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

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

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“One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” Cumston Hall, Monmouth

Nov. 17-19, Thursday-Saturday, 7pm/Thurs. and Fri, 1pm/Sat, “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” Monmouth Academy Drama presents One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Dale Wasserman based on the novel by Ken Kesey directed by Alyssa Littlefield, $10, $5/students and seniors, Cumston Hall, 796 Main Street, Monmouth. FMI: 207-933-4788, www.monmouthschools.org.
Nov. 19, Saturday, 8:30am-2pm, “Gingerbread Fair,” The fair will feature our famous themed gift baskets and homemade pies. Our silent auction will feature antiques from Orphan Annie’s Also available are custom wreaths, handmade crafts, baked goods, jewelry, gingerbread houses and cookie kits, books & CDs (sorry, we do White Elephant in the spring). Luncheon with gingerbread dessert will be served from 11:30 am –1 pm, with Phil House at the piano (Phil’s CDs will be on sale), First Universalist Church of Auburn, 169 Pleasant Street, Auburn. FMI: 207-783-0461, www.auburnuu.org.
Nov. 19, Saturday, 10am-5pm, “Ladies’ Day Out,” Farmington downtown businesses and organizations will offer retail and dining specials and some well-deserved pampering. Check-in for the day’s events starts at 10am at City Lights. Goodie bags are available to the first 250 women to check in, and last year they went fast! Eager to shop but not so eager to wrap? SAPARS and Safe Voices will be on hand to do gift wrapping in exchange for your donation. It’s a great way to lighten your workload and support women in the community! The Farmington Historical Society is pleased to hold Tea at the Octogon House at 1pm. Advance tickets are recommended and available at The Calico Patch. The schedule of events is quickly expanding, Historic Downtown, Farmington. FMI: www.downtownfarmington.com/events/ladies-day-out.
Nov. 19, Saturday, 7pm, “Juston McKinney,” hosted by MSAD 11 (Gardiner) Adult Education, former Maine deputy sheriff-turned-comedian will share stories about living in and patrolling the woods of Maine. Please note that this show features clean content, but is not intended for young audiences (PG14), $20, Gardiner Area High School, 40 West Hill Road, Gardiner. FMI: 207-582-3774, www.msad11.maineadulted.org.
Nov. 19, Saturday, 7:30pm, “DaPonte String Quartet Not long after forming in Philadelphia twenty-one years ago, the DaPonte String Quartet surprised the musical world by moving from a cosmopolitan urban area to rural Maine. The DSQ had been — and continues to be — sought after to perform and teach all over the U.S. and around the world. They have appeared in France, Scotland, Canada, and more than twenty American states. Their performances have been broadcast over nation-wide radio and television programs in both the United States and Canada. They have received awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Philadelphia Musical Fund Society, the Music Teachers National Association, Chamber Music America, and have participated in several of the nation’s most prestigious concert series to rave reviews. Musicians and critics alike wondered, why would the DSQ move to Maine, where, as the New York Times noted, they create an experience “like watching the Celtics play in the local gym.” $20, Johnson Hall Performing Arts Center, 280 Water Street, Gardiner. FMI: 207-781-5526, www.johnsonhall.org.
Nov. 19, Saturday, 7:30pm, “Novel Jazz,” The band regularly plays throughout Maine, performed for Maine Public Radio, and appeared in a video production of Trombonist and leader Barney Balch, trumpeter Mike Mitchell, alto saxophonist Bryan Jones, drummer Bill Manning, bassist Herb Maine, guitarist David Clarke, and pianist Mickey Felder collectively have accumulated over 200 years of jazz playing. Novel Jazz concentrates on the swing music of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn. Leader Barney Balch has traveled on several occasions to the Duke Ellington Collection of the Smithsonian Museum in Washington, DC to collect and arrange less known works from the Ellington and Strayhorn’s 3000-composition repertoire, $12, Nordica Auditorium, Merrill Hall, UMF, 224 Main Street, Farmington. FMI: 207-778-9833, www.artsinstitute.org.
Nov. 19, Saturday, 7:30pm, “Messe de Minuit pour Noel,” Celebrated French composer Marc-Antoine Charpentier was a rival of Jean-Baptiste Lully, another prolific 17th-century composer, but Charpentier’s style evolved to represent a synthesis of the French and Italian schools. His late work Messe de Minuit pour Noël was composed during his final post as maître de musique of the Sainte-Chapelle, the glorious Gothic chapel in Paris. Collegium Musicum brings to life this delightful, dance-like Mass of French carols, performed as both vocal and instrumental movements as was customary in Charpentier’s time, free, Lorimer Chapel, Colby College, Waterville. FMI: www.colby.edu.

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