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Out and About for the Bangor Lakes Region of Maine May 18-24

Out and About for the Bangor Lakes Region of Maine May 18-24

“Rusalka-The Met: Live in HD,” Collins Center for the Arts, Orono

May 19-21, Friday – Sunday, 5pm/Fri. and Sat, 1pm/Sun, “Beverly Clearly’s Ramona Quimby,” meet Ramona – unpredictable, exasperating, boisterous, and undeniably lovable – as she navigates the ups and downs of the third grade, making a “big, noisy fuss” when things don’t go her way! This dramatization of Cleary classics features Ramona’s aggravating older sister Beezus, strict teacher Mrs. Griggs, and best friend Howie, among a colorful cast of characters, with Ramona ruling the roost, $10 – $12, Penobscot Theatre, 131 Main St., Bangor. FMI: 207-942-3333, www.penobscottheatre.org.

May 19, Friday, 6:30pm, “The Allagash Wilderness Waterway Talk,” The Allagash-New England’s Wild and Scenic River narrated by author and humorist Tim Caverly; the show includes music, as well as color photographs of scenic, wildlife and historic scenes from New England’s northern forest. The audience will hear first-hand about the lore, legends, and north woods characters that ranger/supervisor Tim Caverly experienced during his 32-years while a Maine Park Ranger. A book signing will follow the talk, Penobscot County Conservation Association, 570 N. Main Street, Brewer. FMI: 207-907-0517, maineAtlanticSalmonMuseum.org.
May 19, Friday, 7pm, “New Renaissance Singers Spring Choral Concert,” program “United In Song”, arranged by our Director, Molly J. Webster, features a walk through the history of American composers from Steven Foster to the more contemporary works of Jay Althouse and Maine’s own Andrew Hirst, the theme expands to include works from outside influences such as the Beatles and Leonard Cohen, and songs of peace and unity, before and after the concert, there will be a silent auction of items donated by varied talents and services of our members, from a picnic basket with wine, to massage, art and handmade items, with funds raised to benefit New Renaissance Singers and our music scholarship fund, refreshments will be provided after the concert, so feel free to hang out with us, have a snack, and bid on some great stuff, free, First Congregational Church, 35 Church St., Brewer. FMI: 207-992-7870, www.visitbangormaine.com.
May 20, Saturday, 5:30pm/dinner, 7pm/band, “Chicken Pie Supper and Hillbilly Band,” partake of a delicious chicken pie supper with all of the fixin’s, including homemade rolls and pies. Then, stomp your feet, clap your hands, or even dance to the music of the Pasture Prime hillbilly band, $8/dinner, $8/band, $15/dinner & band, Bangor Grange Hall #372, 1192 Ohio Street, Bangor. FMI: 207-884-9339, www.bangorgrange.org.
May 20, Saturday, 7pm, “Broadway Tonight!” presented by the Bangor Community Chorus, featuring Broadway’s best and greatest songs, featuring The Music Man, The King and I, The Pajama Game, West Side Story and more, donations, First United Methodist Church, 703 Essex Street, Bangor. FMI: www.bangordailynews.com.
May 20, Saturday, 7:30pm, “The Skyliners,” this 13 pc. Big-Band performs dance music in the tradition of Glen Miller and Count Basie, all your favorite arrangements from the 40’s and 50’s as well as Swing, Jazz, Pop, Waltz and Latin numbers. Beer and wine available for purchase for those 21+, $10, Next Generation Theatre, 39 Center St., Brewer. FMI: 207-989-7100, www.nextgenerationtheatre.com.
May 21, Sunday, 12pm, “Rusalka-The Met: Live in HD,” Kristine Opolais stars in the role that helped launch her international career, the mythical Rusalka, who sings the haunting “Song to the Moon.” Mary Zimmerman brings her wondrous theatrical imagination to Dvorák’s fairytale of love and longing, rejection and redemption. Brandon Jovanovich, Jamie Barton, Katarina Dalayman, and Eric Owens complete the all-star cast, and Mark Elder conducts. The only one of Dvorák’s operas to gain an international following (so far), Rusalka is in many ways a definitive example of late Romanticism—containing folklore, evocations of the natural and the supernatural worlds, and even a poignant interpretation of the idea of a love-death. The story has a strong national flavor as well as universal appeal, infused by the Romantic supernaturalism of Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué’s novella Undine (previously set as an opera by E.T.A. Hoffmann, Tchaikovsky, and others) and Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Mermaid, $23/adults, $18/seniors, $8/students, Collins Center for the Arts, 2 Flagstaff Road, Orono. FMI: 207-581-1755, www.collinscenterforthearts.com.

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