Out and About for the Belgrade Lakes Region of Maine Jan. 2 – 8

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Out and About for the Belgrade Lakes Region of Maine Jan. 2 – 8

Jan. 3, Friday, 5-6:30pm, “Spaghetti Supper,” includes coffee and dessert, benefits community activities, $6/adults, $3/kids under 10, VFW Post `603, 588 Minot Avenue, Auburn.  FMI:  207-966-1186, www.sunjournal.com.
Jan. 3, Friday, 7pm, “Belly Dancing,” step into Arabia, followed by music with DJ David Skye, a family environment, unique experience, wonderful food and entertainment, Narals Experience Arabia, 34 Court Street, Auburn.  FMI:  207-344-3201, www.narals.com.
Jan. 4, Saturday, 9am-12pm, “Winter Farmer’s Market,” vendors from both Sandy River Farmers  Market and Farmington Famers Market will be in attendance , as well as other vendors, with vegetables, meats, honey, gourmet cuisine, pies, jams, baked goods, eggs, crafts and more, free to browse, Farmington Grange, 124 Bridge Street, Farmington.  FMI:  207-778-6637, www.downtownfarmington.org.
Jan. 4, Saturday, 7pm, “Boy Voyage Fiddlin’ Jay Smith Concert,” a prodigious fiddle-playing talent, member of the Mountaineers, Maine’s oldest continuous Bluegrass band, bandleader Stan Keach, of Rome, said, “Jay has more classic old-time Bluegrass licks at his disposal than any other fiddler in Maine,” $12, $8/students, free/10 and under, Nordica Auditorium, Merrill Hall, UMF, Farmington.  FMI:  207-397-2241, www.umf.maine.edu.
Jan. 4, Saturday, 7-10pm, “Dance,” music by Jones Dance Band, public participation, $5, American Legion Hall, 12 Church Street, Paris.  FMI:  207-743-8832, www.sunjournal.com.
Jan. 5, Sunday, 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m., “Family Folk Festival:  The Gawlers and The Boardmans,” these well-known families will join forces to present a fun-filled concert of Downeast, Celtic, Irish and Quebec folk music filled with fabulous guitar and banjo picking, fiddling, singing, and their great love of music, advance ticket purchase recommended, snow date is Jan.12, $10, $5 Student, 12 and under are free, UMA Jewett Auditorium, 46 University Drive, Augusta.  FMI:  207-621-3551, www.uma.edu.
Jan. 8, Wednesday, 10:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m., “The Lunder Collection,” in 2007 Peter and Paula Lunder, longtime benefactors of Colby College, promised their collection of more than 500 works of art to the Colby College Museum of Art. The Lunder Collection: A Gift of Art to Colby College, installed in the new Alfond-Lunder Family Pavilion and the Lunder Wing, commemorates the formal transfer of this extraordinary gift to Colby, the exhibition presents more than 280 works from the Lunder Collection and showcases the collection’s strengths in 19th and 20th-century American and contemporary art, free and open to the public, Colby College Museum of Art, 5600 Mayflower, Waterville.  FMI:  207-859-5600, www.colby.edu/museum.

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