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UALR’s Center for Arkansas History and Culture (CAHC) debuted its virtual exhibit of the life of Winthrop Rockefeller, the former governor of Arkansas, on the 100th anniversary of his birth.

Fresh from a gig at Morgan Freeman’s blues club in Clarksdale, Miss., UALR’s Trojan Pep Band and Percussion Ensemble will perform in concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 4, in the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall in the UALR Fine Arts Building.

Jessica C. Murphy, assistant professor of literary studies at the University of Texas at Dallas, will give a lecture, “Jesting at Scars: Comedy in Shakespeare,” at  7 p.m. Wednesday, April 25, in Ross Hall 123.

UALR will honor Eileen and Dr. Ricardo Sotomora at the seventh annual Finale gala at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, April 28, in the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall in the Fine Arts Building. Each year, the gala marks the end-of-the-arts season to celebrate the arts in central Arkansas and is the premiere fundraising event for the … Gala to Honor the Sotomoras April 28

UALR associate professor of costume design, Yslan Hicks, has been selected as one of three honorees for “Designing Women,” a benefit for the Women’s Foundation of Arkansas (WFA).

Alum Dances in Production Anthony Bryant, the first graduate from UALR’s bachelor of fine arts degree in dance program, made his professional debut as a member of the dance ensemble in the run of “The Wiz” at the Arkansas Repertory Theatre. Currently a guest artist with the Arkansas Festival Ballet, Bryant will be featured in … Student, Alum Perform in ‘The Wiz’

Visiting artist Bonnie Montgomery, author of a modern folk opera about Bill Clinton’s early life, will perform at the spring Songwriter’s Showcase at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 13, in the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall in the Fine Arts Building.

UALR Artspree will present the Remy-Lee-Cooley Trio in concert 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 16, in the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall located in the UALR Fine Arts Building.

Former Congressman Ed Bethune will read from his memoir, “Jackhammered, A Life of Adventure,” at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 3, at the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall in UALR’s Fine Arts Building.

Samuel Brown, a UALR student from Benton, has been selected as an award winner at this year’s “Posters on the Hill” competition for his innovative comparative interpretation of William Faulkner’s “The Sound and the Fury.”