Out and About for the Bangor Lakes Region of Maine June 18-24

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Out and About for the Bangor Lakes Region of Maine June 18-24

Out and About for the Bangor Lakes Region of Maine June 18-24

“Walking Tour-Historic Architecture,” Bangor

June 19, Friday, 8-11pm, “Contradance,” with music by the Orono Contraband and Dugan Murphy calling, all ages welcome; all dances taught, beginners’ session at 7:30pm, $8, $20/families, Unitarian Universalist Church, 120 Park Street, Bangor. FMI: 207-941-9727, www.bangorcontra.org.
June 20, Saturday 8-9:30am, “Birding by Canoe,” enjoy your morning on the water birding on Fields Pond. Rent one of the canoes or bring your own canoe or kayak, $10, free/under 10, Fields Pond Audubon Center, 216 Fields Pond Road, Holden. FMI: 207-989-2591, www.maineaudubon.org.
June 20-21, Saturday-Sunday, 10am-6pm/Sat, 7:30am-1:30pm, “Black Bear Marathon and Half Marathon,” a Vendor Expo will take place on Saturday in the University of Maine Fieldhouse with health and fitness vendors from all over the country, for race information visit website, University of Maine Fieldhouse, UMO, Orono. FMI: 207-581-1423, www.umaine.edu/blackbearmarathon.
June 20, Saturday, 10-11:30am, “Walking Tour: Bangor’s Historic Architecture,” Bangor’s landscape is filled with examples of the work of some of America’s greatest architects. Join the Bangor Historical Society for a trip through the Queen City’s neighborhoods and get a different perspective on her history, $10, tours depart at Thomas A. Hill House, 159 Union Street, Bangor. FMI: 207-942-1900, www.bangorhistoricalsociety.org.
June 20, Saturday, 6-10pm, “Artsapalooza,” Stillwater Artsapalooza is a festival of performing and visual arts that involves over 50 local artists, a fun-filled way to kick off your summer by seeing and hearing some of your favorite local artists and groups perform or display their work! Artists featured at this event include Bangor Story Slam, The Artesani Family and Friends, The Art Bottie Trio, Paige and Brooke, Manakosher, Riot Sound, Orono High School Jazz Band, Velma, The Six Basin All Women Dixieland Band, Stillwater Community Arts Young Artists: Paige Bacon, Brooke Nason, Byron Graves, Lydia Bolin and Daniel Perkins, Paradigm Blue, Jim Chasse, Sanford Phippen, Travis Baker and many more, Downtown, Orono. FMI: www.stillwatercommunityarts.org.
June 20, Saturday, 7pm, “TEMPO- Humoreske,” a fun Father’s Day concert, humorous pieces such as Gilbert & Sullivan’s Yeoman of the Guard selections, Haydn’s Surprise Symphony, the Strauss Pizzicato Polka, Captain Jinks by Green, Mozart’s The Village Musicians: A Musical Joke, and of course, Dvorak’s Humoreske, a special feature of the concert will be when guest vocalists join TEMPO in an entertaining rendition of I am the Very Model of a Modern Major General, it’s a delightful repertoire, $11/adults, $6/12&under, The Grand, 165 Main St., Ellsworth. FMI: 207-667-9500, www.grandonline.org.
June 20, Saturday, 7pm, “The Skyliners,” this 13 pc. Big-Band performs dance music in the tradition of Glen Miller and Count Basie. All your favorite arrangements from the 40’s and 50’s as well as Swing, Jazz, Pop, Waltz and Latin numbers. Beer and wine available for purchase for those 21+, $8, Next Generation Theatre, 39 Center Street, Brewer. FMI: 207-989-7100, www.nextgenerationtheatre.com.

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