December 23, 2024
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Lubec Campobello Theatre to stage ‘Moons’

What delightful news I have to share with you from Donna Vineyard who wrote “the Lubec Campobello Community Theatre has another show ready.”

The performance is “Many Moons” by James Thurber, and the shows begin at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 30, and Saturday, Dec. 1, in the Lubec Cafetorium.

Tickets at the door are $5.

Vineyard wrote the production is “a sweet, little story about a princess who wants something so badly it makes her ill.

“There are Wise Men and their wives, a King, a Jester, a nurse and a goldsmith’s daughter.”

Vineyard explained “three of the actors are children from the same family,” with Mary Briggs as Princess Lenore; new Eagle Scout Hoty Briggs as the Wizard, and the youngest trouper, Ezra Briggs, as the Mathematician.

Co-directing with Sarah Dalton Phillips, Vineyard wrote “the wonderful thing about this show is that the whole cast is helping do everything from setting up the stage each time we rehearse, to assisting each other with costumes.”

Using “a minimal set with some nice, little touches of decor,” Vineyard said “it’s been a fun show to produce,” and she wants you to know one of the founders of the troupe, and one “who has been in every production and planning session” for the theater, Gerard Bourque, “plays the King.”

Reservations are not necessary, and the public is welcome to attend Reach Out and Relax: Bangor’s Biggest Foot Spa Party, at 6 tonight, in the College Center Ballroom, 201 Texas Ave., on the University College of Bangor campus.

Stephanie Campbell hopes lots of folks will support this fundraiser for Spruce Run, Penobscot County’s domestic abuse service agency.

University of Maine Women’s Resource Center director Sharon Barker has announced the university, through the WRC, will be working to establish “a network of organizations who are encouraging girls in science, technology, engineering and math.”

The effort will be undertaken with The National Girls Collaborative Project funded by the National Science Foundation in collaboration with the American Association of University Women.

Karen Peterson, head of the national project, will explain the initiative and the university’s involvement at 2 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 29, at the Buchanan Alumni House on the Orono campus.

Members of the public are invited to attend.

Mike Lange reports the Skowhegan-Madison Elks Lodge is hosting an American Red Cross blood drive from 1 to 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 30, at the lodge, 21 Silver St., Skowhegan.

Lange wrote “all donors will receive Pizza Hut and Movie Gallery coupons” and that you can make an appointment by calling 800-GIVE-LIFE.

Alicia Kelley e-mailed WMEB 91.9 FM and the University of Maine International Student Association are hosting an Oronoka Dance Party beginning at 9 p.m. Friday, Nov. 30, on the third floor of the Bear Brew Pub in Orono.

Admission, between 9 and 11 p.m., is $5, and $6 after 11 p.m., Kelley said.

Open to individuals 18 and over, proceeds benefit Ofelia’s Art Fino in Bangor.

For more information, e-mail alicia.kelley@umit.maine.edu.

Girl Scout Troop 240, and Caribou Pet Rescue, offer you pet photos with Santa, from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 1, at the Caribou Lion’s Club building.

The cost is $5 per photo and you can also shop for holiday items including “Sheila McKenna’s World Famous Homemade Fudge or Lynne Collins’ Incredibly Awesome Homemade Pies,” Norma Milton wrote.

For more information, call Milton at 896-5650, or Tammy Nadeau at 551-6292.

A baked bean and casserole supper, with entertainment by Wade Dow & Friends, The Higgins Family, Bob Elston, and Dick Philbrook and The Frye Mountain Band, begins with dinner at 5 p.m. and music at 6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 1, at the Sedgwick School.

Proceeds will help purchase Christmas gifts for needy children in the Blue Hill, Sedgwick, Brooklin, Brooksville, Deer Isle and Stonington area.

The fundraiser features a Chinese auction, raffles, door prizes and a 50-50 drawing.

Admission is $8 for the supper and $8 for the show or $15 for both; half-price for children ages 6-12 and free for children under 5.

For more information, call Dow at 359-8901 or 359-2713.

Secretary Katie Clarke wrote the Gauvin-Fowler-Tupper-Stairs VFW Ladies Auxiliary 3381 is hosting a Craft and Food Fair from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 1, at the post home, 64 Water St., Old Town.

Among the featured items will be homemade beans, bread and other baked goods.

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


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