Out and About for the Mid Coast Lakes Region of Maine June 30-July 1

Out and About for the Bangor Lakes Region of Maine June 30-July 6
Out and About for the Bangor Lakes Region of Maine June 30-July 6
June 29, 2016
Out and About for the Belgrade Lakes Region of Maine June 30-July 6
June 29, 2016

Out and About for the Mid Coast Lakes Region of Maine June 30-July 1

Main-Street-Wiscasset

“Wiscasset Art Festival,” Downtown, Wiscasset

June 30, Thursday, 11am, “Music at the Museum,” UDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: 10 Variations on “Ich bin der Schneider Kakadu,” Op. 121a, MAURICE RAVEL (arr. Jones):Le Tombeau de Couperin, ROBERT SCHUMANN: Adagio and Allegro, Op. 70, RODION SHCHEDRIN (arr. Despalj): A la Albeniz. Bowdoin Festival Extra presents special events throughout the summer. Concerts and public masterclasses feature our resident artists and participants; lectures and demonstrations feature faculty and guest presenters. Tickets are not required, RSVP required, $10/suggested donation, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, 9400 College Station, Brunswick. FMI: 207-725-3275, www.bowdoinfestival.org.
June 30, Thursay, 5pm, “Wiscasset Art Walk,” The art in Wiscasset’s artist-owned galleries is splendid. The variety of delicious eating venues in the Village center is awesome. But have you shopped the shops? Wiscasset Village is home to a collection of unique, beautiful, and sometimes quirky storefronts. Wiscasset Art Walk provides an open invitation to local residents and visitors from away to enjoy the cultural richness that Wiscasset Village offers. For four evenings – the last Thursday of June, July, August, and September – Wiscasset Village becomes a welcoming venue for art, history, music, crafts, antiques, wine tasting, late shopping, and good eating. The Village businesses and galleries create a lively street ambience during the events. Noted artists are featured with gallery displays and plein air painting, and you can hear music floating along sidewalks and out of the busy art galleries. Participant sites are marked with shiny streamers, and touring maps are available throughout the village, free, Downtown, Wiscasset. FMI: www.mainetoday.com.
June 30, Thursday, 7pm, “Novel Jazz Septet,” an evening of music from the Great American Songbook. This will be their only Skidompha appearance for the summer before they begin traveling around Maine doing their Ellington/Strayhorn concerts. The musicians of this group have been playing straight-ahead jazz for audiences throughout Maine (and beyond) for several decades. Collectively, they share over two centuries of experience in the jazz idiom. The musicians performing on 30 June will be Herb Maine (bass), Mickey Felder (piano), David Clark (Guitar), Bryan Jones (alto), Bill Manning, Michael Mitchell (trumpet) and Barney Balch (trombone), $14/adults, $12/seniors, $6/young adults, free/under 12, Skidompha Public Library, 184 Main Street, Damariscotta. FMI: 207-563-5513, www.mainejazz.net.
June 30-July 3 and 5th, Thursday-Sunday and Tuesday-Wednesday, 2pm/Fri, Sun, Tues, 7:30pm/Thurs, Fri, Sat, Sun, Tues. and Wed, “Evita,” Argentina’s controversial First Lady is the subject of this dynamic musical masterpiece. As an illegitimate fifteen year old, Eva escaped her dirt-poor existence for the bright lights of Buenos Aires. Driven by ambition and blessed with charisma, she was a starlet at twenty-two, the President’s mistress at twenty-four, First Lady at twenty-seven, and dead at thirty-three. Eva “saint to the working class, reviled by the aristocracy and mistrusted by the military” was destined to leave a fascinating political legacy unique to the 20th century. Told through a compelling score that fuses haunting chorales with exuberant Latin, pop and jazz influences, EVITA creates an arresting theatrical portrait as complex as the First Lady herself, see site for ticketing details, Maine State Music Theatre, 22 Elm Street, Brunswick. FMI: 207-725-8769, www.msmt.org.
July 1-4, Friday,-Monday, all day events, “Bath Heritage Days,” includes Smokey’s Greatest Show and Carnival, live entertainment, Main Artisan’s Marketplace, chili-chowder fest, 5 mile road race, fireworks and more, see site for scheduling details, Downtown, Bath. FMI: 207-442-7291, www.bathheritagedays.com.
July 4, Monday, 2pm, “Camden Rotary Music by the Sea,” performances by four outstanding bands: Mes Amis (acoustic gypsy jazz) at 2:00, Casco Bay Wind Symphony (popular favorites) at 3:30, Roosevelt Dime (rhythm and blues, alternative) at 5:00, and David Dodson and The Lowdown featuring Jon and Rachel Nicolas (folk, rock, blues and country) at 7:45. Great music for all ages, fireworks 9 p.m., Camden Harbor Park & Amphitheatre, Atlantic Ave., Camden. FMI: 207-236-3440, www.camdenrotary.org.
July 4, Monday, 7:30pm, “The Ying Quartet,” String quartets performing and collaborating with faculty artists. In 2016, the Ariel, JACK, Jupiter, Shanghai, and Ying Quartets will perform. ERWIN SCHULHOFF: Five Pieces for String Quartet, LEOŠ JANÁČEK: String Quartet No. 1 “Kreutzer Sonata,” WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART: Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in A Major, K. 581Jon Manasse, clarinet. $40, Studzinski Recital Hall, 21 College Street, Bowdoin College, Brunswick. FMI: 207-725-3895, www.bowdoinfestival.org.

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