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Basketball Auction

Community - General Public Basketball Auction Fundraiser for Our Lady of Perpetual Help College hoops memorabilia such as autographed basketballs from NC State, Duke, UNC, and Wake Forest will be auctioned off on Friday, March 12 at 7 am on local radio station 99.3 FM. The basketballs are signed by the players and coaches of the men's basketball teams. Which team has the most loyal fans? Last year, UNC crushed the competition in bids. Tune in to 99.3 FM to support you favorite team. All proceeds benefit Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic School. Type of Event: Community / Civic Meeting. Age Range - Audience: Adults. College Students. Contact Name: Maria Votava. Contact Phone: 252-904-7834. Contact Email: votamaria@suddenlink.net. Friday, March 12, 2010, 7:00 AM – 9:00 AM. First Media Radio 12714 E. NC 97 Rocky Mount, NC 27803.

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 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. Friday, March 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. Friday, March 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. Friday, March 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. Friday, March 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.

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 12, 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.

The Stations of The Cross

Community - General Public A meditative walk through the last hours of Jesus' life. Type of Event: Religion. Special Events. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 6-12). College Students. Families. Seniors. Teens (13-18). Ticket Website: www.goodshepherdrmt.org. Price - Low: 0.00. Price - High: 0.00. Friday, March 12, 2010, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM. Good Shepherd Episcopal Church 231 N. Church Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804.

Possum Jenkins

Community - General Public Type of Event: Concerts / Live Music. Age Range - Audience: All Ages. Contact Name: Shelly Gray. Contact Phone: 459-4734. Contact Email: NashArts@nasharts.org. Ticket Website: www.nasharts.org. Price - Low: 10. Price - High: 15. Friday, March 12, 2010, 7:30 PM – 10:30 PM. Nash Arts Center 100 East Washington Street Nashville, NC 27856. For more info visit www.reverbnation.com.

Disney's Beauty and The Beast

Arts Center “A tale as old as time,” this heartwarming and romantic musical expands the story from the original Disney film (the only animated movie ever nominated for a Best Picture Academy Award™) and creates on the stage something magical and new, yet hearkening back to classic musicals of the past. Bring the whole family, and come fall in love all over again. Call 252-972-1266 for tickets. SIX CHANCES TO SEE THE SHOW Friday, March 5 at 7:30 pm Saturday, March 6 at 7:30 pm Sunday, March 7 at 2:00 pm Friday, March 12 at 7:30 pm Saturday, March 13 at 7:30 pm Sunday, March 14 at 2:00 pm Don't miss the Princess Parties!! Parents, sign up today to bring your daughter to have tea and have fun being a Princess for a Day! A Princess Party will be held before each of the Sunday matinee shows. Call us for more information, at 972-1266. Type of Event: Theatre. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: David Nields. Contact Phone: 252-972-1156. Contact Email: david.nields@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 6. Price - High: 10. Friday, March 12, 2010, 7:30 PM. The Theatre at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

Red Cross Concert

Community - General Public Free Admission. Enjoy coffee, good music, and a night out with your family. Donations to your local Red Cross Chapter encouraged. Type of Event: Concerts / Live Music. Age Range - Audience: All Ages. Contact Name: Adam Daughtridge. Contact Phone: 2529083711. Contact Email: darkhollowstudios@embarqmail.com. Friday, March 12, 2010, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM. Via Cappuccino 3002 Sunset Avenue Rocky Mount, NC 27804-3647.

USFA Knockin Off the Rust

Sports Complex If you are interested in placing a team in this tournament, please contact Tournament Director, Rod Skinner, at raskinner@embarqmail.com. 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: www.rockymountsportscomplex.com. Saturday, March 13, 2010 – Sunday, March 14, 2010. Rocky Mount Sports Complex 600 Independence Drive Rocky Mount, NC 27804.

Roanoke Canal Half Marathon & 8k

Community - General Public Only 40 minutes from Rocky Mount, the Tar River Running Company invites you to the inaugural running of the Roanoke Canal Half Marathon and 8k. This unique race will take runners on the Roanoke Canal Trail taking great views of the Roanoke Rapids Lake, the historic bulkhead, the old canal, the aqueduct, and the Roanoke River. We believe in providing "big city quality" with "small town charm." We hope you will join us on race day. We will bend over backwards to give you the best race experience possible. Type of Event: Non-Profit / Fundraiser. Special Events. Sports / Recreation. Walks & Races. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 6-12). College Students. Families. Seniors. Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Michael Forrester. Contact Phone: 252-443-4566. Contact Email: TarRiverRunningCo@gmail.com. Ticket Website: www.canalrace.com. Price - Low: $25. Price - High: $60. Saturday, March 13, 2010, 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM. The Roanoke Canal Museum and Trail 15 Jackson Street Ext. Roanoke Rapids, NC 27870.

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, March 13, 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, March 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. Saturday, March 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. Saturday, March 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. Saturday, March 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. Saturday, March 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.

Rocky Reader's Rocky is Seussarific

Community - General Public Join us for: “Rocky is Seussarific” We will enjoy a Seuss story and make some Seuss themed crafts. Children interested in becoming a Rocky Reader are welcomed to join us for this fun event. Type of Event: Literacy. Age Range - Audience: Children (Ages 6-12). Contact Name: Melissa Corso. Contact Phone: 442-1951 ext 250. Contact Email: mcorso@braswell-library.org. Saturday, March 13, 2010, 11:00 AM. Braswell Memorial Library Youth Services Story Room 727 North Grace St Rocky Moutn, NC 27804.

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 13, 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 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.

St. Patt'y Day Dance

Community - General Public Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic School in Rocky Mount is having their annual St. Patty's Day Dance on March 13, 7pm-11pm at the Country Inn & Suites, 672 English Road, Rocky Mount. Admission is $15.00 for advance tickets or $20.00 at the door. $5.00 from the admission price goes toward a 50/50 raffle. There will be a DJ, dancing, food, cash bar, silent auction, and raffle prizes. All proceeds benefit Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic School. Type of Event: Community / Civic Meeting. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Contact Name: Maria Votava. Contact Phone: 972-1971. Contact Email: votamaria@suddenlink.net. Price - Low: $15.00. Price - High: $20.00. Saturday, March 13, 2010, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM. Country Inn and Suites 672 English Road Rocky Mount, NC.

Disney's Beauty and The Beast

Arts Center “A tale as old as time,” this heartwarming and romantic musical expands the story from the original Disney film (the only animated movie ever nominated for a Best Picture Academy Award™) and creates on the stage something magical and new, yet hearkening back to classic musicals of the past. Bring the whole family, and come fall in love all over again. Call 252-972-1266 for tickets. SIX CHANCES TO SEE THE SHOW Friday, March 5 at 7:30 pm Saturday, March 6 at 7:30 pm Sunday, March 7 at 2:00 pm Friday, March 12 at 7:30 pm Saturday, March 13 at 7:30 pm Sunday, March 14 at 2:00 pm Don't miss the Princess Parties!! Parents, sign up today to bring your daughter to have tea and have fun being a Princess for a Day! A Princess Party will be held before each of the Sunday matinee shows. Call us for more information, at 972-1266. Type of Event: Theatre. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: David Nields. Contact Phone: 252-972-1156. Contact Email: david.nields@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 6. Price - High: 10. Saturday, March 13, 2010, 7:30 PM. The Theatre at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.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, March 13, 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.

Proactive Parenting Series

Community - General Public Join us for a video-based discussion on common parenting topics such as time management, communication, ages & stages of kids, etc. with an emphasis on faith building within the family! Come when able! Type of Event: Community / Civic Meeting. Religion. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Contact Name: First Presbyterian Church. Contact Phone: 446-9121. Sunday, March 14, 2010, 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM. First Presbyterian Church In the Church Session Room 153 N Church St. Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit fpcrm.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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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.

Princess Party

Arts Center Come one! Come all! Princesses of all ages are cordially invited to an afternoon of tea and magical princess creations. Crowns, wands, glitter and a visit with Belle, from Beauty and the Beast, are all a part of our time together. Fairy wands and princess snacks included. Tickets for Beauty and the Beast are not included, but we will be happy to help you with reservations, if you like. The Sunday matinee will begin following the Princess Party at 2:00 pm. The fee is $12 per child that participates. There is no fee for the parent(s) who attend with their child. Call us today for more details! Type of Event: Arts (Performing / Visual). Holiday / Seasonal. Music. Special Events. Theatre. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 6-12). Contact Name: Jennifer Rankin. Contact Phone: 972-1632. Contact Email: jennifer.rankin@rockymountnc.gov. Sunday, March 14, 2010, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM. The Arts Education Building The Imperial Centre for the Arts & 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 14, 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.

Disney's Beauty and The Beast

Arts Center “A tale as old as time,” this heartwarming and romantic musical expands the story from the original Disney film (the only animated movie ever nominated for a Best Picture Academy Award™) and creates on the stage something magical and new, yet hearkening back to classic musicals of the past. Bring the whole family, and come fall in love all over again. Call 252-972-1266 for tickets. SIX CHANCES TO SEE THE SHOW Friday, March 5 at 7:30 pm Saturday, March 6 at 7:30 pm Sunday, March 7 at 2:00 pm Friday, March 12 at 7:30 pm Saturday, March 13 at 7:30 pm Sunday, March 14 at 2:00 pm Don't miss the Princess Parties!! Parents, sign up today to bring your daughter to have tea and have fun being a Princess for a Day! A Princess Party will be held before each of the Sunday matinee shows. Call us for more information, at 972-1266. Type of Event: Theatre. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Teens (13-18). Contact Name: David Nields. Contact Phone: 252-972-1156. Contact Email: david.nields@rockymountnc.gov. Price - Low: 6. Price - High: 10. Sunday, March 14, 2010, 2:00 PM. The Theatre at the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences 270 Gay Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit arts.imperialcentre.org.

"Pie in the Face" for Red Cross

Community - General Public Tune-in to see locals pied in the face! Callers will make pledges to the Red Cross to meet the local’s “pie quota”. Once the quota has been met, the individual will take a pie to the face for the ARC! See those participating and make donations at www.WHIGTV.com. Type of Event: Non-Profit / Fundraiser. Age Range - Audience: All Ages. Contact Name: Herb Greenberg. Contact Phone: 2524468857. Contact Email: herbertgreenberg@yahoo.com. Sunday, March 14, 2010, 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM. Live on WHIG-TV, Pie Day (3.14).

2010 Community Pearls

Community - General Public The Epsilon Gamma Zeta Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. will sponsor their annual Community Pearls Program on Sunday, March 14 at 4:00 p.m. Type of Event: Special Events. Age Range - Audience: All Ages. Contact Name: Jahneakia S. Brower. Contact Phone: 252-903-5325. Contact Email: epsilongammazeta@yahoo.com. Price - Low: 0. Price - High: 0. Sunday, March 14, 2010, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM. Mount Pisgah Presbyterian Church, USA 614 Goldleaf Street Rocky Mount, NC 27801.

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 14, 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 15, 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 15, 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 15, 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 15, 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 15, 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.

Flag Raising Ceremony

Parks & Recreation A Joint Veterans Committee has been formed with representatives of the American Legion, Disabled American Veterans, The Marine Corps League and Veterans of Foreign Wars from Edgecombe and Nash Counties. Our purpose is to hold a monthly Veterans Flag Raising Ceremony to pay homage to a deceased Veteran on the third Saturday of each month at the Rocky Mount Veterans Memorial at Jack Laughery Park. Please join us in this monthly recognition of our local veterans. Type of Event: Community / Civic Meeting. Age Range - Audience: Adults. College Students. Seniors. Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Bob Simpson. Contact Phone: (252) 459-4802. Contact Email: mcbob7@hotmail.com. Monday, March 15, 2010, 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM. Rocky Mount Veterans Memorial at Jack Laughery Park 321 N. Church Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804.

Blood Drive

Community - General Public Every 2 seconds someone in the U.S. needs blood. Become a Blood Donor to Give Life. In addition to the Zaxby’s FREE MEAL DEAL coupons, all donors will receive a small, RED fleece blanket in honor of Charles Drew. Monday, March 15, 2010, 4:00 PM – 7:30 PM. Oak Level Ruritan Club 3551 Oak Level Road Rocky Mount, NC 27804.

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 16, 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 16, 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 16, 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 16, 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 16, 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.

Yoga For Body and Spirit

Community - General Public This class is appropriate for beginners and advanced alike. Call for information. Type of Event: Health. Nature / Environment. Workshops & Classes. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Contact Name: Emily Bondy. Contact Phone: 252-443-0605. Contact Email: ebondy@suddenlink.net. Price - Low: 0.00. Price - High: 0.00. Tuesday, March 16, 2010, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM. 231 N. Church Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804.

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 16, 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.

Once Upon My Time

Community - General Public Theatrical performer and author, Wendal Wandell shares beloved books, miraculous magic, juggling gestures, and playful puppetry to explore the creative process of individuals. Wendal Reveals his own magical world and Encourages kids to explore their own Imaginations. Type of Event: Arts (Performing / Visual). Education. Literacy. Age Range - Audience: Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). Families. Contact Name: Linda Bunch. Contact Phone: (252) 442-1951 ext 244. Contact Email: lbunch@braswell-library.org. Tuesday, March 16, 2010, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM. Braswell Memorial Library Warner Meeting Room 727 North Grace St Rocky Moutn, NC 27804.

Colorectal Cancer Awareness Seminar

Community - General Public Guest Speaker will be Dr. Mark Petruzziello, general surgeon. A question and answer session will follow, and light refreshments will be served. Please call 1-800-472-8500 to register. Type of Event: Community / Civic Meeting. Health. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Contact Name: Heather Pachnar. Contact Phone: 252.641.7126. Contact Email: heather.pachnar@uhseast.com. Price - Low: 0.00. Price - High: 0.00. Tuesday, March 16, 2010, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM. The Main Street Inn 912 North Main Street Tarboro, NC 27886.

RMPD South District Community Meeting

Police Come hear RMPD officers discuss South District crime trends and crime statistics. The officers will also be available to answer questions about crime and offer crime prevention tips. This is a community meeting for the South District. You do not need to RSVP to attend, and we encourage you to bring your friends and neighbors! Type of Event: Meeting / Conference. Contact Name: Lt. Michael Paul. Contact Phone: 252-972-1480. Contact Email: Michael.Paul@rockymountnc.gov. Tuesday, March 16, 2010, 6:00 PM. Greater Joy Baptist Church 322 Anderson Street 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. Wednesday, March 17, 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 17, 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 17, 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 17, 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 17, 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 Business Builders

Community - General Public Business to Business Referral Group RMBB is a structured referral group that was formed with the purpose of cultivating business for the members of the group. We meet weekly and we are growing quickly. Only one business per industry is allowed in each chapter to prevent competition within a group. But, we encourage visitors - as we plan to grow the RMBB into additional chapters. Membership is available on a first-come first-served basis. There is a $25 annual membership fee to join Rocky Mount Business Builders. And, we ask for your commitment and willingness to agree to the membership acknowledgment agreement. Type of Event: Business / Trade. Meeting / Conference. Talks & Lectures. Training-Classes / Workshops. Workshops & Classes. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Contact Name: Clint Williams. Contact Phone: 252-908-2741. Contact Email: referrals@rmbusinessbuilders.com. Wednesday, March 17, 2010, 11:45 AM – 1:00 PM. Golden Corral 921 N Wesleyan Blvd Rocky Mount, NC 27804.

Tar River Civic Club - Weekly Meeting

Community - General Public The Tar River Civic Club (“TRCC”) meets every Wednesday at 1:00 p.m. unless there is a major holiday. There are approximately 50 members with a large attendance at our weekly meetings. Lunch is buffet style and after appropriate time for lunch, the program usually starts with introduction of guests and announcements at 1:30 pm. There is a weekly speaker or program, which lasts approximately 30 minutes and we adjourn promptly by 2:00 pm. You do not have to be a member to attend a lunch so join us anytime and see if our club is right for you. TRCC is a non-profit membership organization dedicated to helping the children and youth of the greater Rocky Mount area. We have two fund raising events annually. One is our Annual Reverse Raffle and Silent Auction held in the Spring of each year at Rose Hill Conference Center in Nashville North Carolina. Our primary benefactor of this fund raiser is Communities In Schools. The second is our annual Benefit the Children Golf Tournament. We donate in excess of $15,000.0… Type of Event: Community / Civic Meeting. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Contact Name: Brad Herakovich. Contact Email: info@TarRiverCivicClub.org. Wednesday, March 17, 2010, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM. Benvenue Country Club 100 Southern Blvd Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit tarrivercivicclub.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 17, 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.

Worship Opportunities during Lent

Community - General Public Each Wednesday afternoon during Lent, you are invited to join us for a brief time of worship in Thorpe Chapel. Led by Rev. Peter Bynum and Jim Smith, these services will follow a model of worship embraced by the monastic Taize community of France. The mood will be contemplative and peaceful, with a simple liturgy of prayer, scripture, and song. Services begin at 5:30 p.m. and conclude prior to 6:00 p.m. We hope that you will choose to be part of this special Lenten offering of praise to God. Type of Event: Holiday / Seasonal. Religion. Contact Name: First Presbyterian Church. Contact Phone: 252-446-9121. Wednesday, March 17, 2010, 5:30 PM – 6:00 PM. First Presbyterian Church Thorpe Chapel 153 N Church Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit www.fpcrm.org.

Utilities Services Review Board

Finance The City's Utility Services Review Board meets during colder weather months to hear specific concerns about customers' utility bills. You must be scheduled to be heard at this meeting. For more information, please call 972-1200. Type of Event: Meeting / Conference. Contact Name: Amy Staton. Contact Phone: 972-1200. Contact Email: amy.staton@rockymountnc.gov. Wednesday, March 17, 2010, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM. Committee Room - Third floor Rocky Mount City Hall 331 S. Franklin Street 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. 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.

Kiwanis Club of Rocky Mount, N.C., Inc.

Community - General Public The Kiwanis Club of Rocky Mount, N.C. Inc. meets every Thursday at Benvenue Country Club at 1:00PM. There are approximately 100 members. We have a buffet lunch and then a speaker. Come visit us to see if you would like to become a member. Type of Event: Community / Civic Meeting. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Contact Name: Jesse Harrington. Contact Phone: 252-443-3563. Contact Email: jcmh1@embarqmail.com. Thursday, March 18, 2010, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM. Benvenue Country Club 100 Southern Boulevard Rocky Mount, NC 27804.

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.

Carolina Blender Red Cross Concert

Community - General Public Gospel, R&B, Hip Hop, Step Teams, Dance Teams, Reggae, Rock, Live Bands & More... Interested in performing? Contact Erskin Walker at 252-885-1372. Type of Event: Concerts / Live Music. Age Range - Audience: Adults. College Students. Contact Name: Erskin Walker. Contact Phone: 2528851372. Contact Email: hischoiceone@gmail.com. Price - Low: $5.00. Friday, March 19, 2010, 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM. OIC 402 Virginia St Rocky Mount, NC 27801.

The Stations of The Cross

Community - General Public A meditative walk through the last hours of Jesus' life. Type of Event: Religion. Special Events. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 6-12). College Students. Families. Seniors. Teens (13-18). Ticket Website: www.goodshepherdrmt.org. Price - Low: 0.00. Price - High: 0.00. Friday, March 19, 2010, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM. Good Shepherd Episcopal Church 231 N. Church Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804.

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.

“Move It! Move It!”

Community - General Public Come join us exercise our minds and bodies! Type of Event: Education. Health. Literacy. Sports / Recreation. Age Range - Audience: Children (Ages 0-5). Contact Name: Jennifer Stearns. Contact Phone: 442-1951 ext. 233. Contact Email: jstearns@braswell-library.org. Saturday, March 20, 2010, 10:00 AM. Braswell Memorial Library Warner Room 727 North Grace St Rocky Moutn, NC 27804.

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.

Kids Day Celebration

Arts Center Join us in celebration of Youth Art Month and 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. Type of Event: Arts (Performing / Visual). 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, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM. The Education Building at the Imperial Centre for 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.

Cherryholmes

The Dunn Center for the Performing Arts Back to the Dunn by popular demand, award winning Cherryholmes is a high-energy, Nashville based band names 2005 IBMAs Entertainers of the Year. Regulars on the Grand Ole Opry, their new album Cherryholmes III: Don't Believe features all six band members and their new brand of bluegrass music. Type of Event: Arts (Performing / Visual). Concerts / Live Music. Music. Age Range - Audience: Adults. All Ages. Children (Ages 0-5). Children (Ages 6-12). College Students. Families. Seniors. Teens (13-18). Contact Name: Susan Autrey. Contact Phone: 252-985-5197. Contact Email: boxoffice@ncwc.edu. Ticket Website: www.dunncenter.com. Price - Low: $20. Price - High: $20. Sunday, March 21, 2010, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM. Minges Auditorium The Dunn Center for the Performing Arts NC Wesleyan College 3400 N Wesleyan Blvd Rocky Mount, NC 27804-9906.

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.

Liberty University Wind Ensemble

Community - General Public No charge for admission Selections from the following repertoire: Masque by Kenneth Hesketh,Profanation from Jeremiah by LeonardBernstein,October by Eric Whitacre,The Engulfed Cathedral by Claude Debussy,Radiant Joy by Steven Bryant,Angels in the Architecture by Frank Ticheli, Be Thou My Vision arranged by Travis Cross, Short Ride in a Fast Machine by John Adams. Type of Event: Concerts / Live Music. Age Range - Audience: All Ages. Sunday, March 21, 2010, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM. Calvary Baptist Church 505 S. Englewood Drive Rocky Mount, N. C.

ARC Golf Skills Challenge

Community - General Public Longest Drive, Chipping, Putting, and 150 yd. Approach Shot. Prizes: 1st Prize—4 Rounds of Golf, Romance Suite at Holiday Inn 2nd Prize—2 Rounds of Golf, $40 Art Soup, Inc. Certificate, 1 Terminix Pest Control Service 3rd Prize—1 Round of Golf, $20 Save-a-Lot Gift Card Contact Wayne Holloman at wayneholloman@hotmail.com to schedule a time within the week of March 22-28 to compete. Type of Event: Sports / Recreation. Age Range - Audience: All Ages. Contact Name: Wayne Holloman. Contact Phone: 252-446-7224. Contact Email: wayneholloman@hotmail.com. Price - Low: $20.00. Monday, March 22, 2010 – Sunday, March 28, 2010. Northgreen Country Club 900 Green Cove Lane Rocky Mount, NC 27804.

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.

Yoga For Body and Spirit

Community - General Public This class is appropriate for beginners and advanced alike. Call for information. Type of Event: Health. Nature / Environment. Workshops & Classes. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Contact Name: Emily Bondy. Contact Phone: 252-443-0605. Contact Email: ebondy@suddenlink.net. Price - Low: 0.00. Price - High: 0.00. Tuesday, March 23, 2010, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM. 231 N. Church Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804.

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.

Blood Drive

Community - General Public Every 2 seconds someone in the U.S. needs blood. Become a Blood Donor to Give Life. In addition to the Zaxby’s FREE MEAL DEAL coupons, all donors will receive a small, RED fleece blanket in honor of Charles Drew. Tuesday, March 23, 2010, 3:30 PM – 7:30 PM. Red Oak Volunteer Fire Department Red Oak Boulevard Red Oak, NC 27868.

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.

Blood Drive

Community - General Public Every 2 seconds someone in the U.S. needs blood. Become a Blood Donor to Give Life. In addition to the Zaxby’s FREE MEAL DEAL coupons, all donors will receive a small, RED fleece blanket in honor of Charles Drew. Wednesday, March 24, 2010, 8:00 AM – 2:00 PM. Nash Central High School Rocky Mount, NC 27804.

Blood Drive

Community - General Public Every 2 seconds someone in the U.S. needs blood. Become a Blood Donor to Give Life. In addition to the Zaxby’s FREE MEAL DEAL coupons, all donors will receive a small, RED fleece blanket in honor of Charles Drew. Wednesday, March 24, 2010, 8:30 AM – 1:00 PM. Faith Christian School 505 Englewood Drive Rocky Mount, NC 27804.

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.

Rocky Mount Business Builders

Community - General Public Business to Business Referral Group RMBB is a structured referral group that was formed with the purpose of cultivating business for the members of the group. We meet weekly and we are growing quickly. Only one business per industry is allowed in each chapter to prevent competition within a group. But, we encourage visitors - as we plan to grow the RMBB into additional chapters. Membership is available on a first-come first-served basis. There is a $25 annual membership fee to join Rocky Mount Business Builders. And, we ask for your commitment and willingness to agree to the membership acknowledgment agreement. Type of Event: Business / Trade. Meeting / Conference. Talks & Lectures. Training-Classes / Workshops. Workshops & Classes. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Contact Name: Clint Williams. Contact Phone: 252-908-2741. Contact Email: referrals@rmbusinessbuilders.com. Wednesday, March 24, 2010, 11:45 AM – 1:00 PM. Golden Corral 921 N Wesleyan Blvd Rocky Mount, NC 27804.

Tar River Civic Club - Weekly Meeting

Community - General Public The Tar River Civic Club (“TRCC”) meets every Wednesday at 1:00 p.m. unless there is a major holiday. There are approximately 50 members with a large attendance at our weekly meetings. Lunch is buffet style and after appropriate time for lunch, the program usually starts with introduction of guests and announcements at 1:30 pm. There is a weekly speaker or program, which lasts approximately 30 minutes and we adjourn promptly by 2:00 pm. You do not have to be a member to attend a lunch so join us anytime and see if our club is right for you. TRCC is a non-profit membership organization dedicated to helping the children and youth of the greater Rocky Mount area. We have two fund raising events annually. One is our Annual Reverse Raffle and Silent Auction held in the Spring of each year at Rose Hill Conference Center in Nashville North Carolina. Our primary benefactor of this fund raiser is Communities In Schools. The second is our annual Benefit the Children Golf Tournament. We donate in excess of $15,000.0… Type of Event: Community / Civic Meeting. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Contact Name: Brad Herakovich. Contact Email: info@TarRiverCivicClub.org. Wednesday, March 24, 2010, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM. Benvenue Country Club 100 Southern Blvd Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit tarrivercivicclub.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.

Lenten Worship Service

Community - General Public Each Wednesday afternoon during Lent, you are invited to join us for a brief time of worship in Thorpe Chapel. Led by Rev. Peter Bynum and Jim Smith, these services will follow a model of worship embraced by the monastic Taize community of France. The mood will be contemplative and peaceful, with a simple liturgy of prayer, scripture, and song. Services begin at 5:30 p.m. and conclude prior to 6:00 p.m. We hope that you will choose to be part of this special Lenten offering of praise to God. Type of Event: Holiday / Seasonal. Religion. Contact Name: First Presbyterian Church. Contact Phone: 252-446-9121. Wednesday, March 24, 2010, 5:30 PM – 6:00 PM. First Presbyterian Church Thorpe Chapel 153 N Church Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit www.fpcrm.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.

Kiwanis Club of Rocky Mount, N.C., Inc.

Community - General Public The Kiwanis Club of Rocky Mount, N.C. Inc. meets every Thursday at Benvenue Country Club at 1:00PM. There are approximately 100 members. We have a buffet lunch and then a speaker. Come visit us to see if you would like to become a member. Type of Event: Community / Civic Meeting. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Contact Name: Jesse Harrington. Contact Phone: 252-443-3563. Contact Email: jcmh1@embarqmail.com. Thursday, March 25, 2010, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM. Benvenue Country Club 100 Southern Boulevard Rocky Mount, NC 27804.

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.

Rockabilly Head to Toe

Community - General Public A hybrid music formed from boogie, hillbilly and rhythm & blues, ROCKABILLY rose to its crest in the 1950s with stars such as Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash. Presented by Willie Nelms, musician and historian and the North Carolina Humanities Council. Type of Event: Concerts / Live Music. Education. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Contact Name: Martha Lee. Contact Phone: 442-1951 ext. 243. Contact Email: Mlee@braswell-library.org. Thursday, March 25, 2010, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM. Braswell Memorial Library Warner Meeting Room 727 North Grace St Rocky Moutn, NC 27804.

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.

FREE COMPUTER ASSISTANCE FOR SENIORS (55 AND UP)

Community - General Public Need to know how to set up email? Need help with reordering prescriptions on line? Want to email family or friends? Need to download tax forms? Want help with doing other things on the computer? We can assist you in doing these types of tasks in our computer lab every Friday, beginning March 26, 2010 from 10:00 am until 1:00 pm. Volunteer staff will be available to help you. We’ll show you how to do it for yourself. We’re also soliciting volunteers To help in the computer lab Please call 252-442-1951 extension 222 or See someone at the customer services desk for application DON’T FORGET SENIOR DAY TUESDAY, MAY 18, 10:30 AM -1:00 PM. Type of Event: Education. Technology. Training-Classes / Workshops. Age Range - Audience: Seniors. Contact Name: Maxine Lucas. Contact Phone: 442-1951 ext 222. Contact Email: mlucas@braswell-library.org. Friday, March 26, 2010, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM. Braswell Memorial Library Computer Lab 727 North Grace St Rocky Moutn, NC 27804.

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.

The Stations of The Cross

Community - General Public A meditative walk through the last hours of Jesus' life. Type of Event: Religion. Special Events. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Children (Ages 6-12). College Students. Families. Seniors. Teens (13-18). Ticket Website: www.goodshepherdrmt.org. Price - Low: 0.00. Price - High: 0.00. Friday, March 26, 2010, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM. Good Shepherd Episcopal Church 231 N. Church Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804.

RMEK Fun Run

Community - General Public First Fun Run in a series of monthly races, offered by Rocky Mount Endurance Kids. Join us for a 1.5 mile or 5k fun run open to all children grades k-8. Type of Event: Sports / Recreation. Age Range - Audience: Children (Ages 6-12). Contact Name: Tracy Proctor. Contact Phone: 252-904-6321. Contact Email: dtproctor@embarqmail.com. Saturday, March 27, 2010, 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM. Ennis Park - Red Oak 4605 N. Old Carriage Rd Rocky Mount, NC 27804.

Red Cross Disc Golf Tournament

Community - General Public Registration starts at 9:30am, Prizes, Chick-fil-A lunch provided. First round singles, Second round doubles (assigned). All proceeds benefit the American Red Cross Frederick E. Turnage Chapter. Type of Event: Sports / Recreation. Age Range - Audience: All Ages. Contact Name: Allen Meszaros. Contact Email: ngpbeaver@gmail.com. Price - Low: $15.00. Saturday, March 27, 2010, 9:35 AM. Sunset Park 1550 River Drive Rocky Mount, NC 27804.

Easter Egg Hunt

Community - General Public FREE Event for Ages 1-9. Type of Event: Community / Civic Meeting. Contact Name: Betsy Cuthrell. Contact Phone: (252) 382-2804. Contact Email: betsy.cuthrell@nashcountync.org. Saturday, March 27, 2010, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM. Ennis Park - Red Oak 4605 N. Old Carriage Rd Rocky Mount, NC 27804.

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.

Blood Drive

Community - General Public Every 2 seconds someone in the U.S. needs blood. Become a Blood Donor to Give Life. In addition to the Zaxby’s FREE MEAL DEAL coupons, all donors will receive a small, RED fleece blanket in honor of Charles Drew. Tuesday, March 30, 2010, 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM. Rocky Mount Prepartory School 3334 Bishop Road Battleboro, NC 27809.

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.

Yoga For Body and Spirit

Community - General Public This class is appropriate for beginners and advanced alike. Call for information. Type of Event: Health. Nature / Environment. Workshops & Classes. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Contact Name: Emily Bondy. Contact Phone: 252-443-0605. Contact Email: ebondy@suddenlink.net. Price - Low: 0.00. Price - High: 0.00. Tuesday, March 30, 2010, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM. 231 N. Church Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804.

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.

Blood Drive

Community - General Public Every 2 seconds someone in the U.S. needs blood. Become a Blood Donor to Give Life. In addition to the Zaxby’s FREE MEAL DEAL coupons, all donors will receive a small, RED fleece blanket in honor of Charles Drew. Tuesday, March 30, 2010, 2:30 PM – 7:30 PM. Englewood Baptist Church 1350 Winstead Avenue Rocky Mount, NC 27804.

Red Cross Heroes Banquet

Community - General Public Honoring Rocky Mount Retiring Fire Chief Keith Harris and the Rocky Mount Fire Department. $75/ticket or $125 for 2. Type of Event: Non-Profit / Fundraiser. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Contact Name: Red Cross Office. Contact Phone: 252-977-1720. Contact Email: Chapter@TurnageRedCross.org. Price - Low: $75. Tuesday, March 30, 2010, 6:00 PM. Nathan Hall, Rose Hill 3815 Rose Hill Ln. Nashville, NC, 27856.

Blood Drive

Community - General Public Every 2 seconds someone in the U.S. needs blood. Become a Blood Donor to Give Life. In addition to the Zaxby’s FREE MEAL DEAL coupons, all donors will receive a small, RED fleece blanket in honor of Charles Drew. Tuesday, March 30, 2010, 8:00 PM – Wednesday, March 31, 2010, 5:00 PM. Hospira Hwy 301N Rocky Mount, NC 27804.

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.

Tar River Civic Club - Weekly Meeting

Community - General Public The Tar River Civic Club (“TRCC”) meets every Wednesday at 1:00 p.m. unless there is a major holiday. There are approximately 50 members with a large attendance at our weekly meetings. Lunch is buffet style and after appropriate time for lunch, the program usually starts with introduction of guests and announcements at 1:30 pm. There is a weekly speaker or program, which lasts approximately 30 minutes and we adjourn promptly by 2:00 pm. You do not have to be a member to attend a lunch so join us anytime and see if our club is right for you. TRCC is a non-profit membership organization dedicated to helping the children and youth of the greater Rocky Mount area. We have two fund raising events annually. One is our Annual Reverse Raffle and Silent Auction held in the Spring of each year at Rose Hill Conference Center in Nashville North Carolina. Our primary benefactor of this fund raiser is Communities In Schools. The second is our annual Benefit the Children Golf Tournament. We donate in excess of $15,000.0… Type of Event: Community / Civic Meeting. Age Range - Audience: Adults. Contact Name: Brad Herakovich. Contact Email: info@TarRiverCivicClub.org. Wednesday, March 31, 2010, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM. Benvenue Country Club 100 Southern Blvd Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit tarrivercivicclub.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.

Lenten Worship Service

Community - General Public Each Wednesday afternoon during Lent, you are invited to join us for a brief time of worship in Thorpe Chapel. Led by Rev. Peter Bynum and Jim Smith, these services will follow a model of worship embraced by the monastic Taize community of France. The mood will be contemplative and peaceful, with a simple liturgy of prayer, scripture, and song. Services begin at 5:30 p.m. and conclude prior to 6:00 p.m. We hope that you will choose to be part of this special Lenten offering of praise to God. Type of Event: Holiday / Seasonal. Religion. Contact Name: First Presbyterian Church. Contact Phone: 252-446-9121. Wednesday, March 31, 2010, 5:30 PM – 6:00 PM. First Presbyterian Church Thorpe Chapel 153 N Church Street Rocky Mount, NC 27804. For more info visit www.fpcrm.org.