The Arkansas Symphony Orchestra broke ground Thursday morning on its new $11.75 million Stella Boyle Smith Music Center, on land between the Heifer International headquarters and the Clinton Presidential Center in Little Rock s East Village.
The 20,000-square-foot center, which the orchestra is calling “a radically welcoming hub of musical activity for all Arkansans,” will provide space for the orchestra’s youth music and education programs, and also serve as its first permanent administrative headquarters.
Soprano Kristin Lewis, an Arkansas native, University of Central Arkansas alumna and opera star in North America and Europe, joins the Conway Symphony Orchestra and conductor Israel Getzov for a program titled "Luminous! The CSO with Kristin Lewis," 7:30 p.m. Saturday in Reynolds Performance Hall at UCA in Conway.
With Tricia and Dr. Loverd Peacock as the event chairs of Opus XXXVIII the Symphony Grand Ball, designed to raise money for the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra s youth programs it was only fitting that a peacock figure sporting an elaborate, cascading floral tail serve as the main decor piece for the event.
Party at the Plaza, a benefit for Arkansas Hospice, takes place Saturday in North Little Rock’s Argenta Arts District, centering on the Argenta Plaza at 510 Main St.