“Lyle Lovett,” Stone Mountain Arts Center, Brownfield

Nov. 1, Thursday, 2pm and 7pm, National Theatre Live: Timon of Athens, Simon Russell Beale takes the title role in Shakespeare’s strange fable of consumption, debt and ruin, written in collaboration with Thomas Middleton, $10-$18, Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center, Bradley Street, Fryeburg. FMI: 207-935-9232, www.fryeburgacademy.org/pac.
Nov. 2-4, Friday-Sunday, 5-8pm/Friday, 9am-8pm/Saturday, 8am-12:30pm/Sunday, Christmas Fair, various crafters and artisans, free to browse, St. Anthony’s Parish, 22 Walker Street, Westbrook. FMI: 207-857-0490, www.stanthonysparish.org.
Nov. 2-4, Friday-Saturday, 8pm/Fri. and Sat, 2pm and 5pm/Sun, “Assassins,” musical theater, music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, uses the premise of a murderous carnival game to produce a revue-style portrayal of men and women who attempted (successfully or otherwise) to assassinate Presidents of the United States. The music varies to reflect the popular music of the eras depicted, $5-$15, Corthell Hall, University of Southern Maine, Gorham. FMI: 207-780-5555, www.usm.maine.edu/music.
Nov. 3, Saturday, 9am-3pm, Vendredi Club Craft Fair, various crafters and artisans, free to browse, Crooked River School, 1437 Poland Spring Road, Casco. FMI: 207-627-4426.
Nov. 3, Saturday, 7:30pm, Camerata New England, chamber music, $10-$20, Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center, Bradley Street, Fryeburg. FMI: 207-935-9232, www.fryeburgacademy.org/pac.
Nov. 3, Saturday, 9a,-12pm, New Gloucester History Barn Open House, exhibit includes newly acquired town records and a tuning fork, free, New Gloucester Historical Society, Intervale Road, New Gloucester. FMI: 207-926-3188, www.newgloucester.com.
Nov. 5, Monday, 8pm, Lyle Lovett, 0ne of the most distinctive singer songwriters and voices of our time….and I expect anytime. Lyle Lovett was one of the first to cross over genres, from country to folk to swing, and even adding a big band sound and gospel choir from time to time, $200/pp, Stone Mountain Arts Center, 695 Dug Way Road, Brownfield. FMI: 207-935-7292, www.stonemountainartscenter.com.