Out and About for the Belgrade Lakes Region of Maine Sept. 17-23

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Out and About for the Belgrade Lakes Region of Maine Sept. 17-23

Belgrade-Farmington Fair

“Farmington Fair,” Farmington

Sept. 17-20, Thursday-Sunday, 7:30pm/Thurs.-Sat, 1pm/Sat. & Sun, “Ruddigore, or The Witch’s Curse,” many years ago, the Baronets of Ruddigore were cursed by a witch and must commit a crime a day or be tortured to death. To escape this dreadful fate, the latest Baronet, Sir Ruthven Murgatroyd, disguises himself as simple farmer, Robin Oakapple. Oakapple is in love with the Rose Maybud and wants to wed but their “rosy” future is doomed when his true identity is revealed, $10-$30, Theater at Monmouth, 796 Main St, Monmouth. FMI: 207-933-9999, www.theateratmonmouth.org.
Sept. 17-20 and 23, Thursday-Sunday & Wednesday, 8pm/Thurs.-Sat, 4pm/Sun, 2pm/Wed, “The Ladies Man,” Dr. Molineaux, tells his much younger wife one “tiny, little, hardly noticeable lie,” it all adds up to a hilariously zany and charming farce $17-$35, Lakewood Theater, 72 Theater Rd., Madison. FMI: 207-474-7176, www.lakewoodtheater.org.
Sept. 18, Friday, 7pm, “Dual-Piano Concert with Lovchinsky and Graybill,” perform solo works by Bach, Liszt (including Sonetto 104 del Petrarca and the piano arrangement of Saint-Saëns’s Danse macabre), Brahms (Klavierstucke, Op. 119), and Guido Agosti’s piano transcription of Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite, then collaborate in performing Leonard Bernstein’s two-piano arrangement of Aaron Copland’s El Salón México and the New England première of Walter Piston’s rarely-performed Concerto for Two Pianos Solis, $15, $10/seniors, Franco Center, 46 Cedar St., Lewiston. FMI: 207-783-1585, www.francocenter.org.
Sept. 19, Saturday, 1-3pm, “Heritage Tea” with speaker Paul Johnson, Mr. Johnson’s presentation will highlight some common, as well as some not so common, wildflowers found in Maine’s woodlands, wetlands, and open lands. This will be a great opportunity to test your skills at identifying some of Maine’s flora, free, Skowhegan History House Museum & Research Center, 66 Elm St, Skowhegan. FMI: 207-474-6632, www.skowheganhistoryhouse.org.
Sept. 20-25, Sunday-Saturday, all-day events, “Farmington Fair,” large midway, exhibit halls, livestock exhibits, animal pull events, harness racing, demolition derby, $6, $2/8-11, free/7&under, Farmington Fairgrounds, Franklin Ave, Farmington. FMI: 207-778-6083, farmingtonfairmaine.com.
Sept. 20, Sunday, 2pm, “Three Hearts Voice Recital-Tales of Love from Baroque to Broadway,” Soprano Christine Letcher, mezzo-soprano Andrea Graichen, and bass John D. Adams present highlights from Handel’s rarely-performed Aci, Galatea e Polifemo plus 20th century American songs and Broadway tunes with harpsichordist/pianist Sean Fleming, lutenist Timothy Burris, and the Longfellow String Quartet, $10, Snow Pond Center for the Arts, 8 Goldenrod Lane, Sidney. FMI: 207-476-6976, www.snowpond.org.
Sept. 23, Wednesday, 6pm, “Maine author visit-Daniel Tortora,” Daniel Tortora will speak on his research of Fort Halifax in Winslow including its history during the French and Indian War and its many famous visitors from Benedict Arnold to Aaron Burr to Paul Revere, free, Belgrade Public Library, 124 Depot Rd, Belgrade. FMI: 207-495-3508, www.belgrade.lib.me.us.

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