UCA TO CELEBRATE OCTUBA 2016

By Ariana Sumpter College of Fine Arts and Communication Media Office CONWAY — The University of Central Arkansas Department of Music will host three Octuba concerts to celebrate the tuba and euphonium this month. Octubafest at UCA, Tubaween and the second annual Toad Suck Buck’s Octubafest are all free and open to the public. The UCA Octubafest is set for Monday, Oct. 24, at 7:30 p.m. … [Read more...]

UCA WRITERS TO MARK READERS’ MAP

By Ariana Sumpter College of Fine Arts and Communication Media Office CONWAY — University of Central Arkansas writers featured in “A Readers’ Map of Arkansas” will give a public reading in UCA Torreyson Library, Seminar Room 215 on Thursday, Oct. 20 at 7 p.m. Featured UCA writers will include Dr. John Vanderslice, associate professor of creative writing; Terry Wright, dean of the College of … [Read more...]

ECLECTIC ‘ALUMINUM SHOW’ HEADING FOR REYNOLDS

By Waid Rainey College of Fine Arts and Communication Media Office CONWAY — Reynolds Performance Hall will welcome “The Aluminum Show” to the University of Central Arkansas at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 24. “The Aluminum Show” brings music, materials and artists together resulting in a combination of physical theater, dance, humor and acrobatics in a multi-sensory experience. The show is … [Read more...]

COMMUNITY SCHOOL OF MUSIC TO BEGIN LITTLE MOZART CLASS

Registration is open for the University of Central Arkansas Community School of Music’s Little Mozart Pre-Piano Class. Beginning Tuesday, Oct. 11, the class will meet weekly in Snow Fine Arts Center room 134 for six weeks from 5:30-6 p.m. According to Community School of Music Director Smokey Emerson, Little Mozart, taught by Terrie Shires, class piano instructor at UCA, is aimed at children … [Read more...]

CREATIVE WRITING FACULTY SET PUBLIC READING IN LITTLE ROCK

By Hanna Lowery College of Fine Arts and Communication Media Office CONWAY — Four faculty members from the University of Central Arkansas’s creative writing program will host a public reading on Tuesday, Oct. 4, at the Oxford American Annex in Little Rock. The event at 1300 S. Main St., set for 7 p.m., is free and open to the public. Faculty members set to read from their work include … [Read more...]

MAIN STAGE EDUCATION SERIES GROWS FOR 2016-2017 SEASON

By Audrey Forbes College of Fine Arts and Communication Media Office CONWAY — The University of Central Arkansas’s Reynolds Performance Hall will feature a series of five educational shows as part of its Main Stage EdUCAtion series from November through March. Now in its second year, the Main Stage EdUCAtion series is a field trip program created for school children, with professional, … [Read more...]

RONNIE MILSAP TO VISIT UCA FOR OCTOBER CONCERT

By Audrey Forbes College of Fine Arts and Communication Media Office CONWAY — As part of his farewell tour, country music legend Ronnie Milsap will visit the University of Central Arkansas on Thursday, Oct. 20. The 7:30 p.m. concert is set for the Donald W. Reynolds Performance Hall. Known for such hits as “Smoky Mountain Rain,” “She Keeps the Home Fires Burning” and “Stranger in My … [Read more...]

UCA PROFESSOR TO ANNOUNCE CAVE ART DISCOVERY

As part of Conway’s 10th ArtsFest celebration, Dr. Reinaldo (Dito) Morales, associate professor of art history at the University of Central Arkansas, will announce his recent discovery of cave art in Yucatán at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 27. The presentation, "Mayan Cave Art Discoveries in Yucatán," is free and open to the public and sponsored by AHA!, the UCA Art History Association. It will be … [Read more...]

HILLIARD SPEECH SHOWCASE AT UCA SET FOR OCT. 6

The annual Hilliard Speech Showcase is set for the University of Central Arkansas’s College of Business room 100 Oct. 6 at 6 p.m. The event, created to honor the memory of Olive Hilliard, who served as a professor at UCA from 2003 until her death in 2010, is sponsored by the UCA School of Communication. It showcases outstanding students from Principles of Communication classes. Students … [Read more...]

WRITER KELLY LINK TO VISIT UCA AS ARTIST IN RESIDENCE

By Hanna Lowery College of Fine Arts and Communication Media Office Kelly Link, an author of “speculative” or “slipstream” fiction, will visit the University of Central Arkansas as Artist in Residence in conjunction with the 10th celebration of ArtsFest in Conway. As part of her residency, Link will hold a public reading and book-signing event Tuesday, Sept. 27, at 7:30 p.m. in the UCA … [Read more...]