IN THE BIG LEAGUES: The Calico Rock Museum & Visitor Center has been chosen by the Smithsonian Institution's Museum on Main Street program and the Arkansas Museums Association to host one of the Smithsonian's special traveling exhibits in 2017. The exhibit, "Hometown Teams: How Sports Shape America," will focus on the impact local sports teams have on communities and will include artifacts and displays created by the Washington, D.C.-based museum, as well as local sports memorabilia gathered by those here in Arkansas.
The free exhibit, open to the public, will be in the Gwen Murphy Art Gallery in Calico Rock from April 22 to June 3, 2017. Between now and the exhibit's opening, museum staff members and volunteers will be working behind the scenes to prepare for the exhibit.
"This is a tremendous honor for any museum, but especially one the size of Calico Rock," noted Jama Best, a senior program officer with the Arkansas Humanities Council, which is organizing the exhibit held in Arkansas. For more information as it becomes available, visit calicorockmuseum.com.
HIGH NOTE: Original rockabilly musician and Sun Studio artist Sonny Burgess of Newport will soon help celebrate the Nashville-based Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum's new exhibit focusing on Sam Phillips, the founder of Sun Studio in Memphis. On Aug. 29, Burgess will join others on a morning panel titled Go, Cat, Go: Sam Phillips in the Studio and perform in an afternoon concert, "Get Rhythm: A Tribute to Sam Phillips," with other musicians who recorded for Phillips or were influenced by him. The exhibit, "Flyin' Saucers Rock & Roll: The Cosmic Genius of Sam Phillips," runs Aug. 28 through June 12, 2016.
THIRD TIME'S A CHARM? Triple Threat, the Benton-based singing trio that wowed judges and the audience during this season's auditions for NBC's America's Got Talent, appears on the competition show for the third time this Tuesday. The former Benton High students -- Caleb Conrad, Tyler Davis and Will Richey -- will now be turning to audience votes to keep them in the running. Viewers can vote multiple times via the show's official app, Google, NBC's website or the old-fashioned way (by phone).
STRIKING A POSE: El Dorado native Lacey Rogers was one of 14 hopefuls (seven guys and seven girls) introduced to TV viewers on the 22nd season of CW's America's Next Top Model on Wednesday. In an online interview, the 18-year-old, who began modeling in 2014, explained that she grew up watching weekend marathons of the show's reruns and rooted for fellow Arkansan Jessica Serfaty of Conway, who competed in the show's 14th season before being eliminated. Rogers also said her "Crimson Chin" (referring to The Fairly OddParents cartoon character) was a cause of teasing in school, but now she considers it a major asset. Visit laceyclairerogersonline.com to learn more about her.
Contact Linda S. Haymes at (501) 399-3636 or lhaymes@arkansasonline
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