“Native and Invasive Aquatic Plants Presentation,”  93 Main Coffee Shop, Unity

July 6, Thursday, 6-8pm, “Cool Sounds Concert Series,” featuring Danny and the Bluetones, vendors and other attractions, outside concert, free, Pickering Square, Bangor. FMI: downtownbangor.com.
July 6, 7-9pm, “Danny Fisher Lockhead and Friends,” All About Jazz magazine: Given his absorbing ensemble work on Tools of the Abstract (Fishkill Records, 2015) and his critical role on the William Mason Ensemble album Beams of the Huge Night (New Amsterdam Records, 2015), composer/alto saxophonist/pianist Danny Fisher-Lochhead would neatly fit into the subjective category of progressive big band music. Fisher-Lochhead’s ensemble work is comparable—if not as widely recognized—to that of Darcy James Argue. Fisher-Lochhead has worked in smaller settings as well, such as a solo piano album, Piano Songs (Fishkill Records, 2014), a duo outing with promoter/saxophonist Adam Schatz and a quintet release, Wake the Baby Up (Fishkill Records, 2014). However, it is in these expanded formats that Fisher-Lochhead’s broad vision best comes to fruition, $15, Surry Arts at the Barn, 8 Cross Road, Surry. FMI: satb-surry.com.
July 6-9, Thursday-Sunday, 7pm/Thurs, 8pm/Fri and Sat, 3pm/Sat. and Sun, “The Full Monty,” let it go with our bonus seventh show! In the Americanized musical adaptation of the hit British film of the same name, The Full Monty follows six unemployed steel workers who decide that taking it all off might be the most reliable way to earn the money and respect they have been missing, see site for ticketing details, Bangor Opera House, 131 Main Street, Bangor. FMI: 207-942-3333, www.penobscottheatre.org.
July 7, Friday, 5pm, “Downtown Bangor Artwalk,” unites artists with downtown businesses to celebrate the diversity of arts in Bangor and is dedicated to the continued development of our community. Started in 2008 as an informal open-studio tour, the Artwalk brings hundreds of people to Bangor each year for evenings spent enjoying art, mingling with friends and dining in a wonderful array of restaurants, free, Downtown, Bangor. FMI: artwalkmaine.org.
July 7-9, Friday-Sunday, 6pm/Fri, 2pm/Sat. and Sun, “Sleeping Beauty, Kids,” The sleeping Disney princess and her fairy friends face off against the evil Maleficent and her horrible goons in this adaptation of the classic Disney animated film. Good will always triumph in the end, $4/up to 17, $7/adults, Between Friends Art Center, 39 Center Street, Brewer. FMI: 207-989-7100, nextgenerationtheatre.com.
July 8, Saturday, 6pm, “Historic Bangor 101 Walking Tour,” tales from Bangor’s first settlers to the 30-hour British Occupation during the War of 1812, the Great Fire of 1911 and so much more, $10/adults, $5/10 and under, Bangor Historical Society, Thomas A. Hill House, 159 Union Street, Bangor. FMI: 207-942-1900, www.bangorhistoricalsociety.org.
July 12, Wednesday, 6:30pm, “Native and Invasive Aquatic Plants Presentation,” with paddle season upon us, there is no better time to investigate aquatic ecosystems. But which of those underwater plants are good, and which are unwanted invasives? John McPhedran of the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) will join the Sebasticook Regional Land Trust on July 12 at 6:30 pm to discuss native and invasive aquatic plants. No one has their eye on aquatic plant communities like McPhedran. As the DEP’s Invasive Aquatic Plant Unit Leader, he has spent a career investigating threats to aquatic ecosystems and educating citizens on how to stop or limit the spread of aquatic invasive species. McPhedran’s engaging presentation will help everyday paddlers identify both native and unwelcome invasives, $5, 93 Main Coffee Shop, 93 Main Street, Unity. FMI: 207-948-3766, www.sebsticookrlt.org.