Arlo Guthrie Band at Stone Mountain Arts Center in Brownfield 

Nov 11-14, 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, “Roles of a Lifetime: A Musical Journey,” presented by  the Oxford Hill Music and Performing Arts Association, featuring wonderful music from lesser-known shows, with songs of love, loss, work and family, $12/adults, $10/seniors and under 19, Norway Grange, 15 Whitman Street, Norway. FMI: www.ohmpaa.org.

Nov 12, 7 p.m. The Carol Burnett Variety Show, $8/adults, $5/children, sponsored by Fiddlehead Art and Science Center, at Gray New Gloucester Middle School, 31 Libby Hill Road, Gray. FMI: 207.657.2244, www.fiddleheadcenter.org.

Nov 12, 7:30 p.m. “Once Upon a Mattress,” student production based on the classic “Princess and the Pea,” $8.50/adults, $6/seniors and students, Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center, Fryeburg Academy, 745 Main Street, Fryeburg. FMI: 207.935.9232, www.fryeburgacademy.org.

Nov 13, 10 a.m.-noon and 2-4 p.m. Cranberry Wreaths, learn how to make a cranberry wreath for holiday decorating, registration required, $30/member, $35/non-member, McLaughlin Gardens, 97 Main Street, South Paris. FMI: 207.743.8820, www.mclaughlingarden.org.

Nov 13, 7:30-10 p.m. ChoirFest 2010, a community concert featuring the Boy Singers of Maine, The Royal River Chorus, the Mt. Ararat Chamber Singers, the Portland Community Chorus, Musica de Filia and the University of Maine Chorale, $15/adults, $10/seniors and students, Westbrook Performing Arts Center, 471 Stroudwater Street, Westbrook. FMI: 207.797.6354, www.boysingersofmaine.org.

Nov 13, 7:30 p.m. Jerks of Grass, voted Portland’s Best Roots/Acoustics act seven times, $14/adults, $12/seniors, $8/12 and under, suitable for all ages, The Oddfellow Theater, Route 117, Buckfield. FMI: 207.336.3306, www.oddfellow.com.

Nov 14, 2 p.m. “Three Billy Goats Gruff,” adapted and directed by Keith Anctil, $7/adults, $5/12 and under, Acorn Studios, Dana Warp Mill, 90 Bridge Street, Westbrook. FMI: 207.854.0065, www.acorn-productions.org.

Nov 17, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Oxford Hills Women Connect, women sharing products and services with other women, $5/person, refreshments served, Kings Hill Inn, 56 Kings Hill Road, South Paris. FMI: 207.744.0204, www.kingshillinn.com.

Nov 17, 8 p.m. Arlo Guthrie Band, including his son and the Burns Sisters, featuring that most famous Thanksgiving anthem, “Alice’s Restaurant,” and other favorites, $80/person, dinner available before show by reservation (not included in ticket price), Stone Mountain Arts Center, 695 Dugway Road, Brownfield. FMI: 207.935.7292, www.stonemountainartscenter.com.