concert, St. John’s Adult & Youth Choirs with harp, oboe, strings & organ, featuring Missa Brevis by Joseph Haydn and works of Bach, Mozart, Rutter & Schubert, free, St. John’s Catholic Church, 207 York Street, Bangor. FMI: 207-217-6740, www.mainetoday.com.

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