Out and About for the Bangor Lakes Regions of Maine May 23-29

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Out and About for the Bangor Lakes Regions of Maine May 23-29

80 days around the world

“Around the World in 80 Days,” Penobscot Theater, Bangor

May 23-25 and 28-29, Thursday-Saturday and Tuesday-Wednesday, 10am-5pm, I-95 Triennial 2013: From Connecticut to Maine, offers a unique glimpse into the diversity of contemporary creative practice by artists from five New England states: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island, exhibition features works in an array of media, free, University of Maine Museum of Art, 40 Harlow Street, Bangor. FMI: 207-561-3350, www.uma.maine.edu.
May 23, Thursday, 7pm, An Evening with Garrison Keillor, charming, witty and always-entertaining writer, humorist, and celebrity speaker, probably best known for his widely popular radio show, A Prairie Home Companion, he shares hilarious anecdotes about growing up in the American Midwest, the people of Lake Wobegon and “late-life fatherhood,” see site for ticketing information, Collins Center for the Arts, UMO, Orono. FMI: 207-581-1755, www.collinscenterforthearts.com.
May 23-26 and 29, Thursday-Sunday and Wednesday, 7pm/Thursday and Wednesday, 8pm/Friday and Saturday, 3pm/Sunday, “Around the World in Eighty Days,” hold onto your seats for the original amazing race, join fearless adventurer Phileas Fogg and his faithful manservant as they race to beat to clock, presented by Penobscot Theatre, see site for ticketing details, one complimentary youth ticket for kids 18 and under, for every full priced ticket purchased, Bangor Opera House, 131 Main Street, Bangor. FMI: 207-942-3333, www.penobscottheatre.org.
May 24-25, Friday-Saturday, 6:30-8pm/Friday, 9am-12pm/Saturday, Peatlands of Maine Field Trip, explore these unique ecosystems through a two-part program that combines an evening presentation with a hands-on field trip to the magnificent Orono Bog, presentation the evening before the field trip will cover the basic ecology of peatlands, and will illustrate the various kinds of peatlands, their distribution in Maine and elsewhere, and the important ecological roles they play both locally and globally, advance registration required, $10/member, $15/nonmember, Fields Pond Audubon Center, 216 Fields Pond Road, Holden. FMI: 207-989-2591, www.maineaudubon.org.
May 24, Friday. 7pm, Black Holes, prepare to sail into deep space and fall into a black hole as space and time are distorted by these massive objects, ages 9-adult, $3, Maynard F. Jordan Planetarium, 5781 Wingate Hall, UMO, Orono. FMI: 207-581-1341, www.galaxymaine.com.
May 25, Saturday, 9pm, Juicebox Band, bringing you the best in classic soul, funk an disco hits as well as contemporary pop and dance tunes, singer-songwriter Stesha Cano on lead vocals, Amy Briggs on backing vocals and keyboards, Jeremy Shirland on guitar and theremin, Jim Zabierek on bass and Brooks Gray on drums, Hollywood Casino, 500 Main Street, Bangor. FMI: 1-877-779-7771, www.hollywoodcasinobangor.com.
May 29, Wednesday, 9am-1pm, Children’s Days, period-appropriate activities for children to learn what life was like before electricity in the 1790’s at the Maine Forest and Logging Museum, registration required, Leonard’s Mills, 56 Government Road, Bradley. FMI: 207-581-2871, www.leonardsmills.com

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