Out and About for the Belgrade Lakes Region of Maine Aug. 16-22

Out and About for the Mid Coast Lakes Region of Maine Aug. 16-22
August 16, 2018
Out and About for the York/Sanford Lakes Region of Maine Aug. 16-22
August 16, 2018

Out and About for the Belgrade Lakes Region of Maine Aug. 16-22

“A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,” Lakewood Theater, Madison

8.16-8.19, Thursday-Sunday, 8pm/Thurs.-Sat, 4pm/Sun, “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,” a fast paced farce that promises to have audiences rolling on the floor. Taken straight from the roots of comedy, Forum combines the ancient comedies of Plautus with a vaudevillian delivery. Pseudolus schemes to win the heart of the beautiful virgin, Philia, for his young master, Hero. In exchange, Hero will grant Pseudolus his freedom once and for all. However, things are never as easy as they seem. Chaos ensues with hair-brained schemes, cases of mistaken identity, slamming doors and convoluted plot twists. One of the funniest musicals ever written, Forum promises: “Something for everyone: a comedy tonight,” $23-$25, Lakewood Theater, 76 Theater Road, Madison. FMI: 207-474-7176, lakewoodtheater.org.
8.17, Friday, 6pm, “Erin Harpe and the Delta Swingers,” winner of the 2016 Granite State Blues Challenge, Erin Harpe and the Delta Swingers recently opened for ZZ Top. Their unique brand of dance music is rooted in vintage 1930s Mississippi delta blues, then shaken and stirred with other genres including soul, funk, and reggae. This is a 21-plus show, $15, Somerset Abbey 98 Main Street, Madison. FMI: 207-696-5800, www.somersetabbey.net.
8.17, Friday, 6pm, “Waterville Rocks! With Enter the Haggis and Muddy Ruckus,” a series of four free outdoor summer concerts in Castonguay Square – hosted by the Waterville Opera House and sponsors for the enjoyment of the greater Waterville community. These free concerts are family-friendly. The third concert will feature two fantastic groups – Enter the Haggisand Muddy Ruckus. Bring a blanket or chairs for comfort. The Proper Pig Beer Garden (ages 21+) and the Urban Sugar food truck open at 5:30 p.m. The concert starts jamming out at 6 p.m, free, Castonguay Square, Common Street, Waterville. FMI: 207-873-7000, www.operahouse.org.
8.17, Friday, 6pm, “Tricky Britches,” raised in Maine, cured on street corners and next to woodstoves, string-band Tricky Britches is a unique culmination of country, contra-dance, bluegrass, and rock. They’ve played festivals and concerts across the US, Europe, Hawaii, always being shaped by those places, and using those experiences to inspire the original music, food vendors and children’s activities on site, free, Waterfront park, Gardiner. FMI: www.johnsonhall.org.
8.18. Saturday, 1pm, “Birds that Fish,” Maine is a land of magnificent waterways, drawing visitors from all over for world-class fishing. Some birds love to fish, too! From Osprey to Heron, learn about the special adaptations and behaviors these birds use to catch their dinner, $3. $1/youth, L.C. Bates Museum, 14 Easler Road, Hinckley. FMI: 207-238-4250, www.gwh.org/lcbates.
8.18 -8.19, Saturday and Sunday, 7:3pm/Sat, 1pm/Sun, “Twelfth Night,” Orsino loves Olivia. Olivia loves Cesario. Cesario’s really a woman disguised as a man who’s fallen for her boss, Orsino. Love, and a little mischief, throws everyone for a loop in this comic jaunt of misdirected desire. Where music is the food of love, and nobody is quite what they seem, anything proves possible, see site for ticketing details, Theater at Monmouth, 796 Main Street, Monmouth. FMI: 207-933-9999, theateratmonmouth.org.
8.19, Sunday, 3pm, “Author Bobby Charles,” just published by North Country Press, his stories take readers to unexpected places, often swirl to unexpected endings. Over four seasons, he describes Maine half a century ago — smelting and rescuing ice houses, moose encounters and indoor ermine, raising mischievous rabbits and conversing with pigs, hunting a legendary “football-sized emerald” and learning from legendary World War II veterans. He takes readers down through thin ice, and up spires of one-match fires, Dead River to hair-raising disorientation on the open sea — with a fluid pen. From Wayne, Maine’s woods and lakes, Charles found his way to Dartmouth, Oxford and Columbia Law School. From there, he clerked, entered law practice, spent time in two White Houses, conducted oversight for Congress and taught, also serving as a Navy Intelligence Officer, and Assistant Secretary of State to Colin Powell. A tribute to the wisdom gleaned growing up in Wayne, Charles observes that “these stories are emblematic of rural life and the influence of the WWII across the country. It will be interesting to many who know Wayne, and who love Maine, free, Cary Memorial Library, 17 Old Winthrop Road, Wayne. FMI: 207-685-3612, www.cary-memorial.lib.me.us.

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