“Kim Nazarian 2018 Jazz Residency Concert,” Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center, Fryeburg

Nov. 2, Friday, 8pm, “The Rough and Tumble,” Americana-folk duo, a compact team of close harmonies, versatile instrumentation, and deliberate songwriting all presented with a nudge of the elbow and a tongue in the cheek. Haunting, quirky, solemn, and spritely, credit cards are not accepted on site for food or beverage, $20 pre-paid + $2/handling fee, Stone Mountain Arts Center, 695 Dugway Road Brownfield. FMI: 207-935-7292, www.stonemountainartscenter.com.
Nov. 3, Saturday, 9am-2:30pm, “Holiday Craft Fair,” many local crafters and vendors. Raffle table, bake sale and lunch available, free, Memorial School, 86 Intervale Road, New Gloucester. FMI: 207-926-4322, www.msad15.org/memorial.
Nov. 3, Saturday, 10am-3pm, “Hollyberry Craft Show of Old New England,” over 60 Artisans & Businesses & Enjoy Our Delicious Lunch Menu Including Soups & Chowders § Visit with Santa from 11am-1pm § Photo with Santa $5 & Live Entertainment and Many Raffle Items, free, Lake Region High School, 1877 Roosevelt Trail, Naples. FMI: 207-650-5156, www.sunjournal.com.
Nov. 3, Saturday, 7pm, “Sharing Songs from the Heart,” a benefit concert for Safe Passage, an educational project in Guatemala, founded by Mainer, Hanley Denning. The concert will feature Peter Allen, baritone; Bonnie Scarpelli, soprano; & Paul Machlin, pianist. Included will be pieces by Gershwin, Copland, Mahler, & others, $15, $10/seniors, $5/students, First Parish Church, 1 Church Street, Gorham. FMI: 207-222-4414, www.mainepublic.org.
Nov. 3, Saturday, 7:30pm, “Seagrass,” a five-piece, high energy Americana band out of Southern Maine specializing in upbeat traditional, classic rock and contemporary music. Join neighbors, bring friends and settle in to an evening of entertainment and good company, $10, Village Coffeehouse of New Gloucester, 19 Gloucester Hill Road, New Gloucester. FMI: 207-926-3260, www.villagecoffeehouse.org.
Nov. 4, Sunday, 2pm, “University Concert Band,” the University Concert Band’s fall concert will be conducted by our new director of bands, Jackie Townsend. Dr. Jackie Townsend joins the faculty at the University of Southern Maine as the director of bands, conducting the University Wind Ensemble and University Concert Band, as well as teaching courses in instrumental music education and instrumental conducting. She recently graduated from the University of North Texas (Denton, Texas), where she received her Doctor of Musical Arts degree in wind conducting and studied with Eugene Migliaro Corporon, Dennis Fisher, and Nicholas Enrico Williams. As a conducting teaching fellow at UNT, Jackie was responsible for directing the UNT Concert and University Bands, as well as guest directing the UNT Brass Band, Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, and the North Texas Wind Symphony. She also taught undergraduate conducting courses and maintained the UNT Wind Studies music library. From 2015-2018, Dr. Townsend served as the assistant conductor of the Lone Star Wind Orchestra, a professional group made up of musicians from the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex, $8/adults, $5/students & seniors, McCormack Performing Arts Center, 41 Morrill Avenue, Gorham. FMI: 207-780-5555, www.usm.maine.edu/music/boxoffice.
Nov. 7, Wednesday, 7pm, “Kim Nazarian 2018 Jazz Residency Concert,” the concert will feature Grammy Award-winning jazz vocalist Kim Nazarian with Fryeburg Academy’s Big Band, Chorus, and Vocal Jazz Ensemble. The concert will also include a professional set during which Ms. Nazarian will be joined on stage by regional professionals Les Harris Jr., John Hunter, and Mark Shilansky. Ms. Nazarian will be leading an artist-in-residency experience for the Fryeburg Academy student musicians for three days prior to the concert. During the residency, she will be teaching masterclasses, and leading rehearsals, as well as providing instruction and feedback to student vocalists and instrumentalists, $15/adults, $10/seniors, $5/students, Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center, 18 Bradley Street, Fryeburg. FMI: 207-935-9232, www.fryeburgacademy.org.