Eric E. Harrison
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ENTERTAINMENT NOTES: Geena Davis to lecture
posted: 02/07/2012 2:15 a.m. Discuss
Geena Davis, who won the 1988 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in The Accidental Tourist, an Oscar nominee for 1991’s Thelma and Louise and the founder of the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, will give a lecture about the institute’s work at 6 p.m. today in the Great Hall of the Clinton Presidential Center, 1200 President Clinton Ave., Little Rock.
ENTERTAINMENT NOTES: Florence drives Olive crazy in female The Odd Couple
posted: 02/05/2012 3:40 a.m. Discuss
Messy and neatnik roommates square off in a comedy by Neil Simon. But it’s not The Odd Couple. It’s Simon’s 1986 The Odd Couple (Female Version ), opening Tuesday and running through March 11 at Murry’s Dinner Playhouse, 6323 Colonel Glenn Road, Little Rock.
MUSIC REVIEW: Anonymous 4 aces ‘Anthology 25’
posted: 02/02/2012 4:54 a.m. Discuss
The sheer beauty in the blending of four female voices that make up Anonymous 4 reflected off the stone and wood surfaces of downtown Little Rock’s Christ Episcopal Church for a near-perfect 70 minutes of music Wednesday night.
No blues at Bleu Monkey Grill
posted: 02/02/2012 4:21 a.m. Discuss
Bleu Monkey Grill is not a chain place, but it looks a lot like one.
Hendrix hosts ‘friendly’ duet
posted: 02/02/2012 4:14 a.m. Discuss
Violinist Jennifer Koh and pianist Shai Wosner live in the same city — New York — and they’ve been friends for a long time.
TRANSITIONS
posted: 02/02/2012 3:57 a.m. Discuss
By the time you read this, Cinco Entrees should have opened — Wednesday was the target date — in the River Market’s Ottenheimer Market Hall, 400 President Clinton Ave., Little Rock, offering “Southern culinary cuisine” from chef Travis Meyer. The menu, as you’d imagine from the name, features five upscale entrees — $9 plate lunches including a corn muffin and pickle chips:
MUSIC REVIEW: Concert: Clever premiere, mannerly Mozart
posted: 02/01/2012 6:26 a.m. Discuss
Arkansas Symphony Music Director Philip Mann has given the orchestra’s River Rhapsodies Chamber Series a good shaking up and going over the last couple of seasons, putting together programs that offer a wider variety of ensembles and types of chamber music.
4 Seasons show tops season
posted: 01/31/2012 3 a.m. Discuss
The national tours of the musicals Jersey Boys and West Side Story will top Celebrity Attractions’ 2012-13 Broadway Season schedule at Little Rock’s Robinson Center Music Hall.
ENTERTAINMENT NOTES: Mencia set for Fayetteville
posted: 01/31/2012 2:49 a.m. Discuss
Comedian Carlos Mencia, star of the eponymous show Mind of Mencia on Comedy Central, will replace Mo Alexander as headliner of the 7:30 p.m. March 11 Sunday Night Stand-Up comedy show at the UARK Bowl, 644 W. Dickson St., Fayetteville.
MUSIC REVIEW: ‘Youthful’ pianist commanding
posted: 01/29/2012 3:32 a.m. Discuss
Pianist Dmitri Alexeev’s hair is a good deal grayer than it is in his publicity photos, but his Saturday night performance of Dmitri Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Philip Mann was brimming with youthful exuberance.
