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ENTERTAINMENT NOTES: 'Hairspray,' 'NORTH,' 'Earnest' on stage this week | The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

A 16-year-old in 1960s Baltimore with big dreams (and even bigger hair) hopes to change the world as she sets out to dance her way onto TV's most popular show in "Hairspray."

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Jive & swing

The Arkansas Jazz Heritage Foundation's 2023 Jazz Celebration was a fundraiser for the Arkansas Jazz Hall of Fame, which celebrates 30 years in 2024. The event was held June 19 in the second-floor ballroom of U.S. Pizza Co. Hillcrest in Little Rock.

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TheatreSquared is sponsoring 15th Arkansas New Play Festival

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A Work of Art: Art Porter Music Education benefit concerts set for this week

The first week of August in Little Rock has become synonymous with jazz, thanks to the organization known as Art Porter Music Education Inc. ... and despite the fact that A Work of Art, its signature week of fundraising concert performances, went on hiatus for two years because of the covid-19 pandemic.

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Resounding applause

Five jazz artists with roots in the Natural State were inducted into the Arkansas Jazz Hall of Fame during a ceremony and jam session June 20 at the Old State House Museum's 1885 House of Representative Chamber. The event, sponsored by the Arkansas Jazz Heritage Foundation, honors those who have made notable contributions in the arena of jazz music.

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ENTERTAINMENT NOTES: Arkansas Jazz Hall of Fame to induct five muscians

Arkansas jazz musicians TeRoy Betton Jr., Irene Crutchfield Brown, Bill Craig, Jackie Lamar and Ken Walker join the Arkansas Jazz Hall of Fame at an "Induction Ceremony with Jazz Celebration," sponsored and presented by the Arkansas Jazz Heritage Foundation, 8-10 p.m. Monday in the 1885 House of Representatives Chamber of the Old State House Museum in Little Rock.

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