Out and About for the Mid Coast Lakes Region of Maine March 15-21

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“Music in March on St. Patrick’s Day,” Topsham

March 15, Thursday, 7:30pm, Fiddler Ward MacDonald and pianist Ryan MacNeil with pianist Ben Miller, 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, Unity Center for the Performing Arts, 42 Depot Street, Unity. FMI: 207-948-7469, www.unity.edu/uccpa.

 

March 16, Friday, 6:30-8:30pm, Bath Family Dance, live fiddle music and dances taught, bring the family and learn together, the Virginian Reel and the Patacake Polka, $3, $12/per family, Bath Dance Works, 72 Front Street, Bath. FMI: 207-522-3900, www.bathdanceworks.com.

 

March 16, Friday, 7:30pm, Maeve Gilchrist Trio, traditional Scottish and original music, $18/advance, $20/at the door, Chocolate Church Arts Center, 804 Washington Street, Bath. FMI: 207-442-8455, www.chocolatechurcharts.org.

 

March 17, Saturday, 1pm, “The Comedy of Errors,” National Theater in London, live presentation, one of Shakespeare’s earliest plays, tells the story of two sets of identical twins that were accidentally separated at birth, $15, Lincoln Theater, 2 Theater Street, Damariscotta. FMI: 207-563-3424, www.lcct.org.

 

March 17, Saturday, 2pm, Music in March on St. Patrick’s Day, Irish music by singer and guitarist Jud Caswell, free, Topsham Public Library, Crooker Gallery, 25 Foreside Road, Topsham. FMI: 207-725-1727, www.topshamlibrary.org.

 

March 17, Saturday, 7pm, Belfast Maskers Presents Reading of New Works from Maine Playwrights, “Joe Patten for Senate” by Jon Potter and “Mansion on the Hill” by Eddie Adelman, donations welcome, First Church, 55 Spring Street, Belfast. FMI: 207-505-0199, www.firstchurchinbelfast.org.

 

March 17, Saturday, 7:30pm, Oratorio Chorale, presenting three compositions from the Baroque Era: Bach’s Mass in G-Minor; Handel’s Foundling Hospital Anthem; and Vivaldi’s “Gloria,” with the Maine Chamber Ensemble, $20/advance, $25/door, Studzinski Recital Hall, Bowdoin College, Brunswick. FMI: 207-798-7985, www.bowdoin.edu.

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