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Monthly Archives: June 2013
June 2nd Friday Art Night is busting with Fun
June is Busting Out All Over with great art and music downtown on 2nd Friday Art Night. Visual art, music, refreshments, a trolley for transportation can all be yours for the low price of FREE. The festivities run from 5pm to 8pm, unless otherwise noted.
Among the highlights:
- Old State House Museum (300 West Markham) will feature Geoff Robson and David Gerstein performing duets for violin and cello.
- Historic Arkansas Museum (200 East Third) will celebrate the opening of its new Arkansas Made Gallery; in addition there will be live music by Parkstone.
- Edge Gallery (301B President Clinton Ave) will be featuring contemporary art.
- Butler Center Galleries (401 President Clinton Ave) is showing Creative Expressions; Arkansas Arts Educators; From the Vault: Works from the CALS Permanent Collection; and Old School: Remembering the Brinkley Academy
- Courtyard Marriott Downtown (521 President Clinton Ave) is teaming up with Spirited Art Little Rock and hosting a painting class in its cafe beginning at 6:30pm.
- Hearne Fine Art (1001 Wright Ave, Suite C) will host an opening reception for Reflections In Silver: Silverpoint Drawings by Aj Smith & Marjorie Williams-Smith.
- studioMain (1423 South Main Street) they are featuring a UALR Student Furniture Showcase. This has become an annual exhibit of furniture pieces created by students of the UALR Applied Design program.
Happy Flag Day
Today is Flag Day. Here are three photos of the Stars and Stripes taken in Little Rock over the past year.
Flag outside of Tipton & Hurst main store in Heights
The red, white and blue stand out against the night sky and limestone of the Arkansas State Capitol.
The stars and stripes unfurled from the balcony of the Capital Hotel.
American flags mark the graves of veterans in Mt. Holly Cemetery
June 13 Architeaser: Capitol Hill Apartments
Today’s Architeaser features the unique lights on the west side of the Capitol Hill building.
In the 1960s the state purchased a building known as “The Rackensack Apartments,” north of the Capitol building, backing up to 3rd Street. Built in the 1920s, the structure, now called Capitol Hill, continues to provide legislators’ housing and overflow office space. The lobby is a popular place for receptions and meals for legislators.
On June 13, make plans to see 13 on June 14-16 or June 21-23
The Weekend Theatre opened 13 last weekend. It continues through June 23. Directed by Hannah Sawyer, it features a score by Tony winner Jason Robert Brown and a book by Dan Elish and Robert Horn.
Performances are at 7:30pm on Fridays and Saturdays and at 2:30pm on Sundays.
A grown-up story about growing up! When his parents get divorced and he’s forced to move from New York to a small town in Indiana, Evan Goldman just wants to make friends and survive the school year. Easier said than done. The star quarterback is threatening to ruin his life and his only friend, Patrice, won’t talk to him. The school freak sees an opportunity for blackmail and someone is spreading the ‘nastiest’ rumors. 13 is a hilarious, high-energy musical for all ages about discovering that cool is where you find it and sometimes where you least expect it.
Great Typo Hunt focus of Darragh Lecture
Jeff Deck, author of The Great Typo Hunt: Two Friends Changing the World, One Correction at a Time, will speak at the Central Arkansas Library System’s (CALS) 2013 Fred K. Darragh Jr. Distinguished Lecture on Thursday, June 13 at 6:30 p.m. in the Main Library’s Darragh Center, 100 Rock Street.
Deck is a writer, editor, and typo hunter. The Great Typo Hunt, co-authored with Benjamin D. Herson, details their trip around the country correcting grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors in public. Copies of the book will be for sale at the lecture; Deck will sign books at a reception following the talk.
The Fred K. Darragh Jr. Distinguished Lecture is held annually to celebrate Mr. Darragh’s contributions to public libraries and his service to CALS. He served on the boards of many organizations, including CALS, the Arkansas Library Association, Southern Regional Council, Peace Links, and the Arkansas Affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
He served as President of the Arkansas Council on Human Relations, President of the Little Rock Urban League, and President of the National Council for Community Services to International Visitors in Washington, DC.
Reservations are appreciated, but not required. To RSVP, email pedwards@cals.org or call 918-3009. For more information, contact 501-918-3086.
Movies in the Park – Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 1
For a movie series that starts at twilight, it is appropriate that Movies in the Park kicks off the 2013 season tonight in Riverfront Park with the 2011 hit film Twilight: Breaking Dawn, Part 1. The fourth in the vampire/werwolf saga, it is directed by Bill Condon.
The film stars Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner, Anna Kendrick, Peter Facinelli, Kellan Lutz, Billy Burke, Ashley Greene, Jackson Rathbone, Elizabeth Reaser and Nikki Reed.
Movies in the Park is a free outdoor movie series in Little Rock’s River Market. They take place at the First Security Amphitheatre. The mission of Movies in the Park is help foster a sense of community and enjoyment in downtown Little Rock and throughout Central Arkansas by bringing people together to enjoy a movie in a unique setting along the scenic banks of the Arkansas River.
Movies start at dark. Visitors are welcome to bring picnics but please no glass containers and pick up afterwards. Those choosing not to bring their own picnic, the park does have concessions available for sale.
Bring bug spray, picnic and family and have a good time!
The Little Rock Convention and Visitors Bureau Technical Services department provides all the equipment for the movies.
Little Rock Culture Vulture 