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Johnny Burnette Band performs April 9 for Jazz in the Park
Johnny Burnette Band performs April 9 for Jazz in the Park

Elsewhere in entertainment and the arts:

Jazz in the Park

The Little Rock Convention and Visitors Bureau and the River Market are teaming up with Art Porter Music Education for this year's Jazz in the Park, which kicks off its third season at 6 p.m. Wednesday with a performance by Rodney Block & The Real Music Lovers in the History Pavilion, just west of the First Security Amphitheater, in Little Rock's Riverfront Park (closest park entry point: Ottenheimer Drive off President Clinton Avenue).

The rest of the lineup (all concerts, 6 p.m. in the History Pavilion; in case of rain, the West Pavilion):

• April 8: Jazz R Us

• April 15: New Era Jazz Project

• April 22: Stellar Way

• April 29: Johnny Burnette Band

Admission is free; lawn chairs and blankets are welcome, and there is some seating in the pavilion's natural stone amphitheater. However, no coolers are allowed. Beer, wine, soft drinks and water will be for sale; a portion of the proceeds will benefit Art Porter Music Education Inc.'s scholarship fund. Call (501) 375-2552 or visit the website, rivermarket.info.

Preservation poster

The Arkansas Historic Preservation Program is offering a free poster highlighting some of Arkansas' historic county courthouses, including the Pulaski County Courthouse in Little Rock, the Pope County Courthouse in Russellville, the Monroe County Courthouse in Clarendon and the Mississippi County Courthouse in Osceola. All four have received grants from the program's County Courthouse Restoration Grant program, funded by the Arkansas Natural and Cultural Resources Council.

To get a free poster, write to Courthouse Posters, AHPP, 323 Center St., Suite 1500, Little Rock, Ark. 72201; call (501) 324-9880; or email info@arkansaspreservation.org.

Legacies & Lunch

Brian Mitchell, a researcher, social policy analyst and historian at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, will discuss what happened to free black Arkansans after the state prohibited them from residing within its borders in 1860 in a lecture, noon Wednesday in the Darragh Center, Central Arkansas Library System Main Library, 100 Rock St., Little Rock. The lecture is part of the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies' monthly Legacies & Lunch series, sponsored in part by the Arkansas Humanities Council. Admission is free; take a sack lunch. The Butler Center will provide drinks and dessert. Call (501) 918-3033.

Style on 03/31/2015

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