This week in Conway – Week of Monday, March 9, 2020
This week in Conway, we have several events on tap. Starting today, the Youth Maker Monday hosted by Conductor will take a look at TinkerCAD & 3D Printing. Conductor will also be hosting Startup Stories Wednesday at 11:30 am. Tacos 4 Life will host its annual Mobile Pack at the Conway Expo starting on Thursday. There will be a Raspberry Pi competition at the UCA Makerspace on Saturday and a new Cubs on the Kitchen at UCA Downtown. The menu for the Cubs in the Kitchen is Scratch Made Pasta! This Week Here are the events for the week of […]
Yamato Drummers to Bring High-Energy Show to Reynolds
CONWAY — The University of Central Arkansas’s Reynolds Performance Hall will welcome Yamato Drummers of Japan and the group’s new show “Passion” on Wednesday, March 18, at 7:30 p.m. Yamato was founded in 1993 by Artistic Director Masa Ogawa and has successfully toured the globe visiting 54 countries while performing to over 8 million people in more than 3,500 shows. Recognized as the trailblazers in the Taiko world, the troupe of dozens of players starts its performance by hitting a Japanese Taiko drum made from a large, 400-year-old tree. They move their whole bodies to strike the drum, creating a […]
Celtic Angels to Bring Irish Music and Dance to Reynolds Stage
CONWAY — The University of Central Arkansas’s Reynolds Performance Hall will welcome “Celtic Angels Ireland” on Monday, March 16, at 7:30 p.m. The award-winning Celtic Angels celebrate their heritage through rigorously performed Irish dances and traditional Irish music featuring the beautiful voices of Victoria Kenny, Emily Carroll, Tammy Browne, Amy Penston and Ellie Mullane. The performance also includes the stunning dance routines of the Celtic Knight Dancers, two of which are former lead dancers of “Riverdance.” The Trinity Band Ensemble of Dublin will round out the show with flawless interpretations of authentic Irish instrumentals. “This group is phenomenal with their beautiful […]
UCA to Host 30th Annual Arkansas College Art History Symposium
By: Isabella Ragni, College of Fine Arts and Communication Media Office CONWAY — The University of Central Arkansas will host the 30th annual Arkansas College Art History Symposium Thursday, March 12, and Friday, March 13, in McCastlain Hall, room 143. “The art department is so pleased to host this milestone event celebrating 30 years of art history at UCA,” said Gayle Seymour, associate dean of the College of Fine Arts and Communication and co-founder of the symposium. Established in 1991 by Seymour and Floyd Martin at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, the Arkansas College Art History Symposium seeks […]
Successful entrepreneurs roll the dice, accepting the risk for doing business
You don’t have to be much of a basketball or sports fan to grasp this concept — “Ball Don’t Lie.” This phrase has become somewhat of a cliche in the basketball world, said after a foul is committed by a player. After the player who was fouled misses their free throw attempt, the player who’s charged with this foul, disbelieving their infraction, will shout for all in earshot, BALL DON’T LIE!!! (Google Rasheed Wallace) This action is to reference the fact that if the foul called was legit, then the ball would’ve gone through the basket. The same could be […]
This week in Conway – Week of Monday, March 2, 2020
Do you feel that? That’s warmer weather. Yup, consistently getting warmer. Looks like Spring is upon us. I guess that groundhog was right. Along with all of the other critters who predicted an early Spring. A quick check with the Arkansas Weather Blog that is run by Todd Yakoubian, looks like the warmer weather is here to stay. Do you know what that means? We are getting closer to events like Toad Suck Daze. There are plenty of events between now and then. We have another list of events out for the week of March 2. We have them below […]
Cirque Éloize Returns to Reynolds With Contemporary Circus Show
CONWAY — The University of Central Arkansas’s Reynolds Performance Hall will welcome back Cirque Éloize with their latest show “Hotel” on Tuesday, March 3, at 7:30 p.m. Set in an art deco lobby, “Hotel” tells the story of a place and the travelers who pass through it — a stopover where lives intersect and collide for a brief time to generate tales and memories. A cast of 12 characters, from a juggling janitor and a tightrope-walking bellhop to a mischievous maid and a devoted handyman with a dog, are the privileged witnesses to the lives of colorful individuals. A pioneer […]
Conductor & Arkansas Coding Academy partner to form Arkansas High School Hackathon
The Hackathon featured a day long coding event at the University of Central Arkansas for area high school students to compete February 25, 2020 – Conductor and Arkansas Coding Academy formed a unique partnership to develop the Arkansas High School Hackathon, hosted last week at the University of Central Arkansas. The day long event allowed high school students from across central Arkansas to compete in coding and programming challenges. “Hackathons are an incubator for innovation & entrepreneurship. We wanted to provide an opportunity for high school students to compete in coding based challenges to encourage coding careers, but also innovative […]