Out and About for the York/Sanford Lakes Region of Maine Oct. 2-8

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Out and About for the York/Sanford Lakes Region of Maine Oct. 2-8

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“The Adams Family,” Ogunquit Playhouse

Oct. 2 – 8, Thursday – Wednesday, 2:30pm/Thurs., Sat., Sun., Wed., 7pm/Sun., 7:30pm/Thurs., Fri., Wed., 8pm/Sat., “The Adams Family,” “they’re creepy and they’re kooky, mysterious and spooky, they’re altogether ooky,” regional premiere of the Broadway musical sensation, $39 – $79, The Ogunquit Playhouse, 10 Main St., Ogunquit. FMI: 207-646-5511, www.ogunquitplayhouse.org.

Oct. 3-5, Friday-Sunday, 10am-7pm/Fri., 10am-5pm/sat., 10am-4pm/Sun, “Maine Women in the Arts: Fall Art and Crafts Show,” Maine Women in the Arts is a statewide, non-profit organization for individuals in the fine and performing arts, promotes visual arts, music, theater, poetry, literature and dance, Kennebunkport Arundel Masonic Lodge, North Street, Kennebunkport. FMI: 207-985-8395, www.mainewomenarts.com.
Oct. 3 -5, Friday – Sunday, 11am-5pm, “Here by the Sea: Contemporary Art of the Piscataqua,” a group exhibition of work by artists inspired by the Piscataqua Region, features twenty-nine artists working in varied media from blacksmithing to watercolors, free, Sarah Orne Jewett House and Visitor Center, 5 Portland St., South Berwick. FMI: 207-384-2454, www.historicnewengland.org.
Oct. 4-5, Saturday and Sunday, 10am – 6pm, “Pumpkin Valley Farm Corn Maze,” try to find your way through the 6 acre corn maze, take a hayride to the pumpkin patch to pick a pumpkin, feed the farm animals, launch an ear of corn, try the jumping pillow, and more, $8.50, free/2 and under, Pumpkin Valley Farm, 100 Union Falls Road, Dayton. FMI: 207-929-4088, www.pumpkinvalleyfarm.com.
Oct. 4, Saturday, 6:30pm – 9:30pm, “Bobbi-Jo’s Shotgun Wedding,” an interactive dinner theater experience, much to the delight of the Johnson clan Bobbi-Jo is finally getting hitched, dinner starts at 6:30pm, ceremony starts at 7pm, cash bar, proceeds to benefit Ever After Mustang Rescue, $20/dinner and show, Biddeford Eagles Hall, 57 Birch Street, Biddeford. FMI: 207-284-7721, www.mainetoday.com.
Oct. 5, Sunday, 10am – 4pm, “Free Concert & Car Show,” with Jimmie Van Zant Band plus WBLM band, food trucks, giveaways, 50/50, see a 1970s Mopar showroom, proceeds benefit Biddeford-Saco food pantries, bring non-perishable items to donate, free, Southern Maine Chrysler Dodge Jeep, 824 Route One, Saco. FMI: 207-233-9970, www.southernmainechryslerdodgejeep.com.
Oct. 5, Sunday, 3pm, “‘Finding Vivian Maier’,” a documentary on the late Vivian Maier, a nanny whose previously unknown cache of 100,000 photographs earned her a posthumous reputation as one of the most accomplished street photographers, Maier’s strange and riveting life and art are revealed through never-before-seen photographs, films and interviews with dozens who thought they knew her, more connect-the-dots detective thriller than traditional documentary, John Maloof and Charlie Siskel’s revelatory riddle of a film unmasks a brilliant photographer who hid in plain sight for decades working as an eccentric French nanny, unrated (PG equivalent), 83 minutes, free, York Public Library, 15 Long Sands Road, York. FMI: 207-363-2818, www.york.lib.me.us.

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