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Out and About for the Belgrade Lakes Region of Maine Jan. 26-Feb.1

“Sangai Asia Night,” Bates College, Lewiston

Jan. 27-29, Friday-Sunday, 5pm/Friday, “L/A Fire & Ice Café/Cabaret,” live music, fine art & crafts for sale (just in time for Valentine’s shopping), and a menu of Asian-French fusion inspired food and drink from Chef Zach Pratt of boba. On Saturday and Sunday afternoons there will be Valentine-making activities for kids. Saturday – live demonstrations of metal forging by New England School of Metalwork and ice sculpting by SubZero Ice Carvings; two fashion shows by the Teen Girls Sewing Program at The Root Cellar | Lewiston. Sunday – Jazz Brunch and live auction of the metal sculpture created by the New England School of Metalwork, to benefit L/A Arts. Live Music: Friday: Tom Porter & Friends, Saturday: Micromassé (making their LA premiere), Sunday: Three Point Jazz, $15-$30, Great Falls Plaza, 1 Great Falls Plz, Auburn. FMI: 207-782-7228, laarts.org.
Jan. 27-29, Friday-Sunday, 7:30pm/Fri. and Sat, 2pm/Sun, “It’s Only a Play,” a celebration of theatre at its best… and theatre people behaving their not-so-best. It’s opening night of Peter Austin’s new play on Broadway and he anxiously awaits to see if his show is a hit. With his career on the line, he shares the big First Night with his television star best friend, the novice but wealthy producer, the pill-popping leading lady, the unstable yet genius director, and a lethal drama critic, $21/adults, $19/seniors and youth, Waterville Opera House, 93 Main Street, Waterville. FMI: 207-873-7000, www.operahouse.org.
Jan. 27-29, Friday-Sunday, 7:30pm/Fri. and Sat, 2pm/Sun, “Under the Skin,” this deeply funny, powerful and moving new play about parents and children explores this most complex connection. Raina’s ailing father needs her kidney. But he’s been a lousy dad, so she’s not sure he’s “kidney worthy”. What do we actually owe to our parents and they to us? How do we get to a place of generosity with the people who have let us down? Why can’t we act like adults when our parents are in the room? The road to understanding is paved with surprises, as this insightful new play asks, “What does it mean to give a part of yourself to someone else?” $20, $17/group of 10+, Public Theatre, 31 Maple Street, Lewiston. FMI: 207-782-3200, www.thepublictheatre.org.
Jan. 27, Friday, 7:30pm, “Sangai Asia Night,” produced by the Bates College student organization Sangai Asia, this dazzling variety show spotlights myriad dimensions of Asian culture including fashion and performance, free, Schaeffer Theatre, Bates College, 329 College Street, Lewiston. FMI: 207-786-8294, www.bates.edu.
Jan. 28, Saturday, 2pm, “Afternoon of Bunco,” Bunco is a popular game played with dice and a whole lot of luck. No knowledge or experience is required. It originated from 19th-century England was imported to San Francisco as a gambling activity in 1855, where it gave its name to gambling parlors, or “Bunco parlors”, and more generally to any swindle. After the Civil War the game evolved to a popular parlor game. During the 1920s and Prohibition, Bunco was re-popularized as a gambling game, often associated with a speakeasy. Law-enforcement groups raiding these parlors came to be known as “Bunco squads”. On Saturday, no raid is expected!As it is played today, bunco is a social dice game involving 100% luck and no skill (there are no decisions to be made), scoring and a simple set of rules. The object of the game is to accumulate points and to roll certain combinations. The winners get prizes for accomplishments such as the highest score, the lowest score, or the most buncos. Bunco is not merely a game, but a reason to connect with friends for homemade refreshments, lots of laughter and excitement, and just plain fun, $10, Horation G. Foss Mansion, 19 Elm St, Auburn. FMI: 207-713-5888, www.sunjournal.com.
Jan. 28, Saturday, 7:30pm, “Capital City Improve Comedy,” Capital City Improv uses your stories, suggestions, and input to create a comedy show that lives once and is never seen again. This talented, professional group has been performing together for over three years and received their training in Chicago and beyond, $10/advance, $15/door, Governor Hill Mansion, 136 State Street, Augusta. FMI: 207-577-4919, www.capitalcityimprov.com.
Jan. 29, Sunday, 12:30pm, “The Beet Poets of Wayne, Maine,” UU Theater will present “The Beet Poets of Wayne, Maine,” a folksy variety show featuring spoken word and music. Beet Poets fervently believe in poetry that won’t put people off poetry! Hersom and Steve Cowperthwaite and musical poet Stan “Big Cat” Davis. Performers include David Moreau, Jay Franzel, Claire, $5, First Universalist Church of Auburn, 169 Pleasant Street, Auburn. FMI: 207-783-0461, www.auburnuu.org.

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