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Sandy River Canoe/Kayak Cince de Mayo Race, Farmington
May 3, Thursday, 7:30pm, Dierks Bentley 2012 Country and Cold Cans Tour, with the Eli Young Band and Will Hoge, $23/advance, $33/door, Augusta Civic Center, 76 Community Drive, Augusta.  FMI:  207-626-2400, www.augustaciviccenter.org.
 
May 4, Friday, 11:45am, Shakespeare in Performance Plenary Session, Eric Brown, UMF; Estelle Rivier; Franck Laurent, University du Maine, Le Mans, Martin Andrucki, Bates College and Katalin Vecsey, Bates Collet:  “Shakespeare in Hungary”, free, UMF, Farmington.  FMI:  207-778-7457, www.umf.maine.edu.
 
May 4, Friday, 5pm, Bates Downtown Series presents Day for Night, three decades of acoustic country music, free, Bates, 22 Park St, Lewiston.  FMI:  207-786-6135, www.bates.edu.
 
May 5, Saturday, 1pm, Sandy River Cince de Mayo Canoe/Kayak Race and Fun Paddle, canoe or kayak down the Sandy River with a mix of flat areas with rips, eddies, and pitches, starts at the Strong Legion building and goes for approximately 10 miles to the Fairbanks bridge, a shuttle service brings paddlers back to their vehicles, register on site 11:30am-12:30am, $10/general, $5/students, UMF, Farmington.  FMI:  207-778-7495, www.umf.maine.edu.
 
May 5, Saturday, 7:30pm, “A Star Called Love:  The Freedom Stories of Lala,” one woman portrays 30 characters, $10, Bates College, Olin Arts Center, 75 Russell St, Lewiston.  FMI:  207-783-1585, www.laarts.org.
 
May 6, Sunday, 2pm, Turtle Island Quartet:  The Music of John Coltrane, In exploring John Coltrane’s musical legacy, the GRAMMY® winning Turtle Island Quartet continues its own tradition of employing the string quartet form to shed new light on the timeless joy and beauty contained in the greatest music of the American jazz masters. The concert program will present an in-depth look at this landmark recording in the greater context of the music that preceded and followed, a time many consider to be the last great evolutionary period of jazz, $20/adults, $15/students and seniors, Franco-American Heritage Center, 46 Cedar St, Lewiston.  FMI:  207-782-7228, www.francocenter.org.
 
May 7, Monday, 6pm, Evening GeoCaching, Embark on a high-tech treasure hunt around Farmington to find geo chaches. Use a GPS tracker to locate hidden treasures and beat the clock before other teams do it first. GPS units provided by the FRC. Meet at the FRC @ 5:45pm. Call to pre-register, free, UMF, Farmington.  FMI:  207-778-7495, www.umf.maine.edu.
 

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