Yearly Archives: 2012

April 12 Brown Bag with ASO Composer of the Year Michael Torke

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The Arkansas Symphony Orchestra will be hosting an opportunity to hear ASO Composer of the Year Michael Torke on Thursday, April 12 at a Brown Bag Lunch.  Mr. Torke will discuss his career as he has become one of the most successful living composers, his upcoming projects and some highlights of his piece, Mojave Marimba Concerto, which will be performed at ASO’s upcoming Desert & Sea concert. The discussion will be followed by a question and answer session.

When:
Thursday, April 12, 2012
12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. – Lunch & Lecture
*Bring your own lunch. Drinks provided.

Where:
ASO Offices, St. John’s Catholic Campus: 2417 North Tyler Street, Little Rock, AR 72207
Byrne Hall

*Reserve your seats by emailing ehowell@arkansassymphony.org or calling 501-666-1761 ext 100.

Architeaser – April 10

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Capital Week kicked off yesterday with yesterday’s Architeaser featuring an Ionic buff column at Little Rock City Hall, which turns 104 this month.

Today’s Capital is of the Corinthian variety.

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Architeaser April 9

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The cornice to over the main entrance of the former First Baptist Church was the feature on yesterday’s Architeaser. The building now houses EMOBA, a museum dedicated to African American history in Arkansas.

Today kicks off Capital Week as each day will feature a different column or colonnade capital.

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Play Ball!

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Major League Baseball started the 2012 season last week.  The St. Louis Cardinals began their defense of their World Championship!

“Play Ball! The St. Louis Cardinals” opened at the Clinton Presidential Center last month.  The exhibit features more than 100 items from the Cardinals’ Hall of Fame Museum, a collection the team owns and has improved in recent years despite not having a place to publicly display it.

“This is going to be something that kids, adults, women, men, baseball fans, non-baseball fans alike will all enjoy,” says Jordan Johnson, spokesperson for the Clinton Foundation.

The Clinton Library and the Cardinals have been working on this exhibit for several years, and it’s only by coincidence that the library will have the Cardinals-based display immediately following a World Series championship. Among the items that the Cardinals lent to the library are several Dizzy Dean-related artifacts, including one of four known game-worn jerseys from the Hall of Fame pitcher and Arkansas native.

The trophies from the 2006 and 2011 World Series are also featured.

The exhibit runs through Sept. 16.

Architeaser-April 8

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Tilework at the Central Arkansas Transit Authority transfer center was the feature on yesterday’s Architeaser.

Today’s Architeaser is part of a cornice which is over an entrance to a building.

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Sculpture Vulture: Love and Forgiveness at St. Mark’s Episcopal

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This week’s Sculpture Vulture focuses on Denny Haskew’s Love and Forgiveness which can be found in the columbarium at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church. Donated by Mary and Dr. Dean Kumpuris it is the focal point of this peaceful, respectful site of contemplation, grief and hope.

Haskew’s sculpture features a rising figure with arms stretched out and palms facing upward towards the heavens. The figure is emerging from a cross which is planted in a pile of rocks at the base. The figure’s face is marked with a serene determination.

This sculpture was cast in 1999. It stands approximately 8 feet tall in bronze on top of a two foot stone base. It was the first of Haskew’s sculptures to be placed in Little Rock.  He now has several in private collections as well as Riverfront Park.

A member of the National Sculptors’ Guild, Haskew has participated each year in the Sculpture at the River Market invitational.

Architeaser – April 7

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Yesterday’s Architeaser was the top of the fire escape on the south side of the Pyramid Place building.

Today’s is a bit more colorful.