Bangor

Book sale

Friends of the Bangor Public Library will hold the annual book sale from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, May 10, in the Lecture Hall at the library. Donations of good-quality hardbound and paperback books and children’s books are welcome. Do not donate textbooks, magazines or Reader’s Digest condensed books. Volunteers to help with the book sale also are needed.

The members-only preview sale is set for 5 to 9 p.m. Friday, May 9. Membership forms are available at the front desk.

To get involved, call Maria at the library at 947-8336, Ext. 128.

Art show and sale

A multimedia art show and sale will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday, May 5-9, at the Hammond Street Senior Center. The juried exhibit of 200 pieces by center members includes oils, watercolors, pottery, quilts, dolls and drawings in pen and ink and watercolor crayons.

“This has been a year of tremendous growth,” said Ellen Beattie, who for three years has taught art to Hammond Street Senior Center members age 60 an older. “During the past year we have spent a lot of time exploring new mediums.”

Some of the artwork, which is matted and framed, will be for sale. For more information, call 262-5532 .

Transportation museum

The Cole Transportation Museum will open for the season at 9 a.m. Thursday, May 1. The museum is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day of the week through Nov. 11. Admission is $5 for adults, $3 for those over 62 and free for those under 19. For more information, call 990-3600.

Runway project

Bangor International Airport is in the final phase of a runway reconstruction project begun April 26. The runway will be closed to takeoffs and landings from 7:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays until June 8.

Program on orchids

Penobscot Valley Senior College will offer a free session on orchids for members and friends from 1 to 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 6, in the Lecture Hall of Bangor Public Library. Denis Roessiger and Louise Snow, members of the American Orchid Society, will show slides and a video on how to grow orchids and on orchid diseases. Samples of plants will be on display and there will be time for questions and discussion.

Affiliated with the University of Maine Center on Aging, the Senior College offers low-cost classes in the spring and fall for people over age 50. For more information or registration for this session, call the message phone at 581-1947.

Abuse workshop

The Child Abuse and Neglect Councils of Penobscot and Piscataquis counties are offering “Our Children’s Future,” a series of workshops on responding to and preventing violence against children. The monthly series continues with “Substance Abuse and Child Abuse” from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, May 8, at Penquis CAP, 262 Harlow St. The workshop will explore the facts and myths about substance abuse and its link to child abuse. The cost for the workshop is $40.

The workshops will be available at the same time by videoconference at the Penquis CAP office, 50 North St., Dover-Foxcroft. A light supper is included at both locations. Registration is required and space is limited. To register, call Penquis CAP at 973-3575.

‘You the Man’

A show addressing unhealthy relationships, dating violence and sexual assault will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 3, at the Bangor Public Library. The performance, “You the Man,” will be followed by a panel discussion. Admission is free.

Library art exhibit

An exhibit by Mette Arup Watt will be shown May 7-31 in the Stairwell Gallery at the Bangor Public Library. The paintings and arrangements reflect Watt’s fascination with flotsam and jetsam found along local beaches and offshore islands. There will be an opportunity to meet the artist from 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday, May 10. For more information, contact the library at 947-8336, Ext. 139.

Friendly Town Program

The Fresh Air Fund is seeking more host families in the Bangor area to open their homes to a New York City child for two weeks this summer.

Since 1877, The Fresh Air Fund’s Friendly Town Program has brought more than 1.7 million disadvantaged young New Yorkers to hundreds of suburban and rural communities in 13 Northeastern states and Canada to explore the possibilities of country life.

Fresh Air host families may choose the gender and age of their visitor. First-time Fresh Air children are ages 6-12. Children may participate in the Friendly Town Program through age 18.

For more information, call Beth Shea at 784-5342, or The Fresh Air Fund at (800) 367-0003, or visit www.freshair.org.

River City Concert Series

The River City Concert Series is a new project started by a group of Maine musicians to present live musical performances for the Greater Bangor community. The series will be held at the Union Street Brick Church in Bangor. The concerts are suitable for audiences of all ages.

Tickets for each performance are $5, $4 for seniors and students, and free for those under age 12. Series tickets for all three concerts are available for $12. Performers are:

. Paul Sullivan, 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 6. Well known to Maine audiences as both a pianist and a composer, Sullivan offers a fresh style, full of Maine imagery.

. The River City Salon Orchestra, 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 6. The 10-piece orchestra brings back the dance music and popular songs of a bygone era.

. The Blue Hill Brass Quintet, 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 27. The group’s repertoire runs the entire musical spectrum.

For tickets or more information, call 825-3782 or visit www.rivertownmusic.com.

Summer, travel camps

The YWCA has openings at Camp Molly Molasses and Travel Camp. Call 941-2808 for information.

Brewer

Traveling theater

Ten Bucks Theatre of Brewer will present Neil Simon’s “Rumors,” a comic farce, at 7 p.m. Friday-Sunday, May 16-18, and 2 p.m. Sunday, May 18, at The Grand in Ellsworth. This will be the second showing after the company closed the production in February after a successful two-week run.

Curtain times for “Rumors” are 7 p.m. Friday-Saturday, May 16-17, and 2 p.m. Sunday, May 18. Tickets are $15 for adults, and $10 for senior citizens and students.

Call (866) 363-9500 for tickets, or go to www.grandonline.org.

David Mallett concert

Singer-songwriter David Mallett will make his annual appearance on behalf of Brewer Youth Theatre when he performs at 8 p.m. Saturday, May 3, at Brewer Middle School.

Mallet, a Maine native, has long been a fixture on the national music scene with 11 albums to his credit, including his newest, “Ambition.” His songs have been recorded by more than 150 artists, including Alison Kraus, Emmylou Harris, John Denver and Pete Seeger. His “Garden Song” has become an American folk classic. Mallet received the Classic Song Award from the Genesis Society, an international animal rights organization, for his song “You Say the Battle is Over.”

Tickets for the concert are $12 and are available at The Grasshopper Shop, Brewer Middle School and at the door.

For more information, call 989-8640, or visit www.breweredu.org/middle/BYT.

Glenburn

Nomination papers

Nomination papers for the Glenburn Town Council and school committee may be obtained at the Glenburn Town Office. The election is set for Tuesday, June 10. Two three-year terms are open on each panel. Papers must be returned to the town clerk by 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 20.

Hampden

New voices

River City Harmonizers are looking for new voices. The group sings four-part harmony a cappella. The women’s barbershop group meets from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursdays at Hampden Congregational Church. To add your voice to the group or to obtain information, call Judy LeClair at 942-1491.

Fire department history

Lt. Frank Coombs of Hampden Fire and Rescue is still working on compiling the history of the fire department. He is interested in anything about the department, its people and equipment – especially from the 1920s through the 1940s.

Materials could include everything from pictures of a relative riding on a firetruck during a parade to information on the Paradise Pavilion fire.

Those who have something that would help the department in compiling its history may send a copy to Lt. Frank Coombs, Hampden Fire and Rescue, 106 Western Ave., Hampden, ME 04444.

Or if someone has an original item that he could borrow briefly to copy, give him a call at the department at 862-4586, and he’ll return the call.

Old Town

Puppet ministry

The WWJD Puppet Company of Lincoln will perform its latest musical production, “Come Worship,” at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 3, at the Old Town Methodist Church. “Come Worship” features performers using the raising of hands, dancing, singing and shouting to draw the audience into praise and worship. The performance is designed for the whole family.

The WWJD Puppet Company is a creative performing arts ministry of First United Methodist Church of Lincoln. For six years, the cast and crew of the ministry have performed in more than 30 communities throughout Maine and beyond. For more information, call 827-2303.

Orono

Conference for girls

An interfaith conference for girls ages 12-20 will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 17, at the Best Western Black Bear Inn, 4 Godfrey Drive. All girls are welcome for the one-day workshop.

Workshop topics focus on purity in an imperfect world, fashion and modesty. There will be hands-on workshops about cosmetics, hair, skin care and fashion. Special music, drama and videos will be used to explore the potentials for “unfading beauty.”

The program is sponsored by Brewer Community Church and the Tuesday Circle of Grace Team from Philadelphia. Registration begins at 8:45 a.m. The program includes a continental breakfast and luncheon buffet. The fee is $10.

For more information or registration, call Diana at 989-4985, or Karen at 990-9339.

Quilt show

The Orono Quilters and Bangor Bear Paws will hold their annual quilt show from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, May 9, and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 10, at the Church of Universal Fellowship. The show’s theme is “Generations.” Admission is $3.

Robinson Ballet

The Robinson Ballet Company will present its 10th spring dance performance at 7 p.m. Friday-Saturday, May 9-10, at Hauck Auditorium, University of Maine campus.

This year Robinson Ballet’s guest choreographer is Cathy Young, artistic director of her dance company in Illinois. Young will choreograph one of her company’s jazz pieces for Robinson Ballet dancers.

Terry Lacy from New York City Opera will choreograph “The Two Sisters,” based on “Arsenic and Old Lace.” The dance uses a television as an encompassing part of two sisters’ lives. When people disturb their TV watching, they find ingenious ways to dispose of them.

Kelly Holyoke brings a touch of romance with the finely dressed couple’s ballroom dancing, cabaret style. Maureen Lynch’s “Morning Walk” is a lyrical ballet evoking an early-morning jaunt to the hammer dulcimer music of Malcolm Dalglish. Keith Robinson’s “The Age of Question” is an abstract ballet about three people in search of inner security, faith and the purpose of life.

Tickets are $14, $10 for senior citizens, and $8 for those under age 18. For more information, call Karen Hartnagle at 947-0366, Ext. 451, or Robinson Ballet at 942-1990.

Orrington

Gospel music concert

Diane Muise of Auburn will present a gospel music concert at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 24, at the Orrington Center Church.

A winner of many national awards for her singing and songwriting, Muise has recorded nine solo albums in Nashville. She performs 150-200 concerts each year. Most of her concerts feature her 13-year-old son, Michael. A freewill offering will be received for Muise Music Ministry. For more information, call 825-2118.

Veazie

Garden tour

The Veazie Garden Club is seeking gardeners from Veazie who would like to include their gardens in the club’s garden tour on Friday, July 10. The tour is part of the town’s 150th anniversary celebration. For more information, call Julia Comeau at 947-6704.

Compiled by Ardeana Hamlin