“L.L. Bean: The Man and His Company,” by James Witherell, Auburn
Jan. 12, Thursday, 12-1pm, “L.L. Bean: The Man and His Company-The Complete Story,” Author James Witherell comes to the library to share from his book about the story behind the rise of L.L. Bean, the story begins with the Bean family, young Leon Leonwood Bean’s love of the outdoors, his first forays into sales and then his development of the boot and the beginnings of an outdoors outfitting company, free, Auburn Public Library, 49 Spring Street, Auburn.  FMI: 207-333-6640, www.auburn.lib.me.us.
Jan. 12-14, Thursday-Saturday, 7:30pm, “The Man in the Bowler Hat and The Little Sweep,” a farce by A.A. Milne and an opera by Benjamin Britten, presented by The Sandy River Players, Farmington’s community theatre, $14/adults, $12/students and seniors, Emery Community Arts Center, UMF, Farmington.  FMI:  207-779-7084, www.umf.maine.edu.
Jan. 13, Friday, 7pm, “Red, Black and Green: Blues,” performer-activist Marc Bamuthi Joseph presented staged reading from multi-media piece, free, Bates College, Olin Arts Center, 75 Russell Street, Lewiston.  FMI:  207-786-6135, www.bates.edu.
Jan. 14, Saturday, 7:30pm, “Midcoast Symphony Orchestra,” performing Shostakovich, Symphony No. 5 in D minor, also pieces by Mahler, Dvorak and Dukas, $17, free/18 and younger, Franco-American Heritage Center, 46 Cedar Street, Lewiston.  FMI: 207-689-2000, www.francocenter.org.
Jan. 16, Monday, 7:30pm, “Sankofa:  A Journey of Our Own,” features performance arts including dance, music, theater and spoken word, student production that explores cross-cultural blackness with African diasporic experience, free, Bates College, Schaeffer Theater, Lewiston.  FMI: 207-786-6255, www.bates.edu.
Jan. 16, Monday, 8:15pm, “Maggie Coffin,” The Robbie Coffin Combo, featuring his 15 year-old daughter Maggie on vocals, Maggie covered artists as varied as John Lennon, Bob Marley, John Mayer and Rufus Thomas, backed by an amazing band of local musicians Alfred Lund (percussion), Peter Johnson (guitar) and David Thibodeau (bass), $15, Slates Restaurant, 167 Water Street, Hallowell.  FMI: 207-622-9575, www.slatesrestaurant.com.
Jan. 18, Wednesday, 6:30pm, “Make Your Own Ecosystem,” families and children are encouraged to join Clark Freeman to learn about ecosystems and there many different varieties, participants will create their own ecosystems to take home with them, free Maine Lakes Resource Center, Belgrade Lakes.  FMI:  207-495-6039, www.belgradelakes.org.