Out and About for the Bangor Lakes Region of Maine Apr. 13-19

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Out and About for the Bangor Lakes Region of Maine Apr. 13-19

Out and About for the Bangor Lakes Region of Maine Apr. 13-19

“The Skyliners,” Next Generation Theatre, Brewer

Apr. 14, Friday, 7pm, “Reading by Noy Holland and Nat Baldwin,” join us for a most excellent fiction reading by authors Noy Holland and Nathaniel Baldwin at 58 Main in Bangor. NOY HOLLAND is the author of four story collections, Swim for the Little One First, What Begins with Bird, The Spectacle of the Body, and I Was Trying to Describe What It Feels Like: New and Selected Stories. Her novel, Bird, was released in 2016. She teaches writing in the graduate program at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. NAT BALDWIN is a writer and musician living in Portland, Maine. He has released several solo albums and plays bass in Dirty Projectors. The Red Barn is his first book, free, 58 Main, 58 Main Street, Bangor. FMI: www.58mainbangor.com.
Apr. 14, Friday, 8pm, “The Focus Group,” local improv troupe will perform its unique style of adult improvisational comedy that will knock your socks off! Get ready for a night of laughter and fun! Beer and Wine available for purchase (21+), mature audiences only, $5, Between Friends Art Center-Next Generation Theatre, 39 Center Street, Brewer. FMI: 207-989-7100, www.nextgenerationtheatre.com.
Apr. 15, Saturday, 7:30pm, “The Skyliners,” this 13 pc. Big-Band performs dance music in the tradition of Glen Miller and Count Basie. All your favorite arrangements from the 40’s and 50’s as well as Swing, Jazz, Pop, Waltz and Latin numbers. Beer and wine available for purchase for those 21+, $10, Between Friends Art Center-Next Generation Theatre, 39 Center Street, Brewer. FMI: 207-989-7100, www.nextgenerationtheatre.com.
Apr. 16, Sunday, 2pm, “The Life of Trees,” a cheeky ladybug called Dolores and a quirky firefly called Mike take the audience on an adventurous journey of exploration into the wondrous world of trees. Attend the Creepy Crawlies Educational Institution to find out how trees live and their importance to the wider environment. On the excursion, Delores and Mike zip around a tree, and in doing so, playfully learn its secrets: How do plants get their food from the Sun? How do they grow? How does water get from the roots to the top of the crown? And how does all this make life on our earth possible? The Life of Trees is a perfect planetarium show for the whole family that raises the awareness of protecting the natural environment in which we live, $5/adults, $4/under 12, Emera Astronomy Center, 167 Rangeley Rd, Orono. FMI: 207-581-1341, astro.umaine.edu.
Apr. 17-19, Monday-Wednesday, 2pm & 7pm/Mon. and Wed, 9:30am, 2pm and 7pm/Tues, “Shrine Circus,” the Kora Shrine Circus has entertained both children and adults since 1953. This year’s circus will be a 2-ring circus with many of the top acts you’ve come to expect, $5-$12, Cross Insurance Center, 515 Street, Bangor. FMI: korashriners.org.
Apr. 18, Tuesday, 4pm, “Learn before you go! Eugene Onegin,” Tchaikovsky’s setting of Pushkin’s timeless verse novel is presented on the Met stage in Deborah Warner’s moving production, starring Anna Netrebko and Dmitri Hvorostovsky as Tatiana and Onegin. Alexey Dolgov sings the role of Lenski, and Robin Ticciati conducts. Tchaikovsky’s many moods—tender, grand, melancholy—are all given free rein in Eugene Onegin. The opera is based on Pushkin’s iconic verse novel, which re-imagines the Byronic romantic anti-hero as the definitive bored Russian aristocrat caught between convention and ennui; Tchaikovsky, similarly, took Western European operatic forms and transformed them into an authentic and undeniably Russian work. At the core of the opera is the young girl Tatiana, who grows from a sentimental adolescent into a complete woman in one of the operatic stage’s most convincing character developments, Dirigo Pines, 9 Alumni Drive, Orono. FMI: 207-989-7943, www.dirigopines.com.
Apr. 19, Wednesday, 6pm, “Hirundo Wildlife Refuge Garden Party & Silent Auction,” Hirundo Wildlife Refuge in collaboration with the RSU # 34 and UMaine Cooperative Extension cordially invites you to a Garden Party and Silent Auction on April 19, 2016 from 6 – 9 pm at the Old Town Elementary School, 576 Stillwater Ave. Enjoy a variety of mini hands-on workshops and activities including grafting, pruning, indoor microgreen production, and worm composting for the younger gardener. Gather information on how to support native pollinators while bidding on an excellent selection of auction items and snacking on light refreshments. Reservations by April 16, $5-$7, Old Town Elementary School, 576 Stillwater Avenue, Old Town. FMI: 207-394-2171, www.hirundomaine.org.

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