One welcome sign of spring is the appearance of the Y Players who will entertain you with their version of “The Hollywood Canteen” and then a ride on the Gospel train.
Director Pam Martin reports performances are 2 p.m. Sunday, May 24; 2 p.m. Tuesday, May 26; 7 p.m. Friday, May 29; 7 p.m. Saturday, May 30; 2 p.m. Sunday, May 31; and 2 p.m. Tuesday, June 2, all at the Bangor YMCA on Second Street.
“We are going to the Hollywood Canteen, complete with donut dollies and the Andrew Sisters,” Martin wrote.
The second act features Gospel music with “tambourines, the banjos and dancing in the aisles.”
And while some longtime regulars are more likely to be in the audience than part of the production, many of your favorites will be there, so Martin wants “everyone to come see our show as I know it’ll be the best time they’ve ever had.”
She reminds you admission is by “donation only” and urges you to bring a friend.
For information, call her at 989-5442 or the YMCA at 941-2808.
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Kathryn Mekelburg reports the St. Croix International Quilters Guild meets at 6:30 p.m. today at the Methodist Homes Recreation Center on Palmer Street in Calais and that “new members are welcome.”
A mini-workshop, show and tell, fabric draw, block of the month and refreshments are on the meeting agenda. For information, call 454-0654.
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Word has been received that Main Street Skowhegan and the Maine Development Foundation are co-hosting two free business seminars for individuals who own small retail or service businesses or individuals who own a building on a historic preservation list.
One presentation features Barbara Wold, author of the award-winning retail success guide “The Yearbook,” at 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. Thursday, May 21, in the Skowhegan council chambers.
Owners of buildings on the historic preservation list or in a registered historic district can learn about Maine’s Historic Tax Credit from Denis Lachman from 10 to 11 a.m. the same day. He will also be available for onsite visits throughout the day.
To attend, RSVP to info@mainstreetskowhegan.org or call 612-2571 or 416-2439.
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Susan Leach, co-chairwoman for Bangor High School Project Graduation 2009 e-mailed the group “still needs chaperones to help with Project Graduation.”
A mandatory meeting for chaperons is scheduled for 6 p.m. Thursday, May 21, in the BHS cafeteria on Broadway.
Volunteers are needed “to help at the high school parking lot to get the students on the buses, spend a few hours at the field house or help with cleanup early Monday morning,” Leach wrote.
For information, call her at 942-0320.
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Breast cancer survivor Ruth Susee of Kenduskeag is hosting a yard sale to raise funds for her 11th Breast Cancer 3-Day Walk in July in Boston.
The sale is 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, May 22, and Saturday, May 23, at 113 Birch St., Bangor.
Susee, who needs to raise $2,300 to participate in the event, wrote she has three “granddaughters, and I continue these walks because I want a cure found so they never have to deal with breast cancer.”
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Belfast Garden Club’s wonderful Open Garden Days are upon us, and Nan Cobbey reports the first tour is 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, May 22, at the residence of Ann Cronin, 43 Bayview St.
One of the main features of this site is “the long curving stairway Cronin had designed for the house and garden.”
With tulips in bloom and a shady garden featuring hostas, the club suggests a donation of $3 or you can purchase a 5-visit ticket for $10 from BGC members at Brambles, Aubuchon Hardware and at each tour.
Tour proceeds benefit the club’s Belfast Civic Beautification projects throughout the city.
Open Garden Days flyers are available “at local shops, nurseries, B&Bs, the library, the visitor’s center or www.belfastgardenclub.org.”
Brochures and maps are also inside the club’s decorated birdhouse in Post Office Square.
For information, call chairwoman Gina Fry, 338-5345.
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The 40th reunion for Brewer High School Class of 1969 is Saturday, Aug. 22, at Jeff’s Catering in Brewer.
Class members can register at www.brewerwitches69.com, which also includes a list of “missing” classmates.
Anyone with contact information for BHS ’69 can call Mike Legasse, 989-3901, or Jim Goodness, 827-6405.
Joni Averill, Bangor Daily News, P.O. Box 1329, Bangor 04402; javerill@bangordailynews.net; 990-8288.