Organizers with local nonprofits are ready to honor the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. with in-person events after two years of mostly online activities or following social distancing guidelines.
Although the Kingston Trio has been making music for nearly 65 years, there are still tangible and integral connections between the original group, founded in 1957 in the San Francisco Bay area by Dave Guard, Bob Shane and Nick Reynolds, and today s musicians. One of the biggest links between the past and the present is Mike Marvin, who sings baritone in today s Kingston Trio and plays a Martin D-28 guitar and Deering Plectrum banjo. With the group scheduled to bring their "Keep The Music Playing" national tour to the Faulkner Center in Fayetteville Oct. 26, Marvin took a moment to answer five questions for What s Up!
Three touring performances might not sound like a big season, but that s just the tip of the proverbial iceberg at the Jim & Joyce Faulkner Performing Arts Center on the University of Arkansas campus in Fayetteville. Week in and week out during the school year, the Faulkner stage is busy three to four nights out of every seven, says Nicole Cotton-Leachman, managing director. The difference this fall is that the Faulkner staff feels confident that the pandemic has receded enough to book three "mainstage" public performances.
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