Out and About for the Sebago Lakes Region of Maine May 13-18

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Out and About for the Sebago Lakes Region of Maine May 13-18

MaryBastoni

“What the World Needs Now is Love, Mary Bastoni,” Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center, Fryeburg

May 13 and 15, Friday and Sunday, 7pm/Fri, 3pm/Sun, “Lake Region Community Concert,” a wide variety of music celebrating the coming of summer. As always, the selection is quite diverse, from baroque to modern pop, with stops everywhere in between, free, Bridgton Academy, Route 37, North Bridgton. FMI: 207-647-3733, www.lakeregioncommunitychorus.org.
May 13, Friday, 7:30pm, “Broadway Cabaret,” with Boston-based actress Brittany Rolfs and local musician extraordinaire, George Wiese, to present an array of Broadway favorites, $15, Denmark Arts Center, 50 West Main St, Denmark. FMI: 207-452-2412, www.denmarkarts.org.
May 13, Friday, 8pm, “Nitty-Gritty Dirt Band,” this iconic and profoundly influential band, is often cited as a catalyst for an entire movement in Country Rock and American Roots Music, they are and will be Jeff Hanna, Jimmie Fadden, Bob Carpenter, and John McEuen, the band’s successes include a cover version of Jerry Jeff Walker’s “Mr. Bojangles,” $80 +$4 handling fee, Stone Mountain Arts Center, 695 Dug Way Rd., Brownfield. FMI: 207-935-7292, www.stonemountainartscenter.com.
May 14, Saturday, 7pm, “New Traditions A Cappella Show,” The acclaimed 50+ man Downeasters Barbershop Chorus will join forces with Bowdoin College’s Meddiebempster a cappella group for a night of harmony! The Downeasters and chapter quartets will perform a variety of a cappella music and The Meddiebempsters are sure to impress, $18/adults, $15/seniors, free/under 18, Yarmouth Performing Arts Center, 286 West Elm St, Yarmouth. FMI: 207-370-8181. www.downeasters.org.
May 14, Saturday, 7:30pm, “What the World Needs Now is Love,” an evening of Burt Bacharach’s music with popular vocalist Mary Bastoni and her swinging band, benefit for Mountain Top Music, $25, Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center, 18 Bradley Street, Fryeburg. FMI: 603-447-4737, www.mountaintopmusic.com.
May 14, Saturday, 1:30pm, “Tragedy at Breakneck Brook,” a flash flood on Breakneck Brook in August 1939 destroyed 18 bridges and in Baldwin took the lives of three Hiram residents: Clarence Lamont, and the wife and daughter of Raymond Cotton, storekeeper of Cotton’s Store, who lost his camera and never again made one of his famous home movies, Sharon Thomas, Baldwin Historical Society, tells the story of this tragic day, sponsored jointly by Hiram Historical Society and Soldiers Memorial Library, A flash flood on Breakneck Brook in August 1939 destroyed 18 bridges and in Baldwin took the lives of three Hiram residents: Clarence Lamont, and the wife and daughter of Raymond Cotton, storekeeper of Cotton’s Store, who lost his camera and never again made one of his famous home movies, Sharon Thomas, Baldwin Historical Society, tells the story of this tragic day. Sponsored jointly by Hiram Historical Society and Soldiers Memorial Library, 85 Main St., Hiram. FMI: 207-625-4762, www.soldiersmemoriallibrary.org.
May 14, Saturday, 9:30am-6pm, “Maine Nordmenn Day,” Sons of Norway Syttende Mai Celebration, parade, pot-luck buffet, children’s activities, admission age 4 and up $5.50 at the gate, Maine Wildlife Park, 56 Game Farm Rd., Gray. FMI: 207-657-4977, www.mainewildlifepark.com.

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