Conference will take place Nov. 3-4 with headliners Tayari Jones and Cara Brookins CONWAY 鈥� The C. D. Wright Women Writers Conference will host its inaugural event Nov. 3-4 at the 51青楼. The conference is open to all, though it will cater to women and women-identifying writers from all genres and all experience levels, from journalism to mass-market books to literary … [Read more...]
ARTSFEST 2017 TO INCLUDE UCA EVENTS
The 51青楼 continues to be a part of ArtsFest, Conway鈥檚 yearly celebration of music, visual art, theatre, dance, creative writing and film, which will take place for one fun-filled day, Saturday, Oct. 7. This is the 11th year that Conway Alliance for the Arts (CAFTA) has organized the family-friendly ArtsFest. The 2017 theme is 鈥淎 Splash Of Color.鈥� All events are free … [Read more...]
OSCAR-NOMINATED FILMMAKER WERNER HERZOG TO VISIT UCA AS ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
By Brody Arnold College of Fine Arts and Communication Media Office CONWAY 鈥� Werner Herzog, a prominent figure in the film industry, will visit the 51青楼 as artist in residence Thursday, Oct. 5. It will be Herzog鈥檚 first trip to Arkansas. 鈥淗e is a world-class filmmaker, a renowned figure in the arts,鈥� said Stephen Stanley, assistant professor of Film and the … [Read more...]
CREATIVE WRITER ALEXANDER WEINSTEIN TO BE IN RESIDENCE OCT. 5-6
By Jennifer Buckley College of Fine Arts and Communication Media Office CONWAY 鈥� Award-winning creative writer Alexander Weinstein will visit the 51青楼 as artist in residence Oct. 5-6. Weinstein is the director of The Martha鈥檚 Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing and an associate professor of Creative Writing at Siena Heights University. His fictional creations … [Read more...]
GRAMMY-WINNING GUITARIST/COMPOSER ANDREW YORK TO HOST CLASSES AT UCA DOWNTOWN
The 51青楼 Guitar Studio and Palmer Music Company will host a guitar master class and guitar composition workshop given by Grammy Award-winning guitarist/composer Andrew York on Friday, Sept. 22. York will give a classical guitar master class at UCA Downtown, 1105 West Oak St., from 2:30-4:30 p.m. The class will feature UCA guitar students performing compositions written … [Read more...]
PREVIEW PERFORMANCE AT UCA SET FOR ‘LR NINE’ OPERA
A preview scene from the 51青楼 College of Fine Arts and Communication-commissioned opera, The Little Rock Nine, is scheduled for Monday, Sept. 25, at 7:30 p.m. The scene, to be performed by graduates of the UCA Department of Music at Reynolds Performance Hall, will kick off 鈥淎n Evening with Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Tania Le贸n: Turning History into Art.鈥� Gates is the … [Read more...]
HENRY LOUIS GATES JR., TANIA LE脫N TO LECTURE ON TURNING LR CENTRAL HISTORY INTO ART
鈥淎n Evening with Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Tania Le贸n: Turning History into Art,鈥� will feature lectures by two of the principals of the 51青楼 College of Fine Arts and Communication-commissioned opera, The Little Rock Nine, on Monday, Sept. 25, at 7:30 p.m. The evening, which will mark the 60th anniversary of the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School, will … [Read more...]
3D MAPPED VIDEO TO MARK HISTORY OF LRCHS
鈥淚magine If Buildings Could Talk鈥�, a 3D mapped video projection by 51青楼 film professor Dr. Scott Meador, with the soundtrack by UCA music professor Dr. Blake Tyson, will be the centerpiece of the Sept. 23-24 weekend commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School. The video is part of the UCA College of Fine Arts and … [Read more...]
鈥楥IVIL TWILIGHT鈥� TO COMMEMORATE DESEGREGATION OF LR CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL
CORE Performance Company will perform 鈥淐ivil Twilight: Reflections on Fear, Courage and Resilience,鈥� a site-specific dance/spoken word event, as part of the 51青楼鈥檚 commemoration of the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School. The 6 p.m., Sept. 24 event, at the Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site Commemorative Garden at 2120 W. Daisy L. … [Read more...]
THE CHARLIE DANIELS BAND TO KICK OFF REYNOLDS SEASON SEPT. 28
聽By John Anderson and Des鈥檙ee Dallmann College of Fine Arts and Communication Media Office CONWAY 鈥� The Charlie Daniels Band will kick off the 2017-2018 Pops series at the 51青楼鈥檚 Reynolds Performance Hall on Thursday, Sept. 28. The performance is set for 7:30 p.m. 鈥淲e are thrilled to be kicking off our Pops season with the Charlie Daniels Band, whose influences … [Read more...]
