Out and About for the Mid Coast Lakes Region of Maine June 13-19

Out and About for the Bangor Lakes Region of Maine June 13-19
June 12, 2013
Out and About for the Belgrade Lakes Region of Maine June 13-19
June 12, 2013

Out and About for the Mid Coast Lakes Region of Maine June 13-19

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“Introduction to Invasive Aquatic Plants,” Union

June 14 and 15, Friday and Saturday, 7:30pm/Friday and Saturday, 2pm/Saturday, George Saterial, Award-Winning Magician, George has become the first and only magician in the world to receive magic’s highest and most coveted honors, the “Gold Medal of Excellence,” from the industry’s foremost associations. It’s rare that either award is given–in nearly twenty years they have been granted a combined total of only seven times. George was awarded both honors in the same year, doors open 30 minutes prior to performance times, $15-22, Freeport Theater of Awesome, 5 Depot Street, Freeport. FMI: 207-518- 8839, www.awesometheater.com.
June 15, Saturday, 10am-3:30pm, 111h Annual House Tour of Architectural Gems and Hidden Gardens, presented by Sagadahoc Preservation, Inc. $25/advance, $30/door, Hyde School, Bath. FMI: 207-443-2174, www.hyde.edu.
June 15, Saturday, 7pm, Shakespeare Open Mic Night, opportunity for everyone, young and old, to step up to the microphone and share some of their favorite scenes, soliloquies and sonnets from the works of William Shakespeare – or even their own takes on the works of The Bard. There will be games and fun activities to get folks in the Shakespearean mood, No experience necessary-come to read, watch or perform. Participants can sign up at the door. A selection of Shakespearean texts will be provided as well as refreshments, free, Jesup Memorial Library, 34 Mount Desert Street, Bar Harbor. FMI: 207-288-4245, www.jesup.lib.me.us.
June 15, Saturday, 7-8:15pm, Gilad Hekselman Quartet, a native Israeli, Gilad Hekselman has shared the stage with many international jazz greats and has played the Blue Note, The Jazz Gallery, Smalls, 55 Bar, Dizzy’s Club, Minton’s Playhouse, and toured in Switzerland, Japan, Scotland, Canada, Norway, Hungary, and Israel. He has also played in world famous jazz festivals such as Montreux JF, Duke Ellington JF, San Francisco JF and Tel Aviv JF, $10-35, The Strand Theatre, Rockland. FMI: 207-236-2823, www.rocklanstrand.com.
June 16, Sunday, 3pm,”One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” Dale Wasserman’s (“Man of La Mancha”) Tony Award-winning adaptation of Ken Kesey’s groundbreaking novel “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest!,” presented by New Surry Theatre, $12-15, Blue Hill Town Hall Theater, Blue Hill. FMI: 207-200-4720, www.newsurrytheatre.org.
June 17, Monday, 7:30pm, “Hair,” The “Age of Aquarius” comes to the MSMT stage for ONE NIGHT ONLY with the Tony Award winning musical, HAIR! Join the flower power with songs like, “Let The Sunshine In,” “Aquarius,” “Easy To Be Hard,” “Hair,” and “Good Morning Starshine.” HAIR will be THE groovy event of the summer!, $17-30, Maine State Theatre, Pickard Theater, Memorial Hall, Bowdoin College, Brunswick. FMI: 207-725-8769, www.bowdoin.edu.
June 18, Tuesday, 10am-4pm, Introduction to Invasive Aquatic Plant Patrolling, the primary goal of this comprehensive, 6-hour workshop is to provide those who wish to join Maine’s “early detection” effort with information and guidance needed to get started, Mic Mac Campground will provide a bagged lunch including a sandwich, soft drink and chips, pre-registration required, max capacity of 100, $5, Mic Mac Campground, 210 Mic Mac Lane, Union. FMI: 207-783-7733, www.micmaccampground.com.

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