Auryn Quartet performs at the Olin Arts Center
Feb. 10, Thursday, 6:00pm, Chocolate Tasting, visit a whimsical, old-fashioned candy shop with your sweetheart to sample some delicious chocolates, free, Maynard’s Chocolates, 10 Water Street, Waterville. FMI: 207-660-6093, http://maynardschocolates.com.
Feb. 10, Thursday, 7:30pm, Poetry Reading, Erika Meitner, winner of the 2002 Anhinga Prize for Poetry, is the first reader in UMF’s Spring Visiting Writer Series, free, Olsen Student Center, South Street, Farmington. FMI: 207-778-7454, http://inside.umf.maine.edu.
Feb. 11, Friday, 7:30pm, Maine Fiddler Greg Boardman, one of Maine’s most influential musicians will perform his interpretations of traditional fiddle tunes, $10 advance tickets, $12 at the door, The DownStage at LA Arts, 221 Lisbon Street, Lewiston. FMI: 207-782-7228, http://www.laarts.org.
Feb. 11-13, Friday and Saturday, 7:30pm, Saturday, 2:00pm, A Midsummer Night’s Disco Dream, one sultry summer night at a disco in 1979 young lovers, fairies, royalty and an amateur theater troupe dance and sing through romance and magic to the sounds of the Disco Beat, prices vary according to seating, see website for pricing details, Waterville Opera House, 93 Main Street, Waterville. FMI: 207-873-7000, http://www.operahouse.com.
Feb. 12, Saturday, 10:00am, Trees on Skis, with Warren Balgooyen as your guide visit nature at its winter’s best with an easy to moderate cross-country ski outing, free, Wishing Well Farm, Norridgewock. FMI: 207- 495-6039, http://www.belgradelakes.org.
Feb. 12, Saturday, 7:30pm, F.A.B. Dance Showcase, an annual dance showcase presenting regional dance artists performing contemporary dance, $14 adults, $12 students and seniors, Franco-American Heritage Center, 46 Cedar Street, Lewiston. FMI: 207-783-1585, http://www.francoamericanheritage.org.
Feb. 13, Sunday, 3:00pm, Auryn Quartet plays Beethoven, program includes Op.18, No.4, C minor; Op. 135, F major; and Op. 59, No. 2, E Minor (“Razumowsky”), free, Olin Arts Center, 75 Russell Street, Lewiston. FMI: 207-786-6135, http://home.bates.edu/views/events/upcoming.