Out and About for the York/Sanford Lakes Regions of Maine Jan. 19-25

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Out and About for the York/Sanford Lakes Regions of Maine Jan. 19-25


Carriage Rug Exhibit at Sanford/Springvale Historical Center

Jan. 19-25, Thursday-Wednesday, see site for hours of operation, “Rugs all Marked Out,” cozy up with some hooked rugs this winter with rugs by hooked rug innovator and entrepreneur Edward S. Frost, features rugs, burlap patterns, and metal stencils from the Maine State Museum collection, Saco Museum, 371 Main Street, Saco.  FMI:  207-283-3861, www.sacomuseum.org.

 

Jan. 19, Thursday, 5-7pm, “Sanford Mills Carriage Robes,” reception for the exhibit featuring more than 70 robes donated by former Sanford resident Paul Lehoux, a wonderfully colorful exhibit of the blanket-like creations used during the late 1800s and early 1900s when nearly every buggy and early automobile had one, free, Sanford-Springvale Historical Museum, 505 Main Street, Sanford.  FMI:  207-324-2797, www.sanfordhistory.org.

 

Jan. 19, Thursday, 5:30-7:30pm, “Wire Findings,” jewelry making, create a pair of wire earrings under the guidance of Deborah Peters, register and receive a 10% off voucher for materials at The Bead Emporium, allow yourself ample time to select materials before class, $25, Full Circle Artisan Gallery, 22 Main Street, Cornish.  FMI:  207-625-7725, www.cornish-maine.org.

 

Jan. 19, Thursday, 6:30pm, “The Stand, A Documentary Film,” broadcaster Tavis Smiley makes a road trip through Memphis and Nashville meeting with some of America’s most admired scholars, musicians, comedians and social critics, to explore the question:  “What happened to Dr. Martin Luther King’s dream?” 90-minute documentary explores the diversity and complexity of the Black male experience in America past, present and future, free, Cultural Exchange Lounge, UNE, Biddeford.  FMI:  207-602-2461, www.une.edu.

 

Jan. 20, Friday, 5am-3:15pm, “Horne Pond Ice Fishing Derby,” brook trout will be stocked for derby, adult prizes include cash and Cabela’s gift certificates, each child who registers receives a prize, kids casting contest at 10am, live entertainment by Primitive Man from 11am-2pm, hot food available all day, register on line with Paypal, or at Tabors Variety and Limington Variety, $15/adults, $5 kids, Horne Pond, Moy Mo Da Yo Road, Limington.  FMI:  207-415-3723, www.icefishforkids.com.

 

Jan. 22, Sunday, 3pm, “A Civil War Rememberance,” featuring Civil War Era Music: A Stephen Foster Medley, Dixie, The Battle Hymn of the Republic, Abraham Lincoln: A Lasting Peace, by Seacoast Community Chorus, $10, First Parish Church, York Street, York.  FMI:  207-363-3758, www.gatewaytomaine.org.

 

Jan. 22, Sunday, 3pm, “The Help,” winter film series, set in Mississippi during the 1960’s, Skeeter is a southern society girl who returns from college determined to become a writer, she turns her friends’ lives and a Mississippi town, upside down when she decides to interview the black women who have spent their lives taking care of prominent southern families, rated PG-13, free, York Public Library, 15 Long Sands Road, York.  FMI:  207-363-2818, www.york.lib.me.us.

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