Yesterday’s Architeaser was the latticework on the old Little Rock Public Library building. It opened in 1964 and was adjacent to the original Carnegie Library, which was torn down.
After the library vacated the space in 1997 for a River Market location, the building sat vacant. Several plans for developing it were floated and abandoned. In 2006, Entergy purchased the building and now uses it for a data services facility.
Today’s Architeaser again stars decorative brick work.
Mt. Holly Cemetery has been called the Westminster Abbey of Arkansas because so many distinguished Arkansans are buried there. But it is also the final resting place of many every day, ordinary Arkansans. They may not have been famous, but they were no less special to their family members and friends.
Even if one has no relatives buried in Mt. Holly, it is worth a visit. The cemetery boasts many interesting and unique headstones as well as bountiful flowers and landscaping.
As can be imagined, it costs money to keep up a cemetery. As a fundraiser, the Mt. Holly Cemetery Association created the “Restore in Perpetuity” picnic a few years ago. RIP, or as the Culture Vulture likes to call it, “Dining with the Dead,” includes a picnic, silent auction, live music and tours of the cemetery.
The picnic this year is tomorrow, Sunday, April 29 from 5pm to 7pm. Tickets are $75 for adults and $25 for children under 12. In case of rain, it will be moved to Trinity Episcopal Cathedral.
The Architeaser for yesterday was (like the previous day) a telephone company building. Though most people probably recognized the old Southwestern Bell tower building for its radar dishes and antennas atop the tower, the original building at street level has the decorative brickwork featured yesterday. That original building has been expanded, with both sides now surrounded by a newer building (including the aforementioned tower).
Today’s entry features more modern decorative work.
In the same week that Arkansas Arts Center Children’s Theatre alum David Auburn had his latest show open on Broadway, the Children’s Theatre opens the final show of the 2011-2012 season. The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe will run from April 27 – May 13, 2012.
“The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe is the story of four courageous siblings who embark on a wonderful adventure,” said Artistic Director Bradley Anderson. In this Children’s Theatre production, C.S. Lewis’ masterpiece transports your
family to a world of magic and enchantment when siblings Lucy, Susan, Peter and Edmund embark on an epic journey and learn the true meaning of loyalty, courage and sacrifice.
The cast for The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe includes Allison Light as Susan; Will Nicholson as Peter; Lucy Miller as Lucy; Dean Patterson as Edmund; Jimi Brewi as Mr. Tumnus; Vanessa Sterling as White Witch; Josh Rice as Fenris Ulf; Kati Campbell as Mrs. Beaver; Mark Hansen as Mr. Beaver; John Isner as Aslan; Mattingly Bartole and Margaret Lowery as Rabbits; Brooke Melton and August Fitzgerald as Nymphs; Park Lanford, Aaron Eley and Nate Buursma as Wolves; Morgan Maxwell and Rachel Caffey as Two Nyads; Anna Newman and Jacqui Harvey as Dryads; Ashton Brass, Becca Hughes and Jhonika Wright as Foxes; and Wylie Greer and Anna Tess as Squirrels.
The set design is by Keith Smith, technical direction by Jimi Brewi, costume design by Erin Larkin, lighting design by Penelope Poppers and production stage management by Sinovia Mayfield. Lori Isner is the musical director.
Performance times for The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe are Fridays at 7 p.m., Saturdays at 3 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. Single tickets are $14 for adults and $11 for children.
The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe is proudly presented by Arkansas Blue Cross Blue Shield and Joshua Kolden. The production is sponsored by the Edmonda and Richard M. Logue, M.D. Marcus Worth Logue Memorial Gift. The media partner for the 2011-2012 Children’s Theatre season is Little Rock Family.
For more information or to purchase tickets, call 501-372-4000 or visit http://www.arkarts.com.
Yesterday’s Architeaser was the AT&T building on Capitol Avenue. Over the years, it has been called the Southwestern Bell Telephone Building, SBC Building and now the AT&T building. At a distance it appears that the off-white is a solid surface, perhaps a concrete — but most of it is composed of bricks.
Today’s Architeaser also features brickwork. This one, from an older building, shows off the creativity of a different patterns which can be used in brick.
The Arkansas Arts Center will present a “conversation” with Mia Hall as part of the Friends of Contemporary Craft annual lecture series on Sunday, April 29, 2012 at 6 p.m. in the Arkansas Arts Center Lower Lobby.
Mia Hall is an artist and educator based in Little Rock, where she is heading the Furniture Design Department at UALR as well as producing one-of-a kind works that are exhibited locally and nationally. She works with both conceptual, self-narrative sculptural forms and formal sculptures based on observations in nature, as well as functional furniture with an interest in concrete.
Though born in Sweden, Hall studied and graduated from the San Diego State University with degrees in Applied Design and Furniture Design. She has taught workshops at Arrowmont, OCAC and Marc Adams
and has been an artist-in-residence at the Oregon College of Art in Portland, OR.
Tickets to attend the “conversation” are $15 for FOCC members and $20 for nonmembers.
A light dinner will be served. Reservations are required. Call 501-372-4000 or email FOCC@arkarts.com to make reservations.
Friends of Contemporary Craft are Arkansas Arts Center Members share an interest in contemporary craft media. To become an Arkansas Arts Center member and to join the FOCC, contact 501-372-4000 or visit http://www.arkarts.com.
Yesterday’s Architeaser was the 501 Building. That is its imaginative name now – not taken from the fact that it is the area code of Central Arkansas, but taken from the street address on Woodlane Drive. Most Little Rock residents still refer to it by the name the building had when it opened in 1955 – the National Old Line Building.
Here is today’s Architeaser, also for a building which has changed names.
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