MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The Memphis in May Beale Street Music Festival maintains its status as one of the nation’s top music festivals with today’s release of the 2017 artist lineup. Now in its 41st year, the Beale Street Music Festival is widely recognized for not only the quality of artists [read more…]
JONESBORO – The Department of Music at Arkansas State University will present the Concert Band and Symphonic Winds in concert on Thursday, Feb. 23, at 7:30 p.m. in Fowler Center’s Riceland Hall. This program is free and open to the public. The program features a mixture of contemporary pieces as [read more…]
JONESBORO – Arkansas State University Theatre will present “Zombie Prom,” a musical comedy by John Dempsey, Hugh Murphy and Dana P. Rowe, Friday and Saturday, Feb. 24-25, and Monday through Wednesday, Feb. 27-March 1. The production, under the direction and choreography of Lisa Bohn, assistant professor of theatre, will begin [read more…]
JONESBORO — The Kevin Prater Band will perform a concert Monday, Feb. 27, at 7 p.m. at the Collins Theatre, 120 West Emerson Street, in downtown Paragould. The concert is part of the Bluegrass Monday concert series presented by KASU 91.9 FM. KASU will literally “pass the hat” to [read more…]
WALNUT RIDGE, Ark. – Williams Baptist College will host its annual Hunger Awareness Dinner on Tuesday, Feb. 21, in support of Heifer International. The dinner’s purpose is to increase awareness about global hunger, poverty and food supply. The student-organized event is led by WBC’s chapter of Phi Beta Lambda, which [read more…]
POCAHONTAS, Ark. – The Downtown Playhouse in Pocahontas will open its 2017 season with the comedy “The Foreigner.” The two-act play, written by Larry Shue, begins Feb. 25 and runs through April 1. “The Foreigner” is set at a fishing lodge in rural Georgia often visited by Froggy LeSeuer. [read more…]
JONESBORO – Classical pianist Stephen Beus will perform in the Lecture-Concert Series at Arkansas State University, Monday, Feb. 20. His concert begins at 7:30 p.m. in Riceland Hall of Fowler Center, 201 Olympic Dr. Admission is free. The concert will be presented with additional support from the College of Liberal [read more…]
JONESBORO – Antigoni Goni, classical guitarist and professor of guitar at the Royal Conservatory in Brussels, will present the next performance in the Lecture-Concert Series at Arkansas State University, Sunday, Feb. 19. Her concert begins at 2 p.m. in the Fine Arts Center Recital Hall, 2412 Quapaw Way. Admission is [read more…]
JONESBORO – Arkansas State University will host its first TEDx presentations this Sunday, Jan. 29. The event at Fowler Center’s Riceland Hall, 201 Olympic Dr., has attracted nine talented and persuasive speakers, who begin their program at 2 p.m. The theme this year is “Results May Vary,” according to Claudio [read more…]
Jonesboro, Ark. – Although obesity rates in Arkansas have improved, the state still ranks sixth for adult obesity rates in the nation, at 34.5% percent, according to The State of Obesity: Better Policies for a Healthier America 2015, a report released mid-2016 from the Trust for America’s Health (TFAH) and [read more…]
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