Out and About for the Mid-Coast Lakes Region of Maine Apr. 9-15

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Out and About for the Mid-Coast Lakes Region of Maine Apr. 9-15

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“A History of Megunticook Lake,” Camden Library

Apr. 9, Thursday, 6-8pm, “Fruit Trees,” growing tree fruit is fun and rewarding. Join University of Maine Cooperative Extension Master Gardener, Joel Leak, as he provides basic information on how to grow tree fruit (including apples, pears, peaches, apricots, nectarines, cherries, and plums). Learn about site selection, varieties, planting, pollination, insect pests, diseases and pruning, call to register, $15-$20, Freeport High School, 30 Hobrook Street, Freeport. FMI: 207-865-6171,apm.activecommunities.com .
Apr. 9, Thursday, 7pm, “A History of Megunticook Lake,” prehistory through the 20th Century, presented by Paul Leeper of the Megunticook Lake Association. Part of Maritime Month at the library, free, Camden Public Library, 55 Main Street, Camden. FMI: 207-236-3440, www.librarycamden.org.
Apr. 10-11, Friday-Saturday, 7pm, “Hot Country Nights,” classic and popular country music and comedy delivered in the “Hee-Haw” style, $8, $5/students and seniors, Crooker Theater, Brunswick High School, 116 Maquoit Road, Brunswick. FMI: 207-319-1910, www.brunswick.k12.me.us/bhs.
Apr. 10, Friday, 7:30pm, “Ellis Paul,” his songwriting credentials are unassailable. They are as genuine as the fifteen Boston Music Awards he has earned, as indelible as the tattoo of Woody Guthrie that adorns his arm, and as authentic as the musical roots he draws upon with every note he plays. He emerged out of the Boston music scene during a time when contemporary folk was beginning to come into the mainstream. Now, with 20+ years of playing 150 to 200 show annually, 19 record releases, a documentary film, a book of poems/short stories, an award winning children’s book project, as well as songs featured on Hollywood soundtracks, he makes Boston’s music scene proud, $18/advance, $22/day of, The Opera House at Boothbay Harbor, 86 Townsend Avenue, Boothbay Harbor. FMI: 207-633-5159, www.boothbayoperahouse.com.
Apr. 11, Saturday, 7pm, “The Triple Helix Piano Trio,” widely recognized as one of the best piano trios in America. The Boston Globe described them as “the livest live music in town….touched by special grace,” classical music, presented by the Blue Hill Concert Association, $30, free/students and children, The First Congregational Church of Blue Hill, 22 Tenney Hill Road, Blue Hill. FMI: 207-374-2891, www.bluehillconcertassociation.org.
Apr. 11, Saturday, 7:30pm, “Frank Mauceri Quintet,” Bowdoin faculty member Frank Mauceri, assembles a chamber ensemble of jazz and classical performers for a suite of original compositions inspired by the whimsical short stories of Italo Calvino. Mark Tipton, trumpet; Ben Noyes, cello; Yasmin Vitalius, violin; Peter Dugas, piano; and Frank Mauceri, saxophone, free, Studzinski Recital Hall, Bowdoin College, College Street, Brunswick. FMI: 207-798-4141, www.bowdoin.edu.
Apr. 12, Sunday, 10am-2pm, “Bath Antique Show and Sale,” Harry Hepburn, an expert on clock history and repair, will be the featured exhibitor at the show. If you ever had a question about your antique clock or watch, this is the man to ask, $4, Bath Middle School, 6 Old Brunswick Road, Bath. FMI: 207-582-5908, www.mainetoday.com.

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