Out and About for the Bangor Lakes Region of Maine Jan. 15-21

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Out and About for the Bangor Lakes Region of Maine Jan. 15-21

Out and About for the  Bangor Lakes Region of Maine Jan. 15-21

“The Merry Widow,” The Grand, Ellsworth

Jan. 15, Thursday, 8:30pm, “An Evening with Johnny Damon,” American professional baseball outfielder, former player of both the Red Sox and New York Yankees, shares memories and all things baseball, $35, Gracie Theatre, Husson University, 1 College Circle, Bangor. FMI: 207-989-5631, www.wezq-fm.com.
Jan 16 – 18, Friday – Sunday, 7pm/Fri. and Sat., 2pm/Sun., “Death of a Salesman,” the story revolves around the last days of Willy Loman who cannot understand how he failed to win success and happiness, through a series of tragic revelations we discover his quest for the “American Dream” kept him blind to the people who truly loved him, $12/adults, $6/students, Cyrus Pavilion Theatre, Grove St. Ext., University of Maine, Orono. FMI: 207-884-1030, www.tenbuckstheatre.org.
Jan. 16, Friday, 7:30-11:30pm, “Winter Beach Ball,” The Bob Charest Band will be providing the dance music we know and love, light refreshments and a cash bar will be available, the night will be filled with laughter, good food, and great dancing, all proceeds from the 2015 Winter Beach Ball will toward the Auxiliary’s pledge to Raish Peavey Haskell Children’s Cancer and Treatment Center, $35, $350/table of 10, Cross Insurance Center 515 Main Street, Bangor. FMI: 207-973-5055, www.emmcauxiliary.org.
Jan. 16, Friday, 8-11pm, “The Swamptones,” a four-piece party band, playing rock, blues, surf, rock-a-billy, and party music, Hollywood Casino Hotel & Raceway, 500 Main Street, Bangor. FMI: 877-779-7771, www.hollywoodcasinobangor.com.
January 17, Saturday, 12-3:30pm, “Live from the MET: The Merry Widow,” the great Renée Fleming stars as the beguiling femme fatale who captivates all Paris in Lehár’s enchanting operetta, seen in a new staging by Broadway virtuoso director and choreographer Susan Stroman (The Producers, Oklahoma!, Contact), Stroman and her design team of Julian Crouch (Satyagraha, The Enchanted Island) and costume designer William Ivey Long (Cinderella, Grey Gardens, Hairspray) have created an art-nouveau setting that climaxes with singing and dancing grisettes at the legendary Maxim’s, Nathan Gunn co-stars as Danilo and Kelli O’Hara is Valencienne, $26/adults, $19/students, The Grand, 165 Main St., Ellsworth. FMI: 207-667-9500, www.grandonline.org.
Jan 17, Saturday, 7:30-9:30pm,”The Skyliners,” this 13 pc. Big-Band will perform dance music in the tradition of Glen Miller and Count Basie, all your favorite arrangements from the 40’s and 50’s as well as Swing, Jazz, Pop, Waltz and Latin numbers, beer and wine available for purchase for those 21+, $8, Between Friends Art Center, Next Generation Theatre, 39 Center St., Brewer. FMI: 207-989-7100, www.nextgenerationtheatre.com.
Jan. 18, Sunday, 9am-2pm, “Children’s Ice Fishing Day,” children from toddlers to age 15 can participate and experience ice fishing with pre-drilled holes and pre-placed ice fishing traps on LeVasseur Pond, equipment and bait will be provided, activities monitored, supervised and taught by experienced fishers, sportsmen and women, warm beverages and snacks will be available for donation, children must be accompanied by an adult, dress warmly, sponsored by Penobscot County Conservation Association, free, LeVasseur Pond, Brewer. FMI: 207-989-4709, www.conservationassociation.org.

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