“The Little Match Girl Passion,” Schaeffer Theatre, Lewiston

Jan. 8, Friday, 11:30am-12:30pm, “Fish Chowder Luncheon,” includes chowder, crackers, biscuits, pickles, and a slice of homemade pie, take-outs and delivery in Winthrop available, $8, Winthrop Congregational Church, 10 Bowdoin St, Winthrop. FMI: 207-377-2063, www.wccucc.org.
Jan. 8, Friday, 12pm, “BBQ Chicken Lunch,” BBQ chicken, baked potato, coleslaw, soup, salad, dessert, $5, Spectrum Generations William S. Cohen Community Center, 22 Town Farm Rd, Hallowell. FMI: 207-626-7777, www.spectrumgenerations.org.
Jan. 8, Friday, 7:30pm, “Comedy Fix XXVII,” Tyler Morrow, one of Boston’s fastest rising young comedians, highlights a fantastic lineup, founder and host Mark Turcotte will also welcome Dan Gilbert, Mark Reilly, Mike Levinsky and Katie Ferreira, $10, Sapphire, 150 Center St, Auburn. FMI: 207-513-0742, www.maineeventcomedy.com.
Jan. 9, Saturday, 7-9:30pm, “Mainely Improv Comedy Night,” in the style of television’s “Whose Line Is It, Anyway?” the troupe makes up comedy “on the spot” based entirely from audience suggestions, $10, Somerset Abbey, 98 Main St, Madison. FMI: 207-696-5800, www.somersetabbey.net.
Jan. 9 – 11, Saturday- Monday, 7:30pm, “The Little Match Girl Passion,” John Farrell directs Figures of Speech Theatre in the premiere of a piece using masked dance, puppetry and projected imagery, based on David Lang’s Pulitzer-winning composition for voices and percussion, recommended for adults, reservations accepted, $15, Schaeffer Theatre, Bates College, 305 College St, Lewiston. FMI: 207-786-6161, www.bates.edu.
Jan. 10, Sunday, 1pm, “George Chappell, Author and Poet,” discussion about his book When Souls Walk Away. The book includes his poem, “The Depressed Garage,” as well as a section on the writing project on inspiring veterans to write and work through some of their PTSK, free, Unitarian Universalist Church of Augusta, 69 Winthrop St, Augusta. FMI: 207-622-3232, www.augustauu.org.
Jan. 10, Sunday, 2pm, “VoXX: Voice of Twenty Winter Concert,” mid-coast a cappella vocal ensemble presents their January concert series “Music for the New Year” featuring midwinter and Epiphany themes with music that ranges from solemn to upbeat, sacred to secular. Repertoire covers both a broad spectrum of time, from medieval through the present, and of style, from Gregorian chant and Renaissance polyphony through contemporary works. The program includes works by Victoria Durufle, Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky, Byrd, Hassler and more, $10, Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul, 27 Bartlett St, Lewiston. FMI: www.voiceoftwenty.com.