Out and About for the Bangor Lakes Region of Maine Feb. 20-27

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Out and About for the Bangor Lakes Region of Maine Feb. 20-27

Out and About for the Bangor Lakes Region of Maine Feb. 20-27

presented by the Penobscot Theatre Company, Bangor Opera House

Feb. 21-23, Friday-Sunday, 6pm/Fri. and Sat, 3pm/Sun, “Narnia,” based on The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis, book by Jules Tasca, Lyrics by Ted Drachman and music by Thomas Tierney, presented by the Penobscot Theatre Company, $12/adults, $8/children, Bangor Opera House, 131 Main Street, Bangor. FMI: 207-942-3333, www.penobscottheatre.org.
Feb. 21, Friday, 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m., “The Sohns Gallery Presents Gold Leaf Works by Wendilee Heath O’Brien.” the Sohns Gallery, located in The Rock & Art Shop presents Gold Leaf Works by Wendilee Heath O’Brien, the show runs from January 6th -March 16th, an artist’s reception, artist talk, and demonstration will be held on Feb. 21st at 6:30, free and open to the public, The Sohns Gallery, 36 Central Street, Bangor. FMI: 207-947-2205, www.sohnsgallery.com.
Feb. 21, Friday, 7:00 p.m., “Touching the Edge of the Universe – Maynard F. Jordan Planetarium,” this show centers at mission control for two advanced missions of deep space discovery, the program spans time from Galileo’s Tuscan villa to the launch of an advance probe and back to the beginning of time, beginning with a view of shining stars over Maine, “Touching” looks at the Universe and exposes it better in many different light energies, ages 9 to adult, $3 per person, Maynard F. Jordan Planetarium, 120 Munson Road, Orono. FMI: 207-581-1341, www.galaxymaine.com.
Feb. 21, Friday, 8:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.,” Live Music in the Haus,” join us as we present various musical acts, blues, jazz, rock, folk and more, no cover charge, Nocturnem Draft Haus, 56 Main Street, Bangor. FMI: 207-907-4380, www.nocturnemdrafthaus.com.
Feb. 22 and 23, Saturday and Sunday, “Fishing Derby,” sponsored by Toots Delicatessen, Inc, $100 cash for largest fish in each category, weigh-in at Toots Deli, contact: Vincent Sawyer, 91 Spring Street, Dexter, Wassookeag Lake, Dexter. FMI: www.maine.gov/ifw/fishing/derbies_tournaments/derbies.htm.
Feb. 23, Sunday, 10:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m., “Sunday Jazz Brunch,” Sunday morning jazz at famous Woodman’s Bar & Grill in Orono, tasteful jazz and a very tasteful brunch menu with full bar, join John Nowak with Wells Gordon and David Clarke for all your jazz favorites, no cover charge for entertainment, Woodman’s Bar & Grill, 31 Main St., Orono. FMI: 207-866-4040, www.woodmansbarandgrill.com.
Feb.19, Thursday, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., “Museum of Art Exhibit, Time’s Wife,” for New York City-based artist Hannah Cole, inspiration is found in the overlooked subjects and fragments of everyday experience, the exhibition title, Time’s Wife, taken from US poet laureate Mona Van Duyn’s poem Caring for Surfaces, provides insight into Cole’s creative impetus and meticulous approach to painting, the artist surveys her environment for subjects—defaced manhole covers, metal doors scarred with paint marks and tape residue, and the textured surfaces below our feet, she painstakingly paints these pieces of urban existence, along with items of domestic life and varied objects observed in the studio and, in doing so, imbues the mundane objects with new meaning, Cole states, “A cement sidewalk becomes a window, for example, and a man-hole cover becomes a mandala,” through her carefully framed and virtually hyper-realist depictions, she accentuates the geometric abstraction, rhythmic repetition and textural qualities of these observed surfaces, The University of Maine, Orono. FMI: 207-581-2540, www.umaine.edu.

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