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Out and About for the Sebago Lakes Region of Maine Sept. 18-24

pumpkin Land

“Pumpkin Land,” Mechanic Falls

Sept. 19 – 21, Friday – Sunday, 7:30 p.m./Friday & Saturday, 5:00 p.m./Sunday, “The Mousetrap,” the Mousetrap is a murder mystery play by Agatha Christie, which opened in the West End of London in 1952, and has been running continuously since then. It has by far the longest initial run of any play in history! The scene is set when a group of people gathered in a country house cut off by the snow discover, to their horror, that there is a murderer in their midst. Who can it be? One by one the suspicious characters reveal their sordid pasts until at the last, nerve-shredding moment the identity and the motive are finally revealed. Don’t miss the shuddering suspense and brilliantly intricate plot where murder lurks around every corner! $14/adults, $12/students & seniors, Standish Schoolhouse, 16 Richville Road, Standish. FMI: 207-642-3743, www.schoolhousearts.org.

Sept. 19, Friday, 8:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m., “240 Strings,” featuring Anastasia Antonacos, piano, with Patrick Doane, violin, and Ben Noyes, cello. Three musicians who grew up and trained in Maine come together for their first collaboration on a program of masterwork piano trios, $15 general admission, $10 seniors and USM faculty/staff, $5 students. Corthell Concert Hall, 37 College Ave., Gorham. FMI: 207-780-5555, www.usm.maine.edu.
Sept. 20, Saturday, 7:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., “Maine Adaptive/NEVI Fest Bike Ride,” bike ride to benefit Maine Adaptive Sports and Recreation and the New England Visually Impaired festival, enjoy three routes designed for all riding levels, routes include a 10, 25 and 60 mile ride, t-shirt and lunch included in registration cost, $45, Pineland Farms, 15 Farm View Drive, New Gloucester. FMI: 207-824-2440, www. maineadaptive.org.
Sept. 20, Saturday, 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m., “1st Schellinger Music,” an evening of music – folk, gospel, traditional, pop, in celebration of local violin maker Joseph H. Schellinger, 1838-1926, featuring Just4Folks, Seagrass Two, and fiddler Francesca Houran, to benefit the Poland Historical Society, $7, $5/seniors, Poland Town Hall, 1229 Maine Street, Poland. FMI: 207-998-4391, www.polandtownoffice.org.
Sept. 20, Saturday, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., “17th Annual Harvest Fest Chowdah Cook-Off,” an old-fashioned, fun, fall festival, arts & crafts, chowder cook-off with over a dozen restaurants, apple pie contest, demonstrations, entertainment, hiking, biking, canoeing, food, guided & self-guided bike tours, more, free admission, Bethel Town Common, Broad Street, Bethel. FMI: 207-824-2669, www.bethelmaine.org.
Sept. 20-21, Saturday and Sunday, 11am-6pm, “Pumpkin Land,” Maine’s largest fall “Agritainment Venue”. We have designed it for the young and the young at heart. The theme is, of course, Pumpkins. However there is a plethora of Halloween themed activities, rides, inflatable bounce houses, wagon rides to the pumpkin patch and much, much more for families with small children to enjoy during their visit, $5/adults, $10/17 and under, Harvest Hill Farms, 125 Pigeon Hill Road, Mechanic Falls. FMI: 207-998-3259, www.harvesthillfarms.com.
Sept. 21, Sunday, 8pm, “Sam Bush,” Grammy Award winning multi-instrumentalist, considered the originator of the Newgrass style, he is “the” mandolin player of our generation, he helped to expand the horizons of bluegrass music, fusing it with jazz, rock, blues, funk and other styles, he has played with everyone from Emmylou Harris and Bela Fleck to Charlie Haden, Lyle Lovett and Garth Brooks, $55+$3/handling fee, Stone Mountain Arts Center, 695 Dug Way Road, Brownfield. FMI: 207-935-7292, www.stonemountainartscenter.com.

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