Thursday, May 24, 2007

OFF DUTY LIFE >>05-25-07

Riverfest runs through holiday weekend

Riverfest is today through Sunday at the North Shore Riverwalk park and Little Rock River Market park.

Performers include Smash Mouth, Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo, Montgomery Gentry, Rigby Fawkes, Blake Shelton, Keb’Mo’, LL Cool J, Ruben Studdard, the Marshal Tucker Band, Robert Randolph and the Family Band, George Clinton and the P-Funk All Stars, Soul Asylum and many more.

A fireworks display and laser light show will close the event Sunday evening. For more info, visit www.riverfestarkansas.com.


Cirque to perform

Cirque du Soleil presents Delirium: Turning Music into Motion at 8 p.m.Thursday at Alltel Arena. For details or tickets, contact the Arena box office at 501-975-9000 or visit www.alltelarena.com or through TicketMaster locations, charge by phone 501-975-7575 or visit www.ticketmaster.com.


Rockwell art on display

Norman Rockwell in the 1940s: A View of the American Home Front will be displayed through Aug. 11 at Rogers Historical Museum, 322 South Second Street, Rogers.

This traveling exhibition from the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Mass., is composed of 40 popular Saturday Evening Post covers such as "Rosie the Riveter" and "Willis Gillis and The Four Freedoms" — the cornerstone of Rockwell’s war years work.

The exhibit is augmented with items relating to World War II home front activities in Benton County. Admission is free.


Farmers market open

The 33rd Annual River Market Farmers Market is open every Tuesday and Saturday at 400 President Clinton Ave., Suite 200 in Little Rock.

As the permanent, year-round home for the 33-year old Farmers’ Market, the River Market’s two outdoor, open air pavilions overlooking Riverfront Park, are filled with farmers selling farm-fresh produce straight to you from the backs of their trucks.
From early morning until mid-afternoon, you will find bargains on Arkansas crops from peaches, strawberries, and watermelon, to tomatoes, corn, herbs, and plants. Admission is free. For more information visit www.rivermarket.info/farmers.html.


Local library hosting super sleuths

Super sleuths and daring detectives are invited to join Get A Clue @ Your Library at the Nixon Public Library.
The 2007 Summer Reading Program is open to young people, preschool through young adult, with programs, prize drawings, story hours, a reading club, and more.

Families are invited to join the Read-to-Me portion of the program. Ages: 18 months -3: 10:30 a.m. Tuesdays or Fridays, Ages 3-5: 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Ages 6-8 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Ages 9-12 10:30 a.m. Thursday, and Ages 13 and up on 2 p.m. Thursday.

Registration for the summer reading program begins on May 28. For more information, call the library at 501-982-5533, or visit their website www.cals.org. The library welcomes children of all abilities. All programs are free of charge.

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