More than 25 vendors, including 12 displaying jewelry, will show gems, rocks, fluorescent minerals, crystals, fossils and geodes. The show also features gold panning and gem-cutting demonstrations.
Children will be able to dig for treasures in the minimine, win prizes on the spin wheel and handle rocks and gems at the touch table.
Speakers include legendary miner Frank Perham, who will share stories of his geological discoveries and adventures on Saturday at 10:30 a.m.; Harry Blake, who will talk on how to find gold in Maine on Saturday at 2 p.m.; Derek Katzenbach, who will show how to facet stones on Sunday at 10:30 a.m.; and Karen Pride of Cross Jewelers, who will talk about the history of Maine tourmaline on Sunday at 2 p.m.
Admission costs $4 for adults or $3 for seniors and students age 18 and younger. Children 12 and younger get in free. Admission includes entry into a raffle for a Sparhawk teal tourmaline pendant donated by Cross Jewelers.
The event at the Harold Alfond Center gymnasium on runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. For information, email mlasalle@sjcme.edu or call 893-6627.
‘Photo Detective’ focuses on genealogy
AUGUSTA — Photo historian Maureen A. Taylor, known as “The Photo Detective” will lead a Maine Genealogical Society workshop Saturday at the Augusta Civic Center.
Taylor is the author of four books and a popular speaker at genealogy conferences. As a photo curator, genealogist, writer and photo identification and preservation expert, she focuses on family photography, history and genealogy.
Her website is www.maureentaylor.com.
Admission costs $40 for Maine Genealogical Society members and $50 for nonmembers. Both fees include a luncheon buffet.
For more information and a registration brochure, visit www.maineroots.org.
Questions can be directed by email to mainegenealogical@yahoo.com or by phone to Dale Mower at 942-9375.
MWPA slates session on getting published
PORTLAND — The Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance will sponsor a seminar for authors hoping to get their works published from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Glickman Family Library at the University of Southern Maine.
The Book Proposal Boot Camp “focuses on strategies to help writers develop effective nonfiction book proposals,” a release from the alliance states. “Instructor Mark Chimsky is a distinguished editor with (more than) 25 years experience in corporate and independent publishing.”
More information on registration for the workshop is available at www.mainewriters.org or by calling 228-8263.
City Theater seeks actors for rock musical
BIDDEFORD — Auditions at City Theater’s production of “Chess the musical/The London Version” will begin at 6:30 p.m. Sunday and Thursday.
Those who try out in the open audition should be prepared to sing something in the style of a modern rock musical.
Prospective cast members should bring their own sheet music. An accompanist will be provided. A dance audition also will be on tap.
The play calls for six male roles, two women and a large ensemble. For more information, call 642-7840 or visit www.citytheater.org.
PSO arranges Queen tribute concerts
PORTLAND — The Portland Symphony Orchestra (PSO) Pops! will pay tribute to the music of Queen in the final Pops concerts of the season.
The British band’s classic rock “meets a different kind of classic style in the sounds of the symphony orchestra, accompanied by a tribute band led by vocalist Michael Shotton,” a PSO release states.
Music Director Robert Moody will conduct performances at 7:30 p.m. April 28 and at 2:30 p.m. 29 at Merrill Auditorium. The University of Southern Maine Chamber Singers will perform with the orchestra and tribute band.
Selections include “Another One Bites The Dust,” “Under Pressure,” “We Will Rock You,” “We Are the Champions” and “Bohemian Rhapsody,” among others.
Tickets range from $20 to $65 and are available through PortTIX at 842-0800 or www.porttix.com. Phone and Internet orders are subject to per-ticket handling fees.
Telling Room planning student showcase
PORTLAND — The Telling Room will hold its annual Big Night event from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. May 4 at the University of Southern Maine’s Abromson Center.
The evening will feature the release of the Telling Room’s sixth anthology of student writing and a live performance in Hannaford Hall to showcase student writing, photography and film created during the 2011-12 school year.
The theme of the event is “Searching for ME.” Telling Room staff, community partners, teaching artists and volunteers will be on hand to run interactive writing, photography and printmaking activities for all ages.
Performances begin at 8 p.m., and light refreshments will be served. Admission is free. The Telling Room is a nonprofit writing center in Portland, dedicated to the idea that children and young adults are natural storytellers.
More information is available at www.tellingroom.org.
‘Mesmerized’ stage performers sought
PORTLAND — Snowlion Repertory Company invites Equity and non-Equity actors to audition for roles in its world premiere concert performance of the new musical “Mesmerized” by Al D’Andrea, MK Wolfe and Darryl Curry.
The concert will take place June 28 at the St. Lawrence Arts Center, presented by Portland Theater Collaborative’s PortFringe 2012 as part of the Portland Performing Arts Festival.
Al D’Andrea will direct, Margit Ahlin will produce.
“Mesmerized” is the true story of Anton Mesmer and his most famous (and scandalous) cure of the blind pianist Theresa Paradies in 1777 Vienna using the radical curative technique he termed “animal magnetism,” a Snowlion release states. “The show plunges us into Mesmer’s world at the dawn of the Age of Reason, with characters such as Mozart, Benjamin Franklin the Queen Empress of the Holy Roman Empire, and others.”
The company intends to cast 14 main roles and 10 additional supporting roles for men and women between 20 and 70 years old.
Auditions will be held from noon to 3 p.m. April 28 and from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. April 29 at the Hutchins School, 24 Mosher St., South Portland.
All auditioners must call 518-9305 for an audition appointment.
Auditioners should prepare their best 16 bars and bring sheet music. An accompanist will be provided. Those seeking roles also should be prepared to learn music from the score. Sides will be available online. For more information and to see a full breakdown of the 14 available roles, visit www.snowlionrep.org.
Dine, then dance at Wescustogo Hall
NORTH YARMOUTH — The 317 Main Community Music Center will sponsor a contradance and dinner from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. April 28 at Wescustogo Hall, 475 Walnut Hill Road.
The meal, provided by Seagrass Bistro, will run from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Those who attend are asked to bring a dish for a potluck dessert and their own alcoholic beverages.
The dance will run from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Maggie Robinson will serve as caller, and the 317 Contradance Band will provide music.
Suggested donation is $10 for individuals or $20 per family. The event is geared for people age 10 and older.
For more information, call 846-9559 or email frontdesk@317mainst.org.
Rossini Club to hold concert in cathedral
PORTLAND — The Portland Rossini Club will present a concert at 3 p.m. April 29 at Cathedral Church of St. Luke, 143 State St.
The program includes Cynthia Henriques, piano, performing Schumann’s Scenes from Childhood; Eleanor Lehmann, violin, and Leah Neuchiller, piano, performing works by Dianne Goolkasian Rahbee and Gwyneth Walker; Maggie Vishneau, soprano, and Lynn Lennox, piano, performing arias from French operas by Offenbach and Charpentier; and Mark Braun, piano, performing Chopin’s Impromptu in F Sharp Minor Opus 36.
A reception with the performers will follow the concert. Admission costs $10 for the general public or $5 for seniors. Students get in free.
The St. Luke’s parking lot is on Park Street, behind the cathedral. For more information, call 797-8318 or visit www.rossiniclub.org.
Choral Art Society slates voice tryouts
PORTLAND — The Choral Art Society will hold auditions for membership on three Mondays in May.
Advance registration is required. Interested singers can fill out an audition information card through choralart.org and contact Choral Arts Society manager Michael Bachem at manager@choralart.org.
Auditions will run from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Allen Avenue Unitarian Universalist Church, 524 Allen Ave.
Sopranos will audition on May 7. Altos and tenors audition May 14. Bass tryouts will be May 21.
Auditions are required for current as well as potential new members of the Choral Art Society, which has more than 150 members who perform in three distinct ensembles: the symphonic Masterworks Chorus, the mid-sized Choral Art Singers, and the a cappella Camerata. All singers are skilled amateurs, selected by audition.
‘Sweetest Sounds’ from Lincoln stage
DAMARISCOTTA — Lincoln County Community Theater will stage six performances of “The Sweetest Sounds … Music of Richard Rodgers and Irving Berlin,” beginning at 7:30 p.m. April 27.
Conceived and directed by John Mulcahy, the show relies upon the American Song Book to offer at least 75 different popular tunes spanning six decades.
The show features Nancy Durgin and Andrew Fenniman with Mulcahy on the piano, with guest appearances by John D. Adams, Devin Dukes and Suzanne Rankin.
Additional shows are scheduled April 28 and 29, as well as May 4 to 6. Friday and Saturday curtain times are 7:30 p.m. Sunday matinees begin at 2 p.m. All performances take place at the Lincoln Theater, 2 Lincoln St.
Tickets cost $12 for adults or $7 for children age 12 and younger. To buy tickets or for more information, call 563- 3424 or visit www.atthelincoln.org.
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