Out and About for the Sanford/York County Lake Regions of Maine Aug. 18-24

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Out and About for the Sanford/York County Lake Regions of Maine Aug. 18-24

                                    Arundel Barn Playhouse presents, Arundel

 

Aug. 18-20, Thursday-Saturday, 8:00pm/Thurs-Sat, 2:00pm/Fri, “A Taffeta Wedding,” it’s 1964 and wedding bells are ringing for The Taffetas, America’s four singing sisters and their preppy frat brother fiancés, The Cardigans.  Their quadruple wedding will be televised live featuring 24 top pop tunes from the 50’s and 60’s like Sincerely, Mr. Sandman, Sh-Boom, Since I Don’t Have You, The Locomotion & Who’s Sorry Now, $28/matinee, $35/weekday evenings, $39/Saturday evenings, Arundel Barn Playhouse, 53 Old Post Road, Arundel.  FMI:  207-985-5552, www.arundelbarnplayhouse.com.

 

 

Aug. 18-20, Thursday-Saturday, 8:00pm, “The 39 Steps,” a man with a boring life meets a mystery woman with a thick accent.  After she is murdered in his home, the man goes on the run and enters a secret world of strangers, detectives, spies and assorted characters, $25/adults, $22/seniors, $10/students and children, Hackmatack Theater, 538 School Street, Berwick.  FMI:  207-698-1807, www.hackmatack.org.

 

 

Aug. 19-21,Friday-Sunday, 28th Annual Beach Olympics, three days of competition, music, displays and a presentation to benefit Special Oympics in Maine, on the Beach, in The Square, and the surrounding area, Old Orchard Beach.  FMI:  207-934-2500, www.oldorchardbeachmaine.com.

 

 

Aug. 19, Friday, 10:30am-11:30am, Tanglewood Marionettes, a presentation of a full-scale production of Hansel and Gretel with music from Humperdink’s opera, Village Elementary School, 122 York Street, York.  FMI:  207-363-2818, www.york.lib.me.us.

 

Aug. 20, Saturday, 10:00am-4:00pm, Newfield Old Home Day, blueberry pie contests, games, carousel rides, demonstrations of Windsor chair, basket weaving, flax, antique engines, and more, $10/adults, $7.50/seniors, $5/ ages 6-18, Willowbrook Museum, 70 Elm Street, Newfield.  FMI:  207-793-2784, www.willowbrookmuseum.org.

 

 

Aug. 20, 4:30pm-6:30pm, Church Supper, enjoy a fine meal of roast turkey with gravy, carrots, cranberry sauce, potatoes, stuffing, hot biscuits, homemade pies, and ice cream, $7/adults, $3/children, free/under 5, Cornish United Church of Christ, Route 25, Cornish.  FMI: 207-625-4993, www.cornish-maine.org.

 

 

August 20, Saturday, 5:30pm-7:00pm, Hamilton House’s “The Way They Were” Tour, go behind-the-scenes to learn about the daily routines of domestics, groundskeepers, and others who worked for families like the Tysons of Hamilton House early in the twentieth century.  See the fourth floor attic space where servants lived, and enjoy the stunning view of the river from the rooftop skylight, reservations required, $12, Hamilton, 40 Vaughan’s Lane, South Berwick.  FMI:  207-384-5269, www.HistoricNewEngland.org.

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