LITTLE ROCK — Young Professionals luncheon hosts Hays
Mayor Patrick Hays will be guest speaker at the Next Generation of Young Professionals luncheon on Thursday at U.S. Pizza, 4001 McCain Park Dr., in North Little Rock.
Tickets are $5 for members and $10 for non-members for the luncheon. The event is scheduled from 11:45 a.m.-1 p.m. The organization is sponsored by the North Little Rock Chamber of Commerce.
Seating is limited, and reservations are required. The deadline for reservations is Tuesday, and they can be made through the Chamber of Commerce at (501) 372-5959 or nlrchamber@nlrchamber.org.
NLR looks to replace sunken Salty Parrot
North Little Rock isn't close to any deal but remains open to acquiring a barge from federal government surplus to replace the Salty Parrot that sank in March.
The Salty Parrot was home to a restaurant for the privatelyowned Arkansas Queen riverboat and moored within the city-funded Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum complex on the Arkansas River downtown. The barge sank March 26 and was later scrapped.
The museum has had preliminary discussions with the U.S. Corps of Engineers about a vessel named the Thompson, now in Wisconsin. It's listed on the National Register of Historic Places, museum director Greg Zonner said.
"They're trying to find a museum for it to go to," Zonner said."I have called them about finding a replacement for the Salty Parrot. We've just started looking at it, though. Right now I don't even know if it would fit. But you always try to keep your eyes open."
The museum never added a Corps' motor vessel, the Lipscomb, that the North Little Rock City Council authorized the city to obtain in early 2007. The city had agreed to spend up to $75,000 to upgrade its mooring facilities to accommodate the boat.
"The Corps is still using it," Zonner said of the Lipscomb. "We never did figure out if that would fit here or not. We let that one get away."
Sign-up begins for Hastings dance class
Registration has begun for a dance workshop Oct. 17 in Little Rock and Oct. 18 in Fayetteville with Bill Hastings, a dance instructor who has been on Broadway.
The workshop is sponsored by the Thea Foundation, the Arkansas Dance Network and Dance Coalition.
Hastings danced for legendary director Bob Fosse on Broadway for years and now teaches master classes in New York and has also taught at the Royal Copenhagen Ballet in Denmark.
Participants may sign up online at www.theafoundation.org, or receive more information from that Web site. The Thea Foundation offices are at 401 Main St. in North Little Rock.
Event roster features
30 city restaurants
Taste of the Town, the 16th annual sampling of fare from North Little Rock restaurants, will be 5:30-7:30 p.m. Sept. 24 atVerizon Arena.
The North Little Rock Chamber of Commerce's annual event features more than 30 restaurants, caterers and drink distributors offering samples of their menu items and products. The event annually draws more than 1,000 attendees.
Tickets are $15 in advance at the chamber office, 100 Main St., in North Little Rock. Tickets at the door the night of the event will be $20. More information is available from the chamber at (501) 372-5959 or at www.nlrtasteofthetown.com.
Arkansas, Pages 22 on 08/23/2009