Out and About for the Mid Coast Lakes Region of Maine June 14-21

Out and About for the Bangor Lakes Region of Maine June 15-21
Out and About for the Bangor Lakes Region of Maine June 15-21
June 14, 2017
Out and About for the Belgrade Lakes Region of Maine June 14-21
June 14, 2017

Out and About for the Mid Coast Lakes Region of Maine June 14-21

“Foreign Auto Festival,” Owls Head Transportation Museum, Owls Head

June 15, Thursday, 7pm, “Valerie Orth,” a prolific songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist, Valerie’s Brooklyn-by-way-of-San Francisco-influenced music is unique and authentic. Integrating live instruments with electronic sounds, her newest project, “Wake You,” carries the upbeat production and warmth of Sylvan Esso, the unexpected rhythms and percussion of Tune-Yards, and the dark vocals and trippy-ness of Portishead.Bangor, $18, Stonington Opera House, 1 School Street, Stonington. FMI: 207-367-2788, www.operahousearts.org.
June 15-18 and 20-21, Thursday-Saturday and Tuesday-Wednesday, 2pm/Thurs, Sat, Sun, 7:30pm/Thurs, Fri, Sat, Tues and Wed, “Always, Patsy Cline,” a music legend and pioneer in country music, Patsy Cline’s unique stylings remain as relevant and popular today as they were over five decades ago, this fun-loving, crowd-pleasing musical features 27 classic songs, including “Crazy,” “Walkin’ After Midnight,” “I Fall to Pieces,” “Sweet Dreams,” “Back in Baby’s Arms” and more, $62-$78, Maine State Music Theatre, 1 Bath Rd., Brunswick. FMI: 207-725-8769, www.msmt.org.
June 16, Friday, 6pm, “Music at Dusk: The International String Trio,” Rob Flax, violin; Max Ridley, bass; Slava Tolstoy, guitar. Over the last 17 years the group has performed at more than 1000 venues, and gained national recognition for its distinct sound and stylistic diversity. The trio’s repertoire includes Gypsy jazz, Appalachian folk, acoustic world music (Irish, Klezmer, Russian, Italian, French, Bluegrass), virtuosic classical arrangements and popular songs. Hailing from Russia, Japan and Check Republic, The International String Trio has developed a unique concert program that is highly entertaining, educational, energetic and musically gratifying, $30, $10/under 25, Union Hall Theatre, 2 Central Street, Rockport. FMI: 207-236-2823, www.baychamberconcerts.org.
June 16, Friday, 7:30pm, “Tommy Emmanuel,” voted Favorite Acoustic Guitarist in both Guitar Player Magazine and Acoustic Guitar Magazine’s reader polls, and is a YouTube sensation. His videos have over 29,000,000 views and have led to sold out shows in new markets all over the US. Tommy has also been seen all over the United States in his Public Television pledge specials “Center Stage” and “Tommy Emmanuel and Friends.” Two-time Grammy nominee Tommy Emmanuel is one of Australia’s most respected musicians. The legendary guitarist has a professional career that spans five decades and continues to intersect with some of the finest musicians throughout the world. A household name in his native Australia, Tommy has garnered hundreds of thousands of loyal fans worldwide. Tommy’s unique style – he calls it simply “finger style” – is akin to playing guitar the way a pianist plays piano, using all ten fingers. Rather than using a whole band for melody, rhythm, bass, and drum parts, Tommy plays all that – and more – on one guitar. Guitar legend Chet Atkins was one of the first to inspire Emmanuel to try this “fingerpicker” style as a child. Decades later, Atkins himself became one of Emmanuel’s biggest fans. Tommy Emmanuel is an honorary Kentucky Colonel, a CGP (Certified Guitar Player – a title given by Chet Atkins to only 5 guitarists in the world), and an Order of Australia Medalist (AM), $35/advance, $40/day of, Opera House, 86 Townsend Avenue, Boothbay Harbor. FMI: 207-633-5159, www.boothbayoperahouse.com.
June 16, Friday, 7:30pm, “VoXX summer concerts: Where there is love…” program features music that explores that most human of emotions. Early works, both sacred and secular, by Monteverdi, Victoria, Weelkes, and Wilbye, are contrasted with contemporary pieces, including two iterations of “Ubi Caritas” (one by Ola Gjeilo and the other by Maurice Duruflé) and a pair of brand-new love songs written for VoXX by Music Director John Mehrmann. A small flock of bird songs is also interspersed throughout the program, the strangest of which without a doubt is the enigmatic “Owls,” by Edward Elgar. The group also reprises “The Bluebird” by Charles Villiers Stanford, with its soaring soprano line. As usual, VoXX will sing in various configurations from duet to small ensemble to full group, $15, First Church, Church Street, Belfast. FMI: 207-338-2282, www.voiceoftwenty.com.
June 16, Friday, 7:30pm, “Cindy Kallet and Grey Larsen,” The evening’s program will include original and traditional songs of the heart, songs of the New England coast, old-time fiddle, Scandinavian fiddle duets, traditional Irish tunes and more. A featured guest on NPR’s A Prairie Home Companion and hailed by the Boston Globe as “one of folk music’s most respected singer-songwriters… a brilliant guitarist”, Cindy Kallet has recorded numerous albums, one of which, Working on Wings to Fly, was voted one of the “Top 100 Folk Albums of the Century” by WUMB Boston radio listeners. Her other albums include Neighbors, a duet album with Gordon Bok, and Leave The Cake in the Mailbox – Songs for Parents and Kids Growing Up, which was chosen for a 2004 Parents’ Choice Gold Award. Musical luminaries such as Patty Larkin and Dar Williams have sung her praises, and JAM magazine enthused: “Cindy’s voice has a rich texture, poignant, dark, intimate: it’s a voice dreams are made of. Her guitar playing is deft and lovely.” Kallet has been writing music and playing the guitar since she was eleven years old, and has performed throughout the U.S. for almost 40 years. In the 35 years since the release of her first album, she has built a devoted audience of all ages and from all walks of life. Many of Kallet’s songs embody her love for the natural beauty of the New England coast. Her body of contemporary original compositions has been compared in breadth, depth and quality to those of Joni Mitchell and James Taylor. Grey Larsen is an internationally respected performer of the Irish flute and tin whistle as well as an accomplished singer and concertina, fiddle, piano and harmonium player. As a well-known teacher of the Irish flute and tin whistle he has also written a book on the instruments that has been called “essential reading” by Matt Molloy of The Chieftains. Larsen joins the silken grace of the East Galway flute style with the driving momentum found in Irish music at large. The Washington Post has hailed Larsen as “a gifted musician who consistently demonstrates his melodic finesse” and the New Mexico Daily says that his playing is “absolutely spellbinding.” While he is best know for Irish music, Larsen plays half a dozen instruments and is at home in several musical styles. He has devoted a great deal of his musical life to the old-time fiddle music of his native southern Midwest, situated in the northern fringe of the Appalachian cultural region. He has performed and recorded widely since the mid 1970s throughout the US and in Canada, Europe and Australia. One of Irish music’s most celebrated teachers, Larsen has taught at festivals, workshops, colleges and music camps in the US, Canada, Ireland, Australia and the Netherlands. He is also widely recognized for his work as a record producer, mastering engineer, and as the Music Editor of Sing Out! Magazine, $15, $8/students, $12/advance, Phippsburg Congregational Church,10 Church Lane, Phippsburg. FMI: 207-389-1770, www.phippsburgucc.org.
June 17-18, Saturday and Sunday, 9am/doors open, “Foreign Auto Festival,” celebrate Father’s Day with a salute to the diverse world of foreign automobiles featuring hundreds of stunning vintage vehicles from around the world. Italian auto makers will be featured at the 2017 Foreign Auto Festival; Italian vehicles of any vintage and all pre-1997 vehicles are admitted free. Don’t miss this opportunity to see one of the greatest selections of antique foreign cars around! Gates open to the public at 9:00 am; exhibitor gates open at 8:00 a.m. The show will go on rain or shine, and a variety of indoor demonstrations and activities are planned in the event of inclement weather. All pre-1997 vehicles and all organized automobile clubs are welcome to exhibit. Exhibitors and one guest get in free. Clubs wishing to arrange parking are encouraged to call ahead. In addition to an assortment of classic, vintage and antique vehicles, an array of family activities will include demonstrations of vehicles from the Museum’s collection, free Model T rides and (weather permitting) antique aeroplane demonstrations. Remember, we fly our planes early, so try to get to the Museum in the morning to see our magnificent antique aircraft in action, $18/adults, free/under 18, Owls Head Transportation Museum, Route 73, Owls Head. FMI: 207-594-4418, owlshead.org.

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