Out and About for the Belgrade Lakes Region of Maine July 31 – Aug. 6

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Out and About for the Belgrade Lakes Region of Maine July 31 – Aug. 6

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“A Woman of No Importance,” Monmouth Theatre

July 31, Thursday, 6:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m., “Holmes Brothers,” With harmonies evoking the spirit of gospel, this trio blends blues, soul, R&B, rock and country to create a “rural feeling that no other touring roots music group can duplicate” (All Music Guide), a Concert on the Quad, Bates College – Historic Quad, 136 Central Ave., Lewiston. FMI: 207-786-6400, www.bates.edu.

July 31-Aug. 3, Thursday-Sunday, 8pm/Thurs.-Sat, 4pm/Sun, “Big, The Musical,” The classic 1987 motion picture fantasy bursts onto the stage in the unforgettable theatrical experience, Big, The Musical. Josh Baskin is sick of being an awkward kid. At a carnival, he makes a wish to the Zoltar Speaks machine to become big. To his shock, Josh wakes up the next morning and realizes that his wish has been granted and he is now a 30 year old man with the brain of a 12 year old. After an understandably awkward and hilarious beginning, Josh is forced to do “adult” things like getting a job, an apartment and a girlfriend. The perfect entertainment for people of all ages and sizes, $21/adult, advance, $23/adults, door, $17/4-17, advance, $19/14-17, door, Lakewood Theatre, 76 Theatre Road, Madison. FMI: 207-474-7176, www.lakewoodtheater.org.

August 1-3, Friday-Sunday, 7:30pm/Fri. and Sat, 2pm/Sun, “Venus in Fur by David Ives,” Venus in Fur by David Ives is a dramatic/comedic look at dominance between two people, opening night features sign language interpretation, contains adult content, $12 adults, $10 seniors, Hallowell City Hall, 1 Winthrop Street, Hallowell. FMI: 207-626-3698, www.gaslighttheater.org.
August 1, Friday, 7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m., “Bates Dance Festival presents Vincent Mantsoe/Yin Mei,” South Africa’s most beloved choreographer, Vincent Sekwati Mantsoe, enthralls audiences with his sinewy, fluid and shape-shifting new solo, “Skwatta.” Born from his alarm at the increase in squatter camps as urbanization clogs South Africa’s cities, “Skwatta” portrays the poverty alongside irrepressible expressions of happiness. Mantsoe dances as if channeling the ancestral spirits through a contemporary dance language that fuses the cultures of Pedi and Shangaan to Asian and Aboriginal. Vincent Sekwati Mantsoe was born and raised in a township of Soweto, South Africa, in the depths of apartheid. He descended from a long line of “sangomas” (traditional healers). He has created works for the likes of Dance Theatre of Harlem (USA), Inbal Dance Theatre (Israel and South Africa’s Ballet Theatre African. He has presented his solo works across Africa and in Europe, Asia and North America, including at Nelson Mandela’s presidential inauguration in 1994. Sharing the evening, Chinese choreographer Yin Mei delves into childhood memories of growing up during the Cultural Revolution in the profound solo “DIS/oriented: Antonioni in China.” “DIS/oriented” takes the form of a dance-theater “conversation” with Michelangelo Antonioni’s seldom-seen 1972 documentary portraying everyday life in China, “Chuon Kuo Cina,” which was not shown in China until 2004. Yin Mei explores themes of artistic and spiritual significance arising at the intersection between Asian traditional performance and Western contemporary dance. Her work has been performed at New York’s Lincoln Center and City Center, as well as at Jacob’s Pillow and other venues in the United States and abroad. $25/$18/$12(adults/seniors/students) Bates College, Schaffer Theatre, 329 College Street, Lewiston. FMI: 207-787-6161, www.bates.edu.
August 2, 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m., “3rd Annual Reggae Fest,” Jamaican food cooked by native Jamaicans & live reggae music! Curried goat, jerk chicken, rice & peas, Jamaican slaw, salad, dinner roll, tropical dessert. Music by Stream Reggae. BYOB. Dinner & concert $30. Concert $10, Lakeside Orchards, 318 Readfield Rd., Manchester. FMI: 207-622-2479, www.lakesideorchards.com.
August 2, Saturday, 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m., “Tune Up Maine: Free Chamber Concert Series,” Giving back to an outstandingly supportive community, the Portland Symphony Orchestra commences its 2014-15 season (celebrating 90 years of creating great music in Maine) by presenting a series of four FREE community concert in various locations around the state. Enjoy a summer concert in Portland’s Monument Square with PSO Musicians Yasmin Craig-Vitalius, Rob Lehmann, Kim Lehmann, and Jim Kennedy as they bring the music to a location near you, free, Messalonskee High School, 41 Health Street, Oakland. FMI: 207-465-7384, www.rsu18.org.
August 3 and 6, Sunday and Wednesday, 1pm, “A Woman on No Importance,” In this dark comedy of serial seducers, moralizing monogamists, secret pasts, and simmering heartbreak, which will the idealistic young Arbuthnot choose—social advancement or loyalty of the heart? Surely the basis for Downton Abbey, Wilde’s deliciously witty satire lays bare the moral contradictions of Victorian England, see site for ticket details, Monmouth Theatre, Cumston Hall, Monmouth. FMI: 207-933-9999, www.theateratmonmouth.org.

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