Out and About for the Mid Coast Lakes Region of Maine Jan. 28-Feb.3

Out and About for the Bangor Lakes Region of Maine Jan. 28-Feb. 3
Out and About for the Bangor Lakes Region of Maine Jan. 28-Feb. 3
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Out and About for the Belgrade Lakes Region of Maine Jan. 28-Feb.3
January 27, 2016

Out and About for the Mid Coast Lakes Region of Maine Jan. 28-Feb.3

Camden Winterfest

“Camden Winterfest 2016,” Camden

Jan. 28, Thursday, 6pm, “Danny Fisher-Lochhead & Scott Cleveland,” New School trained alto saxophonist Danny Fisher-Lochhead and Berklee College of Music trained pianist Scott Cleveland will perform their original cross genre music in the wonderfully atmospheric setting of the Blue Hill Wine Shop, free, donations welcome, Blue Hill Wine Shop, Main St, Blue Hill. FMI: 207-374-2161, www.bluehillwineshop.com.
Jan. 29, Friday, 7pm, “Climate Change: Research Update,” Mike Retelle, professor of geology at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, will share the results of his climate-change research on Svalbard, an extensively glaciated archipelago in the Norwegian high arctic that sits at the boundary of polar and North Atlantic waters. This talk will focus on the recent environmental history of Svalbard, with an emphasis on the alpine glacier history from the ice expansion during the Little Ice Age of the 14th to 19th centuries to the retreat that began in the beginning of the 20th century and has accelerated in recent decades. Join Mike to gain an understanding of what is really happening to our planet, free, LL Bean, 95 Main St, Freeport. FMI: 877-755-2326, www.llbean.com/adventure.
Jan. 29-31, Friday-Sunday, 7pm/Fri. and Sat, 2pm/Sun, “Late Night Tales,” The Resurgence Dance company presents a collaborative of pieces to highlight the human spirit inspired by the Maya Angelou quote, “We are more alike, my friends, than we are unalike.” Come take an inside look at the performers in this raw performance, $14/adults, $12/10-18, Chocolate Church Arts Center, Curtis Room Annex, 798 Washington St, Bath. FMI: 207-442-8455, www.chocolatechurcharts.org.
Jan. 29-31, Friday-Sunday, 8pm/Fri. and Sat, 2pm/Sun, “David Ives’ The Liar,” The story: Paris, 1643. Dorante is a charming young man newly arrived in the city, and he has but a single flaw: He cannot tell the truth. From this flaw springs a series of breathtakingly intricate lies and misunderstandings, making this one of the Western world’s greatest comedies, a sparkling urban romance as fresh as the day Pierre Corneille wrote it, brilliantly adapted for today by All in the Timing’s David Ives. A Theater Project Professional Ensemble production, directed by Christopher Price, pay-what-you-can, Theater Project, 14 School St, Brunswick. FMI: 207-729-8584, www.theaterproject.com.
Jan. 30-Feb. 7, Saturday-Sunday, daily events, “Camden Winterfest 2016,” week-long celebration of winter with outdoor and indoor activities including ice carving, snow sculpting and the Toboggan Nationals and a celebratory dance with a Maine Mardi Gras theme in various locations around Camden, various prices, some are free, Downtown Camden, 8 Mechanic St, Camden. FMI: www.camdenmaineexperience.com.
Jan. 31, Sunday, 1-4pm, “12th Annual Pies on Parade Pie Tour,” Rockland, dubbed “Pie Town USA” by the Food Network, is living up to its name as planning is underway for the 12th annual pie-a-thon to celebrate National Pie Day (National Pie Day is celebrated each year on Jan 23rd). The town of Rockland, ME will go pie-crazy when the Historic Inns of Rockland are joined by as many as 20 additional Rockland, ME businesses and restaurants to welcome hungry pie eaters to the town for the 12th Annual Pies on Parade Pie Tour. Hungry pie lovers will sample more than 40 different pies at over 25 businesses, restaurants and inns throughout Rockland. Tickets sell out quickly, and the best way to get yours is through Pies on Parade lodging packages offered by the three Historic Inns of Rockland including guaranteed tickets, special extras like wine and pie pairings, special pie concerts and receptions, admittance to a Silent Auction and pie celebration on Saturday evening and two personal pies awaiting your arrival, $30/adult day ticket, $15/children 10 and under day ticket, Historic Inns of Rockland, various locations, Rockland. FMI: 603-596-6611, www.HistoricInnsofRockland.com.
Feb. 1- Mar. 25, Monday/Opening Reception, 5pm-7/Mon, 10am-4pm/Tues.-Fri, “Logging in the Maine Woods, 1915-1928: The Paintings of Alden Grant,” This is the first time these paintings have been on display in Southern Maine. Alden Grant was born in 1911 in Rangeley and grew up on Kennebago Lake, where his grandfather Ed Grant founded Grant’s Fishing Camps. The guests at Grant’s taught Alden to paint, although it would be decades before he returned to his craft. From Kennebago, Alden opened music schools, one of which was in Freeport. To supplement his income, Alden became a sought-after handsewer (stitcher) for Commonwealth Shoe Co., where he was also foreman. Not until 1986, when he was in his late seventies, did Alden begin painting once again. He painted what he knew best—his memories of logging scenes on Kennebago Lake—producing a series of folk-art paintings that tell the story of a way of life for a lumberjack in the early decades of the 20th century. In 1991, Alden’s 19 oil paintings were featured in an exhibit to which the Smithsonian had sent a photographer, and the following year, Rangeley Lakes Region Logging Museum purchased the collection, $5, Freeport Historical Society, Harrington House, 45 Main St, Freeport. FMI: 207-865-3170, www.freeporthistoricalsociety.org.

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