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“Canoe Skill Clinic,” Hirundo Wildlife Refuge, Alton

July 11, Thursday, 7:30-8:30pm, Matthias Schmelmer Organ Concert, St. John’s Organ Society’s 21st Summer Recital Series on Maine’s largest 19th-Century tracker-action pipe organ, E. and G.G. Hook’s magnificent Opus 288, music of J.S. Bach, Dudley Buck, and Robert Schumann, free, St. John’s Catholic Church, 207 York Street, Bangor. FMI: 207-942-6941, www.hookopus288.org.
July 12-20, Friday-Friday, Orrington’s Old Home Week, come celebrate the town’s 225th birthday, events throughout the week include BBQ, golf tournament, book sale, tall tales of the past, old-fashioned ice cream social, dance, and much more, see site for listing of events, days and times, various venues, Orrington. FMI: 207-745-7748, www.orrington.govoffice.com.
July 13, Saturday, 1-3pm, Canoe Skill Clinic at Hirundo Wildlife Refuge, The Maine Bound Outdoor Adventure Center in collaboration with Hirundo Wildlife Refuge offers the second of two canoe clinics at the Refuge. Your instructor, Jimmy Haller, will focus on paddling strokes, rescue techniques, canoe dynamics and canoeing safety, registration and cancellation requested, $5/adults, free/school-aged children, Hirundo Wildlife Refuge, Gate 1, Hudson Road, Alton. FMI: 207-944-9259, www.hirundomaine.org.
July 13, Saturday, 8-10pm, True Blues, hosted by MacArthur Grant recipient and Bates College Honorary Doctor of Music Corey Harris, and featuring renowned roots musician Guy Davis and Alvin Youngblook Hart, True Blues chronicles the extraordinary living culture of the blues in an evening of music and conversation, $25, Center Theatre, 20 E. Main Street, Dover-Foxcroft. FMI: 207-564-8943, www.centertheatre.org.
July 16, Tuesday, 6-7pm, Big Band Swing Dance for Music Education, the Queen City Big Band will host a community concert and dance as part of Orrington’s Old Home Week. Enjoy big band swing featuring vocalists Brian Catell and Susan Patten, donation, Center Drive School, Center Drive, Orrington. FMI: 207-825-3697, www.events.publicbroadcasting.net.
July 16, Tuesday, 7-8pm, Bangor Band Waterfront Concert, one of New England’s oldest continuous community bands, the band is conducted by Curvin “Chip” Farnham, bring lawn chairs or blankets, in case of rain, the concert will be at Peakes Auditorium at the Bangor High School, free, Bangor Waterfront, Bangor. FMI: 207-944-4193, www.bangorband.org.
July 17, Wednesday, 7-8pm, The Silver Duo, Noreen and Phillip Silver have an enviable international reputation for chamber music playing of the highest caliber. The duo has received accolades and acclaim from appreciative audiences and critics throughout Europe, Israel, the United States, Scandinavia, and the Czech Republic, free, Bangor Public Library, 145 Harlow Street, Bangor. FMI: 207-947-8336, www.bpl.lib.me.us.

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