Mardi Gras Celebration at Franc0-American Heritage Center
March 3, Thursday, 6:30pm, Solar Energy Program, learn about solar energy, free, Reading Room, Lithgow Library, 45 Winthrop Street, Augusta. FMI: 207-626-2415,http://www.lithgow.lib.me.us.
March 4, Friday, 5:30-8:00pm, L/A Film Festival Sneak Preview, preview of festival films, light refreshments, cash bar, music provided by fiddler Greg Boardman, a Beatle’s tribute performed by Nick Knowlton and friends, silent auction, $10/donation, Bates Mills Atrium, 35 Canal Street, Lewiston. FYI: 207-577-9746,http://www.lafilmfestival.org.
March 4, Friday, 7:30pm, “Wild Music for Guitar and Percussion,” guitarist-composer Christian Amigo and drummer Gustavo Aguilar perform, free, reservations required, Olin Arts Center, Bates College, 75 Russell Street, Lewiston. FMI: 207-786-6135, http://www.bates.edu.
March 4 and March 5, Friday and Saturday, 7:30pm, “The Early Evening Show,” a hilarious production that is one part late-night talk show, one part music show and ten parts funny, $14/adult, $12/senior, $8/12 and under, Oddfellow Theater, Route 117, Buckfield. FMI: 207-336-3306, http://www.oddfellow.com.
March 5, Saturday, 2:00pm and 7:30pm, La Boutique Fantasque and The Magic Painting, the Androscoggin Dance company presents a classical and contemporary ballet, $15/adults $10/ under 12, Franco-American Heritage Center, 46 Oxford Street, Lewiston. FYI: 207-782-7228, http://www.androscoggindance.org.
March 5, Saturday, 7:30pm, Maine Hysterical Society, a comedy variety show of hilarious Maine characters, novelty songs, “wicked good” juggling and sketches, $18/adult, $16/member, $10 under 14, Johnson Hall, 280 Water Street, Gardiner. FMI: 207-582-7144, http://johnsonhall.org.
March 8, Tuesday, 6:00pm, Mardi Gras, celebrate “fat Tuesday” with Cajun and Creole eats, ‘two step’ to Cajun music by JimmyJo and the Jumbol’Ayuhs, dress in your Mardi Gras finest, $22/per person, $20/per person for table of 8, Franco-American Heritage Center, 46 Oxford Street, Lewiston. FYI: 207-689-2000, http://www.francoamericanheritage.org/.