Out and About for the Mid Coast Lakes Region of Maine May 10-16

Out and About for the Bangor Lakes Region of Maine May 10-16
Out and About for the Bangor Lakes Region of Maine May 10-16
May 9, 2018
Out and About for the Belgrade Lakes Region of Maine May 10-16
May 9, 2018

Out and About for the Mid Coast Lakes Region of Maine May 10-16

“Mother’s Day Tour,” River Cruises, Damariscotta

May 11, Friday, 7pm, “DaPonte String Quartet – ‘Obsessions,” final series of the season explores three very different kinds of obsession in works by Hugo Wolf, Franz Schubert, and Bela Bartok, $25, Rockport Opera House, 6 Central St., Rockport. FMI: 207-529-4555, www.daponte.org.
May 12, Saturday, 2pm, “Oratorio Chorale presents Meditation through Music,” uses the transporting power of song to clear the mind and bring awareness of the beauty of now. Concerts feature the music of Bruckner, Schütz, Vittoria, and Hassler as well as Stephen Paulus, Robert Kyr, Eric Whitacre, and Carson, $20/advance, $25/door, students half price, free/under 12 with ticket, St. Pauls Episcopal Church, 27 Pleasant St., Brunswick. FMI: 207-577-3931, www.oratoriochorale.org.
May 13, Sunday, 11am and 2pm, “Free Mother’s Day Tour,” traditionally, The River Tripper’s first cruise in the spring is a Free Mother’s Day Tour for all the wonderful mothers (with a paying guest). An unforgettable ride along seven oysters farms that are just re-opening for the season, and the view of charismatic harbor seals, ospreys fixing up their nests to lay the next generation of chicks. Bald eagles, herons, eiders, loons and a wide variety of ducks are in full swing. The Boat Bar will be open if you want to spice up your cider or taste Olga’s bellini and Damariscotta River oysters on the half shell. These are always a Mom and crowd pleasers. Blankets are provided, $31, $16/under 12, free/mothers, Damariscotta River Cruises, 40 Main Street, Damariscotta. FMI: 207-315-5544, damariscottarivercruises.com.
May 13, Sunday, 2:30pm, “The Midcoast Symphony Orchestra: ‘Old Favorites with a Twist’,” This performance opens with “Three Dance Episodes” from the musical “On the Town” by Leonard Bernstein. Bernstein is well known for his jazz-inflected, highly rhythmic style and his most famous score for “West Side Story.” Bernstein who would have been 100 this year is being celebrated by thousands of musical events over six continents. Next we are excited to have pianist Lise de la Salle return to our stage to perform Schumann’s Piano Concerto op. 54. Ms. de la Salle has performed with leading orchestras all over the world. In 2014 she performed Rachmaninoff’s 3rd Piano Concerto with the MSO to great acclaim from both the audiences and the orchestra members alike. As a Washington Post critic once wrote following one of her performances, “For much of the concert the audience had to remember to breath…the exhilaration didn’t let up for a second until her hands came off the keyboard.” It will be a special and rare treat to hear this wonderful pianist perform this beautiful and powerful concerto by Robert Schumann. The program concludes with Beethoven’s exciting and emotional Symphony No. 5. This work is a mainstay of the classical repertoire and has influenced many composers over the years. If there is a bit of classical music everyone knows, it is the first four notes of this symphony. It is so emblematic of great music that the first movement of this symphony was featured in the “Music of Earth” on the Golden Records sent into space on the two Voyager spacecraft, $20, free/18 and under and college students with ID, Orion Performing Arts Center, 66 Republic Ave, Topsham. FMI: 207-846-5378, www.midcoastsymphony.org.
May 13, Sunday, 3pm, “Mother’s Day Concert with Kevin Kiley & Friends,” an afternoon with pianist Kevin Kiley and a seasoned troupe of vocalists from Maine, New York and beyond singing music about mothers, for mothers, for us all. A special Mother’s Day Weekend event designed to celebrate, honor, and remember all the mothers in our lives, $15/advance, $20/door, The Opera House at Boothbay Harbor, 86 Townsend Avenue, Boothbay Harbor. FMI: 207-633-5159, www.boothbayoperahouse.com.
May 14, Monday, 7pm, “A Cappella Concert and Ice Cream Social, by the UMaine Renaissance Singers, all welcome, proceeds are spilt 50/50 to benefit SFCC programs and the Renaissance singers, $5, South Freeport Church, 98 South Freeport Road, Freeport. FMI: 207-865-4012, www.southfreeportchurch.com/umaine-renaissance-concert-and-ice-cream.html.
May 15, Tuesday, 7pm, “Midcoast Maine’s Changing Climate,” explore the realities of Maine’s changing climate with Professors Esperanza Stancioff and Ivan Fernandez in a presentation on how changes in our weather patterns are altering the lives of Maine people today and will continue to do so in the future. Hosted by Coastal Mountains Land Trust, Camden Public Library, 55 Main Street, Camden. FMI: 207-236-3440, librarycamden.org.

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