Charles Hughes, author of “Accordion War: Korea 1951,” is holding a book signing for his latest book “A Fortune Teller’s Blessing: The Story of John Allen Adams” at Knit Unto Others, located at Fourth and Main streets on Tuesday, June 14, 4-6 p.m.
Ouachita Baptist University’s Division of Music will host Bob Becker, world-renowned percussionist, in concert with the OBU Percussion Ensemble Monday, April 4, at 7:30 p.m. in McBeth Recital Hall. “I wouldn't be surprised if smoke starts coming up from his mallets," said Dr. Ryan Lewis, OBU assistant professor of percussion.
Ouachita Baptist University’s Division of Music will host Ashley Partridge, mezzo-soprano, and Lynley Vire, soprano, in their senior recital March 17 at 7:30 p.m. in Mabee Fine Arts Center’s McBeth Recital Hall. A reception in Hammons Gallery will immediately follow the recital, which is in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the students’ musical theatre degrees.
Ouachita Sounds and Tiger Blast, billed as two of Ouachita Baptist University’s most dynamic performing groups, will present a joint concert Friday, March 4, at 7:30 p.m. in OBU’s Jones Performing Arts Center. The show will feature selections from the hit television show “Glee,” and tickets are $5 each.
Henderson State University Theatre will present seven performances of Almost, Maine by John Cariani on Feb. 24, 25, and 26. All performances will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Studio Theatre of Arkansas Hall.
A touch of William Shakespeare is available for Arkadelphia’s enjoyment this week. Last night, Ouachita Baptist University’s production of “Twelfth Night” opened to an enthusiastic audience.
Residents and faculty from each hall of Twin Rivers Health and Rehabilitation competed against one another in a ginger bread house contest.
There is lots to do in Clark County as the holiday season approaches.
Ouachita’s School of Fine Arts hosted the annual Festival of Christmas Dec. 3-4 in Jones Performing Arts Center on the university’s Arkadelphia campus
Students at Peake Elementary School presented a special holiday program entitled “December Night,” that featured the talents of the fourth grade classes of Tina Calhoon, Elizabeth Morris, Lillian Harper and Lara Veazey.
Fifth grade students who were members of the C.S. Dancers and New Addition, the school’s choir, also performed.
The first grade classes of Perritt Primary School presented their production of “E-I-E-I OOPS!” Thursday evening and Friday afternoon under the direction of Perritt music teacher Kelly Bell.
If you think the English language is as eloquent and lyrical as it gets, then you should probably reserve your ticket for “Don Giovanni” at Ouachita Baptist University, which opened Thursday, and will play again tonight and Saturday at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at the Jones Performing Arts Center on Ouachita’s campus.
No matter what the production, no matter what the setting, no matter what the time period, you can guarantee that the theatre department of Henderson State University will put together a set as impressive as any Broadway production.
The Goza Middle School Choral Department will present their final performance of “Aladdin Jr.” this evening at the Goza Middle School Student Center at 7 p.m.
Ouachita Baptist University’s Opera Theatre will present Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Don Giovanni Nov. 18-21. The production is a two-act dramatic comedy to be sung in Italian with English surtitles.
Perritt Primary School will present its production of “Circus! Circus!” Monday at 2:15 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Each October, Ouachita Baptist University is swept with what many students have affectionately nicknamed “Tunes fever.” Tiger Tunes is a fundraising event put on by the Ouachita Student Foundation, a student-led organization that provides scholarships to upperclassman in need.
The Henderson State University theatre department presented the play “You Can’t Take it With You,” arguably one of the most acclaimed theatrical comedies of the 20th century.
Authors Steven Hanley and Ray Hanley will participate in two book signings in Malvern.
