Free Fall Festival Begins
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Students and faculty across the University of Arkansas campus have worked together to create a Free Fall Festival that showcases the diversity and creativity of the arts. Dance, drama, music, film and the visual arts make our communities richer and more livable. The arts deepen the connection to culture and the cultures of others and inspire people to see and hear life from varied and often provocative perspectives.
On average, the university offers more than 300 concerts, eight main stage drama productions and 10 art exhibits each year. The majority of these are free, or offered at a very affordable cost. The Walton Arts Center also offers an amazing number of diverse events in the arts throughout the year.
The festival will kick off from noon to 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 1, in the Connections Lounge of the Arkansas Union. Illuminati, the university’s improvisational acting group, will perform, as will the music department’s Steel Drum Band. Refreshments will also be served.
Explore the various festival offerings and join in celebrating the value and the vitality of the arts. The following is a schedule of events and exhibits associated with the Fall Free Festival.
Friday, Oct. 27
The Art of Etiquette
8 p.m. Anne Kittrell Art Gallery, Arkansas Union
Are you dying to
attend an arts event, but are worried that your art etiquette is a little
rusty? Whether you’re not sure what to
wear or not sure when to clap, join University Housing and the Walton Arts
Center staff in a fun evening of do’s, don’ts and everything in between. Also,
don’t miss your chance to win tickets to upcoming Walton Arts Center
performances. Sponsored by Walton Arts Center, University Housing and the Free
Fall Festival of the Arts Committee.
Wednesday, Nov. 1
Free Fall
Festival of the Arts Opening Ceremony
Noon to 2 p.m. Connections Lounge, Arkansas Union
Come celebrate the Arts at the University of Arkansas’ Connections Lounge in
the Union where Illuminati, the UA’s improvisational acting group, will be
performing; as well as the music department’s Steel Drum Band. Join us for free
refreshments.
Thursday, Nov. 2
Ceramics
Symposium 2006
9 to 10:30 a.m. Gallery Talk in the Anne Kittrell Gallery
11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Demonstrations in the Ceramics Studio
5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Slide Lectures in Giffels Auditorium
Drama & Movement with Kassie Misiewiz of Theatre Squared
4 p.m. Fayetteville Public Library
Friday, Nov. 3
Ceramics Symposium 2006
9 a.m. to noon Demonstrations in the Ceramics Studio
Art Under the Sole: Sidewalk Chalk Art Contest
9 to 11 p.m. Arkansas Union Mall
Saturday, Nov. 4
Bharatanatyam
Dance Program featuring Lakshmi Ramanarayanan
2 p.m. Fayetteville Public Library
Performer Lakshmi Ramanarayanan has trained since she was five years old and
performed in India and the United Kingdom.
Sunday, Nov. 5
Bonnie Rideout Trio
2 p.m. Walton Arts Center ($20, $24, $28)
Scottish tradition reigns as music from the Highlands wafts through the air in
Baum Walker Hall. Bonnie Rideout,
award-winning Scottish fiddler, is joined by the world-champion City of
Washington Pipe Band in a celebration of traditional Irish and Scottish
music.
Monday, Nov. 6
Bonnie
Rideout Scottish Trio at Cooper Chapel Bella Vista
3 p.m. Cooper Chapel in Bella Vista ($20)
Take a break from routine and experience the beauty of Scottish music in the
unique setting that is Cooper Chapel in Bella Vista. In an unusual
mid-afternoon presentation, Bonnie Rideout and the Scottish Trio perform
Scottish and Gaelic music in a beautiful and intimate setting. Guest artists add to the lush sounds as
guitar and percussion accompany the group.
Tuesday, Nov. 7
Percussion
Ensemble Concert
8 p.m. Walton Arts Center (performed by UA Music Department) $10 General
Public, $5 Senior Citizens, $1 UA students with ID
Thursday, Nov. 9
Gallery Open
House
Featuring Art in the 'Toon Age & Feelin’ Groovy Exhibitions
Noon to 5 p.m. Fine Arts Center
Arsaga’s Concert Series: Bill Justice
4 to 6 p.m. Fayetteville Public Library Terrace
Friday, Nov. 10
STREB - Wild Blue Yonder
8 p.m. Walton Arts Center ($18, $22, $26, $10 Student ticket)
Scaffolding, bungee cords, trampolines, and hoops are just some of the
equipment that fills the stage when Elizabeth Streb and her dancers come to
town. In Wild Blue Yonder, dancers soar
through the air, slam into walls, and defy gravity in a tribute to the dream of
taking flight.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (by William Shakespeare)
8 p.m. University Theatre, Fine Arts Building
$10 Faculty, Staff, Seniors; $5 Children, Non-UA students, $3 UA students.
Call 575-4752 for reservations.
One of Shakespeare’s earliest comedies, Midsummer contains some wonderfully
lyrical expressions of lighter Shakespearean themes, most notably those of love
and dreams. The story involves two couples (Hermia and Lysander, and Helena and
Demetrius) whose midsummer dreams are fantasies of the unconscious, freed from
the banality of convention. Their cross-purposes are complicated by their
entrance into the play’s fairyland woods where the King and Queen of the
Fairies (Oberon and Titania) preside and the impish folk character of Puck
plies his trade. Mythic warriors, artisans and spirits are conjured up in this
exhilarating, poetic and transforming tale of romantic love and communal joy.
Our uniquely designed theatrical production of Midsummer will take place in
mesmerizing India.
Saturday, Nov. 11
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (by William Shakespeare)
8 p.m. University Theatre, Fine Arts Building
$10 Faculty, Staff, Seniors; $5 Children, Non-UA students, $3 UA students.
STREB - Family Show
3 p.m. Walton Arts Center ($8, $12, $16)
In this special family performance, the dancers will both perform and talk with
the audience about their work. You’ll be
awed as Streb’s dancers soar through the air, slam into walls, and defy gravity
in a tribute to the dream of taking flight.
Sunday, November 12
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (by William Shakespeare)
2 p.m. University Theatre, Fine Arts Building
$10 Faculty, Staff, Seniors; $5 Children, Non-UA students, FREE for UA students.
Monday, Nov. 13
International
Bazaar
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Connections Lounge, Arkansas Union
Master Chorale Concert
8:00 p.m. Walton Arts Center (performed by UA Music Department)
$10 General Public, $5 Seniors, $1 UA students with ID
Tuesday, Nov. 14
Marching
Band Spectacular
7:30 p.m. Walton Arts Center (performed by UA Music Department)
$10 General Public, $5 Seniors, $1 UA students with ID
Wednesday, Nov. 15
Study Abroad
Photo Contest Reception
6 to 7 p.m. Multicultural Center, Arkansas Union
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (by William Shakespeare)
8 p.m. University Theatre, Fine Arts Building
$10 Faculty, Staff, Seniors; $5 Children, Non-UA students, FREE for UA students.
Thursday, Nov. 16
Arsaga’s
Concert Series: Harmonia
4 to 6 p.m. Fayetteville Public Library Terrace
East Village Opera Company
8 p.m. Walton Arts Center ($16, $22, $26, $10 Student ticket)
7 p.m. Free pizza party for UA students
You’ve heard opera, and you’ve heard rock - but you’ve never heard opera rocked
like the East Village Opera Company. Featuring the arias of composers such as
Puccini, Verdi, Mozart, Purcell and others, the concert is a high-energy
musical feast. The East Village Opera Company features a powerhouse five-piece
band, a string quartet and two outstanding vocalists.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (by William Shakespeare)
8 p.m. University Theatre, Fine Arts Building
$10 Faculty, Staff, Seniors; $5 Children, Non-UA students, FREE for UA students.
Friday, Nov. 17
A Midsummer
Night’s Dream (by William Shakespeare)
8 p.m. University Theatre, Fine Arts Building
$10 Faculty, Staff, Seniors; $5 Children, Non-UA students, $3 UA students.
The Last Five Years (music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown)
8 p.m. Walton Arts Center (performed by Theatre Squared)
$18 - $22; 1/2 price student tickets 30 minutes before show
This brilliant new musical from Tony
Award-winning composer Jason Robert Brown chronicles a young couple’s romance —
with a compelling twist. Her story starts at the end of the relationship. His
begins on the day they first met. At once funny, smart, and deeply poignant,
The Last Five Years captures the most heartbreaking and universally felt
moments of modern romance. This musical will delight even as it makes you wish
for a second chance at a new beginning.
Saturday, Nov. 18
Chiara Civello
7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Walton Arts Center ($16, $25)
Twenty-nine-year-old singer, songwriter and pianist Chiara Civello (pronounced
Kee-ah-rah Chee-vel-oh) is one of the hottest jazz performers in the
country. Her outstanding vocal skills
and musicality allow her to achieve superb song delivery, as well as top-notch
improvisation.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (by William Shakespeare)
8 p.m. University Theatre, Fine Arts Building
$10 Faculty, Staff, Seniors; $5 Children, Non-UA students, $3 UA students.
The Last Five Years (music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown)
8 p.m. Walton Arts Center (performed by Theatre Squared)
$18 - $22; 1/2 price student tickets 30 minutes before show
Sunday, Nov. 19
A Midsummer
Night’s Dream (by William Shakespeare)
2 p.m. University Theatre, Fine Arts Building
$10 Faculty, Staff, Seniors; $5 Children, Non-UA students, FREE for UA students.
The Last Five Years (music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown)
2 p.m. Walton Arts Center (performed by Theatre Squared)
$18 - $22; 1/2 price student tickets 30 minutes before show
Wind Symphony Concert
7:30 p.m. Walton Arts Center (performed by UA Music Department)
$10 General Public, $5 Seniors, $1 UA students with ID
Friday, Nov. 24
The Last
Five Years (music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown)
8 p.m. Walton Arts Center (performed by Theatre Squared)
$18 - $22; 1/2 price student tickets 30 minutes before show
Saturday, Nov. 25
The Last
Five Years (music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown)
2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Walton Arts Center (performed by Theatre Squared)
$18 - $22; 1/2 price student tickets 30 minutes before show
Sunday, Nov. 26
The Last
Five Years (music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown)
2 p.m. Walton Arts Center (performed by Theatre Squared)
$18 - $22; 1/2 price student tickets 30 minutes before show
Tuesday, Nov. 28
Inspirational Singers Concert
8 p.m. Walton Arts Center (performed by UA music department)
$10 General Public, $5 Seniors, $1 UA students with ID
Thursday, Nov. 30
The Last Five Years (music and lyrics by Jason
Robert Brown)
8 p.m. Walton Arts Center (performed by Theatre Squared)
$18 - $22; 1/2 price student tickets 30 minutes before show
The Nutcracker
7 p.m. Walton Arts Center ($28, $34, $38)
The holidays just aren’t the holidays without Clara, The Mouse King and the
Sugar Plum Fairy. We invite you to experience the sweetest of holiday
traditions as Walton Arts Center presents The Nutcracker, performed by the
esteemed Moscow Classical Ballet.
Friday, Dec. 1
The
Nutcracker
8 p.m. Walton Arts Center ($28, $34, $38)
Saturday, Dec. 2
The
Nutcracker
2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Walton
Arts Center ($28, $34, $38)
On
Exhibit
Oct. 15 to Nov. 30
Fine Arts Gallery, Fine Arts Center
“Art in the 'Toon Age:” Themes “from Disney to anime” are explored in
this eclectic exhibition of art influenced by post-Pop aesthetics and the
graphic style of advertising and cartoons. Works by well-known artists such as
Red Grooms, Elizabeth Murray, Jeff Koons
and Takashi Murakami are included, as well as a selection of historically
relevant comics and cartoons.
Oct. 18 to Nov. 10
Fine Arts Center hallway cases
“Feelin’ Groovy: Rock 'n’ Roll Graphics, 1966-1970:” A collection of handbills
and posters, acquired in San Francisco during the height of the Haight-Ashbury
music scene, advertising bands such as Big Brother and the Holding Company,
Santana, Jefferson Airplane, The Grateful Dead, and many others. (Courtesy of
the department of art, University of Arkansas at Little Rock.)
Oct. 30 to Nov. 24
Anne Kittrell Art Gallery, Arkansas Union
Ceramics by Visiting Artists Katy Rush, Sanam Emami, Michaelene Walsh
Through Nov. 25
Joy Pratt Markham and Cynthia H. Coughlin Galleries, Walton Arts Center,
“Face to Face: The Borchard Collection of British Self-Portraits in the 20th
Century:” Face to Face features the collection of self-portraits that Ruth
Borchard began amassing in the late 1950s. One hundred portraits — 95 by men
and five by women — offer revelations about once relatively obscure artists who
have gone on to become critically appreciated as well as artists of stature who
have been unfairly neglected.
Through Dec. 29
McCoy Gallery at Nadine Baum Studios, Walton Arts Center
“A Second Glance: Photographs by Don House:” Experience a window on the
community and a portrait of Northwest Arkansas. During the 2005 Fayetteville
Arts Festival, Don House set up a temporary studio in Nadine Baum Studios and
began recruiting participants to have their photograph taken, creating A Second
Glance. Over 360 images were made of 291 humans and nine dogs over a period of
eight hours. A selection of the collection will be on exhibition, offering a
small glimpse into the beauty and great love of the Northwest Arkansas
community.
Nov. 27 to Dec. 4
Anne Kittrell Art Gallery,
Arkansas Union
AIDS Memorial Quilt
Wednesday, Nov. 1
Preschool
Story Time: 3 to 5 Year Olds
10:30 a.m. Fayetteville Public Library
Bilingual Story Time
4 p.m. Fayetteville Public Library
Thursday, Nov. 2
Baby Bookworms: 6 to 24 Months
9:45 a.m. Fayetteville Public Library
Toddler Time: 2 to 3 Years Olds
10:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. Fayetteville Public Library
Monday, Nov. 6
Preschool
Story Time: 3 to 5 Year Olds
10:30 a.m. Fayetteville Public Library
Tuesday, Nov. 7
Preschool
Story Time: 3 to 5 Year Olds
10:30 a.m. Fayetteville Public Library
Wednesday, Nov. 8
Preschool Story Time: 3 to 5 Year Olds
10:30 a.m. Fayetteville Public Library
Bilingual Story Time
4 p.m. Fayetteville Public Library
Thursday, Nov. 9
Baby Bookworms: 6 to 24 Months
9:45 a.m. Fayetteville Public Library
Toddler
Time: 2 to 3 Years Olds
10:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. Fayetteville Public Library
International Kids with UA International Students
4 p.m. Fayetteville Public Library
Monday, Nov. 13
Preschool
Story Time: 3 to 5 Year Olds
10:30 a.m. Fayetteville Public Library
Teen Anime Club
5:00- 7:00 p.m. Fayetteville Public Library
Book’s Etc. (Book Club): One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken
Kesey
7 p.m. Fayetteville Public Library Henry Board Room
Tuesday, Nov. 14
Preschool
Story Time: 3 to 5 Year Olds
10:30 a.m. Fayetteville Public Library
Wednesday, Nov. 15
Preschool Story Time with Marc Brown: 3 to 5 Year Olds
10:30 a.m. Fayetteville Public Library
Bilingual Story Time
4 p.m. Fayetteville Public Library
Thursday, Nov. 16
Baby Bookworms: 6 to 24 Months
9:45 a.m. Fayetteville Public Library
Toddler Time: 2 to 3 Year Olds
10:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. Fayetteville Public Library
Science with Lynn Hehr, UA Department of Math and Science
4 p.m. Fayetteville Public Library
Teen Knitting Club
5 to 6:30 p.m. Fayetteville Public Library
Page Turners Book Group: Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
6:30 p.m. Fayetteville Public Library Henry Board Room
Saturday, Nov. 18
International
Family Day with UA International Families
11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Fayetteville Public Library
Monday, Nov. 20
Preschool
Story Time: 3 to 5 Year Olds
10:30 a.m. Fayetteville Public Library
Tuesday, Nov. 21
Preschool Story Time: 3 to 5 Year Olds
10:30 a.m. Fayetteville Public Library
Wednesday, Nov. 22
Preschool
Story Time with Marc Brown: 3 to 5 Year Olds
10:30 a.m. Fayetteville Public Library
Bilingual Story Time
4 p.m. Fayetteville Public Library
Thursday, Nov. 23
Baby Bookworms: 6 to 24 Months
9:45 a.m. Fayetteville Public Library
Toddler
Time: 2 to 3 Year Olds
10:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. Fayetteville Public Library
Saturday, Nov. 25
Library
Lions (for 6th-9th graders)
Noon and 2 p.m. Fayetteville Public Library
Monday, Nov. 27
Preschool
Story Time with Marc Brown: 3 to 5 Year Olds
10:30 a.m. Fayetteville Public Library
Bilingual Story Time
4 p.m. Fayetteville Public Library
Tuesday, Nov. 28
Baby Bookworms: 6 to 24 Months
9:45 a.m. Fayetteville Public Library
Toddler Time: 2 to 3 Year Olds
10:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. Fayetteville Public Library
Wednesday, Nov. 29
Preschool Story Time with Marc Brown: 3 to 5 Year Olds
10:30 a.m. Fayetteville Public Library
Bilingual Story Time
4 p.m. Fayetteville Public Library
Thursday, Nov. 30
Toddler Time: 2 to 3 Year Olds
10:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. Fayetteville Public Library
Contacts
Scott Flanagin,
coordinator of communications and outreach
Division of
Student Affairs
(479) 575-6785, sflanagi@uark.edu
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