“Working, the Musical,” Nokomis Regional High School, Newport

Nov. 8, Thursday, 7pm, “An Eye for Detail, Paul Doiron and Kristen Lindquist with Monica Wood” the Maine Studies Program at the University of Maine welcomes crime novelist Paul Doiron, author of the Mike Bowditch mystery series, and poet Kristen Lindquist, author of three books of poetry, to read from their work. They will be joined onstage by musicians Susan Ramsey and Ruth Fogg, with accompanying images from artist Evelyn Dunphy. Monica Wood will then interview the authors onstage. Book sales and signings at the event. Pre-talk reception is from 6-7 p.m. at the Collins Center for the Arts, free, but pre-registration is required, Collins Center for the Arts, 2 Flagstaff Road, Orono. FMI: 207-581-1840, framingmaine.com.
Nov. 9-10, Friday-Saturday, 7pm, “Working, the Musical,” a musical with a book by Stephen Schwartz and Nina Faso, music by Schwartz, Craig Carnelia, Micki Grant, Mary Rodgers, and James Taylor, and lyrics by Schwartz, Carnelia, Grant, Taylor, and Susan Birkenhead. The musical is based on the Studs Terkel book Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do (1974), which has interviews with people from different regions and occupations, admission by donation, Nokomis Regional High School, Williams Road, Newport. FMI: 207-368-4354, www.rsu19.org.
Nov. 9, Friday, 7pm, “Andrew McNight in Concert,” award-winning singer, songwriter and story-teller, McKnight’s solo performances are inspiring and entertaining, delivered with warmth and humor. A northern Virginia native, his music is influenced by Appalachian folk, jazz and church music traditions, free, Hammond Street Congregational Church, corner of Hammond and High Streets, Bangor. FMI: 207-942-4381, hammondstreetchurch.org.
Nov. 10, Saturday, 1pm, “The Met: Live in HD-Marnie,” composer Nico Muhly unveils his second new opera for the Met with this gripping reimagining of Winston Graham’s novel, set in the 1950s, about a beautiful, mysterious young woman who assumes multiple identities. Director Michael Mayer and his creative team have devised a fast-moving, cinematic world for this exhilarating story of denial and deceit, which also inspired a film by Alfred Hitchcock. Mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard sings the enigmatic Marnie, and baritone Christopher Maltman is the man who pursues her—with disastrous results. Robert Spano conducts, $25/adults, $20/seniors, $10/students, Collins Center for the Arts, 2 Flagstaff Road, Orono. FMI: 207-581-1755, www.collinscenterforthearts.com.
Nov. 10, Saturday, 7:30pm, “Stray Cats Bassist Lee Rocker,” rockabilly music legend, Lee Rocker and his band, will be performing for one night only at Husson University’s Gracie Theatre, this Grammy-nominated member of the legendary music group Stray Cats will perform some of the band’s signature hits like “Sexy and Seventeen”, “Stray Cat Strut” and “Rock This Town.” Original songs, and hits by Elvis and Carl Perkins will also be included in the concert performance, Gracie Theater, Husson University, 1 College Circle, Bangor. FMI: 207-941-7888, www.gracietheatre.com.
Nov. 11, Sunday, 2pm, “Annual Veteran’s Day Concert,” the Bangor Band will perform a patriotic concert for Veteran’s Day, the band will play marches and old war-time melodies to honor and thank our special Veterans for their service to our country, free, Cole Land Transportation Museum, Perry Road, Bangor. FMI: bangorband.org.
Nov. 11, Sunday, 3pm, “Pianist Jane Coop,” Canadian pianist Jane Coop will share an evening of chamber music including the music of Beethoven and Rachmaninoff. Ms. Coop has a Maine connection, as one of the cherished faculty artists at the Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival in Blue Hill, $36, Minsky Recital Hall, Class of 1944 Hall, UMO, Orono. FMI: 207-581-1755, www.umaine.edu.