Out and About for the Belgrade Lakes Region July 18-24

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Out and About for the Belgrade Lakes Region July 18-24

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Monmouth Theater, Monmouth

July 18-20. Thursday-Saturday, daily events, Central Maine Egg Festival, week long festival including Kiwanis Carnival, Street Dance, Egglympics, lots of music, basketball tournament, window, painting, horseshoe contest, marketplace, kiddie parade, The Big Parade, display tends, artists display, quiche/cheesecake/pie contest and much more, free/community activities, Kiwanis Carnival/ticket fees, various venues, Pittsfield. FMI: 207-487-3136, www.pittsfield.org.
July 18-22, Thursday-Sunday, Maine International Film Festival, 10 days, 100 films, 50 filmmakers, representing the best of American independent and international cinema, some of Maine and New England’s most exciting and innovative filmmakers, audiences have opportunities to meet and talk with some of the people behind the movies, $9/film, $85/partial pass, $200/full pass, various movie theater venues, Waterville. FMI: www.miff.org.
July 18, Thursday, 7-9pm, Art Song Concert I, The Opera Workshop is proud to present the first Art Song Recital of the season, during the course of the season, the Opera Workshop will feature a series of concerts, with a wide range of timeless selections from opera repertoire, art songs, and more, sung by members of the Opera Workshop as well as faculty members, free, Lorimer Chapel, Colby College, 4000 Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville. FMI: 888-704-1311, www.atlanticmusicfestival.org.
July 19-21, Friday-Sunday, 2pm/Friday opens, Western Maine Storytelling Festival, featured evening storytellers will be Susan Poulin, creator of Ida LeClair, “the funniest woman in Maine,” and Abenaki storyteller and writer Joseph Bruchac, a poetry reading by Wes McNair, regional quilt artists showing their quilts and telling the tales behind them, “Stories in Song” with singer-songwriters Matt and Shannon Heaton, Matt Shipman and Erica Brown, and “Western Maine Talkers” from the logging industry telling stories of their life and work experiences, loggers will bring trucks and logging equipment for visitors to examine, see site for ticketing and scheduling details, various locations, Farmington. FMI: 207-860-6622, www.westernmainestorytelling.org.
July 19, 21 and 24, Friday, Sunday, and Wednesday, 7:30pm/Fri and Wed, 1pm/Sun, “Our Town,” Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer Prize winning drama, a timeless tale of the universal experience of being human. Teenagers George and Emily meet, fall in love, and marry, enduring both the joys and sorrows of everyday live, see venue for ticket pricing, Monmouth Theater, 796 Main Street, Monmouth. FMI: 207-933-9999, www.theateratmonmouth.org.
July 20, Saturday, all day events, Hallowell Old Home Days, a variety of Old Home fun including parade, road race, music, food, contests and more, various venues, Hallowell. FMI: 207-623-4021, www.oldhallowellday.org.
July 20, Saturday, 5-11pm, Reggae Fest, Jamaican food cooked by native Jamaicans who work in the orchard, live music by Stream Reggae, BYOB, menu: curried goat, jerk chicken, rice & peas, cole slaw, dinner rolls, salad, dessert, gates open at 5pm, dinner at 6pm, concert at 6:30pm, $30, $10/show only, Lakeside Orchards, 318 Readfield Road, Manchester. FMI: 207-622-2479, www.manchester.govoffiec2.com.

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