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Weekend To-Do List: Rodney Block at Wildwood, Pride Gay-llery Walk in Hot... Weekend To-Do List: Rodney Block at Wildwood, Pride Gay-llery Walk in Hot Springs, Tails and Tunes at the zoo Rodney Block Fredrick Baltimore FRIDAY 6/4. Wildwood Park for the Arts. 8 p.m. $25. “Everybody is multi-dimensional,” trumpeter and bandleader Rodney Block told us. “If you see me today, I have on khakis and Oxford shoes and a button-up shirt and a jacket. This is professional Rodney Block. But if you catch me on the weekend, I may have on a tank top, and I have tattoos. I have a septum piercing. I have a nose piercing. That’s another dimension of me.” Maybe that multidimensionality is what made it inevitable that a musician like Block, who works by day in pharmaceutical and medical sales, would adopt alter egos for himself as his music has shifted shapes over the years — “Black Superman,” for example, a moniker Block adopted a few years back. His forthcoming record is called “Percival Jenkins,” and it takes its name from Andre 3000’s character in the film “Idlewild,” who Block sees as a kindred spirit. “I really identify with him; he’s a music guy, but he’s kinda nerdy. He loves his music.” Expect to be charmed; Block in any of his dimensions is ever adept at breaking the ice in a room (or on Wildwood’s verdant grounds, in this case) with sheer charisma and lyricism; he’s the sort of performer whose even-keeled energy seems to emanate from the bell of his trumpet and set audiences at ease. Admission is $25, and soda, wine and beer options are available at Wildwood’s donation-based bar. Dress is picnic casual. Bring blankets and chairs and grab tickets at wildwoodpark.org. In case of rain, the show moves to the park’s pavilion. And if you can’t catch Block this time around, catch him the following evening at The Library in the Little Rock River Market for a show celebrating the birthday of Block’s keyboardist, Andre Franklin, on June 17 in Fort Smith for the city’s Levitt Amp Music Series, or here in Little Rock on July 4 at Pops on the River, where Block’s performance precedes the annual riverside concert by the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra.
ittle Rock, ARK, March 11, 2021 – The Arkansas Symphony Orchestra presents their annual children’s concert, “Peter and the Wolf,” on April 1, 2021, at 10 a.m. The concert will be virtual and available to all registrants for free. The ASO is proud to present this program featuring children’s classic, “Peter and the Wolf,” narrated by LaSheena Gordon, and Vivaldi’s “Spring” with violin soloist Samuel Garcia. Interim Artistic Director Geoffrey Robson is excited about the concert. “This program will introduce school kids to the instruments of the orchestra shortly before many start to learn an instrument at school, giving a lifelong boost to their listening, critical thinking, and collaborative skills. We’re so happy to be able to provide this broadcast to every school in the state and to work with LaSheena Gordon, herself an experienced educator and performer, and Samuel Garcia, one of the most promising young violinists in the state,” Robson said.