Out and About for the Belgrade Lakes Region of Maine Sept. 26-Oct.2

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Out and About for the Belgrade Lakes Region of Maine Sept. 26-Oct.2

“Kennebec Land Trust’s Surry Hill Walk,” Fayette

Sept. 26, Thursday, 5:30-7pm, “Surry Hill Walk,” the Kennebec Land Trust’s newest project is purchasing and permanently conserving 330 acres in Fayette, including the top of 600-foot Surry Hill. At this time, there is no formal trail system. There is a logging road to the summit. This is a group walk, no pre-registration is required, meet at the south end of Tom Surrey Road. Directions: From Route 17 in Fayette, turn south on Tom Surrey Road (google maps calls this Pine Needle Alley), directly opposite the Fayette Central School. Travel about a half mile. Park in the pull off on the right-hand side opposite the last house on the left. Do not continue straight on the road, it is not suitable for motor vehicles, free, Tom Surrey Road, Fayette. FMI: 207-377-2848, www.tklt.org.

Sept. 26, Thursday, 9pm, “Keller Williams in Concert,” Keller Williams release his first album in 1994, FREEK, and has since given each of his albums a single syllable title. Each title serves as a concise summation of the concept guiding each project. Each album showcases Keller’s comprehensive and diverse musical endeavors and functions to provide another piece of the jigsaw puzzle that is Keller Williams. Keller’s collaborative and solo albums reflect his pursuit to create music that sounds like nothing else, $24-$25/advance, $27-$28/day of, Waterville Opera House, 1 Common Street, Waterville. FMI: 207-873-7000, www.operahouse.org.

Sept. 27, Friday, 7pm, “Piano Series Recital by Matthew Graybil,” pianist Matthew Graybil presents the opening recital of the Piano Series season with a program of works by Mozart, Schubert, Liszt, Brahms, Debussy, and Stravinsky, $20, free/students with ID, Gendron Franco Center, 46 Cedar Street, Lewiston. FMI: 207-783-1585, francocenter.org.

Sept. 27, Friday, 7:30pm, “Dar Williams,” singer-songwriter specializing in pop folk, Dar Williams is a frequent performer at folk festivals and has toured with such artists as Mary Chapin Carpenter, Patty Griffin, Joan Baez and Catie Curtis, $45, Johnson Hall, 280 Water Street, Gardiner. FMI: 207-582-7144, johnsonhall.org.

Sept. 28, Saturday, 2-8pm, “Riverwalk Blues & Brews Festival,” the City of Auburn’s year-long 150th Celebration continues to “rock,” with the upcoming Riverwalk Blues & Brews Festival. Featuring some incredible blues bands: Memphis Lightning, Downeast Soul Coalition, Double Entendre, Tom Dube and his cigar box guitar and Continental Shakedown, featuring Auburn’s Blues Legends! Denny Breau, Mary Murphy, Matt Fournier, Bonnie Edwards, Ken Goodman, Jerry Joe Carrier, George Stamboules. Craft Brew Underground will be serving up amazing brews from Side By Each Brewing Co. (our exclusive BluesFest brewery) in the CBU beer tent! Great Falls Delivery Cafe will be serving up delicious, authentic BBQ, free, Festival Plaza, Main Street, Auburn. FMI: www.auburn150.com.

Sept. 28, Saturday, 7:30pm, “Celebrating Clara Schumann & Her Circle,” The G-Sharp Duo, aka violinist Emilie-Anne Gendron and pianist Yelena Grinberg, marks the 200th birthday of Clara Schumann — a leading female pianist, wife of composer Robert Schumann and herself a composer of considerable sophistication. In addition to Clara Schumann’s poignant Three Romances for Violin and Piano, the program features work by members of her circle, including Johannes Brahms, free-but tickets required, Olin Concert Hall, 75 Russell Street, Lewiston. FMI: 207-786-6135, www.bates.edu.

Sept. 29, Sunday, 3pm, “Classical Music for Sitar, Indian Cello & Tabla,” Sitar master Shubhendra Rao and Saskia Rao-de Haas, pioneer of the Indian cello, take Indian music to new horizons. They are joined by master percussionist Aditya Kalyanpur on tabla, free-but tickets required, Olin Concert Hall, 75 Russell Street, Lewiston. FMI: 207-786-6135, www.bates.edu.

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