Because of the increased chance of rain, tonight’s Art and Stroll in downtown Paragould has been rescheduled for Thursday, May 9.

The extension means five more artists have committed to the show.  Among those expected to display their artworks are students from Paragould Jr. High, Black River, Greene County Tech and the NEA Home School Association. 

According to an email from Gina Jarrett of Main Street Paragould, many artists are new to A&S this year, including Memphis artist Billy Moore and his folk artworks.

Budding authors are invited to sharpen their pencils, stock up on notepads and sign up for the Summer 2013 Writers’ Retreat at the Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum in Piggott.

The retreat will be held June 3 through 7. 

Pat Carr will serve as mentor.  She has published 16 books, including The Women in the Mirror, which won the Iowa Fiction Award, and Death of a Confederate Colonel, winner of both the PEN Southwest Fiction Award and John Estes Cooke Civil War Fiction Award. 

Story by Regina Bowman, Arkansas State University

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s traveling exhibition, “Deadly Medicine: Creating the Master Race,” will premiere on Thursday, April 25, at the Dean B. Ellis Library at Arkansas State University. The exhibit will run through June 16.

“Deadly Medicine: Creating the Master Race” examines how the Nazi leadership, in collaboration with individuals in professions traditionally charged with healing and the public good, used science to help legitimize persecution, murder and, ultimately, genocide.