Until April 8Dance classes: Folk dancing every Thursday - partners not essential, Ravenstonedale Public Room, 7.45-10pm, details on 015396-24258. Until April 15 Exhibition: Life in Detail, works by textile artist Paddy Killer, Upfront Gallery, Unthank, 10am-5pm Tue-Sun, details on 017684-84538 www.up-front.com. Until April 20Dance classes: Scottish country dance classes every Friday afternoon - no need to bring a partner, Eamont Bridge Village Hall, 2pm-4pm, details on 01768-840060. Until April 24Exhibition: Pathways and Hedgerows, Plain Living, A Corner of Cumbria and Fantasy and Flowers, High Head Gallery, Ivegill, 10.30am-5pm Thur-Tue, details on 016974-73552 and www.highheadsculpturevalley.co.uk. Until April 30Exhibition: Christine Mingard, artist-in-residence, and painter Ken Spencer, from Alnwick, Village Bakery Gallery, Melmerby, 9.30am-5.30pm, 01768-881811. Dance classes: Scottish country dance classes every Monday night - no need to bring a partner, St Andrew's Centre, Penrith, 7.30pm, details on 01768-863995 and 01768-881359. March 29Live music: Mrs Knox & The Good Time Boys, The Lowther Arms, Penrith, 9pm, details on www.mrsknox.co.uk.March 31-April 15Puppet theatre: Hansel and Gretel, Upfront Gallery, Unthank, 10am-5pm Tue-Sun, details on 017684-84538 and www.up-front.com. March 31-May 7Exhibition: Shakespeare and the Natural World, Gossipgate Gallery, Alston, 10am-5pm, 4pm on Sundays, details on www.gossipgate-gallery.co.uk. March 31Live music: David Mallett, with supper, booking essential, The Acoustic Bistro, Kirkby Stephen, 7.45pm, details on 017683-72123 and www.acoustictearoom.co.uk .April 1Live music: Plug and Play singer's night, plus guest songwriter, Penrith Playhouse, 7pm, details on 01768-867845 and www.plug-play.co.uk. April 2-May 1Exhibition: A celebration of the life and times of Charles Bray paintings, Red Barn, Melkinthorpe, 10am-5pm, details on 01931-712446. April 4Film season: Brokeback Mountain (15), Rheged, Penrith, 7.30pm, details on 01768-868000 and www.rheged.com .