Out and About for the Belgrade Lakes Region of Maine July 26-Aug.1

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Out and About for the Belgrade Lakes Region of Maine July 26-Aug.1

“Maine Quilt Show,” Augusta Civic Center, Augusta

July 26-29, Thursday-Sunday, 8am/gates open, “Pittston Fair,” agricultural fair featuring midway, Maine Strawberry Pageant, historical museum, goat fun show, tractor pulling, horse shows and much more, no dogs or pets allowed on fairgrounds, free/60+, Veterans and kids 14+ under, $6/adults on Thursday, free/kids 14+under with an adult, $6/adult/Friday-Sunday, 995 East Pittston Road, Pittston. FMI: www.pittstonfair.com.
July 26-28, Thursday-Saturday, 9am-5pm, “Maine Quilt Show,” 500+ Quilts – antique to contemporary. Special Exhibits: Specimens by Susan Carlson; All in the Family from The New England Quilt Museum, Not Patience Perseverance by Marjorie Lydecker and Bee Sew Inspired Challenge. Workshops with 7 national teachers, Merchants Mall, Demonstrations, Lectures, Raffles and Friday night event, $10, Augusta Civic Center, 76 Community Drive, Augusta. FMI: mainequilts.org.
July 26-28, Thursday-Saturday, 8pm, “The Irish and How They got that Way,” an uplifting musical celebration of all things Irish throughout the tumultuous 20th and 21st centuries through the eyes of Pulitzer Prize winning author, Frank McCourt (Angela’s Ashes, ‘Tis, Teacher Man). McCourt’s razor-sharp wit, coupled with his trademark bitter irony, and his boundless love for the Irish are all underscored by glorious music, including such immortals as “Danny Boy,” “The Rose of Tralee,” and “Harrigan,” the works of George M. Cohan “Give My Regards to Broadway,” “You’re a Grand Old Flag,” and “I’m a Yankee Doodle Dandy” to modern day Irish rockers U2, $17-$21, Lakewood Theater, 76 Theatre Road, Madison. FMI: 207-474-7176, www.lakewoodtheater.org.
July 27, Friday, 5-8pm, “L/A Art Walk,” featuring Live Art Making in select venues along the walk. This is a wonderful opportunity to watch art come to life in several media, including ceramics, watercolor, oil, stained glass, mixed media and video. Live music and a rich array of visual art exhibits included, free, Downtown, Lisbon Street, Lewiston. FMI: www.laarts.org.
July 27, Friday, 6pm, “GoldenOak with Natural High Jumble,” music lovers are invited to bring their favorite lawn chair or beach blanket and enjoy an evening of live music. GoldenOak is an emerging sound in New England folk music. A Portland, Maine based, Indie-Soul-Folk, sibling duo, Zak and Lena Kendall were born and raised in the Sandy River Valley of Western Maine. The two started making music together as kids and the bond of brother and sister is evident in their carefully crafted songs, poetic lyrics, and flowing harmonies. Influenced early by legends like Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young, Simon and Garfunkel, and The Band, and by the like of Fleet Foxes, First Aid Kit and Ray LaMontagne. Zak and Lena record and often tour with fellow musicians and band mates, Mike Knowles (bass), Max Eddington (piano), and Jackson Cromwell (percussion). Over the last two years, they shared the stage with many notable artists such as Lady Lamb, The Dustbowl Revival, The Ghost of Paul Revere, The Mallett Brothers Band, and Parsonsfield. Natural High Jumble, a sharp and energetic trio, rises out of Western Maine’s rolling hills. Lindsay Mower, principle songwriter/vocalist/bassy rhythm guitarist (western Maine songstress); Matt Mower, drummer/percussionist and Joe Hodgkins, lead/rhythm guitarist, bring to the stage a soulful, grooving blend of folksy, bluesy jazz rock, $8, $5/students & seniors, free/under 12, University of Maine at Farmington, Emery Community Arts Center, Academy Street, Farmington. FMI: 207-778-7461, www2.umf.maine.edu/emeryarts.
July 27 and 28, Friday and Saturday, 7:30pm, “Claire Porter & Sara Juli present The Lectern: rule by rule by rule,” Juli, of Portland, Maine, and Porter, of New Jersey, use an arsenal of stage techniques (lectures, dances, physical comedy, improvisation and even a catwalk runway) to effect a comedic upending of the everyday protocols, manners and laws that rule our daily lives. “A hilarious, dynamic pair” — Dance Enthusiast, $20, $15/seniors, $12/students, Schaeffer Theatre, Bates College, 329 College Street, Lewiston. FMI: 207-786-6161, batesdancefestival.org.
July 28-29 and Aug. 1, Saturday-Sunday and Wednesday, 7:30pm/Sat, 1pm/Sun. and Wed, “Enchanted April,” feeling lost in the shadows of marriage and post-WWI society, two London housewives rent a villa in Italy for a ladies-only holiday, reluctantly recruiting a pair of difficult upper-class women to share the expense and experience. Under the Mediterranean sun, the women clash, bond, and bloom, ultimately finding their lost selves in the garden of earthly delights, $10 -$34, Theater at Monmouth, 796 Main Street, Monmouth. FMI: 207-933-9999, theateratmonmouth.org.

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