Out and About for the Sebago Lakes Region of Maine, September 16 to 22

Out and About for the York County/Sanford Lakes Region of Maine, September 16 to 22
September 16, 2010
Suds Up with Friends at the Maine Brew Fest on the Shore of Sebago Lake
September 17, 2010

Out and About for the Sebago Lakes Region of Maine, September 16 to 22


“Mrs. Smith Goes to Washington” in South Paris
Sept 16-18, all day, Oxford Fair, Senior Citizen events on Thursday, Woodmen Events on Friday and Country Up Finale on Saturday, Oxford County Fairgrounds, 68 Pottle Road, Oxford. FMI: 207.743.9594, www.oxfordcountyfair.com.
Sept 16, 3-7 p.m. Wine Tasting, celebrate the Fall Wine Harvest of the Pacific Northwest, Pineland Farms, 15 Farm View Drive, New Gloucester. FMI: 207.688.4539, www.pinelandfarms.org.
Sept 16, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Preserving the Harvest, with Katy McCarty, $10/person, pre-registration required, University of Maine Cooperative Extension Oxford County Office, 9 Olson Road, South Paris. FMI: 207.743.6329, www.umaine.edu/food-health/food-preservation/hands-on-workshops/.
Sept 17-19, 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, “Night Sky,” written by Susan Yankowitz, directed by Jerry Walker, $15/adults, $12/students and seniors, Schoolhouse Arts Center, 16 Richville Road, Standish. FMI: 207.642.3743, www.schoolhousearts.org.
Sept 17-19, 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, “Mrs. Smith Goes to Washington,” written and directed by Linda Britt, starring Sally Jones, $14/adults, $12/seniors, $8/students & kids, Celebration Barn, 190 Stock Farm Road, South Paris. FMI: 207.743.8452, www.celebrationbarn.com.
Sept 18, 8 a.m. 10th Annual Loon Echo Hike ‘n Bike Trek, enjoy a 6 mile hike along Pleasant Mountain’s ridge or a 25, 50 or 100 mile bike trek through the mountains and valleys of western Maine, registration fees vary, benefit for Loon Echo Land Trust, Trek begins and ends at Shawnee Peak Ski Area, 119 Mountain Road, Bridgton. FMI: 207.647.4352, www.loonecholandtrust.org.
Sept 18, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Harvest Fest and Chowdah Cook-Off, arts and crafts, music, free horse-drawn wagon rides, chainsaw carving demonstrations and the Chowdah Cook-Off     featuring local restaurants competing for the title of “best chowdah,” On the Commons, Bethel. FMI: 207.824.5826, www.bethelmaine.com.
Sept 18, 5 p.m. Chicken Cookout to benefit the Windham Land Trust, includes half chicken, roll, drink, homemade potato salad, coleslaw and pie, eat in or take out, $10/person, Friends Church, Gray Road (Route 202), Windham. FMI: www.thewindhamlandtrust.org.
Sept 18, 7 p.m. “The History and the Adventures of Tom Thumb,” participatory play with parts for up to 22 audience members, performed by the City Stage Company of Boston, free, Spaulding Memorial Library, Route 114, Sebago. FMI: 207.787.2321, www.spaulding.lib.me.us.
Sept 19, 7 a.m. Maine Trail Race Half Marathon and 5K, benefit for Friends of Little Field Home in Malawi, beer and food available after race for participants, Pineland Farms, 32 Farm View Drive, New Gloucester. FMI: 207.890.8205, www.mainerun.com.
Sept 19, 8 p.m. Imagined: The John Lennon Song Project, a celebration of John Lennon’s 70th birthday featuring Rex Fowler (Aztec Two Step) and Tom Dean (Devonsquare) with special guests, Devonsquare, dinner seating available by reservation, $28/person for show, does not include dinner, all tickets must be pre-ordered, Stone Mountain Arts Center, 695 Dugway Road, Brownfield. FMI: 207.935.7292, www.stonemountainartscenter.com.
Sept 22, 10 a.m.-noon, Honey Bees, explore the world of honey bees and sample some honey products, $5/person, Pineland Farms, 15 Farm View Drive, New Gloucester. FMI: 207.926.3913, www.pinelandfarms.org.

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