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Out and About for the Bangor Lakes Region of Maine Nov. 1-7

Out and About for the Bangor Lakes Region of Maine Nov. 1-7

“Little Shop of Horrors,” Center Theatre, Dover-Foxcroft

Nov. 2-Nov. 4, Friday-Sunday, 7pm/Fri. and Sat, 3pm/Sun, “Harvey,” the story of Elwood P. Dowd, a gentle soul whose eccentricities include being best friends with an invisible 6-foot rabbit, $12/adults, $10/students, seniors and veterans, $5/12 and under, Bangor Grange Hall, 1192 Ohio Street, Bangor. FMI: www.bangorcommunitytheatre.org.
Nov. 2, Friday, 7pm, “Classical Music Concert Celebrates Bernstein, Bach and Chopin,” a unique concert by Boston-based artist Michael Hawley. Hawley, a pianist, educator, computer scientist, and photographer, will celebrate the music of Bernstein, Bach, Chopin and others as part of a piano performance and lecture. His program features some spectacular organ pieces by Johann Sebastian Bach that were arranged for performance on the piano by Hawley and Franz Liszt. The concert will also feature music by Frederic Chopin with some exquisite arrangements by Leopold Godowsky. The all-American second half of the concert will feature two memorable Bernstein arrangements — the “Overture to Candide”, and the symphonic dances from “West Side Story,” and some compositions by William Bolcom, $15-$25, The Gracie Theater, 1 College Circle, Bangor. FMI: 207-941-7888, www.gracietheatre.com.
Nov. 3, Saturday, 9am-2pm, “Christmas Fair,” homemade and handmade items including jewelry, jams, jellies, pickles, candy, baked goods, pies, cookies, pet treats, cutlery, dishcloths, toys and a silent auction and white elephant table, coffee with goodies 9am-11am, lunch 11:15am-1pm, free, First United Methodist Church of Bangor, 703 Essex Street, Bangor. FMI: 207-945-9567, fumcbangor.org.
Nov. 3, Saturday, 9am-4pm, “Designing Women Fine Art & Crafts Show,” Designing Women’s annual, juried Holiday show will feature over twenty local female artisans who will display their high quality and beautifully handcrafted pottery, fine art, jewelry, glasswork, hand-woven clothing and accessories, home accents, and lotions and balms for perusal and purchase. This show is a wonderful way to find small and large treasures, home and personal accoutrements, and Holiday gifts, $2, Richard Dyke Center, Husson University, 64 Kagan Drive, Bangor. FMI: www.designingwomen.org.
Nov. 3-4, Saturday-Sunday, 9am-4pm/Sat, 10am-3pm/Sun, “30th Annual Bangor Arts & Crafts Show,” Maine artisans will display and sell their made in Maine products, presented by United Maine Craftsmen, $3, Cross Insurance Center, 515 Main Street, Bangor. FMI: 207-621-2818, www.unitedmainecraftsmen.com.
Nov. 3, Saturday, 2-7pm, “Fall Folk Festival,” come join us in a celebration of fall through traditional crafts, music and story-telling. Demonstrations of basket making, looming, wreath making, ornament making, and tai chi. Artisans and vendors of: soaps, jewelry, wax tarts, candles, knitted frisbees, crocheted items, sweaters, mittens, kombucha, cider, pies, maple products and more! Music by Troy Youngblood, Some Reel People, Tony Estes, $5, $10/family, The Commons at Central Hall, 152 E. Main Street, Dover-Foxcroft. FMI: 207-343-3018, www.centralhallcommons.org.
Nov. 3-4, Saturday-Sunday, 1pm/Sunday kid-friendly matinees, 2pm/Sat kid-friendly matinees, 6pm/Sunday PG-13 evening show, 7pm/Saturday PG-13 evening show, “Little Shop of Horrors,” meek flower shop assistant Seymour pines for co-worker Audrey. During a total eclipse, he discovers an unusual plant he names Audrey II, which feeds only on human flesh and blood. The growing plant attracts a great deal of business for the previously struggling store. After Seymour feeds Audrey’s boyfriend, Orin to the plant after Orin’s accidental death, he must come up with more bodies for the increasingly bloodthirsty plant, $3/students, $6/adults, The Center Theatre, 20 E. Main Street, Dover-Foxcroft. FMI: 207-564-8943, www.centertheatre.org.

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