Out and About for the Sebago Lakes Region of Maine May 7-13

Out and About for the York/Sanford Lakes Region of Maine May 7-13
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Out and About for the Sebago Lakes Region of Maine May 7-13

anything goes

at Telstar High School, Bethel

May 7-9, Thursday-Saturday, 7pm/Thurs.-Sat, 1:30pm/Sat., “Anything Goes,” presented by Telstar High School, the story concerns madcap antics aboard an ocean liner bound from New York to London. Billy Crocker is a stowaway in love with heiress Hope Harcourt, who is engaged to Lord Evelyn Oakleigh. Nightclub singer Reno Sweeney and Public Enemy #13 Moonface Martin aid Billy in his quest to win Hope, Telstar High School, 284 Walkers Mills Road, Bethel. FMI: 207-824-2136, www.bethelmaine.com.
May 7, Thursday, 7:30pm, “AXIS Dance Company NH Presents: Released to Center,” from the Jeanne Limmer Dance Center, AXIS is a teenage modern dance company based in North Conway, this evening of dance features work from six choreographers from jazz to ballet, hip-hop to modern, and some student work as well, $10, Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center, Fryeburg Academy, 18 Bradley St., Fryebrug. FMI: 207-935-9232, www.fryeburgacademy.org.
May 7, Thursday, 8pm, “John Gorka and Cheryl Wheeler,” an emotional roller coaster of a show Cheryl can really make you cry with a song, and then really make you laugh with the next one, wears her politics on her sleeve, with a brutal honesty and has a uniquely Cheryl way of looking at the world. Gorka is an icon of folk tradition, energetic acoustic music that is not a trend, not a fad, but an expression of everyday life, John’s rich baritone voice and unique songcraft weave a magical spell, $30 plus $4 handling fee, Stone Mountain Arts Center, 695 Dug Way Rd., Brownfield. FMI: 207-935-7292, www.stonemountainartscenter.com.
May 8, Friday, 7am, “Bird Walk,” have a nice walk, meeting others in the community, while being educated by LEA’s Mary Jewett and Jean Preis, free, Pondicherry Park, at Bob Dunning Bridge, Bridgton. FMI: 207-647-8580, www.bridgton.com.
May 8-10, Friday-Sunday, 10am-4pm, “Annual Wildflower Festival,” the McLaughlin Garden and Homestead will be celebrating National Public Garden Day on May 8 with an illustrated lecture by Dr. Ron Butler at 3 PM. His topic will be “The Maine Butterfly Survey – What Have We Learned? Butler, an ecology professor at the University of Maine at Farmington, has worked with other entomologists and ecologists on inventorying the state’s butterflies. This summer is the last year of work on this survey, but also marks the beginning of the team’s next project, The Maine Bumble Bee Atlas. The group began its work in 1998 on the Maine Damselfly and Dragonfly Survey under the direction of the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. The McLaughlin Garden invites the public to attend to hear about Maine’s pollinators. The presentation is free of charge. Butler’s talk is part of the garden’s annual Wildflower Festival. The wildflower weekend held over Mother’s Day to celebrate the wonderful collection of wildflowers Bernard McLaughlin planted and to kick off the gardening season. Tours will be conducted at 1:30 on Friday and 11 and 2 on Saturday and Sunday. The garden’s plant sales will begin with many unusual as well as tried and true plants available. Some are divisions from the garden. The gift shop will also be open, McLaughlin Garden and Homestead, 97 Main Street, South Paris. FMI: 207-743-8820, www.mclaughlingarden.org.
May 9, Saturday, 11am-2pm, “Build a Birdhouse,” celebrate International Migratory Bird Day with Coveside Conservation, a locally owned company that builds a bird house for every species of cavity nesting bird in North America from Maine white pine, join them to build your own bird house, knowledgeable staff & volunteers will be on hand to take you through the building process and advise you where to hang it to benefit your local cavity nesters, there will also be samples of many other bird houses you might consider putting up on your lands, park admission, Maine Widlife Park, 56 Game Farm Road, Gray. FMI: 207-657-4977, www.maine.gov/ifw/education/wildlifepark/.
May 10, Sunday, 3-5pm, “Motherhood Looks Good on You,” looking for a new way to share Mother’s Day with other mothers, join Katey and Deb as they honor you, your mother(s), daughters, sons, husbands, and mother earth with this unique concert in the round. Katey Branch and Deb Hensley on vocals, Fred White on guitar & percussion, $5-$15, sliding scale–pay what you can, First Congregational Church, 17 East Main St., South Paris. FMI: 207-743-2437, www.southpariscongregational.com.

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