April
3

This year Rural Missouri, a statewide publication of Missouri Electric Cooperative, reaching more than over 500,000 rural homes in Missouri, announced its list of “favorites.” This served as the 11th annual Best of Rural Missouri Readers Choice contest. Individuals cast their votes by e-mails, phone calls, and letters for the best restaurant, best barbecue, best coffee shop, best museum and more. The Ralph Foster Museum was voted the “Best Museum” of Missouri.

The Ralph Foster Museum is dedicated to the history of the Ozarks region. Named in honor of the late Ralph D. Foster (radio pioneer and philanthropist), it houses thousands of objects representing archaeology, history, firearms, antiques, numismatics, natural history, fine arts, geology and mineralogy.

Among other things, the Museum houses the original Beverly Hillbillies car, Rosie O’Neil’s Kewpie Doll Collection and one of the largest gun collections in the country.

The Ralph Foster Museum is open from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday. The cost of admittance is $6 for adults, $5 for senior citizens and ages 18 and under are free. For further information, please contact the Museum at (417) 690-3407.

College Of The Ozarks
Point Lookout, MO 65726
(417) 690-2212

For More Information: Elizabeth Andrews Hughes, Public Relations

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April
3

The Children’s Art Show will open this month at College of the Ozarks Ralph Foster Museum in Edwards Art Gallery. This annual exhibit, displaying the talent and creativity of local school children’s art, will run April 16 – May 18, 2012.

The art, chosen by area school teachers, includes pen and ink drawings, crayon sketches, acrylic paintings, paper mache creations and imaginative sculptures.

“It is just refreshing to see art made by children,” says Director of Ralph Foster Museum Annette Sain. “This is a great way to broaden people’s understanding and opinion of what art actually is.”

The Ralph Foster Museum is open Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. General admission prices are $6 for adults and $5 for seniors; high school age students and younger are free. Parents of the children participating in the art show will receive free admission.

For more information, please contact The Ralph Foster Museum at (417) 690-3407.

College Of The Ozarks
Point Lookout, MO 65726
(417) 690-2212

For More Information: Elizabeth Andrews Hughes, Public Relations

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April
3

The College of the Ozarks Music Department will host a student music recital on April 11, at 4 p.m., in the Gittinger Recital Hall. The recital will include performances from student soloists and ensembles, instrumental and vocal.

“We have recitals to give students who have been training in a studio setting an opportunity to apply what they have learned in a public performance,” says C of O music instructor Gregg Busch. “It also provides the public the opportunity to share in the experience of students learning and view the talent at College of the Ozarks.”

Students will be allowed priority seating for the event, but any seats left open will be available to the public free of charge. For more information, please call the Music Department at (417) 690-2244.

College Of The Ozarks
Point Lookout, MO 65726
(417) 690-2212

For More Information: Elizabeth Andrews Hughes, Public Relations

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