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THINGS TO DO
'Arsenic and Old Lace' wraps up this weekend at PLT

Franklin Hayes/Gulf Breeze News Museum hosts Famous Flyers' The Famous Flyers game booklet, available at the National Museum of Naval Aviation on Pensacola NAS, takes visitors on a history hunt with information highlighting heroic and daring pilots featured throughout the Museum. The object of the game to match the famous aviators with the correct exhibits. The Famous Flyers History Hunt game will open to the public Feb. 1 and will run for about 90 days. Grand prize winners of the Famous Flyers History Hunt will be announced in early May. The game will change themes and prizes quarterly.
Joseph Kesselring's comedy about a kooky family of killers is taking the stage at Pensacola Little Theatre tonight.

"Arsenic and Old Lace" is playing until Feb. 3. Performances are Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2:30pm. Ticket prices are $22, $18, or $15 each. A $2 discount per ticket is available for senior citizens, students, and active-duty military. Group discounts are also available for parties of ten or more. Purchase tickets at our Box Office or by phone at 850-432-2042.

Submitted photo The Gulf Coast Kiln Walk Society Inc. will host the third annual Woodstoke Pottery Festival on Feb. 2 at 7507 Buckeye Drive in Navarre. The festivities will begin at 9 a.m. and end at 4 p.m.
One Thursday performance will be held tonight at 7 p.m. with all tickets half price for that night only. No additional discounts apply on "Theatre Thursday."

All performances of "Arsenic and Old Lace" are in the Valerie J. Russenberger Theatre inside the Pensacola Cultural Center, 400 South Jefferson Street, downtown. Tapas are available before the show or during intermission; order in advance through Portabello Market, located inside the Pensacola Cultural Center, phone 850- 439-6545.

To learn more about Pensacola Little Theatre's productions, auditions, and volunteer opportunities, visit www.pensacolalittletheatre.com or call PLT's administrative office at 850/434-0257.

GC Kiln Society hosts pottery festival

The Gulf Coast Kiln Walk Society will host the third annual Woodstoke Pottery Festival on Feb. 2 at 7507 Buckeye Drive in Navarre. The festivities will begin at 9 a.m. and end at p.m. PJC remembers the forgotten war

The Pensacola Junior College Music and Theatre department is starting a memory project titled "PJC Remembers the Forgotten War," and it needs your stories of the Korean War.

Created in conjunction with other PJC departments, the project will be tied to the spring production of the hit comedy "M*A*S*H."

Similar to last year's World War II memory project and production of "South Pacific," the 2008 effort needs stories from area Korean War veterans and civilians who were part of the Korean War conflict in the 1950s.

All types of stories showing the whole human range of the experience are needed. Contact Rodney Whatley at 850-484- 1807, rwhatley@pjc.edu. for more information.

Artel hosts exhibit

Artel Gallery will begin its 15th anniversary year-long celebration with a juried exhibit, "People: Exploring the Human Spirit" through Feb. 29. An opening reception will take place on Friday, February 1, from 6-8 p.m.

A nod to Artel's vision of "exploring the human spirit through art", the show will kick off a year of special projects, such as collaborations with Escambia County schools and Pyramid. Beginning with the Feb. 1 event, a bottle of champagne will be raffled off at each reception in 2008 to commemorate the anniversary year.

Artel is a not-for-profit educational gallery located at 505 South Adams Street near Seville Square and is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information call the gallery at 850 432-3080. Visit Artel's website at artelgallery.org for more information.