/news-archive/tag/university-of-arkansas-pulaski-technical-college/ 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Fri, 07 Jun 2019 20:40:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 /news-archive/2019/06/07/keith-harper/ Fri, 07 Jun 2019 20:40:57 +0000 /news/?p=74531 ... 聽糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock theater student cast in NY Shakespeare company]]> 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock theater major Keith Harper has learned that an acting career requires both talent and extensive networking. Through the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Department of Theatre Arts, he has developed both. This summer, Harper heads to Silver Lake, New York, where he will spend six weeks performing in 鈥檚 production of Shakespeare鈥檚 鈥淎s You Like It.鈥� The acting company performs classic Shakespeare throughout western New York. Harper, 26, of Little Rock will play the roles of Adam and Audrey, which he is familiar with since he was cast in the same roles last year in 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock鈥檚 production of 鈥淎s You Like It.鈥� That show was guest directed by Chad Bradford, a Little Rock actor based in New York City who is the associate artistic director for Shake on the Lake. 聽 Harper worked with Bradford in 2017 when Bradford directed 鈥檚 production of 鈥淎 Midsummer Night鈥檚 Dream鈥� and cast Harper. Then in October 2018, Bradford directed 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock鈥檚 production of 鈥淎s You Like It鈥� and worked again with Harper. When it was time to cast his New York show, Bradford encouraged Harper to audition for the Shake on the Lake acting company. 鈥淚 didn鈥檛 hear anything for a couple of months, and then I got an email,鈥� Harper recalled. 鈥淚 was happy and excited. It鈥檚 a paying gig!鈥� Harper earned an Associate of Arts at University of Arkansas-Pulaski Technical College, where he took his first acting classes with theater instructor Sheila Glasscock who cast him in a production of Shakespeare鈥檚 鈥淎 Midsummer Night鈥檚 Dream.鈥� He fell in love with theater and came to 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock as a transfer student. Harper received the Joan R. Taylor Scholarship and will graduate in December with a Bachelor of Art in Theatre Arts. 鈥淭he theatre department at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock has given me a great foundation,鈥� said Harper, who plans to pursue a career in film and theater in Los Angeles or Atlanta. 鈥淭he faculty here have been great. Stacy Pendergraft and Larry Smith are awesome.鈥� While at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock, Harper has performed in the Department of Theatre Art and Dance鈥檚 productions of 聽鈥淥ctoroon,鈥� 鈥淒etroit 67,鈥� and 鈥淎s You Like It.鈥� Harper also has performed in several productions at , including 鈥淭he Member of the Wedding,鈥� 鈥淭wo Trains Running,鈥� 鈥淪tick Fly,鈥� and 鈥�12 Angry Men.鈥� Before he leaves for New York, he will wrap up work with the Northwest Arkansas . He and other actors will perform 鈥淥n the Row,鈥� a collection of staged readings of poems from death row inmates. The group leaves leaves June 13 to perform four shows in four cities including Dallas, Texas; Tulsa, Oklahoma; Wichita, Kansas; and Kansas City, Missouri. Later this month, Harper will also shoot the TV pilot 鈥淟ela鈥檚 Place,鈥� being filmed in Arkansas. Harper plays an attorney. His residency with Shake on the Lake runs July 7 to Aug. 11. 鈥淭his will be my first trip to New York, and I鈥檓 looking forward to working and building network connections and expanding my skill set,鈥� Harper said. 鈥淚 hope my art in this field reaches and inspires others to do what they love. Whatever gift God has given you, you just share it. Everything will take care of itself.鈥� Photo top right: Keith Harper plans to pursue professional acting as a career when he graduates later this year. Photo above left: Keith Harper (seated) performed in 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock’s production of聽“Detroit 67” earlier this year. Photos by Benjamin Krain聽]]> /news-archive/2018/04/24/kuar-ed-stilley/ Tue, 24 Apr 2018 23:01:33 +0000 /news/?p=70312 ... K糖心Vlog传媒R to host live recording featuring folk art of Ed Stilley]]> K糖心Vlog传媒R鈥檚 Arts & Letters program will host a live recording Thursday, April 26, about Kelly Mulhollan鈥檚 book 鈥淭rue Faith, True Light: The Devotional Art of Ed Stilley.鈥� 聽 The event begins at 7:30 p.m. in the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall. , who have played with Paul Simon and Bob Dylan, will provide the music. In his book, Mulhollan documents the life of Ed Stilley, a farmer from Hogscald Hollow, Arkansas, who created more than 200 musical instruments from found objects: a rusty door hinge, a steak bone, a stack of dimes, springs, saw blades, pot lids, metal pipes, glass bottles, aerosol cans鈥攁nything he could use to build a working guitar, fiddle, or dulcimer. On each instrument Stilley inscribed 鈥淭rue Faith, True Light, Have Faith in God.鈥� Mulhollan has collected some of Stilley鈥檚 hand-crafted instruments, which Polygraph Lounge鈥檚 Rob Schwimmer, Mark Stewart, and Melissa Fathman will play. Tickets are $10. 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock and 糖心Vlog传媒-Pulaski Tech faculty, staff and students get in free. Call 569-3294 or purchase online Friends of the Arts will host a reception with light hors d鈥檕euvres and beverages from 6:30鈥�7:30 p.m. This event, which is part of the Chancellor’s Concert Series, is sponsored by Arts & Letters Radio, K糖心Vlog传媒R, 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Department of Music, The Friends of the Arts, The College of Arts, Letters and Sciences, and the College of Social Sciences and Communication.]]> /news-archive/2018/04/23/ua-little-rock-hosts-surrounding-universities-annual-calculus-bowl/ Mon, 23 Apr 2018 17:00:49 +0000 /news/?p=70250 ... 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock hosts surrounding universities for annual Calculus Bowl]]> The University of Arkansas at Little Rock Department of Mathematics and Statistics was the recent host of a highly competitive Calculus Bowl on Friday, April 6. Several math clubs from universities across the state were in attendance, representing the University of Central Arkansas, the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, Arkansas State University, Arkansas Tech University, and the University of Arkansas – Pulaski Technical College. 聽 At the start of the afternoon, the students filed into the Engineering, Technology and Science building for registration, and afterward, gathered in a classroom to compete in the calculus contest. Here, students competed as individuals, working through a timed, 15 question calculus exam without the use of calculators or phones. Following the competition, students enjoyed a lunch of fresh pizza and refreshments while grooving to the sounds of 鈥淲e Few,鈥� a 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock student band composed of drummer, Seraphim Lawhorn; guitarist, Dallas Smith; and standing base guitarist, Jordan Anderson. Once students were refueled and refreshed, they huddled into their groups for the main event – Math Jeopardy. Each team was given an instrument, such as a bell, rattle, symbol, or drumsticks, for sounding off and letting the game鈥檚 orchestrator know they had an answer. As the reigning champs, 糖心Vlog传媒PB selected the first question. As the game took off, the anticipation among the students grew. While some questions caused silence to fall upon the room as students penciled their calculations, others garnered an almost immediate response, showcasing the wit and intelligence of the math whizzes. Finally, the game came to an end and 糖心Vlog传媒PB once again took home the title of the winning team. This group was awarded a $200 cash prize to go toward its math club. Individual winners of the overall competition were also announced. These students were selected for having the highest scores in the calculus contest. Individual prizes included two $100 cash prizes, ten $20 cash prizes, and ten $10 cash prizes. These students and their placements included:

• First place – Joseph Filipek, 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock
• Second place – Travis Chism, Arkansas Tech
• Third place – Zach Smith, 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock
• Fourth place – Justa Frank, Arkansas Tech; Jesse Griffiths, Arkansas Tech; Chandrasimha Penthala, 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock; Azaryah Wilson, UCA
• Fifth place – Tyrone Brock,糖心Vlog传媒PB; Timothy Coth, Pulaski Tech; Christopher Flocken, 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock; Hayden Henson, 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock
• Sixth place: Gilberto Guerra, 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock; Robert Hill, 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock; Nickolai Knight, 糖心Vlog传媒PB; Paloma Salazar, 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock; 聽Eric Sutherland, 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock
• Seventh place: Brycelynn Bailey, Arkansas Tech; Madison Gartch, UCA; Matthew Horn, 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock; Tyler Huffstutler, Arkansas State; Aaron Jackson, 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock; Shamara Lawrence, 糖心Vlog传媒PB; Verenice Perez, 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock; Humphrey Wanjala, 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock

For more information, contact event coordinator, Dr. Xiu Ye, at xxye@ualr.edu.]]> /news-archive/2018/02/28/pulaski-tech-host-ten-minute-play-showcase-march-1/ Wed, 28 Feb 2018 14:44:33 +0000 /news/?p=69600 ... Pulaski Tech to host Ten-Minute Play Showcase March 1]]> A University of Arkansas at Little Rock student will be featured in the University of Arkansas Pulaski Technical College鈥檚 Ten-Minute Play Showcase on Thursday, March 1. Rosalinda Roper, an international studies and political science double major, will showcase her play, Quinceanera, during the event. The piece will depict the life of a family living in Mexico who are learning to cope with the long-term absence of a parent who left to work in the United States. The event will kick off at 7 p.m. in the Center for Humanities and Arts building on the Pulaski Tech campus. Performances will feature enactments of work written and directed by the special guests. The cost of attendance is $10 for students and military personnel and $20 for the general public. This event is co-sponsored by the ACANSA Festival and Hilary Trudell, founder of the Yarn and director of local programming with the Clinton School for Public Service. For more information or to purchase tickets, . ]]>