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ASTRONOMY: Eclipse presentations
Kim Williams, with Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism, will give an informational presentation titled "Solar Eclipse 2024 in Arkansas" — regarding the total solar eclipse April 8, 2024, that will be visible to everyone in Arkansas — at 9 a.m. Aug. 23 at the Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub, 204 E. Fourth St., North Little Rock. Sponsor is the North Little Rock Convention & Visitors Bureau. Admission is free; RSVP by Thursday to Anna Strack, anna@northlittlerock.org.
Meanwhile, astronomer Phil Plait has rescheduled his presentation on the eclipse, "Phil Plait Presents Eclipse Across America," for 7 p.m. Nov. 14 at the Ron Robinson Theater, 100 River Market Ave., Little Rock. The talk, originally scheduled for July 20, was rescheduled due to rising covid-19 numbers in Central Arkansas.
It's a joint presentation of the Central Arkansas Astronomical Society and the Central Arkansas Library System. Admission is free. Doors open at 6 p.m.; beer, wine, and concessions will be sold. Plait will sign copies of his books "Bad Astronomy" and "Death from the Skies!" after the presentation.
Plait, who spent a decade working on Hubble Space Telescope data and promoting science from a half dozen different NASA astronomical satellites, produces a blog, "Bad Astronomy," that covers scientific events on Earth all the way out to the edge of the observable universe. Visit cals.org/event/phil-plait-presents-eclipse-across-america.
MUSIC: DiFranco reschedules
Folk-alt rock singer/songwriter Ani DiFranco has rescheduled her performance at the University of Arkansas-Pulaski Technical College's Center for Humanities and Arts Theater from Thursday, Sept. 29, to the following day, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 30. Tickets are $45-$65; previously bought tickets will be honored for the new date. Visit uaptc.edu/charts.
The Rod P Outfit opens the fall 2022 season of Jazz in the Park Sept. 7 in the River Market's East Pavilion. (Special to the Democrat-Gazette)
Jazz in the Park
The Rod P Outfit opens the fall 2022 season of Jazz in the Park, 6-8 p.m. Sept. 7 in East Pavilion, just behind the River Market Ottenheimer Market Hall, 400 President Clinton Ave., Little Rock. Admission is free.
Sponsor for the series — 6-8 p.m. every Wednesday in September in the East Pavilion — is the Little Rock Convention and Visitors Bureau, in partnership (for the eighth year) with Art Porter Music Education Inc.
The rest of the lineup:
◼️ Sept. 14: Katrice Newbill, "Butterfly" of New Orleans
◼️ Sept. 21: Nicky Parrish
◼️ Sept. 28: The Rodney Block Collective.
Beer, wine, soft drinks and water will be sold, with a portion of the proceeds benefiting the APME scholarship fund — no coolers or outside drinks allowed. Stacks of chairs will be provided, but feel free to take your own. Visit rivermarket.info.