Out and About for the Mid Coast of the Lakes Region of Maine July 25-31

Out and About for the Bangor Lakes Region of Maine July 25-31
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Out and About for the Mid Coast of the Lakes Region of Maine July 25-31

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Midcoast Brass Quintet, Camden Amphitheatre

July 25, Thursday, 7-8pm, Midcoast Brass Quintet, trumpet, horn, trombone and tuba the concert includes a classical segment featuring composers such as Franz Joseph Hayden, Gabriel Faure, J.J. Mouret, Joseph Fiocco, Johann Sebastian Bach and P.I. Tchaikovsky, a jazz portion featuring composers ranging from Fats Waller to Lew Pollack and Henry Filmore, and a third segment dedicated to pet owners and animal lovers everywhere with pieces ranging from “Pink Panther” to the “Teddy Bear March” and “The Dog Gone Blues,” outside concert, bring blankets or chairs for seating, concert will be moved indoors if wet, Camden Amphitheatre, Atlantic Avenue, Camden. FMI: 207-236-3440, www.camden.lib.me.us.
July 25-28 and 30-31, Thursday-Sunday and Tuesday-Wednesday, 7:30pm/Thurs-Fri and Tues-Wed, 2pm/Thurs, Sun, and Tues, “Gypsy,” loosely based on the memoirs of striptease artist, Gypsy Rose Lee, follows the dreams and disappointments of Mama Rose and her fight to raise her two daughters, Dainty June and Louise, in the world of 1920’s show business, when vaudeville was dying and burlesque was born, see venue for ticket information, Maine State Theatre, Pickard Theater, 1 Bath Road, Brunswick. FMI: 207-725-8769. www.msmt.org.
July 25, Thursday, 7:30-9pm, The Moscow Magic and Comedy Show-Starring Vladimir Zinczenko, features mind blowing card manipulation, hilarious attempts at picking the pockets of audience members and daring and dramatic escapes, $22/advance, $25/door, Freeport Theater of Awesome, 5 Depot Street, Freeport. FMI: 207-518-8839, www.awesometheater.org.
July 25-27, Thursday-Saturday, 7:30-9:00pm, Blue Hill Bach Festival, opening Thursday event includes music for solo voices and period instruments: Buxtehude Prelude & Fugue in f minor; J.C. Bach “Ach, dass ich Wassers gnug hatte;” Nicolaus Bruhns “Mein Herz ist bereit;” Biber Mystery Sonata #12, “The Ascension;” J.S. Bach Pastorella iin F Major; Cantat BWV 106; John Finney, conductor & keyboards; Kristen Watson, soprano; Marcia Gronewold Sly, mezzo-soptrano; Jonas Budris, tenor; John David Adams, bass; Gerald Wheeler, organ; Lisa Rautenberg, violin, see site for other musical events, venues and times, $20/Thursday’s concert, St. Francis by the Sea Episcopal Church, 330 Hinckley Ridge Road, Blue Hill. FMI: 207-590-2677, www.bluehillbach.org.
July 26, Friday, 7:30-9pm, Delfeayo Marsalis & The New American Songbook, this multi-talented group of core artists dusts off many of America’s beloved classics and gives them a modern twist, seating begins at 7pm, $20/advance, $25/day of, Boothbay Opera House, 86 Townsend Avenue, Boothbay Harbor. FMI: 207-633-5159, www.boothbayoperahouse.com.
July 27, Saturday, 8pm, The DUHKS with special guest Lucy Wainwright Roche, Grammy nominees and JUNO award winners, a syncopated bluesy banjo number seamlessly follows a Brazilian samba; and old-time jaunt nestles comfortably next to a gospel performance by vocalist Jessee Havey, this group romps from world-beat to blues, urban-pop to old-timey, with wild-eyed invention, haunting traditionalism and spine-rattling groove, $25, The Strand, 345 Main Street, Rockland. FMI: 207-594-0070, www.rocklandstrand.com.
July 29, Monday, 7:30-9:30pm, Suzanne Nance & Friends, perform a selection of songs from Opera to Broadway including La Boheme, Cosi fan tutte, West Side Story and more, $17-$30, Pickard Theater, Memorial Hall, Bowdoin. FMI: 207-725-8769, www.msmt.org.

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