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Ceramics Selected from the Permanent Collection

Arts Center Kathy Triplett, Clara “Kitty” Couch, Nick Joerling, Joe Winter, Ursula Goebels-Ellis, Jim Whalen, Jack Troy, and Ron Meyers are just a few of the nationally acclaimed ceramic artists included in this exhibit from the Arts Center’s Ceramic Collection. A variety of shapes, techniques, building and firing techniques are displayed to exhibit the diversity of the medium and the collection. Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays, Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm - 5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Thursday, March 18, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Handcrafted: A Juried Exhibition of Ceramics, Fiber, Glass, Metal, Wood

Arts Center Handcrafted: A Juried Exhibition of Ceramics, Fiber, Glass, Metal, Wood is a national juried craft exhibition attracting a variety of traditional, mixed, and new craft media from across the United States. A different unbiased juror is contracted each year to make selections. (Image: Dorothy McGuinness, Launch, 2009 Best in Show) Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Thursday, March 18, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Keiji Shinohara

Arts Center In 1975, Keiji Shinohara spent five months convincing Uesugi Keiichiro to accept him as an apprentice in ukiyo-e (a system of Japanese wood block print production refined in the 18th century) and several more years converting from left to right handed techniques after being accepted. Eventually heralded as a master printer himself, Keiji traveled to the US to expand his audience. Today his works can be found in prestigious collections and exhibitions all over the world. He has taught at the Rhode Island School of Design, San Francisco Art Institute, and is currently a Faculty Fellow at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT. Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Thursday, March 18, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Landscapes Selected from the Permanent Collection

Arts Center Artists have depicted their physical environment in paint and print throughout history. The Arts Center’s Permanent Collection includes photorealistic and abstract portrayals of pastoral and urban landscapes by some of North Carolina’s most well recognized artists. Nine works are now on display including such artists as Claude Howell, Francis Speight, and John Gay. Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Thursday, March 18, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre of Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Stuart Kent

Arts Center Stuart Kent began his pursuit of wood working under a production cabinetmaker and solidified his aesthetic fingerprint during his Master of Fine Arts degree at East Carolina University. He currently operates a commission furniture and design business in Greenville, NC. Kent combines turned wood and cast sculptural elements to create large scale vessels inspired by antiquities which bring new appreciation to both form and technique. Hours of operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Thursday, March 18, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity

Children's Museum & Science Center There’s a place from which nothing escapes, not even light, where time and space literally come to end – experience “Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity” at the Rocky Mount Children’s Museum & Science Center’s Cummins Planetarium. Zip through other-worldly wormholes, and witness the violent death of a star and subsequent birth of a black hole. Narrated by actor Liam Neeson, the planetarium’s newest full dome video presentation delivers the first scientifically generated depiction of a trip inside a black hole and presents compelling evidence that a super-massive black hole may inhabit the heart of our own Milky Way galaxy! "Black Holes" is showing now at the Cummins Planetarium at the Rocky Mount Children's Museum & Science Center. This planetarium show will run through April 30, 2010. Showtimes are as follows: Tuesdays - Fridays at 1:00 pm and 4:00 pm Saturdays at 11:00 am, 1:00 pm, and 4:00 pm Sundays at 2:00 pm **please note the museum is closed on Mondays. Type of Event: Education. Movie / Film. Museum / Gallery. Other. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 6-12). College Students. Families. Seniors. Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Rocky Mount Children's Museum & Science Center. Contact Phone: 252-972-1167. Contact Email: museum@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: $3.50. Price - High: $3.50. Thursday, March 18, 2010, 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM. Cummins Planetarium at The Children's Museum & Science Centre The Imperial Centre for the Arts & Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27803. For more info visit museum.imperialcentre.org.

Ceramics Selected from the Permanent Collection

Arts Center Kathy Triplett, Clara “Kitty” Couch, Nick Joerling, Joe Winter, Ursula Goebels-Ellis, Jim Whalen, Jack Troy, and Ron Meyers are just a few of the nationally acclaimed ceramic artists included in this exhibit from the Arts Center’s Ceramic Collection. A variety of shapes, techniques, building and firing techniques are displayed to exhibit the diversity of the medium and the collection. Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays, Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm - 5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Friday, March 19, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Handcrafted: A Juried Exhibition of Ceramics, Fiber, Glass, Metal, Wood

Arts Center Handcrafted: A Juried Exhibition of Ceramics, Fiber, Glass, Metal, Wood is a national juried craft exhibition attracting a variety of traditional, mixed, and new craft media from across the United States. A different unbiased juror is contracted each year to make selections. (Image: Dorothy McGuinness, Launch, 2009 Best in Show) Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Friday, March 19, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Keiji Shinohara

Arts Center In 1975, Keiji Shinohara spent five months convincing Uesugi Keiichiro to accept him as an apprentice in ukiyo-e (a system of Japanese wood block print production refined in the 18th century) and several more years converting from left to right handed techniques after being accepted. Eventually heralded as a master printer himself, Keiji traveled to the US to expand his audience. Today his works can be found in prestigious collections and exhibitions all over the world. He has taught at the Rhode Island School of Design, San Francisco Art Institute, and is currently a Faculty Fellow at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT. Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Friday, March 19, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Landscapes Selected from the Permanent Collection

Arts Center Artists have depicted their physical environment in paint and print throughout history. The Arts Center’s Permanent Collection includes photorealistic and abstract portrayals of pastoral and urban landscapes by some of North Carolina’s most well recognized artists. Nine works are now on display including such artists as Claude Howell, Francis Speight, and John Gay. Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Friday, March 19, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre of Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Stuart Kent

Arts Center Stuart Kent began his pursuit of wood working under a production cabinetmaker and solidified his aesthetic fingerprint during his Master of Fine Arts degree at East Carolina University. He currently operates a commission furniture and design business in Greenville, NC. Kent combines turned wood and cast sculptural elements to create large scale vessels inspired by antiquities which bring new appreciation to both form and technique. Hours of operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Friday, March 19, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity

Children's Museum & Science Center There’s a place from which nothing escapes, not even light, where time and space literally come to end – experience “Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity” at the Rocky Mount Children’s Museum & Science Center’s Cummins Planetarium. Zip through other-worldly wormholes, and witness the violent death of a star and subsequent birth of a black hole. Narrated by actor Liam Neeson, the planetarium’s newest full dome video presentation delivers the first scientifically generated depiction of a trip inside a black hole and presents compelling evidence that a super-massive black hole may inhabit the heart of our own Milky Way galaxy! "Black Holes" is showing now at the Cummins Planetarium at the Rocky Mount Children's Museum & Science Center. This planetarium show will run through April 30, 2010. Showtimes are as follows: Tuesdays - Fridays at 1:00 pm and 4:00 pm Saturdays at 11:00 am, 1:00 pm, and 4:00 pm Sundays at 2:00 pm **please note the museum is closed on Mondays. Type of Event: Education. Movie / Film. Museum / Gallery. Other. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 6-12). College Students. Families. Seniors. Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Rocky Mount Children's Museum & Science Center. Contact Phone: 252-972-1167. Contact Email: museum@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: $3.50. Price - High: $3.50. Friday, March 19, 2010, 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM. Cummins Planetarium at The Children's Museum & Science Centre The Imperial Centre for the Arts & Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27803. For more info visit museum.imperialcentre.org.

USSSA Quest for the Best NIT

Sports Complex If you are interested in placing a team in this tournament, please contact Tournament Director, Joe Hill at joehill@carolinasports.org. Type of Event: Sports / Recreation. Age Range - Audience: All Ages. Contact Name: Joel Dunn. Contact Phone: 252-467-6483. Contact Email: joel.dunn@rockymountnc.gov. Ticket Website: http://www.rockymountsportscomplex.com. Saturday, March 20, 2010 – Sunday, March 21, 2010. Rocky Mount Sports Complex 600 Independence Drive Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit www.carolinasports.org.

Ceramics Selected from the Permanent Collection

Arts Center Kathy Triplett, Clara “Kitty” Couch, Nick Joerling, Joe Winter, Ursula Goebels-Ellis, Jim Whalen, Jack Troy, and Ron Meyers are just a few of the nationally acclaimed ceramic artists included in this exhibit from the Arts Center’s Ceramic Collection. A variety of shapes, techniques, building and firing techniques are displayed to exhibit the diversity of the medium and the collection. Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays, Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm - 5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Saturday, March 20, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Handcrafted: A Juried Exhibition of Ceramics, Fiber, Glass, Metal, Wood

Arts Center Handcrafted: A Juried Exhibition of Ceramics, Fiber, Glass, Metal, Wood is a national juried craft exhibition attracting a variety of traditional, mixed, and new craft media from across the United States. A different unbiased juror is contracted each year to make selections. (Image: Dorothy McGuinness, Launch, 2009 Best in Show) Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Saturday, March 20, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Keiji Shinohara

Arts Center In 1975, Keiji Shinohara spent five months convincing Uesugi Keiichiro to accept him as an apprentice in ukiyo-e (a system of Japanese wood block print production refined in the 18th century) and several more years converting from left to right handed techniques after being accepted. Eventually heralded as a master printer himself, Keiji traveled to the US to expand his audience. Today his works can be found in prestigious collections and exhibitions all over the world. He has taught at the Rhode Island School of Design, San Francisco Art Institute, and is currently a Faculty Fellow at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT. Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Saturday, March 20, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Landscapes Selected from the Permanent Collection

Arts Center Artists have depicted their physical environment in paint and print throughout history. The Arts Center’s Permanent Collection includes photorealistic and abstract portrayals of pastoral and urban landscapes by some of North Carolina’s most well recognized artists. Nine works are now on display including such artists as Claude Howell, Francis Speight, and John Gay. Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Saturday, March 20, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre of Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Stuart Kent

Arts Center Stuart Kent began his pursuit of wood working under a production cabinetmaker and solidified his aesthetic fingerprint during his Master of Fine Arts degree at East Carolina University. He currently operates a commission furniture and design business in Greenville, NC. Kent combines turned wood and cast sculptural elements to create large scale vessels inspired by antiquities which bring new appreciation to both form and technique. Hours of operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Saturday, March 20, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Young At Art

Arts Center Young At Art is an annual exhibition featuring art work from elementary and middle school students in the Nash/Rocky Mount school system. Art work is chosen by the art teachers of participating schools, and exhibited each Spring in the Arts Education building. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Jennifer Rankin. Contact Phone: 252-972-1632. Contact Email: jennifer.rankin@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Saturday, March 20, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Education Building at the Imperial Centre of Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity

Children's Museum & Science Center There’s a place from which nothing escapes, not even light, where time and space literally come to end – experience “Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity” at the Rocky Mount Children’s Museum & Science Center’s Cummins Planetarium. Zip through other-worldly wormholes, and witness the violent death of a star and subsequent birth of a black hole. Narrated by actor Liam Neeson, the planetarium’s newest full dome video presentation delivers the first scientifically generated depiction of a trip inside a black hole and presents compelling evidence that a super-massive black hole may inhabit the heart of our own Milky Way galaxy! "Black Holes" is showing now at the Cummins Planetarium at the Rocky Mount Children's Museum & Science Center. This planetarium show will run through April 30, 2010. Showtimes are as follows: Tuesdays - Fridays at 1:00 pm and 4:00 pm Saturdays at 11:00 am, 1:00 pm, and 4:00 pm Sundays at 2:00 pm **please note the museum is closed on Mondays. Type of Event: Education. Movie / Film. Museum / Gallery. Other. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 6-12). College Students. Families. Seniors. Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Rocky Mount Children's Museum & Science Center. Contact Phone: 252-972-1167. Contact Email: museum@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: $3.50. Price - High: $3.50. Saturday, March 20, 2010, 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM. Cummins Planetarium at The Children's Museum & Science Centre The Imperial Centre for the Arts & Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27803. For more info visit museum.imperialcentre.org.

Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity

Children's Museum & Science Center There’s a place from which nothing escapes, not even light, where time and space literally come to end – experience “Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity” at the Rocky Mount Children’s Museum & Science Center’s Cummins Planetarium. Zip through other-worldly wormholes, and witness the violent death of a star and subsequent birth of a black hole. Narrated by actor Liam Neeson, the planetarium’s newest full dome video presentation delivers the first scientifically generated depiction of a trip inside a black hole and presents compelling evidence that a super-massive black hole may inhabit the heart of our own Milky Way galaxy! "Black Holes" is showing now at the Cummins Planetarium at the Rocky Mount Children's Museum & Science Center. This planetarium show will run through April 30, 2010. Showtimes are as follows: Tuesdays - Fridays at 1:00 pm and 4:00 pm Saturdays at 11:00 am, 1:00 pm, and 4:00 pm Sundays at 2:00 pm **please note the museum is closed on Mondays. Type of Event: Education. Movie / Film. Museum / Gallery. Other. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 6-12). College Students. Families. Seniors. Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Rocky Mount Children's Museum & Science Center. Contact Phone: 252-972-1167. Contact Email: museum@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: $3.50. Price - High: $3.50. Saturday, March 20, 2010, 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM. Cummins Planetarium at The Children's Museum & Science Centre The Imperial Centre for the Arts & Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27803. For more info visit museum.imperialcentre.org.

Annual Kids Day Celebration

Arts Center Join us for an afternoon of fun filled family activities including puppet shows by the Fire Department, safety information from the Police Department, a drum circle from Music Explorium, Keep America Beautiful activities, drum making, clay activities and plenty more. Kids Day is also when we celebrate Youth Art Month by opening the annual Young At Art Exhibition. Enjoy fun, educational, family activities throughout the day at the Rocky Mount Arts Center! There will be plenty of hands-on activities for all ages. All Kids Day activities are free to the public. No registration is required. Just drop by and join in the fun! Type of Event: Arts (Performing / Visual). Community / Civic Meeting. Education. Exhibit. Museum / Gallery. Music. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). College Students. Families. Seniors. Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Jennifer Rankin. Contact Phone: 252-972-1632. Contact Email: jennifer.rankin@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Saturday, March 20, 2010, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM. The Imperial Centre for the Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Ceramics Selected from the Permanent Collection

Arts Center Kathy Triplett, Clara “Kitty” Couch, Nick Joerling, Joe Winter, Ursula Goebels-Ellis, Jim Whalen, Jack Troy, and Ron Meyers are just a few of the nationally acclaimed ceramic artists included in this exhibit from the Arts Center’s Ceramic Collection. A variety of shapes, techniques, building and firing techniques are displayed to exhibit the diversity of the medium and the collection. Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays, Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm - 5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Sunday, March 21, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Handcrafted: A Juried Exhibition of Ceramics, Fiber, Glass, Metal, Wood

Arts Center Handcrafted: A Juried Exhibition of Ceramics, Fiber, Glass, Metal, Wood is a national juried craft exhibition attracting a variety of traditional, mixed, and new craft media from across the United States. A different unbiased juror is contracted each year to make selections. (Image: Dorothy McGuinness, Launch, 2009 Best in Show) Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Sunday, March 21, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Keiji Shinohara

Arts Center In 1975, Keiji Shinohara spent five months convincing Uesugi Keiichiro to accept him as an apprentice in ukiyo-e (a system of Japanese wood block print production refined in the 18th century) and several more years converting from left to right handed techniques after being accepted. Eventually heralded as a master printer himself, Keiji traveled to the US to expand his audience. Today his works can be found in prestigious collections and exhibitions all over the world. He has taught at the Rhode Island School of Design, San Francisco Art Institute, and is currently a Faculty Fellow at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT. Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Sunday, March 21, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Landscapes Selected from the Permanent Collection

Arts Center Artists have depicted their physical environment in paint and print throughout history. The Arts Center’s Permanent Collection includes photorealistic and abstract portrayals of pastoral and urban landscapes by some of North Carolina’s most well recognized artists. Nine works are now on display including such artists as Claude Howell, Francis Speight, and John Gay. Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Sunday, March 21, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre of Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Stuart Kent

Arts Center Stuart Kent began his pursuit of wood working under a production cabinetmaker and solidified his aesthetic fingerprint during his Master of Fine Arts degree at East Carolina University. He currently operates a commission furniture and design business in Greenville, NC. Kent combines turned wood and cast sculptural elements to create large scale vessels inspired by antiquities which bring new appreciation to both form and technique. Hours of operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Sunday, March 21, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Young At Art

Arts Center Young At Art is an annual exhibition featuring art work from elementary and middle school students in the Nash/Rocky Mount school system. Art work is chosen by the art teachers of participating schools, and exhibited each Spring in the Arts Education building. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Jennifer Rankin. Contact Phone: 252-972-1632. Contact Email: jennifer.rankin@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Sunday, March 21, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Education Building at the Imperial Centre of Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity

Children's Museum & Science Center There’s a place from which nothing escapes, not even light, where time and space literally come to end – experience “Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity” at the Rocky Mount Children’s Museum & Science Center’s Cummins Planetarium. Zip through other-worldly wormholes, and witness the violent death of a star and subsequent birth of a black hole. Narrated by actor Liam Neeson, the planetarium’s newest full dome video presentation delivers the first scientifically generated depiction of a trip inside a black hole and presents compelling evidence that a super-massive black hole may inhabit the heart of our own Milky Way galaxy! "Black Holes" is showing now at the Cummins Planetarium at the Rocky Mount Children's Museum & Science Center. This planetarium show will run through April 30, 2010. Showtimes are as follows: Tuesdays - Fridays at 1:00 pm and 4:00 pm Saturdays at 11:00 am, 1:00 pm, and 4:00 pm Sundays at 2:00 pm **please note the museum is closed on Mondays. Type of Event: Education. Movie / Film. Museum / Gallery. Other. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 6-12). College Students. Families. Seniors. Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Rocky Mount Children's Museum & Science Center. Contact Phone: 252-972-1167. Contact Email: museum@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: $3.50. Price - High: $3.50. Sunday, March 21, 2010, 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM. Cummins Planetarium at The Children's Museum & Science Centre The Imperial Centre for the Arts & Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27803. For more info visit museum.imperialcentre.org.

Laser Michael Jackson

Children's Museum & Science Center Rocky Mount Children’s Museum & Science Center pays tribute to the King of Pop with Laser Michael Jackson! The King of Pop is gone, but not forgotten. Celebrate the music of Michael Jackson interpreted through the magic of colorful laser graphics and animation. Songs include Bad, Beat It, Thriller, The Way You Make Me Feel, Don’t Stop, and more! Laser Michael Jackson will show January 16 through April 30, 2010. Showtimes: Tuesdays - Saturdays 3:00 pm Sundays at 4:00 pm. Type of Event: Education. Movie / Film. Museum / Gallery. Music. Other. Age Range - Audience: Adults. All Ages. Children (Ages 6-12). College Students. Families. Seniors. Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Rocky Mount Children's Museum & Science Center. Contact Phone: 252-972-1167. Contact Email: museum@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: $3.50. Price - High: $3.50. Sunday, March 21, 2010, 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM. Cummins Planetarium at The Children's Museum & Science Centre The Imperial Centre for the Arts & Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27803. For more info visit museum.imperialcentre.org.

Ceramics Selected from the Permanent Collection

Arts Center Kathy Triplett, Clara “Kitty” Couch, Nick Joerling, Joe Winter, Ursula Goebels-Ellis, Jim Whalen, Jack Troy, and Ron Meyers are just a few of the nationally acclaimed ceramic artists included in this exhibit from the Arts Center’s Ceramic Collection. A variety of shapes, techniques, building and firing techniques are displayed to exhibit the diversity of the medium and the collection. Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays, Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm - 5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Monday, March 22, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Handcrafted: A Juried Exhibition of Ceramics, Fiber, Glass, Metal, Wood

Arts Center Handcrafted: A Juried Exhibition of Ceramics, Fiber, Glass, Metal, Wood is a national juried craft exhibition attracting a variety of traditional, mixed, and new craft media from across the United States. A different unbiased juror is contracted each year to make selections. (Image: Dorothy McGuinness, Launch, 2009 Best in Show) Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Monday, March 22, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Keiji Shinohara

Arts Center In 1975, Keiji Shinohara spent five months convincing Uesugi Keiichiro to accept him as an apprentice in ukiyo-e (a system of Japanese wood block print production refined in the 18th century) and several more years converting from left to right handed techniques after being accepted. Eventually heralded as a master printer himself, Keiji traveled to the US to expand his audience. Today his works can be found in prestigious collections and exhibitions all over the world. He has taught at the Rhode Island School of Design, San Francisco Art Institute, and is currently a Faculty Fellow at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT. Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Monday, March 22, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Landscapes Selected from the Permanent Collection

Arts Center Artists have depicted their physical environment in paint and print throughout history. The Arts Center’s Permanent Collection includes photorealistic and abstract portrayals of pastoral and urban landscapes by some of North Carolina’s most well recognized artists. Nine works are now on display including such artists as Claude Howell, Francis Speight, and John Gay. Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Monday, March 22, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre of Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Stuart Kent

Arts Center Stuart Kent began his pursuit of wood working under a production cabinetmaker and solidified his aesthetic fingerprint during his Master of Fine Arts degree at East Carolina University. He currently operates a commission furniture and design business in Greenville, NC. Kent combines turned wood and cast sculptural elements to create large scale vessels inspired by antiquities which bring new appreciation to both form and technique. Hours of operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Monday, March 22, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Young At Art

Arts Center Young At Art is an annual exhibition featuring art work from elementary and middle school students in the Nash/Rocky Mount school system. Art work is chosen by the art teachers of participating schools, and exhibited each Spring in the Arts Education building. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Jennifer Rankin. Contact Phone: 252-972-1632. Contact Email: jennifer.rankin@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Monday, March 22, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Education Building at the Imperial Centre of Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

RM City Council - Committee of the Whole (work session)

City Council The Rocky Mount City Council holds a work session on the second Monday of each month at 2:00 pm at City Hall. The session is open to the public, however seating is limited and the agenda is limited to discussion among council members and scheduled presentations. The Council does not receive public comment at the Committee of the Whole meetings. To address the Mayor & City Council or to submit public comment, please attend any council meeting held in the Council Chamber, which are held on the second Monday of each month at 7:00 pm and the fourth Monday of each month at 4:00 pm. Type of Event: Public Meeting / Hearing. Monday, March 22, 2010, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM. The Frederick E. Turnage Municipal Building Committee Room, Third Floor 331 S. Franklin St. Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit www.rockymountnc.gov.

North District Community Meeting

Police Topics to be discussed will be crime trends and crime statistics in the North District. The public is invited to attend. Type of Event: Meeting / Conference. Contact Name: Lt. George Robinson. Contact Phone: 252-972-1418. Contact Email: George.Robinson@rockymountnc.gov. Monday, March 22, 2010, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM. Church on the Rise 3520 Bishop Rd Rocky Mount. For more info visit police.rockymountnc.gov.

Ceramics Selected from the Permanent Collection

Arts Center Kathy Triplett, Clara “Kitty” Couch, Nick Joerling, Joe Winter, Ursula Goebels-Ellis, Jim Whalen, Jack Troy, and Ron Meyers are just a few of the nationally acclaimed ceramic artists included in this exhibit from the Arts Center’s Ceramic Collection. A variety of shapes, techniques, building and firing techniques are displayed to exhibit the diversity of the medium and the collection. Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays, Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm - 5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Tuesday, March 23, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Handcrafted: A Juried Exhibition of Ceramics, Fiber, Glass, Metal, Wood

Arts Center Handcrafted: A Juried Exhibition of Ceramics, Fiber, Glass, Metal, Wood is a national juried craft exhibition attracting a variety of traditional, mixed, and new craft media from across the United States. A different unbiased juror is contracted each year to make selections. (Image: Dorothy McGuinness, Launch, 2009 Best in Show) Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Tuesday, March 23, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Keiji Shinohara

Arts Center In 1975, Keiji Shinohara spent five months convincing Uesugi Keiichiro to accept him as an apprentice in ukiyo-e (a system of Japanese wood block print production refined in the 18th century) and several more years converting from left to right handed techniques after being accepted. Eventually heralded as a master printer himself, Keiji traveled to the US to expand his audience. Today his works can be found in prestigious collections and exhibitions all over the world. He has taught at the Rhode Island School of Design, San Francisco Art Institute, and is currently a Faculty Fellow at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT. Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Tuesday, March 23, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Landscapes Selected from the Permanent Collection

Arts Center Artists have depicted their physical environment in paint and print throughout history. The Arts Center’s Permanent Collection includes photorealistic and abstract portrayals of pastoral and urban landscapes by some of North Carolina’s most well recognized artists. Nine works are now on display including such artists as Claude Howell, Francis Speight, and John Gay. Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Tuesday, March 23, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre of Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Stuart Kent

Arts Center Stuart Kent began his pursuit of wood working under a production cabinetmaker and solidified his aesthetic fingerprint during his Master of Fine Arts degree at East Carolina University. He currently operates a commission furniture and design business in Greenville, NC. Kent combines turned wood and cast sculptural elements to create large scale vessels inspired by antiquities which bring new appreciation to both form and technique. Hours of operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Tuesday, March 23, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Young At Art

Arts Center Young At Art is an annual exhibition featuring art work from elementary and middle school students in the Nash/Rocky Mount school system. Art work is chosen by the art teachers of participating schools, and exhibited each Spring in the Arts Education building. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Jennifer Rankin. Contact Phone: 252-972-1632. Contact Email: jennifer.rankin@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Tuesday, March 23, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Education Building at the Imperial Centre of Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity

Children's Museum & Science Center There’s a place from which nothing escapes, not even light, where time and space literally come to end – experience “Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity” at the Rocky Mount Children’s Museum & Science Center’s Cummins Planetarium. Zip through other-worldly wormholes, and witness the violent death of a star and subsequent birth of a black hole. Narrated by actor Liam Neeson, the planetarium’s newest full dome video presentation delivers the first scientifically generated depiction of a trip inside a black hole and presents compelling evidence that a super-massive black hole may inhabit the heart of our own Milky Way galaxy! "Black Holes" is showing now at the Cummins Planetarium at the Rocky Mount Children's Museum & Science Center. This planetarium show will run through April 30, 2010. Showtimes are as follows: Tuesdays - Fridays at 1:00 pm and 4:00 pm Saturdays at 11:00 am, 1:00 pm, and 4:00 pm Sundays at 2:00 pm **please note the museum is closed on Mondays. Type of Event: Education. Movie / Film. Museum / Gallery. Other. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 6-12). College Students. Families. Seniors. Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Rocky Mount Children's Museum & Science Center. Contact Phone: 252-972-1167. Contact Email: museum@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: $3.50. Price - High: $3.50. Tuesday, March 23, 2010, 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM. Cummins Planetarium at The Children's Museum & Science Centre The Imperial Centre for the Arts & Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27803. For more info visit museum.imperialcentre.org.

Historic Preservation Commission

Planning & Development Type of Event: Meeting / Conference. Public Meeting / Hearing. Age Range - Audience: All Ages. Contact Name: JoSeth Bocook. Contact Phone: 972-1179. Contact Email: JoSeth.Bocook@rockymountnc.gov. Tuesday, March 23, 2010, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM. City Hall - Committee Room 331 S. Franklin Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit www.rockymountnc.gov.

Ceramics Selected from the Permanent Collection

Arts Center Kathy Triplett, Clara “Kitty” Couch, Nick Joerling, Joe Winter, Ursula Goebels-Ellis, Jim Whalen, Jack Troy, and Ron Meyers are just a few of the nationally acclaimed ceramic artists included in this exhibit from the Arts Center’s Ceramic Collection. A variety of shapes, techniques, building and firing techniques are displayed to exhibit the diversity of the medium and the collection. Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays, Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm - 5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Wednesday, March 24, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Handcrafted: A Juried Exhibition of Ceramics, Fiber, Glass, Metal, Wood

Arts Center Handcrafted: A Juried Exhibition of Ceramics, Fiber, Glass, Metal, Wood is a national juried craft exhibition attracting a variety of traditional, mixed, and new craft media from across the United States. A different unbiased juror is contracted each year to make selections. (Image: Dorothy McGuinness, Launch, 2009 Best in Show) Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Wednesday, March 24, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Keiji Shinohara

Arts Center In 1975, Keiji Shinohara spent five months convincing Uesugi Keiichiro to accept him as an apprentice in ukiyo-e (a system of Japanese wood block print production refined in the 18th century) and several more years converting from left to right handed techniques after being accepted. Eventually heralded as a master printer himself, Keiji traveled to the US to expand his audience. Today his works can be found in prestigious collections and exhibitions all over the world. He has taught at the Rhode Island School of Design, San Francisco Art Institute, and is currently a Faculty Fellow at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT. Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Wednesday, March 24, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Landscapes Selected from the Permanent Collection

Arts Center Artists have depicted their physical environment in paint and print throughout history. The Arts Center’s Permanent Collection includes photorealistic and abstract portrayals of pastoral and urban landscapes by some of North Carolina’s most well recognized artists. Nine works are now on display including such artists as Claude Howell, Francis Speight, and John Gay. Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Wednesday, March 24, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre of Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Stuart Kent

Arts Center Stuart Kent began his pursuit of wood working under a production cabinetmaker and solidified his aesthetic fingerprint during his Master of Fine Arts degree at East Carolina University. He currently operates a commission furniture and design business in Greenville, NC. Kent combines turned wood and cast sculptural elements to create large scale vessels inspired by antiquities which bring new appreciation to both form and technique. Hours of operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Wednesday, March 24, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Young At Art

Arts Center Young At Art is an annual exhibition featuring art work from elementary and middle school students in the Nash/Rocky Mount school system. Art work is chosen by the art teachers of participating schools, and exhibited each Spring in the Arts Education building. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Jennifer Rankin. Contact Phone: 252-972-1632. Contact Email: jennifer.rankin@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Wednesday, March 24, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Education Building at the Imperial Centre of Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity

Children's Museum & Science Center There’s a place from which nothing escapes, not even light, where time and space literally come to end – experience “Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity” at the Rocky Mount Children’s Museum & Science Center’s Cummins Planetarium. Zip through other-worldly wormholes, and witness the violent death of a star and subsequent birth of a black hole. Narrated by actor Liam Neeson, the planetarium’s newest full dome video presentation delivers the first scientifically generated depiction of a trip inside a black hole and presents compelling evidence that a super-massive black hole may inhabit the heart of our own Milky Way galaxy! "Black Holes" is showing now at the Cummins Planetarium at the Rocky Mount Children's Museum & Science Center. This planetarium show will run through April 30, 2010. Showtimes are as follows: Tuesdays - Fridays at 1:00 pm and 4:00 pm Saturdays at 11:00 am, 1:00 pm, and 4:00 pm Sundays at 2:00 pm **please note the museum is closed on Mondays. Type of Event: Education. Movie / Film. Museum / Gallery. Other. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 6-12). College Students. Families. Seniors. Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Rocky Mount Children's Museum & Science Center. Contact Phone: 252-972-1167. Contact Email: museum@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: $3.50. Price - High: $3.50. Wednesday, March 24, 2010, 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM. Cummins Planetarium at The Children's Museum & Science Centre The Imperial Centre for the Arts & Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27803. For more info visit museum.imperialcentre.org.

Ceramics Selected from the Permanent Collection

Arts Center Kathy Triplett, Clara “Kitty” Couch, Nick Joerling, Joe Winter, Ursula Goebels-Ellis, Jim Whalen, Jack Troy, and Ron Meyers are just a few of the nationally acclaimed ceramic artists included in this exhibit from the Arts Center’s Ceramic Collection. A variety of shapes, techniques, building and firing techniques are displayed to exhibit the diversity of the medium and the collection. Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays, Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm - 5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Thursday, March 25, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Handcrafted: A Juried Exhibition of Ceramics, Fiber, Glass, Metal, Wood

Arts Center Handcrafted: A Juried Exhibition of Ceramics, Fiber, Glass, Metal, Wood is a national juried craft exhibition attracting a variety of traditional, mixed, and new craft media from across the United States. A different unbiased juror is contracted each year to make selections. (Image: Dorothy McGuinness, Launch, 2009 Best in Show) Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Thursday, March 25, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Keiji Shinohara

Arts Center In 1975, Keiji Shinohara spent five months convincing Uesugi Keiichiro to accept him as an apprentice in ukiyo-e (a system of Japanese wood block print production refined in the 18th century) and several more years converting from left to right handed techniques after being accepted. Eventually heralded as a master printer himself, Keiji traveled to the US to expand his audience. Today his works can be found in prestigious collections and exhibitions all over the world. He has taught at the Rhode Island School of Design, San Francisco Art Institute, and is currently a Faculty Fellow at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT. Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Thursday, March 25, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Landscapes Selected from the Permanent Collection

Arts Center Artists have depicted their physical environment in paint and print throughout history. The Arts Center’s Permanent Collection includes photorealistic and abstract portrayals of pastoral and urban landscapes by some of North Carolina’s most well recognized artists. Nine works are now on display including such artists as Claude Howell, Francis Speight, and John Gay. Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Thursday, March 25, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre of Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Stuart Kent

Arts Center Stuart Kent began his pursuit of wood working under a production cabinetmaker and solidified his aesthetic fingerprint during his Master of Fine Arts degree at East Carolina University. He currently operates a commission furniture and design business in Greenville, NC. Kent combines turned wood and cast sculptural elements to create large scale vessels inspired by antiquities which bring new appreciation to both form and technique. Hours of operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Thursday, March 25, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Young At Art

Arts Center Young At Art is an annual exhibition featuring art work from elementary and middle school students in the Nash/Rocky Mount school system. Art work is chosen by the art teachers of participating schools, and exhibited each Spring in the Arts Education building. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Jennifer Rankin. Contact Phone: 252-972-1632. Contact Email: jennifer.rankin@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Thursday, March 25, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Education Building at the Imperial Centre of Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity

Children's Museum & Science Center There’s a place from which nothing escapes, not even light, where time and space literally come to end – experience “Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity” at the Rocky Mount Children’s Museum & Science Center’s Cummins Planetarium. Zip through other-worldly wormholes, and witness the violent death of a star and subsequent birth of a black hole. Narrated by actor Liam Neeson, the planetarium’s newest full dome video presentation delivers the first scientifically generated depiction of a trip inside a black hole and presents compelling evidence that a super-massive black hole may inhabit the heart of our own Milky Way galaxy! "Black Holes" is showing now at the Cummins Planetarium at the Rocky Mount Children's Museum & Science Center. This planetarium show will run through April 30, 2010. Showtimes are as follows: Tuesdays - Fridays at 1:00 pm and 4:00 pm Saturdays at 11:00 am, 1:00 pm, and 4:00 pm Sundays at 2:00 pm **please note the museum is closed on Mondays. Type of Event: Education. Movie / Film. Museum / Gallery. Other. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 6-12). College Students. Families. Seniors. Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Rocky Mount Children's Museum & Science Center. Contact Phone: 252-972-1167. Contact Email: museum@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: $3.50. Price - High: $3.50. Thursday, March 25, 2010, 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM. Cummins Planetarium at The Children's Museum & Science Centre The Imperial Centre for the Arts & Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27803. For more info visit museum.imperialcentre.org.

RMPD West District Quarterly Meeting

Police The next West District Quarterly meeting will be held on Thursday, March 25 at 6:30 pm at Englewood Baptist Church located at 1350 S. Winstead Ave. Topics scheduled include West District crime trends and crime statistics. West District officers will be present to answer questions about crime and offer crime prevention tips. The public is invited to attend. For more information, contact the West District Commander, Lt. Tim Mehus at 972-1417 or Tim.Mehus@rockymountnc.gov. Type of Event: Community / Civic Meeting. Age Range - Audience: All Ages. Contact Name: Lt. Tim Mehus. Contact Phone: 972-1417. Contact Email: Tim.Mehus@rockymountnc.gov. Thursday, March 25, 2010, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM. Englewood Baptist Church 1350 S. Winstead Avenue Rocky Mount, NC. For more info visit police.rockymountnc.gov.

Ceramics Selected from the Permanent Collection

Arts Center Kathy Triplett, Clara “Kitty” Couch, Nick Joerling, Joe Winter, Ursula Goebels-Ellis, Jim Whalen, Jack Troy, and Ron Meyers are just a few of the nationally acclaimed ceramic artists included in this exhibit from the Arts Center’s Ceramic Collection. A variety of shapes, techniques, building and firing techniques are displayed to exhibit the diversity of the medium and the collection. Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays, Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm - 5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Friday, March 26, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Handcrafted: A Juried Exhibition of Ceramics, Fiber, Glass, Metal, Wood

Arts Center Handcrafted: A Juried Exhibition of Ceramics, Fiber, Glass, Metal, Wood is a national juried craft exhibition attracting a variety of traditional, mixed, and new craft media from across the United States. A different unbiased juror is contracted each year to make selections. (Image: Dorothy McGuinness, Launch, 2009 Best in Show) Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Friday, March 26, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Keiji Shinohara

Arts Center In 1975, Keiji Shinohara spent five months convincing Uesugi Keiichiro to accept him as an apprentice in ukiyo-e (a system of Japanese wood block print production refined in the 18th century) and several more years converting from left to right handed techniques after being accepted. Eventually heralded as a master printer himself, Keiji traveled to the US to expand his audience. Today his works can be found in prestigious collections and exhibitions all over the world. He has taught at the Rhode Island School of Design, San Francisco Art Institute, and is currently a Faculty Fellow at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT. Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Friday, March 26, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Landscapes Selected from the Permanent Collection

Arts Center Artists have depicted their physical environment in paint and print throughout history. The Arts Center’s Permanent Collection includes photorealistic and abstract portrayals of pastoral and urban landscapes by some of North Carolina’s most well recognized artists. Nine works are now on display including such artists as Claude Howell, Francis Speight, and John Gay. Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Friday, March 26, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre of Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Stuart Kent

Arts Center Stuart Kent began his pursuit of wood working under a production cabinetmaker and solidified his aesthetic fingerprint during his Master of Fine Arts degree at East Carolina University. He currently operates a commission furniture and design business in Greenville, NC. Kent combines turned wood and cast sculptural elements to create large scale vessels inspired by antiquities which bring new appreciation to both form and technique. Hours of operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Friday, March 26, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Young At Art

Arts Center Young At Art is an annual exhibition featuring art work from elementary and middle school students in the Nash/Rocky Mount school system. Art work is chosen by the art teachers of participating schools, and exhibited each Spring in the Arts Education building. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Jennifer Rankin. Contact Phone: 252-972-1632. Contact Email: jennifer.rankin@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Friday, March 26, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Education Building at the Imperial Centre of Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Arbor Day Celebration

Public Utilities Each year, rain or shine, the City of Rocky Mount celebrates Arbor Day with a tree planting ceremony. This year, the celebration will talke place at Truth Tabernacle Church. The program will include entertainment provided by Nash-Rocky Mount Schools, an Arbor Day poster contest, guest speakers and City of Rocky Mount officials. We hope to see you there! Type of Event: Special Events. Age Range - Audience: All Ages. Contact Name: Allen Richardson. Contact Phone: 467-4856. Contact Email: allen.richardson@rockymountnc.gov. Friday, March 26, 2010, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM. Truth Tabernacle Church 704 Arlington St. Rocky Mount, NC 27801. For more info visit utilities.rockymountnc.gov.

Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity

Children's Museum & Science Center There’s a place from which nothing escapes, not even light, where time and space literally come to end – experience “Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity” at the Rocky Mount Children’s Museum & Science Center’s Cummins Planetarium. Zip through other-worldly wormholes, and witness the violent death of a star and subsequent birth of a black hole. Narrated by actor Liam Neeson, the planetarium’s newest full dome video presentation delivers the first scientifically generated depiction of a trip inside a black hole and presents compelling evidence that a super-massive black hole may inhabit the heart of our own Milky Way galaxy! "Black Holes" is showing now at the Cummins Planetarium at the Rocky Mount Children's Museum & Science Center. This planetarium show will run through April 30, 2010. Showtimes are as follows: Tuesdays - Fridays at 1:00 pm and 4:00 pm Saturdays at 11:00 am, 1:00 pm, and 4:00 pm Sundays at 2:00 pm **please note the museum is closed on Mondays. Type of Event: Education. Movie / Film. Museum / Gallery. Other. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 6-12). College Students. Families. Seniors. Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Rocky Mount Children's Museum & Science Center. Contact Phone: 252-972-1167. Contact Email: museum@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: $3.50. Price - High: $3.50. Friday, March 26, 2010, 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM. Cummins Planetarium at The Children's Museum & Science Centre The Imperial Centre for the Arts & Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27803. For more info visit museum.imperialcentre.org.

Ceramics Selected from the Permanent Collection

Arts Center Kathy Triplett, Clara “Kitty” Couch, Nick Joerling, Joe Winter, Ursula Goebels-Ellis, Jim Whalen, Jack Troy, and Ron Meyers are just a few of the nationally acclaimed ceramic artists included in this exhibit from the Arts Center’s Ceramic Collection. A variety of shapes, techniques, building and firing techniques are displayed to exhibit the diversity of the medium and the collection. Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays, Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm - 5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Saturday, March 27, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Handcrafted: A Juried Exhibition of Ceramics, Fiber, Glass, Metal, Wood

Arts Center Handcrafted: A Juried Exhibition of Ceramics, Fiber, Glass, Metal, Wood is a national juried craft exhibition attracting a variety of traditional, mixed, and new craft media from across the United States. A different unbiased juror is contracted each year to make selections. (Image: Dorothy McGuinness, Launch, 2009 Best in Show) Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Saturday, March 27, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Keiji Shinohara

Arts Center In 1975, Keiji Shinohara spent five months convincing Uesugi Keiichiro to accept him as an apprentice in ukiyo-e (a system of Japanese wood block print production refined in the 18th century) and several more years converting from left to right handed techniques after being accepted. Eventually heralded as a master printer himself, Keiji traveled to the US to expand his audience. Today his works can be found in prestigious collections and exhibitions all over the world. He has taught at the Rhode Island School of Design, San Francisco Art Institute, and is currently a Faculty Fellow at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT. Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Saturday, March 27, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Landscapes Selected from the Permanent Collection

Arts Center Artists have depicted their physical environment in paint and print throughout history. The Arts Center’s Permanent Collection includes photorealistic and abstract portrayals of pastoral and urban landscapes by some of North Carolina’s most well recognized artists. Nine works are now on display including such artists as Claude Howell, Francis Speight, and John Gay. Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Saturday, March 27, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre of Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Stuart Kent

Arts Center Stuart Kent began his pursuit of wood working under a production cabinetmaker and solidified his aesthetic fingerprint during his Master of Fine Arts degree at East Carolina University. He currently operates a commission furniture and design business in Greenville, NC. Kent combines turned wood and cast sculptural elements to create large scale vessels inspired by antiquities which bring new appreciation to both form and technique. Hours of operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Saturday, March 27, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Young At Art

Arts Center Young At Art is an annual exhibition featuring art work from elementary and middle school students in the Nash/Rocky Mount school system. Art work is chosen by the art teachers of participating schools, and exhibited each Spring in the Arts Education building. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Jennifer Rankin. Contact Phone: 252-972-1632. Contact Email: jennifer.rankin@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Saturday, March 27, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Education Building at the Imperial Centre of Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity

Children's Museum & Science Center There’s a place from which nothing escapes, not even light, where time and space literally come to end – experience “Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity” at the Rocky Mount Children’s Museum & Science Center’s Cummins Planetarium. Zip through other-worldly wormholes, and witness the violent death of a star and subsequent birth of a black hole. Narrated by actor Liam Neeson, the planetarium’s newest full dome video presentation delivers the first scientifically generated depiction of a trip inside a black hole and presents compelling evidence that a super-massive black hole may inhabit the heart of our own Milky Way galaxy! "Black Holes" is showing now at the Cummins Planetarium at the Rocky Mount Children's Museum & Science Center. This planetarium show will run through April 30, 2010. Showtimes are as follows: Tuesdays - Fridays at 1:00 pm and 4:00 pm Saturdays at 11:00 am, 1:00 pm, and 4:00 pm Sundays at 2:00 pm **please note the museum is closed on Mondays. Type of Event: Education. Movie / Film. Museum / Gallery. Other. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 6-12). College Students. Families. Seniors. Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Rocky Mount Children's Museum & Science Center. Contact Phone: 252-972-1167. Contact Email: museum@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: $3.50. Price - High: $3.50. Saturday, March 27, 2010, 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM. Cummins Planetarium at The Children's Museum & Science Centre The Imperial Centre for the Arts & Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27803. For more info visit museum.imperialcentre.org.

Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity

Children's Museum & Science Center There’s a place from which nothing escapes, not even light, where time and space literally come to end – experience “Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity” at the Rocky Mount Children’s Museum & Science Center’s Cummins Planetarium. Zip through other-worldly wormholes, and witness the violent death of a star and subsequent birth of a black hole. Narrated by actor Liam Neeson, the planetarium’s newest full dome video presentation delivers the first scientifically generated depiction of a trip inside a black hole and presents compelling evidence that a super-massive black hole may inhabit the heart of our own Milky Way galaxy! "Black Holes" is showing now at the Cummins Planetarium at the Rocky Mount Children's Museum & Science Center. This planetarium show will run through April 30, 2010. Showtimes are as follows: Tuesdays - Fridays at 1:00 pm and 4:00 pm Saturdays at 11:00 am, 1:00 pm, and 4:00 pm Sundays at 2:00 pm **please note the museum is closed on Mondays. Type of Event: Education. Movie / Film. Museum / Gallery. Other. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 6-12). College Students. Families. Seniors. Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Rocky Mount Children's Museum & Science Center. Contact Phone: 252-972-1167. Contact Email: museum@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: $3.50. Price - High: $3.50. Saturday, March 27, 2010, 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM. Cummins Planetarium at The Children's Museum & Science Centre The Imperial Centre for the Arts & Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27803. For more info visit museum.imperialcentre.org.

Ceramics Selected from the Permanent Collection

Arts Center Kathy Triplett, Clara “Kitty” Couch, Nick Joerling, Joe Winter, Ursula Goebels-Ellis, Jim Whalen, Jack Troy, and Ron Meyers are just a few of the nationally acclaimed ceramic artists included in this exhibit from the Arts Center’s Ceramic Collection. A variety of shapes, techniques, building and firing techniques are displayed to exhibit the diversity of the medium and the collection. Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays, Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm - 5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Sunday, March 28, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Handcrafted: A Juried Exhibition of Ceramics, Fiber, Glass, Metal, Wood

Arts Center Handcrafted: A Juried Exhibition of Ceramics, Fiber, Glass, Metal, Wood is a national juried craft exhibition attracting a variety of traditional, mixed, and new craft media from across the United States. A different unbiased juror is contracted each year to make selections. (Image: Dorothy McGuinness, Launch, 2009 Best in Show) Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Sunday, March 28, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Keiji Shinohara

Arts Center In 1975, Keiji Shinohara spent five months convincing Uesugi Keiichiro to accept him as an apprentice in ukiyo-e (a system of Japanese wood block print production refined in the 18th century) and several more years converting from left to right handed techniques after being accepted. Eventually heralded as a master printer himself, Keiji traveled to the US to expand his audience. Today his works can be found in prestigious collections and exhibitions all over the world. He has taught at the Rhode Island School of Design, San Francisco Art Institute, and is currently a Faculty Fellow at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT. Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Sunday, March 28, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Landscapes Selected from the Permanent Collection

Arts Center Artists have depicted their physical environment in paint and print throughout history. The Arts Center’s Permanent Collection includes photorealistic and abstract portrayals of pastoral and urban landscapes by some of North Carolina’s most well recognized artists. Nine works are now on display including such artists as Claude Howell, Francis Speight, and John Gay. Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Sunday, March 28, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre of Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Stuart Kent

Arts Center Stuart Kent began his pursuit of wood working under a production cabinetmaker and solidified his aesthetic fingerprint during his Master of Fine Arts degree at East Carolina University. He currently operates a commission furniture and design business in Greenville, NC. Kent combines turned wood and cast sculptural elements to create large scale vessels inspired by antiquities which bring new appreciation to both form and technique. Hours of operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Sunday, March 28, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Young At Art

Arts Center Young At Art is an annual exhibition featuring art work from elementary and middle school students in the Nash/Rocky Mount school system. Art work is chosen by the art teachers of participating schools, and exhibited each Spring in the Arts Education building. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Jennifer Rankin. Contact Phone: 252-972-1632. Contact Email: jennifer.rankin@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Sunday, March 28, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Education Building at the Imperial Centre of Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity

Children's Museum & Science Center There’s a place from which nothing escapes, not even light, where time and space literally come to end – experience “Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity” at the Rocky Mount Children’s Museum & Science Center’s Cummins Planetarium. Zip through other-worldly wormholes, and witness the violent death of a star and subsequent birth of a black hole. Narrated by actor Liam Neeson, the planetarium’s newest full dome video presentation delivers the first scientifically generated depiction of a trip inside a black hole and presents compelling evidence that a super-massive black hole may inhabit the heart of our own Milky Way galaxy! "Black Holes" is showing now at the Cummins Planetarium at the Rocky Mount Children's Museum & Science Center. This planetarium show will run through April 30, 2010. Showtimes are as follows: Tuesdays - Fridays at 1:00 pm and 4:00 pm Saturdays at 11:00 am, 1:00 pm, and 4:00 pm Sundays at 2:00 pm **please note the museum is closed on Mondays. Type of Event: Education. Movie / Film. Museum / Gallery. Other. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 6-12). College Students. Families. Seniors. Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Rocky Mount Children's Museum & Science Center. Contact Phone: 252-972-1167. Contact Email: museum@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: $3.50. Price - High: $3.50. Sunday, March 28, 2010, 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM. Cummins Planetarium at The Children's Museum & Science Centre The Imperial Centre for the Arts & Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27803. For more info visit museum.imperialcentre.org.

Laser Michael Jackson

Children's Museum & Science Center Rocky Mount Children’s Museum & Science Center pays tribute to the King of Pop with Laser Michael Jackson! The King of Pop is gone, but not forgotten. Celebrate the music of Michael Jackson interpreted through the magic of colorful laser graphics and animation. Songs include Bad, Beat It, Thriller, The Way You Make Me Feel, Don’t Stop, and more! Laser Michael Jackson will show January 16 through April 30, 2010. Showtimes: Tuesdays - Saturdays 3:00 pm Sundays at 4:00 pm. Type of Event: Education. Movie / Film. Museum / Gallery. Music. Other. Age Range - Audience: Adults. All Ages. Children (Ages 6-12). College Students. Families. Seniors. Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Rocky Mount Children's Museum & Science Center. Contact Phone: 252-972-1167. Contact Email: museum@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: $3.50. Price - High: $3.50. Sunday, March 28, 2010, 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM. Cummins Planetarium at The Children's Museum & Science Centre The Imperial Centre for the Arts & Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27803. For more info visit museum.imperialcentre.org.

Ceramics Selected from the Permanent Collection

Arts Center Kathy Triplett, Clara “Kitty” Couch, Nick Joerling, Joe Winter, Ursula Goebels-Ellis, Jim Whalen, Jack Troy, and Ron Meyers are just a few of the nationally acclaimed ceramic artists included in this exhibit from the Arts Center’s Ceramic Collection. A variety of shapes, techniques, building and firing techniques are displayed to exhibit the diversity of the medium and the collection. Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays, Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm - 5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Monday, March 29, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Handcrafted: A Juried Exhibition of Ceramics, Fiber, Glass, Metal, Wood

Arts Center Handcrafted: A Juried Exhibition of Ceramics, Fiber, Glass, Metal, Wood is a national juried craft exhibition attracting a variety of traditional, mixed, and new craft media from across the United States. A different unbiased juror is contracted each year to make selections. (Image: Dorothy McGuinness, Launch, 2009 Best in Show) Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Monday, March 29, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Keiji Shinohara

Arts Center In 1975, Keiji Shinohara spent five months convincing Uesugi Keiichiro to accept him as an apprentice in ukiyo-e (a system of Japanese wood block print production refined in the 18th century) and several more years converting from left to right handed techniques after being accepted. Eventually heralded as a master printer himself, Keiji traveled to the US to expand his audience. Today his works can be found in prestigious collections and exhibitions all over the world. He has taught at the Rhode Island School of Design, San Francisco Art Institute, and is currently a Faculty Fellow at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT. Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Monday, March 29, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Landscapes Selected from the Permanent Collection

Arts Center Artists have depicted their physical environment in paint and print throughout history. The Arts Center’s Permanent Collection includes photorealistic and abstract portrayals of pastoral and urban landscapes by some of North Carolina’s most well recognized artists. Nine works are now on display including such artists as Claude Howell, Francis Speight, and John Gay. Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Monday, March 29, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre of Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Stuart Kent

Arts Center Stuart Kent began his pursuit of wood working under a production cabinetmaker and solidified his aesthetic fingerprint during his Master of Fine Arts degree at East Carolina University. He currently operates a commission furniture and design business in Greenville, NC. Kent combines turned wood and cast sculptural elements to create large scale vessels inspired by antiquities which bring new appreciation to both form and technique. Hours of operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Monday, March 29, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Young At Art

Arts Center Young At Art is an annual exhibition featuring art work from elementary and middle school students in the Nash/Rocky Mount school system. Art work is chosen by the art teachers of participating schools, and exhibited each Spring in the Arts Education building. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Jennifer Rankin. Contact Phone: 252-972-1632. Contact Email: jennifer.rankin@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Monday, March 29, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Education Building at the Imperial Centre of Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Ceramics Selected from the Permanent Collection

Arts Center Kathy Triplett, Clara “Kitty” Couch, Nick Joerling, Joe Winter, Ursula Goebels-Ellis, Jim Whalen, Jack Troy, and Ron Meyers are just a few of the nationally acclaimed ceramic artists included in this exhibit from the Arts Center’s Ceramic Collection. A variety of shapes, techniques, building and firing techniques are displayed to exhibit the diversity of the medium and the collection. Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays, Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm - 5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Tuesday, March 30, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Handcrafted: A Juried Exhibition of Ceramics, Fiber, Glass, Metal, Wood

Arts Center Handcrafted: A Juried Exhibition of Ceramics, Fiber, Glass, Metal, Wood is a national juried craft exhibition attracting a variety of traditional, mixed, and new craft media from across the United States. A different unbiased juror is contracted each year to make selections. (Image: Dorothy McGuinness, Launch, 2009 Best in Show) Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Tuesday, March 30, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Keiji Shinohara

Arts Center In 1975, Keiji Shinohara spent five months convincing Uesugi Keiichiro to accept him as an apprentice in ukiyo-e (a system of Japanese wood block print production refined in the 18th century) and several more years converting from left to right handed techniques after being accepted. Eventually heralded as a master printer himself, Keiji traveled to the US to expand his audience. Today his works can be found in prestigious collections and exhibitions all over the world. He has taught at the Rhode Island School of Design, San Francisco Art Institute, and is currently a Faculty Fellow at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT. Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Tuesday, March 30, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Landscapes Selected from the Permanent Collection

Arts Center Artists have depicted their physical environment in paint and print throughout history. The Arts Center’s Permanent Collection includes photorealistic and abstract portrayals of pastoral and urban landscapes by some of North Carolina’s most well recognized artists. Nine works are now on display including such artists as Claude Howell, Francis Speight, and John Gay. Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Tuesday, March 30, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre of Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Stuart Kent

Arts Center Stuart Kent began his pursuit of wood working under a production cabinetmaker and solidified his aesthetic fingerprint during his Master of Fine Arts degree at East Carolina University. He currently operates a commission furniture and design business in Greenville, NC. Kent combines turned wood and cast sculptural elements to create large scale vessels inspired by antiquities which bring new appreciation to both form and technique. Hours of operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Tuesday, March 30, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Young At Art

Arts Center Young At Art is an annual exhibition featuring art work from elementary and middle school students in the Nash/Rocky Mount school system. Art work is chosen by the art teachers of participating schools, and exhibited each Spring in the Arts Education building. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Jennifer Rankin. Contact Phone: 252-972-1632. Contact Email: jennifer.rankin@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Tuesday, March 30, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Education Building at the Imperial Centre of Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity

Children's Museum & Science Center There’s a place from which nothing escapes, not even light, where time and space literally come to end – experience “Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity” at the Rocky Mount Children’s Museum & Science Center’s Cummins Planetarium. Zip through other-worldly wormholes, and witness the violent death of a star and subsequent birth of a black hole. Narrated by actor Liam Neeson, the planetarium’s newest full dome video presentation delivers the first scientifically generated depiction of a trip inside a black hole and presents compelling evidence that a super-massive black hole may inhabit the heart of our own Milky Way galaxy! "Black Holes" is showing now at the Cummins Planetarium at the Rocky Mount Children's Museum & Science Center. This planetarium show will run through April 30, 2010. Showtimes are as follows: Tuesdays - Fridays at 1:00 pm and 4:00 pm Saturdays at 11:00 am, 1:00 pm, and 4:00 pm Sundays at 2:00 pm **please note the museum is closed on Mondays. Type of Event: Education. Movie / Film. Museum / Gallery. Other. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 6-12). College Students. Families. Seniors. Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Rocky Mount Children's Museum & Science Center. Contact Phone: 252-972-1167. Contact Email: museum@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: $3.50. Price - High: $3.50. Tuesday, March 30, 2010, 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM. Cummins Planetarium at The Children's Museum & Science Centre The Imperial Centre for the Arts & Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27803. For more info visit museum.imperialcentre.org.

Ceramics Selected from the Permanent Collection

Arts Center Kathy Triplett, Clara “Kitty” Couch, Nick Joerling, Joe Winter, Ursula Goebels-Ellis, Jim Whalen, Jack Troy, and Ron Meyers are just a few of the nationally acclaimed ceramic artists included in this exhibit from the Arts Center’s Ceramic Collection. A variety of shapes, techniques, building and firing techniques are displayed to exhibit the diversity of the medium and the collection. Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays, Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm - 5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Wednesday, March 31, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Handcrafted: A Juried Exhibition of Ceramics, Fiber, Glass, Metal, Wood

Arts Center Handcrafted: A Juried Exhibition of Ceramics, Fiber, Glass, Metal, Wood is a national juried craft exhibition attracting a variety of traditional, mixed, and new craft media from across the United States. A different unbiased juror is contracted each year to make selections. (Image: Dorothy McGuinness, Launch, 2009 Best in Show) Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Wednesday, March 31, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Keiji Shinohara

Arts Center In 1975, Keiji Shinohara spent five months convincing Uesugi Keiichiro to accept him as an apprentice in ukiyo-e (a system of Japanese wood block print production refined in the 18th century) and several more years converting from left to right handed techniques after being accepted. Eventually heralded as a master printer himself, Keiji traveled to the US to expand his audience. Today his works can be found in prestigious collections and exhibitions all over the world. He has taught at the Rhode Island School of Design, San Francisco Art Institute, and is currently a Faculty Fellow at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT. Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Wednesday, March 31, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Landscapes Selected from the Permanent Collection

Arts Center Artists have depicted their physical environment in paint and print throughout history. The Arts Center’s Permanent Collection includes photorealistic and abstract portrayals of pastoral and urban landscapes by some of North Carolina’s most well recognized artists. Nine works are now on display including such artists as Claude Howell, Francis Speight, and John Gay. Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Wednesday, March 31, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre of Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Stuart Kent

Arts Center Stuart Kent began his pursuit of wood working under a production cabinetmaker and solidified his aesthetic fingerprint during his Master of Fine Arts degree at East Carolina University. He currently operates a commission furniture and design business in Greenville, NC. Kent combines turned wood and cast sculptural elements to create large scale vessels inspired by antiquities which bring new appreciation to both form and technique. Hours of operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Wednesday, March 31, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Young At Art

Arts Center Young At Art is an annual exhibition featuring art work from elementary and middle school students in the Nash/Rocky Mount school system. Art work is chosen by the art teachers of participating schools, and exhibited each Spring in the Arts Education building. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Jennifer Rankin. Contact Phone: 252-972-1632. Contact Email: jennifer.rankin@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Wednesday, March 31, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Education Building at the Imperial Centre of Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity

Children's Museum & Science Center There’s a place from which nothing escapes, not even light, where time and space literally come to end – experience “Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity” at the Rocky Mount Children’s Museum & Science Center’s Cummins Planetarium. Zip through other-worldly wormholes, and witness the violent death of a star and subsequent birth of a black hole. Narrated by actor Liam Neeson, the planetarium’s newest full dome video presentation delivers the first scientifically generated depiction of a trip inside a black hole and presents compelling evidence that a super-massive black hole may inhabit the heart of our own Milky Way galaxy! "Black Holes" is showing now at the Cummins Planetarium at the Rocky Mount Children's Museum & Science Center. This planetarium show will run through April 30, 2010. Showtimes are as follows: Tuesdays - Fridays at 1:00 pm and 4:00 pm Saturdays at 11:00 am, 1:00 pm, and 4:00 pm Sundays at 2:00 pm **please note the museum is closed on Mondays. Type of Event: Education. Movie / Film. Museum / Gallery. Other. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 6-12). College Students. Families. Seniors. Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Rocky Mount Children's Museum & Science Center. Contact Phone: 252-972-1167. Contact Email: museum@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: $3.50. Price - High: $3.50. Wednesday, March 31, 2010, 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM. Cummins Planetarium at The Children's Museum & Science Centre The Imperial Centre for the Arts & Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27803. For more info visit museum.imperialcentre.org.

Extended Hours at Children's Museum & Science Center

Children's Museum & Science Center The Rocky Mount Children's Museum & Science Center is pleased to provide extended hours of operation on the first Thursday of every month. Come visit the Live Animal Gallery, catch a show at Cummins Planetarium, and explore the exhibit - INSIDE AFRICA. A memorable experience for learners of all ages!! Type of Event: Animals. Education. Exhibit. Museum / Gallery. Nature / Environment. Age Range - Audience: Adults. All Ages. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). College Students. Families. Seniors. Teens (13-18). Contact Phone: (252) 972-1167. Contact Email: museum@rockymountnc.gov. Ticket Website: http://museum.imperialcentre.org/information.html. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 4. Thursday, April 1, 2010, 10:00 AM – 9:00 PM. Rocky Mount Children's Museum & Science Center The Imperial Centre for the Arts & Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27802. For more info visit museum.imperialcentre.org.

Ceramics Selected from the Permanent Collection

Arts Center Kathy Triplett, Clara “Kitty” Couch, Nick Joerling, Joe Winter, Ursula Goebels-Ellis, Jim Whalen, Jack Troy, and Ron Meyers are just a few of the nationally acclaimed ceramic artists included in this exhibit from the Arts Center’s Ceramic Collection. A variety of shapes, techniques, building and firing techniques are displayed to exhibit the diversity of the medium and the collection. Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays, Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm - 5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Thursday, April 1, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Handcrafted: A Juried Exhibition of Ceramics, Fiber, Glass, Metal, Wood

Arts Center Handcrafted: A Juried Exhibition of Ceramics, Fiber, Glass, Metal, Wood is a national juried craft exhibition attracting a variety of traditional, mixed, and new craft media from across the United States. A different unbiased juror is contracted each year to make selections. (Image: Dorothy McGuinness, Launch, 2009 Best in Show) Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Thursday, April 1, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Keiji Shinohara

Arts Center In 1975, Keiji Shinohara spent five months convincing Uesugi Keiichiro to accept him as an apprentice in ukiyo-e (a system of Japanese wood block print production refined in the 18th century) and several more years converting from left to right handed techniques after being accepted. Eventually heralded as a master printer himself, Keiji traveled to the US to expand his audience. Today his works can be found in prestigious collections and exhibitions all over the world. He has taught at the Rhode Island School of Design, San Francisco Art Institute, and is currently a Faculty Fellow at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT. Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Thursday, April 1, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Landscapes Selected from the Permanent Collection

Arts Center Artists have depicted their physical environment in paint and print throughout history. The Arts Center’s Permanent Collection includes photorealistic and abstract portrayals of pastoral and urban landscapes by some of North Carolina’s most well recognized artists. Nine works are now on display including such artists as Claude Howell, Francis Speight, and John Gay. Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Thursday, April 1, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre of Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Stuart Kent

Arts Center Stuart Kent began his pursuit of wood working under a production cabinetmaker and solidified his aesthetic fingerprint during his Master of Fine Arts degree at East Carolina University. He currently operates a commission furniture and design business in Greenville, NC. Kent combines turned wood and cast sculptural elements to create large scale vessels inspired by antiquities which bring new appreciation to both form and technique. Hours of operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Thursday, April 1, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Young At Art

Arts Center Young At Art is an annual exhibition featuring art work from elementary and middle school students in the Nash/Rocky Mount school system. Art work is chosen by the art teachers of participating schools, and exhibited each Spring in the Arts Education building. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Jennifer Rankin. Contact Phone: 252-972-1632. Contact Email: jennifer.rankin@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Thursday, April 1, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Education Building at the Imperial Centre of Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity

Children's Museum & Science Center There’s a place from which nothing escapes, not even light, where time and space literally come to end – experience “Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity” at the Rocky Mount Children’s Museum & Science Center’s Cummins Planetarium. Zip through other-worldly wormholes, and witness the violent death of a star and subsequent birth of a black hole. Narrated by actor Liam Neeson, the planetarium’s newest full dome video presentation delivers the first scientifically generated depiction of a trip inside a black hole and presents compelling evidence that a super-massive black hole may inhabit the heart of our own Milky Way galaxy! "Black Holes" is showing now at the Cummins Planetarium at the Rocky Mount Children's Museum & Science Center. This planetarium show will run through April 30, 2010. Showtimes are as follows: Tuesdays - Fridays at 1:00 pm and 4:00 pm Saturdays at 11:00 am, 1:00 pm, and 4:00 pm Sundays at 2:00 pm **please note the museum is closed on Mondays. Type of Event: Education. Movie / Film. Museum / Gallery. Other. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 6-12). College Students. Families. Seniors. Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Rocky Mount Children's Museum & Science Center. Contact Phone: 252-972-1167. Contact Email: museum@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: $3.50. Price - High: $3.50. Thursday, April 1, 2010, 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM. Cummins Planetarium at The Children's Museum & Science Centre The Imperial Centre for the Arts & Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27803. For more info visit museum.imperialcentre.org.

Ceramics Selected from the Permanent Collection

Arts Center Kathy Triplett, Clara “Kitty” Couch, Nick Joerling, Joe Winter, Ursula Goebels-Ellis, Jim Whalen, Jack Troy, and Ron Meyers are just a few of the nationally acclaimed ceramic artists included in this exhibit from the Arts Center’s Ceramic Collection. A variety of shapes, techniques, building and firing techniques are displayed to exhibit the diversity of the medium and the collection. Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays, Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm - 5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Friday, April 2, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Handcrafted: A Juried Exhibition of Ceramics, Fiber, Glass, Metal, Wood

Arts Center Handcrafted: A Juried Exhibition of Ceramics, Fiber, Glass, Metal, Wood is a national juried craft exhibition attracting a variety of traditional, mixed, and new craft media from across the United States. A different unbiased juror is contracted each year to make selections. (Image: Dorothy McGuinness, Launch, 2009 Best in Show) Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Friday, April 2, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Keiji Shinohara

Arts Center In 1975, Keiji Shinohara spent five months convincing Uesugi Keiichiro to accept him as an apprentice in ukiyo-e (a system of Japanese wood block print production refined in the 18th century) and several more years converting from left to right handed techniques after being accepted. Eventually heralded as a master printer himself, Keiji traveled to the US to expand his audience. Today his works can be found in prestigious collections and exhibitions all over the world. He has taught at the Rhode Island School of Design, San Francisco Art Institute, and is currently a Faculty Fellow at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT. Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Friday, April 2, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Landscapes Selected from the Permanent Collection

Arts Center Artists have depicted their physical environment in paint and print throughout history. The Arts Center’s Permanent Collection includes photorealistic and abstract portrayals of pastoral and urban landscapes by some of North Carolina’s most well recognized artists. Nine works are now on display including such artists as Claude Howell, Francis Speight, and John Gay. Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Friday, April 2, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre of Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Stuart Kent

Arts Center Stuart Kent began his pursuit of wood working under a production cabinetmaker and solidified his aesthetic fingerprint during his Master of Fine Arts degree at East Carolina University. He currently operates a commission furniture and design business in Greenville, NC. Kent combines turned wood and cast sculptural elements to create large scale vessels inspired by antiquities which bring new appreciation to both form and technique. Hours of operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Friday, April 2, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Young At Art

Arts Center Young At Art is an annual exhibition featuring art work from elementary and middle school students in the Nash/Rocky Mount school system. Art work is chosen by the art teachers of participating schools, and exhibited each Spring in the Arts Education building. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Jennifer Rankin. Contact Phone: 252-972-1632. Contact Email: jennifer.rankin@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Friday, April 2, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Education Building at the Imperial Centre of Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity

Children's Museum & Science Center There’s a place from which nothing escapes, not even light, where time and space literally come to end – experience “Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity” at the Rocky Mount Children’s Museum & Science Center’s Cummins Planetarium. Zip through other-worldly wormholes, and witness the violent death of a star and subsequent birth of a black hole. Narrated by actor Liam Neeson, the planetarium’s newest full dome video presentation delivers the first scientifically generated depiction of a trip inside a black hole and presents compelling evidence that a super-massive black hole may inhabit the heart of our own Milky Way galaxy! "Black Holes" is showing now at the Cummins Planetarium at the Rocky Mount Children's Museum & Science Center. This planetarium show will run through April 30, 2010. Showtimes are as follows: Tuesdays - Fridays at 1:00 pm and 4:00 pm Saturdays at 11:00 am, 1:00 pm, and 4:00 pm Sundays at 2:00 pm **please note the museum is closed on Mondays. Type of Event: Education. Movie / Film. Museum / Gallery. Other. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 6-12). College Students. Families. Seniors. Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Rocky Mount Children's Museum & Science Center. Contact Phone: 252-972-1167. Contact Email: museum@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: $3.50. Price - High: $3.50. Friday, April 2, 2010, 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM. Cummins Planetarium at The Children's Museum & Science Centre The Imperial Centre for the Arts & Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27803. For more info visit museum.imperialcentre.org.

Ceramics Selected from the Permanent Collection

Arts Center Kathy Triplett, Clara “Kitty” Couch, Nick Joerling, Joe Winter, Ursula Goebels-Ellis, Jim Whalen, Jack Troy, and Ron Meyers are just a few of the nationally acclaimed ceramic artists included in this exhibit from the Arts Center’s Ceramic Collection. A variety of shapes, techniques, building and firing techniques are displayed to exhibit the diversity of the medium and the collection. Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays, Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm - 5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Saturday, April 3, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Handcrafted: A Juried Exhibition of Ceramics, Fiber, Glass, Metal, Wood

Arts Center Handcrafted: A Juried Exhibition of Ceramics, Fiber, Glass, Metal, Wood is a national juried craft exhibition attracting a variety of traditional, mixed, and new craft media from across the United States. A different unbiased juror is contracted each year to make selections. (Image: Dorothy McGuinness, Launch, 2009 Best in Show) Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Saturday, April 3, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Keiji Shinohara

Arts Center In 1975, Keiji Shinohara spent five months convincing Uesugi Keiichiro to accept him as an apprentice in ukiyo-e (a system of Japanese wood block print production refined in the 18th century) and several more years converting from left to right handed techniques after being accepted. Eventually heralded as a master printer himself, Keiji traveled to the US to expand his audience. Today his works can be found in prestigious collections and exhibitions all over the world. He has taught at the Rhode Island School of Design, San Francisco Art Institute, and is currently a Faculty Fellow at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT. Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Saturday, April 3, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Landscapes Selected from the Permanent Collection

Arts Center Artists have depicted their physical environment in paint and print throughout history. The Arts Center’s Permanent Collection includes photorealistic and abstract portrayals of pastoral and urban landscapes by some of North Carolina’s most well recognized artists. Nine works are now on display including such artists as Claude Howell, Francis Speight, and John Gay. Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Saturday, April 3, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre of Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Stuart Kent

Arts Center Stuart Kent began his pursuit of wood working under a production cabinetmaker and solidified his aesthetic fingerprint during his Master of Fine Arts degree at East Carolina University. He currently operates a commission furniture and design business in Greenville, NC. Kent combines turned wood and cast sculptural elements to create large scale vessels inspired by antiquities which bring new appreciation to both form and technique. Hours of operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Saturday, April 3, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Young At Art

Arts Center Young At Art is an annual exhibition featuring art work from elementary and middle school students in the Nash/Rocky Mount school system. Art work is chosen by the art teachers of participating schools, and exhibited each Spring in the Arts Education building. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Jennifer Rankin. Contact Phone: 252-972-1632. Contact Email: jennifer.rankin@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Saturday, April 3, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Education Building at the Imperial Centre of Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity

Children's Museum & Science Center There’s a place from which nothing escapes, not even light, where time and space literally come to end – experience “Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity” at the Rocky Mount Children’s Museum & Science Center’s Cummins Planetarium. Zip through other-worldly wormholes, and witness the violent death of a star and subsequent birth of a black hole. Narrated by actor Liam Neeson, the planetarium’s newest full dome video presentation delivers the first scientifically generated depiction of a trip inside a black hole and presents compelling evidence that a super-massive black hole may inhabit the heart of our own Milky Way galaxy! "Black Holes" is showing now at the Cummins Planetarium at the Rocky Mount Children's Museum & Science Center. This planetarium show will run through April 30, 2010. Showtimes are as follows: Tuesdays - Fridays at 1:00 pm and 4:00 pm Saturdays at 11:00 am, 1:00 pm, and 4:00 pm Sundays at 2:00 pm **please note the museum is closed on Mondays. Type of Event: Education. Movie / Film. Museum / Gallery. Other. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 6-12). College Students. Families. Seniors. Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Rocky Mount Children's Museum & Science Center. Contact Phone: 252-972-1167. Contact Email: museum@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: $3.50. Price - High: $3.50. Saturday, April 3, 2010, 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM. Cummins Planetarium at The Children's Museum & Science Centre The Imperial Centre for the Arts & Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27803. For more info visit museum.imperialcentre.org.

Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity

Children's Museum & Science Center There’s a place from which nothing escapes, not even light, where time and space literally come to end – experience “Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity” at the Rocky Mount Children’s Museum & Science Center’s Cummins Planetarium. Zip through other-worldly wormholes, and witness the violent death of a star and subsequent birth of a black hole. Narrated by actor Liam Neeson, the planetarium’s newest full dome video presentation delivers the first scientifically generated depiction of a trip inside a black hole and presents compelling evidence that a super-massive black hole may inhabit the heart of our own Milky Way galaxy! "Black Holes" is showing now at the Cummins Planetarium at the Rocky Mount Children's Museum & Science Center. This planetarium show will run through April 30, 2010. Showtimes are as follows: Tuesdays - Fridays at 1:00 pm and 4:00 pm Saturdays at 11:00 am, 1:00 pm, and 4:00 pm Sundays at 2:00 pm **please note the museum is closed on Mondays. Type of Event: Education. Movie / Film. Museum / Gallery. Other. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 6-12). College Students. Families. Seniors. Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Rocky Mount Children's Museum & Science Center. Contact Phone: 252-972-1167. Contact Email: museum@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: $3.50. Price - High: $3.50. Saturday, April 3, 2010, 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM. Cummins Planetarium at The Children's Museum & Science Centre The Imperial Centre for the Arts & Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27803. For more info visit museum.imperialcentre.org.

Ceramics Selected from the Permanent Collection

Arts Center Kathy Triplett, Clara “Kitty” Couch, Nick Joerling, Joe Winter, Ursula Goebels-Ellis, Jim Whalen, Jack Troy, and Ron Meyers are just a few of the nationally acclaimed ceramic artists included in this exhibit from the Arts Center’s Ceramic Collection. A variety of shapes, techniques, building and firing techniques are displayed to exhibit the diversity of the medium and the collection. Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays, Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm - 5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Sunday, April 4, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Handcrafted: A Juried Exhibition of Ceramics, Fiber, Glass, Metal, Wood

Arts Center Handcrafted: A Juried Exhibition of Ceramics, Fiber, Glass, Metal, Wood is a national juried craft exhibition attracting a variety of traditional, mixed, and new craft media from across the United States. A different unbiased juror is contracted each year to make selections. (Image: Dorothy McGuinness, Launch, 2009 Best in Show) Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Sunday, April 4, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Keiji Shinohara

Arts Center In 1975, Keiji Shinohara spent five months convincing Uesugi Keiichiro to accept him as an apprentice in ukiyo-e (a system of Japanese wood block print production refined in the 18th century) and several more years converting from left to right handed techniques after being accepted. Eventually heralded as a master printer himself, Keiji traveled to the US to expand his audience. Today his works can be found in prestigious collections and exhibitions all over the world. He has taught at the Rhode Island School of Design, San Francisco Art Institute, and is currently a Faculty Fellow at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT. Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Sunday, April 4, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Landscapes Selected from the Permanent Collection

Arts Center Artists have depicted their physical environment in paint and print throughout history. The Arts Center’s Permanent Collection includes photorealistic and abstract portrayals of pastoral and urban landscapes by some of North Carolina’s most well recognized artists. Nine works are now on display including such artists as Claude Howell, Francis Speight, and John Gay. Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Sunday, April 4, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre of Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Stuart Kent

Arts Center Stuart Kent began his pursuit of wood working under a production cabinetmaker and solidified his aesthetic fingerprint during his Master of Fine Arts degree at East Carolina University. He currently operates a commission furniture and design business in Greenville, NC. Kent combines turned wood and cast sculptural elements to create large scale vessels inspired by antiquities which bring new appreciation to both form and technique. Hours of operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Sunday, April 4, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Young At Art

Arts Center Young At Art is an annual exhibition featuring art work from elementary and middle school students in the Nash/Rocky Mount school system. Art work is chosen by the art teachers of participating schools, and exhibited each Spring in the Arts Education building. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Jennifer Rankin. Contact Phone: 252-972-1632. Contact Email: jennifer.rankin@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Sunday, April 4, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Education Building at the Imperial Centre of Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity

Children's Museum & Science Center There’s a place from which nothing escapes, not even light, where time and space literally come to end – experience “Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity” at the Rocky Mount Children’s Museum & Science Center’s Cummins Planetarium. Zip through other-worldly wormholes, and witness the violent death of a star and subsequent birth of a black hole. Narrated by actor Liam Neeson, the planetarium’s newest full dome video presentation delivers the first scientifically generated depiction of a trip inside a black hole and presents compelling evidence that a super-massive black hole may inhabit the heart of our own Milky Way galaxy! "Black Holes" is showing now at the Cummins Planetarium at the Rocky Mount Children's Museum & Science Center. This planetarium show will run through April 30, 2010. Showtimes are as follows: Tuesdays - Fridays at 1:00 pm and 4:00 pm Saturdays at 11:00 am, 1:00 pm, and 4:00 pm Sundays at 2:00 pm **please note the museum is closed on Mondays. Type of Event: Education. Movie / Film. Museum / Gallery. Other. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 6-12). College Students. Families. Seniors. Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Rocky Mount Children's Museum & Science Center. Contact Phone: 252-972-1167. Contact Email: museum@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: $3.50. Price - High: $3.50. Sunday, April 4, 2010, 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM. Cummins Planetarium at The Children's Museum & Science Centre The Imperial Centre for the Arts & Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27803. For more info visit museum.imperialcentre.org.

Laser Michael Jackson

Children's Museum & Science Center Rocky Mount Children’s Museum & Science Center pays tribute to the King of Pop with Laser Michael Jackson! The King of Pop is gone, but not forgotten. Celebrate the music of Michael Jackson interpreted through the magic of colorful laser graphics and animation. Songs include Bad, Beat It, Thriller, The Way You Make Me Feel, Don’t Stop, and more! Laser Michael Jackson will show January 16 through April 30, 2010. Showtimes: Tuesdays - Saturdays 3:00 pm Sundays at 4:00 pm. Type of Event: Education. Movie / Film. Museum / Gallery. Music. Other. Age Range - Audience: Adults. All Ages. Children (Ages 6-12). College Students. Families. Seniors. Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Rocky Mount Children's Museum & Science Center. Contact Phone: 252-972-1167. Contact Email: museum@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: $3.50. Price - High: $3.50. Sunday, April 4, 2010, 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM. Cummins Planetarium at The Children's Museum & Science Centre The Imperial Centre for the Arts & Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27803. For more info visit museum.imperialcentre.org.

Ceramics Selected from the Permanent Collection

Arts Center Kathy Triplett, Clara “Kitty” Couch, Nick Joerling, Joe Winter, Ursula Goebels-Ellis, Jim Whalen, Jack Troy, and Ron Meyers are just a few of the nationally acclaimed ceramic artists included in this exhibit from the Arts Center’s Ceramic Collection. A variety of shapes, techniques, building and firing techniques are displayed to exhibit the diversity of the medium and the collection. Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays, Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm - 5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Monday, April 5, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Handcrafted: A Juried Exhibition of Ceramics, Fiber, Glass, Metal, Wood

Arts Center Handcrafted: A Juried Exhibition of Ceramics, Fiber, Glass, Metal, Wood is a national juried craft exhibition attracting a variety of traditional, mixed, and new craft media from across the United States. A different unbiased juror is contracted each year to make selections. (Image: Dorothy McGuinness, Launch, 2009 Best in Show) Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Monday, April 5, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Keiji Shinohara

Arts Center In 1975, Keiji Shinohara spent five months convincing Uesugi Keiichiro to accept him as an apprentice in ukiyo-e (a system of Japanese wood block print production refined in the 18th century) and several more years converting from left to right handed techniques after being accepted. Eventually heralded as a master printer himself, Keiji traveled to the US to expand his audience. Today his works can be found in prestigious collections and exhibitions all over the world. He has taught at the Rhode Island School of Design, San Francisco Art Institute, and is currently a Faculty Fellow at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT. Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Monday, April 5, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Landscapes Selected from the Permanent Collection

Arts Center Artists have depicted their physical environment in paint and print throughout history. The Arts Center’s Permanent Collection includes photorealistic and abstract portrayals of pastoral and urban landscapes by some of North Carolina’s most well recognized artists. Nine works are now on display including such artists as Claude Howell, Francis Speight, and John Gay. Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Monday, April 5, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre of Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Stuart Kent

Arts Center Stuart Kent began his pursuit of wood working under a production cabinetmaker and solidified his aesthetic fingerprint during his Master of Fine Arts degree at East Carolina University. He currently operates a commission furniture and design business in Greenville, NC. Kent combines turned wood and cast sculptural elements to create large scale vessels inspired by antiquities which bring new appreciation to both form and technique. Hours of operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Monday, April 5, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Young At Art

Arts Center Young At Art is an annual exhibition featuring art work from elementary and middle school students in the Nash/Rocky Mount school system. Art work is chosen by the art teachers of participating schools, and exhibited each Spring in the Arts Education building. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Jennifer Rankin. Contact Phone: 252-972-1632. Contact Email: jennifer.rankin@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Monday, April 5, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Education Building at the Imperial Centre of Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Ceramics Selected from the Permanent Collection

Arts Center Kathy Triplett, Clara “Kitty” Couch, Nick Joerling, Joe Winter, Ursula Goebels-Ellis, Jim Whalen, Jack Troy, and Ron Meyers are just a few of the nationally acclaimed ceramic artists included in this exhibit from the Arts Center’s Ceramic Collection. A variety of shapes, techniques, building and firing techniques are displayed to exhibit the diversity of the medium and the collection. Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays, Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm - 5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Tuesday, April 6, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Handcrafted: A Juried Exhibition of Ceramics, Fiber, Glass, Metal, Wood

Arts Center Handcrafted: A Juried Exhibition of Ceramics, Fiber, Glass, Metal, Wood is a national juried craft exhibition attracting a variety of traditional, mixed, and new craft media from across the United States. A different unbiased juror is contracted each year to make selections. (Image: Dorothy McGuinness, Launch, 2009 Best in Show) Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Tuesday, April 6, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Keiji Shinohara

Arts Center In 1975, Keiji Shinohara spent five months convincing Uesugi Keiichiro to accept him as an apprentice in ukiyo-e (a system of Japanese wood block print production refined in the 18th century) and several more years converting from left to right handed techniques after being accepted. Eventually heralded as a master printer himself, Keiji traveled to the US to expand his audience. Today his works can be found in prestigious collections and exhibitions all over the world. He has taught at the Rhode Island School of Design, San Francisco Art Institute, and is currently a Faculty Fellow at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT. Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Tuesday, April 6, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Landscapes Selected from the Permanent Collection

Arts Center Artists have depicted their physical environment in paint and print throughout history. The Arts Center’s Permanent Collection includes photorealistic and abstract portrayals of pastoral and urban landscapes by some of North Carolina’s most well recognized artists. Nine works are now on display including such artists as Claude Howell, Francis Speight, and John Gay. Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Tuesday, April 6, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre of Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Stuart Kent

Arts Center Stuart Kent began his pursuit of wood working under a production cabinetmaker and solidified his aesthetic fingerprint during his Master of Fine Arts degree at East Carolina University. He currently operates a commission furniture and design business in Greenville, NC. Kent combines turned wood and cast sculptural elements to create large scale vessels inspired by antiquities which bring new appreciation to both form and technique. Hours of operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Tuesday, April 6, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Young At Art

Arts Center Young At Art is an annual exhibition featuring art work from elementary and middle school students in the Nash/Rocky Mount school system. Art work is chosen by the art teachers of participating schools, and exhibited each Spring in the Arts Education building. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Jennifer Rankin. Contact Phone: 252-972-1632. Contact Email: jennifer.rankin@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Tuesday, April 6, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Education Building at the Imperial Centre of Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity

Children's Museum & Science Center There’s a place from which nothing escapes, not even light, where time and space literally come to end – experience “Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity” at the Rocky Mount Children’s Museum & Science Center’s Cummins Planetarium. Zip through other-worldly wormholes, and witness the violent death of a star and subsequent birth of a black hole. Narrated by actor Liam Neeson, the planetarium’s newest full dome video presentation delivers the first scientifically generated depiction of a trip inside a black hole and presents compelling evidence that a super-massive black hole may inhabit the heart of our own Milky Way galaxy! "Black Holes" is showing now at the Cummins Planetarium at the Rocky Mount Children's Museum & Science Center. This planetarium show will run through April 30, 2010. Showtimes are as follows: Tuesdays - Fridays at 1:00 pm and 4:00 pm Saturdays at 11:00 am, 1:00 pm, and 4:00 pm Sundays at 2:00 pm **please note the museum is closed on Mondays. Type of Event: Education. Movie / Film. Museum / Gallery. Other. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 6-12). College Students. Families. Seniors. Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Rocky Mount Children's Museum & Science Center. Contact Phone: 252-972-1167. Contact Email: museum@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: $3.50. Price - High: $3.50. Tuesday, April 6, 2010, 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM. Cummins Planetarium at The Children's Museum & Science Centre The Imperial Centre for the Arts & Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27803. For more info visit museum.imperialcentre.org.

Rocky Mount Board of Adjustment

Planning & Development The City of Rocky Mount Board of Adjustment is a quasi-judicial board responsible for ruling on appeals, variances, and special uses in the City limits and Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (ETJ). Type of Event: Public Meeting / Hearing. Age Range - Audience: All Ages. Contact Name: Bernetta Smith-Battle. Contact Phone: (252) 972-1172. Contact Email: Bernetta.Smith-Battle@rockymountnc.gov. Tuesday, April 6, 2010, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM. Rocky Mount City Hall Council Chamber, Third Floor 331 S. Franklin Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit www.rockymountnc.gov.

Ceramics Selected from the Permanent Collection

Arts Center Kathy Triplett, Clara “Kitty” Couch, Nick Joerling, Joe Winter, Ursula Goebels-Ellis, Jim Whalen, Jack Troy, and Ron Meyers are just a few of the nationally acclaimed ceramic artists included in this exhibit from the Arts Center’s Ceramic Collection. A variety of shapes, techniques, building and firing techniques are displayed to exhibit the diversity of the medium and the collection. Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays, Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm - 5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Wednesday, April 7, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Handcrafted: A Juried Exhibition of Ceramics, Fiber, Glass, Metal, Wood

Arts Center Handcrafted: A Juried Exhibition of Ceramics, Fiber, Glass, Metal, Wood is a national juried craft exhibition attracting a variety of traditional, mixed, and new craft media from across the United States. A different unbiased juror is contracted each year to make selections. (Image: Dorothy McGuinness, Launch, 2009 Best in Show) Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Wednesday, April 7, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Keiji Shinohara

Arts Center In 1975, Keiji Shinohara spent five months convincing Uesugi Keiichiro to accept him as an apprentice in ukiyo-e (a system of Japanese wood block print production refined in the 18th century) and several more years converting from left to right handed techniques after being accepted. Eventually heralded as a master printer himself, Keiji traveled to the US to expand his audience. Today his works can be found in prestigious collections and exhibitions all over the world. He has taught at the Rhode Island School of Design, San Francisco Art Institute, and is currently a Faculty Fellow at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT. Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Wednesday, April 7, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Landscapes Selected from the Permanent Collection

Arts Center Artists have depicted their physical environment in paint and print throughout history. The Arts Center’s Permanent Collection includes photorealistic and abstract portrayals of pastoral and urban landscapes by some of North Carolina’s most well recognized artists. Nine works are now on display including such artists as Claude Howell, Francis Speight, and John Gay. Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Wednesday, April 7, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre of Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Stuart Kent

Arts Center Stuart Kent began his pursuit of wood working under a production cabinetmaker and solidified his aesthetic fingerprint during his Master of Fine Arts degree at East Carolina University. He currently operates a commission furniture and design business in Greenville, NC. Kent combines turned wood and cast sculptural elements to create large scale vessels inspired by antiquities which bring new appreciation to both form and technique. Hours of operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Wednesday, April 7, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Young At Art

Arts Center Young At Art is an annual exhibition featuring art work from elementary and middle school students in the Nash/Rocky Mount school system. Art work is chosen by the art teachers of participating schools, and exhibited each Spring in the Arts Education building. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Jennifer Rankin. Contact Phone: 252-972-1632. Contact Email: jennifer.rankin@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Wednesday, April 7, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Education Building at the Imperial Centre of Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity

Children's Museum & Science Center There’s a place from which nothing escapes, not even light, where time and space literally come to end – experience “Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity” at the Rocky Mount Children’s Museum & Science Center’s Cummins Planetarium. Zip through other-worldly wormholes, and witness the violent death of a star and subsequent birth of a black hole. Narrated by actor Liam Neeson, the planetarium’s newest full dome video presentation delivers the first scientifically generated depiction of a trip inside a black hole and presents compelling evidence that a super-massive black hole may inhabit the heart of our own Milky Way galaxy! "Black Holes" is showing now at the Cummins Planetarium at the Rocky Mount Children's Museum & Science Center. This planetarium show will run through April 30, 2010. Showtimes are as follows: Tuesdays - Fridays at 1:00 pm and 4:00 pm Saturdays at 11:00 am, 1:00 pm, and 4:00 pm Sundays at 2:00 pm **please note the museum is closed on Mondays. Type of Event: Education. Movie / Film. Museum / Gallery. Other. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 6-12). College Students. Families. Seniors. Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Rocky Mount Children's Museum & Science Center. Contact Phone: 252-972-1167. Contact Email: museum@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: $3.50. Price - High: $3.50. Wednesday, April 7, 2010, 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM. Cummins Planetarium at The Children's Museum & Science Centre The Imperial Centre for the Arts & Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27803. For more info visit museum.imperialcentre.org.

Ceramics Selected from the Permanent Collection

Arts Center Kathy Triplett, Clara “Kitty” Couch, Nick Joerling, Joe Winter, Ursula Goebels-Ellis, Jim Whalen, Jack Troy, and Ron Meyers are just a few of the nationally acclaimed ceramic artists included in this exhibit from the Arts Center’s Ceramic Collection. A variety of shapes, techniques, building and firing techniques are displayed to exhibit the diversity of the medium and the collection. Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays, Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm - 5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Thursday, April 8, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Handcrafted: A Juried Exhibition of Ceramics, Fiber, Glass, Metal, Wood

Arts Center Handcrafted: A Juried Exhibition of Ceramics, Fiber, Glass, Metal, Wood is a national juried craft exhibition attracting a variety of traditional, mixed, and new craft media from across the United States. A different unbiased juror is contracted each year to make selections. (Image: Dorothy McGuinness, Launch, 2009 Best in Show) Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Thursday, April 8, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Keiji Shinohara

Arts Center In 1975, Keiji Shinohara spent five months convincing Uesugi Keiichiro to accept him as an apprentice in ukiyo-e (a system of Japanese wood block print production refined in the 18th century) and several more years converting from left to right handed techniques after being accepted. Eventually heralded as a master printer himself, Keiji traveled to the US to expand his audience. Today his works can be found in prestigious collections and exhibitions all over the world. He has taught at the Rhode Island School of Design, San Francisco Art Institute, and is currently a Faculty Fellow at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT. Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Thursday, April 8, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Landscapes Selected from the Permanent Collection

Arts Center Artists have depicted their physical environment in paint and print throughout history. The Arts Center’s Permanent Collection includes photorealistic and abstract portrayals of pastoral and urban landscapes by some of North Carolina’s most well recognized artists. Nine works are now on display including such artists as Claude Howell, Francis Speight, and John Gay. Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Thursday, April 8, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre of Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Stuart Kent

Arts Center Stuart Kent began his pursuit of wood working under a production cabinetmaker and solidified his aesthetic fingerprint during his Master of Fine Arts degree at East Carolina University. He currently operates a commission furniture and design business in Greenville, NC. Kent combines turned wood and cast sculptural elements to create large scale vessels inspired by antiquities which bring new appreciation to both form and technique. Hours of operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Thursday, April 8, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Young At Art

Arts Center Young At Art is an annual exhibition featuring art work from elementary and middle school students in the Nash/Rocky Mount school system. Art work is chosen by the art teachers of participating schools, and exhibited each Spring in the Arts Education building. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Jennifer Rankin. Contact Phone: 252-972-1632. Contact Email: jennifer.rankin@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Thursday, April 8, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Education Building at the Imperial Centre of Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity

Children's Museum & Science Center There’s a place from which nothing escapes, not even light, where time and space literally come to end – experience “Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity” at the Rocky Mount Children’s Museum & Science Center’s Cummins Planetarium. Zip through other-worldly wormholes, and witness the violent death of a star and subsequent birth of a black hole. Narrated by actor Liam Neeson, the planetarium’s newest full dome video presentation delivers the first scientifically generated depiction of a trip inside a black hole and presents compelling evidence that a super-massive black hole may inhabit the heart of our own Milky Way galaxy! "Black Holes" is showing now at the Cummins Planetarium at the Rocky Mount Children's Museum & Science Center. This planetarium show will run through April 30, 2010. Showtimes are as follows: Tuesdays - Fridays at 1:00 pm and 4:00 pm Saturdays at 11:00 am, 1:00 pm, and 4:00 pm Sundays at 2:00 pm **please note the museum is closed on Mondays. Type of Event: Education. Movie / Film. Museum / Gallery. Other. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 6-12). College Students. Families. Seniors. Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Rocky Mount Children's Museum & Science Center. Contact Phone: 252-972-1167. Contact Email: museum@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: $3.50. Price - High: $3.50. Thursday, April 8, 2010, 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM. Cummins Planetarium at The Children's Museum & Science Centre The Imperial Centre for the Arts & Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27803. For more info visit museum.imperialcentre.org.

Ceramics Selected from the Permanent Collection

Arts Center Kathy Triplett, Clara “Kitty” Couch, Nick Joerling, Joe Winter, Ursula Goebels-Ellis, Jim Whalen, Jack Troy, and Ron Meyers are just a few of the nationally acclaimed ceramic artists included in this exhibit from the Arts Center’s Ceramic Collection. A variety of shapes, techniques, building and firing techniques are displayed to exhibit the diversity of the medium and the collection. Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays, Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm - 5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Friday, April 9, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Handcrafted: A Juried Exhibition of Ceramics, Fiber, Glass, Metal, Wood

Arts Center Handcrafted: A Juried Exhibition of Ceramics, Fiber, Glass, Metal, Wood is a national juried craft exhibition attracting a variety of traditional, mixed, and new craft media from across the United States. A different unbiased juror is contracted each year to make selections. (Image: Dorothy McGuinness, Launch, 2009 Best in Show) Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Friday, April 9, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Keiji Shinohara

Arts Center In 1975, Keiji Shinohara spent five months convincing Uesugi Keiichiro to accept him as an apprentice in ukiyo-e (a system of Japanese wood block print production refined in the 18th century) and several more years converting from left to right handed techniques after being accepted. Eventually heralded as a master printer himself, Keiji traveled to the US to expand his audience. Today his works can be found in prestigious collections and exhibitions all over the world. He has taught at the Rhode Island School of Design, San Francisco Art Institute, and is currently a Faculty Fellow at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT. Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Friday, April 9, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Landscapes Selected from the Permanent Collection

Arts Center Artists have depicted their physical environment in paint and print throughout history. The Arts Center’s Permanent Collection includes photorealistic and abstract portrayals of pastoral and urban landscapes by some of North Carolina’s most well recognized artists. Nine works are now on display including such artists as Claude Howell, Francis Speight, and John Gay. Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Friday, April 9, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre of Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Stuart Kent

Arts Center Stuart Kent began his pursuit of wood working under a production cabinetmaker and solidified his aesthetic fingerprint during his Master of Fine Arts degree at East Carolina University. He currently operates a commission furniture and design business in Greenville, NC. Kent combines turned wood and cast sculptural elements to create large scale vessels inspired by antiquities which bring new appreciation to both form and technique. Hours of operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Friday, April 9, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity

Children's Museum & Science Center There’s a place from which nothing escapes, not even light, where time and space literally come to end – experience “Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity” at the Rocky Mount Children’s Museum & Science Center’s Cummins Planetarium. Zip through other-worldly wormholes, and witness the violent death of a star and subsequent birth of a black hole. Narrated by actor Liam Neeson, the planetarium’s newest full dome video presentation delivers the first scientifically generated depiction of a trip inside a black hole and presents compelling evidence that a super-massive black hole may inhabit the heart of our own Milky Way galaxy! "Black Holes" is showing now at the Cummins Planetarium at the Rocky Mount Children's Museum & Science Center. This planetarium show will run through April 30, 2010. Showtimes are as follows: Tuesdays - Fridays at 1:00 pm and 4:00 pm Saturdays at 11:00 am, 1:00 pm, and 4:00 pm Sundays at 2:00 pm **please note the museum is closed on Mondays. Type of Event: Education. Movie / Film. Museum / Gallery. Other. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 6-12). College Students. Families. Seniors. Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Rocky Mount Children's Museum & Science Center. Contact Phone: 252-972-1167. Contact Email: museum@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: $3.50. Price - High: $3.50. Friday, April 9, 2010, 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM. Cummins Planetarium at The Children's Museum & Science Centre The Imperial Centre for the Arts & Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27803. For more info visit museum.imperialcentre.org.

Top Gun Spring State Championships

Sports Complex If you are interseted in placing a team in this tournament, please contact Tournament Director, Ray Stallings at raystallings@orss.net. Type of Event: Sports / Recreation. Age Range - Audience: All Ages. Contact Name: Joel Dunn. Contact Phone: 252-467-6483. Contact Email: joel.dunn@rockymountnc.gov. Ticket Website: http://www.rockymountsportscomplex.com. Saturday, April 10, 2010 – Sunday, April 11, 2010. Rocky Mount Sports Complex 600 Independence Drive Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit www.orss.net.

Tar River Piecemakers Quilting Guild

Arts Center Established in 2000, TRPQG promotes the love of quilts and quilt making. This group has a passion for fabric, design, and art which they share with the community through donations to various charitable organizations. Type of Event: Arts (Performing / Visual). Meeting / Conference. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Seniors. Contact Name: Jennifer Rankin. Contact Phone: 252-972-1632. Contact Email: jennifer.rankin@rockymountnc.gov. Saturday, April 10, 2010, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM. The Arts Center Education Building The Imperial Centre for the Arts & Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Ceramics Selected from the Permanent Collection

Arts Center Kathy Triplett, Clara “Kitty” Couch, Nick Joerling, Joe Winter, Ursula Goebels-Ellis, Jim Whalen, Jack Troy, and Ron Meyers are just a few of the nationally acclaimed ceramic artists included in this exhibit from the Arts Center’s Ceramic Collection. A variety of shapes, techniques, building and firing techniques are displayed to exhibit the diversity of the medium and the collection. Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays, Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm - 5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Saturday, April 10, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Handcrafted: A Juried Exhibition of Ceramics, Fiber, Glass, Metal, Wood

Arts Center Handcrafted: A Juried Exhibition of Ceramics, Fiber, Glass, Metal, Wood is a national juried craft exhibition attracting a variety of traditional, mixed, and new craft media from across the United States. A different unbiased juror is contracted each year to make selections. (Image: Dorothy McGuinness, Launch, 2009 Best in Show) Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Saturday, April 10, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Keiji Shinohara

Arts Center In 1975, Keiji Shinohara spent five months convincing Uesugi Keiichiro to accept him as an apprentice in ukiyo-e (a system of Japanese wood block print production refined in the 18th century) and several more years converting from left to right handed techniques after being accepted. Eventually heralded as a master printer himself, Keiji traveled to the US to expand his audience. Today his works can be found in prestigious collections and exhibitions all over the world. He has taught at the Rhode Island School of Design, San Francisco Art Institute, and is currently a Faculty Fellow at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT. Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Saturday, April 10, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Landscapes Selected from the Permanent Collection

Arts Center Artists have depicted their physical environment in paint and print throughout history. The Arts Center’s Permanent Collection includes photorealistic and abstract portrayals of pastoral and urban landscapes by some of North Carolina’s most well recognized artists. Nine works are now on display including such artists as Claude Howell, Francis Speight, and John Gay. Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Saturday, April 10, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre of Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Stuart Kent

Arts Center Stuart Kent began his pursuit of wood working under a production cabinetmaker and solidified his aesthetic fingerprint during his Master of Fine Arts degree at East Carolina University. He currently operates a commission furniture and design business in Greenville, NC. Kent combines turned wood and cast sculptural elements to create large scale vessels inspired by antiquities which bring new appreciation to both form and technique. Hours of operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Saturday, April 10, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity

Children's Museum & Science Center There’s a place from which nothing escapes, not even light, where time and space literally come to end – experience “Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity” at the Rocky Mount Children’s Museum & Science Center’s Cummins Planetarium. Zip through other-worldly wormholes, and witness the violent death of a star and subsequent birth of a black hole. Narrated by actor Liam Neeson, the planetarium’s newest full dome video presentation delivers the first scientifically generated depiction of a trip inside a black hole and presents compelling evidence that a super-massive black hole may inhabit the heart of our own Milky Way galaxy! "Black Holes" is showing now at the Cummins Planetarium at the Rocky Mount Children's Museum & Science Center. This planetarium show will run through April 30, 2010. Showtimes are as follows: Tuesdays - Fridays at 1:00 pm and 4:00 pm Saturdays at 11:00 am, 1:00 pm, and 4:00 pm Sundays at 2:00 pm **please note the museum is closed on Mondays. Type of Event: Education. Movie / Film. Museum / Gallery. Other. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 6-12). College Students. Families. Seniors. Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Rocky Mount Children's Museum & Science Center. Contact Phone: 252-972-1167. Contact Email: museum@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: $3.50. Price - High: $3.50. Saturday, April 10, 2010, 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM. Cummins Planetarium at The Children's Museum & Science Centre The Imperial Centre for the Arts & Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27803. For more info visit museum.imperialcentre.org.

Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity

Children's Museum & Science Center There’s a place from which nothing escapes, not even light, where time and space literally come to end – experience “Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity” at the Rocky Mount Children’s Museum & Science Center’s Cummins Planetarium. Zip through other-worldly wormholes, and witness the violent death of a star and subsequent birth of a black hole. Narrated by actor Liam Neeson, the planetarium’s newest full dome video presentation delivers the first scientifically generated depiction of a trip inside a black hole and presents compelling evidence that a super-massive black hole may inhabit the heart of our own Milky Way galaxy! "Black Holes" is showing now at the Cummins Planetarium at the Rocky Mount Children's Museum & Science Center. This planetarium show will run through April 30, 2010. Showtimes are as follows: Tuesdays - Fridays at 1:00 pm and 4:00 pm Saturdays at 11:00 am, 1:00 pm, and 4:00 pm Sundays at 2:00 pm **please note the museum is closed on Mondays. Type of Event: Education. Movie / Film. Museum / Gallery. Other. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 6-12). College Students. Families. Seniors. Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Rocky Mount Children's Museum & Science Center. Contact Phone: 252-972-1167. Contact Email: museum@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: $3.50. Price - High: $3.50. Saturday, April 10, 2010, 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM. Cummins Planetarium at The Children's Museum & Science Centre The Imperial Centre for the Arts & Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27803. For more info visit museum.imperialcentre.org.

USA Dance - Ballroom Dancing

Arts Center The Rocky Mount Chapter of this national organization strives to promote ballroom dancing in the local community and to educate the public regarding the physical, mental, and social benefits of ballroom dancing. Type of Event: Arts (Performing / Visual). Meeting / Conference. Age Range - Audience: Adults. College Students. Seniors. Contact Name: Jennifer Rankin. Contact Phone: 252-972-1632. Contact Email: jennifer.rankin@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: $5. Price - High: $7. Saturday, April 10, 2010, 7:30 PM – 10:30 PM. The Arts Center Education Building The Imperial Centre for the Arts & Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Ceramics Selected from the Permanent Collection

Arts Center Kathy Triplett, Clara “Kitty” Couch, Nick Joerling, Joe Winter, Ursula Goebels-Ellis, Jim Whalen, Jack Troy, and Ron Meyers are just a few of the nationally acclaimed ceramic artists included in this exhibit from the Arts Center’s Ceramic Collection. A variety of shapes, techniques, building and firing techniques are displayed to exhibit the diversity of the medium and the collection. Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays, Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm - 5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Sunday, April 11, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Handcrafted: A Juried Exhibition of Ceramics, Fiber, Glass, Metal, Wood

Arts Center Handcrafted: A Juried Exhibition of Ceramics, Fiber, Glass, Metal, Wood is a national juried craft exhibition attracting a variety of traditional, mixed, and new craft media from across the United States. A different unbiased juror is contracted each year to make selections. (Image: Dorothy McGuinness, Launch, 2009 Best in Show) Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Sunday, April 11, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Keiji Shinohara

Arts Center In 1975, Keiji Shinohara spent five months convincing Uesugi Keiichiro to accept him as an apprentice in ukiyo-e (a system of Japanese wood block print production refined in the 18th century) and several more years converting from left to right handed techniques after being accepted. Eventually heralded as a master printer himself, Keiji traveled to the US to expand his audience. Today his works can be found in prestigious collections and exhibitions all over the world. He has taught at the Rhode Island School of Design, San Francisco Art Institute, and is currently a Faculty Fellow at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT. Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Sunday, April 11, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Landscapes Selected from the Permanent Collection

Arts Center Artists have depicted their physical environment in paint and print throughout history. The Arts Center’s Permanent Collection includes photorealistic and abstract portrayals of pastoral and urban landscapes by some of North Carolina’s most well recognized artists. Nine works are now on display including such artists as Claude Howell, Francis Speight, and John Gay. Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Sunday, April 11, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre of Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Stuart Kent

Arts Center Stuart Kent began his pursuit of wood working under a production cabinetmaker and solidified his aesthetic fingerprint during his Master of Fine Arts degree at East Carolina University. He currently operates a commission furniture and design business in Greenville, NC. Kent combines turned wood and cast sculptural elements to create large scale vessels inspired by antiquities which bring new appreciation to both form and technique. Hours of operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Sunday, April 11, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity

Children's Museum & Science Center There’s a place from which nothing escapes, not even light, where time and space literally come to end – experience “Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity” at the Rocky Mount Children’s Museum & Science Center’s Cummins Planetarium. Zip through other-worldly wormholes, and witness the violent death of a star and subsequent birth of a black hole. Narrated by actor Liam Neeson, the planetarium’s newest full dome video presentation delivers the first scientifically generated depiction of a trip inside a black hole and presents compelling evidence that a super-massive black hole may inhabit the heart of our own Milky Way galaxy! "Black Holes" is showing now at the Cummins Planetarium at the Rocky Mount Children's Museum & Science Center. This planetarium show will run through April 30, 2010. Showtimes are as follows: Tuesdays - Fridays at 1:00 pm and 4:00 pm Saturdays at 11:00 am, 1:00 pm, and 4:00 pm Sundays at 2:00 pm **please note the museum is closed on Mondays. Type of Event: Education. Movie / Film. Museum / Gallery. Other. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 6-12). College Students. Families. Seniors. Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Rocky Mount Children's Museum & Science Center. Contact Phone: 252-972-1167. Contact Email: museum@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: $3.50. Price - High: $3.50. Sunday, April 11, 2010, 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM. Cummins Planetarium at The Children's Museum & Science Centre The Imperial Centre for the Arts & Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27803. For more info visit museum.imperialcentre.org.

Laser Michael Jackson

Children's Museum & Science Center Rocky Mount Children’s Museum & Science Center pays tribute to the King of Pop with Laser Michael Jackson! The King of Pop is gone, but not forgotten. Celebrate the music of Michael Jackson interpreted through the magic of colorful laser graphics and animation. Songs include Bad, Beat It, Thriller, The Way You Make Me Feel, Don’t Stop, and more! Laser Michael Jackson will show January 16 through April 30, 2010. Showtimes: Tuesdays - Saturdays 3:00 pm Sundays at 4:00 pm. Type of Event: Education. Movie / Film. Museum / Gallery. Music. Other. Age Range - Audience: Adults. All Ages. Children (Ages 6-12). College Students. Families. Seniors. Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Rocky Mount Children's Museum & Science Center. Contact Phone: 252-972-1167. Contact Email: museum@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: $3.50. Price - High: $3.50. Sunday, April 11, 2010, 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM. Cummins Planetarium at The Children's Museum & Science Centre The Imperial Centre for the Arts & Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27803. For more info visit museum.imperialcentre.org.

Ceramics Selected from the Permanent Collection

Arts Center Kathy Triplett, Clara “Kitty” Couch, Nick Joerling, Joe Winter, Ursula Goebels-Ellis, Jim Whalen, Jack Troy, and Ron Meyers are just a few of the nationally acclaimed ceramic artists included in this exhibit from the Arts Center’s Ceramic Collection. A variety of shapes, techniques, building and firing techniques are displayed to exhibit the diversity of the medium and the collection. Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays, Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm - 5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Monday, April 12, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Handcrafted: A Juried Exhibition of Ceramics, Fiber, Glass, Metal, Wood

Arts Center Handcrafted: A Juried Exhibition of Ceramics, Fiber, Glass, Metal, Wood is a national juried craft exhibition attracting a variety of traditional, mixed, and new craft media from across the United States. A different unbiased juror is contracted each year to make selections. (Image: Dorothy McGuinness, Launch, 2009 Best in Show) Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Monday, April 12, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Keiji Shinohara

Arts Center In 1975, Keiji Shinohara spent five months convincing Uesugi Keiichiro to accept him as an apprentice in ukiyo-e (a system of Japanese wood block print production refined in the 18th century) and several more years converting from left to right handed techniques after being accepted. Eventually heralded as a master printer himself, Keiji traveled to the US to expand his audience. Today his works can be found in prestigious collections and exhibitions all over the world. He has taught at the Rhode Island School of Design, San Francisco Art Institute, and is currently a Faculty Fellow at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT. Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Monday, April 12, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Landscapes Selected from the Permanent Collection

Arts Center Artists have depicted their physical environment in paint and print throughout history. The Arts Center’s Permanent Collection includes photorealistic and abstract portrayals of pastoral and urban landscapes by some of North Carolina’s most well recognized artists. Nine works are now on display including such artists as Claude Howell, Francis Speight, and John Gay. Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Monday, April 12, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre of Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Stuart Kent

Arts Center Stuart Kent began his pursuit of wood working under a production cabinetmaker and solidified his aesthetic fingerprint during his Master of Fine Arts degree at East Carolina University. He currently operates a commission furniture and design business in Greenville, NC. Kent combines turned wood and cast sculptural elements to create large scale vessels inspired by antiquities which bring new appreciation to both form and technique. Hours of operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Monday, April 12, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Rocky Mount City Council Meeting

City Council The City Council meets in regular session twice each month on the second Monday at 7:00 pm and on the fourth Monday at 4:00 pm. These meetings are held in the City Council Chamber on the Third Floor of City Hall, located at 331 South Franklin Street in Downtown Rocky Mount. Meetings are open to the public, and each regular meeting includes an opportunity for public comment. Visit the Mayor & City Council page on the city website for meeting agendas and contact information for each elected official. Type of Event: Community / Civic Meeting. Public Meeting / Hearing. Age Range - Audience: All Ages. Contact Phone: (252) 972-1319. Monday, April 12, 2010, 7:00 PM. Council Chamber - Third Floor Rocky Mount City Hall 331 S. Franklin Street Rocky Mount, NC 27802. For more info visit www.rockymountnc.gov.

24th RMPD Citizen's Police Academy

Police The Citizen's Police Academy is an outreach program designed to teach citizens more about police operations. Topics include: Ethics & Leadership, Search & Seizure, Professional Standards, Firearms Training, Crime Scene Investiation, Drug and Alcohol Classes, and more. You must be at least 18 years of age and reside or work in the Rocky Mount area. This program is free but seats are limited. All participants must complete an application and background check. Classes are held every Tuesday beginning April 13th until May 25th and concludes Thursday, May 27th with a graduation ceremony and reception. Click the link below to download an application for the RMPD Citizens Police Academy. Type of Event: Education. Training-Classes / Workshops. Workshops & Classes. Age Range - Audience: Adults. College Students. Contact Name: Yvette Jones. Contact Phone: 252-972-1436. Contact Email: Yvette.Jones@rockymountnc.gov. Tuesday, April 13, 2010, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM. Rocky Mount Police Department 2nd Floor Training Room 331 S. Franklin St. Rocky Mount, NC 27802. For more info visit www.rockymountnc.gov.

Ceramics Selected from the Permanent Collection

Arts Center Kathy Triplett, Clara “Kitty” Couch, Nick Joerling, Joe Winter, Ursula Goebels-Ellis, Jim Whalen, Jack Troy, and Ron Meyers are just a few of the nationally acclaimed ceramic artists included in this exhibit from the Arts Center’s Ceramic Collection. A variety of shapes, techniques, building and firing techniques are displayed to exhibit the diversity of the medium and the collection. Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays, Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm - 5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Tuesday, April 13, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Handcrafted: A Juried Exhibition of Ceramics, Fiber, Glass, Metal, Wood

Arts Center Handcrafted: A Juried Exhibition of Ceramics, Fiber, Glass, Metal, Wood is a national juried craft exhibition attracting a variety of traditional, mixed, and new craft media from across the United States. A different unbiased juror is contracted each year to make selections. (Image: Dorothy McGuinness, Launch, 2009 Best in Show) Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Tuesday, April 13, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Keiji Shinohara

Arts Center In 1975, Keiji Shinohara spent five months convincing Uesugi Keiichiro to accept him as an apprentice in ukiyo-e (a system of Japanese wood block print production refined in the 18th century) and several more years converting from left to right handed techniques after being accepted. Eventually heralded as a master printer himself, Keiji traveled to the US to expand his audience. Today his works can be found in prestigious collections and exhibitions all over the world. He has taught at the Rhode Island School of Design, San Francisco Art Institute, and is currently a Faculty Fellow at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT. Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Tuesday, April 13, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Landscapes Selected from the Permanent Collection

Arts Center Artists have depicted their physical environment in paint and print throughout history. The Arts Center’s Permanent Collection includes photorealistic and abstract portrayals of pastoral and urban landscapes by some of North Carolina’s most well recognized artists. Nine works are now on display including such artists as Claude Howell, Francis Speight, and John Gay. Hours of Operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Tuesday, April 13, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre of Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Stuart Kent

Arts Center Stuart Kent began his pursuit of wood working under a production cabinetmaker and solidified his aesthetic fingerprint during his Master of Fine Arts degree at East Carolina University. He currently operates a commission furniture and design business in Greenville, NC. Kent combines turned wood and cast sculptural elements to create large scale vessels inspired by antiquities which bring new appreciation to both form and technique. Hours of operation: Closed Mondays; Tuesday - Saturday 10am-5pm; Sunday 1pm-5pm. Type of Event: Museum / Gallery. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Catherine Coulter. Contact Phone: 252-972-1175. Contact Email: catherine.coulter@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Tuesday, April 13, 2010, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. The Galleries at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity

Children's Museum & Science Center There’s a place from which nothing escapes, not even light, where time and space literally come to end – experience “Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity” at the Rocky Mount Children’s Museum & Science Center’s Cummins Planetarium. Zip through other-worldly wormholes, and witness the violent death of a star and subsequent birth of a black hole. Narrated by actor Liam Neeson, the planetarium’s newest full dome video presentation delivers the first scientifically generated depiction of a trip inside a black hole and presents compelling evidence that a super-massive black hole may inhabit the heart of our own Milky Way galaxy! "Black Holes" is showing now at the Cummins Planetarium at the Rocky Mount Children's Museum & Science Center. This planetarium show will run through April 30, 2010. Showtimes are as follows: Tuesdays - Fridays at 1:00 pm and 4:00 pm Saturdays at 11:00 am, 1:00 pm, and 4:00 pm Sundays at 2:00 pm **please note the museum is closed on Mondays. Type of Event: Education. Movie / Film. Museum / Gallery. Other. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 6-12). College Students. Families. Seniors. Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Rocky Mount Children's Museum & Science Center. Contact Phone: 252-972-1167. Contact Email: museum@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: $3.50. Price - High: $3.50. Tuesday, April 13, 2010, 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM. Cummins Planetarium at The Children's Museum & Science Centre The Imperial Centre for the Arts & Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27803. For more info visit museum.imperialcentre.org.

24th RMPD Citizen's Police Academy

Police The Citizen's Police Academy is an outreach program designed to teach citizens more about police operations. Topics include: Ethics & Leadership, Search & Seizure, Professional Standards, Firearms Training, Crime Scene Investiation, Drug and Alcohol Classes, and more. You must be at least 18 years of age and reside or work in the Rocky Mount area. This program is free but seats are limited. All participants must complete an application and background check. Classes are held every Tuesday beginning April 13th until May 25th and concludes Thursday, May 27th with a graduation ceremony and reception. Click the link below to download an application for the RMPD Citizen's Police Academy. Type of Event: Education. Training-Classes / Workshops. Workshops & Classes. Age Range - Audience: Adults. College Students. Contact Name: Yvette Jones. Contact Phone: 252-972-1436. Contact Email: Yvette.Jones@rockymountnc.gov. Tuesday, April 13, 2010, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM. Rocky Mount Police Department 2nd Floor Training Room 331 S. Franklin St. Rocky Mount, NC 27802. For more info visit www.rockymountnc.gov.

Embroiderer's Guild of America, The Tar River Chapter

Arts Center EGA provides the opportunity to meet with other stitchers, attend regular scheduled meetings with programs and social activities, receive local newsletter, and participate in region activities. Chapters offer workshops, sponsor exhibits, and hold stitch-ins. Type of Event: Arts (Performing / Visual). Meeting / Conference. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Seniors. Contact Name: Jennifer Rankin. Contact Phone: 252-972-1632. Contact Email: jennifer.rankin@rockymountnc.gov. Tuesday, April 13, 2010, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM. The Arts Center Education Building The Imperial Centre for the Arts & Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Rocky Mount Planning Board

Planning & Development The Planning Board advises the City Council on planning and zoning matters to assure that planning and development in Rocky Mount will occur in a coordinated and harmonious manner. Type of Event: Public Meeting / Hearing. Age Range - Audience: All Ages. Contact Name: Bernetta Smith-Battle. Contact Phone: (252) 972-1172. Contact Email: Bernetta.Smith-Battle@rockymountnc.gov. Tuesday, April 13, 2010, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM. Rocky Mount City Hall Council Chamber - Third Floor 331 S. Franklin Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit www.rockymountnc.gov.