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Tonight’s Oxford American Local Live at South on Main features Finger Food!

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llsom fingerTonight (December 2) at 7:30 PM, join the Oxford American magazine for this week’s Local Live concert at South on Main, featuring Finger Food! As always, Local Live is free and open to the public. To guarantee a table/seat for this popular series, call ahead at (501) 244-9660.

 

Finger Food is a feast not only for guitar lovers, but also for anyone with a passion for acoustic music. The guitarists perform “in the round” and trade songs and stories about their compositions and their approach to the guitar in a casual concert setting. The music focuses on contemporary instrumental American Fingerstyle Guitar with folk, jazz, Celtic, classical, and blues influences.

The guitarists are very different stylistically, and these different styles contribute to an evening of broad musical tastes. They will play solo, duets, and trio work. The guitarists also will be performing on some very unique custom built instruments and historic instruments.

Danny Dozier is a legendary guitarist in the state of Arkansas. Danny’s solo performances showcase his wide range of guitar styles and his superb choice of material. He has performed at the Ozark Folk Center in many configurations over the years, fronts the Danny Dozier Band at gigs around the state and the country, and is the two-time winner of the Merle Travis Fingerstyle Guitar Championship at the Ozark Folk Center.

Steve Davison is a Little Rock guitarist who performs on the 6- and 12-string guitar. He tours the country with artists such as Ken Bonfield and Peter Janson. They have performed at acoustic venues around the country and shared the stage artist such as Larry Coryell, Muriel Anderson, Peter Janson, Tim Farrell, Dakota Dave Hull, Doug Young, Teja Gerken, Tim Sparks, and others. Steve was also the winner of the 2005 Arkansas Acoustic Music Festival in the solo category, and he has been a featured artist on AETN Presents. He has performed at the Montreal Guitar Festival, the Healdsburg Guitar Festival in California, and the Memphis Guitar Festival in Tennessee. More information about Steve is available at www.stevedavison.com

Micky Rigby is an exceptional guitarist from Little Rock who has performed at multiple acoustic venues across the state. He was a runner up at the Merle Travis Fingerstyle Guitar Championship at the Ozark Folk Center and was a familiar face at Acoustic Sounds Café in the past in Little Rock. Micky has an extensive repertoire and is an accomplished player of the guitar and the banjo.

A Grand Finale for ACANSA Arts Festival

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Tacansahe inaugural ACANSA Arts Festival concludes today with dance and song at Wildwood Park, in addition to a repeat performance downtown of Phillip Huber and his marionettes.

A POINT OF CHORUS
12:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Wildwood Park for the Arts
$20 to $50

Acansa BalletBallet Arkansas and Arkansas Festival Ballet perform at the Lucy Cabe Theatre during a festival picnic on the ground of Wildwood Park, with a musical performance by Finger Food between the ballet performances

12:00       Doors Open – Box Lunch available
2:00        Ballet Arkansas Performs
3:00        Finger Food Performs
4:00        Festival Ballet Performs
5:00        VIP champagne reception and festival overview

The mission of Ballet Arkansas is to provide Arkansas and the region with the highest quality dance performance and education.  Each season, Ballet Arkansas offers a choreographic competition, a regional touring production, educational programming, an annual production of The Nutcracker, and a mixed repertory concert that features world premieres of newly commissioned choreography Arkansas

Finger Food is American Fingerstyle guitar at its best featuring three of Arkansas’ finest guitarists. Danny Dozier from Batesville and Steve Davison and Micky Rigby from Little Rock. Their performances are an eclectic mix from Chet Atkins to Merle Travis to Leo Kotke to gut bucket blues and original compositions. They perform in the round playing solo, duets and trio work that features the many voices of the guitar and showcases the many styles that make the guitar the worlds most popular instrument

Festival Ballet is a repertory dance company dedicated to classical ballet training and performance. Their seasonal programming includes enchanting storybook ballets and mixed-bill productions with new choreography and excerpts from ballet classics.  They will perform a short Neo Classical ballet based on the writings of an 18th century Suffolk poet.

 

Acansa PuppetSUSPENDED ANIMATION
3:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Scottish Rite Masonic Temple
$10 to $20

In a cabaret presentation distinctly adult in its sophistication and artistry, internationally acclaimed marionette artist Phillip Huber is in full view of the audience as he controls incredibly compelling characters through a series of variety vignettes revealing humor, pathos, drama and grace.

Phillip Huber is most widely known for his work in the 3-time Academy Award nominated film “Being John Malkovich” and his work in the Disney film “Oz the Great and Powerful,” starring James Franco, Michelle Williams and Mila Kunis. Shimmering with nuance, sophistication and imagination, you won’t want to miss this opportunity to experience a world of sophisticated puppetry designed for entertaining discerning tastes.