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Top of the Rock Chorus recruits singers

Submitted by Jay Jackson, Community Web Producer
Wednesday, May 16th, 2012, 2:25pm
Top of the Rock Chorus recruits singers

TOP OF THE ROCK CHORUS RECRUITS SINGERS

Do you sing in the shower and croon in car?  Would you like to make new friends and add excitement to your life?  Then come sing with Top of the Rock Chorus.  The Chorus is recruiting women of all ages in all stages of life who enjoy singing and want to share the gift of harmony with others.    

Top of the Rock Chorus is a non-profit organization and the Little Rock chapter of Sweet Adelines International.  Sweet Adelines International is a worldwide organization devoted to promoting a cappella, four-part harmony, barbershop style music for women.

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LRFW announces 2012 Model Search

Submitted by LRFWNews on Thursday, May 10th, 5:34 pm
LRFW announces 2012 Model Search

Little Rock Fashion Week Announces 2012 Model Search

By Alexandria Washington

LITTLE ROCK – Little Rock Fashion Week is back again to heat up the runways July 16-21. After much success last summer, Brandon D. Campbell, creator and executive producer of LRFW, and staff are ready to roll out the red carpet on its fourth year. 

"I’m extremely excited about Little Rock Fashion Week 2012. There’s something magical about this year. I can sense that LRFW will be even greater than previous years,” said Campbell. “People have spoke positively about LRFW and have supported our functions throughout the year. Ever since we wrapped LRFW 2011, last July, I’ve been contacted weekly by models wanting to be in LRFW 2012. That speaks volumes of LRFW’s significance and the amount of love that people have for our industry. I’m grateful.”

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AHPP to hold 'listening session' at Tower Building

Submitted by Jay Jackson, Community Web Producer
Wednesday, May 9th, 2012, 10:50am
AHPP to hold 'listening session' at Tower Building

LITTLE ROCK–The Arkansas Historic Preservation Program, an agency of the Department of Arkansas Heritage, will conduct a series of listening sessions in June, July and August to solicit comments on regional historic preservation issues, AHPP Director Frances McSwain announced today.

“The AHPP is updating its state historic preservation plan and will hold meetings across the state to determine the historic preservation priorities of the people of Arkansas,” McSwain said. “The comments we get at these meetings and through a questionnaire that will be available on our website at www.arkansaspreservation.org between July 1 and August 31 will help shape our goals and efforts for the next five years.”

       The forums will be held:

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Lea Thompson Coming to 2012 Little Rock Film Festival

Submitted by Jay Jackson, Community Web Producer
Wednesday, May 9th, 2012, 8:45am

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Actress and producer Lea Thompson will bring her most recent film, The Trouble with the Truth, to the 2012 Little Rock Film Festival (LRFF). Jimmy Hemphill, the film’s director, will also be in attendance. Thompson starred in the films Back to the Future and Some Kind of Wonderful and the television show Caroline in the City. The LRFF will also have a surprise screening of one of Thompson’s cult classics from the 80s.

“We’re thrilled to be bringing Lea and Jimmy in for this year’s festival,” LRFF Founder and Executive Director, Craig Renaud, said. “Lea has had a huge following since she starred in Back to the Future,” Renaud said, “and we’re excited to be able to show her latest film along with one of her cult classics.”

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Quapaw Quartet to perform free concert at Capital Hotel

Submitted by Jay Jackson, Community Web Producer
Monday, May 7th, 2012, 2:24pm
Quapaw Quartet to perform free concert at Capital Hotel

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The Quapaw Quartet, a group of Arkansas Symphony musicians, will perform a free concert at the Capital Hotel on Friday, May 25 from 5 p.m. until 6:30 p.m.

This event is open to the public and will include short, accessible pieces along with commentary by Quapaw Quartet members violinist Eric Hayward, violinist Meredith Maddox Hicks, violist Ryan Mooney and cellist David Gerstein.

 

Details:

Evening at the Capital Hotel

Friday, May 25 5 p.m.

Capital Hotel Lobby

Quapaw Quartet

                Eric Hayward, violin

                Meredith Maddox Hicks, violin

                Ryan Mooney, viola

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Edmond Davis Instructor at Arkansas Baptist hosts book signing

Submitted by Jay Jackson, Community Web Producer
Friday, April 27th, 2012, 11:16am
Edmond Davis Instructor at Arkansas Baptist hosts book signing

Pioneering African-American aviators featuring the Tuskegee Airmen of Arkansas! 

Special Guest appearances by Milton P. Crenchaw and former Kansas Senator U.L. “Rip” Gooch

 

Edmond Davis, Historian and Facilitator of Instruction at Arkansas Baptist College in Little Rock, Arkansas will be at the campus Bistro at Arkansas Baptist College this evening from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. to sign his new book, Pioneering African-American aviators featuring the Tuskegee Airmen of Arkansas!  Tuskegee Airman Roscoe D. Draper wrote the foreword for the book.

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Mosaic Templars presents 'The Piano Lesson'

Submitted by Mosaic Templars Cultural Center, A Museum of African American History
Friday, April 20th, 2012, 11:12am
Mosaic Templars presents 'The Piano Lesson'

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Pulaski Technical College’s Studio 153 Players will perform the Pulitzer Prize winning play The Piano Lesson for three days at the Mosaic Templars Cultural Center. The production will open on Thursday, April 26, at 7:00pm with additional showings at 2:00pm and 7:00pm on Friday, April 27, and Saturday, April 28.

Set in Pittsburgh in 1936, The Piano Lesson centers on Boy Willie who wants to sell the family piano to buy land. His sister, Berniece, is opposed to the idea because the antique piano serves as a memoir of their family’s rise from slavery.

 “The Piano Lesson is an amazing story about the importance of cherishing family history,” said Quantia Fletcher, assistant director at Mosaic Templars Cultural Center.  “As a museum, our mission is to preserve African American history and celebrate the African American experience.

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