Funds to support film, theater, creative writing initiatives The Bridges-Larson Foundation has awarded a $500,000 grant to the University of Central Arkansas Department of Film, Theatre and Creative Writing in the College of Fine Arts & Communication. Awarded this past fall, the grant is the largest gift in the history of the department, and $100,000 will be awarded over five … [Read more...]
UCA PROFESSOR’S “THE LAST DAYS OF OSCAR WILDE” TO BE FEATURED ON KUAR’S ARTS & LETTERS
University of Central Arkansas Professor Dr. John Vanderslice, along with his latest novel, “The Lady Days of Oscar Wilde,” will be featured Friday on Arts & Letters on KUAR 89.1 FM. The show will air on the National Public Radio affiliate at 7 p.m. Friday, March 9, and at 9 p.m. on Sunday, March 11. This 30-minute episode, “Oscar Wilde: Signs, Omens, Portents & Divinations", is a … [Read more...]
UCA HOSTS COMPOSER TICHELI WITH HENDRIX
Through a collaborative effort, the bands of the University of Central Arkansas and Hendrix University will bring Frank Ticheli to Conway as a composer-in-residence March 15. Ticheli, a professor of Composition at the University of Southern California, will lead the UCA and Hendrix Wind Ensembles in a gala concert in Reynolds Performance Hall at 7:30 p.m. The concert is free and open to the … [Read more...]
UCA THEATRE TO PRESENT STAR TREK ORIGIN STORY
The University of Central Arkansas Theatre will present "Where No Man Has Gone Before: The Gene Roddenberry Story" as a documentary devised work March 13-15. Directed by senior Levi Smith, the play is scheduled for the University of Central Arkansas’s Black Box Theatre in Snow Fine Arts Center 210 at 7:30 each night. A devised work is a collaborative piece where a team works together to … [Read more...]
THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY TO PLAY AT UCA MARCH 29
After successful tours in 2015 and 2016, The Buddy Holly Story - the show that inspired a generation of multi-million selling juke-box musicals including Jersey Boys, Mamma Mia, Million Dollar Quartet, and We Will Rock You - is coming to the Reynolds Performance Hall at the University of Central Arkansas campus Thursday, March 29. The concert is set for 7:30 p.m. The show is an addition to … [Read more...]
ARTIST SHARON LOUDEN TO LECTURE AT UCA MARCH 1
Artist, educator, advocate and editor Sharon Louden, the juror for the University of Central Arkansas’s Annual Student Art Competitive at the Baum Gallery, will lecture March 1 in McCastlain Hall 143. Louden is best known for her installation works and for editing the “Living and Sustaining A Creative Life” series. The lecture, scheduled for 1:40 p.m., is free and open to the … [Read more...]
UCA PERCUSSION FESTIVAL SET FOR MARCH 10
The 2018 University of Central Arkansas Percussion Festival, featuring performances and clinics by prominent percussionists, will take place March 10 at the Snow Fine Arts Center. The festival will culminate in a grand finale showcase performance, free and open to the public, by renowned composer and percussionist Michael Burritt, professor of Percussion at the Eastman School of Music and one … [Read more...]
JENNA BUSH HAGER TO VISIT UCA AS DISTINGUISHED LECTURER
Jenna Bush Hager, one of the twin daughters of former President George W. Bush and a contributing correspondent for NBC’s Today show, will visit the University of Central Arkansas as a distinguished lecturer Feb. 27. The lecture is set for Reynolds Performance Hall at 7:30 p.m. Hager is the daughter of the 43rd U.S. president and his wife, Laura, and granddaughter of the 41st president, … [Read more...]
UCA RECEIVES GIFT IN SUPPORT OF STEINWAY INITIATIVE
The University of Central Arkansas has been gifted $100,000 by Jimmy Batcheller and Sara Hendricks Batcheller ’02 to benefit the Steinway Initiative at UCA. The Steinway Initiative is the university's commitment to becoming an All-Steinway School. The university currently has 19 All-Steinway School eligible pianos, including a Steinway A that was purchased with the Batcheller’s gift. The … [Read more...]
JAPANESE PERCUSSION ARTISTS TO PERFORM DRUM HEART AT UCA’S REYNOLDS ON MARCH 4
TAO, the internationally acclaimed percussion artists, will bring the ancient art of Japanese taiko drumming to the University of Central Arkansas’s Reynolds Performance Hall on Sunday, March 4. The event is set for 7:30 p.m. The Chicago Tribune said TAO: Drum Heart features “Extraordinarily talented percussion artists, and they’re seductive, alluring performers…The crowd was unmistakably … [Read more...]
