“Ugandan Children’s Choir,” Wells

Nov. 13-15, Thursday-Saturday, 7:30pm, “Dancing at Lughnasa,” this theatrical masterpiece tells the story of five unmarried sisters eking out their lives in a small village in Ireland in 1936, the action of the play is told through the memory of the illegitimate son of one of the sisters as he remembers the five women who raised him, he is only seven in 1936, the year his elderly uncle, a priest, returns after serving for twenty-five years as a missionary in a Ugandan leper colony, for the young boy, two other disturbances occur that summer, the sisters acquire their first radio, whose music momentarily transforms them from upright women into shrieking, stomping banshees in their own kitchen, and he meets his father for the first time – a charming Welsh drifter who strolls up the lane and sweeps his mother away in an elegant dance across the fields, $25, Saco River Theatre, 29 Salmon Falls Road, Bar Mills. FMI: 207-929-6472, www.sacorivertheatre.org.
Nov. 15, Saturday, 8am-1pm, “Kennebunk Farmers’ Market,” yes it is still farmers’ market season, local producer, baked goods, meats, prepared foods, and more, free to browse, Grove Street Parking Lot, 12 Grove Street, Kennebunk. FMI: www.mainefarmersmarkets.org.
Nov. 15, Saturday, 10am-2pm, “Holiday Fair,” Steep Falls Elementary School is hosting their 8th annual Holiday Fair for vendors and home crafters to share their products with the community. We have a variety of products available for purchase and order. Our baked goods table has a variety of delicious baked items for purchase. We serve lunch for those traveling to all the local fairs that day, Santa makes an appearance from 10:30-11:30am, free to browse, Steep Falls Elementary School, 781 Boundary Road, Steep Falls. FMI: 207-675-3321, www.bonnyeagle.org.
Nov. 15, Saturday, 8pm, “Janice Weber,” piano concert, world-class pianist in performance “Fire and Ice,” member of the Boston Conservatory and Tabor Academy, her recordings include Rachmaninoff’s complete transcriptions, waltz transcriptions of Godowsky, Rosenthal, and Friedman, and unique selection of water music by Blumenfeld, Block, Alec Templeton, $15/advance, $18/door, Dunaway Center, 23 School Street, Ogunquit. FMI: 207-646-6170, www.ogunquitperformingarts.org.
Nov. 16, Sunday, 9:30am, “Ugandan Kids Choir,” a choir of ten children perform traditional Ugandan songs and dances, free, Messiah Christian Church, Wells.   FMI: 207-985-9287, www.messiahchristianchurch.org.
Nov. 17, Monday, 7pm, “Bob Marley,” comedian, a Maine favorite, he has appeared on the David Letterman Show, Late Night with Conan O’Brien and Comedy Central, $10, $15, Massabesic High School, 88 West Road, Waterboro. FMI: 207-247-3141, www.highschool.rsu57.org.
Nov. 17, Monday, 7:30pm, “Shooting Star Party,” look for fall constellations and Leonid meteors in the night sky, local astronomer Scott Megley will be on hand with his telescope and vast knowledge, dress warmly, bring a reclining lawn chair, meet in front of the barn, free, Wells Reserve, 342 Laudholm Farm Road, Wells. FMI: 207-646-1555, .