Midcoast Symphony Orchestra at Franco-American Heritage Center
Oct 21-23, 8:30 a.m. Kennebec Woodland’s Fall Conference, workshops and demonstrations including woodland stewardship, key resources for landowners, small woodlot management strategies, working forest conservation easements, working with licensed foresters and professional timber harvesters, field trips to working woodlots and forest preserves, talk by noted landscape historian Tom Wessels, author of Reading the Forested Landscape, Camp Mechuwana, Mechuwana Lane, Winthrop. FMI: 207.449.3070, www.maine.gov.
Oct 21, 3:45 p.m. Eco-Kids Halloween Scavenger Hunt with Corinne Dawson, sponsored by Belgrade Regional Conservation Alliance, meet at Belgrade Community Center for all Seasons, Route 27, Belgrade. FMI: 207.495.6039, www.belgradelakes.org.
Oct 21 and 24, 6:30-9:30 p.m. The United Volunteers of Maine Haunted House, a most spooktacular event, $8/Thursday, $10/Sunday, Marketplace Mall, Stephen King Drive, Augusta. FMI: 207.623.4559, www.augustamaine.com.
Oct 22, 2 & 7 p.m. Phil House, accomplished pianist and organist, accompanied by Kathy Haley, one of the area’s best known vocalists, free, Sawyer Memorial, 371 Sawyer Road, Greene. FMI: 207.946.5311, www.sawyer-foundation.com.
Oct 23, 9 a.m. Book and Bake Sale, Cumston Public Library, 796 Main Street, Monmouth. FMI: 207.933.4788, www.cumston.lib.me.us.
Oct 23, 9:30 a.m. Fall Festival, craft fair, hayrides, music and chili/chowder cookoff, Quimby Middle School, Route 201, Bingham. FMI: www.townline.org.
Oct 23, 5-6 p.m. Baked Bean Supper, sponsored by the Golden Guys and Gals, 50/50 raffle, door prizes, $7/adults, $3/ages 12 and under, Readfield Grange Hall, Readfield. FMI: 207.377.5300, www.readfield.govoffice.com.
Oct 23 & 24, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, “The Laramie Project,” a play by Moises Kaufman, an Open Book Players Production, $8/adults, $6/seniors and students, Johnson Hall Performing Arts Center, 280 Water Street, Gardiner. FMI: 207.582.7144, www.johnsonhall.org.
Oct 23, 7:30 p.m. The 7th Annual Gala and Benefit Concert with Midcoast Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Rohan Smith, featuring Charlotte Dobbs, includes gourmet food and wine reception prior to and a champagne reception after the concert, $50/person, Franco-American Heritage Center, 46 Cedar Street, Lewiston. FMI: 207.689.2000, www.francoamericanheritage.org.
Oct 23, 9 p.m. Colby Symphony Orchestra: Waltzes R Us, the orchestra’s much-celebrated foray into late 19th century Viennese nightlife, wine, beer and assorted refreshments available, plus waltzes, polkas, marches and more, dancing encouraged, Page Commons, Cotter Union, Colby College, Waterville. FMI: 207.859.4000, www.colby.edu.
Oct 25, 8:15 p.m. Slaid Cleaves, singer/songwriter with Maine roots, $22/person, dinner available before the concert, reservations recommended, Slates Restaurant and Bakery, 169 Water Street, Hallowell. FMI: 207.622.9575, www.slatesrestaurant.com.