Dates

Special Events

• April 7 -- Michael Carenbauer informance. Noon, UALR Stella Boyle Smith Hall. [Press release]
  
  
• April 10 -- The North Arkansas Jazz Society and JR's Ballroom will present the Either/Orchestra in Concert at JR's Ballroom on Dickson Street, Fayetteville. Show time is 9:00 pm and tickets are $8 in advance or $10 at the door (available at the Sound Warehouse). [Press release]
  
  
• April 16 -- Cypress Jazz and UALR present Fred Hersch, 7:30pm at UALR's Stella Boyle Smith Hall. Tickets at the door: $15 general admission, $7 with student ID. Call Cypress Jazz at (501) 374-4142 or the UALR Music Dept. at (501) 569-3105.
  
  
• April 16-18 -- Arkansas State University Fourth Annual Delta Studies Symposium. Focus: "Creative Expressions Beyond the Blues." Contact Dr. Rick Burns at rburns@toltec.astate.edu or call 972-3043.
  
  
• April 17 -- Pianist Fred Hersch jazz informance/workshop. 1-2pm, UALR Stella Boyle Smith Hall. Sponsored by the UALR Student Activity Fee and the UALR Student Guitar Society. Call the UALR Music Dept. at (501) 569-3105.
  
  
• April 17 -- Ryan White Jazz Benefit featuring Fred Hersch. St. Mark's Parish Hall, St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Little Rock. For tickets and information, contact the Ryan White Center at (501) 376-6299.
  
  
• April 18 -- Hot Springs Second Annual College Jazz Fest. [Press release]
  
  
• April 19 -- Jazz guitarist Herb Ellis with Charles Thomas, Dave Rogers, Joe Vick. 8:00pm, UALR Stella Boyle Smith Hall. Sponsored by the UALR University Program Council. No admission charge.
  
  
• April 20 -- Jazz sextet Motion Poets jazz informance/workshop. 1:00pm, UALR Stella Boyle Smith Hall. Sponsored by the UALR Student Activity Fee and the UALR Student Guitar Society. [Monday Jazz]

• May 3-5 -- Delta Music Heritage Conference in Helena, AR. Call (870) 338-8798 for more information.

• June 8 -- Dinner and Concert featuring the Dennis Mitcheltree Quartet, an evening benefiting The North Arkansas Jazz Society Scholarship Fund. 7pm, Watson's Bistro, Rogers, AR. Tickets: NAJS members $25.00, non-members $30.00. Contact: Uncle Sam's Safari Outfitters-Fayetteville Ar. (501-442-0990), First Street Art Works Gallery-Rogers Ar. (501-631-9255), Watson's Bistro-Rogers Ar. (501-631-9993). Reserve your seats by phone (Visa, MC, Amex, Disc): 501-442-0990. [Press release]
  
  
• June 12-14 -- First Commercial Bank-Wildwood Jazz Festival. Featuring Ed Polcer's 52nd Street All-Stars, The Orphan News Boys, and Johnny Varro's Swing Seven. Holiday Inn West: $69/night special (plus tax). Reserve rooms at (501) 223-3000. For a free 8th annual Wildwood Festival brochure or to order tickets with any major credit card, call (501) 821-PARK or toll-free (888) ARTS-PARK. Wildwood Park for the Performing Arts, 20919 Denny Road, Little Rock. Find more information on the Wildwood web site.
  
  
• June 19 -- Jazz for Kids featuring Bob Dorough. 1pm, Little Rock Public Library. Bob calls his program "Schoolhouse Rock and All That Jazz." [Dorough press release]
  
  
• June 19 -- Cypress Jazz presents the Brad Mehldau Trio, featuring Chris Potter on saxophone. UALR Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall, 7:30pm. Tickets: $15, $7.50 with student ID.
  
  
• June 20 -- The 1998 Arkansas Jazz Heritage Dinner and Concert, honoring this year's inductees Bob Dorough, John Stubblefield, Roseanna Vitro, and the late Art Porter, Jr. Dinner catered by La Scala Italian Restaurant. Music by Bob Dorough, Roseanna Vitro, and the Art Porter Singers. Time: 7:00pm at the Capitol Keyboard Recital Hall, 13401 Chenal Parkway, Little Rock. Tickets are $25 per person. Call Capitol Keyboard at (501) 228-9999 to reserve your tickets. Dinner reservations need to be in by Wed, June 17. [Dorough press release]