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August 18, 2008 Rising High Water Blues Exhibit - Reception August 22
July 15, 2008 COUNTRY MUSIC COMES ALIVE! MARTY STUART IN CONCERT
June 26, 2008 Battle of Helena commemoration slated July 4
June 24, 2008 Jazzin’, Jammin’ & Jivin’ at Helena-West Helena
June 2, 2008 MUSEUM LAUNCHES HISTORY RANGERS SUMMER YOUTH EDUCATION PROGRAM
May 29, 2008 ARKANSAS’S 172nd BIRTHDAY TO BE CELEBRATED AT THE OLD STATE HOUSE MUSEUM
May 19, 2008 Dorothy Norwood, Canton Spirituals headline Eighth Annual Arkansas Delta Family Gospel Festival
May 15, 2008 Powers and Shields headline DCC's annual Mother's Best Music Fest
May 7, 2008 THE OLD STATE HOUSE MUSEUM LAUNCHES NEW SLATE OF EXHIBITS
April 16, 2008 NEW EXHIBIT AT THE OLD STATE HOUSE MUSEUM EXPLORES ARKANSAS POLITICS IN THE 20TH CENTURY
March 14, 2008 MUSEUM WELCOMES MARTY STUART COLLECTION
Sub: Country Music Artifacts Highlighted at the Old State House Museum
March 3, 2008 Exhibit highlights diverse themes of blues poster artist
March 3, 2008 ST. PATRICK’S DAY CELEBRATED AT THE OLD STATE HOUSE MUSEUM FOLLOWING PARADE
February 26, 2008 MUSEUM WELCOMES ARKANSAS’S FIRST FAMILIES
February 22, 2008 John-Alex Mason to Perform Free Concert
December 10, 2007 Holiday musical performances slated for ‘King Biscuit Time’
December 5, 2007 Delta Cultural Center revives youth art contest
September 25, 2007 Essie Neal ready for a ruckus at Delta Cultural Center
August 29, 2007 Guitarist Hubert Sumlin named as recipient of Sonny Award
August 24, 2007 Artifacts, photographs dominate new exhibit of recent additions to Delta Cultural Center collection
August 21, 2007 Public Art Project Planned
August 15, 2007 PRESIDENT OF FOX TELEVISION NETWORK TO APPEAR AT OLD STATE HOUSE MUSEUM
August 9, 2007 Spectacular Spectacles
August 7, 2007 WANTED: ARKANSAS’S FIRST FAMILIES
July 3, 2007 REGISTER NOW FOR THE ANNUAL CIVIL WAR SYMPOSIUM AT THE OLD STATE HOUSE MUSEUM
June 6, 2007 Little Pink Anderson, James Morgan added to line-up of Mother’s Best
June 5, 2007 After-Hours’ program proves to be Heritage Month success
June 1, 2007 Reception for artwork of bluesman Bill Abel slated on June 8
May 31, 2007 STATEHOOD CELEBRATED AT HISTORIC LOCATION
April 28, 2007 Audience members have opportunity to sing on gospel fest stage
April 19, 2007 IT’S AN ARKANSAS ARTIFACT AFFAIR
April 17, 2007 REGISTER NOW FOR MUSEUM’S SUMMER FUN YOUTH ENRICHMENT PROGRAM
April 5, 2007 ‘Mysterious Images’ exhibit coming to Delta Cultural Center
April 3, 2007 Michael Powers to perform free concert May 11
April 2, 2007 Dottie Peoples headlines 7th Annual Arkansas Delta Family Gospel Festival
March 26, 2007 Easter Egg Hunt slated on Saturday, March 31
March 22, 2007 Helena, Arkansas: Main Street of the Blues held over
March 19, 2007 Kenny Brown, C.W. Gatlin added to Mother's Best roster
March 14, 2007 Delta Cultural Center celebrates Heritage Month with new program, beloved event
February 23, 2007 Alvin Youngblood Hart and William Lee Ellis & Billy Gibson added to lineup of "Mother's Best"
February 20, 2007 Plans underway for 7th Annual Arkansas Delta Family Gospel Festival in spring
February 14, 2007 Delta Cultural Center recognizes Black History Month with films, photos, lessons, performance
February 9, 2007 “The Arkansas Blues: Photographs By Louis Guida & Cheryl Cohen” comes to Delta Cultural Center
January 26, 2007 ARKANSAS FOLK ARTIST’S WORK FEATURED IN NEW EXHIBIT AT THE OLD STATE HOUSE MUSEUM
January 26, 2007 Bob Margolin performs free concert at cultural center
January 26, 2007 Delta Cultural Center names Jacques as communications coordinator
January 26, 2007 Hatfield exhibit on display at Delta Cultural Center
January 26, 2007 Second Annual Mother’s Best Music Fest slated at Delta Cultural Center on Saturday, June 16
January 24, 2007 PIECING HISTORY TOGETHER: 20TH CENTURY LIFE UNCOVERED BY NEW QUILT EXHIBIT IN ARKANSAS
January 11, 2007 Delta Cultural Center receives award for outstanding website
November 22, 2006 TRADITIONAL HOLIDAY FUN TO BE FOUND AT THE OLD STATE HOUSE MUSEUM’S HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE
November 16, 2006 Holiday Open House and an Evening of Rockabilly Music
October 13, 2006 Delta Cultural Center to Host Fundraiser for Historic Moore-Hornor House
September 22, 2006 PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING JOURNALIST AND MILITARY HISTORIAN TO SPEAK AT OLD STATE HOUSE MUSEUM
September 22, 2006 STATE HOUSE ROCK: THE OXFORD AMERICAN MAGAZINE AND THE OLD STATE HOUSE MUSEUM WELCOME LEGENDARY JAZZ MUSICIAN BOB DOROUGH TO LITTLE ROCK
September 20, 2006 MUSEUM DIRECTOR AWARDED FOR CONTRIBUTING TO STATE’S ARCHEOLOGICAL HERITAGE
September 15, 2006 CELEBRATE AND RELIVE ARKANSAS HISTORY AS THE U.S.-MEXICAN WAR COMES TO AN END
August 29, 2006 ARKANSAS SCULPTOR CREATES ART WHILE COMMEMORATING HISTORY
August 16, 2006 Katrina Story Quilts Exhibition on Display at the Delta Cultural Center
August 1, 2006 Exterior work now begins Mosaic Templars Cultural Center Steel Frame Work Complete
July 19, 2006 Mother's Best Music Fest to be Held August 19
July 10, 2006 REGISTER NOW FOR THE ANNUAL CIVIL WAR SEMINAR AT THE OLD STATE HOUSE MUSEUM
June 20, 2006 DEADLINE NEARS FOR MUSEUM’S SUMMER FUN YOUTH ENRICHMENT PROGRAM
May 10, 2006 Delta Cultural Center Featuring Images of the South Exhibition
May 8, 2006 VISIT HISTORIC MEXICO THROUGH A LIVING HISTORY EVENT AT THE OLD STATE HOUSE MUSEUM
April 18, 2006 NASHVILLE’S LEGENDARY SHOWCASE FOR SINGERS/SONGWRITERS IS COMING TO LITTLE ROCK’S OLD STATE HOUSE MUSEUM
March 23, 2006 Delta Cultural Center Announces Final Lineup for 6th Annual Arkansas Delta Family Gospel Festival
March 20, 2006 NEW EXHIBIT PROVIDES RARE GLIMPSE INTO ARKANSAS’S PAST
March 15, 2006 ARKANSAS’S SECRETARY OF STATE DEDICATES GOVERNOR’S PORTRAITS TO STATE MUSEUM
March 1, 2006 Delta Cultural Center to Present the Kory Montgomery Band in Concert
February 17, 2006 JAMES BOND PARTY RAISES SUPPORT FOR THE OLD STATE HOUSE MUSEUM
February 16, 2006 HISTORIC TREATY ON VIEW AT THE OLD STATE HOUSE MUSEUM
February 10, 2006 Brown Bag Lecture
February 6, 2006 Delta Cultural Center to Host Rogerline Johnson Photography Exhibit
January 15, 2006 NEW EXHIBIT CELEBRATES STATE’S AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY THROUGH PHOTOGRAPHY BY RALPH ARMSTRONG
January 4, 2006 MAKE WARM MEMORIES AT THE OLD STATE HOUSE MUSEUM THIS WINTER
November 23, 2005 CELEBRATE THE SEASON AT HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE
October 24, 2005 DCC to Exhibit Disfarmer Photographs
September 19, 2005 DCC to Host Reception for Delta Studies Center Exhibit
September 19, 2005 Delta Sounds to Celebrate 200th Broadcast
September 2, 2005 STYLISH RETRO JEWLERY ARRIVES IN LITTLE ROCK STORE
August 22, 2005 Delta Cultural Center to Present Annual Blues Symposium on Saturday, October 8
August 8, 2005 EG Kight to Perform at Delta Cultural Center
August 8, 2005 William Lee Ellis to Perform at the Delta Cultural Center
July 26, 2005 Delta Cultural Center to Present Oral History Project Exhibit
June 3, 2005 Delta Cultural Center to Present Folk Art Exhibit
May 27, 2005 Delta Cultural Center to Present Daniel "Slick" Ballinger in concert
May 16, 2005 Mosaic Templars Cultural Center Receives Grant for Construction of New Building
May 2, 2005 Painted Blues to be Displayed at Delta Cultural Center
April 25, 2005 Delta Cultural Center to Host Small Works on Paper Throughout May
April 21, 2005 DCC Invites Gospel Groups to Perform at 5th Annual Arkansas Delta Family Gospel Festival
April 21, 2005 DCC Invites Non-Profits to Serve as Vendors During Upcoming Gospel Festival
April 15, 2005 Delta Cultural Center to Host 5th Annual Arkansas Delta Family Gospel Festival
January 20, 2005 Smithsonian Traveling Exhibit at Historic Arkansas Museum
January 13, 2005 Artist Darrell Loy Scott Focuses on Themes of Family, Rural South
November 9, 2004 Museum Announces Public Events for Clinton Center Opening Week
October 25, 2004 Close Up in Black: African American Film Posters
October 20, 2004 Exhibit Will Explore the Ever-Evolving Notion of the Arkansas Traveler
August 24, 2004 Museum Offers First Time Viewing of Clinton Presidential Center Photographs
July 29, 2004 Masters of the Latin American Art World to Be on Exhibit
April 14, 2004 Rupert P. Kreider’s Complex Carvings Offer an Intimate Look at Rural Life
March 16, 2004 Nostalgia on Display with Collection of Mid-century Children’s Series
March 4, 2004 World Premiere of Local Documentary at Museum
February 26, 2004 An Afternoon of American Pottery Appraisals Accompanies Exhibit
February 9, 2004 Groundbreaking Exhibit First to Explore Southern Art Pottery Genre
January 12, 2004 Musical Tells Story of Pioneer Life Through Quilts
January 1, 2004 Delta Artist Explores a Sense of Place in New Exhibit
January 1, 2004 Legendary Body of Work to be Shown at Historic Arkansas Museum
January 1, 2004 New Orleans Favorite to Spin Her Yarns in Little Rock
August 28, 2002 Schedule 2002-2003
February 8, 2002 Historic Arkansas Museum to Open “The Watchman’s Room” in Trinity Contemporary Gallery
January 24, 2002 Historic Arkansas Museum Opens “Basic Drawing - Connections” in Trinity Contemporary Gallery
January 17, 2002 Historic Arkansas Museum to Host Exhibition Honoring Martin Luther King, Jr., “Countdown to Eternity”
December 11, 2001 Historic Arkansas Museum Opens “A Difference of Two” in Trinity Contemporary Gallery
October 22, 2001 Historic Arkansas Museum Revisits Holidays Past with 34th Annual Christmas Frolic and Open House
September 20, 2001 Historic Arkansas Museum to Feature Works by Contemporary Sculptor Bryan Massey
August 14, 2001 Historic Arkansas Museum to Host A Slave Ship Speaks: The Wreck of the Henrietta Marie
July 5, 2001 Historic Arkansas Museum to Feature Warren Criswell’s “Conceptions and Perceptions”
June 4, 2001 Historic Arkansas Museum Celebrates 60th Anniversary with July 4 Event
April 23, 2001 Activity Detail for Historic Opening Event
April 20, 2001 Historic Arkansas Museum to Hold Antiques Appraisal Fair
February 15, 2001 Historic Arkansas Museum to Open Doors to the Public
January 31, 2001 Museum Visitors Play a Role in History
January 8, 2001 Museum Center Expansion Backgrounder
November 2, 2000 Museum Prepares for New Building, New Identity

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