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Arkansas Rep’s production of The Second City HAPPILY EVER LAUGHTER is focus at Clinton School today

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SecondCityThe Arkansas Repertory Theatre works in partnership with the Clinton School of Public Service to participate in the UACS’s Distinguished Speaker Series, hosting educational panel discussions on various Rep productions. The latest in these takes place today, Tuesday, April 29 at 12 noon at Sturgis Hall in Clinton Presidential Park.

Join Rep Producing Artistic Director Bob Hupp as he hosts the hilarious cast of Second City’s Happily Ever Laughter tour to discuss the art of improv comedy.

Second City’s Happily Ever Laughter opens April 30 and runs through Saturday May 10.

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11th Annual Arkansas Literary Festival Gets Underway Today

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AR Lit Fest 2014The 11th annual Arkansas Literary Festival gets underway today and runs through Sunday, April 27. Unless otherwise specified the events are free.

 

Highlights for today are:

12 noon – Cox Creative Center
“Painting Forgiveness” featuring author Kathy Sanders (Now You See Me). The session will be moderated by Ann Nicholson.

 

12 noon – Oxford American Annex
“Cash” featuring author Robert Hilburn (Johnny Cash: The Life) and Rhett Miller. Maxwell George will be the moderator.

 

5:30 pm to 7:00 pm – Hearne Fine Art
“Words & Pictures” – Illustrated works by Kadir Nelson

 

6pm – Arkansas Arts Center
“Art & Food I” featuring Mary Ann Caws (The Modern Art Cookbook) with Brad Cushman as moderator. The author session is free. But at 7pm, a paid event will take place involving Ms. Caws and some foods inspired by art and artists.

 

6pm – Clinton School of Public Service at Sturgis Hall
“True Gratitude” featuring David Finkel (Thank You for Your Service) with Skip Rutherford as moderator.

 

8pm – South on Main
Rhett Miller will be in concert at South on Main. This is a paid event.

 

The Cox Creative Center will be having a used book sale on Thursday from 5pm to 7pm.

ROCKing the TONYS – John Lithgow

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Rock the TonysLithgowJohn Lithgow

Little Rock connection: As an author, spoke to a packed house as part of the Clinton School of Public Service speaker series.

Tony Awards connection: Won a Featured Actor in a Play Tony in 1973 for The Changing Room and an Actor in a Musical Tony in 2002 for Sweet Smell of Success.  Has received four other Tony nominations – most recently for The Columnist by former Little Rock resident David Auburn.  Lithgow has also appeared in numerous Tony ceremonies as a presenter and performer.

Pulitzer Finalists: Some Arkansas Connections

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At least two of the finalists for Pulitzer Prizes this year have Arkansas connections.

Phillip Reese of The Sacramento Bee was a finalist in the Investigative Reporting category. He is a former writer for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.

Eric Schlosser, author of Command and Control was a finalist in the History category.  He spoke at the Clinton School this past year. His book explores mishaps and near-misses in the US handling of nuclear weapons using, as its framwork, the Titan II missile explosion from September 1980 near Damascus AR.   His Clinton school remarks can be seen here.

ROCKing the TONYS – Sam Waterston

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Sam WRock the TonysSam Waterston

Little Rock connection: Spoke at the Clinton Presidential Center under the auspices of the Clinton School of Public Service in February 2008 reading excerpts from various addresses and writings of Abraham Lincoln.

Tony Awards connection: Nominated for Actor in a Play for his performance in revival of Abe Lincoln in Illinois. Made various other Tony Awards appearances including performing a scene from A Walk in the Woods in 1988.

Back to the Future: The Rise of NeoTraditionalism in Urban Planning at the Clinton School today

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clinton-school-logoIn “Back to the Future: The Rise of NeoTraditionalism in Urban Planning,” Karl Besel explores new urbanism and urban revitalization within the context of public policy trends, such as regional governance and the role of non-profits. The book primarily assesses the commonalities between suburban new urbanist development and inner city redevelopment projects, connecting the roots of historical preservation communities to New Urbanism.

Karl Besel is an Associate Professor at Indiana University Kokomo. His administrative experience outside of academia includes serving for five years as the CEO of a court-related agency that provided a variety of health and human service programs within Johnson County, Indiana. He also worked as the director of a health clinic at the University of Louisville for two years.  Before becoming an administrator, he served as a clinical social worker for hospitals and outpatient facilities within the Louisville area.

His research on nonprofit management within the health and human services field has been published within a number of internationally recognized, peer reviewed journals. In addition to these publications on healthcare related agencies nationally, he has also conducted research on NGOs within the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, Jamaica, and India related to economic development, real estate development, as well as nonprofit sustainability. His latest book project is entitled Back to the Future: The Rise of NeoTraditionalism in Urban Planning.

Gardner and historian Todd Longstaffe-Gowan at Clinton School today at noon

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todd-portrait-52b41521e74e7Todd Longstaffe-Gowan is an author, historian, gardener, geographer, and landscape architect will be speaking at the Clinton School today at noon.

Since entering into private practice, Longstaffe-Gowan has advised on a number of public and private historic landscapes. He has developed and implemented long-term landscape management plans for the National Trust, English Heritage and consulted on historic landscapes including the Tower of London, Hampton Court Palace, and the Crown Estate. Longstaffe-Gowan will discuss his re-presentation of the pleasure grounds at Kensington Palace to mark the Diamond Jubilee of Her Majesty The Queen. The Kensington Palace Gardens has been a favorite place of residence for various members of the royal family including Queen Victoria, Prince Charles and Princess Diana, and will soon be the London home of Prince William and Princess Catherine.

Longstaffe-Gowan takes on a range of projects in Britain and abroad, many with a conservation slant. ‘My work reflects my interest in the dramatic and sculptural potential of landscape, and is imbued with whimsical, historical eclecticism’, he says. ‘I like to think that my gardens are intelligent as well as beautiful, as they are informed by my training as an architect, landscape architect, geographer and historian.’

Longstaffe-Gowan appears at the Clinton School in partnership with P. Allen Smith.