Feb. 25
Boat, Tackle and RV Show
HOT SPRINGS — The 32nd annual Hot Springs Boat, Tackle and RV Show will continue from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Hot Springs Convention Center. The admission cost is $5 per person. For more information, visit hotsprings.org.
Feb. 25 and Feb. 26
Tigers Be Still
ARKADELPHIA — The Henderson State University Theatre will present Tigers Be Still at 2:30 p.m. today and at 7:30 p.m. Monday in the Arkansas Hall Studio Theatre. Tickets are $10 per person, or free with an HSU student ID. For more information, call (870) 230-5291.
March 1
Henderson State Wind Ensemble Concert
ARKADELPHIA — The Henderson State University Wind Ensemble, under the direction of Steven M. Knight, will present its first concert of the spring semester at 7:30 p.m. in Henderson’s Arkansas Hall Auditorium, 1118 Henderson St. The program, titled American Voices, will feature works by Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland, Julie Giroux, Donald Grantham and David Maslanka. Admission is free, and the concert can also be viewed via Facebook Live at www.facebook.com/HSUBand. For more information, contact Knight at knights@hsu.edu.
Hot Springs Village Genealogical Society
HOT SPRINGS VILLAGE — The Hot Springs Village Genealogical Society will meet at 2 p.m. Thursday in Room 6 of the Coronado Community Center. Speaker Barbara Pinkney will present Below the Stairs: Resources for Finding Ancestors Who Were Apprentices, Indentured Servants or Redemptioners. The group’s general meeting is on the first Thursday of each month. A monthly breakfast meeting takes place at 9 a.m. the third Thursday at Debra’s Restaurant on Carmona Road. For more information, call (501) 915-8446.
March 2
Have a HeART for Art Competition
HOT SPRINGS — The 10th annual and final Have a HeART for Art competition will take place from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Friday at the Emergent Arts Building, 341 Whittington Ave. The art will remain on display through March 11. The event was created by Nancy and David Bartlett in memory of their daughter and Lakeside High School graduate Michelle Bartlett, who died in 2003 with an undetected heart condition at the age of 23. The contest is open to public, private and home-school students. Two submissions per grade per school are selected by faculty and submitted for competition and exhibition at the event.
March 3
Miss OBU Scholarship Pageant
ARKADELPHIA — The 51st Miss Ouachita Baptist University Scholarship Pageant will take place at 7:30 p.m. in the Jones Performing Arts Center. Tickets are $12 for the general public and $7 for current Ouachita students with a valid student ID. For more information, call (870) 245-5208.
Ongoing
Speechcraft Workshop
BENTON — The Saline County Toastmasters will sponsor a Speechcraft six-session workshop at noon Thursdays, March 15 through April 19, at Parkview United Methodist Church, 514 N. Border St. For more information, call (501) 317-6129.
Sources of Evangelical Spirituality Exhibit
ARKADELPHIA — The Ouachita Baptist University Department of Visual Arts will host guest artist Matt Smith, assistant professor of art at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, in an exhibit titled Sources of Evangelical Spirituality on Thursday through March 28 in the second-floor Rosemary Gossett Adams Gallery of Ouachita’s Moses-Provine Hall. Admission is free and open to the public. Smith will lead a gallery talk at 10 a.m. Thursday. The gallery is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. For more information, contact Donnie Copeland at copelandd@obu.edu or (870) 245-5559.
Blind Date With a Book
ARKADELPHIA — Henderson State University’s Huie Library is presenting a Blind Date With a Book event to match patrons with the perfect book. Anyone with a Henderson library card can participate. A display in the library offers a variety of books from which to choose. Each book includes a “Rate Your Date” that can be turned in at the circulation desk as an entry to win a $10 Starbucks gift card. The display will be available through February, and entries will be accepted until Thursday. For more information, contact library technician Susie Kirk at kirks@hsu.edu or (870) 230-5307.
Free Historic-Site Coloring Books
LITTLE ROCK — The Arkansas Historic Preservation Program, a division of the Department of Arkansas Heritage, is offering students free copies of a coloring book, Exploring Arkansas’s Wonder: An Adventure in Historic Preservation, that highlights sites around the state that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Order copies of the book at www.arkansaspreservation.com or by contacting Amy Milliken at (501) 324-9786 or amy.milliken@arkansas.gov.
African Wax Prints
ARKADELPHIA — The Clark County Arts and Humanities Council will present Wandering Spirit: African Wax Prints through Friday at the Arkadelphia Arts Center, 625 Main St. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays. For more information, call (870) 403-8216.
Justus Fine Art Gallery February Exhibit
HOT SPRINGS — The February exhibit at the Justus Fine Art Gallery, 827A Central Ave., features a selection of paintings by Donnie Copeland, Virmarie DePoyster, Dolores Justus and Dan Thornhill, along with woodwork, ceramics and sculpture by Robert Fogel, Jill Kyong, Robyn Horn, Sandra Sell and Gene Sparling, along with additional works by others. The show will be on display through Wednesday. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday or by appointment. For more information, call (501) 321-2335 or visit justusfineart.com.
Merry Mixers Dance Club
HOT SPRINGS VILLAGE — The Merry Mixers Dance Club dances to live music the third Saturday of each month at the Coronado Community Center. There is something for everyone, including ballroom, swing, Latin, rock and country music. Dancers are asked to bring their own snacks, and there is a cash bar. At each dance, a lesson is held at 7 p.m., with dancing from 7:30-10 p.m. Dances are $10 per person. Club members receive a discount. For more information, call (501) 915-8111.
Ageless Bikers Club
HOT SPRINGS VILLAGE — The Ageless Bikers Club has 10 different bike rides that are 16 to 35 miles long. The rides are on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays on quiet paved country roads (one ride has up to 3 miles of gravel). No one is left behind, and the group stops often to regroup and socialize. Several rides are “out and back,” so the beginner can turn back for a shorter ride. Start times for the rides are seasonal, so for a schedule, contact Dave O’Brien at (830) 285-5129 or djob1947boom@gmail.com.
Free Exercise Classes
ARKADELPHIA — The Central Arkansas Development Council’s Arkadelphia Senior Activity Center invites the public to a free Zumba class at 11 a.m. every Wednesday at the center, 1305 N. 10th St. The class, taught by a local fitness instructor, is geared for seniors ages 60 and older. The center also offers a free exercise class at 11 a.m. Mondays, as well as chair volleyball and beanbag baseball teams that practice daily. For more information, call the center at (870) 246-9871.
Alzheimer’s Caregiver Support Group
HOT SPRINGS — The Alzheimer’s Association Caregiver Support Group meets at 2:30 p.m. the second Thursday of each month at The Atrium at Serenity Pointe, 2803 Albert Pike Road. For more information, call (501) 844-5161.
Free Yoga Class
BENTON — McClure Fitness, 1200 Library Drive, offers a free community yoga class at 10 a.m. every Saturday. For more information, call (501) 269-1662.
Alzheimer’s Caretaker Support Group
BENTON — The Alzheimer’s Arkansas Caretaker Support Group meets from 2-4 p.m. the third Thursday of every month at the Bob Herzfeld Memorial Library. For more information, call (501) 778-4766.
Upcoming
Sidney S. McMath Pre-Law Conference
ARKADELPHIA — The Henderson State University Department of Social Sciences will present the Sidney S. McMath Pre-Law Conference at noon March 6 in the Garrison Center Grand Ballroom. Arkansas Supreme Court Justice Rhonda Wood will be the keynote speaker. The conference will feature a buffet luncheon. Tickets are $1 and may be purchased by calling (870) 230-5230.
To submit an event, mail information to Calendar of Events, Tri-Lakes Edition, P.O. Box 221, Little Rock, AR 72203; fax (501) 378-3500; or email tlnews@arkansasonline.com. The deadline for calendar-item submissions is noon Tuesday each week.