Out and About for the Mid Coast Lakes Region of Maine Feb. 16-22

Out and About for the Bangor Lakes Region of Maine Feb. 16-22
Out and About for the Bangor Lakes Region of Maine Feb. 16-22
February 15, 2017
Out and About for the Belgrade Lakes Region of Maine Feb. 16-22
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Out and About for the Mid Coast Lakes Region of Maine Feb. 16-22

“Primo Cubano,” Opera House, Boothbay Harbor

Feb. 16, Thursday, 5pm, “Music in the Museum with George Lopez,” George Lopez, Beckwith Artist in Residence, performs an evening of music associated with the exhibitions on view, fee but tickets required due to limited seating, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, 9400 College Station, Brunswick. FMI: 207-725-3275, www.bowdoin.edu.
Feb. 16, Thursday, 7pm, “Audubon Program: Forestry for Birds,” wildlife biologist Susan Gallo with multi-media presentation on how we support bird habitat in Maine, free, Camden Public Library, 55 Main Street, Camden. FMI: 207-236-3440, www.librarycamden.org.
Feb. 16, Thursday, 7:30pm, “Freeport Players Improv,” Freeport Players’ will debut their new improv troupe, the FPI (Freeport Players Improv), during the Freeport FebFest of Arts & Culture, a month-long moveable feast of arts events. Trained by veteran improv artist Keith Anctil (Improvised Puppet Project, The Escapists, Stranger Than Fiction), the FPI brings together people from all walks of life in an art form that requires them to work in close cooperation. “Improv is all about creativity, sharp wits, and above all, supporting the other guy,” says Anctil. “We’ve got a roller derby athlete, a retired engineer, a schoolteacher, and more, all training together so that they can anticipate each other’s moves.” The audience is the wild card that gives improv its greatest energy, supplying prompts the troupe uses as jumping off points for scenes, pay-what-you-can, Freeport Community Library, 10 Library Drive, Freeport. FMI: 207-749-1286, www.fcponline.org.
Feb. 17-19, Friday-Sunday, 7pm/Fri. and Sat, 2pm/Sun, “On Golden Pond,” the plot focuses on aging couple Ethel and Norman Thayer, who spend each summer at their home on a lake called Golden Pond. During the year the story takes place, they are visited by daughter Chelsea with her fiancé Billy Ray and his son Billy Ray Jr. The play explores the often turbulent relationship the young woman shared with her father growing up, and the difficulties faced by a couple in the twilight years of a long marriage. Directed by Thom Watson, $15/advance, $17/door, Chocolate Church Arts Center, 798 Washington St, Bath. FMI: 207-442-8455, www.chocolatechurcharts.org.
Feb. 17, Friday, 7pm, “Scott Andrews: Ski Museum of Maine – Maine’s Nordic Skiing Heritage: 1870-Present,” Cross-country skiing and jumping were Maine’s first ski formats 146 years ago, and Nordic continues to be an important part of our state’s ski scene today. The majority of Maine’s Olympians have been Nordic skiers, coaches and officials. At the grassroots level, dozens of small Nordic ski clubs participate in racing, while many thousands of Mainers and visitors enjoy recreational cross-country skiing on hundreds of miles of trails all across the state. L.L.Bean has played a key role in the development of the sport – both competitive and recreational – and historic images from the company’s archives will be included in this educational Fireside Chat presented by Scott Andrews, the Ski Museum of Maine’s research director. As an added bonus, we will have a vintage Nordic ski equipment show-and-tell starting at 6 p.m. So dig out your classic equipment and bring it in for a wonderful nostalgic evening for Nordic ski fanatics, free, LL Bean Flagship Store, 95 Main Street, Freeport. FMI: 877-775-5232, www.llbean.com.
Feb. 17-19, Friday-Sunday, 7:30pm/Fri. and Sat, 4pm/Sun, “Shooting Star,” Snowed in overnight at a middle-America airport, college lovers Elena Carson and Reed McAllister have an unexpected and life-altering reunion. Elena has stayed true to her hippie-ish, counter-culture path, while Reed has gone predictably corporate and conservative. As the night gives way to laughter, banter, remembrance and alcohol, Elena and Reed revisit a past that holds more surprises than they imagined—and a present that neither of them could have predicted. Filled with laughter and ache, SHOOTING STAR is a bittersweet romantic comedy about the middle days of our lives, and how we got there, $15, Capt. Albert Stevens Elementary School, 31 Elementary Ave, Belfast. FMI: 207-370-7592, www.MidcoastActors.org.
Feb. 18, Saturday, 7:30pm, “Primo Cubano,” Primo Cubano plays traditional Cuban dance music dating back to the turn of the 20th Century. Son is the most popular style to come out of Cuba and is the primary contributor to the blend of Latin styles today known as Salsa. It was first a music of the country people and eventually migrated to Havana, where it was urbanized and began to draw a wider audience. Guitarist Paul D’Alessio came into contact with this music on a trip to Cuba in 2004. He began learning to play Son music on a guitar-like instrument native to Cuba called the tres and subsequently formed Primo Cubano, “Cuban Cousin”. Trumpeter Marc Chillemi has also spent time in Cuba and has played in various other Latin groups. He also plays percussion and sings on the choruses, or coros, to which the lead singer, or sonero responds with an improvised lyric. Lenny Hatch has loved the congas since he first heard Mongo Santamaría play Watermelon, and he has been playing them in addition to the bongó and other percussion instruments for over 20 years now. Eric Winter has been singing all his life and began studying Spanish at the age of 12. He has become particularly interested in Cuban music in the last few years. Eric also plays maracas and is the newest addition to Primo Cubano. Keeping it all together is Duane Edwards on the bass fiddle. Evenings with Primo Cubano on stage are a mix of concert and irresistible dance, $10/advance, $15/day of, The Opera House at Boothbay Harbor, 86 Townsend Ave, Boothbay Harbor. FMI: 207-633-5159, www.boothbayoperahouse.com.

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