Out and About in the Sebago Lakes Region of Maine, April 22 to 28

Out and About in the York County/Sanford Lakes Region of Maine, April 22 to 28
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Out and About in the Sebago Lakes Region of Maine, April 22 to 28


Richie Havens still moving mountains with his voice and guitar
April 22, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Earth Day Celebration, clean-up Bridgton, Bald Pate Hike, Kite Making, Mother Earth Graffiti Wall, and more, Bridgton Community Center, Depot Street, Bridgton. FMI: 207.647.3116, www.mainelakeschamber.com.
April 23, 8 p.m. “The Falstaff Connection,” members of the USM Opera Workshop Concert, perform under the direction of Ellen Chickering, an evening of works that all deal with the Falstaff story, $6/adults, $3/seniors, students and children, Corthell Hall, USM, 37 College Avenue, Gorham. FMI: 207.780.5555, www.usm.maine.edu.

April 23, 8 p.m.
Richie Havens, a folk icon who in his sixties can still move mountains with his voice and guitar, $40/person, must purchase tickets from Web site, (dinner sold out), Stone Mountain Arts Center, 695 Dugway Road, Brownfield. FMI: 207.935.7292, www.stonemountainartscenter.com.
April 24, 12-3 p.m. Growing Oyster Mushrooms and How to Transplant Workshop, offered by the Greater Lovell Land Trust and Old Stage Farm, meet at Old Stage Farm, 269 Old Stage Road, Lovell. FMI: 207.925.1056, www.gllt.org.
April 24, 2-4 p.m. “The Good Old Days: They Were Terrible,” several professional historians from the Bethel area will examine such subjects as crime, corruption, unemployment, addiction, pollution and “urban plight,” free, donations accepted, Bethel Historical Society, Moses Mason House Exhibit Hall, 14 Broad Street, Bethel. FMI: 207.824.2908, www.bethelhistorical.org.
April 25, 9 a.m. Alan Day Community Garden Earth Day celebration, volunteers welcome to work on the land, at 11:30 a.m. a blessing ceremony will celebrate a new sign and officially begin the 2010 gardening season, Alan Day Community Garden, Whitman Street, Norway. FMI: www.norwaydowntown.org.
April 26, 7 p.m. “Windham School: A Historical Perspective, 1770 to 1970,” includes old school photographs and artifacts from the town’s educational past, Windham Historical Society, 232 Windham Center Road, Windham. FMI: 207.892.1433, www.windhamhistorical.org.
April 27, 9 a.m. -2 p.m. Bake Sale, purchase luscious, homemade confections to benefit the Maine Chapter of Make-A-Wish Foundation, Fryeburg Public Library, 515 Main Street, Fryeburg. FMI: 207.935.2731, www.fryeburgmaine.org.

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