“The Elephant’s Graveyard,” presented at UMF Alumni Theatre
Mar. 17, Thursday, 7:30pm, “Elephant’s Graveyard,” an award-winning play by George Brandt, based on a true story of a traveling circus and its cultural collision with a small Southern town in Tennessee in September of 1916, $6/adults, $5/students, $4/seniors, UMF Alumni Theatre, Main Street, Farmington. FMI: 207-778-7072,http://www.umf.maine.edu/inside/events.php?date=03-17-2011.
Mar. 18, Friday, 8:00pm, Comedy Fundraiser, Bob Siebel and David Crohn both comedians hail from Massachusetts, $20, Franco-American Heritage Center, 46 Cedar Street, Lewiston. FMI: 207-689-2000, http://www.francoamericanheritage.org/.
Mar. 18, Friday, 7:30pm, Carolyn Currie, singer/songwriter whose music has been described as haunting, luminous and spellbinding, $10/in advance, $12/at the door, DownStage at L/A Arts, Canal Street Alley, Lewiston. FMI: 207-782-7228, http://www.laarts.org/performances/presenting.htm#Carolyn%20Currie.
Mar. 18 and 19, Friday and Saturday, 7:30pm, “Odd Improv,” quick-witted comedians present a night of improvisations, a la “Who’s Line is it Anyway?”, $14/adults, $12/seniors, $8/children 12 and under, Oddfellow Theater, Route 117, Buckfield. FMI: 207-336-3306, http://www.oddfellow.com/calendar.html#now.
Mar.19, Saturday, 7:30pm, The Bates College Orchestra, conducted by Hiroya Miura performing: Richard Strauss: Serenade for Wind Instruments, Op.7 and Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No.3 Eroica, Op.55, free, Olin Arts Center, 75 Russell Street, Lewiston. FMI: 207-786-6163, http://www.bates.edu/x221183.xml.
Mar. 19, Saturday, 7:30pm, Dave Gutter (of the Rustic Overtones), punk poetry-jazzy, alternative rock, $15/adults, $13/Johnson Hall member, $6/student, Johnson Hall, 280 Water Street, Gardiner. FMI: 207-582-7144, http://johnsonhall.org/.
Mar. 21, Monday, 8:15pm, Cindy Bullens, her new CD “Howling Trains and Barking Dogs” is currently moving up the Americana Radio Charts and garnering great reviews, $15, Slates Restaurant, 169 Water Street, Hallowell. FMI: 207-622-9575, http://www.slatesrestaurant.com/music.php.