“Bangor Art Walk,” Downtown Bangor

Mar. 25, Friday, 4-8pm, “Bangor Art Walk,” presented by the Downtown Bangor Arts Collaborative, participating studios and galleries throughout Downtown Bangor open their doors, all ages are welcome to view the work of a variety of artists from downtown and beyond, free, Downtown Bangor, Bangor. FMI: www.dbac.org.
Mar. 25, Friday, 7-10pm, “Vaudeville Variety Show,” show will include music, dancing, burlesque, belly dance, magic, singing, hula hoops, comedy, radio drama and skits, 50/50 raffle, concession stand filled with homemade treats, beer and wine bar and vendors, for ages 21 and up, $8, Next Generation Theater, 39 Center Street, Brewer. FMI: 207-941-0261, www.nextgenerationtheatre.com.
Mar. 26, Saturday, 7:30pm, “Forbidden Hollywood!” comes hot on the heels of its long-running predecessor, Forbidden Broadway with guns blazing and smokin’ with attitude. Fast-paced and furious, Forbidden Hollywood cuts through tinseltown’s bombast and starpower with surgical precision. Recent classics like Titanic, Star Wars, Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings all receive the comic once-over from Forbidden Hollywood’s cast. No film, brand-new or venerable is safe when creator Gerard Alessandrini wields his nasty pen, $25-$35, Gracie Theatre at Husson University, One Husson Circle, Bangor. FMI: 207-941-7888, www.gracietheatre.com.
Mar. 26, Saturday, 7:30pm, “The Skyliners,” 13-piece big-band performs dance music in the tradition of Glen Miller and Count Basie. All your favorite arrangements from the 40’s and 50’s as well as Swing, Jazz, Pop, Waltz and Latin numbers, Next Generation Theatre, 39 Center Street, Brewer. FMI: 207-989-7100, www.nextgenerationtheatre.com.
Mar. 27, Sunday, 10am-3:30pm, “Back Ridge Sugar House Maine Maple Sunday,” watch syrup being made, maple syrup on ice cream, maple popcorn, lollypops, maple nuts, Sugarbush tours, Back Ridge Sugar House, 107 Boston Road, Winterport. FMI: 207-994-2575, www.mainemapleproducers.com.
Mar. 28, Monday, 7:30pm, “Bach Concert,” celebration of J.S Bach’s 331st birthday, an all Bach concert featuring organist Dr. Kevin Birch. He will perform on the church’s historic pipe organ, E. & G. G. Hook’s magnificent Opus 288. Birch will be joined by mezzo-soprano Marcia Gronewold Sly, French hornist, Scott Burditt and cellist, John Frankland, free, St. John’s Catholic Church, 217 York St, Bangor. FMI: 207-217-6740, www.hookopus288.net.
Mar. 30, Wednesday, 5:30-6:30pm, “Opera Lecture,” presentation by Maddy and Don Clough, discussing the opera Madama, free, Brewer Public Library, 100 Main St, Brewer. FMI: 207-989-7943, www.brewermaine.gov.