Out and About for the Mid Coast Lakes Region of Maine May 25-31

Out and About for the Bangor Lakes Region of Maine May 25-31
Out and About for the Bangor Lakes Region of Maine May 25-31
May 24, 2017
Out and About for the Belgrade Lakes Region of Maine May 25-31
May 24, 2017

Out and About for the Mid Coast Lakes Region of Maine May 25-31

“Novel Jazz,” Skidompha Public Library, Damariscotta

May 25, Thursday, 7pm, “Novel Jazz,” classic jazz, the performance will feature special guest, Ralph Norris (tenor and baritone saxophone), Barney Balch (trombone), Dave Clarke (guitar), Herb Maine (acoustic bass), Michael Mitchell (trumpet), Mickey Felder (piano), and Bill Manning (drums). This evening will be the third Skidompha Novel Jazz evening of their 2017 season, their 13th year at Skidompha, $15, $13/seniors, $7/12-18, free/under 12, Skidompha Public Library, 184 Main Street, Damariscotta. FMI: 207-563-5513, www.mainejazz.net.
May 25, Thursday, 7pm, “Traveling Sounds of Noree,” musicians from Traveling Sounds peform a piano trio program, Kobi Malkin, violin, Yi Qun Xu, cello, Yoon Lee, pian, Mendelsson Piano Trio No. 2 in D Minor, Janacek Violin Sonata, Dvorak Piano Trio No. 4 in E Minor, Opus 90 ‘Dumky,” $15, Opera House Arts, 1 Opera House Lane, Stonington. FMI: 207-367-2788, www.operahousearts.org.
May 27-29, Saturday-Monday, 10am-4pm, “Boothbay Memorial Day Craft Show,” the Boothbay Region Arts & Crafts Show on the beautiful Boothbay Commons features an extensive sampling of the finest Maine Made products in the state. People in New England have the reputation for being hard workers and it certainly shows in our crafts. Many hours and much love goes into creating our crafts and products, which gives them that extra special touch, Boothbay Commons, Route 27, Boothbay. FMI: 207-633-2404, www.sunjournal.com.
May 27, Saturday, 2pm, “Belfast Bay Fiddlers and Friends,” a loosely organized group of amateur musicians devoted to playing and sharing traditional fiddle music from the New England contra dance tradition, the tradition of music of French and Atlantic Canada, English country dance, Irish jigs and reels, and old-timey music, $1, Penobscot Marine Museum, 5 Church Street, Searsport. FMI: 207-548-2529, www.belfastbayfiddlers.org.
May 27, Saturday, 7pm, “Married with Chitlins,” is an acoustic music duo of Liz and Chris Lannon that performs Traditional American music, Old Time Country and Blues, some Jazz standards and Celtic reels and jigs, we are mainly guitar and fiddle with a strong female lead vocal with harmonies, free event, Rock City Cafe, 316 Main Street, Rockland. FMI: 207-594-4123, www.rockcitycoffee.com.
May 27, Saturday, 7:30pm, “Chris Thomas King,” New Orleans blues singer, seen on “O Brother Where Art Thou?” Multi-talented Grammy Award-winning blues artist, producer, composer and actor Chris Thomas King has been known for his audacious fusion of blues and hip-hop, but the New Orleans born King reached a whole new audience with the Coen Brothers film “O Brother, Where Art Thou?,” not only appearing on the award-winning soundtrack but playing a prominent supporting character as well. Despite the much-celebrated, down-to-earth rootsiness of “O Brother’s” music, King had previously been a determined progressive, hoping to reinvigorate the blues as a living African American art with a more contemporary approach and adamantly refusing to treat it as a museum piece whose “authentic” forms needed careful preservation. King eventually modified that approach to a certain degree, attempting to create a more explicit link between blues tradition and the general musical present, $20/advance, $25/door, Strand Theatre, 345 Main Street, Rockland. FMI: 207-701-5053, rocklandstrand.com.
May 30, Tuesday, 5:30pm, “Wildflower Walk,” Medomak Valley Land Trust will host a spring wildflower walk at the beautiful Peace Corps Preserve. Lady Slippers, Trillium, Indian Cucumber Root and dozens of other spring wildflowers should be in full display. MVLT’s Peace Corps preserve trail follows the Goose River, and winds its way through hemlock and spruce trees interspersed with one of the area’s best wildflower displays. Joan Ray, MVLT’s Land Protection and Stewardship Specialist and a Maine Master Naturalist, will lead this hike to look at the many spring-blooming flowers of midcoast Maine, Peace Corps Preserve, Finntown Road, Waldoboro. FMI: 207-832-5570, www.medomakvalley.org.

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