By Amanda Nettles College of Fine Arts and Communication Media Office CONWAY â âFAME-THE MUSICALâ is coming to the University of Central Arkansasâs Reynolds Performance Hall on Nov. 12 at 7:30 p.m. ââFAMEâ is an exciting story that has been told successfully in many ways, including a movie, television series and the Broadway musical coming to Reynolds,â said Amanda Horton, director of … [Read more...]
PULASKI TECH, BTĚěĚĂSIGN THEATRE DEGREE TRANSFER AGREEMENT
Pulaski Technical College and the University of Central Arkansas created an easy path for students who began their theatre studies at Pulaski Tech to complete a bachelorâs in theatre at UCA. The two schools announced details of the transfer agreement with a â2+2â Theatre Memorandum of Understanding signing ceremony on Tuesday, Oct. 18 at Pulaski Techâs Center for Humanities and Arts. âThis … [Read more...]
WRITER HEGAMIN TO BE IN RESIDENCE AT BTĚěĚĂNOV. 1-2
By Amanda Nettles College of Fine Arts and Communication Media Office CONWAY â Tonya Hegamin, a writer of young adult fiction, will visit the University of Central Arkansas as artist in residence Nov. 1-2. All residency activities, including a public reading, are free and open to the public. Hegamin, assistant professor at the City University of New York, teaches fiction writing, … [Read more...]
KUARâS ARTS & LETTERS TO COMMEMORATE THE ARKANSAS GAZETTE
Dr. Donna Lampkin Stephens, associate professor of journalism at the University of Central Arkansas, will be featured on two upcoming episodes of KUARâs Arts & Letters radio program commemorating the 25th anniversary of the death of the Arkansas Gazette. Stephensâ book, âIf It Ain't Broke, Break Itâ: How Corporate Journalism Killed the Arkansas Gazette, was published by the University of … [Read more...]
GEORGE TAKEI TO VISIT BTĚěĚĂFOR OCTOBER LECTURE
By Audrey Forbes College of Fine Arts and Communication Media Office CONWAY â Actor and social justice activist George Takei will visit the University of Central Arkansas for a public lecture on Thursday, Oct. 27. The 7:30 p.m. lecture will be in Reynolds Performance Hall. Amanda Horton, director of Reynolds, said Takei would speak about his time in an Arkansas internment camp during … [Read more...]
JAZZ ENSEMBLES TO PERFORM OCT. 23
By Amanda Nettles College of Fine Arts and Communication Media Office CONWAY â The University of Central Arkansas Jazz Ensembles will present their first concert of the fall Sunday, Oct. 23, at 7:30 p.m. The performance in the Snow Fine Arts Center Recital Hall is free and open to the public. The concert will begin with the BTĚěĚĂDixieland Band's tribute to New Orleans clarinetist Pete … [Read more...]
BTĚěĚĂTO CELEBRATE OCTUBA 2016
By Ariana Sumpter College of Fine Arts and Communication Media Office CONWAY â The University of Central Arkansas Department of Music will host three Octuba concerts to celebrate the tuba and euphonium this month. Octubafest at UCA, Tubaween and the second annual Toad Suck Buckâs Octubafest are all free and open to the public. The BTĚěĚĂOctubafest is set for Monday, Oct. 24, at 7:30 p.m. … [Read more...]
BTĚěĚĂWRITERS TO MARK READERSâ MAP
By Ariana Sumpter College of Fine Arts and Communication Media Office CONWAY â University of Central Arkansas writers featured in âA Readersâ Map of Arkansasâ will give a public reading in BTĚěĚĂTorreyson Library, Seminar Room 215 on Thursday, Oct. 20 at 7 p.m. Featured BTĚěĚĂwriters will include Dr. John Vanderslice, associate professor of creative writing; Terry Wright, dean of the College of … [Read more...]
ECLECTIC âALUMINUM SHOWâ HEADING FOR REYNOLDS
By Waid Rainey College of Fine Arts and Communication Media Office CONWAY â Reynolds Performance Hall will welcome âThe Aluminum Showâ to the University of Central Arkansas at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 24. âThe Aluminum Showâ brings music, materials and artists together resulting in a combination of physical theater, dance, humor and acrobatics in a multi-sensory experience. The show is … [Read more...]
COMMUNITY SCHOOL OF MUSIC TO BEGIN LITTLE MOZART CLASS
Registration is open for the University of Central Arkansas Community School of Musicâs Little Mozart Pre-Piano Class. Beginning Tuesday, Oct. 11, the class will meet weekly in Snow Fine Arts Center room 134 for six weeks from 5:30-6 p.m. According to Community School of Music Director Smokey Emerson, Little Mozart, taught by Terrie Shires, class piano instructor at UCA, is aimed at children … [Read more...]
