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Schools

John Bapst dinner theater

BANGOR – The John Bapst Players will present a dinner theater production, “Murder Me Always,” by Lee Mueller, at 6:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Nov. 5 and 6, at John Bapst Memorial High School, 100 Broadway.

During a very bad dinner theater performance put on by a below-average community theater group, an actual murder takes place off-stage. The “fake” play comes to a screeching halt and a “real” murder mystery begins.

Enjoy a great meal and join Detective Joe Mamet as he and his cohorts investigate this shifty band of players to find the “real” murderers.

Tickets must be purchased in person and in advance at the school, 7:30 a.m.-2 p.m. weekdays. The price, including dinner, is $18 adults, $15 for seniors and students.

Brewer Youth Theatre

BREWER – Hear old favorites like “Conjunction Junction,” “Just a Bill,” and “Interplanet Janet” in an evening of great entertainment for the whole family.

Brewer Youth Theatre will present “Schoolhouse Rock – Live,” the hit musical based on the ABC television series of the 1960s and 1970s in three performances at 7 p.m. Nov. 4, 5 and 6 at Brewer Middle School, 5 Somerset St.

The cast of 10 features Khalan Bridges, Ashley Austin, Krystal Baker, Sarah Hodgins, Melanie Moore, Jamie Bartol, Matt McLaughlin, Sarah Taylor, Katelan Daniels and Elysa Woodhead.

Tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for students and seniors and are available at the door. For information, call Brewer Middle School at 989-8640.

Youth Leadership Forum

ORONO – Kevin Geutterman of Orono participated in the National Youth Leadership Forum on Defense, Intelligence and Diplomacy from Oct. 19-24 in Washington. Geutterman demonstrated academic achievement and an interest in a career related to national security and joined 400 other high school juniors and seniors from across the United States.

The curriculum for the forum was based on actual world events, allowing the participants to learn from the examples set by previous generations of leaders, encouraging them to develop a perspective and tenacity unique to upcoming generations of leaders.

During the forum, students examined how the United States plans for peace and prepares for crisis. Students met with leaders from key agencies and institutions, including the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Marine Corps Combat Development Command at Quantico, the Defense Intelligence Agency, the U.S. Naval Academy and a variety of embassies.

To learn about the forum, visit www.nylf.org.

Concerto competition

BANGOR – The Bangor Symphony Orchestra will hold its 23rd annual Maine High School Concerto Competition Annas-Cupp Award at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 12, at Minksy Recital Hall, University of Maine. Snow date is March 13.

Free and open to the public, the annual competition gives the public an opportunity to enjoy the talent of exceptional Maine youth. The competition winner plays his or her concerto with the Bangor Symphony Orchestra at the three youth concerts held in May. Four thousand students and their teachers and chaperones attend the youth concerts.

The contest is open to all Maine high school instrumentalists and all traditional orchestral instruments, including piano, harp, saxophone and percussion. Application deadline is Jan.1.

To obtain information, visit www.bangorsymphony.com, or call 942-5555 and ask for Surya.

Mathemagician

ORONO – What do you get when you cross a mathematician with a magician? Dr. Arthur Benjamin: Mathemagician. Benjamin will perform at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 4, at 100 Donald P. Corbett Hall, University of Maine. There is no charge to attend the event, which is open to the public. More than 1,200 middle and high school students and teachers are expected to attend the performance.

Benjamin is a professor of mathematics at Harvey Mudd College. He is one of the world’s fastest “lightening calculators” and a frequent performer at the Magic Castle in Hollywood. He is the author of several books and has presented his mixture of math and magic to audiences all over the world. He has appeared on the Today show and National Public Radio. He has been featured in The Los Angeles Times, Scientific American and Discover magazine.

Benjamin has the unique ability to entertain and enlighten children and adults with his “mathemagician” show. He will demonstrate and explain the secrets of rapid mental calculation and explain how to train one’s mind to perform other feats of mathematical magic.

Totally Trades

BANGOR – On Thursday Nov. 4 120 high school girls from 16 schools will visit the campus of United Technologies Center, Hogan Road, for the third annual Totally Trades conference. The girls will learn about nontraditional careers with the help of women who have pursued careers in science, math, technology and the skilled trades.

Participants will get hands-on experience in trades and technical fields. They will spend the day operating heavy equipment, designing Web pages, welding, and learning about firefighting, electrical wiring, heating and cooling systems, auto body repair, photonics and other careers. The women instructors will be in a fashion show wearing their work gear. They will discuss their careers and salaries.

Totally Trades allows girls to explore careers that are dominated by men, careers that girls may not have thought about for themselves, but which provide many opportunities.

The conference is sponsored by the Bangor Coalition for Girls and Women in Trades and Technology which includes the Maine Department of Transportation, the Maine Department of Education, United Technologies Center, Eastern Maine Community College, Lane Construction, Cianbro, the University of Maine Women’s Resource Center, Women Unlimited and Women, Work & Community.

Colleges

Carleton College

NORTHFIELD, Minn. – Maia Pinksy, a senior biology major at Carleton College, has been honored as a member of the dean’s list for the 2004-05 academic year. The list comprises the top 10 percent of students in each class and honorees were recognized recently at the college’s annual opening convocation.

Pinksy is the daughter of Robert and Margaret Pinsky of Orono.

Eastern Maine Community College

BANGOR – Eastern Maine Community College will hold an open house for prospective students from 9 a.m. to noon Friday, Nov. 5, in the Campus Center in Katahdin Hall. Prospective students will tour the campus, meet with faculty and attend short information sessions on various topics.

Call 974-4817 for information.

Husson College

BANGOR – Husson College broke ground last week on The Commons, a $7.5 million academic building that will house student services and the schools of health and education.

WBRC Architects/Engineers and contractor Nickerson & O’Day Inc., both of Bangor, broke ground with Husson College project coordinator Mary Ann Haas.

The project was approved for funding Oct. 25 by the Husson board of trustees. The Commons is scheduled to be completed by the fall semester in 2005.

The first floor of the 40,000-square-foot facility will include admission, financial aid and registrar’s offices, as well as a 100-seat lecture hall.

The second and third floors are set aside for offices, laboratories, clinical rooms and classrooms for the schools of health and education, which previously were taking up space in residence halls.

All three floors will be connected to nearby Peabody Hall with causeways.

Moving the school of health out of Bell Hall will provide 80 new beds for students.

University of Maine

ORONO – The University of Maine on Oct. 22 celebrated the opening of its $16 million Engineering and Science Research Building.

Supported by funding passed by Maine voters in 2002, the ESRB has laboratories and offices for the department of electrical and computer engineering and the University of Maine College of Engineering and Laboratory for Surface Science and Technology.

The 51,000-square-foot building is connected to the former Barrows hall, the original home of LSST. The highlight of the facility is its “clean room” for microfabrication and microsystems.

Also on Friday, the university held the dedication of the building’s Arthur St. John Hill Auditorium. Hill was a professor of electrical engineering between 1918 and 1949.