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Out and About for the Bangor Lakes Regions of Maine Oct. 10-16

Out and About for the Bangor Lakes Regions of Maine Oct. 10-16

“Public Baked Bean and Casserole Supper,” Holden

Oct. 11, Friday, 8-11pm, “John Nowak Quintet,” an evening of jazz favorites taken from the Great American Songbook, no cover, Nocturnem Draft Haus, 56 Main Street, Bangor. FMI: 207-907-4380, www.johnnowak.net.
Oct. 11, Friday, 8-9:30pm, “Focus Group,” Come out to see Brewers premier local improv troupe performing their own unique style of improvisational comedy. FOR MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY. Beer and wine available at concessions for those 21 and older, $5, Next Generation Theatre, 39 Center Street, Brewer. FMI: 207-989-7100, www.nextgenerationtheatre.com.
Oct. 12, Saturday, 5-6pm, Public Baked Bean and Casserole Supper,” A public baked bean and casserole supper will be held at the Holden Congregational Church on Church Rd. in Holden. Menu will include homemade baked beans, an assortment of casseroles, coleslaw and other salads, pies, rolls and beverages, $7/adults, $4/under 12, free/preschoolers, Holden Congregational Church, Church Road, Holden. FMI: 207-843-6013, www.events.publicbroadcasting.net.
Oct. 13, Sunday, 1-2pm, “Geocaching in the Great Pond Mountain Wildlands,” Meet James Emmert, Geocacher Extraordinaire, at the Popple Grove (just a short walk in from the South Gate). Learn how to use cell phones and GPS devices to find caches in the world around you. Fun for the whole family. James will demonstrate the various geocaching paraphernalia and will help you locate two caches in the Wildlands. Short, half-mile walk involved. Bring cell phones and GPS devices, Great Pond Mountain Wildlands, Acadia Highway, South Gate, Orland. FMI: 207-469-6929, www.greatpondtrust.org.
Oct. 12, Saturday, 7:00 p.m.– 8:30 p.m., “Ghostly Bangor Tour,” walk through haunted Bangor and stop at several sites to hear tales of reported ghostly activities, $10 adults, $5 under 12, under 5 is free, Thomas A. Hill House, 159 Union Street, Bangor, FMI: 207-942-1900, www.bangor.museum.org.
Oct. 13, Sunday, 9am-2pm, “Peace, Water, and Wisdom 5k” A 5k on the Race for the Cure route that benefits building wells in Burkina Faso, an impoverished country in Africa, put on by John Bapst students. $0-$22, Bangor Waterfront Park, Bangor. FMI: 207-947-0313, www.johnbapst.org.
Oct. 13, Monday, 3-4pm, “Vinyl Café with Stuart McLean,” Stuart McLean is known as “Canada’s favorite storyteller” and this past year has been a landmark year for the best-selling author. His hit radio show The Vinyl Cafe is now heard by 1.5 million people each week. The show is broadcast on CBC Radio in Canada, on close to 100 public radio stations in the USA and on around the world on Sirius Satellite Radio 159 and podcasts. In 2012, Apple named The Vinyl Cafe the best audio podcast in their “Best of the Year” awards. In addition to the popular Dave & Morley stories, the show also features live and recorded music by both up-and-coming and established Canadian musicians. Increasingly, it is becoming a place where Canadians go to find new, undiscovered talent, $45, UMO, Collins Center, 5746 Collins Center for the Arts, Orono. FMI: 207-581-1755, www.umit.maine.edu.

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