Activities kickoff for Black History Month
There are many free February activities from the Office of Campus Life. The events might make very good material for projects you have been assigned or need to be working on, like a play or movie review, etc. A lot of thoughtful planning goes into choosing activities that will enhance your education at UALR. Please pass the word and let your fellow-students know about the opportunities that exist right here on campus: Free concerts, movies, discussions that allow you to participate and learn, plays, food & fellowship with other students! Call the Office of Campus Life for more details: 569-3308.
Black History Month Kickoff
February 3, 2009 - 12:15 pm
Donaghey Student Center Room C
Join us for music, spoken word and the beginning of an exciting month of events. Refreshments will be served.
Education + Action = CHANGE
February 12, 2009 - 7:00 pm
Donaghey Student Center Rooms B & C
This event is also part of our Campus Life Checkpoints Orientation Series: Money Matters
Guest speaker Ryan Mack wants to speak to every young hip hop entrepreneur and visionary. Find out how to optimize your paper chasing endeavors. Mr. Mack is financial advisor to many prominent clients across the US. Unions, churches, nonprofits, inner-city organizations, international communities, and especially colleges and universities have benefited from his workshops and economic empowerment initiatives. He can be regularly viewed on television networks such as CNBC, CNN and BET discussing economic issues that impact American citizens.
Rap Sessions: A Community Dialog on Hip Hop
February 18, 2009 - 7:00 pm
Donaghey Student Center Rooms A & B
Guests Include: Bakari Kitwana, MC Search, and Lisa Fager Bediako - Moderator: Patrick Oliver
Hip-hop activist and acclaimed author, Bakari Kitwana, is collaborating with the Community Technology Foundation of California to continue Rap Sessions, the first national tour exploring race and hip-hop. Is America really in a post racism era? Come listen. Come be heard.
Movie: Cadillac Records
Thursday, February 19, 2009
7:00 pm - Donaghey Student Center Meeting Rooms
Directed by TV veteran Darnell Martin, the musical drama Cadillac Records documents the compelling true-life story of the Chicago record label that helped the world discover such legendary artists as Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, Little Walter, and Chuck Berry. Founded in 1950 by Leonard Chess (Adrien Brody), Chess Records quickly gained a reputation as home to some of the most talented and influential blues artists ever to step into a recording studio. But giving these musicians an opportunity to bring their music to the world was no easy task, because along the way there was enough sex, drugs, and rock & roll to ensure that things around Chess Records never got boring. Featuring Jeffrey Wright as Muddy Waters, Gabrielle Union as Geneva Wade, Beyoncé Knowles as Etta James, Mos Def as Chuck Berry, Cedric the Entertainer as Willie Dixon, and Eamonn Walker as Howlin’ Wolf.
Evolution of Music: A Play
February 25, 2009 - 7:00 pm
Stella Boyle Concert Hall
For more information, please call 569-3308.