Elsewhere in entertainment and the arts: Brass quintet
Pinnacle Brass - Larry Jones and Eric Liu, trumpet; Brent Shires, horn; Justin Cook, trombone; and Christian Carichner, tuba - will give a free concert at 7 p.m. today at the Faulkner County Library, 1900 Tyler St., Conway. The program by the resident ensemble at the University of Central Arkansas, sponsored by the library and the Conway Symphony, will feature seasonal tunes and music the quintet will play on a tour of China later this month. Call (501) 450-5768 or email bshires@uca.edu. ‘Fiery’ book
Peter Baker, chief White House correspondent for The New York Times, will discuss and sign his book, Days of Fire:Bush and Cheney in the White House, at noon Wednesday in Sturgis Hall, Clinton School of Public Service, 1200 President Clinton Ave., Little Rock. Admission is free but reservations are required; call (501) 683-5239 or email publicprograms@ clintonschool.uasys.edu.
Rescheduled concerts
The Little Rock Wind Symphony will give its “Christmas With the Wind Symphony” concert, originally scheduled for Thursday and postponed because of weather, at 7:30 p.m. today at Second Presbyterian Church, 600 Pleasant Valley Drive, Little Rock. There will be a pre-concert silent auction at 6:30. Tickets are $10, $8 for senior citizens, free for students. Call (501) 666-0777 or visit the website, lrwindsymphony.org.
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock Concert Choir will put on its rescheduled “In Journey Together …” concert, postponed from Thursday, at 7:30 p.m. today in the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall, Fine Arts building, UALR, 2801 S. University Ave., Little Rock. Kristina Marinova will conduct a program of sacred and secular music by contemporary composers from around the world. Admission is free. Call (501) 569-8334.
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