Wednesday’s Architeaser was from the old Union Bank Building. Though better known for the black and white pinstripes of the upper stories, the columns supporting the building are features of the lower floors.
Today’s features brick and tile work. Often a dash of color stands out, but these colorful accents are often overlooked.
The next offering of the Weekend Theater opens this Friday evening. Geoffrey Nauffts’ Next Fall is a charming, heart-warming, gut-wrenching look at relationships, religion, and the choices we all have to make in our lives. It and runs Fridays and Saturdays through April 21. Showtimes are at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets are $16 for general admission and $12 for seniors age 65 and older as well as students. Tickets can be purchased at www.weekendtheater.org or, based on availability, at the door. Reservations are no longer taken by phone; for more information only call (501) 374-3761.
“These are real people, but they’re also bigger than life,” says director Ralph Hyman about the play, which he describes as a “comical tragedy.” He saw it during its initial Broadway run and was captivated by the conflicts raised in the script – fundamentalism versus atheism, parents versus children, the family we make versus the one we’re born into.
The cast includes Harold Dean, Jackson Stewart, Hannah Blackburn-Parish, Ryan Whitfield, Allison Pace and Byron Taylor.
Yesterday’s Architeaser was from the Spanish revival building at 6th and Center Streets (which houses E.J.’s restaurant and several other businesses).
Today’s Architeaser features columns on a building. While many buildings in Little Rock have columns, this building is known more for other architectural features. Many people who pass this building probably don’t even pay attention to the columns on it.
The Little Rock Zoo is making April special for visitors.
All kinds of activities are lined up promising some extra fun.
The zoo kicked off its special lineup today at an “egg toss” event where the zoo’s otters were given large egg shaped toys to play with.
The following events will be hosted by the zoo this month:
April fun at the Zoo kicks-off this Saturday, April 7, with breakfast or lunch with the Easter Bunny. Guests will dine in Caf Africa, decorate Easter egg shaped cookies, an Easter basket, and get a chance to have their picture taken with the Easter Bunny. At 11:00 a.m. the public is invited to watch as the Easter Bunny delivers large egg shaped toys to the big cats and otters. Advanced reservations for breakfast or lunch are required and can be made by calling (501) 661-7218. The cost is $9.95 for children and $14.95 for adults for members and $18.95 per person for non-members.
The fun continues on Saturday, April 14, as the Zoo celebrates Earth Day with Party for the Planet: An Earth Day Celebration sponsored by Central Arkansas Water. The day-long celebration features interactive educational booths set-up throughout the zoo where guests can learn all about conservation and our natural world. Other activities and programs will take place around the zoo and on the Civitan Amphitheater stage during the day and Radio Disney will be at the Over-the-Jumps Carousel with their Rock-n-Road show from 10:30 a.m. to noon. Guests can also vote on their favorite photograph from the Outdoor Photography Club’s annual Zoo photo contest sponsored by Bedford Camera.
Penguins take center stage at the zoo all day on Saturday, April 21, for the celebration of World Penguin Day. Special activities for kids will be available at stations set-up by the Laura P. Nichols Penguin Pointe exhibit as well as a special opportunity to purchase paintings done by some of the zoo’s penguins. There will also be three special penguin keeper chats at the exhibit and a special presentation with one of the zoo’s penguins at the Civitan Amphitheater stage.
Adults will enjoy learning all about the strange, curious, and downright hilarious world of animal mating at Woo at the Zoo, April 28, from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Guests to this adults-only event will get a special tour of the zoo to learn all about some of the mating habits of zoo animals. Did you know that a female rhino will ram a male rhino at more than 30 miles per hour to test his strength? After the tour, guests will congregate at the Civitan Amphitheater for food, beverages, and to jam to the tunes of the Shannon Boshears Band. Tickets are $35 per person and can be bought online at LittleRockZoo.com/woo or by calling (501) 661-7208. All proceeds benefit the Arkansas Zoological Foundation and the Little Rock Chapter of the American Association of Zoo Keepers.
Click here for more about all of the zoo’s April events.
Yesterday‘s Architeaser was from the Hall-Davidson Building at Capital and Louisiana.
The UALR Evenings with History program concludes the 2011-2012 series tonight with Edward Anson’s “Counter-Insurgency: The Lessons of Alexander the Great.”
During Alexander the Great’s conquering expedition, which took him from Greece to Egypt to the Punjab, he only endured one serious insurrection against his once established authority. This talk shows how he dealt with the peoples of the areas he conquered, mollifying them through the retention of basic political, cultural, and religious institutions and establishing close bonds with local elites. Why, then, did his policy fail in the one instance that produced an insurgency? The talk assesses that failure and examines the brutal counter-insurgent measures employed by Alexander to deal with this resistance to his authority.
Edward M. Anson has authored or edited five books, including Eumenes of Cardia: A Greek Among Macedonians (Leiden, Boston, Tokyo: E. J. Brill, 2004), more than thirty articles in journals, including Greek, Roman and Byzantine Studies, The Journal of Cuneiform Studies, The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Classical Philology, Historia: Zeitschrift für alte Geschichte, Phoenix, Classical Journal, Greece and Rome, Ancient Society, Ancient History Bulletin, The Ancient World, and The American Journal of Philology; ten book chapters, and over fifty encyclopedia articles. He received his PhD from the University of Virginia and is currently Professor of History, a faculty senator, and a former President of the University Assembly.
The Evenings with History take place in the Ottenheimer Auditorium in the Historic Arkansas Museum at 200 E. Third Street. Refreshments are served at 7:00 p.m., and the talk begins at 7:30 p.m.
Corporate sponsors for the 2011-2012 season are Delta Trust, Union Pacific Railroad, the Little Rock School District—Teaching American History Program; the law firms of Friday, Eldredge, & Clark and Wright, Lindsey & Jennings. Also thanks for support and gifts in kind from the Ottenheimer Library; Historic Arkansas Museum, a museum of the Department of Arkansas Heritage; UALR Public Radio–KLRE-KUAR; and Grapevine Spirits
Yesterday‘s Architeaser was one of the rose windows at First United Methodist Church in downtown. Here is today’s Architeaser.
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