Children's play at KSUTC

Children's play at KSUTC
WARREN -- Children ages 4 to 10 are the target audience for Summer Stock '04's production of "Androcles and the Lion" in Kent State University Trumbull Campus Theatre, 4314 Mahoning Ave. N.W.
Performances will be at 7 p.m. June 18 and 25 and at 10:30 a.m. June 21-25. Tickets are $5, or $4 each for groups of 10 or more. Admission includes a 30-minute magic show by Gary Morton.
Call (330) 847-8700 for reservations.
Old-fashioned building skills
BURTON -- How do you raise a sugar house using only wood-crafting tools? That's what Yankee and Amish timber framers will do beginning at 6 a.m. June 19 in the Natural Resource Area of Great Geauga County Fairgrounds, which is north of Village Square.
Except for chain saws that will be used to cut down trees, workers will use only the tools that would have been available when earlier residents of Geauga County began to build sugar houses to protect their maple syrup-making equipment. The event is sponsored by Northeast Ohio Maple Producers and the state Division of Forestry.
Observers should bring lawn chairs. The new building will be formally dedicated Sept. 2, during the Great Geauga County Fair. Call (440) 968-0199 for information.
'Idol'-style competition
SALEM -- Salem Community Theatre is the new sponsor of an "American Idol"-style pop vocal competition by Kontinuous Jams Studios of Boardman. Registration for "SCT Superstars" is from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays or by appointment at the theater, 490 E. State St. Finalists will be chosen in various age categories based on a capella auditions.
Tickets will be sold for the finals on Sept. 3 and 4, which also will be televised. Prizes include studio time, CDs and electronics.
Call (330) 332-9688 for details.
Local pianist's world travels
Pianist Roman Rudnytsky of Boardman, on the faculty at Youngstown State University's Dana School of Music, will perform in Saipan Saturday and next Sunday during ceremonies observing the 60th anniversary of the liberation of that Pacific island.
Rudnytsky will perform works by American composers for those in attendance, including World War II veterans.
Saipan, which is north of Guam, was taken over by Japan before World War II. Saipan was the site of a fierce battle between Japanese and American forces in 1944.
The Americans were victorious, and Saipan became the site of U.S. bases and airfields, including that which housed the Enola Gay aircraft, which dropped the first nuclear bomb on Hiroshima, Japan.
Rudnytsky's travels also will take him to Great Britain and Macedonia in July; Honduras, Peru and Hunter, N.Y. in August; and Jamaica, Nicaragua and Poland this fall.
MDA seeks performers
Taking a page from the popular "American Idol" TV singing contest, producers of the 2004 Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon are looking for new talent to perform on the annual Muscular Dystrophy Association telethon. Singers, dancers, comedians, bands and novelty acts ages 18 and older will audition via videotape to perform during live broadcasts from Hollywood, New York, Chicago and other locations Sept. 6.
Taped performances must not exceed four minutes. Send tapes to Jerry Lewis MDA Talent Search 2004, 7800 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90036, by July 16.