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Altrusa fashion review

Altrusa International of Greater Bangor will present its annual fashion review at 7 p.m. Monday, April 25, at the Husson College Campus Center.

Contemporary fashions for women, men and children will be featured. Ric Tyler and Sharon Pelletier will be the hosts.

Tickets are $12 at the door or in advance. Call 825-3178. Refreshments will be served, and proceeds will benefit Altrusa’s Scholarship Fund.

Altrusa is an international volunteer service organization of business and professional women dedicated to improving their communities through personal service.

Altrusa International of Greater Bangor awards three $1,000 scholarships annually to women enrolled in degree programs at local colleges.

This year, the group will start a new scholarship in memory of Peggy Youngblood, who was from Aroostook County. The scholarship will be given to a woman from The County.

Altrusa International of Greater Bangor meets the first and third Thursdays of the month in the faculty dining room at Husson College. Dinner is at 6:30 p.m., and business meeting and program at 7:30 p.m.

Books2Eat

Professional chefs, culinary arts students and the public are invited to enter and-or attend the fourth annual Books2Eat event from 4 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 20, at Eastern Maine Community College, Rangeley Hall.

The concept – creating an edible representation of a book or an edible representation of an idea or theme from a book – is a great way to celebrate books, stimulate creativity, get some friendly community competition going and to delight in the collective delicious results, organizers said.

A people’s choice award will be presented in each of the following categories: Professional chef, culinary arts students, everyone else, and a special award, The Edible Stephen King, consisting of a representation of or from his work.

To learn more about the event or to enter an edible book, call 974-4640.

‘Working Women’

Artist Jennifer Chiarell will exhibit “Working Women” in the foyer of Bangor City Hall during April and May. Her digital prints celebrate the work of Bangor women in untraditional occupational roles. An opening reception is planned 5:30-7 p.m. Monday, April 25. The photographer will be available to talk about her work.

BSO auditions

The Bangor Symphony Orchestra will hold auditions for the upcoming season at 4 p.m. Monday, May 16, at the Class of 1944 Hall band room, University of Maine. Available positions are concertmaster, principal viola, principal cello, principal clarinet, and section strings. Substitutes are needed for all instruments.

Contracted musicians are paid on a per service basis, with mileage and housing arrangements included. The 2005-2006 season consists of six classical concerts, one special event, three youth concerts, a summer pops concert and three performances of the “The Nutcracker” ballet.

For audition requirements, call Surya Mitchell, personnel manager, at 942-5555, or (800) 3221.

Spring-O-Rama

The Children’s Miracle Network of Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems will hold its seventh annual Spring-O-Rama from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 23, at Sprague’s Nursery and Garden Center, outer Union Street.

Activities include a bounce house, amazing creatures up close with Maine Discovery Museum educator Tony Sohns, a visit from Lumberjack mascot Jack Timber, the Sesame Street Treasure Trail with Elmo, Cookie Monster and Big Bird, plant pot painting, games, craft projects and more.

Admission is $2. Food, cookie decorating, ducks on the pond, raffle and sun catcher painting have small extra fees.

Stories of Downeast

The Bangor Public Library, documentary film producers John Gfrowerer and Lisa Brown will present “Hard Shell, Soft Shell: People and Stories of Downeast” at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 21, at the library.

The pair will show clips from nine of their films. Topics will include potato farming, boat building and lobstering. Locales include Aroostook County, Schoodic and Winter Harbor. The presentation is free.

National Library Week

In celebration of National Library Week, April 10-17, the Bangor Public Library is showcasing the diversity of its programs. Its theme is “Many Voices, One Nation,” which acknowledges the diverse nature of the speakers the library sponsors and the strength literacy brings to all.

The library will present Poets/Speak from 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, April 20, an annual event for poets and poetry lovers. It will feature 30 poets reading from their works, live African and Asian music, a special tribute to Indian Ocean and South Asian writers, open mike, and poetry books available for purchase and signings.

“Invisible,” a film about the Penobscot Nation, will be shown at 7 p.m. Monday, April 25.

Bangor author Phyllis Rose will discuss her novel, “The Rose Garden,” at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 7.

Best selling author and social activist Craig Hickman will talk about his book, “Fumbling Toward Divinity,” at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 17.

Susmita Chatterjee will speak on “India and Indian Philosophy” at 3 p.m. Saturday, May 28.

Dancing for St. Jude’s

Dancers from Northern Lights Dance Arts in Bangor, Ellsworth and Lincoln are participating in a “Head Over Heels” event to raise money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

The event heightens awareness and raises funds to continue the hospital’s programs of research, patient care and education. In America, more children die from cancer than any other disease.

St. Jude was founded by the late entertainer Danny Thomas. No family ever pays for treatments not covered by insurance, and families without insurance are never asked to pay.

National Dance Week will be observed April 22-May 1. According to Kathie Jamison Cote, “The purpose is to elevate the knowledge of dance and its value to our communities. Dance is art for the mind, body and soul.”

Child care training

Many Eyes, Many Voices, a training session for child care professionals, will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 30, at Penquis CAP, 262 Harlow St., Bangor.

Participants will receive books and a guide that helps child care workers have meaningful conversations with children about differences – skin color, body shape, gender, language, family structure and living arrangements. Registration fee is $15. To register or to inquire about reimbursement of the fee, call 973-3533.

Manna opening

Gov. John Baldacci will be a special guest at the official opening of Manna’s new location on Main Street in the former Beal College building. The opening is set for 3-4 p.m. Saturday, April 16.

New components of Manna are Derek House, a drug and alcohol addiction treatment facility staffed by counselors 24 hours a day, seven days a week; the Medical Center for Derek House patients and uninsured people throughout central Maine; and the Charlotte White Center, which is moving 23 of its counseling staff to Manna.

Manna also operates a soup kitchen, a day care facility and a food pantry.

‘Broomfield and Vinnie’

The Women’s Council of St. John’s Catholic Church will present “Broomfield and Vinnie,” a comedy, at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 30, in the parish hall at 207 York St.

Players will include the Rev. Richard McLaughlin, pastor; parishioners including Tom Mooney, Jon Harvey, Alan Paradis, Jan Cox, Rachel Ferguson and Claudette O’Connell; media personality Ric Tyler; and straight from the Y Players, Pam Martin with sidekicks Pat Brown and Marion Tozier.

Tickets are $8, and are on sale at the church rectory and at the Broadway Patrick’s Hallmark.

Eddington

Annual variety show

The annual variety show presented by the East Eddington Grange will be held at 1:30 and 7 p.m. Saturday, April 30, at Comins Hall, 1387 Main Road.

Because of last year’s tremendous response, the group will present two shows – by reservation only.

Those attending must reserve seats for all family members by calling the Eddington Town Office at 843-5233, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. weekdays.

Tickets are $3 for adults and teen-agers, free for children under 12. Money will be collected at the door.

Many of last year’s performers will be on stage with new material, and there will be new additions, as well.

Proceeds will help maintain and improve the kitchen and dining room at Comins Hall.

Snacks and drinks will be available for purchase. There also will be a spaghetti supper at 4:30 and 5:30 p.m. the same day.

Hampden

Adult education classes

SAD 22 Adult Education is offering a variety of classes this spring. They include:

. Adoption Works.

. Aerobics.

. Art of Poetry.

. American Sign Language, Part 2.

. Buying, Selling, Remodeling or Refinancing.

. Drawing and Painting.

. French.

. Fun with Technology Series.

. Golf.

. Introductory and Intermediate Mac.

. RAD Self-Defense for Women.

. Rug Braiding.

. Scrapbooking.

. Wall Street Connection.

. Writing Class.

For information, call the Adult Education office at 862-6422.

Orono

HOPE Festival

This year’s HOPE festival to celebrate Earth Day will be held 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, April 23, at the University of Maine Field House. The festival has been moved to the Memorial Gym to provide a larger venue for the growing number of organizations who participate.

The line-up of performers includes the opening ceremony with Penobscot Elder Arnold Neptune, singer and storyteller Jennifer Armstrong, the Bangor Fiddlers from Bangor High School, storyteller and song-writer Phil Whitehawk, the award-winning duo Emma’s Revolution and the Frog Mountain Puppeteers performing “The Legend of the Banana Kid.” Doug Crate and the newly formed Voices for Peace will close the day.

For more information call 942-9343 or visit www.peacectr.org.

Franklin the Turtle

Meet Franklin the Turtle at noon, Saturday, April 16, at the Orono Public Library. Activities will be stories, crafts and a movie about the storybook turtle. Bring a camera and have a photo taken with the green guy himself.

Celebrate Earth Day at noon Saturday, April 23, at the library. Stories, balloons and a craft activity will be featured.

To obtain more information, call the library at 866-5060.

Stetson

Trash day

The Spring Big Trash Day will take place 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, April 23. Items may be dropped off at the town meeting-house parking lot.

Items accepted are household appliances, couches, stoves, stuffed chairs, microwave ovens, washing machines, dishwashers, air conditioners, metal tables and chairs, carpet cut in four-foot sections and rolled and tied, two tires without rims, file cabinets, water tanks, freezers, refrigerators, mattresses, clothes dryers and plastic pipe.

For those who need assistance to deliver large trash or bulky waste items to the pick-up site, Stetson firemen have volunteered to provide this service. Fire department members will transport items for those residents unable to perform the task on their own. Call the town office at 296-3232 by April 22 to be placed on the pick-up list.

Charity news

The Charity Pig for January raised $20 from customers and $25 from Buda Belly’s. The $45 was donated to the Stetson Historical Society.

In February customers gave $45 and Buda’s gave $30 towards the Stetson Scholarship Fund.

March donations will go to the Stetson Food Pantry, April proceeds will be given to Stetson Elementary School and May’s money will benefit the Stetson Scholarship Fund.

Scholarship applications

Stetson Scholarship Fund applications are now available at Buda Belly’s Store. To apply, a student must be a Stetson resident, must graduate in 2005 and have been accepted at a school of higher learning. Application deadline is June 15. To obtain more information, call Jen or Barb, 296-3800, from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.