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MAYAN EXHIBIT, GALLERY TALK MAKE FOR ART-FILLED WEEK
BY THE COMMERCIAL STAFF
Monday, October 15, 2007 9:47 AM CDT
The opening celebration of “The Mystery of the Mayan Medallion” exhibit and the premiere of a gospel musical drama will be held this week.
A fun-filled day of activities is planned for the opening celebration of “The Mystery of the Mayan Medallion” exhibit, which is on display at the Arts and Science Center for Southeast Arkansas.
A reception will be held from 2 to 2:45 p.m. Sunday, followed by a “Make It, Take It” Mayan medallion craft and a tour of the exhibit. (Children must be accompanied by an adult.)
In this exhibit, visitors are transported to Palenque, Mexico, where an archaeological team has mysteriously disappeared from a dig site while investigating rumors of a priceless jade medallion buried in the ruins. Parents and children can follow the clues to locate the medallion.
Also at the Arts and Science Center, in conjunction with the “Las Artes de Mexico” exhibit, which is on display, Dr. Sara G. Hardin of Pine Bluff will give a gallery talk beginning at 7 p.m. Tuesday. Details: Call the Arts and Science Center at 536-3375.
The premiere of the gospel musical stage play, “The Chuch©!,” will be held at 7 p.m. Friday at the Pine Bluff Convention Center.
The play will explore church and family dilemmas that will allow the audience to experience the joy or pain of finding a solution to life’s issues by looking to God for guidance and healing.
This 28-member cast and crew consists of musicians, singers, actors and energetic young people who will “take you on an emotional rollercoaster ride through song, serious dialogue and laughter,” a spokesman said.
The production will be presented by the Bearden Production Co., an Arkansas-based, not-for-profit organization formed in 2006 by Legenia Spiller-Bearden. Details: Call (501) 541-1164, e-mail info@beardenproductions.com or visit the Web site at www.beardenproductions.com.
Also this week:
The Museum Guild of the Pine Bluff/Jefferson County Historical Museum will host a museum fund-raiser from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday, catered by Corky’s Barbecue. Barbecue pork sandwiches, coleslaw and baked beans will be available for $10 — eat in or carry out. Details: Call the museum at 541-5402 for tickets.
The Jefferson Regional Medical Center will present the 18th annual Walk to Remember at 3 p.m. Sunday at the JRMC Wellness Center track. A program of the international Resolve Through Sharing organization, the walk is an opportunity for families to honor the memory of babies who died due to miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, stillbirth or neo-natal death. Participants can symbolically join a national network of thousands of others taking part in their communities to remember these loses. JRMC’s walk will include the reading of children’s names, a balloon release and the planting of a tree. Details: Call Carol Eagle, a registered nurse who is the Resolve Through Sharing bereavement coordinator, at 541-7505 or (870) 692-6672.
Jane Duke, acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, will be the guest speaker for the “Coffee with the Chief” event, at 9 a.m. Wednesday at Western Sizzlin’ Steak House, 100 N. Blake St.
The Pine Bluff City Council will meet at 5:30 p.m. Monday at the city council chambers of the Civic Center. The agenda includes a second reading of a proposed ordinance that would give more retirement benefits to four of the city’s aldermen, if it passes.
Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel is the scheduled speaker Tuesday at noon at the Pine Bluff Rotary Club meeting at the Pine Bluff Country Club.
The West Pine Bluff Rotary Club will meet at noon Thursday at the Pine Bluff Country Club. The guest speakers will be Larry Lynn and Chris Hart of Central Moloney.
The Pine Bluff School Board will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Jordan-Chanay Adminsitration Center, 1215 W. Pullen St. An executive session will be followed by an open session.
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