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“Model Railroad Show,” Augusta

Mar. 26 -28, Thursday – Saturday, 10am-6pm, closes 4pm Saturday, “The River in Time: Solargraphs of the Kennebec River,” Photographer Johanna Moore built 120 pinhole cameras and set the cameras along the shores of the Kennebec and many of its tributaries. Between the Summer and Winter Solstices, the cameras created a visual diary of the light that shines along the course of the great river, from Indian Pond to Phippsburg, the photographs included in the Monkitree show focus on this region of the Kennebec, free, Monkitree Gallery, 263 Water St., Gardiner. FMI: 207-512-4679, www.monkitree.com.
Mar. 27, Thursday, 5pm, “Closer by Patrick Marber,” Kati Vecsey of the theater faculty directs, and students in her advance voice and speech course perform a play described by New York Magazine as “a sad, savvy, often funny play that casts a steely, unblinking gaze at the world of relationships,” free, Pettingrew Hall, Gannet Theater, Bates College, 329 College Street, Lewiston. FMI: 207-786-6161, www.bates.edu.
Mar. 27, Thursday, 8pm, “New York Funk Exchange,” The New York Funk Exchange is a 9-piece original funk/soul band hailing from Brooklyn, New York. Since its inception in 2007, the NYFE has played more than 200 electrifying live shows all over the United States, sharing the stage with artists like Fred Wesley & the New JB’s, Galactic, Topaz, Melvin Seals, Martha and the Vandellas, Eddie Money, Damian Marley, Nas and many others, $12, Franco Center, 46 Cedar St., Lewiston. FMI: 207-783-1585, www.francocenter.org.
Mar. 28, Saturday, 10am-3pm, “Maine 3 – Railers Model Railroad Show,” is noted for its operating displays, demonstrations and interaction between visitors and vendors – as well as trains kids can enjoy for themselves, $4, free under 12, Augusta Elks Lodge, 397 Civic Center Drive, Augusta. FMI: 207-623-3367, www.maine3railers.org.
Mar. 28, Saturday, 7:30pm, “Requiem: The Power to Transcend,” it will be such a profound joy to present these requiems by two French composers, Gabriel Fauré and Maurice Duruflé, whose works have moved audiences around the world, two pieces are frequently paired in concert because they complement each other so well, horns, trumpets, strings, harp, timpani, and organ of the Maine Music Society Orchestra will accompany the 70 voices of the Chorale, $20/adult, $18/senior, $10, free/under 12, Franco Center, 46 Cedar Street, Lewiston. FMI: 207-783-1585, www.francocenter.org.
Mar. 28, Saturday, 7:30pm, “Chris Smither,” acoustic country blues singer-songwriter, $28, Johnson Hall Performing Arts Center, 280 Water Street, Gardiner. FMI: 207-582-7144, www.johnsonhall.org.
Mar. 28, Saturday, 8pm, “Justin McKinney,” returns to the Waterville Opera House with his blend of real stories from the rural patrol, family and everyday life, always with the flavor of Juston’s classic guy who tries and somehow comes up a little short, $18, Waterville Opera House, 1 Common St., Waterville. FMI: 207-873-7000, www.operahouse.org.

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