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An Evening with Murphy Visiting Poets Ilya Kaminsky & Katie Farris

CONWAY, Ark. (March 1, 2023)- Hendrix-Murphy Foundation’s Visiting Poets Ilya Kaminsky and Katie Farris will read and discuss their work on Tuesday, March 28, at 7:30 p.m. in Reves Recital Hall on Hendrix College campus. A reception and book signing in Trieschmann Gallery will follow, and WordsWorth Books of Little Rock will sell select titles …

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Celtic Angels at Reynolds Performance Hall

Celtic Angels bring sounds of the Irish to Conway

CONWAY – The University of Central Arkansas Reynolds Performance Hall presents the Celtic Angels Ireland on Tuesday, March 14, at 7:30 p.m. Direct from Ireland, the award-winning Celtic Angels celebrate their cherished heritage through rigorously precise Irish dances and traditional Irish music. Featuring the beautiful voices of Searlait Ni Caiside, Michaela Gtoth, Olivia Bradley, Katie …

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Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre

Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre partners with UA Little Rock

CONWAY—The Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre at the University of Central Arkansas and the University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Literary and Performing Arts will partner on a production of Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night.” Stacy Pendergraft, co-director of UA Little Rock’s School of Literary and Performing Arts, is piloting and teaching a new theatre course called …

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Floyd Nation at Reynolds Performance Hall

Floyd Nation: Experience Pink Floyd at Reynolds Performance Hall

CONWAY–The University of Central Arkansas Reynolds Performance Hall welcomes Floyd Nation on Friday, March 10, at 7:30 p.m. Floyd Nation is a U.S.-based Pink Floyd Tribute Band that performs favorite hits from the vast collection of Pink Floyd albums such as “The Wall,” “Dark Side of the Moon,” “Wish You Were Here” and “The Division …

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Hendrix College News

Geoffrey Levin to Deliver Altheimer Lecture on Judaism and Civil Rights at Hendrix College

Discussion on related topics to follow Wednesday afternoon, March 1 CONWAY, Arkansas (February 24, 2023)—Hendrix College welcomes Dr. Geoffrey P. Levin on Tuesday, Feb. 28, to deliver the 2023 Ben J. Altheimer Lecture on Judaism and Civil Rights. The lecture begins at 7 p.m. in Worsham Hall South, on the first floor of the Student Life …

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Raven Nobles writes & publishes book

UCA Alumna & Conway Scene writer Raven Nobles Publishes First Poetry Book

Raven Nobles has crafted a piece of art Words have always meant a lot to Raven Nobles, graduate of the public relations and communication program at the local university. The little symbols in this sentence meant so much to her that she decided to encapsulate her feelings, ideas and musings into a poetry book, for …

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Hendrix College News

‘On the Frontlines of Free Speech’ Panel at Hendrix College Library Feb. 23

Project Pericles and Bailey Library to co-host discussion on libraries and censorship CONWAY, Arkansas (February 20, 2023)—In observance of National Library Lovers Month, Bailey Library and Project Pericles at Hendrix College will host a panel discussion, On the Frontlines of Free Speech: Libraries & Censorship. The discussion will take place in the Learning Commons of …

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University of Central Arkansas

UCA receives grant funding from Arkansas Opioid Recovery Partnership

CONWAY—The University of Central Arkansas has been awarded nearly  $24,000 in opioid settlement dollars to provide naloxone doses and training on its administration to students, faculty and staff. Through the Naloxone Hero Project, the funding comes from the Arkansas Opioid Recovery Partnership and will allow campus employees to distribute naloxone doses during an emergency. Naloxone …

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