The Goat Band (Special Birthday Night) at Afterthought Bistro and Bar

For many years, a diverse and multigenerational audience has enjoyed Monday Jazz (8-11 pm, $5 cover) at The Afterthought, where other accomplished musicians are often invited to sit in with featured performers. The $5 cover will be waived on 9 March 2015 by The Goat Band (house band for Arkansas Repertory Theatre), which will perform in celebration of two "older goats" (Barry McVinney, Helen Gregory) born in March 1955 (the year of the Wood Goat). Featured performers are Barry McVinney (sax, flute), Steve Hudelson (guitar), Brian Wolverton (bass), and Patrick Lindsey (drums). A public, shareable invitation ("The Goat Band - Special Birthday Night") has been posted to Facebook. Click on the link at the top of this entry to view info, photos, and a local map for the venue. ...

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For many years, a diverse and multigenerational audience has enjoyed Monday Jazz (8-11 pm, $5 cover) at The Afterthought, where other accomplished musicians are often invited to sit in with featured performers. The $5 cover will be waived on 9 March 2015 by The Goat Band (house band for Arkansas Repertory Theatre), which will perform in celebration of two "older goats" (Barry McVinney, Helen Gregory) born in March 1955 (the year of the Wood Goat). Featured performers are Barry McVinney (sax, flute), Steve Hudelson (guitar), Brian Wolverton (bass), and Patrick Lindsey (drums). A public, shareable invitation ("The Goat Band - Special Birthday Night") has been posted to Facebook. Click on the link at the top of this entry to view info, photos, and a local map for the venue.

The $5 cover charge is usually waived for those dining in the adjoining restaurant, but a full menu (shown at www.afterthoughtbistroandbar.com) is also available in the adults-only club during normal restaurant hours. Usually Monday Jazz specials and featured performers are announced on the Facebook page titled "Afterthought Bistro and Bar."

The Arkansas Jazz Heritage Foundation (which sponsors and maintains the Arkansas Jazz Hall of Fame) holds each of its board meetings (as well as an occasional meet-and-greet) before/during Monday Jazz at The Afterthought because it is the only Little Rock venue which has presented live jazz continuously - at least once a week - since the 1970s. (That distinction earned the iconic club a place on the map in the first print edition of the Encyclopedia of Arkansas Music, published in September 2013 by the Central Arkansas Library System's Butler Center for Arkansas Studies.) Located in the historic Hillcrest neighborhood and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, The Afterthought and its adjoining restaurant occupy a building which served as the town hall for Pulaski Heights before its 1916 annexation by Little Rock.

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