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Out and About for the York/Sanford Lakes Region of Maine May 15-21

Out and About for the York/Sanford Lakes Region of Maine May 15-21

“You Can’t Take it With You,” City Theater, Biddeford

May 16, Friday, 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m., “Cherie’s May Wine Tasting,” a great way to start the weekend, bring your friends for this casual get together and share some good wine, good snacks, and good company, no charge, Bel Cibo da Cherie, 7 High Street, Kennebunk. FMI: 207-985-1200, www.mpbn.net.

May 16 Friday, 8:00 p.m., “Steve Forbert,” over the past three decades, Nashville singer-songwriter Steve Forbert has been charting the choppy waters of American life from youth to middle age with compelling songs that are at once disarmingly personal and universally true, taking the stance of a compassionate everyman with a keen eye for detail, Steve weaves together strands of folk, rock, country, and R&B as he delivers his take on life’s trials, tribulations, and discoveries with direct, honest energy and enduring optimism, $25 per person, plus $3 service fee, Jonathans Ogunquit, 92 Bourne Lane, Ogunquit. FMI: 207-646-4777, www.jonathansogunquit.com.
May 16 – 18, Friday – Sunday, Friday – Saturday 7:30 p.m., Sunday 2:00 p.m., “You Can’t Take it With You,” this 1937 Pulitzer Prize winner by Kaufman and Hart is one of the funniest and most endearing plays of modern times, Mayhem ensues whenTonyKirby, attractive Wall Street banker, and Alice Sycamore, granddaughter in a family of lovable eccentrics, fall in love and Tony brings his parents to dine at the Sycamore home on the wrong evening, the Kirbys are converted to the happy madness of the Sycamores after a visit by an ex – Grand Duchess, earning her living as a waitress, despite a father who makes fireworks in the basement and a Grandpa under investigation for tax evasion, $20 each, $2 convenience fee, City Theater, 205 Main Street, Biddeford. FMI: 207-282-0849, www.citytheater.org.
May 17, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., Saturday, “Pastel Painters of Maine 15th International Juried Exhibition for PASTELS ONLY,” The International Juried Exhibition for Pastels Only has been an annual event since 2000 with nationally-known pastel artists serving as jurors, judging awards and conducting demonstrations and workshops, established in 1999, the Pastel Painters of Maine (PPOM) promotes public awareness of pastels and creates a network for local and regional artists, monthly activities, held in different locations around the state, include meetings, programs, paint-outs, paint-ins, workshops and exhibitions, a Member’s show is also held annually. PPOM has grown to more than 109 members throughout Maine as well as many other U.S. states and Canada, free exhibit, open to the public, Dyer Library and Saco Museum, 371 Main Street, Saco. FMI: 207-207-283-3861, www.dyerlibrarysacomuseum.org.
May 17, Saturday, 8:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m., “Straight Lace,” Straight Lace, formed in 1968, performs music that spans the past decades to the present at venues across New England, $5, doors open at 7:00 p.m., The Hive, 84 Main Street, Kennebunk. FMI: 207-985-0006, www.thehivekennebunk.com.
May 17, Saturday, “Ron Rovner: Santa Fe Home,” from Maine to Santa Fe, solo show, free and open to the public, River Tree Arts, 35 Western Avenue, Kennebunk. FMI: 207-967-9120, www.rivertreearts.org.
May 18, Sunday, 3:00 p.m., “Seacoast Community College,” Seacoast Community Chorus Wendell S. Purrington, Conductor Martha Thyng, Assistant Conductor Kimberly Karchenes, Accompanist Presents: “The Spirit of America” Program Features: Colonial Anthems, Shaker Songs, Spirituals and the songs in the Sacred Harp Tradition, $10 suggested donation, York First Parish Church, 180 York Street, York. FMI: 207-337-1820, www.seacoastcommunitychorus.org.

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