Out and About for the Mid Coast Lakes Regions July 18-24

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Out and About for the Mid Coast Lakes Regions July 18-24

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Maine State Theater, Brunswick

July 18, Thursday, 7:30-9pm, The Moscow Magic and Comedy Show-Starring Vladimir Zinczenko, features mind blowing card manipulation, hilarious attempts at picking the pockets of audience members and daring and dramatic escapes, Zinczenko brings a whole new meaning to the phrase, “catch me if you can,” but as his thrilled audiences will tell you, it’s all in fun, $22/advance, $25/door, Freeport Theater of Awesome, 5 Depot Street, Freeport. FMI: 207-518-8839, www.AwesomeTheater.com.
July 18-21 and 23-24, 7:30pm/nightly, 2pm/Fri, Sun and Tues, “Gypsy,” loosely based on the memoirs of striptease artists, Gypsy Rose Lee, follows the dreams and disappointments of Mama Rose (played by Charis Leos) and her fight to raise her two daughters, Dainty June and Louise, in the world of 1920’s show business, when vaudeville was dying and burlesque was born, see venue for ticket pricing, Maine State Music Theatre, Pickard Theater, 1 Bath Road, Brunswick. FMI: 207-725-8769, www.msmt.org.
July 18, Thursday, 8pm, Lake Street Dive, pulling in familiar elements and irreverently scrambling and recombining them, Lake Street Dive are at once jazz-schooled, DIY-motivated, and classically pop obsessed. Beginning with catchy songs that are by turns openhearted and wryly inquisitive, this northeastern quartet proceeds to inject them with an irresistible blend of abandon and precision, $15, Strand Theatre, 345 Main Street, Rockland. FMI: 207-594-0070, www.rocklandstrand.com.
July 19, Friday, 10am-4pm, Waves of Color; Summer in Full Bloom at the Mercadante-Mooney Garden, from a sea of lawn in 1999, Joe and Dominic’s in-town garden has blossomed to include extensive flowerbeds along the street and surrounding their 1800’s farmhouse. The gardens boast a nice selection of day lilies, garden phlox, coreopsis, and several roses and perennial geraniums, and over twenty dahlias in various shapes and sizes, featured by the Belfast Garden Club, $4/day, $15/ five-garden pass, Mercadante-Mooney Garden, 70 Waldo Avenue, Belfast. FMI: 207-338-3105, www.belfastgardenclub.org.
July 19-21, Friday-Sunday, 6pm/Friday/opening Concert, Maine Celtic Festival, a family oriented celebration of the rich Celtic heritage, culture and hospitality found along the coast of Maine, donations welcome, on the waterfront, Belfast. FMI: 207-338-2692, www.mainecelticcelebration.com.
July 20, Saturday, 4:30-6:30pm, Public Marinated BBQ Boneless Pork Dinner, meal includes BBQ Marinated Pork, Potato Salad, Beans, Homemade Bread, Dessert & Drink, bring a non-perishable food item and receive $1.00 off the price of a ticket, $8/adults, $7/seniors, $6/ages 5-10, free/under 5, Riverside Grange #475, 488 Little River Road, Lebanon. FMI: 207-651-6494, www.riversidegrange475.com.
July 21, Sunday, 7:30-9pm, Jimmy Webb, A true living legend of songwriting, Jimmy Webb’s been crafting amazing songs, many of which have become cherished standards, for some 40 years. And he’s still doing it. A brand new album, Just Across The River, featuring duets with many luminaries (including Jackson Browne, Michael McDonald, Glen Campbell, Vince Gill, Billy Joel, Linda Ronstadt and more) has just been released, and it might serve as the bridge that connects this songwriter with his famous songs in the public mind. Though some might still not know his name, they know the songs: “Wichita Lineman,” “By The Time I Get To Phoenix,” “Galveston,” “The Moon’s A Harsh Mistress,” “All I Know,” “The Highwayman,” “Up, Up and Away,” “MacArthur Park,” and many more. And those are just the famous ones. Webb is one of those rare songwriters who manages to bring a genuine measure of magic to everything he touches. An unforgettable evening, $22/advance tickets, $27/day of show, The Opera House at Boothbay Harbor, 86 Townsend Avenue, Boothbay Harbor. FMI: 207-633-5159, www.boothbayoperahouse.com.

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