Elsewhere in entertainment and the arts:
TODAY
Architecture talk
Jeanne Gang, founder of Studio Gang Architects, design architect for the Arkansas Arts Center's forthcoming building project, will discuss her firm's approach to design and take questions from Arts Center patrons, noon today in the Lower Lobby Lecture Hall at the Arts Center in MacArthur Park, 501 E. Ninth St., Little Rock. Admission is free; reservations are required. Call (501) 372-4000 or visit the website, arkansasartscenter.org/tickets
THURSDAY
Created and crafted
In recognition of Women's History Month, the Mosaic Templars Cultural Center, 501 W. Ninth St., Little Rock, is holding a series of presentations and workshops by black female artisans and entrepreneurs, centered on its "Arkansas Made, Black Crafted" initiative. For more information or to register, call (501) 683-3593 or email info@mosaictemplarscenter.com.
The lineup:
• 5:30 p.m. Thursday: "From Hobby to Income" (free)
• 5:30 p.m. March 9: "Head Wrap Tutorial" (free)
• 1:30 p.m. March 18: "Soap Making Workshop" ($25 registration fee covers supplies and one pound of handmade soap)
• 5 p.m. March 23: "Discovering the Stone," jewelry making-workshop ($25 registration fee includes supplies and take-home of crafted caged stone).
Seeking 'Creativity'
The Mosaic Templars Cultural Center is accepting, through March 27, entries for its 2017 "Creativity Arkansas" collection, with the theme "Hidden No More," which will go on display in September. All artists 18 or older, professional or amateur, native to or currently residing in Arkansas and whose work depicts the black experience in Arkansas can enter two-dimensional and three-dimensional works of art in all mediums. There is no submission fee. The collection, which began in 2008, preserves and documents the black experience in Arkansas through visual arts. Visit the website, mosaictemplarscenter.com, for more information and submission instructions; call (501) 683-3593 or email Sabrina.D.Taylor@arkansas.gov.
FRIDAY
Keep on 'Truckin'"
Historian and artist Erin Bernard, developer of the Philadelphia History Truck, a community-based public history project at Temple University in Philadelphia, will give two talks in Little Rock:
• 4 p.m. Friday, Bernard will speak about the development of the History Truck project in a talk titled, "Hotwire History: The Evolution of the Philadelphia History Truck," Room 124, Arkansas Studies Institute, 401 President Clinton Ave.
• 1 p.m. Saturday, she will discuss her work in progress in a talk titled, "The History Truck WIC Work/Shop," Mosaic Templars Cultural Center.
Admission to both programs is free. Call (501) 683-3593. Bernard's Little Rock residency is in conjunction with Women's History Month (March) and the "Reflections: Images and Objects from African American Women, 1891-1987" exhibit on display at Esse Purse Museum.
COMING UP
River Market jazz
The fifth annual Little Rock's Jazz in the Park, Wednesday nights in April and featuring local musicians, opens April 5 with a performance by the Funkanites, 6-8 p.m. at the History Pavilion in Riverfront Park, with access via Ottenheimer Drive from President Clinton Avenue, Little Rock.
The rest of the lineup (all concerts, 6 p.m., History Pavilion; in case of rain, the concerts will move to the West Pavilion behind the Ottenheimer Market Hall):
• April 12: Ramona
• April 19: Tonya Leeks & Co.
• April 26: Sounds So Good
Sponsors are the Little Rock Convention and Visitors Bureau, the River Market and Art Porter Music Education Inc. There is seating in the natural stone amphitheater at the History Pavilion; lawn chairs and blankets are welcome. Admission is free; no coolers are allowed. Beer, wine, soft drinks, water and Jazz in the Park koozies will be available for sale; a portion of the proceeds benefits the Art Porter Music Education Inc. scholarship fund. Call (501) 375-2552 or visit the website, rivermarket.info.
Style on 02/28/2017