Butler Little Theatre's season-opening show will be “The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen's Guild Dramatic Society's Production of Macbeth,” a comedy by David McGillivray and Walter Zerlin Jr.

The show will run Oct. 4 to 6 and 8 to 12.

The funny farce features The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen's Guild Dramatic Society ladies as they stage an assault on the classics with a startlingly original production of “Macbeth.”

Curtain is at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 2:30 p.m. Sunday, and 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

Call 724-287-6781 or visit BLTgroup.org.

BRADY TWP — Programs coming up at Jennings Environmental Education Center, Route 528, include:National Public Lands Day Volunteer Event, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 28. Participants must be age 12 or older and must register for the program by calling 724-794-6011 or registering online at events.dcnr.pa.gov no later than Sept. 25).“Nature Detectives: Fly, Glide And Fall,” 2 p.m. Oct. 13 (pre-registration is required by Oct. 11 at http://events.dcnr.pa.gov/ or by calling 724-794-6011)Also, the Nature Shop at Jennings is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays through Fridays and on weekends when programs are scheduled.The gift shop is operated by the group 3MJC — Moraine, McConnells Mill and Jennings Commission — and proceeds benefit projects at Moraine and McConnells Mill state parks and Jennings.

MIDLAND, Beaver County — “Matilda the Musical” will take the stage Oct. 4 to 20 at Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center, and five Butler County students will be featured.Local cast members include ninth-grader Shaun Walker and 10th-grader Zach Aaron, both of Cranberry Township; eighth-grader Ella Heasley of Harmony; and ninth-grader Cameron Tino and senior Lexi Walker, both of Mars.A pop-up children's museum full of interactive games including giant Legos, sensory bins and STEM experiments will take place before shows.Visit www.lincolnparkarts.org/events or call 724-576-4644.

From Slippery Rock to Evans City to Butler with a little state park just over the county line, September and October have more than their share of festivals.Slippery Rock VillageFest, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday downtownEvans City Oktoberfest, Friday through Sundays, activities range from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.Butler Fall Festival, Sept. 28, at Michelle Krill Field at Historic Pullman ParkMcConnells Mill Heritage Festival, Sept. 28 and 29, hours will be 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sept. 28 and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 29, at the state park in Slippery Rock Township, Lawrence County.