COMMUNITY EVENTS IN THE TRI-LAKES AREA

March 15 and March 20-22

The Music Man

BENTON — The Royal Players will present The Music Man at 2 p.m. today, at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and at 2 p.m. March 22 at The Royal Theatre. Tickets are $12 for adults, $10 for seniors and $5 for students. For more information or to reserve seating, visit theroyalplayers.com or call (501) 315-5483.

March 16

Red Cross Blood Drive

ARKADELPHIA — The American Red Cross will hold a blood drive from 1-5:30 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall of First United Methodist Church. Refreshments will be available for all donors. For more information or to schedule an appointment, visit redcrossblood.org.

March 16 and 17

Senior Art Exhibit

ARKADELPHIA — Ouachita Baptist University’s School of Fine Arts presents Craig Martin in his senior art exhibit Monday and Tuesday in Moses-Provine Hall’s Rosemary Gossett Adams Gallery. The gallery’s hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The exhibit is free and open to the public. For more information, call (870) 245-5129.

March 17

Saline Crossing Meeting

BENTON — The Saline Crossing Regional Park and Recreation Area Inc. will meet at 5:30 p.m. in Tyndall Park’s Gene Moss building. The meeting is open to the public. For more information, call (501) 778-8661.

Haskell Historical Society Meeting

HASKELL — The Haskell Historical Society will meet at 3:30 p.m. at Haskell City Hall. The program, Haskell in 1914, will be presented by Emaline Stroud. For more information, call (501) 303-0384.

All-Star Basketball Games

HASKELL — The Tri-Lakes High School All-Star Basketball Games have been rescheduled for Tuesday in the Harmony Grove High School Gymnasium. The boys game will tip off at 6 p.m., and the girls game will begin at 7:30 p.m. Each school has selected one senior girl and one senior boy to participate in these Tri-Lakes-area all-star games. Admission is $5. For more information, call (501) 860-3066.

St. Patrick’s Day Puppet Show

BRYANT/BENTON — All ages are invited to a St. Patrick’s Day Puppet Show at 10:30 a.m. at the Mabel Boswell Memorial Library in Bryant and at 4 p.m. at the Bob Herzfeld Memorial Library in Benton. For more information, call (501) 778-4766.

March 19

Ouachita Speaker Series

HOT SPRINGS VILLAGE — The first session of the Ouachita Speaker Series for spring 2015 will feature Lawrence J. Enders, the author of Surviving Serendipity, at 7 p.m. in the Ponce de Leon Center’s Ouachita Activities Building. For more information, call (501) 984-2840.

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