CONWAY — The University of Central Arkansas will host “An Evening with Holocaust Survivor Nat Shaffir” on Wednesday, March 4 at 7 p.m. in the McCastlain Hall Ballroom. The event is free and open to the public. Sponsors of the presentation include the UCA departments of English, History, Liberal Arts and Philosophy and Religion, as […]
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CONWAY — The University of Central Arkansas and the Arkansas Cinema Society will host the crowdfunding/distribution platform Seed&Spark on campus March 1 for the Arkansas Creative Sustainability Summit to help Arkansas-based creators build sustainable artistic careers. Seed&Spark founder and CEO Emily Best will be on campus for the summit, which will be held from 9
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CONWAY — The University of Central Arkansas’s Baum Gallery will once again host the annual Student Art Competitive (ASAC) March 3-13. An opening reception will be held March 3 at 4 p.m. During this event, UCA students are allowed to submit up to three different pieces for possible inclusion. All works are then juried, and
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CONWAY — The University of Central Arkansas is now accepting applications for the 2020-21 Conway Area Youth Leadership Institute (CAYLI), formerly known as the Faulkner County Youth Leadership Institute. CAYLI is designed to develop leadership potential in 11th- and 12th-grade students. The institute consists of a two-day overnight retreat and seven monthly sessions, which cover
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College of Fine Arts and Communication Media Office CONWAY — The University of Central Arkansas Theatre program will perform Sam Shepard’s highly acclaimed play “Fool for Love” at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 20, 21, 27 and 28, and at 2 p.m. on Feb. 22 and 29 in the Snow Fine Arts Center’s Bridges Larson Theatre on
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CONWAY — The University of Central Arkansas’s Reynolds Performance Hall will welcome “Georgia on My Mind: Celebrating the Music of Ray Charles” Friday, Feb. 28, at 7:30 p.m. A Georgia native and an award-winning musician, the late Ray Charles was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, and composer. His soul music combined the styles of blues,
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By Shelby K. Grimes, College of Fine Arts and Communication Media Office CONWAY — New York Times bestselling author Marya Hornbacher will visit the University of Central Arkansas as an artist-in-residence Tuesday, Feb. 18 and Wednesday, Feb. 19. Hornbacher is an award-winning essayist, journalist, novelist, and poet. Five of her books have been named New
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CONWAY — “Anne Frank – A History for Today,” on loan from the Anne Frank Center for Mutual Respect, will be on display in the lobby of the University of Central Arkansas’s Reynolds Performance Hall Monday, Feb. 10 through Friday, Feb. 21. Anne Frank’s beautifully-written diary portraying the life of a young girl in hiding
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By Shelby K Grimes, College of Fine Arts and Communication Media Office CONWAY — The University of Central Arkansas will host violinist Min Yen Chien as an artist-in-residence Wednesday, Feb. 12 through Saturday, Feb. 15. Since 1986, Min Yen has been a professor of violin and chamber music at the Taipei National University of the
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By Shelby K. Grimes College of Fine Arts and Communication Media Office CONWAY — Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre (AST), in conjunction with the University of Central Arkansas, will host actor and writer Jess Prichard as an artist-in-residence from Thursday, Jan. 30, to Sunday, Feb. 9, on the UCA campus. Prichard is an American actor and educator
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