Out and About for the Mid-Coast Lakes Region of Maine Dec. 4-10

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Out and About for the Mid-Coast Lakes Region of Maine Dec. 4-10

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at Crooker Theater, Brunswick High School

Dec. 4-7, Thursday-Sunday, 7pm/Thurs.-Sat., 2pm/Sun., “Once on this Island,” Midcoast Youth Theater brings an Island heat-wave to Crooker Theater with production, this upbeat Calypso-inspired musical is full of rhythmically spoken words and songs that reveal the yearning of the human heart, $10 adults, $8 students, Crooker Theater at Brunswick High School, 116 Maquoit Road, Brunswick. FMI: 207-837-8567, www.youth-theater.org.
Dec. 5, Friday, 5:30-8pm, “Frolicking Fiber Fiesta,” reception, a colorful holiday show with a bounty of treasures for fiber art lovers, along with paintings to match their style, the arts and crafts on display range from high-end, fanciful wall hangings to cleverly repurposed feed bags—catering to any budget and perfect for that special gift, free admission, Maine Farmland Trust Gallery, 97 Main Street, Belfast. FMI: 207-338-6575, www.mainefarmlandtrustgallery.com.
Dec. 5, Friday, 1-3pm, “Maine’s Top Crime Novelists at Skidompha Library,” Maine is wild in more than one sense of the word, bestselling crime novelists Gerry Boyle, Paul Doiron, and David Rosenfelt will explore the darker side of the Pine Tree state, free, Skidompha Library, 184 Main Street, Damariscotta. FMI: 207-563-5513, www.skidompha.org.
Dec. 5, Friday, 4:30- 8pm, “Christmas by the Sea, Opening Celebration,” concert of holiday music performed by CHRHS vocal and instrumental students, Santa presides at the community tree lighting in Harbor Park, free, Camden Public Library, 55 Main St., Camden. FMI: 207-236-3440, www.camden.lib.me.us.
Dec. 5, Friday, 5-8pm, “Artist Creates Mural during Art Walk,” Wildlife artist and illustrator, Mark McCollough, returns to the Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center during the final 2014 First Friday Art Walk in Rockland, McCollough is beginning work on a mural as part of the exhibit entry wall display, the mural, on the upper half of the wall, showing an island with nesting seabirds, will complement the clay tiles on the bottom half of the wall that depict the underwater life surrounding the island, visitors will be able to observe his work in progress and ask questions, Maine Coastal Islands National wildlife Refuge Visitor Center, 9 Water Street, Rockland. FMI: 207-594-0600 x5, www.penbaypilot.com.
Dec. 5-6, Friday, 6-8pm/Fri., 9am-4pm/Sat., “Holiday Festival,” tree lighting and caroling on Friday, Bowdoinham guild of artisans sale and Christmas Open House, come enjoy the delicious food and great live music by some of Bowdoinham’s best while you shop top quality fine arts including jewelry, pottery, fiber art, photography, prints and paintings all crafted by the members of the Bowdoinham Guild of Artisans, free, Town of Bowdoinham, Bowdoinham. FMI: 207-666-5531, www.bowdoinham.com.
Dec. 5-6, Friday-Saturday, 7pm, “Lord of the Flies – play by WM Golding,” a plane crashes on a deserted island, the only survivors are a group of school boys, they live in a land of bright exotic birds and dark blue seas, but at night their dreams are inhabited by a terrifying beast, how will these students survive, $8-$12/advance, $10-$15/at door, Orion Performing Arts Center, 66 Republic Ave., Topsham. FMI: 207-729-2950, www.orionperformingartscenter.org.

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