Out and About for the Belgrade Lakes Region of Maine May 1 – 7

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Out and About for the Mid Coast Lakes Region of Maine May 1-7
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Out and About for the York/Sanford Lakes Region of Maine May 1 – 7
Out and About for the York/Sanford Lakes Region of Maine May 1 – 7
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Out and About for the Belgrade Lakes Region of Maine May 1 – 7

Out and About for the Belgrade Lakes Region of Maine May 1 – 7

“Art Walk,” Gardiner

May 1 – 2, Thursday – Friday, 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., “Polish Posters: Art and Illusion,” produced with curatorial assistance from Madeline Smit ’14 and art scholar Beata Niedzialkowska, this exhibition traces the evolution of Polish graphic art from the 1960s to the early 2000s, including the globally influential Polish School of Posters, drawn from a recent gift to the museum, the works will be shown in the Synergy Space Gallery and in satellite galleries in Roger Williams and Hedge halls, free event, Bates College, Museum of Art, 75 Russell Street, Lewiston. FMI: 207-786-6158, www.bates.edu.
May 2 – 4, Friday – Saturday, Thursday – Saturday 8:30 a.m. – 8:30 p.m., “Ant Farm: at the Nexus of Art and Science Exhibit,” Ant Farm is a multi-media collaborative exhibit merging art and science inspired by leafcutter ants, free event, University of Southern Maine, Lewiston – Auburn College, 51 Westminster Street, Lewiston. FMI: 207-753-6500, www.usm.maine.edu/lac.
May 2, Friday, 3:30 p.m.- 4:30 p.m., “Neighborhoods,” A performance by UMA Señor College Oral History Theatre, free admission, refreshments provided, UMA Klahr Center Rotunda, UMA Campus, Augusta. FMI: 207-512-8254, www.uma.edu.
May 2, Friday, 5:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m., “Artwalk Gardiner,” Historic Downtown Gardiner continues to host it’s ever popular Artwalk, entering it’s tenth year and welcoming Spring and showcasing efforts from artists living or creating art within a 20 mile radius, more than twenty solo exhibitors and five group shows will participate in the lively community celebration along Water St., this year’s artwalk will see exciting new additions to the usual exhibited art, including Artist Demos, a children’s art project, a seedling sale, and an open house for the new location of Independence Association’s Spin Off Studio, Downtown Gardiner, Gardiner. FMI:207-582-6600, www.theartdogs.com.
May 2, Friday, 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m., “Kennebec Performing Arts company – Celebration of American Music,” $8 in advance, $10 at door, students through high school free, Winthrop Performing Arts Center, Winthrop High School, Winthrop. FMI: 207-685-9653, www.kennebecperformingartscompany.org.
May 2 – 4, Friday – Sunday, Friday 7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m., Saturday 8:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m., Sunday 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m., “Moonlights and Magnolias at the Public Theatre,” by Ron Hutchinson, you’ll go nuts for this fun, farcical, and somewhat true behind-the-scenes look at the creation of the screenplay of “Gone With the Wind”, for five days, three of the most talented men in Hollywood lock themselves in a room with an unlimited supply of peanuts and bananas to create the greatest movie ever made “Frankly, my dear, this is one funny play,” $20 Adult / $16 (Group 10+)/ $5 Youth (18 and under), contact the Presenting Organization listed below for ticketing information, The Public Theatre, 31 Maple Street, Lewiston. FMI: 207-782-3200, www.thepublictheatre.org.
May 3, Saturday, 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m., “The Maine Fiddlehead Festival,” The Maine Fiddlehead Festival is a free and family-oriented celebration of local food, both farmed and foraged, in Western Maine. Held in Farmington on the grounds of the Emery Community Arts center, the festival features a farmers market, food vendors, food-related exhibitors, supervised children’s activities, live acoustic music, including the renowned Franklin County Fiddlers, demonstration talks on various topics such as fiddleheads, raising dairy goats, wild edible mushrooms, wine-making, and more, free event, Emery Community Arts Center, University of Maine Farmington, Academy Street, Farmington. FMI: 207-778-7096, www.umf.maine.edu.

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