$2 movies set again for summer nights
The Central Arkansas Library System will start its $2 summer movie nights at the Ron Robinson Theater this week.
Every Tuesday at 6 p.m., a "Terror Tuesday" film will be shown at the theater at 100 River Market Ave. Tickets are $2 per person.
The films are:
Tuesday -- The Amazing Mr. X (1948)
June 13 -- One Body Too Many (1944)
June 20 -- The Monster Maker (1944)
June 27 -- Invisible Ghost (1941)
July 11 -- Dementia 13 (1963)
July 18 -- House on Haunted Hill (1959)
Aug. 1 -- Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Aug. 8 -- The Screaming Skull (1958)
Aug. 15 -- Carnival of Souls (1962)
WWII poster display stops at museum
A traveling World War II poster exhibit will be on display at the MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History starting this week.
The "Work, Fight, Give: American Relief Posters of World War II" exhibit opens Tuesday and will remain at the museum through Aug. 16.
It includes more than 40 posters and pieces of memorabilia. The posters were designed to persuade Americans to donate their time and resources to rebuild from the damage of war.
"Relief organizations in big cities and small towns alike found creative ways to mobilize and collectively raise millions of dollars to help those in war zones," a news release said. "Many of America's top artists and illustrators, including James Montgomery Flagg and Martha Sawyers, designed relief posters, often using historical, mythological, and cultural symbols representing various countries."
A reception will be 2-5 p.m. Tuesday at the museum. Hal Wert, the exhibit's curator and a history professor at the Kansas City Art Institute, will give a presentation on the posters at 2:30 p.m.
The Great Flood is lunchtime movie
A film about the Mississippi River Flood of 1927 is the topic of Wednesday's Legacies and Lunch lecture series at the Ron Robinson Theater.
The Great Flood is a film and music collaboration by Bill Morrison and guitarist Bill Frisell. It features every known moving image of the 1927 catastrophic flood.
"Frisell's remarkable soundtrack reflects the northern migration of southern rural blacks prompted in part by the flood, which helped spread African American musical styles throughout the nation," a news release said.
The free event is at noon at the theater at 100 River Market Ave.
Event to promote walking, running
The Parks Department, in partnership with the Little Rock Marathon and other organizations, has planned a Global Running Day event for Wednesday.
The event aims to promote running and walking as healthy and accessible forms of exercise.
The event will be at 6 a.m. Wednesday at Murray Park. It is free, but participants must register beforehand online at globalrunninglittlerock.racesonline.com.
"This day is about coming together as a community to celebrate living a healthy lifestyle," said Gina Pharis, co-executive director of the marathon. "We hope to encourage those who have been thinking about starting a running or walking program to meet others with the same goal."
Brown Street work subject of meeting
City staff members will meet with residents Thursday to discuss a reconstruction project on Brown Street.
Public Works Department engineers will be at the Stephens Community Center at 3720 W. 18th St. at 5:30 p.m. to talk about the project.
There will be no formal presentation, but residents and business owners in the Brown Street area are invited to view the plans and ask questions, as well as provide input on the project.
Butler Center hosts artist Peters' works
An exhibition of Arkansas painter Sammy Peters' works will open Friday at the Butler Center Galleries.
Peters' work has been exhibited around the United States. His "Then and Now" exhibit features his large-scale abstract paintings and smaller works from 1963 through 2016.
An opening reception is planned for 5-8 p.m. Friday at the galleries at 401 President Clinton Ave.
His work is described as "a complex visual dialogue of color, texture and space."
"Peters describes his work as a living dichotomy, straddling the line between ambiguity and rhythm," a news release said.
The exhibit will be up through Aug. 26.
Mayor feted as good for small business
Mayor Mark Stodola received a national Small Business Advocate Award from the U.S. Conference of Mayors last week.
The award was given by Partner America, a public-private partnership created by the Conference of Mayors to help mayors provide resources to the small-business community.
"Mayors across the country are investing in the future by helping small businesses grow and create jobs. Mayor Stodola is a leader in this arena, and his tireless work to expand job opportunities and revitalize Little Rock through small business development are to be applauded," said Tom Cochran, executive director of the organization.
In accepting the award at a ceremony last week, Stodola said the entrepreneurial spirit in his city is thriving.
"Small businesses are the heartbeat of our city's economy," he said.
Metro on 06/04/2017