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                                     “The Early Evening Show,” Buckfield

May 5, Thursday, 4:00pm, Drumfolk, features the GullahGeechee inspired sounds of Colby’s Riddimic Harmony group, African inspired practices that flourished in America before Spirituals, Gospels, jazz, blues, country and rock, free, Bixier 219 Band Room, 4000 Mayflower Hill, Waterville.  FMI:  207-859-4000, http://www.colby.edu.

 

May 6, Friday, 7:30pm, Frank Glazer performs Bach, Beethoven and Liszt, the pianist and Bates artist in residence plays Bach’s Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue in D Minor, Liszt’s Sonata in B minor and Beethoven’s 33 Variations on Waltz by A. Diabelli in C major, Op. 120, free, tickets required, Olin Arts Center, 75 Russell Street, Lewiston.  FMI:  207-786-6135, http://home.bates.edu.

 

May 6-7, Friday – Saturday, 7:30pm, “The Early Evening Show,” one part late-night talk show, one part improv show, and one part music show and ten parts funny, $4/adults, $12/seniors, $8/children 8 and under, Oddfellow Theater, Route 117, Buckfield.  FMI:  207-336-3306, http://www.oddfellow.com.

 

May 6-8, Friday-Sunday, 7:30pm Friday and Saturday, 2:00pm Sunday, “Visiting Mr. Green,” Mr. Green, an elderly, retired dry cleaner, wanders into New York traffic and is almost hit by a car driven by Ross Gardiner, a 29-year-old corporate executive, what starts as a comedy about two men who do not want to be in the same room together becomes a moving drama as they get to know each other, see website for ticket details, Opera House, 93 Main Street, Waterville.  FMI:  207-873-7000,http://www.operahouse.org/.

 

May 9, Monday, 8:15pm, Cheryl Wheeler, her songs are often emotional portraits of people; she is a gifted songwriter with a beautiful voice and a natural storyteller with a fantastic sense of humor, $25, Slates Restaurant, 169 Water Street, Hallowell.  FMI:  207-622-9575, http://www.slatesrestaurant.com.

 

May 10, Tuesday, 2-4:00pm, Classic Movie:  The Unsinkable Mollie Brown, starring Debbie Reynolds, a PrimeTime Tuesday event especially for adults 50 ad over, but all are invited, popcorn and punch provided, 50 cents, Auburn Public Library, 49 Spring Street, Auburn.  FMI:  207-333-6640, http://www.auburnpubliclibrary.org/.

 

May 10, Tuesday, 7:00pm, Celtic Tuesday featuring the Old Blind Dogs, dynamic percussion, polished vocals, soaring fiddle and stirring pipes fuel the delicately-phrased melodies and traditional songs, $20/adults, $10/children 12 and under, Franco American Heritage Center, 46 Cedar Street, Lewiston.  FMI:  207-689-2000, http://www.francoamericanheritage.org. 

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