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“Boeing, Boeing,” Great Falls Performing Arts Center, Auburn

Jan. 12-14, Friday-Sunday, 7:30pm/Fri. and Sat, 2pm/Sun, “Boeing, Boeing!,” this high-flying, non-PC farce from the swinging sixties finds Bernard, a free-spirited lothario living in Paris, he happens to have three fiancées – each one a beautiful stewardess from competing airlines, his housekeeper Berthe helps him keep his schedule with the fiancées in order, and his friend Robert comes to visit and gets unexpectedly pulled into the ruse, Bernard keeps “one up, one down and one pending” until Boeing unexpectedly introduces their new super jet – meaning much faster flights – which brings all three fiancées to Paris and Bernard’s apartment at the same time, $18.00 Regular; $15.00 Seniors; $12.00 Children 12 and under, Great Falls Performing Arts Center, 30 Academy St., Auburn. FMI: 207-783-0958, www.laclt.org.
Jan. 12-14, Friday-Sunday, 7:30pm/Fri. and Sat, 2pm/Sun, “ACAT presents Almost, Maine,” On a cold, clear, moonless night in the middle of winter, all is not quite what it seems in the remote, mythical town of Almost, Maine. As the northern lights hover in the star-filled sky above, Almost’s residents find themselves falling in and out of love in unexpected and often hilarious ways, knees are bruised, hearts are broken, but the bruises heal, and the hearts mend—almost—in this delightful midwinter night’s dream, $15 – $10, Studio 93, 93 Maine St., Waterville. FMI: 207-623-9387, www.acattheatre.org.
Jan. 12, Friday, 7:45 – 10:45 p.m., “The Freewill Folk Society’s Contradance,” with music by the Boston-based trio Anadama and calling by the renowned Dela Taylor, beginner lesson at 7:40pm — all dances taught and beginners are wildly encouraged to take part, suggested donation $5, Bates College Muskie Archives, 70 Campus Ave., Lewiston. FMI: 207-786-8272, www.bates.edu.
Jan. 12, Friday, 7:30pm, “Bold Riley,” presented by Concerts for a Cause, Bold Riley is known for its soaring vocal harmonies and diverse instrumentation. Members Dennis Boyd, Jr, Julia Edwards, John Gunn, Michael Hayashida and Erin Sampson take turns singing lead on songs which range from classic folk favorites to unlikely covers and rousing originals. Fiddle, guitar, banjo, accordion, bass and an ever expanding list of percussion allow Bold Riley to provide a wide range of music to listeners, $15, First Universalist Church of Auburn, 169 Pleasant Street, Auburn. FMI: auburnuu.org.
Jan. 13, Saturday, 7:00 – 9:30 p.m., “The Midcoast Symphony Orchestra Concert “Orchestra on Display,” different performers and sections of the ensemble featured separately, this program opens with the Vienna Philharmonic Fanfare for brass, followed by Haydn’s Sinfonia Concertante, for orchestra and solo violin, cello, oboe, and bassoon, Anton Webern’s Langsamer Satz for strings brings us to the 20th century with lyricism and modern tonalities, the full orchestra returns to the stage for the Symphony No. 2 by Jean Sibelius, Adult $20 – 18 and free, Gendron Franco Center, 46 Cedar St., Lewiston. FMI: 207-689-2000, www.francocenter.org.
Jan 15, Monday, 7:30pm, “Sankofa: Try, Try Again,” Inspired by science fiction, the theme of this production of the annual multidisciplinary MLK Day performance speaks to the journey of the black individual. We follow a young man who is seeking people to help him spread his truth: Only through pure compassion and unconditional acceptance can we all survive on Earth, free, Olin Concert Hall, 75 Russell Street, Lewiston. FMI: 207-786-6400, bates.edu.
Jan. 17, Wednesday, 6:30pm, “Maine Crime Authors James Hayman and Bruce Robert Coffin,” Lithgow Library begins the New Year with a Meet the Author event in its Community Room, featuring Maine Crime Authors, James Hayman and Bruce Robert Coffin. The authors’ books will be available for purchase and for signing immediately following their presentation. Bruce Robert Coffin retired from the Portland, Maine police department after more than twenty-seven years in law enforcement. Following the terrorist attacks of 9/11 he worked for four years with the FBI. He was a featured author in Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s Best American Mystery Stories 2016. Bruce’s debut novel, Among The Shadows, and his follow-up, Beneath the Depths, the first two novels in the John Byron Mystery Series, have been well-received by fans and critics alike. James Hayman is the New York Times bestselling author of the McCabe and Savage thrillers – The Cutting, The Chill of Night, Darkness First, and The Girl in the Glass, which combined have sold more than half a million copies. His series’ protagonist, Detective Sergeant Michael McCabe, leaves New York City and flees to Maine, seeking a safe place to raise his daughter, only to be greeted by a horrific killer on the loose in Southern Maine, free, Lithgow Public Library, 45 Winthrop Street, Augusta. FMI: 207-626-2415, www.lithgow.lib.me.us.

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