You may have already seen the advertisements in the NEWS, but, in case you missed them, here’s something you don’t want to miss.

Brewer Youth Theatre is hosting singer-songwriter Livingston Taylor at 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20, at Brewer Middle School, 5 Somerset St., Brewer.

General admission is $12 per person, and tickets are available at the Grasshopper Shop in Bangor, Brewer High School, Brewer Middle School and at the door the night of the show.

The performance is part of the 75th Anniversary Celebration of Brewer Middle School, BMS coordinator Rich Kimball wrote me.

Kimball said Brewer Youth Theatre “is very excited” to be bringing Taylor to town for the concert that introduces the public to the newly renovated middle school auditorium.

“Audience members will get to enjoy new theater seating that has been installed on the floor,” Kimball wrote.

He explained that BMS staff members Don Stanhope, Glen Holyoke and Clayton Smith traveled to Gould Academy in Bethel during the summer to take the seats out of that auditorium “and truck them to Brewer.”

New risers to hold the seats were built by Stanhope and physical education teacher Randy Hutchins.

“This community effort has been made possible through the generous contributions from area businesses,” Kimball added in expressing gratitude for help from WABI-TV, Merrill Bank, Bangor Gas, Hampton Inn and Marden’s, “as well as a number of Brewer parents and the continued support of the Brewer School District Trustees.”

Kimball also extended his thanks to Robert Libbey, “who put me in touch with the people at Gould Academy” and enabled BMS to acquire its “new” seats.

Now, about this performer Brewer Youth Theatre is bringing to town.

Livingston Taylor is the younger brother of James Taylor and “has recorded over a dozen albums, and has long been one of the most popular live entertainers in New England,” Kimball wrote.

For information about the performance, call BMS at 989-8640.

On behalf of the Bangor Business and Professional Women’s Club, co-president Anne Spencer invites members of the public to attend a free informational meeting about the Healthy Maine Prescription Program at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 15, at the Bangor Public Library, 145 Harlow St.

Guest speakers will be Paula Knight of the Healthy Maine Prescription Program and Deb Chapman of Eastern Agency on Aging.

Refreshments will be available.

If you have questions about this event, or about the work and programs of the BPW, call Spencer at 942-8230.

With more than 2,500 people attending last Halloween weekend, you can easily understand why members of the Bangor Noontime Kiwanis and Children’s Miracle Network of Eastern Maine Healthcare are asking for volunteers to assist with the “5th Annual Haunted Forest.”

This spooky, fun benefit will be held 5-9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 26, and Saturday, Oct. 27, at Sprague’s Nursery and Garden Center on outer Union Street in Bangor.

Volunteers can work one or both nights, and opportunities abound for you to help “Dorothy” escort small children through the “Land of Oz” with the “Cowardly Lion,” the “Tin Man” and the “Scarecrow.”

Or, if you prefer, you can take older children through the Haunted Forest and House of Horrors, or help pass out candy and Halloween coloring sheets.

Proceeds benefit CMN of EMH.

To have fun and help a great cause, volunteer by calling Eastern Maine Charities at 973-5055.

Only 24 spots are available this time, so if you are age 55 or older and would like to obtain a reduction on your automobile insurance premium, or if you would like to regain points on your Maine driver’s license, this opportunity is for you.

Bangor Adult Education is sponsoring the American Automobile Association Certified Driver Improvement Program from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3, at Drivers Edge Driving School, 21 Bomarc Industrial Park in Bangor.

Sally Holland of Drivers Edge, who will be conducting what she expects will be the first of many such programs in Bangor, said anyone 55 years old or older who takes the course can save money on their automobile insurance for the next three years.

And, she added, anyone who wants to improve his or her license standing can obtain a three-point reduction on that license if you take the course.

“The course may be taken – and points awarded – once every 365 days,” Holland explained.

The cost of the course, through Bangor Adult Ed, is $40 per person.

“People need to call and register to get a spot, because we are limited to 24 people at any one time,” Holland said.

The course is open to anyone from anywhere in Maine, Holland added. It is not limited to Bangor residents.

To register, you can call either Holland at Drivers Edge, 941-9494, or Bangor Adult Education at 941-6310.

If you would like to learn how to turn a vacation into an enriching travel experience, you are invited to hear author Matthew Stevenson speak at noon Monday, Oct. 15, in the Lecture Hall of the Bangor Public Library.

Free and open to the public, Stevenson will speak of his work, which includes “Letters of Transit: Essays on Travel, History, Politics and Family Life Abroad.”

Books will be available for purchase and signing.

Joni Averill, Bangor Daily News, P.O. Box 1329, Bangor 04402; 990-8288.