The Chinese Folk Music Orchestra from Qingdao University of Science and Technology will perform at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock as part of their first-ever tour of the United States.

The concert will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 2, in the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall in the Fine Arts Building.

Tickets are free for UALR students, faculty, and staff and $10 for non-UALR students. General admission tickets are $15.

UALR Artspree, the performing arts series at UALR, is hosting the concert.

For more information, contact Dr. Naoki Hakutani, director of Artspree, at 501.683.7230 or nxhakutani@ualr.edu... Read More

In the midst of its thirteenth annual scholarship season, the Thea Foundation is pleased and grateful to announce that the Porter Fund, an organization supporting the literary arts in Arkansas, has established a $4,000 scholarship to support the first place winner of the Foundation’s annual Creative Writing Scholarship Competition for up to four years, a total of $16,000.  The generous gift will be acknowledged during a gala to honor Arkansas native and novelist Charles Portis, recipient of the Porter Fund’s Lifetime Achievement Award, at the Arkansas Governor’s Mansion on Thursday, April 3rd, 2014.  Thea Foundation Executive Director Paul Leopoulos and 2014 Creative Writing Scholarship 1st place recipient Annika Miller of Conway High School will be invited to remark on the charitable donation.   

LITTLE ROCK, ARK. (AFGS) – The full schedule has been announced for the 2014 Arkansas Flower and Garden Show Feb. 21-23 at the Statehouse Convention Center in Little Rock.

The show, which benefits educational scholarships to Arkansas horticulture students and beautification programs across the state, features 80 vendors, a display garden competition, demonstrations, how-to sessions and silent auction.

The Arkansas Flower and Garden Show is more than just the annual show in February. It is a non-profit organization whose mission is to advance gardening and beautification in Arkansas, promote local horticultural businesses and educate the public about gardening, landscaping and floral design.