Jefferson County calendar
THURSDAY
■ “Whimsy and Flights of Fancy” exhibition. Inspired by objects from the Arkansas Arts Center’s “Playing Around: Toys Designed by Artists Collection,” this exhibition at the Southeast Arkansas Arts and Science Center, 701 S. Main St., in Pine Bluff, will pair 3-D sculptures with two-dimensional visual art by Eric Freeman, Katherine Strause and Sherry J. Williamson. The exhibition will run until April 25. A public, opening reception will be from 5-7 p.m. Thursday.
■ To mark the 30th anniversary of the Southeast Arkansas Arts and Science Center’s exhibition “New Faces/New Directions: Emerging Pine Bluff Artists,” the center will present “Reunion.” The 1990 exhibition showcased then up-andcoming artists Catherine Burns, Scinthya Edwards, Eric Freeman and James Hayes. The center will again show art by those artists with an exhibition of recent works by Burns and Edwards. Three of Freeman’s works will be in the adjacent “Whimsy and Flights of Fancy” exhibition, and Hayes’ blown-glass sculpture Celebration
Chandelier will be on display in the atrium. A public opening reception will be from 5-7 p.m. Thursday for “Reunion” and “Whimsy and Flights of Fancy.” “Reunion” will be on display Feb. 6-April 18. Sponsored by Relyance Bank.
FRIDAY
■ “Live@5 featuring UAPB Jazz Ensemble” will perform from 5-7 p.m. Friday at the Southeast Arkansas Arts & Science Center, 701 S. Main St., in Pine Bluff. Admission is $5 for Southeast Arkansas Arts and Science Center members and $10 for non-members. Complimentary alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages will be provided, and guests must be 21 or older to attend. The event is sponsored by M.K. Distributors.
SATURDAY
■ “Second Saturday Family FunDay: Fun Art To Fanciful Toy” will be from 1-3 p.m. at the Southeast Arkansas Arts and Science Center, at 701 S. Main St., in Pine Bluff. Attendees can create fanciful toys inspired by the exhibition “Whimsy and Flights of Fancy” during February’s Family FunDay. This project uses basic materials to design fun and unique toys. Admission is free. Family FunDay is sponsored by the Pine Bluff Area Community Foundation, an affiliate office of the Arkansas Community Foundation Inc.
FEB. 14
■ State of the City address by Pine Bluff Mayor Shirley Washington begins at 6 p.m. in the auditorium of the Pine Bluff Convention Center at 1 Convention Center Plaza in Pine Bluff. The public can attend.
■ The Sahara Shriners present the Andrews Sisters Dinner and Show at the Sahara Shrine Center, at 820 S. Main St., in Pine Bluff. Doors will open at 6 p.m., dinner is from 6:30-7:30 p.m. The show begins at 7:30 p.m. Admission is $30 per person. Tickets are available by calling (870) 534-3392 or by emailing saharashriners@yahoo.com.
FEB. 22
■ The 26th annual Mardi Gras Celebration is scheduled for Feb. 22 at St. Peter Catholic Church in the St. Peter Family Life Center at 207 E. 16th Ave., in Pine Bluff. Admission is $20 per person. Ticket information is available from Jeanette Nelson at (870) 536-2192.
FEB. 29
■ The Port City Blues Society presents Sounds of Blue, featuring live Delta Blues music, a Blues discussion, Blues jam session, artist meet-and-greet, cigar box guitar making, and Blues history. The event is open to all ages, and admission is free. Performers include Marcus Mookie Cartwright, Carla Robinson and bluesman and cigar box builder Bluesboy Jag. Sound of Blues will be at the Freedom and Blues Art Exhibit at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Business Support Incubator, 615 S. Main St., in Pine Bluff, from 1-5 p.m. The event is unded in part by a grant from Synergy Forum.
The deadline for Jefferson County calendar submissions is noon Wednesday for Sunday publication. Items must include an address and a phone number, and events must be open to the public. Email submissions to Dale Ellis at dellis@adgnewsroom.com.