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“Aida,”  at the Waldo Theatre, Waldoboro

July 12-15, Thursday-Sunday, 7pm, Shakespeare’s “Antony and Cleopatra,” story or ritual, myth and romance, $35, Burnt Cove Church Community Center, 19 Whitman Road, Stonington. FMI: 207-367-2788, www.operahousearts.org.
July 12, Thursday, 8pm, Vienna, City of Music, presented as part of the Bay Chamber Summer Music Festival, James Campbell and Marc Johnson with Afiara String Quartet, $30-40, $8/18 and under, Rockport Opera House, 6 Central Street, Rockport. FMI: 207-236-2823, www.baychamberconcerts.org.
July 13, Friday, 7:30pm, Chamber Music Festival, Schubert (string trio in B-flat), Brahms (Sonata for violin and piano), Shulamit Ran ( string duo-world premiere) and Hermann Goetz (piano quartet in E major), $20-30, Kneisel Hall, 137 Pleasant Street, Blue Hill. FMI: 207-374-2203, www.kneisel.org.
July 14, Saturday, 8am-8pm, Celebrate Summer in Harpswell, an opportunity to explore Harpswell’s burgeoning art scene, guests are invited to take farm tours, visit studios and gardens, sail or paddle, enjoy wreath-making, pottery and sheep dog demonstrations, sample local food, learn how antique engines, work, discover fine jewelry, painting and enjoy meeting local artists, over thirty different locations participating, $/dependent on activity, Harpswell, Basin Point, Harpswell. FMI: 207-833-6004, www.mainetoday.com.
July 14-15, Saturday-Sunday, begins 11am Saturday, North Atlantic Blues Festival, an annual two-day blues music festival featuring national blues performers, in addition to all day entertainment, the festival has vendors selling a wide variety of food, drinks and crafts, $25/advance, $30/day of, $50-70/two day pass, Harbor Park, Public Landing, Rockland. FMI: www.northatlanticbluesfestival.com.
July 14, Saturday, 12:30-3:30pm, “Books in Boothbay: Maine’s Summer Book Fair,” 40 authors from around the state will sign their books, discuss their writing and meet their fans, authors include Tess Gerritsen, Lynn Plourde, James Hayman and Jim Sharp, free, Boothbay Railway Village, Route 27, Boothbay. FMI: 207-633-3112, www.booksinboothbay.blogspot.com.
July 14-15 and 19, Saturday-Sunday and Wednesday, 7:30pm/Saturday and Wednesday, 3pm/Sunday, Elton John and Tim Rice’s “AIDA,” a tale reminiscent of Romeo and Juliet and closely tied to Verdi’s opera, ‘Aida,’ and ancient Egyptian captain is betrothed to a princess, but falls in love with a slave, musical, $12-18, Waldo Theatre, 916 Main Street, Waldoboro. FMI: 207-832-6060, www.thewaldo.org.

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