The Pearl S. Buck Birthplace Foundation, Inc., in conjunction with Playwright Courtney Smith, presents the play Welcome Home on April 29 at 2 p.m. Admission is $7. This drama will transport the audience to the time when Pearl Buck, Oscar Hammerstein and James Michener created the Welcome House Adoption Program for mixed race children. Through the play we will see these three characters grapple with the tough choices of the day and the realization that all children should be treated equally without regard to race or country of origin. [read more...]

Pocahontas County Parks and Recreation and the Brushy Flats 4-H Club present an Old Time Square Dance and Dance Workshop with live music by Juanita Fireball and the Continental Drifters. The workshop runs 7 p.m. until 7:45 p.m., with the dance starting at 8 p.m.

Admission is $4. Students are admitted free of charge!

Refreshments will be available.