Through Oct. 6: “Arsenic and Old Lace” plays at Schoolhouse Arts Center Sept. 20-Oct 6. Performances will be staged on Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. Schoolhouse is located at 16 Richville Road (Route 114) in Standish, just north of the intersection of Route 114 and Route 35. For more information, contact 642-3743 or visit schoolhousearts.org.

Saturday, Sept. 28: The First Congregational Christian Church in New Gloucester hosts a community contra dance from 7-9 p.m. The event will be held in the Vestry Community Room at 19 Gloucester Hill Road, and features live music with caller Kathryn Larson. All are welcome, with or without a partner. All dances are taught, no experience necessary. Admission is $8 adult, and $20 per family. For more information, go to www.ngucc.org, or call 926-3260.

Sept. 28: Maine author Richard Rubin will discuss his book, “The Last of the Doughboys,” about soldiers who served in World War I at 7 p.m. at Spaulding Memorial Library, Route 114 in Sebago. For more information, call 787-2321.

Sept. 28: The Shakers have cultivated apples for more than 200 years, even developing two varieties of their own that were named the James Sweets and the Oliver Sweets. Explore interesting aspects of the Shakers’ heritage during Apple Saturdays. Featured events on Saturday, Sept. 28, from 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. include a home-baked apple pie sale, sale of the Shakers’ famous homemade potato donuts with hot coffee, guided museum tours and guided nature hikes through the Shakers’ woods at 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Free cider pressing all day long, so bring your own apples to be hand-pressed or purchase them at the Shaker Store. Shaker Village is located on Route 26 (707 Shaker Road) in New Gloucester. For more information, call 926-4597 or www.shaker.lib.me.us.

Tuesday, Oct. 1: Windham’s Monthly Grief Support meeting sponsored by VNA Home Health & Hospice will be discussing “Seasons of Grief” from 6-7:30 p.m. at North Windham Union Church, 723 Roosevelt Trail, Route 302, Windham. The group, which is sponsored by the church’s Mission Committee, is open to anyone grieving the death of a loved one. For more information, call Linda Hopkins, bereavement support coordinator for VNA Home Health & Hospice, at 400-8714 or e-mail Linda at hopkinsl@vnahomehealth.org.

Tuesday, Oct. 8: Gray Historical Society is sponsoring “DNA Testing for Genealogy and Health” at 6:30 p.m. in the Gray Town Council Chambers at the town office complex. New to the idea of DNA testing? Learn about the three major test types – Y-DNA, mtDNA, and the new atDNA – and what each offers to the genealogist. There are hundreds of ways DNA can relate to your health. Learn how you can find your carrier status, disease risk, drug responses, and traits. Open to the public, all are welcome.