“Windsor Fair,” Windsor Fairgrounds, Windsor

Aug. 30-Sept. 3, Thursday-Monday, 9am/gates open, “Windsor Fair,” more than 50 acres of amusement, events include harness racing, truck and tractor pulls, demolition derby, midway, livestock, live entertainment, historical museum and monster truck competition, $10, free/children under 16, Windsor Fairgrounds, 100 Ridge Road, Windsor. FMI: windsorfair.com.
Aug. 30-Sept. 2 and 5, Thursday-Sunday and Wednesday, 8pm/Thurs.-Sat, 4pm/Sun, 2pm/Wed, “Anne of Green Gables,” Green Gables is the home of lovable Matthew Cuthbert and his stern sister, Marilla. They agree to adopt a boy to help with the farm work. Imagine their consternation when Anne Shirley, a girl in her teens, is sent by the orphanage by mistake! Anne touches Matthew’s heart with her vivid imagination and her charitable viewpoint, but it takes time to reach the tender heart beneath Marilla’s hard exterior. Then there is young Josie Pye, a lad name Moody MacPherson, and Gilbert, Anne’s kindred spirit. This lovely classic is full of warmth and wit. Don’t miss it, $21-$23, Lakewood Theater, 76 Theater Road, Madison. FMI: 207-474-7176, lakewoodtheater.org.
Aug. 31, Friday, 5-8pm, “Lewiston-Auburn Art Walk,” Art Walk LA fosters community and celebrates the vitality of Lewiston/Auburn by turning the downtown into a bustling arts district on the final Friday of each summer month. By converting 30+ businesses and empty storefronts into galleries, creative exhibitions, and special performance spaces, this month’s theme is music, free, Downtown, Lewiston/Auburn. FMI: 207-782-7228, www.laarts.org.
Aug. 31, Friday, 7pm, “Poets Jeffrey Thomson and Christian Barter,” nationally known, award winning poets, Jeffrey Thomson and Christian Barter. The Harlow Gallery hosts the Bookey Readings at the Harlow, a poetry series monthly April through November, and that has offered spoken word at its best for 25 years, free, Harlow Gallery, 100 Water Street, Hallowell. FMI: harlowgallery.org.
Aug. 31-Sept. 2, Friday-Sunday, 7:30pm/Fri.-Sat, 2pm/Sun, “Marriage is Murder,” ex-spouses Paul and Polly Butler write murder mysteries together. They act out the crimes in Paul’s apartment: poisoned chocolates and lethal martinis, alibis and fingerprints, bodies in a trunk and bodies all tied up, daggers, guns and even an axe all contribute to the hilarity. Nobody gets hurt, but their egos take some hits as they find that their marriage was mixed up with their work. There are many fast-paced comic twists as they attempt to outdo and surprise each other and they learn that marriage, like murder, is in the details. The final witty complication is a real murder which they and the audience should have seen coming. This murderously funny two-character comedy is by the author of Accommodations, $12/adults, $10/students and seniors, Gaslight Theater, Hallowell City Hall, 1 Winthrop Street, Hallowell. FMI: 207-626-3698, GaslightTheater.org.
Sept. 1-2, Saturday-Sunday, 10am-5pm/Sat, 10am-4pm/Sun, “29th Annual Rockhounders Gem and Mineral Show,” the show will include door prizes, daily grand door prize, demonstrations in cabbing and lapidary, mineral displays, dealers in minerals, jewelry, gems and fossils, geode slicing, mineral mine and other games for children. Children can win a mineral starter kit and get a free stone just for coming in. Information on rockhounding and how to join a mineral club will be offered, and see “Rocky” the rockhound dog, National Guard Armory, Western Avenue, Augusta. FMI: 207-873-6270, kennebec-rocksandminerals.com.
Sept. 5, Wednesday, 7:30pm, “The Fab Four, The Ultimate Tribute to the Beatles,” Emmy Award-winning Beatles tribute band The Fab Four is a highly polished tribute act that has been wowing audiences across the U.S. and around the world with its dynamic portrayal of the Beatles for over two decades. The band’s impeccable musical, vocal, and acting skills and note-perfect renditions of the Beatles’ diverse music catalog make every show a spectacular event! If you’re looking for a Beatles tribute act that truly inspires 21st-century Beatlemania, don’t miss The Fab Four: The Ultimate Tribute to The Beatles! Travel back in time to the 1960s with a band that is simply unmatched in its musical precision and its stunning portrayal of the four famous lads from Liverpool, $25-$35, Snow Pond Center for the Arts, 8 Goldenrod Lane, Sidney. FMI: 944-476-6976, snowpond.org.