Arts briefs: Lakeshore Players' youth project ready for the stage

For the past several weeks, more than 45 students from communities in northern Washington and Ramsey counties have been learning their lines, developing their characters and building sets and costumes. Next weekend, it's show time.

This is the 20th year for the Lakeshore Players' Summer Youth Project play, and the cast will present "Under a Midsummer Moon" in shows at 7:30 p.m. Friday, 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, and 2 p.m. next Sunday.

Written by White Bear Lake playwright Claudia Haas, the play is set in a decaying urban park in 1969 and features characters who are out of sorts with the world, but help each other in unexpected ways. When Apollo 11 lands on the moon, suddenly all things become possible.

The theater is at 4820 Stewart Av. in White Bear Lake. Tickets are $10 to $12. For more information, call 651-429-5674.

Gallery lands on cover of art magazineSeasons on St. Croix Gallery is getting some national publicity in the form of a cover photo and an eight-page feature in the summer edition of Niche magazine.

Chris Lee, editor of Midwest Home, shares highlights of the contemporary gallery that showcases handmade work by more than 160 artists and fine craft-makers in the piece titled, "Seasons on St. Croix: An Artful Collaboration."

The magazine lauded the gallery, saying it holds a "wonderfully curated collection of North American art and fine crafts. Twin Cities freelance photographer Alyssa Lee provided the images. Seasons on St. Croix Gallery is at 401 2nd St., Hudson. Call 1-381-2906.

As part of the afternoon of interactive activities, librarians will feature "The Lightning Thief," author Rick Riordan's fantasy adventure, which is the first in the "Percy Jackson and the Olympians" series in which a 12-year-old and his friends set off to save the world.

The library is located at 224 N. 3rd St. For more information, call 651-275-4338.

SPC hold 5k run and rock concert benefitThe Suicide Prevention Collaborative, which is dedicated to preventing teen suicide in the east-metro suburbs through education, advocacy and creating awareness about suicide, depression and other mental illnesses, will hold a 5K run/walk at 9 a.m. Saturday at Hamlet Park, 8883 S. Hamlet Road.

Registration will begin at 8 a.m. The School of Rock's Road Crew and the Human Empire will provide the music.

For more information, see www.suicideprevention collaborativemn.org.