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Out and About for the Belgrade Lakes Region of Maine March 20-26

Out and About for the Belgrade Lakes Region of Maine March 20-26

“Middle Eastern Dance Night,” Narals, Auburn

March 20, Thursday, 4:15 p.m. – 5:15 p.m., “Stand – Up Economist,” Bates College presents “stand-up economist” Yoram Bauman with a presentation called “Comedy, Economics and Climate change,”Bauman’s goals in life, he says, is to spread joy to the world through economics comedy; to reform economics education; and to implement carbon pricing. He performs regularly at colleges and corporate events, sharing the stage with everyone from Robin Williams to Paul Krugman, free and open to the public, Penttengil Hall G52, 4 Andrews Rd., Lewiston. FMI: 207-753-6963, www.bates.edu.
March 20, Thursday – Friday, 7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m., “Good People,” by David Lidsay – Abaire, welcome to South Boston, where this month’s paycheck covers last month’s bills and a night on the town means a few rounds of bingo, when “mouthy Southie” Margie, loses her job, she turns to an old boyfriend from the neighborhood, now a successful doctor, hoping he’ll help her make a fresh start, this humor filled drama from Pulitzer Prize winning playwright David Lindsay-Abaire, is a wickedly funny, powerful and insightful story of class, luck and the question of whether you can ever leave the old neighborhood behind, $20 Adult / $16 (Group 10+)/ $5 Youth (18 and under) contact the Presenting Organization listed below for ticketing information, The Public Theatre, 31 Maple Street, Lewiston. FMI: 207-782-3200, www.thepublictheatre.org.
March 21, Friday – Sunday, Friday 7:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m., Saturday and Sunday 2p.m., “Compelling Theatrical Piece ‘My Name is Rachel Corrie,’ comes to Augusta,” the Holocaust and Human Rights Center of Maine (HHRC) will present three performances of Dramatic Repertory Company’s My Name is Rachel Corrie on Friday, $17 – $21 contact venue for the ticketing information, Holocaust and Human Rights Center of Maine, Michael Klahr Center, University of Maine at Augusta, 46 University Drive, Augusta. FMI: 207-621-3530, www.uma.edu.
March 21, Friday, 8:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m., “Bates College Choir,” John Corrie directs the choir in Haydn’s Mass NO.11 in D minor and the Missa Brevis for the Virgin of Guadalupe by Scott Ordway, free and open to the public, Bates College, Olin Concert Hall, Olin Arts Center,75 Russell St., Lewiston. FMI: 207-786-6031, www.bates.edu.
March 21 – 22, Friday – Saturday, 7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m., “Beau Jest at Community Little Theater,” Sarah, a lovely young school teacher in Chicago, wants to please her parents, so she invents a boyfriend whom she believes will be the man of her mother’s dreams, when her parents insist on meeting the man, Sarah hires Bob, an actor, to pretend to be her “beau” the masquerade works flawlessly for a time and brings comic situations, but in the end, their lives are irrevocably changed, $18 Adult / $15 Seniors / $12 Youth (12 and under) contact the Presenting Organization listed below for ticketing information, Great Falls Performing Arts Center, 30 Academy Street, Auburn. FMI: 207-783-0958, www.laclt.com.
March 22, Saturday, 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m., “Middle Eastern Dance Night,” enjoy authentic flavors with great food and live Arabic/Turkish music from the band Okbari along with elegant, gorgeous Belly Dancing performances all evening, this is a Hafla with featured performers, please come with a hip scarf or just come ready to shimmy, there will be a specific time for Open Dance, this month – March – we welcome Rachel and Special Guest, Helena, always family friendly – reservations are recommended, no charge for entertainment, Narals, 34 Court St., Auburn. FMI: 207-344-3021, www.narals.com.
March 23, Sunday, 9:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m., “Pancake Breakfast and Old Time Maple Sugaring,” Come experience a late winter ritual done the old-fashioned way at a 19th-century living history farm, The Norlands will serve pancakes and sausage in the farmer’s cottage, a replica of the original 1867 historic building, sap boiling demonstrations take place in the Sugar House, visitors can help tap trees and collect sap, meet the schoolmarm in the one-room schoolhouse who will encourage you to practice your mental arithmetic and penmanship using a quill pen under her watchful eye, bring snowshoes or sleds and enjoy the 445 acres at this National Historic Site, $6/$8 for pancakes and sausage; otherwise free, contact the Venue listed below for ticketing information, Washburn – Norlands Living History Center, 290 Norlands Road, Livermore. FMI: 207-897-4366, www.norlands.org.

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