FLORENCE, KY (FOX19) — Students and parents attending the Advanced Manufacturing Expo at Gateway Community and Technical College April 30 can learn firsthand from local manufacturers about the bright job outlook for manufacturing careers.

Six local employers are scheduled to attend the education expo at Gateway’s Boone Campus in Florence April 30. They include DHL, Mubea, Mazak, Ellison Group, the Center for Integrative Natural Science and Mathematics, and Virtual Manufacturing Services.

The expo is open to the public and begins at 5 p.m. Participants can tour Gateway’s high-tech Integrated Manufacturing Center, Computerized Manufacturing and Machining Lab, and Welding Lab between 5 and 6 p.m., and meet with local employers between 6 and 7 p.m. Gateway will conduct an information session on college credit that can be earned in high school from 6 to 6:30 p.m. Apprenticeship information will be shared from 6:30 to 7 p.m.

CINCINNATI, OH (FOX19)  - Author Heather Shumaker will be at the Blue Ash Branch Library at 7 p.m. Monday, April 29.  She will talk about her book, “It’s OK Not To Share and Other Renegade Rules for Raising Competent and Compassionate Kids."

In "It’s OK Not to Share," Shumaker teaches adults to "take off their adult lenses" and address issues of morality with more child-friendly methods. Her Renegade Rules include:

CINCINNATI, OH (FOX19) - A music group that caters to the pre school set and their families will bring their live show to Cincinnati early next year.

Nickelodeon's The Fresh Beat Band, who star in their own hit television series will have a concert on January 22, 2014 at the Taft Theatre.

“The Fresh Beat Band is back by popular demand,” said Doug Cohn, SVP, Music, Nickelodeon.  “The Fresh Beat Band Live in Concert Tour has been so successful because it provides 90 minutes of family bonding time where kids and parents can laugh, sing and dance along with the fantastic Fresh Beats.”

Reserved tickets, $42.50 & $37.50 (plus applicable fees), go on sale Saturday, April 20 at 10:00 AM at  www.ticketmaster.com, www.tafttheatre.org, the Taft Theatre Box Office and all Ticketmaster outlets including select Kroger stores.  Charge by phone at 1.800.745.3000.