Out and About for the Sebago Lakes Region of Maine June 13-19

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Out and About for the Sebago Lakes Region of Maine June 13-19

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“Mad Science Fire and Ice Show,” Maine Wildlife Park, Gray

June 14-16, Friday-Sunday, 5:30pm/Friday, 5pm/Saturday, 2pm/Saturday and Sunday, “The War of the Roses,” Riverbank Shakespeare Festival presented by Acorn Productions, $10, Riverbank Park, Westbrook. FMI: 207-854-0065, www.acorn-productions.org.
June 14-16, Friday-Sunday, 7pm/Friday and Saturday, 2pm/Sunday, “How to Succeed in High School Without Really Trying,” and “Check, Please!” plays by Jonathan Rand performed by local teens, $10, Schoolhouse Arts Center, Standish. FMI: 207-642-3743, www.schoolhousearts.org.
June 15, Saturday, 10:30am-1pm, Shaker Village Nature Hike, explore with family and friends the Shaker fields and forests from the hayfields through the woods to Loon’s Point on Sabbathday Lake to Aurelia’s Cascade with a finish up the old County Road. See many flora and fauna. Your guide will be a trained naturalist. Offered once a month – come each month and see the phenomenal seasonal changes. Hikes cover a 3-mile loop in 2-1/2 hours. Offered at 10:30 AM and 1:30PM. Come dressed for a hike through the woods with mud and bugs, rain or shine, $5/adults, $2/children, Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village, Route 26, New Gloucester. FMI: 207-926-4597, www.shaker.lib.me.us.
June 15, Saturday, 11am-12pm, Mad Science Fire and Ice Show, get ready for some sizzlin’ excitement with safe & scientific fun with fire & ice! Witness experiments like the Big Burp, Sizzling Scissors & famous Mad Science Shower! Live, interactive & compelling experiences that make learning a blast! A must-see for the kids! Sponsored by Us & Company Computers & Gray Physical Therapy, park fee, Maine Wildlife Park, 56 Game Farm Road, Gray. FMI: 207-657-4977, www.maine.gov/ifw/education/wildlifepark.
June 16, Saturday, 7pm, Lowry’s Lodge, monthly poetry series with Dana Robbins and Bob MacLaughlin, $3, Saccarappa Art Collection, Westbrook. FMI: 207-591-7300, www.portlandpress.com.
June 16, Saturday, 8pm, Waltzing for Dreamers, Gypsophilia, group of seven young performers whose music straddles the jazz and indie worlds. The band started in 2004 as a Django Reinhardt tribute, but soon found itself mixing gypsy jazz with klezmer, funk, classical music, indie rock, and bebop, composing original music, and selling out shows all over Canada, free, Stone Mountain Arts Center, 695 Dug Way Road, Brownfield. FMI: 207-935-7292, www.stonemountainartscenter.com.
June 19, Wednesday, 4-5pm, Strawberry Fields Forever, graze is a unique, all-inclusive tour and dine event. Begin with a tour of one of Pineland’s farms or gardens and end with a 4-course meal created with a cornucopia of food that was raised, planted, nurtured and harvested within minutes from where guests will dine. Dinners include beer, wine and cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, entrée, and dessert with coffee, $95, Graze at Pineland Farms, 15 Farm View Drive, New Gloucester. FMI: 207-761-6665, www.pinelandfarms.org.

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