Monthly Archives: August 2015

Eleven hours of film and music today at Little Rock Picture Show

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LRPS Mad MaxThe Little Rock Picture Show starts at 2:15 this afternoon and goes until past midnight.  It offers films and live music at three different venues in downtown.

This afternoon’s films are Apt 3D (2:15 – Studio Theatre), International Shorts Block 3 (3:15 – Public Theatre), Aura (3:30 – Vino’s) and International Shorts Block 1 (3:45 – Studio Theatre).

At 5:15, evening activities kick off with The Divine Tragedies at the Public Theatre. Arkansas Shorts Block 1 starts at 6pm at Vino’s.  At 6:30, Time Lapse starts at the Studio Theatre, while at 7:45 Capsule starts at the Studio Theatre.  A live performance of Mothwind, Feeble and Sol Inertia starts at 8pm at Vino’s.

At 8:45 Jackrabbit will be shown at the Studio Theatre.  Filmmakers Carleton Ranney, Destin Douglas and Rebecca Rose Perkins will be in attendance.  Madman Morgan takes the stage at 10:15 at the Public Theatre.  Around the corner, The Road Warrior will start at 11:15 at the Studio Theatre.

The John Bush Quintet play at the Ron Robinson Theater tonight as part of Arkansas Sounds

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john_bushTonight at 7pm at the Ron Robinson Theater, saxophonist John Bush and his quintet will play vocal and instrumental jazz favorites.  Seating is General Admission, and tickets are $10.

Jazz saxophonist John Bush’s musical upbringing occurred in Little Rock in the late 1950s and early 1960s, along with jazz enthusiasts John Stubblefield, James Leary, and Claudine Meyers. While Bush’s contemporaries pursued professional careers playing jazz music, he took another direction in that he came back to music later in life.

His aspiration is to uphold the original edict that drove all of the players he grew up with, as well as recognize the same Arkansas jazz traditions and honor the paths taken by musicians like The Original Yellow Jackets, Louis Jordan, Al Hibbler, and Pharaoh Sanders.

Bush is dedicated to playing in the same spirit of those who helped lay the foundations for this rich and beloved genre. The John Bush Quintet includes vocalist Kelley Hurt, bassist Bill Huntington, keyboardist Chris Parker, and drummer Bryan Withers.

Arkansas Sounds is a project of the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies, a department of the Central Arkansas Library System. Focused on Arkansas music and musicians both past and present, Arkansas Sounds presents concerts, workshops, and other events to showcase Arkansas’s musical culture.

Feed Your Mind Friday today at noon at the Arkansas Arts Center

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stephens-galleryFeed Your Mind Fridays offer the chance for you to get up close and personal with works on display at the Arkansas Arts Center, and often times the opportunity to meet the artist in person.

Today at noon, explore your Arkansas Arts Center Collection as Louise A. Palermo, Director of Education and Programs, leads a discussion on the many stories layered throughout “Andromeda” by Odilon Redon. The cost to attend is FREE!

Meet at the Stephens Inc. Visitors Center to start the discussion.

After it is concluded, hang around and have lunch at the Best Impressions Restaurant.

Sandwich in History at Oak Forest United Methodist Church today at noon

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ofumc sandwichThe monthly architectural history program “Sandwiching in History” visits Oak Forest United Methodist Church, located at 2415 Fair Park Boulevard. The program begins at noon today.  A historian with the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program delivers a brief lecture about the church before leading guests on a tour.

The church was founded in 1943 and is located in the Oak Forest neighborhood near UALR. The building was built in 1949 and was designed by Little Rock architect John Parks Almand. The distinctive stone building features elements of the Gothic Revival style as well as a Mission-style parapet and bell tower

Sandwiching in History is a program of the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program, an agency of the Department of Arkansas Heritage.

Winners announced for first Kaleidoscope Film Festival

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FSLR Kaleidoscope 2015The inaugural Kaleidscope Film Festival has come and gone.  It was four days filled with films, filmmakers, parties and personalities.

The winners of the awards have been announced.

GRAND JURY AWARD WINNERS
NARRATIVE FEATURE FILM
Henry Gamble’s Birthday Party – Stephen Cone, director

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM
Reel in the Closet – Stu Maddux, director

NARRATIVE SHORT FILM
“Camouflage” – Stephan Kämpf & Andreas Kessler (Germany), directors

DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM
“A Mississippi Love Story” – Robbie Fisher, producer

 

AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS
NARRATIVE FEATURE
S&M Sally – Michelle Ehlen, director

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Game Face – Michiel Thomas, director

SHORT FILM
“Pretty Boy” – Cameron Thrower, director

 

SPECIAL AWARD WINNERS

BEST STUDENT SHORT FILM (SPONSORED BY CENTER FOR ARTISTIC REVOLUTION AND FINAL DRAFT)
Falling Angels – Maria Winther Olsen (Denmark), director

CHERYL MAPLES RAINBOW AWARD (SPONSORED BY ARKANSANS FOR EQUALITY)
Game Face – Michiel Thomas

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AWARD: EMERGING FILMMAKER
Joey Kuhn, Those People

 

The Little Rock Picture Show runs tonight through August 9

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LRPS-Sponsors-Poster-1024x663The Little Rock Picture Show presented by Kismet Entertainment will be held August 6-9 and feature the very best in Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror films from all over the globe. The Opening Night film at the Ron Robinson Theater is Dude Bro Party Massacre III with special guests Alec Owen, Jon Salmon and Kelsey Gunn in attendance for a special opening night unlike any other.

Then the festival moves to the Studio Theater, the Public Theater and Vino’s Brewpub for the rest of the weekend for films and fun. Passholders will have special discounts at Vino’s for the weekend.

Special events include a FREE screening of Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior, a live film score by Mainland Divide of the classic film Nosferatu, and panels and other events.

The festival will close out with a special double feature of Boo and Dog Soldiers both produced by Arkansas native David E. Allen.

FEATURES
Dude Bro Party Massacre III
The Last SurvivorsCapsule
Jackrabbit
Backyard Blockbusters
Aura
APT 3D
Time Lapse
The Divine Tragedies

SHORTS
Recoil
LiFi
Martian American
Sun Devil
Metamorphosis
Crash Course
Blackout
Emit
Sleepworking
Awakenings
The Peripheral
Separated
What’s Eating Dad?
Hadir and the Deepblack lullaby

ARKANSAS MADE
Twas the Night of the Krampus
Spectre-O-Scope
Sleep
Nightmare Asylum
Sassy & the Private Eye
Vampire-Killing Prostitute
Machined Infection
Immaculate
Elysian Equation
Little Brother
Silent But Deadly
The Town Where Nobody Lives
Rites
Firefly
War Dogs: The Bridge
Surrounded by Love
What Do You Do With a Red Right Hand?

ONCE ON THIS ISLAND presented by Ark Rep SMTI junior students tonight and this weekend

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Rep SMTI OOTIThe Tony nominated musical Once on This Island, by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, is being presented tonight, tomorrow and two times Saturday by the senior level students in the Arkansas Repertory Theatre’s Summer Musical Theatre Intensive (SMTI).

Performances are at 7pm tonight (Thursday the 6th), Friday and Saturday with a 1pm matinee on Saturday the 8th, as well.  Tickets are $10 and may be purchased by calling the Rep box office or stopping by in person. You can also order them online .

Once on This Island is based on the 1985 novel My Love, My Love; or, The Peasant Girl by Rosa Guy.  Set in the French Antilles, it mixes Caribbean mythology with elements of Romeo and Juliet as well as Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Mermaid.  It was nominated for 8 Tony Awards in 1991.  Four years later, it won the Olivier Award for Best New Musical in London.

Summer Musical Theatre Intensive (SMTI) is The Rep’s annual training program for aspiring young artists in Arkansas.  Under the direction of Capri, SMTI is an intensive, audition-based theatre training program designed exclusively for motivated young artists who are serious about the arts and musical theatre.

The SMTI staff is comprised of professional directors, choreographers, musicians and designers. Daily rehearsals are structured similarly to a professional summer stock experience and include instruction in musical theatre techniques, multi-media, costume and stage make-up, dance and vocal coaching.

Each session – broken into Select (ages 10 – 12), Junior (ages 13-15) and Senior (ages 16-23) – involves intensive daily rehearsals culminating in a public workshop performance of a selected musical or musical revue.