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Bangor

Juried art ahow

The first annual juried art show, “An Exhibit of Theological Reflection Through the Arts,” will be held Aug. 22-24, to coincide with the National Folk Festival, at All Souls Church.

The show’s theme is “Truth in the inward bring; wisdom in the secret heart,” from Psalm 51:6. One hundred entries will be selected for exhibit by Wally Mason, University of Maine Museum of Art; Bruce Brown, Center for Maine Contemporary Art; and Susan Danly, Portland Museum of Art.

All entries are slides-only and the entry fee is $10 for one slide; $25 for three. Entrants will be notified of acceptance and slides will be returned. Judging is anonymously conducted, therefore more than one work by an artist may be accepted. Entry fees of artists’ whose work is not selected will be returned. Entries must be received before June 30. Top prizes of $500, $250 and $125, plus five $25 prizes will be awarded.

Selected artists will be honored at the opening reception 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 22 The show will be open from noon to 6 p.m. Friday-Sunday, Aug. 22-24. The three-day program will include chamber music, poetry and lectures in the sanctuary.

To obtain information or an entry form, call 942-7354, e-mail AllSoulsShow@aol.com or write All Souls Church, 10 Broadway, Bangor ME 04401.

Look Good, Feel Better

Look Good, Feel Better classes are available to women undergoing cancer treatment. A partnership between the American Cancer Society, the Cosmetic, Toiletry and Fragrance Foundation, and the National Cosmetology Association, the program is free to women who have appearance-related side effects from chemotherapy or radiation treatment for any form of cancer.

The program provides information and hands-on instruction on makeup, skin care and offers suggestions for using wigs, turbans and scarves.

A session is scheduled in Bangor at 6 p.m. Monday, July 21, at Eastern Maine Medical Center. To obtain information, call Randa Shirland at 973-8108. One-on-one sessions are by calling (800) ACS-2345.

Twilite Delight

The Twilite Delight Concert Series on the waterfront is set for 7 p.m. Thursdays. Concert-goers will enjoy a Gaelic Gala featuring The Napper Tandies, Fiddle Faddle and Rocky Bay Pipes and Drums, June 19; Hellenic Star playing Greek music, June 26; All American Big Band, July 3; The Memphis Belles and Belle Boys, July 10; Tzena-Tzena klezmer music, July 17; and Flash in the Pans steel drum band, July 24.

HIV testing day

The 8th annual National HIV Testing Day will be observed June 27. To encourage Maine people to get tested, the Eastern Maine IIDS Network is offering HIV antibody tests for $20, or free to those who meet qualifications.

Using the pain-free Ora-Sure noninvasive oral testing system, participants may have their HIV status determined confidentially without needles or pain. In most cases, test results are available in 3-5 days.

To schedule an appointment for the test, call Dawn or Drew at 990-3626. Appointments should be made at least one day in advance. Mentioning National Testing Day will guarantee the discount price.

Host families

Host families are needed for an international teacher exchange. The Michaud International Academy and Council Exchanges are sponsoring a one-week Bangor area intercultural home stay for an English teacher from Japan July 26-Aug. 2. Host families provide a room and meals for the teacher and welcome him or her as a family member. To learn more, call Dennis Michaud at 990-0963.

Childhood education

The Penquis Community Action Program Resource Development Center is offering nine hours of training in “Introduction to Early Childhood Education.” Classes will be held 6-9 p.m. June 23, 25 and 30 at Penquis CAP, 262 Harlow St.

The training covers the historical perspective of early childhood education in the United States, major types of early childhood education programs, a survey of major theorists who have contributed to the field and an overview of common terminology.

Registration costs $10. Current childcare providers may apply to the center’s scholarship fund for reimbursement. To register, call 941-2840.

Clean Clothes T-shirt

The Bangor Clean Clothes Campaign has launched a T-shirt described as “arguably one of the cleanest … this season” by the national Cooperative Life Leader.

Made with organically grown cotton – no pesticides used – by a worker-owned cooperative in Nicaragua, the T-shirt features a design taken from an image of the MOAB bomb used in Iraq that was depicted on a T-shirt made in offshore sweatshops and designed by a Maine company. In the Bangor Clean Clothes Campaign T-shirt, the bomb becomes a tree, the fighter jet a dove.

The June 11 T-shirt launching featured a short film produced by PICA’s Bangor Clean Clothes Campaign, “This is Not Small,” charting the production of the T-shirt, including growing the cotton, cutting and sewing, and screen-printing. The workers who made the shirt were available via speaker-phone.

The fabric was cut and sewn into a T-shirt by the Women’s Sewing Cooperative of Nueva Vida, Nicaragua, which partners with Michigan-based Maggies/Clean Clothes, Inc.

W.S. Emerson of Brewer prints the shirts using environmentally friendly water-based inks.

The Bangor Clean Clothes Campaign is a community-based initiative to generate consumer demand for fair-labor conditions in the global apparel industry. The campaign has helped Bangor become the first North American city to support the idea of a clean clothes commercial zone, and was instrumental in getting Maine to pass an anti-sweatshop purchasing law that requires vendors of apparel, footwear and textiles to certify that products were made in accordance with the state’s Clean Clothes purchasing code.

Brewer

Kiwanis news

The Brewer High School senior class held Project Graduation at the Old Town YMCA recently. As in past years, the Brewer Kiwanis sponsored a casino. Kiwanians who participated were Herb Hopkins, Bill Newberry, Wes Archer, Kemp Humphrey, Bob Dion, Manley DeBeck, Debbie Roy, Kathleen Hardin-Heber, Dusty Fisher, Joe Luby and Andy McPhee.

Corinth

Old Home Days

Corinth is the happening place to be 6-8 p.m. Friday, June 20, and 7 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturday, June 21, when Corinth holds Old Home Days. Friday events are:

. Ice cream Social, 6-8 p.m. at the town recreation field. If it rains, the gathering will held at Corinth Middle School.

. Mini NASCAR Races, 6-7:45 p.m., recreation field.

. Debbie Myers concert, 8 p.m.

Saturday events include:

. Pancake Breakfast, 7-9 a.m.. Methodist Church.

. Parade, 10 a.m.

. Children’s activities and food concessions, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., recreation field.

. John Tercyak concert, 11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m. and 1-1:45 p.m.

. Bruce Johnson, comedy magician, 3 p.m.

. Talent Show, 7 p.m. Corinth High School.

Hampden

Playground improvement

A check from Sam’s Club in Bangor was presented to the Hampden Community Playground Improvement Group during an assembly at the Earl McGraw School June 12.

The playground improvement group, concerned about the safety of the only playground in town, has raised $32,000, including the $5,000 check from Sam’s Club, to replace the wooden structure of the Hampden Community Creative Playground behind McGraw School. Improvements will include accessibility for children who have disabilities.

To learn more, e-mail jefmjane@adelphia.net, or call Jane Loxterkamp, Hampden Community Playground Improvement Group chairman, at 862-3961, or 974-4813.

Summer reading program

Reading Knight and Day is the summer reading theme at the Edith Dyer Community Library. Program registration begins Monday, June 23. The program is open to children from preschool-eighth grade.

The Milkweed Puppets will perform Thursday, July 10; a Jousting Exhibition will be held Thursday, July 24; and Zach Field will juggle Aug. 24. Call the library at 862-3550 for details.

Newburgh

Media Studio

Windover Art Center will hold a ribbon cutting ceremony for its new Media Studio at 2 p.m. Friday, June 27. The public is invited to the new home of Windover’s claymation and digital video departments. To learn more about Windover, call Mari Abercrombie at 234-4503.

Old Town

Teen Town Meeting

Teens and adults in the Old Town-Orono area are invited to participate in a Teen Town Meeting 6-8 p.m. Monday, June 23, at the Old Town-Orono YMCA. Teens are encouraged to share their concerns and opinions with one another and the adults of the community. Pizza will be served at 6 p.m. The discussion begins at 6:30 p.m.

“Adults often assume they know what is important to teens without asking them,” said Corinne Whitling, project coordinator for the Penquis CAP Youth Ideas and Partnership Project. “The town meeting is a time for teens to speak and be heard, to tell the community what issues are important to them. We will not select topics for the discussion. The agenda is theirs.”

The Teen Town Meeting is sponsored by Penquis CAP’s Youth Ideas and Partnership Project and the River Coalition, and funded by the Maine Office of Substance Abuse. To obtain information about the Teen Town Meeting, call 973-3617.

Young Maine talent

In April, Bay Chamber Concerts in Rockport hosted Public Radio International’s hottest classical radio program, “From the Top.” Jeremy Viner of Orono was a featured guest at the live audience taping in Strom Auditorium in Rockport.

“From the Top” is scheduled to air the April concert next week on more than 250 radio stations nationwide. To honor of young Maine talent, Maine Public Radio will air the program at 3 p.m. Thursday, June 19, and 11 a.m. Monday, June 23.

To obtain information, call Bay Chamber Concerts at 236-2823, or Maine Public Broadcasting at (800) 884-1717.

Webster Park concert

The Orono Public Library will present its annual concert at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, June 26, at Webster Park. The concert is free and sponsored by the Friends of the Orono Public Library and the Orono-Old Town Kiwanis.

Julie and the Bug Boys will perform “Music with a Message.” Julie Jameson Monroe’s songs promote self-respect, manners, kindness, tolerance, safety and silly fun. Monroe, of Orono, has a degree in child development and social service. In her performances, she uses colorful props to reach and teach children.

The Bug Boys, entomologists Don Berry on drums and Clay Kirby on bass guitar, will be joined by new band member Jim Artesani. The three men are husbands, fathers and wild about jazz.

The Friends of the Library will on hand at the concert to sell hotdogs, baked goods and balloons. Donations of baked goods will be accepted the day of the concert. Sales benefit library programs. Concert rain date is Friday, June 27.

To learn more about the concert, call the library at 866-5060.

Winterport

Meeting house tour

The Winterport Union Meeting House will be open to the public for tours 1-4 p.m. Sunday, June 29. Association members will provide historical information about the last remaining public building from the days when Winterport was part of Frankfort. The Meeting House was built in 1833 an place on the National Registry of Historic Places in 1973.

Compiled by Ardeana Hamlin