Out and About for the Bangor Lakes Region of Maine Aug. 14-20

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Out and About for the Bangor Lakes Region of Maine Aug. 14-20

Out and About for the Bangor Lakes Region of Maine Aug. 14-20

“Ellsworth Antiques Show at Woodlawn,” Ellsworth

August 14 – 15, Thursday – Friday, 11:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m., “Ellsworth Antiques Show at Woodlawn,” America’s longest running summer antiques show and the region’s premier cultural event featuring 28 dealers from and as far away as Missouri. The antiques dealers will present an array of quality antiques and art. Fine examples of American and English furniture and accessories, American paintings and watercolors, Native American material, quilts, prints, rare books, ceramics, folk art, silver, jewelry, and oriental rugs will be among the items for sale. Chippers Black House Café will be serving lobster rolls, salads, entrees, hot and cold sandwiches, and wine and beer until closing, $15 including tour of the museum or $10 for show only, Woodlawn Museum Gardens & Parks, 19 Black House Drive, Route 172, Surry Road, Ellsworth. FMI: 207-667-8671, www.woodlawnmuseum.org.

August 14, Thursday, 7:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m., “Reikio Okamoto Organ Concert,” Reiko Okamoto from Yokosuka, Japan, continues the St. John’s Organ Society summer concerts with music of Felix Mendelssohn, Hina Sakamoto, and J. S. Bach, Admission is free, but donations are appreciated, St. John’s Catholic Church, 207 York St., Bangor. FMI: www.hookopus288.org.
August 15-17, Friday-Sunday, 11am/Tiny Thespians and Junior Troupe, 2pm/Youth Troupe, 7pm/Young Adult Ensemble, “Go Greek,” Tiny Thespians present “Adventures with Aesop,” and “The Seussodyssey,” Youth Troupe presents “The Greek Mythology Olympiaganza,” and the Young Adult Ensemble presents “Tiger at the Gates,” $12/adults, $8/students, Penobscot Theatre, 131 Main Street, Bangor. FMI: 207-942-3333, www.penobscottheatre.org.
August 15, Friday, 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m., “Eavesdropping on Local Bats,” How do you listen to a bat? Bats sounds are generally at high frequencies undetectable to humans. Katelin Craven has a way to make bat sounds audible for humans to hear. Her presentation also includes bat ecology, Maine’s bat species, the challenges of white nose syndrome and her bat research in Colorado. Meet at Hirundo Wildlife Refuge Parker Reed shelter. Bring flashlight. Suggested donation $5, children free. Hirundo Wildlife Refuge, 35 Hudson Road, Old Town. FMI: 207-394-2171, www.hirundomaine.org.
August 15, Friday, 7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m., “Holly Near and Emma’s Revolution in Concert,” Folk singer and composer, Holly Near, will be joined in a Concert for Community by special guests Pat Humphries and Sandy O of Emma’s Revolution, an award winning song-writing duo that contribute guitar, banjo, ukelele and exquisitely complex vocal harmonies, $20, University of Maine Hauck Auditorium, Orono. FMI: 207-581-4721, www.umaine.edu.
August 16, Saturday, 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m., “Heavy Metal! Men & Their Machines, Blacksmith Round – Up,” TONS of machines! 1910 restored Lombard log hauler fully restored will be running: 19 tons of steam powered glory! 1937 Stanley Steamer, several Celtracs, fire engines, TimberPro TF830, chain saws. Blacksmiths demonstrating their skills & more. Members Free! Adults $10, Kids 13 and up just $5, Maine Forest and Logging Museum, 54 Government Road, Off Route 178 between Old Town and Brewer, Bradley. FMI: 207-974-6278, www.maineforestandloggingmuseum.org.
August 17, Sunday, 4-6pm, “Six Basin Street Dixieland Band,” all-female band, playing gigs since 1992 everywhere from town parks to a reception for VP Al Gore, enjoy traditional Dixieland, including standards such as, “Basin Street,” “Royal Garden Blues,” “Lazy River,” and “St. James Infirmary.” The band consists of trumpet(s), saxophone(s), banjo(s), tuba, clarinet, piano, drums, agogo sticks, washboard, tambourine, and vocals, bring a lawn chair and enjoy, free, Ecotat Gardens, Annis Road, Hermon. FMI: 207-848-3485, www.ecotat.org.

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