Joelle Morris, Franco American Heritage Center, Lewiston
Apr. 5, Thursday, 4-6pm, Auburn Public Library Open House, come see the libraries new look, enjoy some refreshments, listen to some live jazz music by the Three Point Jazz Duo, and contribute to a new local history database by bringing your old photographs of Auburn and have them scanned into the new database, free, Auburn Public Library, 49 Spring Street, Auburn.  FMI:  207-333-6640, www.auburn.lib.me.us.
Apr. 7, Saturday, various times, Easter Events and Egg Hunts, sponsored by Skowhegan Parks and Rec, rain or shine, all participants should bring a basket or small bag to collect eggs in, Bunny Bonanza, ages 7 and under 9-10am, Easter Egg Scavenger race, ages 8-12 11am, Teen Flashlight Egg Hunt, ages 13-12 7-8pm, free, 39 Poulin Drive, Skowhegan.  FMI:  207-474-6901, www.skowhegan.org.
Apr. 7, Saturday, 2-6pm, Fourth Annual Central Maine Brew Fest, Downeast Cider House, Fatty Bamkpins, Maine Brewers, food,music by The Blues Prophets, Pat Pepin, $25/advance, $30/day of, Augusta Armory, Western Avenue, Augusta.  FMI:  www.centralmainebrews.com.
Apr. 7, Saturday, 7pm, Omar Ricardo Show:  The Sensational 60s, Frank Omar, Dominic Garvey, Jane Burke, Kiki LaFlame and others, comedy and music, $28, Johnson Hall Performing Arts Center, 280 Water Street, Gardiner.  FMI:  207-582-7144, www.johnsonhall.org.
Apr. 7, Saturday, 7:30pm, Mezzo-Soprano Joelle Morris, musical visits with Parisian and Broadway Misfits with “Voyage a Paris, $16/advance, $18/door, Franco American Heritage Center, 46 Cedar Street, Lewiston.  FMI: 207-783-1585, www.francocenter.org.
Apr. 7, Saturday, 8pm, “Ink,” true story of Mary Rowlandson and James Printer, the first best-selling female author in America and the Harvard-trained Nipmuc who saved her life and helped her put her words on paper, $20, Bangor Opera House, 131 Main Street, Bangor.  FMI: 207-947-6678, www.penobscottheatre.org.
Apr. 8, Sunday, 12-5pm, Country Show and Dance, hosted by the Down East Country Music Association, live music, raffles, food bar, $5, free/under 12, Litchfield Sportsman’s Club, 2782 Hallowell Road, Litchfield.  FMI:  207-268-9271, www.decma.org.