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Thursday, August 7, 2008
"A Wicked Walking Tour"
All Professional Entertainers, 8:00pm Wednesday thru Saturday, Bell Buoy Park, Next to Ri Ra (207) 730-0490.
"All Shook Up"
2 and 8 p.m., Hackmatack Playhouse
"Closer Than Ever"
7:30 p.m., Northport Music Theater
"Guys and Dolls"
7:30 p.m., Lincoln Theater 563-3424.
"Hedwig and the Angry Inch"
9:30 p.m., MaineStreet 646-5101.
"Laugh Lines"
7:30 p.m., Denmark Arts Center 452-2239.
"Les Miserables"
8 p.m., Bowdoin College (Pickard Theater)
"Nunsensations! The Nunsense Las Vegas Revue"
8 p.m., Arundel Barn Playhouse
"The Ice Fishing Play"
8:15 p.m., Acadia Repertory Theatre
"Two Gentlemen of Verona"
7 p.m., Deering Oaks
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Payson Park and Memorial Stadium
Alive at Five
The Brew with Roy Davis and the Dregs, 5 to 8 p.m., Monument Square 772-6828.
Art Night Out - OUTDOOR MOSAIC PLANTER
6-9pm, Artascope Studios
Art Night Out - PMC PENDANT
6-9pm, Artascope Studios
Author reading
Christina Baker Kline and Annaliese Jakimides, "About Face", 8 p.m., Port In A Storm Bookstore 244-4114.
Author reading
Beth Gutcheon,"Good-Bye and Amen" and Roxana Robinson, "Cost", 7:30 p.m., Blue Hill Public Library 374-5515.
Bandstand Concert
Ben Rose Band, 7 p.m., Village Green Bandstand 772-1568.
Bates Dance Festival
Different Voices, 8 p.m., Bates College (Schaeffer Theatre) 786-6161.
Beginner Belly Dance
7:30-8:30pm, Bath Dance Works
Broadway on the Isle
8 p.m., Criterion Theatre and Arts Center www.criteriontheater.com.
Castlebay
7 p.m., Harrington Meeting House 677-2193.
Children's Entertainment
Yo Yo People, 12:30 p.m., Deering Oaks 756-8130.
Children's Day
2 p.m., Sawyer Memorial Auditorium 946-5311.
Chris Hillman and Herb Pedersen
8 p.m., One Longfellow Square 761-1757.
Circus Smirkus presents Smirkusology: A Science Extravaganza
1 and 6 p.m., Rockin' Horse Stables 877-SMIRKUS.
Closer Than Ever
Northport Music Theater, 3:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m., Northport Music Theater 207-338-8383.
Club programming
Dave Bullard and Open Mic Comedy, 5 p.m. (Bullard) and 8 p.m. (comedy), Slainte 828-0900.
Coastal Living Magazine 2008 Idea Cottage
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Beachwalk at Pine Point
Concerts in the Park
Don Campbell Band, 6:30 to 8 p.m., Memorial Park 934-0860.
Cool Science: Kitchen Chemistry
3:30pm, Children's Museum of Maine

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