Arts-Music

What does the spirit of Arkansas look like? It’s not a picture of glamor but instead a community of real people.

From musicals to dramatic plays, Memphis’ Playhouse on the Square produces 15 main-stage productions yearly for audiences across the Mid-South.

The pandemic’s cancelling of live theatre has encouraged arts organizations to present their productions in new ways.

Playhouse on the Square’s largest fundraiser, the 43rd Original Art Auction, returns April 23-30!Sponsored by i-Bank and H.

Bentonville, Ark.-based arts and performance venue, the Momentary, has become the region’s most flexible contemporary arts space, backed by innovative technical designs from theatre planning firm, Schuler Shook

 The draw of the stage is only a click away.

In northern Arkansas you’ll find the Ozark Mountains, and in the Ozarks you’ll find Mountain View, the “Folk Music Capital of the World.”

Background music is a great tool for staying on track, and there are many playlist options available to help get into the work groove.

To get there, drive Interstate 40E to Highway 49S to Highway 61N, through the flat, rich plain in Mississippi. Start your immersion at Tunica’s Gateway to the Blues Visitor Center, built in a circa-1895 train depot.

Thanks to B.B. King’s relentless touring schedule – appearing in 342 shows in 1956 – he was known worldwide as “The King of the Blues.” He reworked a 1951 blues song, “The Thrill is Gone,” lifting it to a Grammy award in 1970.

The first blues song I heard growing up on Atlanta college radio was “Cross Road Blues,” 1936, by genre progenitor Robert…

Opened in 1945 when there were not many other African-American-owned businesses in Indianola, Club Ebony has succeeded through three owners…

Before 1895, Dockery Plantation was, like much of the Delta at the time, a swampy tangle of gum and cypress…

When the Grammy board searched for the most appropriate location to build its first museum outside L.A., they could have…

Now is the time to think about 2019.

Visit Rogers and the Walmart Arkansas Music Pavilion (AMP) announced a 10-year, $1 million marketing partnership in late May that will support the outdoor amphitheater’s operations and upcoming $13.9 million expansion project.

For some people, absolute silence is necessary to focus on tasks and be productive at work. However, for many others, listening to music is an effective way to concentrate while working on an assignment. If you fall into the latter group, choosing which song to listen to can be a daunting task.

The premier fine arts museum in the state has big plans for its future. Earlier this month, the Arkansas Arts Center announced a $128 million fundraising campaign to renovate and expand its landscape.

For fans of live music in Arkansas, the summer months are a time to rejoice. Warmer weather and longer nights are ideal for outdoor shows, making the Walmart Arkansas Music Pavilion a go-to venue.

The Arkansas Symphony Orchestra’s Film with Orchestra series is set to highlight everyone’s favorite little alien next month. Steven Spielberg’s Academy Award-winning film “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial” will be shown on a big screen at the Robinson Center Performance Hall on May 11 and 12, with the legendary score performed live by a full symphony orchestra in sync to the film.

With a fiery passion that developed at a young age, Bonnie Montgomery had no choice but to pursue a career in music. A Searcy native and Ouachita Baptist University graduate, Montgomery has been a fixture in the Arkansas music scene for years. While she’s drawn inspiration from Texas-based artists such as Rosie Flores, Billy Joe Shaver and Ray Wylie Hubbard, Montgomery has never steered too far from her roots, calling Johnny Cash her “North Star.”

Music has long been a medium that encourages partnership from different backgrounds, and The House of Songs Ozarks in Bentonville is no different.

Keep those black ties and dresses in the closet for the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra’s upcoming Beethoven and Blue Jeans performance April 13 and 14 at the Robinson Center.

Resolve to fill your life with more pleasure and beauty in our overworked world by getting to know the rich local art scene. At The Galleries at Library Square, exhibitions open every month with refreshments and live music from talented musicians, thanks to the Central Arkansas Library System’s Arkansas Sounds music series.

Gene Simmons and the rest of the Kiss crew will make their way to Pulaski County next year before hanging up the microphones for good.

Several of New York’s premier art galleries have set up in Little Rock for the 50th Collectors Show and Sale at the Arkansas Arts Center. With approximately 150 works on display, the event features 26 different exhibits with styles ranging from 19th- and 20th-century American art to contemporary pieces.

The newest addition to Central Arkansas’s festival scene is Arkansas Symphony Orchestra’s Symphony Local, which accompanies the second concert of the 2018- 2019 Stella Boyle Smith Masterworks season, Elgar’s “Enigma Variations,” Saturday, Nov. 10, and Sunday, Nov. 11, at Robinson Center.

If you’ve been down to El Dorado lately, you might’ve noticed there are big changes happening in this small community in southern Arkansas. These changes center around a burgeoning performing arts community, and at the helm is Austin Barrow, president and chief operating officer of El Dorado’s Murphy Arts District (MAD). Barrow talks to host Natalie Ghidotti about the first phase of MAD, what’s next, and what art brings to a community.

It’s hard to believe in this day and age that not too long ago, smoking was considered glamorous and even healthy. ESSE Purse Museum’s latest exhibit, “Up In Smoke,” takes a look back at a time when Americans were duped into seeing cigarettes as sophisticated and sultry — before the truth about the danger of cigarettes disrupted the tobacco industry.

The Arkansas Symphony Orchestra (ASO) is bringing “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” to Robinson Performance Hall Sept. 29 at 7:30 p.m. and Sept. 30 at 3 p.m. The symphony, created by the French composer Paul Dukas, is based on a 1797 poem written by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.