Eric E. Harrison
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ENTERTAINMENT NOTES: Steel Magnolias is returning to Murry’s Playhouse stage
posted: 05/19/2013 3:31 a.m. Discuss
Six Southern women dress hair and discuss men in Robert Harling’s Steel Magnolias, opening Tuesday and running through June 15 at Murry’s Dinner Playhouse, 6323 Colonel Glenn Road, Little Rock.
MUSIC REVIEW: Mozart’s Requiem full of passion
posted: 05/17/2013 4:48 a.m. Discuss
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart never got to hear his Requiem. He left it unfinished at his untimely death, and one or more of his students finished it under the supervision of his widow.
TRANSITIONS
posted: 05/16/2013 3:10 a.m. Discuss
Grampa’s Catfish has again broken the surface of the waters. The restaurant has reopened at 9219 Stagecoach Road, Little Rock, after being closed at that location for a little over a year.
ENTERTAINMENT NOTES
posted: 05/14/2013 2:28 a.m. Discuss
In entertainment and the arts this week: Cosby kick-off An evening with comedian Bill Cosby, “50 Years of Making You Laugh, Smile and Feel Good” will inaugurate the University of Central Arkansas’ “Night Out” series, part of its 2013-14 Public Appearances season, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 26 in the Donald W. Reynolds Performance Hall at the university, 201 Donaghey Ave., Conway.
MUSIC REVIEW: Cirque sextet earns oohs, ahs, applause
posted: 05/12/2013 4:02 a.m. Discuss
On the one hand, congratulations are due the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra for providing astonishing, scintillating and jaw-dropping entertainment in Saturday night’s “Cirque de la Symphonie” at Little Rock’s Robinson Center Music Hall.
Chef’s meal wows flurry of his peers
posted: 05/12/2013 3:49 a.m. Discuss
Executive Chef Dan Capello served an awe-inspiring dinner to 108 chefs (active and retired), food-service moguls and foodies of various descriptions (plus one newspaper reviewer) April 30 at west Little Rock’s Chenal Country Club.
ENTERTAINMENT NOTES: Lecture series will feature children’s library architect
posted: 05/12/2013 2:55 a.m. Discuss
Bobby Roberts, director of the Central Arkansas Library System, and Reese Rowland of Polk Stanley Wilcox Architects, who designed the new CALS Children’s Library and Learning Center, will take part in a discussion titled “CALS Children’s Library and Learning Center: A New Paradigm” at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the library, 4800 W. 10th St., Little Rock. A reception will precede the talk at 5:30.
Chow still excellent at Ciao
posted: 05/09/2013 3:28 a.m. Discuss
“Ciao” is informal Italian shorthand for “hello” and “goodbye,” and Italians use it offhandedly to say “hi” and “see ya later.”
ENTERTAINMENT NOTES
posted: 05/09/2013 3:05 a.m. Discuss
Elsewhere in entertainment and the arts: ‘Stormy’ choreography New Creation Dance Company, a central Arkansas-based professional dance ministry, will offer two performances this weekend of its new production, Stronger … Persevering Through Life’s Storms, 7 p.m. Friday at Cornerstone Bible Fellowship, 7351 Warden Road, Sherwood, and 7 p.m. Saturday in the Ida Waldran Auditorium, University of Central Arkansas, 201 Donaghey Ave., Conway.
TRANSITIONS
posted: 05/09/2013 2:48 a.m. Discuss
The first Arkansas outlet of the Louisville, Ky.-based J. Gumbo’s franchise opens today in the Centre at Ten shopping center, 12911 Cantrell Road, Little Rock.
