The Peking Acrobats, comedian Paula Poundstone, Le Vent du Nord, artist Abbott Meader, and an Egg-citing Easter Extravaganza are all planned in central Maine this week. If you’re looking to reserve a seat for Monmouth Community Players production “Ride the Cyclone,” be sure to reserve a ticket.
The Peking Acrobats . Photo courtesy of The Peking Acrobats
Performing arts in Waterville
The Peking Acrobats, 7 p.m. Wednesday, Waterville Opera House, 1 Common St., Waterville.
Tickets cost $41-$51; operahouse.org.
For the last 32 years, the Peking Acrobats have redefined audience perceptions of Chinese acrobatics. They perform daring maneuvers atop a precarious pagoda of chairs and display their technical prowess at such arts as trick-cycling, precision tumbling, juggling, somersaulting, and gymnastics. They push the limits of human ability, defying gravity with amazing displays of contortion, flexibility, and control.
Comic Paula Poundstone Photo by Michael Schwartz
Comedian to make stop in Gardiner
Paula Poundstone plans to entertain an audience at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 12, at Johnson Hall Opera House, 280 Water St.
Tickets cost $40; johnsonhall.org.
The comedian is known for her smart, observational humor and a spontaneous wit that has become the stuff of legend. She regularly plays theaters across the country, hosts a weekly comedy podcast, “Nobody Listens to Paula Poundstone,” and is a regular panelist on NPR’s Wait, Wait … Don’t Tell Me.
Le Vent du Nord. Courtesy / One Longfellow Square
Concert planned in Farmington
Old South Church Concert Series welcomes Le Vent du Nord at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 12, at 235 Main St. in Farmington.
Tickets cost $30 or $25 for students; farmingtonucc.org.
The band is a leading force in Quebec’s progressive francophone folk movement. The group’s vast repertoire draws from both traditional sources and original compositions, while enhancing its hard-driving soulful music (rooted in the Celtic diaspora) with a broad range of global influences.
Abbot Meader exhibit set for Waterville
“As I Roved Out: Works” by Abbott Meader will be on display from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. through July 21 in the Maine Film Center Cinema Lobby at 93 Main St. in Waterville.
Free entry; watervillecreates.org.
Retired Colby Professor of Art Abbott Meader presents images of inland Maine landscapes, which reflect his interest in strong formal structuring as well as his close examination of nature seen at a walking pace. Each piece originated from observations and sketches of the natural world, later evolving in the studio.
Egg-citing Easter Extravaganza set for Gardiner
The 4th annual Egg-citing Easter Extravaganza will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, April 13, at Boys & Girls Clubs of Kennebec Valley, 14 Pray St., Gardiner.
Free entry; gardinermainstreet.org.
Activities include: Easter egg hunt, pictures with the Easter Bunny, face painting, Easter basket raffle and more.
Get your tickets for ‘Ride the Cyclone’ to be staged in Monmouth
The play will be presented April 18-27 at Cumston Hall at 796 Main St. in Monmouth.
Tickets cost $17-$27; monmouthcommunityplayers.org.
Performances will be at 7:30 p.m. on April 18, 19, 25 and 26, and at 2 p.m. April 19, 20, 26 and 27.
In this hilarious and outlandish story, the lives of six teenagers from a Canadian chamber choir are cut short in a freak accident aboard a roller coaster. When they awake in limbo, a mechanical fortune teller invites each to tell a story to win a prize like no other — the chance to return to life. This popular musical is a funny, moving look at what makes a life well-lived! Audience attendance is highly suggested at 18-plus but will be left to parental discretion due to the mature themes listed above.
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