Red Mountain Theatre Company (Birmingham, AL) and its Executive Director Keith Cromwell, in collaboration with Lee Sentell (Alabama Tourism Director) and Dr. Lawrence J. Pijeaux (President and CEO of Birmingham Civil Rights Institute) are hosting a national search for a one-act written piece to be produced in honor of the 50th Anniversary commemoration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s historic “Letter from a Birmingham Jail.”

The one-act theatrical presentation (play, musical or spoken word) will become the second act of a fully-realized theatrical event that features a first-act dramatic reading of the “Letter to Martin Luther King” by a group of clergymen and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail,” written during his incarceration in 1963. 

Submissions are due no later than September 1, 2012, and the winner will be announced on October 15, 2012.

The Auburn Arts Association is currently hosting the Summer Invitational 2012 exhibition, on display through Thursday, Aug. 30 at the Jan Dempsey Community Arts Center. The exhibition features photographs by David Hiley and ceramic works by Robin Duke Rodgers. The public is invited to a drop-in reception on Friday, July 13 from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. to view the exhibition and meet artist Robin Duke Rodgers.

Rodgers' work is represented in private, corporate, and museum collections in the U.S. and abroad, including the Mobile Museum of Art, Huntsville Museum of Art, State of Florida, The Nature Conservancy, Historic Bok Sanctuary, Archaeological Institute of West Florida, Apalachee Indian tribe, and in art galleries across the United States. In May 2012, a piece of Rodgers' work was presented to King Juan Carlos of Spain during a visit by the Governor and Secretary of State of Florida.