Out and About for the Sanford/York Lakes Region of Maine Aug. 15-21

Out and About for the Belgrade Lakes Region of Maine Aug. 15-21
August 15, 2013
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August 15, 2013

Out and About for the Sanford/York Lakes Region of Maine Aug. 15-21

“Legend of the Mustang” Intertribal Pow Wow, Biddeford

Aug. 15, Thursday, 7:30-9:15pm, VentiCordi Chamber Music Concert, Handel/Halvorsen-Passacaglia for Violin and Viola, Brott-Three on a Spree for Violin, Oboe, and Piano, Mozart Quartet, K.298 in A for Flute, Violin, Viola & Cello, Rota-Trio for Flute, Violin and Piano, Bliss – Conversations for Flute, Oboe, Violin, Viola and Cello (1920), $20, $15/seniors, $5/18 and under, South Congregational Church, 2 North Street, Kennebunkport. FMI: 207-286-6688, www.venticordi.com.
Aug. 15, Thursday, 8pm, Bob Marley, making his first television appearance on Comedy Central, he is now one of the few comics to do the complete late night circuit including The Late Show with David Letterman, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and Late Night with Conan O’Brien, $25 plus $3/convenience fee, Jonathan’s Restaurant, 92 Bourne Lane, Ogunquit. FMI: 207-646-4777, www.jonathansrestaurant.com.
Aug. 15-17, Thursday-Saturday, 8pm and 2pm/Thurs, “Les Miserables,” the international smash hit based on the novel by Victor Hugo, in 19th century France, Jean Valjean is released from 19 years of unjust imprisonment, but sees nothing in store for him but mistrust and mistreatment. He is relentlessly pursued by police inspector Javert who refuses to believe that Valjean can change his ways. With the backdrop of the French Revolution, the story is grand and uplifting-and the music packs a thrilling emotional wallop, $25/adults, $23/seniors, $10/20 and younger, Hackmatack Playhouse, 538 School Street, Berwick. FMI: 207-698-1807, www.hackmatack.org.
Aug 15-17, Thursday-Saturday, 8pm and 2pm/Sat, “All Shook Up,” in the summer of ’55, a hip-swiveling guitar player arrives in a small Midwestern town to ‘shake, rattle & roll’. In the next 24 hours, five mixed-up love stories start percolating. Part camp, part romantic farce, this funhouse ride is filled with toe tapping and hand clapping. This high energy juke box musical features Presley favorites including Jailhouse Rock, Heartbreak Hotel, Teddy Bear and more, see site for ticketing details, Arundel Barn Playhouse, 53 Old Post Road, Arundel. FMI: 207-985-5552, www.arundelbarnplayhouse.com.
Aug. 16-18, Friday-Sunday, 9:30am-8pm, ‘Legend of the Mustang’ Intertribal Pow Wow, drumming, dancing and a sharing of culture and tradition, artists, crafters and musicians representing North, South & Central America, $5, $4/seniors, free/under 6, Ever After Mustang Rescue, 463 West Street, Biddeford. FMI: 207-284-7721, www.mustangrescue.org.
Aug. 17, Saturday, 6:30pm, The Spectras, tunes from the ‘60s and’70s, part of the Summer Concert Series, bring lawnchair or blanket, free, Hope Hobbs Gazebo, Wells Harbor Community Park, Wells. FMI: 207-646-5596, www.thespectras.com.
Aug. 17, Saturday, 7pm, Two for the Show, Valerie Kuhn Reid and Karen Stathoplos concert, $10/per person, $25/per family, Sanford Unitarian Universalist Church, 5 Lebanon Street, Sanford. FMI: 207-324-3191, www.sanforduuchurch.org.

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