Yesterday’s Architeaser was a lion which is on top of the old Arkansas Gazette building and now home to the eSTEM lower school.
Here is today’s Architeaser, rounding out animal week. From the real to the mythical….
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UALR Springs into Dance and Dances into Spring
Photo on poster by Benjamin Krain
UALR’s Department of Theatre Arts and Dance will present “Body Works,” the Spring Dance Concert. It started on Thursday and continues tonight at at 8 p.m. and Sunday, April 22, at 3 p.m. in University Theatre in the UALR Center for Performing Arts.
Tickets are $7 for general admission and $5 for students and seniors. For more information, contact 501-569-3456.
“Body Works”’ is an eclectic dance concert that will present works based in the human experience and the human body. It features an array of different choreographic ideas and styles will be showcased including homage to modern dance icons, an experimental work based upon dancers being physically connected with fabric, as well as an Asian-influenced contemporary fan piece, a neoclassical ballet, and a rousing disco piece reminiscent of Studio 54. The dance faculty includes Stephanie Thibeault, Rhythm McCarthy and Stephen K. Stone.
Also on Saturday, UALR is hosting the Spring Dance Festival for dance students aged 14 and older.
Architeaser – April 20
Yesterday’s Architeaser featured two of the eagles which ring the top of the first story on the old Gold’s department store building in downtown Little Rock.
Switching back to cats from birds — here is today’s Architeaser. These are the smallest in downtown.
Digital Dialogues Family Festival at Ark. Arts Center this Saturday
This Saturday the Arkansas Arts Center will host an event to provide fun for the whole family at the Digital Dialogues Family Festival from 1pm to 4pm at the Arts Center on April 21.
Technology has always been an important part of the art world. This event will give families the chance to explore technology and art through activities involving cameras, flip book animation, illustrations, digital jewelry and shadow play.
Comic book artist, storyteller and illustrator Mitch Breitweiser will demonstrate how he digitally creates Captain America comics. Since 2005, he has worked on dozens of Marvel comic books including Captain America, Iron Man, The Hulk, the Fantastic Four and more. He will also be available for autographs.
To make things even more fun, Dippin’ Dots ice cream and lemonade will be served.
The exhibition The New Materiality: Digital Dialogues at the Boundaries of Contemporary Craft will also be on view. Organized by the Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, Mass., and curated by Fo Wilson, this exhibition explores the growing use of digital technologies as a means of expression in craft and art in the United States.
Tickets for the Family Festival are $5 per person or $20 per family. Arkansas Arts Center members attend for free. Tickets can be purchased at the door.
The Digital Dialogues Family Festival is sponsored by Arkansas Business Publishing Group and Dippin’ Dots, Inc. For more information, call 501-372-4000 or visit http://www.arkarts.com.
Architeaser – April 19
One of the lions on the exterior of the Boyle Building was the focus of yesterday’s Architeaser.
Today we feature two animals. They are found on the same building.
Go INTO THE WOODS this weekend at UALR
UALR Opera Theater will journey Into the Woods on April 20 and 22 as it presents the Stephen Sondheim-James Lapine award winning musical. (This is of special interest to the Culture Vulture who shares a common ancestor with the Brothers Grimm, on whose stories this musical is based.)
Encounter familiar characters such as Little Red Riding Hood, Jack (of the beanstalk), Cinderella and more as they strive to get their wishes. Follow the Baker and his wife as they search for magical ingredients to undo the spell the Witch has placed which prevents them from having a child. Watch as their dreams come true and reality sets it. Composer Sondheim and book writer James Lapine weave our favorite fables together in this cautionary grown-up fairy-tale about sacrifice, consequence and community.
Directed by 2009 UALR graduate Matthew K. Tatus and conducted by associate professor Bevan Keating, performances will take place at 7:30 pm on April 20 and 3pm on April 22 at the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall. UALR student admission is free, children between the ages of 5-17 are $5, and general admission is $15. For tickets, call 501-569-8993 or order online at UALR Music Department Box Office.
The cast includes Christine Woods of Little Rock as Milky White/Snow White • David Lucian Angelo of Little Rock as Jack • Derrick Herman of Monticello as the baker • Ekaterina Kotcherguina of Little Rock as Cinderella • Erica Finnie of Searcy as Cinderella’s stepmother
J.J. Albrecht of Monticello as the steward • Jacqueline Forrester of Little Rock as the witch • Jessica Williams of Lantana, Texas, as Rapunzel • Katherine Ray of Jasper as Granny • Kevin Ezell of White Hall as Rapunzel’s prince • La’Leata May Westbrook of Little Rock as Lucinda.
Larry Burton of Little Rock will narrate and play the part of The Mysterious Man • LaSheena V. Gordon of Little Rock as Florinda • Melissa Wilcox of Little Rock as Milky White’s Imposter/Sleeping Beauty • Memory Rose Apata of Little Rock as Jack’s mother • Michael Lowe of Little Rock as Cinderella’s prince • Rachel Manasco of Little Rock as Little Red Riding Hood • Regina Gallucci of Benton as Cinderella’s mother/the giant • Satia Spencer of DeWitt as the baker’s wife • Steven Armstrong of North Little Rock as Cinderella’s father
Architeaser – April 18
Yesterday’s Architeaser featured an eagle over the door of the 1924 building which once housed the Federal Reserve and is now one of the buildings on the eStem campus in downtown.
Today we return to another leonine building decoration.
Little Rock Culture Vulture 