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Out and About for the York/Sanford Lakes Regions of Maine October 27-November 1


Shane Alexander, Jonathan’s Restaurant, Ogunquit
Oct. 28, Friday, 5-8pm, Biddeford Art Walk, main street comes alive with art, events include a showing of the Rocky Horror Picture show at City Theater, Maine Reef Crochet Project, belly dance performance, Jessica Townes George open studio, haunted house and Halloween themed games at Head2Soul Dance Center, photography by Walter Buczacz at Youland’s Jewelry, and more, free to browse, $5/admission to Rocky Horror, donation/haunted house, Main Street, Biddeford.  FMI:  207-229-3560, www.biddefordartwalk.com.
Oct. 28, Friday, 7-9pm, “Ghosts, Souls, Spirits, and Guides,” join A.J. Kitt, founder of the Seacoast Paranormal Research Group and the Kitt Research Initiative, and Isabeau Esby, internationally known psychic medium, as they discuss the history, the research, and the realities of paranormal phenomena, and what possibilities may lurk in any home, business or graveyard, York Public Library, 15 Long Sands Road, York.  FMI:  207-363-2818, www.york.lib.me.us.
Oct. 28, Friday, 7:30pm, Laura Kargul, pianist, Liszt recital, Laura Kargul has received particular recognition for her playing of the nineteenth century romantics.  She is one of the few pianists ever invited to give a full recital on Listzt’s own Bechstein piano at the Liszthaus in Weimar, Germany, $15/adults, $10/seniors, Sanford-Springvale Historical Museum, 505 Main Street, Sanford.  FMI:  207-324-2797, www.sanfordhistory.org.
Oct. 29, Friday, 6-9pm, Haunted Historical Halloween, join a ghost tour starting at the Parsons Center, get up close and personal with the ghosts of prisoners in the Old Gaol, witness the branding of a wayward woman, watch out for Irene Lewis, a notorious pickpocket, be greeted by Ruthy Emerson at the Emerson-Wilcox House, see the survivors of the Nottingham Galley shipwreck, hear three bewitching hags toiling and boiling before the hearth and more, all ages welcome, The Parsons Center, Lincoln Road and York Street, York.  FMI: 207-363-4974, www.gatewaytomaine.org.
Oct. 29 and 30, Friday-Saturday, 6:30-9:30pm, Fifth Annual “The Haunting,” “Seminary Hotel” theme, travel through a 42 room building and campus for a frightening experience, $10/adults, $5/12 and under, Parsonsfield Seminary, 504 North Road, Parsonsfield.  FMI:  207-793-8825, www.parsonsfieldseminary.org.
Oct. 30, Sunday, 7pm, Jazz Concert, benefit for the Joan Beaudry Memorial Education Fund, pianist Tom Snow, drummer Les Harris Jr., saxophonist Ralph Norris and bassist Jim Lyden, $10, $5/students, Thornton Academy, Garland Auditorium, 438 Main Street, Saco.  FMI:  207-284-4754, www.mainetoday.com.
Nov. 1, Tuesday, 8pm, Shane Alexander with Chris Pierce, L.A.-based singer, songwriter, and guitarist Shane Alexander has drawn comparisons to everyone from Jeff Buckley to Art Garfunkel and Jackson Browne, thanks to his beautifully emotive vocal style and his haunting, finely crafted songs, $10 + $2 convenience fee, Jonathan’s Restaurant, 92 Bourne Lane, Ogunquit.  FMI:  207-646-4777, www.jonathansrestaurant.com.

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