November 19, 2009 - July 5, 2010
"World of the Pharaohs" Exhibit
Arkansas Arts Center
The Arkansas Arts Center is proud to announce it will present the epic exhibition 'World of the Pharaohs" Egyptian Masterpieces from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
“World of the Pharaohs will be the first exhibition of Egyptian art to come to Arkansas,” said Arkansas Arts Center Executive Director Nan Plummer. “The Arkansas Arts Center is committed to bringing the best art to our state. The art of this amazing ancient culture is utterly fascinating—and important—to human beings all over the world. To see 3,000 years of advanced civilization right here in Little Rock,—it’s a thrill that Arkansans deserve,” she said.Spanning more than 3,000 years of dynastic history, "World of the Pharaohs" consists of more than 200 objects. The exhibition dramatically illustrates the rich and diverse aspects of one of the world's great civilizations and is particularly strong in excavated material from the Pyramid age (2675-2130 B.C.), widely regarded as Egypt's finest hour. Artifacts include a royal decree carved in limestone (Decree of Neferirkare), the false of Inty, a Priestess of Inty and a relief scene from the tomb of Qar and Idu. Funerary objects are also well-represented. Among them are a Ptolemaic sarcophagus lid, a selection of stelae and several shawabits of officials. Other objects include a wooden granary model, stone vessels, ceramics, jewelry, amulets and a cat mummy. “The Arkansas Arts Center is the only museum in Arkansas that can host an exhibition of this size and magnitude. We are excited to host this exhibition, and think our donors and sponsors will be proud to be part of this major event that will put Arkansas on the map of the art world in a whole new way.”
For more information, call 501-372-4000 or visit www.arkarts.com.
Gallery Hours: 10am-5pm,Tuesday through Saturday and 11am-5pm, Sunday. Closed Monday & major holidays.
November 20, 2009 - February 14, 2010
"8th Annual Eclectic Collector From the Collection of Jim Gatling: A Whimsy of Treasures"
Historic Arkansas Museum
Historic Arkansas Museum is open 9am-5pm, Monday through Saturday and 1-5pm on Sunday. Admission to the galleries and parking are free; tours of historic grounds are $2.50 for adults, $1.00 for children under 18, $1.50 for senior citizens.
For more information, call 501-324-9351 or visit www.HistoricArkansas.org.
November 20, 2009 - March 31, 2010
"Backyard Science"
Museum of Discovery
There is a world of science in your own backyard!
Backyard Science makes science personal and accessible to everyone. Come and discover the diversity of life and the dynamic range of scientific processes that happen every day all around you.
Step into our backyard and discover that it contains a large, diverse population of living things within different habitats and ecosystems. Experiment with scientific processes that teach about the sky, rainbows, weather, geology, patterns in nature, and latitude.
Learn about the invertebrates and vertebrates that inhabit a backyard, see their backyard habitat, and discover how they interact in a backyard ecosystem.
This exhibit includes:
Species diversity. Compare the species diversity and biomass of insects to other species of animals. Why the sky is blue. Learn about a phenomenon called “Ryleigh Scattering” and experiment with the properties of scattered light. Rainbows. Make your own rainbows and learn that rainbows in sunlight are actually circular. Backyard astronomy. What stars are visible from your backyard? Learn about the complexities of celestial navigation. Weather. Learn about different conditions of the air during various weather phenomena. Latitude. Learn how the angle of the North Star can be used to determine latitude in the Northern Hemisphere. Plant life in the back yard. Learn about plant pollination and how insects work to perform this necessary task.The patterns found in life that live in the backyard. Discover patterns that fireflies create during different weather and temperature conditions. Learn why fireflies flash, and that each species has a different signal pattern.
Schools, youth groups, and other organizations interested in group reservations should call Beth Nelsen at 501-396-7061 for more information.
Admission fees to the Museum of Discovery are $7.00 for children 1-12, $8.00 for adults and $7.00 for adults 65 and older. Annual memberships are available for as low as $45.00.
For more information on the Museum of Discovery, visit www.museumofdiscovery.org.
November 20, 2009 - March 6, 2011
"Bandits, Badges and Bars: Arkansas Law & Justice" Exhibit
Old Statehouse Museum
The exhibit is a history of law and order in Arkansas with an emphasis on the criminal justice system and the state's seemingly endless effort to reform its prisons.
For more information, call 501-324-9685 or visit www.oldstatehouse.com.
January 22 - February 7, 2010
"Little Women"
Arkansas Arts Center Children's Theatre
When the March sisters suddenly become penniless after living a life of luxury, they must look to each other for happiness and strength. This tender play, adapted from Louisa May Alcott’s heartfelt novel, is a reminder of the true meaning of family and love.
Admission: $14.00 adults, $11.00 children.
For more information, call 501-372-4000, e-mail info@arkarts.com or visit
www.arkarts.com.
January 29 - February 8, 2010
Canstruction Arkansas 2009
9 AM - 5 PM
William J. Clinton Presidential Center
Cost : $7.00.
The Arkansas Chapter of the Society for Design Administration is pleased to announce its 4th Annual Canstruction® Competition - Canstruction® is a design/build competition to create structures built entirely of canned foods showcasing the ingenuity of Arkansas' design community to benefit the Arkansas Foodbank Network.
For more information , visit www.canstruction.org, call 501-372-2900 or e-mail jlsoutherland@cromwell.com.
January 29 - March 14, 2010
52nd Annual Delta Exhibition
Arkansas Arts Center
The Delta is one of the longest running juried, contemporary art exhibitions outside of New York and is open to artists living in or born in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas.
Admission: Free.
For more information, call 501-372-4000, e-mail info@arkarts.com or visit
www.arkarts.com.
February 3, 2010
UALR Trojans Women's Basketball vs. Arkansas State
7 PM
Jack Stephens Center
For tickets and additional information, visit www.ualrtrojans.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=7400&KEY=&ATCLID=213459.
February 4, 2010
Bold Pilgrim Cemetery Preservation Society
12 PM - 1 PM
Mosaic Templars Cultural Center
Bold Pilgrim Cemetery Preservation Society will feature a film on the migration, settlement and legacy of African Americans in Conway County. The documentary screening will be followed by a panel discussion on preserving the legacy of our ancestors.
For more information, call 501-683-3593 or visit www.mosaictemplarscenter.com.
February 4, 2010
UALR Trojans Men's Basketball vs. Arkansas State
7 PM
Jack Stephens Center
For tickets and additional information, visit www.ualrtrojans.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=7400&KEY=&ATCLID=213459.
February 4 - 6, 2010
African Rhythms
Museum of Discovery
Join Zinse Aggine and students of the Hope Drum Ballet for a cultural performance that combines movement, rhythm and the historic significance of the drum. Supported by a grant from the Arkansas Black Hall of Fame.
For more information, visit www.amod.org or call 501-396-7050.
February 5, 2010
Friday Night is Family Night
Aerospace Education Center
Friday nights are special around here! It is family night! Get free museum entry, a small popcorn and coke with each movie ticket purchase at our special family night price of $5.75 per ticket!
Show time varies.
For more information, call 501-376-4629 or visit www.aerospaced.org.
February 5 - 21, 2010
"Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"
Arkansas Repertory Theatre
Brimming with Tennessee Williams’ trademark emotional intensity and insightful wit, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is an American treasure, full of themes such as the emerging power of women and the mendacity of the powerful that are more pertinent today than ever before.
For tickets and additional information, call 501-378-0405
agalloway@therep.org or visit www.therep.org.
February 6, 2010
World Famous Lipizzaner Stallions
Verizon Arena
Two shows: 2pm & 7:30pm
Tickets: $24.25-$31.25. Tickets available at the Verizon Arena Box Office, any TicketMaster location, charge by phone at 800-745-3000 or online at www.ticketmaster.com/search?tm_link=tm_header_search&q=Verizon+Arena+North+Little+Rock&search.x=34&search.y=14.
February 10, 2010
Recognizing Arkansas Razorback Black History
12 PM - 1 PM
Mosaic Templars Cultural Center
Recognizing Arkansas Razorback black history. There will be a special presentation to Coach Frank Broyles to honor his legacy in integrating Razorback sports.
The event is free to the public but reserved tickets will be required. Tickets will be available on Wednesday, January 27, 2010.
For more information, call 501-683-3593 or visit www.mosaictemplarscenter.com.
February 10, 2010
UALR Trojans Women's Basketball vs. ULM
7 PM
Jack Stephens Center
For tickets and additional information, visit www.ualrtrojans.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=7400&KEY=&ATCLID=213459.
February 11, 2010
Arkansas Chamber Singers Valentine Benefit
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Arkansas Governor's Mansion, 1800 Center Street
Enjoy champagne and chocolates with love songs sung by Satia Spencer at the Arkansas Governor's Mansion.
For tickets and additional information, visit www.ar-chambersingers.org, contact Arkansas Chamber Singers, 501-377-1121 or e-mail info@ar-chambersingers.org.
February 11, 2010
UALR Trojans Men's Basketball vs. ULM
7 PM
Jack Stephens Center
For tickets and additional information, visit www.ualrtrojans.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=7400&KEY=&ATCLID=213459.
February 12, 2010
Friday Night is Family Night
Aerospace Education Center
Friday nights are special around here! It is family night! Get free museum entry, a small popcorn and coke with each movie ticket purchase at our special family night price of $5.75 per ticket!
Show time varies.
For more information, call 501-376-4629 or visit www.aerospaced.org.
February 12 - 13, 2010
Arkansas Symphony Orchestra ACXIOM Pops LIVE! presents "The Heart of Broadway"
8 PM
Robinson Center Music Hall
Geoffrey Robson, conductor
Christiane Noll, soprano
Doug LaBrecque, tenor
The perfect concert for Valentine’s Day: a celebration of love, Broadway-style! You and your special someone are invited to start your romantic evening at the ASO Pops with love songs from movies and musicals: from the sophisticated (Cole Porter‘s “Begin the Beguine”) to the classics (a West Side Story medley) and mega-hits (“Music of the Night” from Phantom of the Opera).For tickets and additional information, call 501-666-1761 or visit www.arkansassymphony.org.
February 12 - 14, 2010
34th Annual Arkansas RV Show
Statehouse Convention Center
Show time: Friday-Saturday, 10am-8pm and Sunday, 10am-6pm.
Admission: $5.00, Adults and children 12 and under get in FREE!
For more information, call 501-225-6177 or visit www.dgattractions.com.
February 12 - 27, 2010
Dying City
The Weekend Theater, 7th and Chester
Dying City, by Christopher Shinn.
Dying City, a political play, is also a psychodrama about what Arthur Miller called the politics of the soul. It’s about public conscience and private grief, and real and symbolic catastrophes. A year after her husband’s death in Iraq, Kelly, a young therapist, confronts his identical-twin gay brother, Peter, who shows up at her apartment unannounced. Trying to make sense of what is left behind, Christopher Shinn’s remarkable tale of loss and how two very different people handle their grief is personal, intimate even, yet it's themes could not be more all-encompassing and its emotional impact more affecting. In this subtle and revealing play, Shinn is able to take the political and humanize it, transforming the study of daily news stories into a devastating statement on the unforeseen and often hidden consequences of war. Directed by Ralph Hyman.
For tickets and additional information, visit www.weekendtheater.org or call 501-374-3761.
February 13 - 12, 2010
UALR Trojans Men's Basketball vs. WKU
7 PM
Jack Stephens Center
For tickets and additional information, visit www.ualrtrojans.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=7400&KEY=&ATCLID=213459.
February 13, 2010
Fight for Air Climb
6 AM - 2 PM
The Metropolitan Tower
Fundraiser for the American Lung Association in Arkansas.
The Fight for Air Climb is the first ALA-sponsored stairclimb in Arkansas. Individual and team participants will raise funds to support the ALA's lung health and clean air initiatives in all our state's 75 counties. Climbers will be chip timed as they work their way up to the 39th floor of the Met Tower - that's 78 flights of stairs. This will make participants the first to climb this high in an Arkansas building, ever. And climbers don't have to worry about climbing back down. The elevators will take them to the "I Finished" reception on the ground floor. This will be a great conditioning event in advance of the Little Rock Marathon.
For more information and to register, visit www.mrsnv.com/evt/home.jsp?id=2690 e-mail wdavenport@breathehealthy.org or call 501-224-0773.
February 13, 2010
UALR Trojans Women's Basketball vs. Western Kentucky
4:30 PM
Jack Stephens Center
For tickets and additional information, visit www.ualrtrojans.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=7400&KEY=&ATCLID=213459.
February 16, 2010
"STOMP"
7:30 PM
Robinson Center Music Hall
Presented by Celebrity Attractions.
Tickets: $22.00, $32.00, $37.00 & $47.00.
STOMP is explosive, provocative, sophisticated and unique, and appeals to audiences of all ages. Created by Luke Cresswell and Steve McNicholas, the international percussion sensation has garnered an armful of awards and rave reviews, and has appeared on numerous national television shows. STOMP consists of music, dance, theatre, choreography, and performance art. The eight-member troupe uses everything but conventional percussion instruments - matchboxes, wooden poles, brooms, garbage cans, Zippo lighters, and hubcaps - to fill the stage with rhythms. STOMP triumphantly returns to Little Rock after nearly five years.
For tickets and additional information, visit www.CelebrityAttractions.com, call 501-244-8800 or e-mail Broadway@CelebrityAttractions.com.
February 17, 2010
Philander Smith Lady Panthers Basketball vs. Arkansas Baptist College
6 PM
Hall High School
For more information, visit www.philander.edu/athletics/womens_bb_schedule.aspx.
February 17, 2010
Philander Smith Panthers Men's Basketball vs. Arkansas Baptist College
8 PM
Hall High School
For additional information, visit www.philander.edu/athletics/mens_bb_schedule.aspx.
February 17 - 20, 2010
Constructive Destruction
Museum of Discovery
Build it, or tear it down to see how it works. Be an engineer for a day as we explore how things are made in conjunction with National Engineering Week.
For more information, visit www.amod.org or call 501-396-7050.
February 19, 2010
Friday Night is Family Night
Aerospace Education Center
Friday nights are special around here! It is family night! Get free museum entry, a small popcorn and coke with each movie ticket purchase at our special family night price of $5.75 per ticket!
Show time varies.
For more information, call 501-376-4629 or visit www.aerospaced.org.
February 24, 2010
Mirrored Images in Black
12 PM - 1 PM
Mosaic Templars Cultural Center
This event will feature the folk art of Arkansan Jimmy McDonald. His cut glass art depicts images of African American historic and contemporary leaders.
For more information, call 501-683-3593 or visit www.mosaictemplarscenter.com.
February 24, 2010
UALR Trojans Women's Basketball vs. Troy
7 PM
Jack Stephens Center
For tickets and additional information, visit www.ualrtrojans.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=7400&KEY=&ATCLID=213459.
February 25, 2010
Little Rock Wind Symphony presents "Strange Humor"
7:30 PM
Second Presbyterian Church, 600 Pleasant Valley Dr.
Admission Cost: $10.00, $8.00, Seniors, $5.00, Students.
Break out of the winter doldrums and prepare to smile, laugh, and elevate your mood. (P.S. - if you are someone who can only take so much smiling, there is a piece that doesn't fit the bill - it's our version of "strange humor.").
Christian Carichner, tuba soloist. Dr. Karen Fannin, conductor.
For more information, visit www.lrwindsymphony.org, call 501-666-0777 or e-mail info@lrwindsymphony.org.
February 25, 2010
UALR Trojans Men's Basketball vs. Troy
7 PM
Jack Stephens Center
For tickets and additional information, visit www.ualrtrojans.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=7400&KEY=&ATCLID=213459.
February 26, 2010
Friday Night is Family Night
Aerospace Education Center
Friday nights are special around here! It is family night! Get free museum entry, a small popcorn and coke with each movie ticket purchase at our special family night price of $5.75 per ticket!
Show time varies.
For more information, call 501-376-4629 or visit www.aerospaced.org.
February 26 - 28, 2010
19th Annual Arkansas Flower & Garden Show
Statehouse Convention Center
Show hours: Friday-Saturday, 9am-6pm and Sunday, 10am-4pm.
Join us for "A World of Gardening." This show is the premier horticultural event in the state. Event includes 100 vendors and 9-10 display gardens, speaker presentations, gardening how-to presentations, the Big Backyard Family Learning Center, silent auction, "Dreaming in Technicolor" advanced standard flower show and professional florist's table-top competition.
Admission: Adults, $7.50; Senior Citizens (60+), $5.00; Ages 6-12, $1.00; 3-day pass, $10.00 and children under 6, free.
For more information, call 501-821-4000, e-mail krista.quinn@yahoo.com or visit
www.arflowerandgardenshow.org/contact.htm.
February 27, 2010
Jewish Federation of Arkansas Annual Dinner
Peabody Hotel
The Jewish Federation of Arkansas honors Dr. Suzanne Klimberg and Sam Storthz and the 2009 Jane B. Mendel Tikkun Olam Award winners.
For more information, call 501-663-3571, e-mail jfalr2@aristotle.net or visit
www.jewisharkansas.org.
February 27, 2010
UALR Trojans Men's Basketball vs. New Orleans
7 PM
Jack Stephens Center
For tickets and additional information, visit www.ualrtrojans.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=7400&KEY=&ATCLID=213459.
February 27, 2010
UALR Trojans Women's Basketball vs. New Orleans
4:30 PM
Jack Stephens Center
For tickets and additional information, visit www.ualrtrojans.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=7400&KEY=&ATCLID=213459.
February 27 - 28, 2010
23nd Annual Arkansas Glasshopper Inc. Depression Era Glass & Pottery Show
Arkansas State Fairgrounds, Dodge Hall of Industry
Outstanding dealers from 14 states show and sell china, and pottery from the Depression Era. Special displays of rare glass, glass identification.
Admission: $5.00.
For more information, call 501-868-4969 or e-mail bgmarglass@sbcglobal.net.
February 27 - 28, 2010
Arkansas Symphony Orchestra presents "Sibelius's Nordic Splendor"
Robinson Center Music Hall
Saturday, 8pm and Sunday, 3pm.
Andre Raphel Smith, conductor
Philippe Quint, violin
BEETHOVEN Overture to King Stephan
SIBELIUS Violin Concerto
BRAHMS Symphony No. 1
An audience favorite for more than a century, Sibelius’s Violin Concerto is a beautiful combination of lyricism and virtuosity—perfect for displaying the fiery talents of our soloist. As the Daily Telegraph raved, “From the moment he takes the stage, Grammy Award-nominee violinist Philippe Quint captivates audiences with his charismatic presence.” André Raphel Smith leads Brahms’s gripping First Symphony, which begins with a dramatic pulse in the timpani and ends with bright and brilliant horn calls.For tickets and additional information, visit www.arkansassymphony.org or call 501-666-1761.
