WHAT’S HAPPENING

JUNE/JULY

ALL ABOUT PAUL!

Tourists flock year-round to take a picture with Bangor’s giant Paul Bunyan statue — let’s see what you know about this iconic attraction...

THROUGH JUNE 5

JACOB LAWRENCE: THE LIFE OF TOUSSAINT L’OUVERTURE

Last change to see Jacob Lawrence: The Life of Toussaint L’Ouverture at the Colby College Museum of Art in Waterville. The American artist Jacob Lawrence (1917–2000) enjoyed a career retrospective at the Seattle Art Museum in 1986. Early the same year, popular uprisings in Haiti led to the ousting of dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier. Lawrence, as if in response to this convergence of events, revisited paintings he had completed fifty years earlier and adapted them for this series of 15 prints. This installation of the recently acquired print series reflects the order of the paintings and includes Lawrence’s original captions.

JUNE 23 - JULY 31 9 TO 5 THE MUSICAL

Penobscot Theatre Company is closing out their 2021-2022 season with a hilarious production of 9 to 5 The Musical, which has music and lyrics by Dolly Parton and book by Patricia Resnick. Directed by Ethan Paulini, this show tells the story of friendship and revenge in the rolodex era. When three female co-workers are pushed to the boiling point, they each concoct hilarious plans to get even with the sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot they call their boss. Hey, a girl can scheme, can’t she? Tickets are available through the Penobscot Theatre Box Office.

OTHER THINGS HAPPENING THIS SUMMER …

TEN BUCKS THEATRE will be staging an outdoor production of Romeo and Juliet. Check their website at tenbuckstheatre.org for dates, times and locations.

PENOBSCOT THEATRE COMPANY’S DRAMATIC ACADEMY will be

staging The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical in July. Check their website at www.penobscottheatre.org for dates, times and locations.

FOR MORE EVENT LISTINGS...

Flip this issue over to Experience Maine for a long list of summer events all over our great state!