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Elsewhere in entertainment, events and the arts this weekend:
music: song of spring
Arkansas Chamber Singers Celebrate Spring with productions “Exploring Growth, Rebirth, and Appreciation for the World—and Those Around Us” Friday at 7:30 pm and Sunday at 3:00 pm at St. Edward’s Catholic Church, 805 Sherman Road, Little Rock .
The program includes Benjamin Britton’s “A Song of Five Flowers”, Colin Britt’s The Three Poems of Edna St. Vincent Millais, Jack Runestad’s “Peace of the Wild” and “Come to the Woods”, Jack Lunesta’s “Look at the Sky” Jocelyn Hagen, Carly Simon’s “Let the River Run” and “Make Our Garden Grow” from Leonard Bernstein’s “Candide” “.
Andrew Morgan, associate professor of music at Conway Hendrix College and director of the Hendrix College Choir, will serve as guest conductor. Tickets $15, students $10 in advance at tinyurl.com/2p8nxjby; $18 and $12 at the door.For more information, call (501) 377-1121 or visit www.ar-chambersingers.org.
“Holy and Glorious”
Pianist Ana-Maria Villa Join the Conway Symphony Orchestra and conductor Israel Getzov for a performance of Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, op.21, on Saturday, March 4 at 7:30 p.m. 201 Donaghey Ave., Conway. Titled “Sacred Spaces and Places of Splendor,” the program also included “Fratres” by Arvo Part, with solo violinist Linda Hsu, principal violinist, and “The Pines of Rome” by Ottorino Respighi. Tickets are $25-$45, $10 for children with a paying adult.Call (501) 450-3265 or visit conwaysymphony.org.
Soprano Takesha Meshe’s Kizart-Thomas performed a Rock Opera solo program titled “Extraordinary Women” Saturday at Little Rock’s Music Hall. (Democrat Gazette special issue) “Phenomenal” soprano
Soprano Takesha Meshe’ Kizart-Thomas and pianist Gio Antipolo perform for Opera in the Rocks, titled “Amazing Woman” Saturday 7:30 p.m., Auditorium, 721 W. Ninth St., Little Rock. The program includes operatic arias – “Wehe mein Mann” from Richard Strauss’ “Die Frau ohne Schatten”; “Song of Isolde”; “Vissi d’arte” from Giacomo Puccini’s “Tosca”; and “Casta diva … Ah! bello a me ritorna,” From “Norma” by Vincenzo Bellini; Songs for Women – “Sweet Baby” by Regina Harris Baiocchi, “Women of the Hearth” by Barbara Assignaak, “Four Generations” by Carolina Calvache, “Bathed in Black Maternity” by Jasmine Barnes and ” Love, Let the Wind Cry” by Windina Smith-Moore; and, with the band’s backing, Duke Ellington’s jazz tunes. Tickets are $75.access littlerockhall.com/tickets.
Opus Two – William Terwilliger, violin (right) and Andrew Cooperstock, piano – in recitals today in Little Rock and Sunday in Jonesboro. (Democrat Gazette special issue) two recitals
Work two — violinist William Terwilliger and pianist Andrew Cooperstock — two recitals this weekend in Arkansas:
- ◼️ 7:30pm tonight, Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall, Fine Arts Building, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 2801 S. University Ave., Little Rock.
- ◼️ Sunday at 2pm at Riceland Hall, Arkansas State University’s Fowler Center, 201 Olympic Drive, Jonesboro.
Programme: William Glenn Still’s Suite for Violin and Piano, Maurice Ravel’s Violin Sonata and Eric Stern’s work celebrating American musical theater composed especially for Op. 2: “A Little Nocturne” Suite and two songs – “Not Me’m Around” and “Broadway Baby” – Stephen Sondheim and George Gershwin’s “Crazy Girl Suite”.
Admission to both recitals is free. For more information on the UALR program, call (501) 916-3291; on the ASU program, (870) 972-2094.
chamber concert
Steinway Piano Gallery Little Rock, 657 Arkansas 365, Mayflower presents a chamber music concert under its Close Up! Steinway Salon Room Series Banner, Sundays at 3pm.The show is called “Crisis, Music and Beyond” Featuring Carolyn Brown, flute; Beth Wheeler, oboe; Karla Fournier, clarinet; Timothy Smith, piano, Darius Millau’s sonatas for flute, oboe, clarinet and piano. Ethan Young, cello and Smith performed Mykola Lysenko’s Elegy; Young performed Felix Mendelssohn’s Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor, op. 66. Tickets are $25.Call (501) 940-1562 or visit steinwaylr.com/close-up.
Sir Lancelot (Adrian Hinojosa) encounters a grumpy rodent at “Monty Python’s Fondue” at Wildwood Art Park in West Little Rock. (Democrat Gazette/Zachary Rhodes Special) theater: knight musical
Wildwood Art Park, 20919 Denny Way, Little Rock, Stage “Monty Python’s Spamalot” (Music by John DuPrez and Eric Idle, Books and Lyrics by Idle), Friday 8pm & March 10-11 & Sunday 3pm & March 12 at the 625-seat Lucy at the Park Lockett Cabe Festival Theatre. Matthew Tatus as King Arthur, Caitlin Secrest as Lady of the Lake, Adrian Hinojosa as Sir Lancelot and Tim the Wizard, Cory Olson as Sir Galahad and Prince Herbert’s father, Tommie Tinker as Sir Bedevere and Galahad’s mother, Michael Goodbar As Sir Robin, Bret Kagebein as Sir Bors, DC Miles as Prince Herbert and Knight Leader Who Say Ni, Michael Phillips as Patsy. Tickets are $35.Call (501) 821-7275 or visit wildwoodpark.org.
Quinten Williams (left) plays Sir Andrew Aguecheek alongside Jerry Henderson III in the University of Arkansas-Little Rock adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Friday the Twelfth Night. (Democrat Gazette special issue) Tour “Twelfth Night”
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock’s College of Literary and Performing Arts will present an hour-long comedy-drama musical adaptation of William Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” Chad Bradford, Managing Director, Arkansas Shakespeare Theater, Friday – 3:30 pm at the Haislip Theater and 6 pm at the University Theater, both at the UALR Center for the Performing Arts, 2801 S. University Ave., Little Rock. Admission to both performances is free.Call (501) 916-3291 or Email [email protected]
The production, which is part of the UALR Dramatic Arts Program’s “Theatre on the Road” class, will tour schools and community organizations, including the Arkansas Central Library System and Our House, a sanctuary in Little Rock. It also supports a collaboration between the Arkansas Shakespeare Theater at the University of Central Arkansas and the UALR School of Literary and Performing Arts.
Art and Exhibitions: watercolor show
The 53rd Central South Watercolor Painters Annual Exhibition Reception on Friday from 6-8 pm at the Laman Library Gallery, 2801 Orange Street, North Little Rock. Judge Keiko Tanabe, artist, lecturer and author, selected the winning entries; prizes will be awarded at 5:30. The exhibition runs until April 28th. Gallery hours are Monday to Thursday 9am to 7pm and Friday to Saturday 9am to 1pm. Admission to the library galleries and reception is free.Call (501) 758-1720 or visit NLRlibrary.org. For more information on South Central Watercolorists, visit midsouthernwatercolorists.com.
Matthew Fields’ “Pride” and “Don’t Sweep My Feet” are part of “Self-Awareness: An Introduction to Labor” at the Southeast Arkansas Arts and Science Center in Pine Bluff. (Democrat Gazette special issue) The “labor” of art
“Self-Awareness: An Introduction to Labor,” Artwork by University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Faculty Matthew Fields, William H. Kennedy Jr, Southeastern Arkansas Arts and Sciences Center, 701 S. Main St., S. Main St., Pine Bluff, 5-7 p.m. today . The gallery opens with a reception. Admission to the exhibition and reception is free. bank. The exhibition will run until May 6th. Gallery hours are Tuesday to Friday 10am to 5pm and Saturday 10am to 4pm.Call (870) 536-3375 or visit asc701.org.
Steven Wise’s “A Tributary of the King’s River” is on view Friday at the Justus Art Gallery in Hot Springs. (Democrat Gazette special issue) Hot Springs Gallery
New paintings by Mike Elsass – abstractions on rusted steel plates – are on view, starting Friday with a gallery walk reception from 5pm to 9pm Justus Art Gallery, 827A Central Ave., Hot Springs. The exhibit, which runs through April 1, also includes paintings by John P. Lasater IV. Gallery hours are Wed-Sat 10am-5pm by appointment. Admission to the gallery and reception is free.Call (501) 321-2335 or visit justusfineart.com.
past characters
“Past Characters” Telling the History of the People of Jackson County Using Census Records, Newspapers and Archival Materials opens Saturday, 10 a.m. to noon at the Courthouse Museum in Jacksonport State Park, 111 Newport Avenue Street. Guest speakers from the Arkansas Archives will share information about the agency’s resources and how visitors can research their own family stories. Refreshments will be served. The exhibition will run until the end of January 2024. The museum is open Wed-Sat 8am-5pm and Sunday 1pm-5pm. Free admission to the museum and a grand opening event.Call (870) 523-2143 or visit Arkansas StateParks.com.
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