“Haggard and Cashed,” Stone Mountain Arts Center, Brownfield

Feb. 20-22, Thursday, 7pm, Friday, 7:30pm, Sat, 2pm and 7:30pm, “Cupid’s Arrow: A Romantic Comedy,” perfect for Valentines, this hilarious hit comedy is about finding online love, realizing you can meet, date, and break up with someone without ever leaving the comforts of your home! It’s a whole lot of uproarious misunderstandings with comical consequences and a happy ending, of course, reservations recommended, $20, Footlights Theatre, 190 US Route 1, Falmouth.  FMI:  207-747-5434, www.thefootlightstheatre.com.

Feb. 20, Thursday, 8pm, “Bob Marley,” I don’t know any other person who worked harder to keep us entertained during 2020 and beyond than comedian Bob Marley. His daily videos were a comic relief from the world’s challenges, and there have been many. Bob has a gift and a way of finding the hilarity in the obvious and the seemingly common occurrences in our sometimes mundane lives. In fact, he would make fun of me for saying all this!!. I can just hear him mocking me now, credit cards not accepted on site for food or beverage.  Lobby opens at 5pm, dinner seating begins at 6pm and available by reservation, $36.50 + $5 handling fee, Stone Mountain Arts Center, 695 Dugway Road, Brownfield.  FMI:  207-935-7292, www.stonemountainartscenter.com.

Feb. 21-23, Friday-Saturday, 7pm, Sunday, 2pm, “The Birds,” Daphne du Maurier’s short story, also the basis for Alfred Hitchcock’s classic film, is boldly adapted by Conor McPherson—a gripping, unsettling, and moving look at human relationships in the face of societal collapse. In an isolated house, strangers Nat and Diane take shelter from relentless masses of attacking birds. They find relative sanctuary but not comfort or peace; there’s no electricity, little food, and a nearby neighbor may still be alive and watching them. Another refugee, the young and attractive Julia, arrives with some news of the outside world, but her presence also brings discord. Their survival becomes even more doubtful when paranoia takes hold of the makeshift fortress—an internal threat to match that of the birds outside, $8-$18, Russell Hall, USM Campus, 37 College Avenue, Gorham. FMI:  207-780-5289, usm.maine.edu/theatre/box-office.

Feb. 21, Friday, 8pm, “Haggard and Cashed,” a Big Country Band featuring Erica Brown and Matt Shipman The ultimate classic country band. Haggard and Cashed is a 7 piece, triple fiddle wielding, honky tonkin, country and western swing band featuring some of the finest musicians in New England.The band is led by renowned singer and fiddler Erica Brown and her husband, notable multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter Matt Shipman, credit cards not accepted on site for food or beverage.  Lobby opens at 5pm, dinner seating begins at 6pm and available by reservation, $30 + $4 handling fee, Stone Mountain Arts Center, 695 Dugway Road, Brownfield.  FMI:  207-935-7292, www.stonemountainartscenter.com.

Feb. 22, Saturday, 4:30-6:30pm, “Bean Supper,” menu consists of two kinds of beans, brown bread, cole slaw, red and brown hot dogs, assorted casseroles, assorted desserts and beverage, take out available, $10/adults, $5/5 and under, Sixth St. Congregational Church, 109 Sixth St, Auburn.  FMI:  207-782-4413, www.ucc.org/church.

Feb. 25, Tuesday, 6pm, “Jessie Dowling, Mongol Derby Competitor,” in August 2023 Jessie Dowling competed in the Mongol Derby; at over 1,000 kilometers, it’s the longest horse race in the world, set across the wide open steppe landscape in Mongolia. Jessie will be giving a presentation on what it was like training for and competing in the race and what it was like staying with nomadic Mongolian herder families along the way, free, New Gloucester Public Library, 379 Intervale Road, New Gloucester.  FMI:  207-926-4840, newgloucesterlibrary.org.