Out and About for the Belgrade Lakes Region of Maine Aug. 25-31

Out and About for the Mid Coast Lakes Region of Maine Aug. 25-31
August 24, 2016
Out and About for the York/Sanford Lakes Region of Maine Aug. 25-31
August 24, 2016

Out and About for the Belgrade Lakes Region of Maine Aug. 25-31

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“Blistered Fingers Family Bluegrass Music Festival,” Litchfield Fairgrounds

Aug. 25-28, Thursday-Sunday, all day events, “Blistered Fingers Family Bluegrass Music Festival,” featuring Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, The Gibson Brothers, Band of Ruhks, Nothin Fancy, The Baker Family, Zink & Company, Amy Gallatin & Stillwaters, Phat Burger Deluxe, The Zolla Boys, Original Condition, Blistered Fingers, and a Bluegrass Gospel sing & Jam, $15-$30, Litchfield Fairgrounds, 30 Plains Road, Litchfield. FMI: 207-873-6539, blisteredfingers.com.
Aug. 25, Thursday, 5-9pm, “Waterville Rocks,” concert featuring local and regional acts, including performances by: Genevieve Curtis, Work in Progress, The Fossils, Kafari, and Amy and The Engine, free, Castonguay Square, 93 Main Street, Waterville. FMI: www.waterville.rocks.
Aug. 25-27, Thursday-Saturday, 8pm, “Hello, Dolly!,” New York City in the 1890s. Dolly Levi is a matchmaker who merrily arranges things…like furniture, daffodils, and lives. Horace Vandergelder, a half-a-millionaire, feed store owner in Yonkers, requires her services. He needs a woman and has his heart set on a certain milliner. A widow, Dolly finds herself in love with the grumpy Vandergelder. She weaves a web of romantic complications involving him, his clerks Cornelius and Barnaby, his weeping niece Ermengarde, struggling artist Ambrose, the hat maker Irene Molloy, and her assistant Minnie Fay. The lovebirds are caught up in the great Fourteenth Street Association Parade as they make their way to the most elegant and expensive restaurant in town, the Harmonia Gardens. There, Dolly is greeted by the waiters, cooks, doormen, and wine stewards in one of the most famous songs in the history of American theater, $17-$35, Lakewood Theater, 76 Theater Road, Madison. FMI: 207-474-7176,www.lakewoodtheater.org.
Aug. 26, Friday, 7pm, “Mile 12 Bluegrass Concert,” a fresh, hard- driving young band beautifully walking the line between original and traditional bluegrass with their infectious groove and intricate melodies, $15, Unity College Center for the Performing Arts, 42 Depot Street, Unity. FMI: 207-509-7164, www.unity.edu.
Aug. 26-28, 7:30pm/Fri. and Sat, 2pm/Sun, “Agatha Christie’s Black Coffee,” was originally produced in 1930. “Black Coffee” is significant in Christie’s body of work as it is the first piece that she wrote specifically for the stage, and features Hercule Poirot, one of Christie’s most beloved of characters. The story involves the development of a formula for an atom bomb by a British inventor, who has sent for Poirot to help him with its protection. Unfortunately, Poirot arrives just a few minutes too late and discovers that the inventor is dead and the formula is missing. It is now up to Poirot and his trusted sidekick, Captain Hastings, to solve the case, after many twists and turns, in true Christie style, $12, $10/seniors and students, Gaslight Theater, 1 Winthrop Street, Hallowell. FMI: 207-626-3698,www.GaslightTheater.org.
Aug. 26-27, Friday-Saturday, 8pm, “The Rocky Horror Show Live,” Rocky for Equality, a local theater group, to return to Augusta this summer for its 4th annual production of Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show LIVE. Tickets are available online. The story follows Brad Majors and his fiancé, Janet Weiss. Two young, ordinary, healthy kids who find themselves stranded with a flat tire. Upon knocking on a nearby castle for help, they are swept into chaos by Franknfurter, a mad transvestite scientist, and his bizarre followers. Join our heroes as they discover their inner desires and give in to absolute pleasure. This campy classic is a tribute to the age of B-rated horror movies with a cult following that spans over four decades. The show is bursting with energy, sex appeal and rock n’ roll classics such as Sweet Transvestite, Hot Patootie, and the world famous Time Warp. PLEASE NOTE: This show is for mature audiences only. We suggest ages 16 and older and/or parental guidance. The show contains slight nudity as well as mature subject matter, sexual situations and colorful audience call-backs, $20, $35/VIP seating, Le Club Calumet, 334 West River Road, Augusta. FMI: 207-951-4237, www.calumetclub.com.
Aug. 28, Sunday, 4pm, “Fabulous Flute Repertoire of the 20th Century,” will feature music of Barber, Gieseking, Glanville-Hicks and Hue. Krysia Tripp performs on flute and Bridget Convey on piano, $10, Unitarian-Universalist Community Church, 69 Winthrop Street, Augusta. FMI: 207-622-3232, www.augustauu.org.

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