Out and About for the Belgrade Lakes Region of Maine June 16-22

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June 16, 2016

Out and About for the Belgrade Lakes Region of Maine June 16-22

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“Rabbit Hole,” Sparrows Nest Theater, Industry

June 16, Thursday, 11:30am-1:30pm, “La Rencontre,” all are welcome to attend this fun monthly meal and event, as long as spots remain open. Following the meal, Roger Renaud, a multi-instrumentalist and vocalist, will provide the entertainment, reservations requested, $10, Gendron Franco Center, corner of Cedar and Oxford Streets, Lewiston. FMI: 207-783-1585, www.francocenter.org.
June 16-19, Thursday-Sunday, 7pm/Thurs.-Sat, 2pm/Sun, “Rabbit Hole,” written by David Lindsay-Abaire, this Pulitzer Prize winning play tells the story of a couple that face a tragedy that turns their world upside down. “Rabbit Hole” charts their bittersweet search for comfort in the darkest of places and a path that will lead them back into the light of day. From Entertainment Weekly: “Grade A! A transcendent and deeply affecting new play, which shifts perfectly from hilarity to grief,” $10/adults, $25/families, $5/seniors & children, Sparrows Nest Theater, 1114 West Mills Rd, Industry. FMI: 207-696-4323, www.sparrowsnesttheater.com.
June 17, Friday, 7pm, “Mr. & Mrs. Garrett Soucy and Tim Eriksen and the Trio de Pumpkintown,” Eriksen is acclaimed for transforming American tradition with his startling interpretations of old ballads, love songs, shape-note gospel, and dance tunes from New England and southern Appalachia. He combines hair-raising vocals with inventive accompaniment on banjo, fiddle, guitar and bajo sexto — a 12-string Mexican acoustic bass — creating a distinctive hardcore Americana sound, $15, Unity College Center for the Performing Arts, 42 Depot St. Unity. FMI: 207-509-7132, www.unity.edu.
June 17-19, Friday-Sunday, 7:30pm/Fri. and Sat, 2pm/Sun, “Nana’s Naughty Knickers,” starring Marie Cormier and Birdie Katz, Nana’s Naughty Knickers is a madcap farce about a young woman named Bridget who has just moved in with her grandmother. What Bridget saw as a unique opportunity to stay with her favorite Nana in New York for the summer quickly turns into an experience she’ll never forget. It seems her sweet Grandma is running an illegal boutique from her apartment, selling hand-made naughty knickers to every senior citizen in the five-borough area! Will Bridget be able to handle all the excitement? Will her Nana get arrested—or worse! —evicted? $18-20, Waterville Opera House, 93 Main Street, Waterville. FMI: 207-873-7000, www.operahouse.org.
June 17-19, Friday-Sunday, 7:30pm/Fri. and Sat, 2pm/Sun, “Are You Being Served?,” lovers of innuendo and British humor, Flying Circus fans and seekers of laughs – look no further than this uproarious play. To the delight of fans everywhere, this popular British television comedy is now a stage show that revels in nonstop double entendres. When the motley crew of the Grace Brothers department store prepare for a sale of German goods and then depart for a staff holiday in Spain, they survive their stay in the tropics at a one star establishment and their encounters with everything from a Spanish crumpet to randy revolutionaries with everything intact but their modesty, $12, $10/students, Gaslight Theater, Hallowell City Hall, 1 Winthrop Street, Hallowell. FMI: 207-626-3698, www.gaslighttheater.org.
June 18, Saturday, 7:30pm, “Maine Mountain Chamber Music,” Arts Institute of Western Maine presents Maine Mountain Chamber Music co-directors Laurie Kennedy, viola, and Yuri Funahashi, piano, joining with guest artist Lisa Hennessy, flute, in the music of Durufle, Bloch, Prokofiev and Clarke, $12, free/18 and under, Nordica Auditorium, Merrill Hall, UMF, Maine and Academy Street, Farmington. FMI: 207-491-0768, www.artsinstitute.org.
June 18, Saturday, 7:30pm, “The Early Evening Show,” Now in its 17th year this late-night talk show spoof hosted by Maine’s own Mike Miclon is still packing in crowds and bringing the house down! With improvisation, sketch comedy, music, lots of special guests and surprises, no two shows are ever alike. The cast brings their warm personality and goofy sense of fun to the stage and sometimes an unsuspecting audience member or two! Fritz Grobe, Mike Miclon, Oren Robinson, and April Reed-Cox all join the cast for this night of laughs and lively entertainment, $5-16, Johnson Hall Performing Arts Center, 280 Water Street, Gardiner. FMI: 207-582-7144, www.johnsonhall.org.

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