Out and About for the Belgrade Lakes Region of Maine Oct. 24-30

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Out and About for the Belgrade Lakes Region of Maine Oct. 24-30

“Annie,” L-A Community Little Theatre, Auburn

Oct. 24-27, Thursday-Sunday, 7:30pm/Thurs.-Sat, 2pm/Sun, “Women in Jeopardy,” it’s Sex and the City meets I Love Lucy when middle-aged single moms start dating! Longtime friends Liz, Mary and Jo do everything together, until Liz starts dating a creepy guy who may or may not be a serial killer. It’s up to her gal pals to bring her to her senses as they trade in their wine glasses for spy glasses and leap to her rescue. Grab the girls for this laugh out loud comedy about how ridiculously far we’ll go to help our friends, $25/adult, $22/group (10+), $20/student (19+with ID), $10 youth (4-18), The Public Theatre, 31 Maple Street, Lewiston. FMI: 207-782-3200, www.thepublictheatre.org.

Oct. 24-27, Thursday-Sunday, 7:30pm/Thurs.-Sat, 2pm/Sun, “Annie,” the L-A Community Little Theatre presents the Tony-Award-winning musical classic “Annie.” Based on the comic strip “Little Orphan Annie,” the original Broadway production opened in 1977 and ran for nearly six years. Songs such as “Tomorrow,” “It’s the Hard Knock Life,” and “I Don’t Need Anything But You” are among its most popular musical numbers, $20/adults, $17/seniors, $12/12 and under, Lewiston-Auburn Community Little Theater, 30Academy Street, Auburn. FMI: 207-783-0958, www.laclt.com.

Oct. 24, Thursday, 7:30pm, “A Night in Havana,” Following a recent trip to Cuba, Lopez passionately brings the wealth of Cuban music to his American audiences with “A Night in Havana!”, an evening of sexy and entertaining keyboard music inspired by the city considered to be the Vegas before there was a Vegas. With its lively and offbeat rhythms and sweet melodies, Lopez will perform works by the greatest Cuban art composers from past to present. Ending the evening will be the popular “Malagueña” by the great Ernesto Lecuona, known as “…the Gershwin of Havana”. George Lopez, the Beckwith Artist-in-Residence at Bowdoin College, has been a dynamic performer and educator for over 25 years. He is known on several continents for his performance of the standard repertoire as well as being a champion of newly-written works. He recently premiered a piano concerto composed for him here in Maine and is comfortable in styles of music ranging from jazz and ragtime to more contemporary improvisation. Lopez is Artist in Residence at Bowdoin College on Maine where he performs regularly to capacity crowds and conducts the Bowdoin Symphony Orchestra, $12, UMF, Nordica Auditorium, Merrill Hall, Farmington. FMI: 207-778-5074, www.artsfarmington.org.

Oct. 25-26, Friday-Saturday, 7:30pm/Fri, 5pm/Sat, “The Zoo Story,” in Edward Albee’s one-act play, lonely Jerry starts a conversation with Peter on a park bench. It does not go well. Directed by Nic Longo ’21, free, Bates College Black Box Theater, 329 College Street, Lewiston. FMI: 207-786-6161, www.bates.edu/dance.

Oct. 26, Saturday, 7:30pm, “Elements: Colby Wind Ensemble,” what makes Mother Earth “home?” We begin our query with David Maslanka’s Mother Earth Fanfare and follow with the theme music from the Last Airbender’s four nations: Water Tribe, Earth Kingdom, Fire Nation, and Air Nomads. Also included on the program will be a medley of the elements’ representatives earth, wind, and fire and Julie Giroux’s Symphony V: Elements. Shuttle service will be available from the Eustis parking lot beginning at 7pm and immediately after the performance, free, Colby College, Lorimer Chapel, Waterville. FMI: 207-859-5670, www.colby.edu.

Oct. 26, Saturday, 8pm, “Nefresh Mountain in Concert,” the critically acclaimed bluegrass, old-time, and American roots band that taps into Jewish tradition. Recently featured as an official Showcasing Artist at Americanafest 2019 in Nashville, Nefesh Mountain was profiled in Rolling Stone this past summer for their new video, A Mighty Roar. Blending American Appalachian traditions with the beautiful heritage of Jewish culture, the band has become the pioneer of a transcendent new genre, touring internationally with their music and fusing these seemingly disparate worlds with songs and spirituals in English and Hebrew. Creators, band leaders, and husband and wife team Doni Zasloff and Eric Lindberg are the heart of this eclectic band, pioneering a new world of American culture which seamlessly blends their deep love for American and Western musical forms with their own cultural backgrounds as Jewish Americans, $18, Given Auditorium, Bixler Art and Music Center, Colby College, Waterville. FMI: 207-859-5600, www.colby.edu/jewishlife/communityconversations.

Oct. 27, Sunday, 2pm, “Fiddle-icious 2019 Concert,” tap your toes, stomp your feet, clap your hands as Fiddle-icious, a community fiddle-based orchestra with 100+ musicians from Kittery to Augusta, takes the stage to share their unique uplifting music! Fiddle-icious is a fun loving Maine orchestra playing fiddle, piano, harp, guitar, banjo, mandolin, flute, accordion, cello, tin whistle, concertina, upright bass and bagpipes. Their tunes are passed down from the Irish, Scottish, Quebecois and Acadian traditions and include reels, jigs, marches, hornpipes, waltzes, step-dancing and beautiful singing harmonies, $20, reserved seating, Gendron Franco Center, 45 Cedar Street, Lewiston. FMI: 207-689-2000, www.francocenter.org.

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