FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The J. William Fulbright College of
Arts and Sciences will hold many events during the days before final exams
including an art exhibition, a guest lecture and several concerts. Students,
faculty, staff and friends are encouraged to attend these on-campus and
off-campus performances in the visual and performing arts.
Louise Bourgeois’ Topiary:
The Art of Improving Nature exhibition may be seen in the Fine Arts Center
Gallery from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays and from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Sundays.
The exhibition opened on Nov. 7 and will close on Thursday, Dec. 13.
How do I love thee?,
a series of opera scenes, will be presented by the Opera Workshop at 7:30 p.m.
on Friday, Nov. 30, in the Fine Arts Center’s Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall.
Admission is $5 for the general public and $1 for students with a valid
University of Arkansas ID.
Also at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, a Jazz Combos concert will be
held in the Arkansas Union. Three jazz combos will perform including a “Gypsy
Jazz” quartet, a “Bebop” style trio and a “Funk Ensemble.”
Kim McConniel and Mary Beth Martin will perform a percussion
recital at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 1, in the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall.
Also on Saturday in the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall, Patrick
Bellah will perform a cello recital at 6 p.m.
Later that night, Josh Richardson will perform a guitar
recital at 8:30 p.m. in the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall.
Benjamin Winn will perform a voice recital at 4 p.m. on
Sunday, Dec. 2, in the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall.
That evening in the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall, Andrew
Chu will perform a violin recital at 8 p.m.
Traci Petty will perform a trumpet recital at 7:30 p.m. on
Monday, Dec. 3, in the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall.
Tanya Paul, the Ruth G. Hardman Curator of European Art at
the Philbrook Museum in Tulsa, will present a lecture on the planning Monet and the Seine: Impressions of a River,
an exhibition planned for 2014. The lecture will be at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday,
Dec. 4, in the Fine Arts Center, room 213.
Also on Tuesday, the University Symphony Orchestra will hold
a concert at Har-Ber High School at 7:30 p.m. Admission is $1 for students and
$5 for the general public.
Cactus Truck, trio from the Netherlands, will perform at
7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 5 in the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall. Cactus
Truck’s visit the university is part of a six-week tour of the United States.
Also on Wednesday in the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall, Richard
Bobo will perform a bassoon recital at 9 p.m.
Holiday favorites will performed by the University of
Arkansas Schola Cantorum, Concert Choir, Inspirational Chorale and Children's
Choir for Winterfest: Holiday in Song.
The performance will begin at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 6, at University
Baptist Church.
This is not a comprehensive list. Please refer to the
University of Arkansas events calendar for more information. All events are
free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.