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Out and About for the Bangor Lakes Region of Maine Apr. 6-12

Out and About for the Bangor Lakes Region of Maine Apr. 6-12

“Almost, Maine,” Hauck Auditorium, Orono

Apr. 6-8, Thursday-Saturday, 7:30pm, “Almost, Maine,” written by John Cariani, a native of Presque Isle, and premiered at the Portland Stage Company in 2004. The play comprises nine shorter plays that explore love and loss in the remote, mythical town of the title. The New York Times has described Almost, Maine as “a series of nine amiably absurdist vignettes about love, with a touch of good-natured magic realism,” $10, Hauck Auditorium, UMO, Orono. FMI: 207-581-1755, www.umaine.edu.
Apr. 7, Friday, 7pm, “Natural Selection,” join the young Charles Darwin on an adventurous voyage of exploration circumnavigating the World with the HMS Beagle. In the 19th century in Victorian times many physical phenomena were already discovered and described by natural laws, but life’s most eloquent mechanism was still unknown: How could new species arise to replace those lost in extinction? Darwin explored the explanation for how life evolved and the factors which have shaped its development here on planet Earth. Explore how he used evidence and reason to come up with the theory of Natural Selection. The program includes a tour of the night sky as viewed here in Maine, $6/adults, $4/under 12, Emera Astronomy Center, 167 Rangeley Road, Orono. FMI: 207-581-1341, astro.umaine.edu.
Apr. 7-9, Friday-Sunday, 7:30pm/Fri. and Sat, 2pm/Sun, “TRAZZAS Monster Truck Destruction Tour,” The motor sports entertainment epicenter with the nation’s most competitive monster trucks, will be invading Bangor for three super-charged shows! See these incredible 10,000 pound, car-crushing giants compete in Racing and Wheelie Contests, and then rock the house with amazing Freestyle Action during the Monster X Tour! There will be appearances from Bigfoot, Crushstation, Lumberjack, Beast, and Son of Beast. *Monster Truck lineup subject to chance, $27-$37, Cross Insurance Center, 515 Main Street, Bangor. FMI: 207-561-8300, www.crossinsurancecenter.com.
Apr. 8, Saturday, 11am-3pm, “23rd Annual HOPE Festival: Creating the Future: Art and Social Change,” a day of celebration of all the important work local organizations have been doing throughout the year. The Festival hosts an organizational fair with over 50 groups who promote social justice, sustainability, and the arts, and features interactive programs for children and adults. This year’s theme is designed to shine a light on how artists educate, inspire and motivate people to action. The visual and performing arts are crucial to our work for peace, justice, and sustainability – they are inspiring, provoking, healing, and just plain fun. This year’s theme is designed to shine a light on how artists educate, inspire and motivate people to action. Students from the University’s Art education program will host an interactive art project based around Maine-Wabanaki water protectors. Professor Gray Cox of College of the Atlantic will host a theater workshop, artists will guide attendees through an interactive mural project, and talented local artists will share their skills in etching, linotypes/block printing, and origami crane making. As always, the Festival will feature local food, including ice cream, bread, pastries, Latin American Cuisine and Fair Trade coffee. The always lively Children’s Area will be open from 11 am – 2 pm and will feature the Maine Discovery Museum and Windover Arts. Activities include mural painting, juggling, homemade instrument making, and a children’s parade with a Penobscot River theme, free, Student Fitness & Recreation Center, Hilltop Road, UMO, Orono. FMI: 207-581-1082, umaine.edu/campusrecreation.
Apr. 9, Sunday, 3pm, “Bangor Symphony Orchestra Masterworks V-British Masters,” Lucas Richman, conductor, Isaac Bray, baritone, University of Maine Singers & Oratorio Society Edward Elgar Pomp and Circumstance No. 1 
Edward Elgar Enigma Variations 
 William Walton Belshazzar’s Feast, Isaac Bray, Baritone, University of Maine Singers, and Oratorio Society Orchestral and choral brilliance will be on display when works by Elgar and Walton are performed by the BSO and the full forces of the University of Maine Singers and Oratorio Society, $15-$45, Collins Center for the Arts, 2 Flagstaff Road, Orono. FMI: 207-942-5555, www.bangorsymphony.org.
Apr. 9, Sunday, 5-7pm, “Celtic Music,” come enjoy the sounds of the Emerald Isle! Local musicians gathered playing together and dancing! Come in and enjoy a pint of craft beer and good eats, Geaghan’s Restaurant & Pub, 570 Main Street, Bangor. FMI: 207-945-3730, www.geaghans.com.
Apr. 11, Tuesday, 7:30pm, “An Evening with David Sedaris,” with sardonic wit and incisive social critiques, David Sedaris has become one of America’s pre-eminent humor writers. The great skill with which he slices through cultural euphemisms and political correctness proves that Sedaris is a master of satire and one of the most observant writers addressing the human condition today, $25-$39.50, Collins Center for the Arts, 2 Flagstaff Road, Orono. FMI: 207-581-1755, www.collinscenterforthearts.com.

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