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“Moxie Festival,” Lisbon

July 12-14, Friday-Sunday, 9:30am/Friday opening, 3pm/Sunday events end, Moxie Festival, join Moxie lovers from Maine, the US and abroad at the one and only Moxie Festival, three day Pow Wow, Friday night fireworks, and recipe contest, a Saturday 5k race, ATV Ride, Maine’s largest summertime Parade, Street Fair, Concert in the Park, and on Sunday, the Chief Worumbo Androscoggin River Race and the Moxie Car Show, see site for schedule of events, Lisbon. FMI: 207-353-3000, www.moxiefestival.com.
July 12, Friday, 11:30am-1:30pm, La Rencontre: Monthly Luncheon, enjoy a summery meal of pasta salad, potato salad, two finger rolls (choice of ham salad, egg salad or seafood) along with chips and slice of watermelon. After lunch enjoy music by guitarist Barry Wood with New Meservier, the group will sing a mix of French and English soft pop and country songs, call to reserve seating, doors open at 10:30, Franco American Heritage Center, 46 Cedar Street, Lewiston. FMI: 207-783-1585, www.francocenter.org.
July 12, Friday, 6:30-7:45pm, Family Barn Dance, a family barn dance featuring fun and easy contra and square dances for all ages taught by dance leader Cindy Larock, with live music provided by a locally-grown, multi-generational folk orchestra, Callahan Hall, Lewiston Public Library, 200 Lisbon Street, Lewiston. FMI: 207-782-0386, www.lplonline.org.
July 12-13, Friday and Saturday, 7pm/Friday, 2pm/Sunday, Alice in Wonderland Jr, join Alice’s madcap adventures in Wonderland as she chases the White Rabbit, races the Dodo Bird, gets tied up with the Tweedles, raps with a bubble-blowing Caterpillar, and beats the Queen of Hearts at her own game, $10/adults, $8/12 and under, Lewiston Auburn Community Little Theater, Main Street, Auburn. FMI: 207-783-0958, www.laclt.com.
July 12-13, Friday and Saturday, 7:30pm, Bates Dance Festival, Nejla Yatkin/NY2Dance, Persian love story with dance, music, video and text, Bates College, Schaeffer Theatre, 305 College Street, Lewiston. FMI: 207-786-6161, www.batestickets.com.
July 13, Saturday, 7-9pm, Atlantic Music Festival Opening Orchestra Concert, part of an incredible series of free orchestral and chamber concerts, David Amado joins us to conduct Mozart Symphony No. 29 and Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, featuring the AMF Opera Workshop, arrive 15 minutes early to ensure seating, free, Lorimer Chapel, Colby College, 4000 Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville. FMI: 888-704-1311, www.atlanticmusicfestival.org.
July 13, Saturday, 7-9pm, Union Coffeehouse Presents Talisker, a fun group of six talented musicians performing an eclectic mix of English and Irish folk music, they play period instruments including viol da gamba, accordion, bouzouki, tin whistle, krumhorn, guitar, recorder and bodhran, refreshments available, $5, Union Coffeehouse, Union Church of Belgrade Lakes, 67 Main Street, Belgrade Lakes. FMI: 207-495-3599, www.reverbnation.com/venue/theunioncoffeehouse.

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