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UA MUSEUMS OPEN FOR FREE TO MILITARY MEMBERS, THEIR FAMILIES – Active duty military members and their families can enter UA museums free of charge as part of their Blue Star Museums program. The Blue Star Museums program is a partnership between the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, the Department of Defense and more than 2,000 museums across America. The program runs through Labor Day (Sept. 3). Active duty military and their families will receive free admission to the Alabama Museum of Natural History, Moundville Archaeological Park, Bryant Museum and Gorgas House. Admission to the Warner Transportation Museum is regularly free, so Blue Star families can take guided tours for just $1 per person. For more information, contact David Miller, UA Strategic Communications, at 205/348-0825 or david.c.miller@ua.edu.
SWIM TO THE TOP — Swim to the Top is a swimming, physical education and academic enrichment summer camp sponsored by UA’s Division of Community Affairs. This camp works to improve campers swim skills and water safety, while also taking time to have fun in physical education and emphasizing science, nutrition and literacy. Program instruction is available June 4-28 on Monday-Thursday mornings. Swim to the Top is open to the media. To better determine a precise date and location for interviews, contact Bryant Welbourne, UA Strategic Communications, at bryant.welbourne@ua.edu.
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EVENTS
SATURDAY IN THE PARK — UA’s Moundville Archaeological Park will host Saturday in the Park from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. every Saturday through Aug. 4. Each weekend offers a new activity for attendees, including sessions on tools and weapons, flintknapping and pottery firing, among others. Saturday in the Park activities are free with paid park admission. Saturday in the Park is open to the media. To better determine a precise date and location for interviews, contact Bryant Welbourne, UA Strategic Communications, at bryant.welbourne@ua.edu.
PUMP BOYS AND DINETTES — SummerTide, UA’s professional summer theater, presents the musical comedy “Pump Boys and Dinettes” in June at the George C. Meyer Performing Arts Center in Gulf Shores. The “‘Pump Boys” sell high octane on Highway 57 in Grand Ole Opry country. The “Dinettes” — Prudie and Rhetta Cupp — run the Double Cupp diner next door. Together, they fashion an evening of country-western songs that received raves on and off-Broadway. With heartbreak and hilarity, they perform on guitars, piano, bass and kitchen utensils. The production runs through June 29 at the theater in Gulf Shores. Performances are at 8 p.m. Tuesday-Sunday. For more information, visit https://theatre.ua.edu/box-office/. For more information, contact Richard LeComte, UA communications, at 205-348-3782 or richard.lecomte@ua.edu.
GIRLS STATE – Nearly 400 young women will come to the UA campus for the American Legion Auxiliary Girls State conference from Sunday, June 10, to Friday, June 15. The event includes a tour of Montgomery on Friday. Speakers will include Young Boozer, Alabama state treasurer; Lyn Stuart, Alabama Supreme Court chief justice; and Katie Boyd Britt, chief of staff for U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby. For more information, contact Richard LeComte, UA communications, 205-348-3782 or richard.lecomte@ua.edu.