The University of Central Arkansas Reynolds Performance Hall will present Vital Theatre Company’s production of “The Wizard of Oz” on Friday, April 21, at 6 p.m. This production is a one-hour adaptation of “The Wizard of Oz,” the classic tale that has been entertaining audiences for ages. It features a cast of six actors, the Munchkins as puppets, one flying monkey and a funny witch. Perfect … [Read more...]
Experience ‘Tapestry: The Carole King Songbook’ at Reynolds
The University of Central Arkansas Reynolds Performance Hall proudly presents “Tapestry: The Carole King Songbook” with Suzanne Davis on Saturday, April 29, at 7:30 p.m. The show will include all of the music from the legendary 1971 Grammy-winning album “Tapestry” and feature many songs that Carole King and her husband, Gerry Goffin, wrote in the 1960s. The couple proved to be one of the most … [Read more...]
Kristin Lewis visits UCA as artist-in-residence
By: Thomas Staab Office of Media Relations The University of Central Arkansas will host Kristin Lewis, a lirico-spinto soprano who has graced the stages of many of the world’s leading opera houses, as an artist-in-residence from Wednesday, April 12, to Saturday, April 22. On the final evening of Lewis’s residency, she will be featured in the Conway Symphony Orchestra. This concert will … [Read more...]
Tawny Chatmon visits UCA as artist-in-residence
By: Thomas Staab Office of Media Relations The University of Central Arkansas will host photography-based artist Tawny Chatmon as an artist-in-residence from Tuesday, April 18, to Thursday, April 20. Chatmon will host an artist talk, along with Haitian visual artist Fabiola Jean-Louis, on Thursday, April 20, at 7:30 p.m., in the lecture hall of the Windgate Center for Fine and Performing … [Read more...]
SLANT Visiting Poet Series Continues
The University of Central Arkansas will host the SLANT visiting poet series on Tuesday, April 18, at 7 p.m. in McCastlain Hall room 142, with a reading by a trio of Arkansas poets. SLANT is the English department's international journal of contemporary poetry. Among the featured guests for the event is Christopher Fettes of Little Rock. Fettes earned both his bachelor’s and master's degrees in … [Read more...]
UCA earns $2.2 million grant from USDE
Partnering with local schools to address shortage in mental health professionals The University of Central Arkansas has been awarded a $2.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to help address the shortage of mental health professionals in K-12 schools. The Mental Health Service Professional Demonstration grant funding will be used to train students in the school psychology … [Read more...]
UCA presents ‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time’
The University of Central Arkansas theater program wraps up its 2022-23 season with “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” at the James M. Bridges Black Box Theatre in the Windgate Center for the Fine and Performing Arts. Performance dates are April 6-7 and April 13-14 at 7:30 p.m., and April 8 at 2 p.m. UCA students, faculty and staff can receive free tickets at the door or … [Read more...]
ORIGINAL ‘BLUE’S CLUES’ HOST TO SPEAK IN CONWAY
The University of Central Arkansas’ Reynolds Performance Hall welcomes Steve Burns on Tuesday, April 4, at 7:30 p.m. Burns is an American actor and television host best known as the original host of the long-running children's preschool television program “Blue's Clues” from 1996 until 2002, for which he was nominated for a Daytime Emmy in 2001. The series was rebooted as “Blue's Clues and … [Read more...]
Hideaki Tsustui visits UCA as artist-in-residence
By: Thomas Staab Office of Media Relations The University of Central Arkansas will host Hideaki Tsustui, who has provided lighting design for hundreds of corporate events, concerts, and television, as an artist-in-residence from Tuesday, March 28, to Thursday, April 6. During Tsustuis's residency, he will provide lighting for the opening night performance of “The Curious Incident of the … [Read more...]
Kim Chi visits UCA as artist-in-residence
By: Thomas Staab Office of Media Relations The University of Central Arkansas will host Korean American artist Kim Chi as an artist-in-residence from Thursday, April 6, to Friday, April 7. “An Evening with Kim Chi” will take on place on Friday, April 7, at 7:30 p.m., in Reynolds Performance Hall. This event is free and open to the public. Born in the United States and raised in Korea, … [Read more...]
