Out and About for the Mid Coast Lakes Region of Maine Oct. 3-9

Out and About for the Bangor Lakes Region of Maine Oct. 3-9
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Out and About for the Belgrade Lakes Region of Maine Oct. 3-9
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Out and About for the Mid Coast Lakes Region of Maine Oct. 3-9

“Nepoli: Taranta, Mediterranean,” Chocolate Church, Bath

Oct. 3-6, Thursday-Sunday, 7:30pm/Thurs.-Sat, 2pm/Sun, “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged),” The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) by Adam Long, Daniel Singer, Jess Winfield Directed by Hollie Pryor All 37 plays in 97 minutes! Three madcap actors in tights weave their wicked way through all of Shakespeare’s comedies, histories, and tragedies in one wild ride that will leave you breathless and helpless with laughter. An irreverent, fast-paced romp through the Bard’s plays, THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (ABRIDGED) was London’s longest-running comedy, $5-$30, The Theater Project, 14 School Street, Brunswick. FMI: 207-729-8584, theaterproject.com.

Oct. 4-6, Friday-Sunday, 11am-4pm/Fri. and Sun, 10am-5pm/Sat, “21st Annual Freeport Fall Festival,” over 150 artists exhibit works ranging from photography, oil, watercolor, mixed media, fine craft, and jewelry set to the tunes of live musical performances throughout the weekend. A delicious array of Maine food producers & food trucks compliments your favorite Freeport restaurants. Freeport Community Services will be on site hosting their annual Chowdah Challenge to raise funds for camp scholarships! The event is free and includes children’s art activities and music for the whole family. Plan to spend a day or the weekend in Freeport, visit the artists, listen to music, and explore hundreds of great stores, outlets, and boutiques located steps from the Festival, free, Downtown, Freeport. FMI: 207-865-1212, freeportfallfestival.com.

Oct. 4, Friday, 7:30pm, “Antonio Lopez & Friends,” internationally celebrated Mexican classical guitarist, Antonio Lopez returns to the Opera House this fall. Tonight this world renowned guitarist will perform a solo set before being joined on stage by Maine musicians Carl Dimow, Jeff Roho and Alva Achorn on flute. This promises to be an evening unlike any other this season, $20/advance, $25/door, The Opera House at Boothbay Harbor, 86 Townsend Avenue, Boothbay Harbor. FMI: 207-633-3159, boothbayoperahouse.com.

Oct. 4, Friday, 7:30pm, “Nepoli: Taranta, Mediterranean,” you will not be able to resist moving when Newpoli hits the stage! With both original songs and interpretations of traditional tunes, the southern Italian group stirs up a mesmerizing sound that melds traditional Italian folk music, Greek and Turkish grooves, and Mediterranean and Spanish colors. Newpoli’s concerts combine virtuoso musicians playing high tempo music on percussion and stringed instruments, while lead singers Carmen Marsico and Angela Rossi provide vocals and perform wild, frenetic dances. There is drama and passion in every note played by this incredible group, $25-$28, Chocolate Church Arts Center, 804 Washington Street, Bath. FMI: 207-442-8455, www.chocolatechurcharts.org.

Oct. 4, Friday, 8pm, “Novel Jazz Septet,” a Maine-based group, now in their 15th year of concerts around Maine and New England. Their mission is to share the music and stories of the iconic Duke Ellington and his equally iconic musical collaborator, Billy Strayhorn, who together wrote some 3000 compositions over their musical careers, two percent of which represents the well-known standards and 98% of which most have never heard. They’ll perform standard tunes from the Ellington/Strayhorn repertoire plus newly arranged compositions that they have unearthed in the Ellington Archives of the Smithsonian Museum of American History in Washington D.C., some of which have not been heard in decades. The band has rearranged these pieces for the septet, dusted them off and given them a 21st century sound, all of their own, $18, Frontier Theater, 14 Maine Street, Mill 3, Fort Andross, Brunswick. FMI: 207-725-5222, www.explorefrontier.com.

Oct. 5, Saturday, 7:30pm, “UUCB Concerts for a Cause: Slaid Cleaves,” Maine-raised, Texas-based singer-songwriter Slaid Cleaves will perform. Cleaves, who grew up in South Berwick, started playing music in local garage bands as a teenager, then went off to Tufts University to major in English and philosophy. During his junior year abroad in Ireland, he honed his guitar and vocal skills and, in his free time became a busker—a street singer, playing the songs of his favorite musicians such as Woody Guthrie, Johnny Cash, and Bruce Springsteen, He also began to write some of his own songs. After college, Cleaves became part of the Portland music scene where he quickly built a local fanbase, both as a solo act and with his band The Moxie Men. His acoustic career took off after he moved to Austin, Texas in 1991, and he rose to national prominence in 1997 upon the release of his national debut, No Angel Knows. He has achieved national success with all his subsequent albums, 14 in all. In 1992, he was a winner of the prestigious Kerryville Folk competition. Now twenty-seven years into his storied career, Cleaves’ songwriting has never been more potent than on his newest album Ghost on the Car Radio. The characters in Slaid Cleaves’ songs live in unglamorous reality. They work dead-end jobs, they run out of money, they grow old, they hold on to each other (or not), and they die. With an eye for the beauty in everyday life, he tells their stories, bringing a bit of empathy to their uncaring world. Cleaves’s voice is a clear tenor with a hint of grit. He has combined his passion for folk, blues, and traditional country music into an amalgamation of styles known as Americana. Rolling Stone called Cleaves “a master storyteller, one influenced not by the shine of pop culture but by the dirt of real life,” $25/advance, $28/door, Unitarian Universalist Church, 1 Middle Street, Brunswick. FMI: 207-729-8515, cleaves.brownpapertickets.com.

Oct. 6, Sunday, 10:30am-2:30pm, “44th Annual Pettengill Farm Day,” a day of family fun at our pristine 140-acre salt water farm! There is always a lot to see and do on this 200+ year old farmstead as we celebrate rural life of the 1800s. We will enjoy horse drawn wagon rides, kids’ crafts and games, apple cider pressing, historic demonstrations, lunch and more. The original farmhouse will be open that day and guided tours available, $5/adults, $2/children, Pettengill Farm, 31 Pettengill Road, Freeport. FMI: 207-865-3170, freeporthistoricalsociety.org.

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