If you've not been lucky enough to be in the same room as Robert Johnson, Koko Taylor, Bobby Blue Bland or other blues icons, you might feel as if you have after visiting "A Cast of Blues."
"The Juke Joint Project: An Exhibit" opens at 2 p.m., followed by a performance by Tony Redman from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Pryor Center at 1 E. Center St. on the downtown Fayetteville square. Music Education Initiative Executive Director Orson Weems says that people are "going to be surprised to see that it's actually something that they can touch and walk through." Musical performances to accompany the exhibit will be posted to the Pryor Center's website, pryorcenter.uark.edu, as information becomes available. The exhibit will be open from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday and regular hours to visit the exhibit will be from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday through the end of June. "The Juke Joint," built of period-aged cypress and tin, was originally created by designer Kaki Hockersmith.
The Music Education Initiative is hosting the traveling exhibit A Cast of Blues at 214 by Cache, formerly known as The Arts Center of the Ozarks, in downtown Springdale.
The Music Education Initiative has a mission: to engage, educate and elevate the next generation of music business professionals. Thursday night at 6:00, at the Faulkner Performing Arts Center, the group is helping host a workshop to explain entry-level skills.