Out and About for Belgrade Lakes Region of Maine Dec. 27-Jan.2

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Out and About for Belgrade Lakes Region of Maine Dec. 27-Jan.2

“Christmas Bird Count, Bates College, Lewiston

Dec. 29, Saturday, 7am-4pm, “Christmas Bird Count,” the event takes place within a fifteen-mile diameter circle centered on the Bates College campus. The circle is divided into six sectors. Anyone who may be interested in participating should contact Linda Seamans at seamans.linda@gmail.com or phone her at 240-1380. The Christmas Bird Count is free and open to anyone. The Stanton Bird Club is made up of people from a wide range of ages and backgrounds, but they all share a love of nature in general, and birds in particular. Today there are some 200 club members, including 20 Junior Naturalists. The Club manages the Thorncrag Nature Sanctuary as well as the Woodbury Nature Sanctuary in Monmouth and Litchfield, free, Bates College Campus, 2 Andrews Road, Lewiston. FMI: 207-240-1380, www.StantonBirdClub.org.
Dec. 29, Saturday, 8pm, “The Ghost of Paul Revere,” this band from Maine is centered around the three part harmonies of life long friends Max Davis, Sean McCarthy and Griffin Sherry. They are a band dedicated to writing powerful, stripped down music that is meant to be experienced live and intimately. The result is a sound that the band describes as “holler folk,” not because it involves a lot of hollering, per se, but because it invokes the rich communal tradition of field hollers, with their call-and-response melodies, sing-along hooks, and densely layered harmonies. That sense of musical camaraderie is essential to everything The Ghose of Paul Revere does, and nowhere is it more evident than their sophomore album, “Monarch,” $20-$25, Waterville Opera House, 1 Common Street, Waterville. FMI: 207-861-7096, www.operahouse.org.
Dec. 31, Monday, 6pm-12am, “New Year’s Eve Potluck Pizza Game Night,” bring your favorite game to play with others and some pizza/snacks/soda to share and play in the New Year – no alcohol or gambling permitted. Free admission/parking, Belgrade Center for All Seasons, One Center Drive, Rt 27, Belgrade. FMI: 207-649-4238, www.lakescf.org.
Dec. 31, Monday, 6-10pm, “New Year’s Auburn,” join us on Main Street in Auburn on New Year’s Eve for the best party in 150 years! Auburn is celebrating our Sesquicentennial in 2019 and we are kicking things off on December 31 with our first ever New Year’s Auburn Celebration. Highlights will include food trucks, cash bars, local beers, fireworks at midnight and LIVE music by: Hello Newman! L-A Harley Band and Justin & Shelley Carver, Auburn Festival Plaza, Main Street, Auburn. FMI: www.sunjournal.com.
Dec. 31, Monday, 7pm, “Family Adventure Walk: Bradbury Mountain,” take some time to connect as a family away from the holiday hustle and bustle. Kids of all ages welcome. ACTIVITY LEVEL: Easy. WHERE TO MEET: Meet us at the Bradbury Mountain upper parking lot, there is a park entrance fee. WHAT TO BRING: Weather-appropriate clothing (layers; no cotton), waterproof footwear, small day pack with extra clothes, snacks, water, personal medications. OPTIONAL RECOMMENDED ITEMS: Sunglasses, binoculars, camera headlamp, Bradbury Mountain State Park, 528 Hallowell Road, Pownal. FMI: www.meetup.com/LLBeanFreeport.
Dec. 31, Monday, 8pm-12am, “Black Tie & Tails New Year’s Eve Gala,” join us for an evening of merriment as we “wag” in 2019 at central Maine’s premiere New Year’s Eve event! Come try your hand at our carnival games, hit the dance floor to the 90’s cover band grooves of Sundog and toast to a brand new year when the clock strikes midnight! Your attendance not only ensures a memorable NYE but also supports the well being of shelter pets in the Kennebec Valley which is a pretty great way to launch 2019, *21+ *Semi-Formal *Cash Bar *Carnival Games *Live Music *Champagne Toast, Reserved Seating is Limited, $40/single, $50/reserved seat, $75/couple, $500/table of 8, The Governor Hill Mansion, 136 State Street, Augusta. FMI: 207-626-3491, www.pethavenlane.org.
Dec. 31, Monday, 9pm-12am, “Shake Dancers,” an old school blues band playing the raw Chicago, Memphis and New Orleans blues style of the post World War II era, as well as their own original blues music. With a deep, infectious groove influenced by such blues legends as Little Walter, James Cotton and Sonny Boy Williamson, the trio has been well received at L/A Arts Concert Series and The Maine Balloon Festiva among other smaller venues around the state. Founding member of the Juke Joint Devils, vocalist and blues harpist extraordinaire, Tommy O’Connell is joined by blues wunderkind, Zack Pomereau on vocals, guitar and harmonica and Andy Buckland on upright bass. Early reservation is recommended as entry is limited, $10/advance, $15/door, Mountain Village Farm, 164 Main Street, Kingfield. FMI: 207-265-2030, www.sunjournal.com.

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