Community Events Calendar

Bates Midsummer Concert Series. Jul 12 thru Aug 09, 2012. From bluegrass to 19th-century brass band music, from global sounds to high-tech traditional, the 2012 Midsummer Lakeside Concert Series offers sounds for every music lover. The series opens at 6 p.m. Thursday, July 12, in the Florence Keigwin Amphitheater by the college's scenic Lake Andrews. The series continues with four more concerts, all at 6 p.m.

Openings in Film Camp and Theater Camp at Johnson Hall! Johnson Hall Performing Arts Center in Gardiner still has some openings in two camps this summer--a new film camp July 30-August 3, and the fourth session of Summer Shenanigans, the Theater and Art camp from July 23 to 27, for kids entering grades 7, 8 and 9. Film camp will give teens (ages 13-18 or entering grades 7-12) hands-on experience using professional video cameras and producing their own short films. This camp is offered for the first time at an exciting moment indie film company DiBacco Films will be shooting a thriller in Gardiner during the week of the camp, and campers will be able to observe a real film in the making. Film camp will be directed by Paul Ezzy and assisted by Nathan Stevens and David Wallace. All have varied film experience. A screening of the camp films will be held on Saturday, August 4 at 6 pm. Summer Shenanigans gives kids a creative opportunity to create a character, write their own play with the group, and create all the sets, props and costumes. Session Four begins Monday, July 23. The show goes on at 3 pm on Friday, July 27. Both camps have tuition fees. Registration brochures for both camps are available online at www.johnsonhall.org , at Johnson Hall, 280 Water Street, Gardiner, and at area libraries. Call 582-7144 to have a brochure mailed. ## Executive Director Johnson Hall Performing Arts Center "Entertainment & More Since 1864" 280 Water Street, PO Box 777 Gardiner, ME 04345 (207) 582-7144 www.johnsonhall.org

Downtown Augusta has been transformed into an outdoor museum with the installation of 31 signs in "The Museum in the Streets" Program. The signs, years in the planning and making, are written in both French and English, and tell the history of the building of Augusta, the city from 1625 to the present. All 29 signs and two large maps are within walking distance of each other on both sides of the Kennebec river. Another 9 Museum in the Streets signs have been installed along Canal Street in Mill Park. They tell the story of Edwards Mill, Edwards dam and industrial Augusta. The tour begins at City Center, proceeds behind Old Fort Western, moves down to Willow Street's W.H.Gannett's Comfort magazine printing house. On to a 10th sign at the east end of Calumet Bridge, then cross to the west side of the river, the 11th panel as at the corner of Bridge and Water Street. It's called "Seeing the Elephants" and shows a parade of elephants marching down Water Street. Proceed south on Water Street to Panel 13 that recounts the Great Augusta Bank robbery of New Year's weekend in 1850. On to the Great Augusta Fire of 1865 that destroyed 81 buildings on both sides of Water Street. Continue on and follow the tour to the end at Canal Street in Mill Park! The signs will be removed each November and replaced each spring. Maps of Augusta's Musuem in the Streets will be availalbe at Augusta City Center. Patrick Cardon, originally of France and now of Cushing, originated the idea in France.

Details: Oral histories and portraits richly explore the stories of the people who helped put Auburn "on the map" as one of the largest producers of shoes in the nation at one time. These people built an industry that continues to produce world-famous shoes today. A timeline begins in the year 1824 and documents the history of shoemaking in the Twin Cities. Through photos and text learn the steps of making a shoe, welt-boot making, and about the "cottage industry" of shoemaking at home. Videos show the shoemaking process and techniques of handsewing a shoe. Cost/Cover: $5.00 adults; $4.00 seniors and students 6 and up; Free - children 5 and under accompanied by an adult.

Healthy Maine Walks provides a central location for towns and local groups to register walks. It is sonsored by a coalition of trail and health agencies and organizations working to build a healthier Maine. The site makes it easier for Mainers to find and use walking route in communities all across the state.

Trenton Thunder vs. Portland Sea Dogs. Jul 23 thru Jul 25, 2012. The Portland Sea Dogs take on the Trenton Thunder (Yankees) in a 3-game series. Monday & Tuesday games at 7 p.m. Wednesday game, with FIREWORKS~!!~ AT 6 p.m. For info and tickets phone (207) 879-9500.