Norway Grange, Home of OHMPPA, Norway

Aug. 18, Thursday, 10am-12pm, Back Pond Reserve, active two hour walk focusing on the natural history of the season, with special attention to late summer flowers, free, Back Pond Reserve, off 5 Kezars Ponds Road, North Waterford.  FMI:  207-925-1056, www.gllt.org.

Aug. 18, Thursday, 6:00pm/doors open, 8:00pm/show, Eilen Jewell, this singer/songwriter quickly distinguished herself as one of the rising stars of a new generation of roots musicians.  She puts her own beautiful stamp on old country, folk and blues with her sweet voice, a “Waltzing for Dreamers” show, free, Stone Mountain Arts Center, 695 Dug Way Road, Brownfield.  207-935-7292, www.stonemountainartscenter.com.

Aug. 18-21, Thursday-Sunday, 8:00pm/Thurs.-Sat, 2:00pm/Sun, “Large Window on a Small World,” still living with his widowed mother, at an age when most of his contemporaries are well settled into married life, Tad Snow enters into a correspondence with a sympathetic young French girl.  All goes well until photos are exchanged.  Tad doesn’t send one of himself, and his beauteous pen pal suddenly arrives for a visit, $10/adults, $8/seniors, Norway Grange, 15 Whitman Street, Norway.  FMI:  207-739-2512, www.norwaydowntown.org.

Aug. 20, Saturday, 9am-3pm, 36^th Annual Lovell Arts & Artisans Fair, 60 skilled artisans in an all-juried show, huge used book sale, lunch available for purchase, free, New Suncook School, Route 5, Lovell.  FMI:  207-925-3177, www.lovellmaine.us/calendar.

Aug. 20, Saturday, 8:30pm, Brownfield Lions Dance, music by Linwood Cash and the Ridge Riders, for adults 21 and older, $10, Brownfield Lions Den, Route 5, Brownfield.  FMI:  207-647-3472, www.mainelakeschamber.com.

Aug. 22, Monday, 7:00pm, Boghat, traditional Irish dance music trio of accomplished musicians based out of Portland, Maine. They play the traditional music of Ireland with a contemporary twist, fiery reels and sexy jigs to plaintive airs and the occasional song,  $10/adults, $5/children 5-12, Schoolhouse Arts Center, 16 Richville Road, Standish.  FMI:  207-642-3743, www.schoolhousearts.org.

Aug. 23, Tuesday, 8pm, Downeast Brass Quintet, compromised of five experienced musicians from Southern and Central Maine, they play a wide range of styles from classical to Dixieland, $18/adults, $9/children, Deertrees Theater, 156 Deertrees Road, Harrison.  FMI:  207-583-6747, www.deertreestheatre.org.

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