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Other places for entertainment, events and arts:
theater: “Pretty Woman” Sings
“Pretty Woman: The Musical” (Soundtrack by Bryan Adams and Jim Vallance, book by Garry Marshall, director of the 1990 film, based on a screenplay by JF Lawton) In Eight performances on stage—Tuesday-Wednesday 7pm, Thursday 1:30pm and 7pm, 8pm Friday, Saturday 2pm and 8pm—at Fayetteville’s Wall Dayton Arts Center, 495 W. Dickson St. Admission is $51-$102, plus fees.Call (479) 443-5600 or visit waltonartscenter.org.
The center will host a show-themed pre-show cocktail class on Saturdays at 6:30 p.m.; bartenders will guide participants in making and enjoying two drinks paired with appetizers. Admission is $38 plus fee and includes two cocktails, appetizers and a drink recipe card. Participants must be at least 21 years old.
speech: true crime talk
Brian Irby, an archival assistant at the Arkansas State Archives, will tell the story of a man who terrorized Little Rock in the summer of 1912 when he broke into homes and shot residents. “True Crime in Little Rock: The Story of Jack the Shooter” Return to the Old State Capitol’s in-person brown bag lunch lecture program Friday at the Museum at 300 West Markham Street in Little Rock from noon to 1 p.m. Admission is free.Call (501) 324-9685 or visit arkansasheritage.com/old-state-house-museum/oshm-home. The program will also be streamed live via Zoom at tinyurl.com/2s4hksvn.
music: ‘SoNA Beyond’
Northwest Arkansas Symphony “Beyond Sona” The musical series “Break the Routine” kicks off with “Voces Latinas,” featuring performances by Hispanic members of the orchestra and other area musicians, today at Fayetteville Commons at 401 West Hill Street in Fayetteville at 2 p.m. held in the library. Admission is free.
Upcoming performances in the series include the Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration in conjunction with the Springdale Public Library at Murphy Park at 501 S. Pleasant St. in Springdale at 3 p.m. on October 1, and “Pedro y el lobo” by Sergei Prokofiev at Fayetteville Public Library. Admission to both is free.access sonamusic.org/sona-beyond.
“Mini Festival”: ‘Acansa root’
At the Arkansas Innovation Center in North Little Rock on Thursday, actor-director Ben Grimes combined William Shakespeare’s speech with his own personal insights from serving in “Death of a King.” This is part of a four-day ‘mini-festival’ at the Southern Acansa Arts Festival. (Democratic Gazette special issue)
Arkansas Arts Festival in the South features performers with ties to Arkansas “Little Festival” Wednesday to Saturday. Lineup (unless otherwise noted, all performances are at 7pm):
◼️ Wednesday: Pianist Tatiana Roitman Mann and clarinetist Alexander Bedenko, New Deal Salon, 2003 Louisiana St., Little Rock. Bedenko and Mann will perform Johannes Brahms’ Sonata No. 2 for Clarinet, op.120 No.2; Francis Planck’s Sonata for Clarinet and Piano; and Bedenko’s arrangement of “Melody” “op.42 and “The Melancholy Serenade” op.26, by Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky. Bedenko will perform solo on “Hommage a JS Bach” and “Sholem Alekhem, Rov Feidman!” By Bella Kovacs. $30
◼️ Thursday: “The Death of the King”. Actor-director Ben Grimes combines William Shakespeare’s speeches with his own personal insights from his military service experience to explore the universal cost and collective trauma of war. Arkansas Regional Innovation Center, 204 E. Fourth St., North Little Rock. 20 dollars
◼️ FRIDAY: Big Piph and Tomorrow Maybe perform at Argenta Plaza at 510 North Street in North Little Rock (in partnership with Argenta Downtown Council and Argenta Vibe Concert Series).Free; $50 VIP ticket includes food and beverages starting at 6 p.m.
◼️ Saturday: Guitarist and vocalist Stuart Montez, a Little Rock native and Catholic high school graduate, performs at The Rail Yard at 1212 East 6th Street in Little Rock at 7:30 p.m. USD10
Call (501) 663-2287 or visit ACANSA.org.
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