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HANNIBAL â Three galleries in Downtown Hannibal will partner for a Second Saturday Open House to be held from 1 to 6 p.m. Saturday, March 13, at Alliance Art Gallery, Gallery 310 and the Hannibal Arts Council.
The event is designed to encourage the public to enjoy Downtown Hannibal, visit the participating galleries, view works by featured artists and see the latest works for sale by all the artists involved in the galleries/exhibits.
The Alliance Art Gallery, 112 N. Main St., will feature guest artist and photographer Tim Schroll. Gallery 310, 310 N. Main St., will be open for its first Second Saturday Open House for 2021.
Recounting Hannibal’s role in BLM movement
The exhibit called
Rise-Up looks at where our region is today in the struggle for equality. Images from Hannibal’s BLM demonstrations and march will line the gallery at the Arts Council to show the power of protest. The exhibit opens February 6.
The
rd Street in Hannibal, right at the start of history downtown. The Freedom Center is a memorial to Jim, the runaway slave featured in Mark Twain’s
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. The character Jim is based on a real-life slave named Daniel Quarles. Quarles was owned by Twain’s uncle at his farm in Florida, MO. When Quarles was freed, he lived and died in Hannibal.
Images from Hannibalâs BLM demonstrations and march will line the walls of the HAC gallery during the Black History Month partnership exhibit curated by Jimâs Journey: The Huck Finn Freedom Center. The images illustrate the power of protest and are part of the exhibitâs theme â Rise-Up.
PHOTOS BY PAIGE RIEGLE
HANNIBAL â Kids in Motion is heading into 2021 with a characteristic Douglass Community Services Youth Services Director Jared Moore has seen in abundance â resilience.
âWe serve students who have had to be resilient in life, who have faced difficult situations theyâve had to bounce back from already,â Moore said. âThat skill of resilience is something that I feel like Kids in Motion does a great job with.â
KIM, a program of Douglass Community Services and supported by funding from United Way, adapted its traditional eight-week summer work program to an online format for 2020 due to the pandemic. Moore said kids were eager and ready for the changes, performing service projects including cleaning up the hiking trails at Hannibal-LaGrange University and making Christmas cards for residents at Country View Nursing Facility. Members are gathering at First Presbyterian Church for after-school programs, and volunteers are being sought.
HANNIBAL — The past year’s events have changed the societal landscape in America as the global pandemic, Black Lives Matter protests and the recent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol have