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                                     “Alex Katz:  Drawings,” at Colby

May 26, Thursday, 10:00am-5:00pm, “Alex Katz:  Drawings,” this exhibition offers and overview of Alex Katz’s drawing practice, from ink sketches to carefully finished graphite drawings constituted by the effects of light and pose, free, Colby College Museum of Art, 4000 Mayflower Hill, Waterville.  FMI:  207-859-4000,http://www.colby.edu.

 

May 26-29, Thursday-Sunday, 8:00pm Thursday-Saturday, 4:00pm Sunday, “I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change,” the second longest running play on Broadway, this play takes a funny and witty look at relationships from the first date through marriage and death, $20.50/advance, $22.50/at the door, Lakewood Theater, 76 Theatre Road, Madison. FMI:  207-474-7176, http://www.lakewoodtheater.org.

 

May 27, Friday, 5:00-9:00pm, Inaugural Artwalk Lewiston Auburn, grassroots group of community members, artists and businesses transform downtown Lewiston and Auburn, free, downtown Lewiston and Auburn.  FMI:  207-782-7758, http://%20Team@ArtWalkLewistonAuburn.co.

 

May 28, Friday, 9:00am, 5k Race, get out those running shoes and help a good cause, funds go to Belgrade Public Library, $15, Belgrade Central School, 185 Depot Road, Belgrade.    FMI:  207-465-3524, www.belgrade.lib.me.us.

 

May 28, Saturday, 6:00pm, 2nd Annual Hogs (Motorcycles), (Pizza) Pies, and Fireworks Event, motorcycle parade, pizza tasting competition, Maine’s largest fireworks display, free, Water Street, Gardiner.  FMI:  207-582-3100, www.gardinermainstreet.org.

 

May 28, Saturday, 7:30pm, Maine Mountain Chamber Music, under the direction of Laurie Kennedy, cello, and Yuri Funahashi, piano, this spring’s concert will feature special guests Jasmine Lin, violin, Jennifer Elowitch, violin, and Elizabeth Anderson, cello.  The program will include The Piano Quintet in G major by Dmitri Shostakovich, $12, Nordica Auditorium, UMF Merrill Hall, 111 South Street, Farmington.  FMI:  207-778-4699, http://www.umf.maine.edu.

 

May 30, Monday, 10:00am-4:00pm, “Portraits and Voices: Shoemaking Skills of Generations,” exhibit celebrating Lewiston and Auburn’s history and present-day legacy in shoemaking, the museum celebrates the economic, social and technological legacy of Lewiston-Auburn and its people, $5, Museum L-A, 35 Canal St, Bates Mill Complex, Lewiston.  FMU:  207-333-3881, http://museumla.org/.

 

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