Tuesday, January 8, 2013
LITTLE ROCK — Blues fundraiser
The Ozark Blues Society of Northwest Arkansas will hold two “Road to Memphis Send-off Parties” - 6-9 p.m. Friday at George’s Majestic Lounge, 519 W. Dickson St., Fayetteville ($5 cover at the door) and 7-11 p.m. Saturday at the Metro Italiano, 3607 S.E. Metro Parkway, Bentonville ($7 cover at the door).
Buddy Shute and Leah & the Mojo Doctors will perform both nights.
The events are to help defray the cost of sponsoring the society’s 2012 Blues Challenge-winning acts at the 2013 International Blues Challenge, Jan. 29-Feb. 2 in Memphis.
For more information, call (479) 586-5204 or the venues - George’s Majestic Lounge at (479) 527-6618 or Metro Italiano at (479) 271-7370; e-mail webmaster@oz arkbluessociety.org; or visit ozarkbluessociety.org.
Soul Food screening
The Arkansas Educational Television Network, public radio station KUAR-FM, 89.1, and the William F. Laman Library will offer a free advance screening of the movie Soul Food Junkies at 6:30 p.m. today in the auditorium of the main library, 2801 Orange St., North Little Rock.
LaVerne Bell-Tolliver, a professor of social work at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, will lead a community discussion after the screening, which is part of the Community Cinema series. Admission is free.
AETN will air the documentary at 9 p.m. Monday.Call (800) 662-2386 or visit the website aetn.org/communitycinema.
You, the jury
Historic Washington State Park in the Hempstead County town of Washington will host a “Trial by Jury Dinner,” 6-9 p.m. Saturday in the park’s Williams’ Tavern Restaurant.
After dinner, patrons will move to the nearby 1836 courthouse, where they will become the jury in a living history drama based upon an actual 1844 murder trial that took place in the same courtroom.
Dress code is casual or 19th-century costume.
Admission is $25, $20 for children under 14. Reservations are required.
Call (870) 983-2684 or email [email protected] .
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