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“Great Maine Apple Day,” Unity

October 20, Saturday, 10am-2pm, Pumpkin Hayrides, take a hayride to the pumpkin field, visit the animals, explore the hay maze, $6/person for hayride, $20/family of 4 (includes pumpkin pie pumpkins), Wolfe’s Neck Farm, 184 Burnett Road, Freeport. FMI: 207-865-4469, www.wolfesneckfarm.org.
October 18, Thursday, 7pm, Qapirangajug: Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change, a stunning documentary by director Zacharias Kunuk and filmmaker Ian Mauro explores the social and ecological impacts of a warming Arctic from the perspectives of hunters and elders, free, Bowdoin College, Smith Auditorium, Sills Hall, Brunswick. FMI: 207-725-3416, www.bowdoin.edu.
October 18, Thursday, 7:30pm, Whose Song is it Anyway, Chris Kerby leads Canadian songwriter ensemble, $15, Unity Centre for the Performing Arts, 42 Depot Street, Unity. FMI: 207-948-9100, www.unity.edu/uccpa.
October 19, 6:30-9:30pm, Bath Family Dance, live fiddle music and dances taught, $3/per person, $12/family, Bath Dance Works, 72 Front Street, Bath. FMI: 207-522-3900, www.bathdanceworks.com.
October 19-12, Friday-Sunday, 7:30pm/Friday and Saturday, 2pm/Sunday, “Arsenic and Lace,” two charming old ladies whose hobby is poisoning unsuspecting visitors, a brother who thinks he’s Teddy Roosevelt and is digging the Panama Canal in the basement, the normal nephew who finds out about the aunts’ hobby and finds a body or two, $12/general, $10/students and seniors, Chocolate Church Arts Center, 804 Washington Street, Bath. FMI: 207-442-8455, www.chocolatechurch.com.
October 21, Sunday, 12-4pm, 2012 Great Maine Apple Day, celebration of the history, flavor and tradition of Maine apples, $4, Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association, 294 Crosby Brook Road, Unity. FMI: 207-568-4142, www.mofga.org.
October 23, Tuesday, 1pm, The Metropolitan Opera Live in HD Presents: “L’Elisir d’Amore,” Anna Netrebko makes her Met role debut as the beautiful landowner Adina, with Matthew Polenzani as Nemorino, the simple peasant who falls in love with her. Mariusz Kwiecien sings Adina’s arrogant fiancé, Sergeant Belcore, and Ambrogio Maestri will sing the role of the magic potion-peddling Doctor Dulcamara, $23, $15/students, Strand Theatre, 345 Main Street, Rockland. FMI: 207-594-0070, www.rocklandstrand.com.

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