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Aug. 2, Thursday, 5:30pm, Belfast Summer Night Concert, Mondaynite Jazz, free, Belfast Corner of High and Main Streets, Belfast. FMI: 207-322-7123, www.belfastmaine.org.
Aug. 2, Thursday, 6pm, Shakespeare’s “Macbeth,” presented by Fenix Theatre, about a man who commits regicide so as to become king and then commits further murders to maintain his power, deals with the relationship between cruelty and masculinity, tyranny and kingship, treachery, violence, guilt, prophecy and disruption of natural order, free, Bowdoin College Hatch Quad, Brunswick. FMI: 207-400-6223, www.fenixtheatre.com.
Aug. 2, Thursday, 8pm, “Once Upon a Mattress,” musical comedy, carried on a wave of wonderful songs, by turns hilarious and raucous, romantic and melodic, this rollicking spin on ‘The Princess and The Pea’ provides for some side-splitting shenanigans, $20, Boothbay Playhouse, Route 27, Boothbay. FMI: 207-633-3379, www.boothbayplayhouse.com.
Aug. 2, Thursday, 8pm, A Musical Rendezvous, come hear Sospiro Winds play Chris Vignettes for Nonet and perform some of the classical literature for woodwind quintet, free, Rockport Opera House, 6 Central Street, Rockport. FMI: 207-236-2823, www.baychamberconcerts.org.
Aug. 3, Friday, 11am, Chamber ME Music Series, string trio plays works by Beethoven and Bartok, donations welcome, Freeport Community Center, 53 Depot Street, Freeport. FMI: www.tinyurl.com/chamberME.
Aug. 6, Monday, 6:30pm, “Memphis Belle,” (1990), by popular demand film series, a fictionalization of the 1943 documentary ‘Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress’, about the last mission of an American B-17 bomber based in England during World War II, $5, Skidompha Library, 158 Main Street, Damariscotta. FMI: 207-563-5513, www.skidompha.org.
Aug. 5-12, Sunday-Sunday, gates open at 8am, Topsham Fair, agricultural exhibits, animal pulling events, 4-H exhibitors, crafters, midway and harness racing, Topsham Fairgrounds, Topsham. FMI: 207-729-1943, www.topshamfair.net.

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