Head to Fryeburg for Maine’s last agricultural fair of the season
FRYEBURG — The 176th Fryeburg Fair is taking place all this week through Sunday.
The annual tradition, which is always the final licensed agricultural fair of the Maine season, ends on a high note, with a weeklong program stuffed with events, shows, races, demonstrations, competitions, animals, exhibitions, food, live entertainment and more.
For a complete list of all the fair’s many offerings, tickets and more information, go to fryeburgfair.org. Tickets are $5 general admission, $15 premium, children under 12 are free.
The fairgrounds is at 1154 Main St.
Catch the early Beatles’ tribute Studio Tour in Lewiston
LEWISTON — On Saturday, Oct. 10, at 7:30 p.m., Studio Two will bring their early Beatles tribute music to the Franco Center stage.
The band is comprised of experienced musicians of today’s generation “dedicated to preserving the memory and fan culture of The Beatles generation. By recreating the Fab Four’s music, appearance, instruments, and onstage banter, Studio Two performs favorite Beatles hits that will bring people to the dance floor,” say organizers.
Doors and cash bar open at 6 p.m. Concert starts at 7 p.m. Tickets are $35 in advance and $40 at the door day of the show and can be purchased online at francocenter.org, by phone at 207-689-2000 or in person at the box office between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
Join in Apple Pumpkin Scarecrow Day in Rumford
RUMFORD — Apple Pumpkin Scarecrow Day will take place Saturday, Oct. 10, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Rumford Center Meeting House.
The free event will feature a fall family day with scarecrow making, pumpkin carving or painting, cider pressing, a colonial photo booth, and an exhibit on Frances Perkins.
All proceeds benefit the restoration of the Meeting House, overseen by the Rumford Center Village Improvement Society.
The Meeting House is at 1352 Route 2 in Rumford Center.
Listen to ‘Stories Through Music’ in Farmington
FARMINGTON — ArtsFarmington will present Portland Piano Trio’s “Stories Through Music” on Friday, Oct. 9, from 7-9 p.m. at the University of Farmington’s Nordica Auditorium.
The event will feature a classical concert from members of the Portland Piano Trio with guest flutist Nicole Rabata of Colby College in Waterville, telling musical stories by composers including Clara and Robert Schumann.
The concert is free for UMF students and for youths 18 and younger. Adult admission is $25 and $20 for ArtsFarmington members. “Pay as you can” is accepted and no one is turned away.
For more information and for tickets, go to artsfarmington.org or at the door. Nordica Auditorium is on the second floor of Merrill Hall on the UMF campus at 224 Main St.
Carry your wife around in Newry
NEWRY — The North American Wife Carrying Championship will take place Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 10-11, at Sunday River Resort.
In the self-described “quirky championship event,” paired contestants race while carrying one another through a course.
Entry is $50 for those competing, while the free spectacle draws spectators from far and wide.
Sunday River Resort is at 15 South Ridge Road.
Take in Kouchera, Dead to the Core in Bath
BATH — The Chocolate Church Performing Arts Center will host two shows in the next week bringing both the energy and the Dead to the stage.
On Thursday, Oct. 8, at 7:30 p.m. Kouchera will deliver a “high-energy live performance rooted in Haitian Konpa, Soul and R&B. Their sets are designed to engage audiences and create a welcoming, feel-good atmosphere,” organizers say of the all-ages show.
Tickets are $15 in advance, $20 day of the show.
Then on Saturday, Oct. 10, at 7:30 p.m. Dead to the Core will bring its love of the Grateful Dead to the stage.
The collective of singer-songwriters and acoustic musicians “celebrate the band’s music not through note-for-note re-creations but by playing the songs their own way — letting them grow and evolve collaboratively in the true spirit of the Dead,” say organizers.
Tickets are $18-$20.
Saturday at 4 p.m before the evening concert the band will host a Grateful Dead Hootenanny with Dead to the Core. It will be a pre-concert workshop singing and playing classic Grateful Dead songs. Attendees are encouraged to “bring any acoustic instrument, or just your voice. The band will supply lyric and chord charts and go through the basic form and rhythm of each song,” say organizers. Tickets are $15.
For more information for either show and for tickets, go to chocolatechurcharts.org, phone 207-442-8455 or email info@chocolatechurcharts.org.
The center is at 804 Washington St.
Spend an evening with ‘Walt Whitman’ in Lewiston
LEWISTON — Cambridge actor, educator, lecturer and historian Stephen Collins will perform a one-man show as one of America’s greatest poets when he presents “Unlaunch’d Voices: an Evening with Walt Whitman” on Wednesday, Oct. 7, from 5-7 p.m. in Callahan Hall at the Lewiston Public Library.
As Whitman, Collins explores the “Leaves of Grass” poet’s young life and then his maturing and later years, including “… the most important work of my life …” nursing the wounded soldiers in the hospitals during the Civil War.
“Through poetry and readings of actual letters, we experience Whitman’s movement from selfishness and selflessness and his growth into a mature artist who is at peace about ‘himself, God and death,'” say organizers.
This event is free and open to the public. No reservations or tickets are required. The performance lasts about an hour and will be followed by a Q&A.
The Lewiston Public Library is at 200 Lisbon St. For more info call 207-513-3134 or email LPLCirc@lewistonmaine.gov.
Hear the Vanessa Jones Duo play at Oasis of Music in Lewiston
LEWISTON — On Wednesday, Oct. 7, the Vanessa Jones Duo will bring an afternoon of original folk/Americana music to the Oasis of Music beginning at 12:30 p.m. Accompanying Jones will be Jerry Adams on bass.
The Maine-based multi-instrumentalist has performed with a wide variety of bands, from jazz, to punk, country, Celtic, rock, classical, Americana/folk, choral, theater, blues, alternative, and beyond.
“(Jones) enjoys bringing sparkle to the human experience through the sharing of songs based in honesty, imagery, truth, pain and love,” say organizers.
On Wednesday, Oct. 14, “Keith Prairie will bring his voice and hammer dulcimer to share his special approach to folk music at the Oasis of Music,” say organizers. The program will begin at 12:30 p.m.
The Oasis of Music is at Trinity Commons, 247 Bates St. Admission is free, with donations accepted. Free parking is available in the Agora parking lot. For more information call 207-344-3106.
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