this week’s EVENTS

TRI-LAKES AREA — ONGOING Gallery 726 Featured Artist HOT SPRINGS - Gallery 726, at 726 Central Ave., will feature the artwork of Hot Springs Village artist Sue Shields through Monday. “Capturing the Essence” is the theme of her collection of portraiture and figurative work. For more information about her art, visit www.sueshieldsfineart.com.

Art Gallery Exhibit HOT SPRINGS - Millie Steveken, Cynthia Schanink, Pat Langwise and Teresa Widdifield are showing their work through the end of the month at the Mountain Valley Water Co. Gallery in Hot Springs. The gallery is on the second floor of the Mountain Valley Spring Water Visitor Center, 150 Central Ave.

October Featured Artists HOT SPRINGS - Jan Briggs and Lori Lewis are the featured artists through Monday at the Artists Workshop Gallery, 810 Central Ave.

TODAY Family Science Night ARKADELPHIA - Henderson State University’s science departments will present the second annual HSU Family Science Night from 5-6:30. Biology, chemistry and physics clubs will provide demonstrations, skits and activities for children, including the physics circus and nitrogen ice cream. Faculty will also be available for tours of the labs. The free event and will be held in the Reynolds Science Center at the corner of 12th and Richardson streets and is open to the public.

TODAY AND FRIDAY Counselors Visit Schools BENTON/MALVERN - Admissions counselors from the Arkansas School for Mathematics Sciences and the Arts will visit area schools to speak with students about ASMSA and qualifications for attending. The counselors will be at Benton High School at 11:05 a.m. today and at Malvern High School at 11:55 a.m. Friday. For more information, visit www.asmsa.org or call (800) 345-2767.

FRIDAY-MONDAY Haunted House BENTON - Southwest Display, the Benton Area Chamber of Commerce and the Boys & Girls Club of Saline County will open a haunted house from 6-11 p.m.

Friday through Monday at 1216 River St. The experience will includeoncoming trains, snakes, a slaughterhouse, a haunted swamp and a zombie graveyard. The cost is $10 per person.

SATURDAY Community Fall Fest ALEXANDER - Zion Lutheran Church will hold a communitywide Fall Fest from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the church, 300 Avilla E. The event will feature trunk-and-treating, games, face painting and prizes. Avilla Christian Academy will serve hot dogs, brats, chips and drinks. For more information, call the church office at (501) 316-1100.

Halloween Carnival HOT SPRINGS VILLAGE - The Hot Springs Village Property Owners Association Recreation Department will sponsor a Halloween Carnival from 3-5 p.m. at the Coronado Community Center. Hot Springs Village property owners and their guests, ages 12 and under, are invited to attend. For more information, call (501) 922-5050.

Spook City BENTON - The Benton Downtown Merchants Association will sponsor the annual Spook City from 5-8:30 p.m. in downtown Benton. Local businesses and organizations will have booths set up to give away treats. Admission is free. For more information, call (501) 315-0450.

Scrap Out Cancer Registration Deadline BRYANT - Saturday is the registration deadline for Relay for Life of Saline County’s Scrap Out Cancer, an all-day scrapbooking event, to be held from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Nov. 5 at Bishop Park. The registration fee, which includes lunch, is $25 per person and will benefit the 2012 Relay for Life, the American Cancer Society’s largest annual fundraiser. To sign up, call (501) 813-4160 or email jwiseman2009@yahoo.com.

MONDAY Trick-or-Treat ARKADELPHIA - Henderson State University’s annual trick-or-treat will be from 5:30-7 p.m. in the Garrison Center on campus. Numerous campus groups and organizations will be set up throughout the center to hand out a variety of treats.

Movie Monday BENTON - All ages are invited to attend a family-friendly movie, selected for ages 12 and under, at 4 p.m. at the Bob Herzfeld Memorial Library. Popcorn and drinks will beprovided. For more information, call (501) 778-4766.

TUESDAY Diabetes Health Fair BENTON - Saline Memorial Hospital will hold a Diabetes Health Fair from 9 a.m. to noon in the Saline Memorial Hospital Health Education Building. There will be free health screenings, educational presentations, and various vendors and giveaways. The event is open to the public.

String Ensemble Recital ARKADELPHIA - Ouachita Baptist University’s String Ensemble will perform its fall concert at 7 p.m. in McBeth Recital Hall.

The ensemble is directed by Jir Shin Boey, assistant professor of music. The program will include J.S. Bach’s “Suite No. 1 in C, Overture,” W.A. Mozart’s “Divertimento in D, K. 136,” Samuel Barber’s “Adagio for Strings” and Gustav Holst’s “St. Paul’s Suite.” The recital is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Jir Shin Boey at boeyj@obu.edu or (870) 245-5272.

Artists Submission Deadline HOT SPRINGS - Tuesday is the deadline for submission for the annual Handmade for the Holidays at the Artchurch, a fine crafts and arts festival, to be held Nov. 12 and 13. The Artchurch Studios in Hot Springs National Park needs artists and artisans for the event.

Vendor applications are available online at www.artchurch.org/Handmade_Holidays_ 2011.php., by email, or from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Tuesday through Saturday at the Artchurch Studios, 301 Whittington Ave. For more information, email festival2011@artchurch.

org or call (501) 463-9890.

WEDNESDAY Retired Federal Employees Meeting BENTON - National Active and Retired Federal Employees Chapter 1256 of Saline County will meet at 11 a.m. at Western Sizzlin. The program will be provided by physical therapist Randy Green. New officers will be elected. All federal employees and retirees are invited to attend.

To submit a school or community event for the Tri-Lakes Calendar of Events, mail information to Calendar of Events, Tri-Lakes Edition, P.O. Box 2221, Little Rock, AR, 72203; fax to (501) 378-3500; or email to tlnews@arkansasonline.com. Deadlines for calendar-item submissions are noon Friday for Thursday editions and noon Tuesday for Sunday editions.