RISING STAR: Pine Bluff native Mary Mouser has replaced Madeline Carroll in the role of first daughter Karen Grant on the fourth season of ABC's drama, Scandal. Mouser previously appeared on the ABC drama Body of Proof with Dana Delany from 2011 to 2013. Mouser, now 18, is set to debut on Scandal in an October episode.
DANCING FOR A CAUSE: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences employees, patients and supporters have created a video for the Pink Glove Dance Competition, a national video contest held annually to support breast cancer awareness and prevention. The video, featuring dozens of UAMS faculty, staff members and patients dancing to Pharrell Williams' "Happy," was created using mostly phones and iPads.
As of 5 p.m. Friday, UAMS had 6,122 votes and led its competitors in the non-health care organization division of the university category. Votes may be cast through Sept. 23 and are limited to one per day per email account.
The first-place winner receives $10,000 for its chosen charity, and second wins $5,000. The video with the most overall votes wins an additional $5,000. UAMS has chosen 20th Century Club's Hope Lodge, which provides a place for cancer patients receiving treatment in central Arkansas, as its charity.
Visit tinyurl.com/kb7au7l to vote for the UAMS video.
HAVING HER CAKE: Cathy Brokate Kincaid recently won first place in the Art of Cake competition at Pastry Live in Atlanta. Kincaid is currently on the faculty of Pulaski Technical College Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management Institute, where she teaches baking, pastry and cake decorating.
A GRAVE CELEBRATION: Tales of the Crypt, presented each October by the Mount Holly Cemetery Association and Parkview High School, marks its 20th anniversary this year.
The first performance was in 1994 at the historic cemetery on Broadway in downtown Little Rock. More than 1,000 visitors attend each year.
This year's tour, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Oct. 14, a Tuesday, will feature Parkview's drama students portraying nearly two dozen Arkansans buried in the cemetery. The event is free, but donations for the cemetery will be accepted.
CASHING IN: A new exhibit on Johnny Cash opens in the Arkansas Studies Institute in the Little Rock River Market District on Oct. 10 and runs through Jan. 24, 2015.
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock's Center for Arkansas History and Culture, a partnership with the Central Arkansas Library System, presents "Johnny Cash: Arkansas Icon" in the institute's Underground Gallery.
The exhibit debuts with a free performance by the W.S. Holland Band at 7:30 p.m. in the Ron Robinson Theater. Holland, nicknamed "Fluke," performed as Cash's only drummer for 40 years. Jeff Coleman and the Feeders open at 6:45 p.m. At 5 p.m., the Shape Note Singers from Mountain Home perform at the institute.
Contact Linda S. Haymes at (501) 399-3636 or lhaymes@arkansasonline.com
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