Ti’ Acadie, a lively trio focusing on the Francophone folk music of Louisiana and Atlantic Canada, performs this week’s installment of the 2009 ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ College Midsummer Lakeside Concert Series at 6 p.m. Thursday, July 23, in the Florence Keigwin Amphitheater at the college’s Lake Andrews.

In the event of rain, the concert will take place in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall, adjacent to the amphitheater at 75 Russell St.

The 2009 series also presents the collaboration of musicians known as the One World Music Ensemble and, a band known for its modern take on traditional Quebecois music.

Lakeside concerts start at 6 p.m. on consecutive Thursdays in July and August. Sponsored by the Harward Center for Community Partnerships at ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ and the Bingham Betterment Fund, the concerts are open to the public at no cost. Picnics are encouraged, as is bringing lawn chairs or blankets.

, or “little Acadia” in French, is a Maine-based folk trio whose name refers to the Francophone culture of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, a culture reflected in the Cajun people of Louisiana. Ti’ Acadie features Pam Weeks on fiddle, mountain dulcimer and vocals, Jim Joseph on button accordion and five-string banjo, and Bill Olson, a singer, guitarist and bassist also known as a contradance caller.

The three have made music together since they met in the popular Maine contradance band Scrod Pudding in 1990. In 1996, united by a love of high-energy, highly percussive Cajun music, they formed Ti’ Acadie. Since then, they have toured together, offering not only Cajun music but old-time songs with tight harmonies, Québécois dance tunes and New England contradance music.

Ti’ Acadie is fascinated by the link between the Cajun and Acadian peoples, and uses music to explore this connection. This blending of styles makes for an interactive, engaging and undeniably unique concert experience.

Here’s the rest of the series schedule:

July 30, One World Music Ensemble: One World Music Ensemble comprises musicians from the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Dance Festival. This nationally recognized dance festival brings together an extremely diverse and talented group of musicians.

This program promises to be a tapestry of rhythms and melodies from all corners of the globe. The ensemble plays a vast array of world instruments, including accordion, kalimba, bouzouki, marimbas and percussion, making for an incredible collaboration of cultures.

Aug. 6, ¸éé±¹±ð¾±±ô±ô´Ç²Ô²õ!: Aligning themselves with “the current universal . . . longing to ‘return to our roots,’ ” ¸éé±¹±ð¾±±ô±ô´Ç²Ô²õ! is influenced by the Québécois tradition. The group hails from Montreal and features David Berthiaume on vocals, jaw harp and concertina, Marc Maziade on guitar, tenor banjo and vocals, Richard Forest on fiddle and Jean-Francois Berthiaume as the band’s caller.

¸éé±¹±ð¾±±ô±ô´Ç²Ô²õ! is French for “Wake up!” Since forming in 1996, ¸éé±¹±ð¾±±ô±ô´Ç²Ô²õ! has played reels, jigs, French songs and step dances at major festivals in Quebec and cities around the U.S. and Canada.

The Lewiston-Auburn jazz band Three Point Trio opens the 2009 ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ College Midsummer Lakeside Concert Series at 6 p.m. Thursday, July 9, in the Florence Keigwin Amphitheater at the college’s Lake Andrews.

The 2009 series also presents Maine singer-songwriter Carolyn Currie, Maine-based folk trio Ti’ Acadie, the collaboration of ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Dance Festival musicians known as the One World Music Ensemble and ¸éé±¹±ð¾±±ô±ô´Ç²Ô²õ!, a band known for its modern take on traditional Québécois music.

Lakeside concerts start at 6 p.m. on five consecutive Thursdays in July and August. Sponsored by the Harward Center for Community Partnerships at ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ and the Bingham Betterment Fund, the concerts are open to the public at no cost. Picnics are encouraged, as is bringing lawn chairs or blankets.

The rain site is the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall, 75 Russell St., adjacent to the amphitheater. For more information, please call 207-786-6400.

Here’s the complete schedule:

July 9, : The Three Point Trio has shared its passion for jazz with the Lewiston-Auburn area since late 2007. Guitarist and ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ physics professor John Smedley, bassist Tim Clough and drummer Tom Schipper play a combination of jazz standards and original compositions.

The trio cites “Miles, Monk and Mingus” — Davis, Thelonious and Charles — among their greatest influences, along with such artists as Elvin Jones, John Coltrane and Charlie Haden. Three Point Trio’s performances are based around the love of sharing jazz. Learn more.

July 16, : Carolyn Currie has charmed audiences across the U.S., including at ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½, with her layered blend of folk, ballads and Celtic music. A true singer-songwriter with a talent for lyrics, Currie has written prolifically since recording her first CD, No Heroes, in 1995. She has played such gatherings as the Telluride Bluegrass festival, Napa Valley Folk Festival and the BMI Showcase for songwriters.

According to one reviewer, if you watch Currie “you’ll swear, by the end of the night that at least one of her poetic melodies was written specifically about you.” Currie supports her lyrics with music that has been described as “luminous, haunting and spellbinding.”

Currie’s CD Kiss of Ghosts was named one of the top independent releases by Performing Songwriter magazine. Her latest, Waves of Silence, featured as CD of the week on the BBC’s Scottish Gaelic channel. Learn more.

July 23, : Ti’ Acadie, or “little Acadia” in French, is a folk trio whose name refers to the Francophone culture of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, a culture reflected in the Cajun people of Louisiana. Ti’ Acadie features Pam Weeks on fiddle, mountain dulcimer and vocals, Jim Joseph on button accordion and five-string banjo, and Bill Olson, a singer, guitarist and bassist also known as a contradance caller.

The three have made music together since they met in the Maine contradance band Scrod Pudding in 1990. In 1996, united by a love of high-energy, highly percussive Cajun music, they formed Ti’ Acadie. Since then, they have toured together, offering not only Cajun music but old-time songs with tight harmonies, Québécois dance tunes and NewEngland contradance music.

Ti’ Acadie is fascinated by the link between the Cajun and Acadian peoples, and uses music to explore this connection. This blending of styles makes for an interactive, engaging and undeniably unique concert experience. Learn more.

July 30, One World Music Ensemble: One World Music Ensemble comprises musicians from the . This nationally recognized dance festival brings together an extremely diverse and talented group of musicians.

This program promises to be a tapestry of rhythms and melodies from all corners of the globe. The ensemble plays a vast array of world instruments, including accordion, kalimba, bouzouki, marimbas and percussion, making for an incredible collaboration of cultures.

Aug. 6,: Aligning themselves with “the current universal . . . longing to ‘return to our roots,’ ” ¸éé±¹±ð¾±±ô±ô´Ç²Ô²õ! is influenced by the Québécois tradition. The group hails from Montreal and features David Berthiaume on vocals, jaw harp and concertina, Marc Maziade on guitar, tenor banjo and vocals, Richard Forest on fiddle and Jean-Francois Berthiaume as the band’s caller.

¸éé±¹±ð¾±±ô±ô´Ç²Ô²õ! is French for “Wake up!” Since forming in 1996, ¸éé±¹±ð¾±±ô±ô´Ç²Ô²õ! has played reels, jigs, French songs and step dances at major festivals in Quebec and cities around the U.S. and Canada. Learn more.

More than 4,000 barbeque meals — a new record — and 6,400 gladiolus and lily bulbs were distributed to all comers Thursday as ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ invited its Lewiston and Auburn neighbors to its annual Earth Day celebration.

The event, called “Affirming Our Community,” was held from 4:30 to 8 p.m. inside and on the lawn outside of the Clifton Daggett Gray Athletic Building on Central Avenue.

The gathering featured a free barbecue and the distribution of bulbs — 410 bags were filled with 12 gladiolus bulbs and another 500 bags filled with 3 lily bulbs — for spring planting on a first-come, first-served basis. Scrod Pudding, a popular Maine contradance band, performed.

Laura Biscoe, director of the Office of Special Projects and Summer Programs at ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½, said the event is a way for ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ to express its gratitude to the Twin Cities and its concern for the environment.

Prior to the event, Biscoe’s office worked with ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ students in the Longley School Mentoring Program. After-school pupils at Lewiston’s Gov. James B. Longley Elementary School packed the bulbs in bags with planting instructions and markers for the blossom colors.

The gathering features a free barbecue and the distribution of bulbs for spring planting on a first-come, first-served basis. Scrod Pudding, a popular Maine contradance band, will perform.

“Schoolchildren, friends, neighbors — everyone’s invited,” says Laura Biscoe, director of the Office of Special Projects and Summer Programs at ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½. The event, she says, is a way for ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ to express its gratitude to the Twin Cities and its concern for the environment.

Biscoe says that some 6,500 bulbs for spring planting, including 15 varieties of lily and gladiolus, will be distributed during the gathering. Working with ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ students in the Longley School Mentoring Program, afterschool pupils at Lewiston’s Gov. James B. Longley Elementary School packed the bulbs in bags with planting instructions and markers for the blossom colors.

For more information, call Special Projects and Summer Programs at 207-786-6077.

July 18, Casco Bay Concert Band, light classics and marches
July 25, Pacto Andino, Andean music
Aug. 1, Scott Steinberg, jazz and pop piano and vocals
Aug. 8, Suzanne & The Guys With Ties, a cappella jazz and pop
Aug. 15, Scrod Pudding, traditional dance music from New England, French Canada and Appalachia