Trip to the Memphis Orpheum Theatre

Million Dollar Quartet

Friday, February 18, 2012

Cost: $144

Includes Premium Orchestra Seats, Dinner and Motorcoach Transportation

Departure at 4:00 p.m. from ANC parking lot in rear of campus

Dinner at 5:30 p.m.

Theatre performance at 8:00 p.m.

Deposit of $56 due by October 19

Balance of $83 due by January 5, 2012

Million Dollar Quartet is the smash hit Broadway musical, inspired by the true storyof the famed recording session that brought together rock’n’roll icons Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins for the first and only time. On December 4, 1956 these four musicians were gathered together by Sam Phillips, the “Father of Rock’n”Roll” at Sun Records in Memphis for what would be one of the greatest jam sessions of all time.  Million Dollar Quartet brings that legendary night to life with a tale of broken promises, secrets, betrayal and celebrations featuring timeless hits including “Blue Suede Shoes,” “Great Balls of Fire,” “I Walk the Line,” “Hound Dog” and more.

Don’t miss your chance to be a fly on the wall of fame at Million Dollar Quartet.

Call Sharyn Stevenson  at 870.762.3168 or email sstevenson@smail.anc.edu

Knife Skills in the Kitchen

The Department of Continuing and Community Education of Arkansas Northeastern College will offer Knife Skills in the Kitchen. The class meets Thursday, November 10, 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., at 1708 North Wedgewood,Blytheville. The fee is $39.

Bring your favorite knife to this hands-on class and improve your knife skills while preparing a delicious meal. You will learn:

• How to hold and handle cutlery
• Differences in knives for different tasks
• Safety
• Chopping, dicing, mincing techniques and terminology
• French technique of “turning” vegetables
• How to peel fruits and vegetable efficiently
• How to use a mandolin
• Butcher a raw chicken
• Carving garnishes
• How to sharpen and hone your knives at home

Chef Abby Houseworth, graduate of the Culinary Institute inNew York Cityand from Bistro 1121 ofBlytheville, will instruct the class.

To register call Lena at 870.762.3167 or email lguidry@smail.anc.edu

Beginning Bellydance Workshop

Bellydance has long been used as both a folk dance to celebrate special occasions among women, or more recently, as a fun alternative to the gym! Our intro classes focus on laying down a solid foundation of basic bellydance technique and isolations, such as hip locks, hip slides, ribcage movements, and traveling steps. This introductory class will run for 4 weeks, one hour per week. All ages and body types welcome. Expect a low-impact, aerobic exercise and no previous experience required. Hip Scarves will be available for $20 – optional. Please wear comfortable, exercise style clothing that you can bend and stretch in and no need to bare midriff.

Liz London will instruct the class. Ms London is a full time bellydance instructor inMemphis,TNwith Memphis Raqs Bellydance Company. Liz has been teaching and performing various styles of Middle East, North African, and Asian dances since 2006 after training with many of top instructors in the genre, including her primary mentor, Jules Downum, who now travels internationally with Urban Tribal Dance Company based inSan Diego.  Memphis Raqs has becomeMemphis’ premiere world dance company, performing full-scale public shows monthly around the MidSouth, while offering 10-15 classes per week out of their studio, theMidSouthWorldDanceCenter. For more information about Memphis Raqs or to see videos and photos of them in action, head to http://www.memphisraqs.com.

Location:  Aerobics Room in the Briggs/Sebaugh Wellness Center

Date: Tuesdays, November 15, 22, 29, and December 6

Time: 5:40 p.m. – 6:40 p.m.

Fee: $60 (4 one hour sessions)

“In the Garden” with Janet Carson

                               Date:  Sunday, October 30

Time:  2:00 p.m.

Location: Statehouse Hall Governors Ballroom

ArkansasNortheastern College

Blytheville Campus

Gardening celebrity Janet Carson will share strategies to specifically help gardeners inArkansas. Janet B. Carson is the Extension Horticulture Specialist for consumer horticulture with theUniversityofArkansas, Division of Agriculture Cooperative Extension Service headquartered inLittle Rock. She is also the statewide coordinator for the Arkansas Master Gardener volunteer program, which she started it in 1988.

Ms Carson does extensive media work which includes a weekly call-in radio program on the Arkansas Network, weekly gardening columns in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette newspaper, monthly columns in Arkansas Gardener magazine, and weekly television spots on KARK-TV taped atGarvanWoodlandGardens.

For more information call 870.762.3167