Out and About for the Belgrade Lakes Region of Maine Nov. 13-19

Out and About for the Mid Coast Lakes Region of Maine Nov. 13-19
November 14, 2013
Out and About for the Sanford/York Lakes Region of Maine Nov. 13-19
November 14, 2013

Out and About for the Belgrade Lakes Region of Maine Nov. 13-19

“The Ale House String Band,” Gardiner

Nov. 14, Thursday, 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m., “Tea with Maine Mystery Writers,” friends of the Maine State Library annual Blaine House Tea featuring a panel discussion by three Maine mystery crime writers: Gerry Boyle, Paul Doiron, and James Hayman. Event open to Friends of Maine State Library, $25 for individuals, $15 for librarians and seniors, Blaine House (Governor’s Mansion), 192 State Street, Augusta. FMI: 207-287-5620, www.cherlyramsay@maine.gov.
Nov. 14-17, Thursday-Sunday, 7:30pm/Thurs-Sat, 2pm/Sun, Neil Simon’s “Promises, Promises,” songs Burt Bacharach and Hal David, $10-$12, Gaslight Theater, Hallowell City Hall, Hallowell. FMI: 207-626-3698, www.gaslighttheater.org.
Nov. 14, Thursday, 7:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m., “Songful Vietnam: Three Rivers–One Source,” an evening with artists in a variety of traditional Vietnamese performance genres, free, but tickets required and available at www.batessongfulvietnam.evenbrite.com, Bates College, Olin Concert Hall, 75 Russell Street, Lewiston. FMI: 207-786-6135, www.batescollegecalendar.edu.
Nov. 15, Friday, 1:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m., “French Sing-Along,” join USM’s Franco-American Collection for an hour of traditional French and French-Canadian tunes. Songbooks are provided, so those who’s French is less than fluent are welcome to attend, all welcome, free and open to the public, University of Southern Maine, 51 Westminster Street, Lewiston. FMI: 207-753-6500, www.usm.gov.
Nov. 15, Friday, 7:30pm, “Pianist Derek Herzer,” works by Grahms, Medtner, Enescu and others, $14-$16, Franco Center, 46 Cedar Street, Lewiston. FMI: 207-783-1585, www.francocenter.org.
Nov. 16, Saturday, 7:30pm, “The Ale House String Band,” a happy accident caused by the artistic whirlpool that is Waldoboro Maine. Oren Robinson is a classically trained vocalist, Brian Dunn is a wandering soul who picked up music along the way, and April Reed-Cox has a Masters degree in Music Performance, with an uncanny ability to improvise music on the spot, $12-$16, Johnson Hall Performing Arts Center, 280 Water Street, Gardiner. FMI: 207-582-7144, www.johnsonhall.org.
Nov. 19, Tuesday, 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., “Selections from Bernice Abbott’s Portrait of Maine,” A pre-eminent American photographer, Abbott moved to Monson, Maine, in the 1960’s and created a significant body of work documenting life in her new home state. Her Portrait of Maine (1968), collaboration with writer, artist and friend Chenoweth Hall, was Abbott’s final book and comprises photographs from across the state in Abbott’s signature documentary style. This exhibition represents photographs taken for that project. Free and open to the public, Bates College Museum of Art, 75 Russell Street, Lewston. FMI: 207-786-6158, www.museum@bates.edu.

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