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Out and About for the Sebago Lake Regions of Maine June 28-July 4

Strawberry Festival, Hawthorne House, Raymond

June 29-July 1, Friday-Sunday, 7:30pm/Friday and Saturday, 2pm/Sunday, “Oliver!,” Lake Region Community Theatre production, musical based on the Charles Dickens Classic, $15/adults, $12/under 12, Deertrees Theatre, 155 Deertrees Road, Harrison. FMI: 207-583-6746, www.lrctme.org.
June 29, Friday, 7:30pm, “You Can’t Kill Stephen King,” a campy feature-length horror film brought to you by Monroe Mann and Ronnie Khalil about a group of friends who make a clueless and ill-fated decision to visit the lake where Stephen King lives, Q&A with director Munroe Mann follows the screening, $8/general, $5/students, Leura Hill Performing Arts Center, Bradley Street, Fryeburg. FMI: 207-935-9232, www.fryeburgacademy.org/pac.
June 30, Saturday, 6:30-8pm, Strawberry Festival, celebrate the 200th birthday of the Hawthorne House, the boyhood home of author Nathaniel Hawthorne, and enjoy strawberry shortcake, special events feature speakers, David Johnston, a talented Gorham builder, who will speak about home building technique of the 1800’s, and Mr. Hawthorne, who will speak about what is was like living in Raymond 200 years ago, space limited, reservations required, $10/adult, $5/kids under 8, Hawthorne House, 40 Hawthorne Road, Raymond. FMI: 207-655-7660, www.hawthorneassoc.com.
June 30, Saturday, 7pm, “Bob Marley, comedic bits mostly about life in Maine, celebrating 15 years as a stand-up comic, one of the hottest and most sought-after comedians in the country, $15, Gray New Gloucester High School, 10 Libby Hill Road, Gray. FMI: 207-200-ES4H, www.earthschoolme.com.
June 30, Saturday, 7:30pm, “Maine, When Tourists Aren’t Around,” humorist John McDonald for an evening of stories about life the Pine Tree State when the tourists have gone home–or when they’re just not paying attention. You wouldn’t believe what goes on, but as John says, if you hear if from a Maine storyteller—it MUST be true, BYOB, $10, Denmark Arts Center, 50 West Main Street, Denmark. FMI: 207-452-2412, www.denmarkarts.org.
June 30, Saturday, 8pm, AudioBody,” Two brothers invent, hack and build a world of physical comedy and music technology. Join them on this hap-hazard adventure of sibling rivalry, technological mishaps, relentless comedy, LED light-shows, and up-beat music, well suited for all ages, $14/adults, $12/seniors, $8/students and kids, Celebraiton Barn Theater, 190 Stock Farm Road, South Paris. FMI: 207-743-8452, www.celebrationbarn.com.
July 1, Sunday, 8am-1pm, Hacker’s Hill Loop, meet at Raymond Beach and ride up Quaker Ridge Road. Daring riders will pedal to the top of Hackers Hill and back to the beach. This is a 20 mile ride. Pace will be determoined by riders present. All riders should bring water, sports drink, energy bar and basic tire changing supplies, free, Raymond Beach, Route 302, Raymond. FMI: 207-647-4352, www.loonecholandtrust.org.

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