The Delta Rivers Nature Center is located at 1400 Black Dog Road at Regional Park. The $5 million facility was funded by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission.
     The center offers a taste of the natural habitat in an interactive museum setting. The center opened in July 2001 and has over 40,000 visitors a year. It also has interactive educational exhibits, large meeting and classrooms, a working laboratory, gift shop, two aquariums totaling about 20,000 gallons of water, live and mounted animal exhibits and a native plant, butterfly and hummingbird garden.
    The nature center also offers a unique blend of education and entertainment geared toward the entire family. Traditional programs such as hunter and boating education are available, along with nationally acclaimed conservation education activities such as Project WILD (Wildlife in Learning Design) and the Hooked on Fishing, Not on Drugs program.
    The trail system has 0.75 miles of “improved” asphalt and boardwalk trails that are in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. There’s also a two-story wildlife observation tower and multiple observation areas.
     The Wetlands demonstration consist of showing native aquatic and semi-aquatic plants in a natural setting and a bridge over the center to allow a view other than the normal bank view.

Volunteer opportunities are available for interested people at the Delta Rives Nature Center:

       Education — program, lectures and classes at the center and in the community.
       Guided Tours — take visitors and students along trails and exhibits.
       Animal care — feeding, cleaning and watering various animals.
       Aquarium care — maintenance and feeding or aquarium inhabitants.
      Information desk — help people find out more about the center and all it has to offer.
      Gardening/Landscaping — learn about native plants while helping in the greenhouse, butterfly garden and trails.
     Gift Shop — help the center reach its goals by helping visitors select educational items that encourage them
to learn more about the center.

For details, call 534-0011. Eric Maynard is the center director.
 Rusty Scarborough is the education program coordinator.

Pine Bluff Area Parks

There are eight lighted tennis courts at the city-owned Bloom Tennis Center at West 21st Avenue and Hickory Street.
     The private Eden Park Country Club at West 41st Avenue and Elm Street has five outdoor and two indoor courts.
    
       For golfers, there are three 18-hole courses in the Pine Bluff area. Harbor Oaks is located in Regional Park. Managed by a PGA pro, Harbor Oaks features a driving range, a restaurant and a fully stocked pro shop, and is a public course. The other two are Pine Bluff Country Club at 1100 W. 46th Ave. and Rosswood Country Club on 7619 Rosswood Road. Pine Bluff also has a public 9-hole course at the Jaycees Golf Course in Martin Luther King Jr. Park on Rhinehart Road.

Motorboating is a popular pastime on Lake Langhoffer and the Arkansas River with points of access to the river at numerous Army Corps of Engineers parks, including Sheppard Island Park northeast of Pine Bluff, Saint Marie Park adjacent to the Port of Pine Bluff and Regional Park.

The 135-acre Martin Luther King Jr. Park on Rhinehart Road also offers two softball fields, two lakes, several areas of playground equipment and picnic tables.

The park’s two lakes, home for several flocks of ducks and geese, are stocked with bass bream and catfish, and are open for fishing by those 12-year-old and under and senior citizens.

Regional Park Complex, just north of the Martha Mitchell Expressway on the Arkansas River, has one of the best softball complexes in the state. The Civitan Playground has playground equipment. Several activities and competitions are scheduled yearly at the park. The park includes a picnic area, complete with some covered tables and grills, and a Radio Control Model Airplane Flying facility, the facility is maintained by the Pine Bluff Radio Control Model Airplane Club (PBRCMAC) and is free to the public. Proper insurance is the only requirement Located on the right as you enter the park just past the fishing pond.

The Ben Pearson Memorial Archery Range is one of Regional Park’s most popular areas. The 40-acre range, one of the top ranges in the state, has 56 targets scattered throughout a natural setting.

An amphitheater for community use is another popular feature at the park.

The park’s 54-pad recreational vehicle park has electric and water hookups.
 Spaces are available on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Regional Park is fisherman friendly and has a busy boat ramp.
 It was the site of more than 40 fishing tournaments recently, four of which were national tournaments.

The Pine Bluff area also has the Packingtown Community Park, 3800 E. Pullen St. The park covers three city blocks and has a playground, half-court basketball court and parking area.
 

Cane Creek State Park
Five miles south of Star City in Lincoln County is Cane Creek State Park.

This recreational area is a 2,054-acre park located on the western shoreline of Cane Creek Lake. First land acquisition funding was appropriated in 1973, but the project was contested in court, and it was December 1976 before land acquisition could continue. In 1988, $846,000 in state funds were released for the development of the park. The money was matched with a federal grant from the Soil Conservation Service for $1.7 million. The money was used to build the first phase of the project.
    The park, open since July 8, 1992, has a visitor information center, bathhouse, restroom, pavilion, 30 class-A campsites, 23 picnic sites, a boat-launching ramp, maintenance building, utilities, two handicapped-accessible fishing piers and a hiking trail.
     The facility has added a new pavilion with a restroom and additional employee residences.
     There is a bike and kayak trail, which has proven to be a huge success. The kayak trail is located near the lake so people get an opportunity to view the natural resources.
    Campers can now enjoy the new Rent-an-RV at Cane Creek. The 30-foot RV features heat and air conditioning; beds for eight persons; a fully equipped kitchen; a TV/VCR/DVD. The units rent for $65/night.
    The park is expected to attract 75,000 visitors a year. Park office hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., the park can be reached
at (870) 628-4714.

Tar Camp Park
Just north of Pine Bluff at Redfield is Tar Camp Park on the Arkansas River. It has campsites, restrooms, group shelters, boat ramps, picnic sites and sandy waterfronts. This is a Class A park with 50 amp service and water at each campsite with a canopy over each picnic table.
    There is a full-time park attendance. The park, which offers several good fishing points on the river without using locks and dams, is open year-round.
    To make reservations please call (877) 444-6777 or visit Reserveusa.com. If you have any questions of need additional information, call 534-0451.
 

Rising Star Park
   Just east of Pine Bluff at Linwood is Rising Star Park on the Arkansas River. It has campsites, restrooms, group shelter, boat ramps, showers, picnic sites and sandy waterfronts. This is a Class A park with 50 amp service, leveled camping pads and water. There is a full-time attendant. The park, which offers several good fishing points on the river without using locks and dams, is open March through October.
    To make reservations please call (877) 444-6777 or visit Reserveusa.com. If you have any questions or need additional information, call (870) 534-0451.

Museums

Arkansas Railroad Museum

The Arkansas Railroad Museum is the home of the only tow remaining Cotton Belt steam engines, Engine 819 and Engine 336.
    Engine 819 was built by the St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company (Cotton Belt Route) at its Pine Bluff shops in 1942. The mighty locomotive ruled the rails for a dozen years before being replace by diesel locomotives. The engine was donated to the city of Pine Bluff in 1955 and reposed in Oakland Park until 1983 when the Cotton Belt Rail Historical Society, Inc. with the help of the Cotton Belt Railroad brought it out of the park for restoration. It's first trips were to Fordyce and Little Rock in 1986. It later made trips to Tyler, Texas and St. Louis.
    Engine 336 was built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1909.
    The Museum is the only place in the country that houses an ALCO RSD-12 and ALCO RSD-15 side by side. The RSD-15 or "Alligator" was the last locomotive of this type built by ALCO. There are only 5 of this model known to exist. Other locomotives on display include GP-30, EMD-E8, two 25 ton GE's and the last Union Pacific C-630.
    Also on display is a complete steam wrecker with related work cars, various other railroad cars, numerous display of railroad memorabilia and model railroad layouts.
    The Arkansas Railroad Museum is operated by the Cotton Belt Rail Historical Society, Inc. by volunteers
Open Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m.
Visitors are always welcome and there is no admission charge
Location:
1700 Port Road
Phone:
870.535.8819

Pine Bluff/Jefferson County Historical Museum

The Pine Bluff/Jefferson County Historical Museum is housed in the old railroad depot at 201 E. Fourth Avenue. The museum traces the colorful past of Pine Bluff and Jefferson County.
   The museum offers a large duck hunting display, an extensive doll collection, miniature houses, manufactured bow and arrows, and 1,464 miniature glass slippers. The museum has an excellent roomful of military artifacts.
   There’s a large collection of stereoscopic photographs from the first World War and as well as artifacts from World War II. According to Sue Trulock, the museum director, “There is an Indian exhibit with arrowheads that were found in 8000 B.C. in Pine Bluff.” Other displays and exhibits include an early settlers exhibit, wedding dresses display and Black History. The museum is open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturdays. Admission is free.
   The museum is listed on the National Registry of Historical Places.
   For more information or to book tours, contact Anne Bingham at (870) 382-4222.
 

Bayou Bartholomew

Winding all through Southeast Arkansas is Bayou Bartholomew, the nation’s longest such waterway. The fishing and frog-gigging along the bayou are legendary, and it remains natural with few improvements, though locally used access areas abound under the myriad of bridges that follow Bartholomew’s meandering course in to Louisiana.

Clubs

Civic Clubs      Kiwanis Clubs    Lions Clubs   Rotary Clubs   Dance Clubs  

 Fishing, Hunting      Fraternities      General     Extension Homemakers Clubs

     4-H Clubs      Toastmasters Clubs      Garden Clubs     Patriotic   

 Professional     Sororities

Civic Clubs

City Civic Club
Meets at 6 p.m. the first Wednesday in April, May and June; at 3 p.m. the first Saturday in November, December, February and March; and at 6 p.m. the first Wednesday in September and October at various members’ homes. There are no meetings in January, July and August. For information, call Josephine Adams at 534-7883.

Eloquent Ladies Club
Meets the second Saturday of each month at various locations. For information, call Shirley Shelley, president, at 534-5848.

Kiwanis Clubs

Intercity Kiwanis Club
Meets at 6:30 a.m. every Tuesday at Southern Cook’s Kitchen at 3007 S. Olive St. For more information, call Boe Fontaine at 541-5353.

Jefferson County Civitan Club
Meets at 6 p.m. the first Thursday and at noon the third Wednesday. For information call Angela Thayer at 247-1021.

Northside Kiwanis Club
Meets every other Tuesday at noon at the Western Sizzlin Steakhouse at 100 N. Blake St. For information, call Lennis Coleman at 536-2296.

Kiwanis Club of Pine Bluff
Meets at noon every Wednesday at the Pine Bluff Convention Center. For information, call Phil McBee at 536-5358.

Lions Clubs

Pine Bluff Downtown Lions
Meets at noon Friday at the Pine Bluff Convention Center. For information, call Patsy Glover at 541-1484.

Pine Bluff Evening Lions
Meets the first and third Tuesdays at 7 p.m. at Southern Cook’s Kitchen at 3007 S. Olive St. For information, contact Marty Shell at 536-4624.

Watson Chapel Lions
Meets the first and third Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. at Southern Cook’s Kitchen at 3007 S. Olive St. For more information, contact Darryl Messer at 879-4753.

White Hall Lions
Meets at 6:30 p.m. the first and third Thursdays at the White Hall Branch of the Pine Bluff National Bank. For information, call David Beck at 541-0020.

Optimist Club of Pine Bluff
Meets at noon Wednesday at the Pine Bluff Country Club. For information, call Pat Anderson at 541-1119.
 

Rotary Clubs

Rotary Club of Pine Bluff
Meets at noon every Tuesday at the Pine Bluff Country Club. For more information, call Roy Boyd at 535-1510 during the daytime.

Rotary Club of West Pine Bluff
Meets at noon every Thursday at the Pine Bluff Country Club. For more information, call Gary Kelly at 534-8104 during the daytime.

Clubs of the Arts

Musical Coterie
Meets at 7:30 p.m. the third Tuesday from September through May. For information call, Carolyn Stover at 536-2850.

Pine Bluff Art League and Gallery
Meets at 2 p.m. the first Sunday except for June, July and August at the Donald W. Reynolds Community Services Center at 211 W. Third Ave. For information, call Inis Ray at 536-3354.

Pine Bluff Quilter’s Guild
Meets at 10 a.m. the third Tuesday at Lakeside United Methodist Church’s youth fellowship center at 1500 Olive St. For information, call Ellna Morphis at 535-5587.

Pine Bluff Symphony Notables
The board meets the first Wednesday at the Donald W. Reynolds Community Services Center at 211 W. Third Ave. For information, call Robin Barton at 536-7666.

Porcelain Artists of Pine Bluff
Meets the first Tuesday of the month at 10 a.m. at the White Hall Branch of the Pine Bluff National Bank. For information, call Linda Howell at 247-3519.

Dance Clubs

Pine Bluff Chapter of USA Dance Inc.
Monthly dances are held. For more information, call Orrin Robinson at 879-4088.

Fishing, Hunting

Pine Bluff Bass Club
For information, call Bobby Young at 247-5985 or 247-0209.

Port City Bass Club
Meets at 7 p.m. the first Monday at the Veterans of Foreign Wars building, 1600 E. Harding Ave. at Pine Bluff. For information, call Jerry Marshall at 535-5080.

Fraternities

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc.:
Delta Sigma Lambda Chapter
Meets at 5:30 p.m. the first Monday at 1115 Lind-Caru. For information, call Frisco McDonald at 535-1037.

Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc.
Meets at 4 p.m. the second Sunday at Ynot Jazz & Blues. For information, call Archie Sanders at 550-0314.

Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc.
Meets at 3 p.m. the first Sunday at various locations. For information, contact James Horton at 879-4793.

Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc.
Meets at 6 p.m. the second Sunday at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. For information, call Abel White at 535-8888 or 718-3767.

General

AFS Intercultural Exchange Programs Inc.
For information, call Bill Blankenship at 879-4904, Betty Matthews at 534-3725 or Zelda Hoaglan at 879-3700.

AARP
Meets the second and fourth Thursdays at 1 p.m. at the Bradshaw Senior Center at 801 E. Eighth Ave. For information, call W.P. Billings at 534-0986.

Audubon Society, Three Rivers Chapter
Meets the first Thursday at noon, except for June, July and August, at Delta Rivers Nature Center in Regional Park. For information, call Claire Holmes at 534-2083.

Commemorative Air Force
Meets the last Tuesday of the month at Grider Field. For information, call Bill Reid at 535-0316.

Cotton Belt Rail Historical Society
The board meets every second Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Arkansas Railroad Museum. General membership meets at 6:45 the first Friday in December at various locations. For information, call Elizabeth Gaines at 535-8819.

Elks, W.M. Townsend Lodge 1149
Meets the first and third Wednesdays at 8 p.m. at the lodge at 2315 University Drive. For information,
call Morris Sanders at 534-8339.

Social and Art Club
Meets the third Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at various locatons. For information, call Irene Holcomb at 536-5474.

Extension Homemakers Clubs

Camden Road
Meets at 9:30 a.m. the third Tuesday of every month in the fire station at Arkansas 54 and Old Warren Road. For information, call Judy Cox at 879-1665.

Grace Willing Workers
Meets at 10 a.m. the second Thursday in the White Hall Branch of Pine Bluff National Bank. For information, call Nancy Rosen at 536-4460.

Hardin
Meets at 6:30 p.m. the second Tuesday in members’ homes. For information, call Selma James, 247-4711.

Jefferson County Council (all members)
Meets three times a year, in the fall, spring and at Christmas. For information, call Paula Dailey at 247-2949.

Town and Country
Meets at 6:30 p.m. the third Monday at members’ homes. For information, call Mildred Bennett at 534-1487.

Watson Chapel
Meets at 1:30 p.m. the third Thursday at members’ homes. For information, call the Jefferson County Cooperative Extension Service at 534-1033.

White Hall Willing Workers
Meets at 7 p.m. the fourth Tuesday at the White Hall Branch of the Pine Bluff National Bank. For information, call Patsy Johnson at 247-4614.

4-H Clubs

Abiding in the Vine
Meets in homes on West Ninth Avenue. For information call the Jefferson County Cooperative Extension Service at 534-1033.

Arsenal 4-H Leaf Clovers
Meets at 4 p.m. the third Wednesday at the Arsenal Youth Center. For information call the Jefferson County Cooperative Extension Service at 534-1033.

Barnes
Meets at the Barnes Community Center on Princeton Pike. For information call the Jefferson County Cooperative Extension Service at 534-1033.

B & J Country Kids
Meets at 5 p.m. the first Friday at homes on Glendale Road. For information call the Jefferson County Cooperative Extension Service at 534-1033.

Belair
Meets at 3:20 p.m. the second Wednesday at the Belair Math & Science Magnet School. For information call the Jefferson County Cooperative Extension Service at 534-1033.

CME Clovers
Meets at 5:30 p.m. the first Wednesday at the New Hope CME Church at 901 E. 21st Ave. For information call the Jefferson County Cooperative Extension Service at 534-1033.

Clover Clique
Meets at 6 p.m. the third Wednesday at the Mount Harmony Baptist Church at 812 E. Harding Ave. For information call the Jefferson County Cooperative Extension Service at 534-1033.

Coleman
Meets at 3:10 p.m. the second Tuesday at Coleman Intermediate School. For information call the Jefferson County Cooperative Extension Service at 534-1033.

Creative Clovers/No Limit
Meets at 3:45 p.m. the second Wednesday at the Watson Chapel Senior High Student Union. For information call the Jefferson County Cooperative Extension Service at 534-1033.

Dollarway
Meets at 3:15 p.m. the second Wednesday at the Dollarway Junior High School home economics room. For information call the Jefferson County Cooperative Extension Service at 534-1033.

Miller
Meets the fourth Saturday at the Mount Pleasant Church at Jefferson. For information call the Jefferson County Cooperative Extension Service at 534-1033.

New Life
Meets at 3:30 p.m. the first Tuesday at the New Life Christian School, 3201 Ridgway Road. For information call the Jefferson County Cooperative Extension Service at 534-1033.

Pastoria
Meeting times and places to be announced. For information call the Jefferson County Cooperative Extension Service at 534-1033.

Pinebergen
Meets at 2 p.m. the second Sunday on Glendale Road. For information call the Jefferson County Cooperative Extension Service at 534-1033.

Seabrook Jets
Meets at 4 p.m. the first Wednesday at the Seabrook YMCA Gym. For information call the Jefferson County Cooperative Extension Service at 534-1033.

St. Peter’s Catholic School (fourth through sixth grades)
Meets at 3 p.m. the second Thursday at St. Peter’s cafeteria. For information call the Jefferson County Cooperative Extension Service at 534-1033.

Heckatoo Heritage Foundation
Meets the first Monday at 6:30 p.m. at 100 Main St. Call Avis Hood at 534-6488 for information.

Interested Citizens for Voter Registration
ICVR King Team meets at 11 a.m. the first Saturday, and the ICVR organization meets at 7 p.m. the fourth Thursday at the ICVR office, Suite 5, 2003 N. University Drive. For information, call the Rev. Jesse Turner at 536-7274.

Jefferson County Democratic Central Committee
Call Trey Ashcraft, chairman, at 541-0482 for information.

Jefferson County Genealogical Society
Meets at the main branch of the Pine Bluff/Jefferson County Library System at 7 p.m. on the first Tuesday of each month. There are no meetings scheduled for July and August. For information, call George Mitchell at 536-8964.

Jefferson County Gun Club
Call David Mayfield at 267-1115 for more information.

Jefferson County Republican Committee
Meets at 6 p.m. the fourth Thursday at 3006 Olive St. For information, call Ida Breitenstein at 879-3996.

Jefferson County Republican Women’s Club
Meets the second Thursday at various locations. For information, call DiAnn Jones at 541-0519.

Knights of Columbus
Meets the first and third Mondays at 8 p.m. at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church at 412 W. Sixth Ave. For information, call David Jackson at 541-0993.

Newcomers Club of Pine Bluff
Meets the first Tuesday at 11:30 a.m. at the Pine Bluff Country Club. For information, call Marie Sala at 850-6845.

P.E.O.
Meets the second Tuesday at 1 p.m. at members’ home. For information, call Bennye Clemmons at 535-5366.

Pine Bluff Christian Women’s Club
Meets at 11:30 a.m. the third Thursday at Pine Bluff Country Club. Contact Norma Caldwell at 535-6884 for more information.

Sahara Shrine Center
Meets every third Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. except in June, July and August. For information, call 534-3392.

Sister Cities
Meets at 5 p.m. the second Tuesday at the Simmons First National Bank eighth-floor conference room. For information, call Rueben Russell at 535-1687.

Southeast Arkansas Kennel Club
Meets at 7:30 p.m. the second Monday at the White Hall Branch of the Pine Bluff National Bank. For information, call John Segars at 879-3384.

Toastmasters Clubs

Pine Bluff Toastmasters Club
Meets every Tuesday at noon at the Pine Bluff Civic Center city hall. For information, call Phil McBee at 536-5853.

Simmons First Toastmasters Club
Meets every Tuesday at noon at the Pine Bluff Civic Center city hall. For information, call Norma Payne at 543-1832.

United Commercial Travelers
Meets the second Thursday at 6 p.m. at the Western Sizzlin, 2900 E. Harding Ave. For information, call Lanelle Beck at 536-0154.

Garden Clubs

Watson Chapel Garden Club
Meets at 1:30 p.m. at members’ homes the first Thursday of each month, except July and August. For information, contact Lucille Steed at 879-0721 or Betty Hardman at 879-0036.

White Hall Herb & Flower Garden Club
Meets the third Monday, September through May, at 6:30 p.m. at the White Hall Branch of the Pine Bluff National Bank. For information, call Catherine Currington at 247-3839 or Jean Boast at 247-1892.

Patriotic

American Legion Herrin-Connolly Post 32
Meets the first Tuesday of alternate months at 6 p.m. at the post at 3200 S. Main St. Call Bill VonTungeln at 879-2850 for additional information.

American Legion Herrin-Connolly Post 32 Auxiliary
Meets the first Tuesday of alternate months at 6 p.m. at the post at 3200 S. Main St. Call Barbara Rhinehart at 534-3625 for additional information.

American Legion Post 232
Meets the first Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at Huckleberry Drive and Nancy Street at White Hall. For information, call Everett Smith at 536-6832.

Colonial Dames of the 17th Century, John Eliot Chapter
Meets the third Wednesday, February, August and October. For information, call MarJo Dill 536-2158.

Daughters of American Revolution:
John McAlmont Chapter
Meets at 11:30 p.m. the third Tuesday at the Pine Bluff Country Club. For information, call Susan Railsback at 535-8147.

Pine Bluff Chapter
Meets at 1:30 p.m. the third Tuesday at the Pine Bluff Country Club. For information, call MarJo Dill 536-2158.

Military Officers Association of America, Southeast Arkansas Chapter
Meets the fourth Wednesday at the Sno-White Grill, 310 E. Fifth Ave. Membership open to all military officers, active, reserve component, retired and unremarried spouses of deceased officers. For information, call Charles Lovelady at 247-2683.

National Huguenot Society of Arkansas
Meets in March, June and October. For information, call MarJo Dill 536-2158.

National Society of the Dames of the Court of Honor
For information, call MarJo Dill at 536-2158.

National Society of the U.S. Daughters of 1812, Simon Bradford Chapter
Meets the third Wednesday in February, August and October. For information, call MarJo Dill 536-2158.

National Society, Daughters of the American Colonists
Meets three times a year in various homes. For information, call MarJo Dill at 536-2158.

New England Women
Meets three times a year. For more information, call MarJo Dill at 536-2158.

Sons of Confederate Veterans
For more information, contact Jerry Lawrence at 534-1909.

Sons of American Revolution, Bayou Bartholomew Chapter
Meets four times a year on varied dates and at various locations. For information, call Lynn N. Gaines at 536-7102.

Southeast Arkansas Civil War Heritage Trail
Meets quarterly. For more information, contact Mark Kalkbrenner at 247-2394.

Sulphur Springs Historical Preservation Alliance
Meets six times a year at 6:30 p.m. at the Pine Bluff/Jefferson County Historical Museum. For more information, contact Jerry Lawrence at 534-1909.

United Daughters of the Confederacy:
David O. Dodd Chapter 212
Meets four times a year at various homes. For information, call Rebecca Phillips at 535-4399.

Veterans of Foreign Wars John and Roy Horn Post 4455
Meets at 7:30 p.m. the second Thursday of each month at the post home at 1508 E. Harding Ave. For information, call Ronald G. Harpe, post commander, at 535-7227.

Veterans of Foreign Wars John and Roy Horn Post 4455 Auxiliary
Meets at 7:30 p.m. the second Thursday of the month at the post home at 1508 E. Harding Ave. For more information, call Vicki Farrar, auxiliary president, at 535-7227.

Professional

American Business Women’s Association
DuBocage Chapter
Meets at 6:15 p.m. the first Tuesday at Pine Bluff Country Club. For information, call Jane Mayhan at 879-1404.

Bluff City Chapter
Meets at 6:30 p.m. the third Tuesday at Rosswood Country Club. For information, call Briana Smith at 541-3963.

Progressive Chapter
Meets at 11:30 a.m. for lunch the third Tuesday at the Quapaw Lodge at 3800 S. Fir St. For information, call Jan Adam at 536-6500.

Federally Employed Women, Bluff Center Chapter
Meets at 11:30 a.m. the third Wednesday at the Pine Bluff Arsenal or Jefferson Labs at the National Center for Toxicological Research at Jefferson. For information, call Lorie Castleberry at 543-7043.

Home Builders Association
Meets the fourth Thursday at 7 p.m. at Southern Cook’s Kitchen at 3007 S. Olive St. For information,
call Martha Womack at 534-0500.

Jefferson County Legal Support Professionals
No regular meetings scheduled. For information, call Dot Griffin at 536-5110.

Jefferson County Medical Society
Meets quarterly on the second Tuesday of March, June, September and December. For information, call Dr. Horace Green at 534-6210.

Jefferson County Minority Business Owners Association
Meets at 400 Main St. For information, call the Enterprise Center at 536-3331.

Kappa Delta Pi International Honor Society in Education
Call Ellen Eddings at 575-8056 for information.

National Association of Retired Federal Employees
Meets every fourth Monday at 11:30 a.m. at the Donald W. Reynolds Community Services Center at 211 W. Third Ave. For information, call Jerry Natale at 535-8593.

Pine Bluff Board of Realtors
Meets at noon the second Wednesday at the Pine Bluff Country Club. For more information, call Aaron Huntley at 534-0500.

Pine Bluff Business and Professional Women’s Organization
Meets the fourth Tuesday at 6 p.m. For information, call Joyce Vaughan at 535-6334.

SCORE (Service Corps of Retired Executives)
Meets the third Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. at 510 Main St. Contact Ted Harden, chairman, at 535-0110 for information.

Women in Construction, Pine Bluff Chapter 31
Meets the second Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. at the Pine Bluff Country Club. Call Danielle Cannon for information at 247-1427

Circle of Friends
A support group for the Arkansas Children’s Hospital at Little Rock meets monthly at members' homes. For information, call Kim Scallion at 267-1716.

Friends of the Library
Call Carol Luebker at 879-3314 for information.

Jefferson Regional Medical Center Auxiliary
Board meets at 9:30 a.m. the third Thursday in the Henslee Conference Center at the Jefferson Regional Medical Center. The annual meeting is held in May. Call Barbara Goodwin at 247-2252 for more information.

Jefferson County Medical Society Alliance
Meets quarterly. For information, call Stacy Coleman, president, at 247-0361.

Junior League of Pine Bluff
Meets the first Thursday at the Pine Bluff Country Club. For information, call Lisa Thrash, president, or Renee White, office manager, at the league house at 535-0181.

Salvation Army Auxiliary
Meets at 10 a.m. the second Tuesday at the Salvation Army Community Center, 501 E. 12th Ave. For information, call Carolyn Uschold at 879-0426.

Synergy Forum Inc.
Meets three times a year in January, April and October at various locations. For information, call Bennye Clemmons at 535-5366.

Sororities

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc.:
Alpha Rho Chapter
Meets at 6 p.m. the second and fourth Sundays at the sorority house at 5 Watson Blvd. Call Renee Wine at 536-3252 for additional information.

Delta Omega Omega Chapter
Meets at 11 a.m. the first Saturday at the Sorority House at 5 Watson Blvd. For information, call Rhonda  Rawlings at 534-0702.

Beta Sigma Phi Sorority:
Alpha Omicron Chapter
Meets at 7 p.m. the first Thursday at members’ homes. For information, call Alcina Battenfield at 879-5448.

Beta Masters Chapter
Meets at noon the second Thursday at various locations. For information, call Jean Blocksom at 534-4244.

Chi Chapter
Meets at 7 p.m. the second Tuesday at members’ homes. For information, call Jill Haynes at 879-3517.

Preceptor Beta Gamma Chapter
Meets at 5:30 p.m. the first Thursday at various locations. For information, call Connie Elkins at 540-3711.

Xi Beta Iota Chapter
Meets at 7 p.m. the second Tuesday at members’ homes. For information, call Donna Oates at (501) 397-5486.

Xi Delta Beta Chapter
Meets at 7 p.m. the second Tuesday at members’ homes. For information, call Debby Davies at 247-4724.

Xi Tau Chapter
Meets at 6:30 p.m. the second Tuesday at members’ homes. For information, call Debbie Jones at 247-3654.

Zeta Phi Chapter
Meets at various times and locations. For information, call Karen Lawson at 247-0764.

Beta Sigma Phi City Council
Meets at 5:30 p.m. the second Tuesday at Eden Park Racquet Club and Spa. For information, call Amy Tisdale at (870) 357-8638.

Delta Sigma Theta Inc., Pine Bluff Alumnae Chapter
Meets at 3 p.m. the first Sunday at 715 W. Barraque St. For information, call Virgirean Owens at 575-8281.

Epsilon Sigma Alpha Sorority:

Beta Chi Chapter
Meets at 7:30 p.m. the first Tuesday at members’ homes. For information, call Charlotte Garrett at 247-1249.

Sigma Nu Chapter
Meets the second and fourth Tuesdays at members’ homes. For information, call Patti Membrey at 879-1786.

Pine Bluff Panhellenic Council
Meets at 6:30 p.m. the third Monday at the Simmons Room of the Simmons First National Bank. For information, call Rhonda Neal Rawlings at 534-0702.

Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Inc.
Meets at 1 p.m. the first Saturday at 3100 W. 36th Ave. For information, call Dorothy Penix at (870) 352-8241.

Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc.
Meets at 1 p.m. the second Saturday at the sorority house at 68 Watson Blvd. For information, call Patricia Johnson at 879-2864 or Peggy Evans at 850-6240.

Junior Mathontes Club
Meets the third Thursday at 1 p.m. at the Pine Bluff Country Club. For information, call Anna Beth Westerfield at 534-7570.

Junior Sesame Club
Meets the second Friday at noon at various homes. For information, call Nancy McNew at 534-7289.

Sesame Club
For information, call Katy Walt at 766-8131.

20th Century Club
A study club that meets at 2:30 p.m. every third Thursday from September to May at members’ homes. For information, call Norma Caldwell at 535-6884 or Juanita Fendley at 535-2684.

Art

The Arts and Science Center for Southeast Arkansas, 701 S. Main St., was founded in 1968 and became a commission of Pine Bluff in 1971. It is operated for the benefit of all citizens of the 10 counties of Southeast Arkansas. The mission of the Arts and Science Center is to provide opportunities for the practice, teaching, performance, enjoyment and understanding of the arts and sciences.
    The Arts and Science Center is open Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m.
   General operating funds are provided, in part, by the Arkansas Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts. It offers memberships, which also provide general operating funds.
    The Arts and Science Center is accredited by the American Association of Museums and houses a permanent collection that focuses on African-American artists, Arkansas artists and art of the Delta culture. Exhibits on loan from others, as well as the permanent collection, are periodically rotated through the four galleries: Altheimer, International Paper, Kennedy and Simmons First. The Irene Rosenzweig Endowment sponsors a biannual juried exhibition. Admission to the galleries is free.
    The Arts and Science Center offers year-round education classes for youth, including acting classes, theatre camp, summer scholars, ARTshop and second Saturday scholars. Transportation and financial aid are available. Classes for adults are offered periodically.
    The performing arts department offers an annual theatre season with productions featuring youth, teens and adults. This year’s season begins with the musical “Disney’s Beauty and the Beast,” set for July 28-31 and Aug. 5-7. The remainder of the season is “A Company of Wayward Saints,” Oct. 13-16 and 21-23; “Christmas Memories,” Dec. 9-11; “The Rainmaker,” Jan. 12-15 and 20-22; “A Raisin in the Sun,” Feb. 23-26 and March 3-5; and “Johnny Moonbeam and the Silver Arrow,” April 21-22 and 28-30. Productions are held in the Catherine M. Bellamy Theatre, which seats 240 people.
    The African-American Advisory Committee sponsors several events throughout the year, including a Black History program, a multi-cultural event, and most notably, Juneteenth.
    The Arts and Science Center sponsors several fund-raisers each year. Annual events include “A Taste of the Wild Life,” a wild game dinner, auction and dance, and “The Art of Adornment,” an educational forum with lunch and exhibits. Biannual evens are “Potpourri,” dinner and silent and live auctions, and “Razzle Dazzle,” a song-and-dance revue by local talent.
    Details: 536-3375.

Pine Bluff Art League
   The Pine Bluff Art League and Gallery welcomes any adult interested in the arts to its monthly meetings. These are held the first Sunday of the month except in June, July and August, at 2 p.m. at the Donald W. Reynolds Community Services Center, 211 W. Third Ave.
    Members can gather to create, share artwork and exchange ideas Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the studio, Suite 108. Art Education is promoted by having frequent workshops and classes in various media.
    The gallery’s changing exhibits feature paintings in all media. Interested persons may tour the art gallery at any time between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, in the main concourse and east and west wings of the Reynolds Center.
    For information about membership or guided tours of the gallery, call Inis Ray at 536-3354, or Lee Milbourn at 535-4548.

Community Band
    Under the direction of Richard Campbell who replaced the retiring Bud Childers in 2005, the Pine Bluff Community Band is a volunteer organization made up of musicians from Pine Bluff and surrounding communities.
    Members are comprised of both professional and amateur musicians. Several retired band directors are also involved with group activities.
    The band performs at The Band Museum Concert Hall at 423 Main St. and at other public functions throughout Jefferson County. The hall can accommodate more than 300 people. The band practices regularly in the recital hall of The Band Museum, which sponsors the group. It meets at 5:30 p.m. on Thursdays. New musicians are invited to join the practices regardless of how long it has been since they played.
    The band plays a variety of music, including but not restricted to, marches, overtures, Broadway hits, pop and patriotic music. The band performs at civic events, churches and retirement homes and gives free public concerts.
   Civic organizations wishing to have the band perform at a particular function may call the museum at 534-4676 or visit the Web site at www.bandmuseum.org.
    Jerry G. Horne is director/curator of The Band Museum.

Pine Bluff Symphony Orchestra
The Pine Bluff Symphony Orchestra will present four concerts for its 2005-06 season, “Adventures in Symphonic Music.” All concerts will be presented in the Pine Bluff Convention Center’s auditorium.
     This season’s performances include: “Exploring New Horizons,” presented Oct. 15 at 7 p.m. — featuring the world premiere of a new work by highly acclaimed living composer, Joan Tower; “A World of Holidays,” presented Dec. 10, at 7 p.m. — a casual Pops concert featuring holiday inspired music from around the world to get everyone into the holiday spirit; “Adventures in Symphonic Jazz,” presented Feb. 19 at 4 p.m. — featuring Ed Polcer and his Jazz All-Stars in yet another return appearance with the symphony; and, “In the Spirit of the Dance,” presented March 25, at 7 p.m. — enjoy great symphonic works inspired by dance, from Baroque to contemporary.
     This will be the 19th season for the symphony and the 14th year Charles Jones Evans will serve as conductor.
    Preferred seating season tickets are $68 for adults and $15 for students. General seating season tickets are $58 for adults and $10 for students. Tickets are also available at the door for each performance.
       Additional information is available by calling the symphony office at 536-7666.

Port City Players
The Port City Players Inc. is a nonprofit community theater company composed of 35 or 40 professionals from all walks of life.
These dedicated individuals strive to promote and produce quality theatrical entertainment.
    According to the group’s executive director, Gardenia Ambler, the Port City Players is open to anyone who enjoys working in the visual and performing arts, as well as any technical aspect of production.
    The organization also seeks writers who would like to see their work performed on stage. The group, organized 23 years ago, is a nonprofit and non-salaried organization.
    In 2005, by public demand, the group will once again present “Ebony Nights” in dinner theater. There are also plans to present “The Biblical Prophecy” during the Easter season, according to Ambler.
      Details: Call Ambler at 536-2031.

The Art Krewe
   The Art Krewe is a volunteer group for the Arts and Science Center for Southeast Arkansas and serves to supply the organization with volunteers necessary to carry out its many programs and special events.
    These volunteers primarily support fund-raisers, receptions and volunteer recognition. Joining the Art Krewe does not obligate a person to volunteer for any event; it only adds that person’s name to the list of volunteers to call for help during the year. Art Krewe is open to the community. The annual fee is $5 to cover mailing costs.
     Anyone interested in joining may call Trudy Redus, special events coordinator, at 536-3375