“Patience,” Cumston Hall, Monmouth

Sept. 19-22, Thursday-Sunday, 7:30pm/Thurs, Fri. and Sat, 1pm/Sat. and Sun, “Patience,” musical by Gilbert and Sullivan, all the society ladies in the village are in love with two aesthetic poets but the poets are in love with Patience, the village milkmaid, who cares nothing for poetry. The young ladies’ military suitors see no point to aesthetics but give it a try to win their hearts. In the end everyone lands a suitable partner, even if it is only a tulip or lily, $20-$30, Theater at Monmouth, Cumston Hall, 796 Main Street, Monmouth. FMI: 207-933-9999, www.theateratmonmouth.org.
Sept. 19, Thursday, 7:30pm, “Big Mouth, Thunder Thighs,” one-woman play with Maine performer Bess Welden, about hunger, appetite, fear, largeness, enoughness, loneliness, aloneness, and what it takes for us to accept ourselves, deeply personal and surprisingly funny, Colby College, Strider Theater, Waterville. FMI: 207-859-4520, www.indiegog.com.
Sept. 20-22, Friday-Saturday, 9am/gates open, Common Ground Fair, demonstrations, Maine organic foods and crafts, livestock exhibits, entertainment, $8-$10, free/12 and under and for those with handicaps, Common Ground Fairgrounds, Unity. FMI: 207-568-4142, www.mofga.org.
Sept. 20, Friday, 1:30-2:30pm, “French Sing-Along Session,” An hour of favorite French and French-Canadian songs. Words are provided so those whose French is not fluent are welcome to attend, free, USM Lewiston/Auburn Campus, 51 Westminster Street, Lewiston. FMI: 207-215-9035, www.usm.maine.edu.
Sept. 20, Friday, 7:30-9:30pm, “Piano Series: Frank Glazer,” Bates College Artist-in-Residence Frank Glazer has performed solo recitals in two dozen countries and has appeared all over the world with orchestras such as the New York Philharmonic, the Chicago and Cincinnati Symphony Orchestras, the Residentie Orchestra of the Hague, and the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. We are delighted to have Frank launch our Piano Series for the 2013-14 season. Glazer’s repertoire included more than 35 different concerti (that’s plural for “concerto”). He also has extensive credits in chamber music performance. He has been featured as guest of many leading chamber music groups and was also a founding member of the Eastman Quartet, the Cantilena Chamber Players, and the New England Piano Quartet, Franco American Heritage Center, 46 Cedar Street, Lewiston. FMI: 207-783-1585, www.francocenter.org.
Sept. 21, Saturday, 9:30am, Peter Janson, Celtic guitarist, fresh contemporary arrangements of new and traditional music from England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Brittany, and North America, free, Lithgow Public Library, Augusta. FMI: 207-626-2415, www.lithgow.lib.me.us.
Sept. 21, Saturday, 5-11pm, “Dine and Dance in Vienna,” enjoy a family style, gourmet roast pork dinner at the Vienna Grange followed by lively swing dancing at the Vienna Union Hall. The South Strong Road Crew will play songs from the 1910s to the 1950s. You may come to one event or save some money by enjoying both events. A couples discount is also available, $8-$20, Vienna Grange and Vienna Union Hall, Grange is on Route 41, Union Hall on Vienna Mountain Road, Vienna. FMI: 207-293-2674, www.viennaunionhall.org.