Heritage Trail sets induction ceremony
The Arkansas Civil Rights Heritage Trail induction ceremony is scheduled for Wednesday at noon.
The Central Arkansas Library System's Butler Center and the Clinton School of Public Service jointly put on the annual event.
Honorees will be inducted into Arkansas Civil Rights Heritage Trail, a part of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock's Anderson Institute on Race and Ethnicity.
Live musical performances from the Dunbar Magnet Middle School Singers, Tonya Leeks and David Ashley are planned.
A reception will follow. The event is at Ron Robinson Theater at 100 River Market Ave.
Zoo puts together orangutan couple
Little Rock Zoo officials announced last week that they have placed a female orangutan with the zoo's male, Bandar.
Berani, 11, joined Bandar about two weeks ago after arriving from the Los Angeles Zoo and waiting out a quarantine period.
Bandar weighs in at 300 pounds and arrived last summer from the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha, Neb. His 24th birthday is today.
"He loves playing with and sitting in large plastic storage bins, so on Sunday morning keepers will place a bin in the enclosure for him to play with," a news release said.
Berani is about a third of Bandar's size and likes covering up with a blanket, the release said.
New children's play to feature a pirate
A new play opens Thursday at the Arkansas Arts Center Children's Theatre.
Thursday is the special pay-what-you-can preview night of The Laughable Legend of Fancybeard the Pirate, an original play by Keith Smith.
The show will run through Feb. 19. Regular ticket prices are $10 for Arts Center members and $12.50 for anyone else.
Thursday's pay-what-you-can tickets are available for the 7 p.m. show and must be purchased in person from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Arts Center's visitors center, or from 6 to 6:45 p.m. at the theater box office on the day of the show. The maximum per person is six tickets.
Website again sees city as a best value
For the third year in a row the city has been named one of Trivago.com's "Best Value Destinations."
The site also ranked Arkansas' capital city third among cities for Black History Month travel, specifically mentioning the Central high School National Historic Site.
"Obviously, with the tourism industry recognized as the second-largest industry in Arkansas, we feel this designation reflects very favorably on the city and our efforts to promote the city as a great destination for both leisure travel and meetings," said John Mayner, spokesman for the Little Rock Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Metro on 01/29/2017