What: Preschool Prom
When: 05/10/2024 | 6 PM
Where: Garland County Library
Who: Ages 2-5
Registration is required and begins 4/15 at 9:00 a.m.
It’s prom, but for preschoolers! Children ages 2-5 (and one adult) are invited to bust out their dancing shoes and their fanciest outfits and join us for a disco party! Drinks and light snacks will be served.
If registration is full, please call 501-623-4161 to join the wait list!
What: Ukulele Club
When: Second Monday of every month, 4pm-5:30pm
Where: In-Person
Who: Ages 18+
No Registration
Ukulele lovers unite! Local ukulele lovers of all sorts and ability are invited to gather and share as part of their hobby.
No planned instruction will be offered. This is intended to be a social club.
What: School of Rock (Band)
When: 03/18/2024 | 4:30 PM
Where: Garland County Library
Who: Ages 13-18
Registration is required and begins 2/15 at 9:00 a.m.
We’re dusting off our plastic instruments and starting a band! Centered around the game Rock Band 4, you’ll get to build your rock persona (Rocksona!), choose from guitar, bass, drums, and vocals, and perform songs from classic rock to modern pop and everything in between!
If registration is full, please call 501-623-4161 to join the wait list.
What: School of Rock (Band)
When: 03/11/2024 | 4:30 PM
Where: Garland County Library
Who: Ages 13-18
Registration is required and begins 2/15 at 9:00 a.m.
We’re dusting off our plastic instruments and starting a band! Centered around the game Rock Band 4, you’ll get to build your rock persona (Rocksona!), choose from guitar, bass, drums, and vocals, and perform songs from classic rock to modern pop and everything in between!
If registration is full, please call 501-623-4161 to join the wait list.
What: School of Rock (Band)
When: 02/26/2024 | 4:30 PM
Where: Garland County Library
Who: Ages 13-18
Registration is required and begins 1/15 at 9:00 a.m.
We’re dusting off our plastic instruments and starting a band! Centered around the game Rock Band 4, you’ll get to build your rock persona (Rocksona!), choose from guitar, bass, drums, and vocals, and perform songs from classic rock to modern pop and everything in between!
If registration is full, please call 501-623-4161 to join the wait list.
What: Beginner Mountain Dulcimer Class (for Adults!)
When: 2/5/24 @ 10am
Where: Garland County Library
Who: Ages 18+
Registration Required
Learn to play the mountain dulcimer with Charlie Mink, a longtime performer at the Ozark Folk Center State Park and instructor for the music roots program in Mountain View, Arkansas.
The mountain dulcimer is one of the easiest instruments to learn, and Charlie will teach you everything you need to know to start playing songs. Dust off that instrument and bring it to the library, and leave with several songs under your belt. Don’t have a dulcimer? The instructor has a limited number for reserve on a first come first served basis. In order to reserve one, please email Aubrey at adultservices@gclibrary.com.
-Students must bring their own Dulcimer.
-Dulcimer tabs and all necessary printed materials will be provided.
Registration for this program is full, but we have a waitlist for Adult Programs! Please fill out this form, and we’ll notify you if we have an opening.
https://forms.gle/CYtZCSa78d2jSxc98
What: School of Rock (Band)
When: 01/29/2024 | 4:30 PM
Where: Garland County Library
Who: Ages 13-18
Registration is required and begins 12/15 at 9:00 a.m.
We’re dusting off our plastic instruments and starting a band! Centered around the game Rock Band 4, you’ll get to build your rock persona (Rocksona!), choose from guitar, bass, drums, and vocals, and perform songs from classic rock to modern pop and everything in between!
If registration is full, please call 501-623-4161 to join the wait list.
What: Lady Chops Performance: Here Come the Bells, So Many Bells!
When: 12/08/2023 | 6:30 PM
Where: Garland County Library
Who: All ages
Elizabeth Vidos, also known as Lady Chops, is a talented percussionist whose past work includes performing in the hit Off-Broadway show “STOMP” and at the New Orleans Jazz Festival. Her new holiday show “Here Come the Bells, So Many Bells!” is energetic, interactive, and fun for all ages. With new instruments and fun facts, she’ll be rockin’ the holiday hits!
Seating is limited, and will be available on a first-come, first-served basis.
What: America’s Art Form Concert: “Improvisation, the Essence of Jazz”
When: 3/8/22 @6pm
Where: In-Person
Who: Ages 18+
No Registration Required, Free to the Public
March’s program, “Improvisation, the Essence of Jazz”, will feature Henderson State University’s Dr. Rick Dimond on keyboards and key musical students Julius Carcamo on sax and bass, Austin Murberger on guitar and bass and Kiki Valdivia on acoustic and electric violin.
The Jazz Society scholarship program continues to send music students to jazz summer camp and present jazz education in local communities, including the free outdoor JazzFest on Labor Day weekend.
What: America’s Art Form Concert: “The Harp: Today and Throughout Music History”
When: 2/8/22 @6pm
Where: In-Person
Who: Ages 18+
No Registration Required, Free to the Public
Alisa Coffey, Principal Harpist with the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra (ASO), will be the guest at the Garland County Library as part of the ongoing music series collaboration with the Hot Springs Jazz Society.
As part of the evening concert, Alisa will provide insight into the workings of the harp, its tuning, its construction, how it is played, and how the harp has been used in the past and its use in music today.
Alisa has been Principal Harpist with the ASO since 2011. She has been featured as soloist with the orchestra several times and will again be featured in the upcoming ASO season. In addition to her work with the ASO, Alisa performs regularly with the Symphony of Northwest Arkansas, the Baton Rouge Symphony, and the Shreveport Symphony. Alisa is a sought-after teacher, working with students at the Little Rock School of the Arts, Hendrix College, and the University of Arkansas. She is a Doctoral Candidate at the University of Northern Texas.