Out and About for the Mid Coast Lakes Region of Maine July 10-15

Out and About for the Bangor Lakes Region of Maine July 10-15
Out and About for the Bangor Lakes Region of Maine July 10-15
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Out and About for the Mid Coast Lakes Region of Maine July 10-15

Bowdoin music festival-mid coast

Bowdoin International Music Festival, Bowdoin College, Brunswick

July 9 – 11, Thursday – Saturday, 7:30pm/Thurs.-Sat, 2pm/Thurs. and Fri, “Sister Act,” is the feel-amazing musical comedy smash based on the hit 1992 film that will have you jumping to your feet, then disco diva Deloris Van Cartier witnesses a murder, she is put in protective custody in the one place the cops are sure she won’t be found: a convent, $46-$70, Maine State Music Theatre, 1 Bath Rd., Brunswick. FMI: 207-725-8769, www.msmt.org.
July 10, Friday, 5-8pm, “Brunswick ArtWalk,” includes artists of many media showing their works at 11 locations in downtown Brunswick, Maine and Pleasant Streets plus Fort Andross, free Explorer bus service available, sponsored by Five Rivers Arts Alliance, free, Brunswick, Maine and Pleasant St., Brunswick. FMI: 207-798-6964, www.artwalkmaine.org.
July 10, Friday, 7:30pm, Bowdoin International Music Festival Concert,” performance by the Grammy award-winning Ying Quartet performs quartets by Tchaikovsky and Novacek, and Brahms’ String Sextet No. 2 with Michelle LaCourse, viola, and Keiko Ying, cello, $40, Studinski Recital Hall, Campus Drive, Brunswick. FMI: 207-373-1400, www.bowdoinfestival.org.
July 11, Saturday, 9am-1pm, “22nd Annual Strawberry Festival,” celebrate the strawberry with homemade Strawberry Shortcake, music, books, children’s games, parade: 10 a.m., Spindlewood Puppet Show, free, Lincolnville Center, Community Building, 18 Searsmont Rd, Lincolnville. FMI: 207-763-3429, www.eventful.com.
July 11, Saturday, 9am-4pm, “Wiscasset, Waterville, and Farmington Railway Ice Cream Social,” includes a ride our historical steam train from Sheepscot station to Alna Center where you can enjoy locally made ice cream and the wonderful music of Jud Caswell, $7/adults, $6/seniors, $4/children 3-12, children under 3 free; free ice cream included, The Wiscasset, Waterville, and Farmington Railway Museum, 97 Cross Road, Alna. FMI: 207-882-4193, wwfry.org.
July 11, Saturday, 6pm, “Cindy Alexander,” an American indie singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, “Her ability to touch people on a personal level through genuine vulnerability in her songwriting is beauty in action. Alexander’s rich voice is more comforting than hot cocoa while her ability to paint a beautiful portrait with words and then to allow her audience to feel the sentiments behind those lyrics through her soaring melodies is simply extraordinary,” free, Waterfront Park, Commercial Street, Bath. FMI: 207-442-8455, www.chocolatechurch.com.
July 11, Saturday, 7:30pm, “Tom Rush,” he has helped shape the folk revival in the ‘60s and the renaissance of the ‘80s and ‘90s. His early recordings introduced the world to the work of Joni Mitchell, Jackson Browne and James Taylor. He has been performing for more the 5 decades and is still doing what audiences love him for, $30/advance, $35/day of, The Opera House, 86 Townsend Ave, Boothbay Harbor. FMI: 207-633-5159, www.boothbayoperahouse.com.

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