Out and About for the Mid Coast Lakes Region of Maine Aug. 1-7

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Out and About for the Mid Coast Lakes Region of Maine Aug. 1-7

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“Wings over Wiscasset,” Wiscasset

Aug. 1, Thursday, 7-8:30pm, Cindy Kallet and Grey Larsen, well-known and loved for their decades of music making, Cindy is a superb singer, guitarist, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. Grey is one of America’s finest players of the Irish flute and tin whistle, as well as an accomplished singer and concertina, fiddle piano and harmonium player. As composers each has contributed to the unique tapestry of contemporary folk and world music as it exists and flourishes in America today. Bring blankets or chairs for seating, concert will be moved indoors in the case of rain, free, Camden Amphitetheatre, Atlantic Avenue, Camden. FMI: 207-236-3440, www.camden.lib.me.us.
Aug. 1-3, Thursday-Saturday, 7:30pm/Thursday-Saturday, 2pm/Friday, “Gypsy,” loosely based on the memoirs of striptease artist, Gypsy Rose Lee, follows the dreams and disappointments of Mama Rose 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 site for ticketing information, Maine State Music Theatre, 22 Elm Street, Brunswick. FMI: 207-725-8769, www.msmt.org.
Aug. 2-3, Friday-Saturday, 7:30pm/Friday and Saturday, 2pm/Saturday, AudioBody, an electronic journey into an unknown realm of seriously spectacular entertainment, featuring an explosive mix of sibling rivalry, technological mishaps, relentless comedy, full-body contortion, juggling, LED light shows, and up-beat music, $22, Freeport Theatre of Awesome, 5 Depot Street, Freeport. FMI: 207-518-8839, www.awesometheater.com.
Aug. 2, Friday, 7:30-8:30pm, Melodie Francaise, a favorite of Bay Chamber Concerts’, cellist Christopher Costanza arrives for the first in a series of concerts. Also joining the resident ensemble are sought after chamber musicians, violinist Jonathan Vinocour and double bassist Anthony Manzo, $10-$45, Rockport Opera House, 6 Central Street, Rockport. FMI: 207-236-2514, www.baychamberconcerts.org.
Aug. 3, Saturday, 10am-3pm, Greater Brunswick Peace Fair, the theme of this years Fair: “Children Ask the World of Us” has led us to invent fun and engaging activities for learning how to build a world in which all children can thrive. There will be music by Inanna, Jud Caswll, Broadband, and Tyson Weems; Children’s play with Jamie Silverstri and her Art Van; A poetry-writing workshop with Gary Lawless and Terry Grasse; Ox Cart rides with Working Villages International. A collaboration by Maine Educator Zoe Well and Maine Artist Robert Shetterly on educating young people to be “Active Citizens, and “Solutionaries” will round out the day, free, Brunswick Town Mall Downtown, Maine Street, Brunswick. FMI: 207-751-9452, www.mainestreetevents.com.
Aug. 5, Monday, 5-11pm, 5th Annual Belfast Street Dance, 6 hours of entertainment, ticketed rides ranging from bucking bronco to a 24’ foot climbing wall, the best food vendors from throughout the region, a children’s area with face painting and other activities, free, 171 High Street, Belfast. FMI: 207-323-9100, www.ourtownbelfast.org.
Aug. 6, Tuesday, 9:30am-9:30pm, Wings Over Wiscasset, WWII Airplanes, Antique Autos, Music, History, Science and Fireworks culminate into a unique entertaining, educational and fundraising event, donations welcome, Wiscasset Municipal Airport, 96 Chewonki Ned Road, Wiscasset. FMI: 207-514-3885, www.wingsoverwiscasset.org.

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