Clay Pot will host Poetry Night in the Cafe on Wednesday, Aug. 26.

Bob Bennett, guitarist, singer, and songwriter, will be in concert in Florence on Saturday, Aug. 29, at 7 p.m. in the sanctuary of Saint Paul United Methodist Church, 1629 W. Palmetto Street, and again on Sunday, Aug. 30, at 4 p.m. at Highland Park United

Music students of Mrs. Janice Saulters participated in an outreach project last week by entertaining senior citizens at the Leatherman Senior Center.

New season memberships available now. Rehearsals are underway, auditions scheduled and the box office is ready to help you choose seats for the Florence Little Theatre’s 2015-2016 season, ‘Anything Can Happen.’

The Clay Pot will host Poetry Night in the Cafe on Wednesday, July 29. This is an all-ages event that focuses on the creativity of the written and spoken words of poetry.

Artist Uschi Jeffcoat will be on hand to present a new exhibit in the Dr. N. Lee Morris Gallery on Sunday, Aug. 2 at 3 p.m.

While The Clay Pot is closed for the summer, FloWriters meetings will be held at Barnes and Noble (cafe area) at Magnolia Mall from 6:30-8 p.m. on Thursdays, Aug. 13, Aug. 27, and Sept. 10.

While The Clay Pot is closed for the summer, FloWriters meetings will be held at Barnes and Noble (cafe area) at Magnolia Mall from 6:30-8 p.m. on Thursdays, Aug. 13, Aug. 27, and Sept. 10.

The Florence Little Theatre will host auditions for “Crimes of the Heart” on Sunday, July 26, and Wednesday, July 29 at 7 p.m. Registration begins at 6:30 p.m.

As a thank you to all who participated in making the first “Play Me I’m Yours” Street Piano Festival a huge success, a reception will be held on July 23 at Victors Bistro in the Hotel Florence, from 5:15 to 7:15 p.m.

Author Van Hipp Will present his new book, The New Terrorism, at the Florence County Library on Aug. 11 at 6 p.m.

OPENING RECEPTION – Guests look at artworks from The Artisans of South Carolina Cotton Trail show which opened on July 9 at the Art Trail Gallery located at the corner of W. Evans and Irby Streets in downtown Florence. The show runs through Aug. 13.

Since 1997, the Florence Regional Arts Alliance has awarded 29 Florence County students with the prestigious Betty Ann Darby Scholarship.