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Schedule of Events July 16

July 30

Avondale Mills by Sarah Love Rast Pell City Grocery by Betty Turner On the field and beyond by retired head football coach, Pete Rich 3 7/8” (3.875”) And the music you’ll remember

by Michael Barber and friends

Join us for Flower Arranging 101 ... and more.

For three generations, the Pell City Flower Shop and the Hollis family have shared our community’s happiest moments . . . our deepest sorrows. Cindy Luby will 3 15/16” (3.9375) demonstrate the fundamentals of flower arranging, and Bob Hollis will share the history of the shop and special work memories along the way.

Songs and Stories from the Porch — Noon at the Pell City Library

July 19

The Way We Worked Exhibition opening ceremony — 10 a.m. at CEPA, Pell City Center for Education and the Performing Arts.

The public is invited to a special ceremony to commemorate the opening of the Smithsonian exhibit, The Way We Worked. The exhibition will be open until 5 p.m.

The 5-week exhibition is open Monday-Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

July 22

Farm Day at the Pell City Library — 10 a.m.

Special story time with our young readers at the Pell City Library, celebrating the way we worked on our farms.

Enjoy special stories and display of old-time farming implements.

Alabama’s Master Storyteller presents a special program on Norman Rockwell. He didn’t just paint pictures; every picture told a story. She shares surprising stories from Rockwell’s life and career and describes “the way he worked.”

July 29- 31

Alabama Robotics Technology Park Mobile Lab, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily

This mobile lab will be in front of CEPA each day. See how we work now and in the future with robotics technology in action. Demonstrations and tours throughout the day.

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Aug. 6

The Life and Times of Coach William Glover — Noon at the Pell City Library

Join us as we celebrate the life and legacy of retired head football coach of Pell City High School, William Glover. Be on hand to welcome him back to Pell City and hear his story!

Aug. 13

“Fiddlers, Banjo Players and Strawbeaters: Alabama’s First Pop Musicians” — Noon at Pell City Library

Special guest lecturer and Alabama Humanities Foundation Road Scholar Joyce Cauthen expounds on the contributions of old-time fiddlers to their communities — their daytime work and nighttime music, highlighting local musicians and the early fiddles they played. Jim Cauthen will play the fiddle, performing period songs with Mrs. Cauthen on the guitar, banjo or broom straws.

Ag in Action Mobile Lab at CEPA 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily

Dolores Hydock presentation on Norman Rockwell — 7 p.m. at CEPA theater

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Now and Then with Pell City Flower and Gift Shop — Noon at the Pell City Library

Aug. 18-20

July 26

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Farming is an integral part of the way we worked and still do. This mobile learning lab will be in front of the CEPA building, featuring videos, computer stations, farm games and interactive learning stations.

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The Smithsonian Institution’s

Museum on Main Street Exhibition

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Aug. 20

Books, Blue jeans and Bluegrass — Noon at the Pell City Library

We commemorate Avondale Denim Day at the Pell City Library with live music, sweet tea and camaraderie! The entire community is encouraged to wear denim in honor of an Avondale Mills’ tradition.

EXTENDED HOURS

In addition to weekdays, the exhibition will have extended hours on Saturdays — July 19, opening day, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; July 26, 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. prior to master storyteller Dolores Hydock’s presentation; Aug. 23, final day, 8 a.m. to noon

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July 19 - August 23

Open Monday – Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Pell City is proud to have been chosen as one of only six cities in Alabama to host this exhibit and be the opening city for the yearlong tour.

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Special events throughout the exhibition will highlight our history. Speakers, video, oral histories and demonstrations will tell our story of work. And a treasure trove of photographs of people and places we know and some no longer with us cannot help but spark a flood of ‘remember-when’ recollections.

Step inside CEPA, the Pell City Center for Education and the Performing Arts, and journey back to a time when our nation communicated through switchboards and operators. Young children labored long hours on towering mill looms, and horses provided transportation to and fro or delivered daily goods.

It was a time when our young nation was growing up, just like many of us, and you will see it all and more as we explore The Way We Worked, a traveling exhibit of the Smithsonian Institution July 19 through August 23.

The Smithsonian’s photographic and Inside Front Cover interactive displays will tell the story of how America worked over the past century and a half, and accompanying local displays put together by the Pell City Works Committee will explore how St. Clair Countians made their living.

Adapted from an original exhibition developed by the National Archives, The Way We Worked explores how work became such a central element in American culture

Young and old alike will delight in an array of photographs, displays and artifacts that weave together the history of a nation and 3 7/8” (3.875”) a region at work. From farming to fishing, from manufacturing to retail, exhibits will detail our legacy of work.

by tracing the many changes that affected the workforce and work environments over the past 150 years. The exhibition draws from the Archives’ rich collections to tell this compelling story.

During the five-week exhibition, we will tell our own story of work, drawn from the archives of countless families whose roots run deep in Pell City and St. Clair County soil.

The exhibit is made possible in Alabama through a partnership of the Smithsonian and Alabama Humanities Foundation with support from Alabama Power Foundation and Norfolk Southern Railroad. It is part of the Museum on Main Street Program funded by the U.S. Congress.

The exhibition will feature daily tours led by knowledgeable docents who will tell America’s story of work Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Local exhibits will surround the Smithsonian centerpiece, exploring Pell City and St. Clair County’s heritage of work — then and now.

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Join us for this community event as we welcome thousands of visitors to the Pell City Center for Education and the Performing Arts on a journey of discovering our past, our present and our future in the world of work.