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“A Doll’s House,” Bates College, Lewiston

March 8, Thursday, 6:30pm, Full Moon Snowshoe Hike-Bear Mountain, moderate hike through the woods, bon fire and hot chocolate wait for you at the top, beautiful 360-degree vistas of Turner and Androscoggin River Valley, all under the full moon, meet at the Fitness and Recreation Center, $5, UMF, 111 South Street, Farmington.  FMI:  207-778-7495, www.umf.maine.edu.

 

March 8, Thursday, 7:30pm, Henrik Ibsen’s “A Doll’s House,” a three-act play directed by Bates senior Elizabeth Castellano, controversial when first published, it explores the need of every individual to find out the kind of person he or she really is and to strive to become that person, $6/general, $3/seniors, Schaeffer Theatre, 2 Andrews Raod, Bates College, Lewiston.  FMI: 207-786-6255, www.bates.edu.

 

March 9, Friday, 7:30pm, Annie Baker’s “Circle Mirror Transformation,” what do a flirty former actress, a pouty 16-year old, a hippie husband and a divorced carpenter have in common?  Very little, or at least that’s what they think until they take a six week community acting class, this hilarious and touching play catches a glimpse of the poignant drama that animates ordinary lives, $12/gen, $10/seniors and students, Gaslight Theater at Hallowell City Hall, 1 Winthrop Street, Hallowell.  FMI:  207-626-3698, www.gaslighttheater.org.

 

March 9, Friday, 7:30pm, The Capital Trio, piano trio plays the Sonata in D major for violin and piano, Op. 12, No. 1 by Beethoven and more, free, Bates College, Olin Arts Center, 75 Russell Street, Lewiston.  FMI:  207-786-6135, www.bates.edu.

 

March 10, Saturday, 7:30pm, Lynn Deeves and band, singer-songwriter, with a versatile mix of originals merging folk, blues and gospel influences, $16/general, $6/students, Johnson Hall Performing Arts Center, 289 Water Street, Gardiner.  FMI: 207-582-7144, www.johnsonhall.org.

 

March 10, Saturday, 7:30pm, Midcoast Symphony Orchestra, Karla Kelley conductor, Allison Eldredge, soloist Herbert Cello Concerto, pieces by Tchaikovsky and von Weber, $17/general, free/18 and younger, Franco American Heritage Center, 46 Cedar Street, Lewiston.  FMI: 207-783-1585,www.midcoastsymphony.org.

 

March 12, Monday, 7pm, Fiddler Ward MacDonald and pianist Ryan MacNeil, with piper Ben Miller and the Franklin County Fiddlers, Ward grew up in the Scottish fiddling traditions of Prince Edward Island, his four generations of family fiddling is spiced with a unique blend of Cape Breton, Acadian and Irish influences, $15, Skye Theatre Performing Arts Center, Winter Hill Road, South Carthage.  FMI:  800-894-4300,www.necelticarts.com.

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