Entertainment notes

FAYETTEVILLE — JIMMIE RODGERS Jimmie Rodgers will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Alma Performing Arts Center, 103 E. Center St.Tickets are $25 and available at www.almapac.org or by calling 632-2129.

Bella Vista DANCE The Bella Vista Country Club, 98 Clubhouse Drive, will have dancing to Debby Horn and the Invisibles from 6:30-9:30 p.m. Saturday. To make reservations, call 876-2522.

HAND BELL CONCERT The Village Handbell Ringers will present "Music for a Sunday Afternoon," featuring music ranging from gospel to Dixieland, at 3 p.m Sunday at Highlands United Methodist Church, 371 Glasgow Road. Refreshments will be served following the concert. Admission is free though offerings will be taken.

Bentonville 'BEAUTY AND THE BEAST' Arkansas Kids will present Disney's "Beauty and the Beast" at 2 and 7 p.m. Saturday at the Arend Arts Center,1901 S.E.J St.Admission is $10/adults, $5/children. For details, visit www.ar-kids.com/blog or call 366-1245.

FIRST FRIDAY First Friday will feature an Oktoberfest celebration from 5-8 p.m. Oct. 2 on the Bentonville Square. The event will include a reception at the University of Arkansas Student Gallery, 114 Central Ave., which is featuring art by UA faculty.

CONCERT "Art Rocks," a concert benefiting the North-West Arkansas Community College Art Club and the Benton County School of the Art's high school, will take place from 6:30-10:30 p.m. Oct. 3 at the Benton County Fairgrounds horse arena at the intersection of Arkansas 12 and 279. Music includes Taylor Clayborne, Disasterful, Sucker Punch Railroad and The Great Scotts.Tickets are $10, available in advance only, and can be purchased at the NWACC's Barnes & Noble campus bookstore, Freedom Powersports in Rogers and Take 2 Video in Bentonville, Rogers, Springdale and Fayetteville. For details, visit www.nwacc.edu or e-mail Sarah Carson at [email protected],Stephanie Lewis at [email protected] or Eric Smith at [email protected].

Live on Stage in NWA!will present Hunt Family Fiddlers at 2 p.m. Oct. 4 at the Arend Arts Center, 1901 S.E. J St. Andrea Samuel, a piano student at the University of Arkansas, will perform before the show. Tickets are $25/adults, $5/ students and $20/for people in groups of 10 or more. For details,visit www.liveonstagenwa.com or call 855-9997.

AVALON AND SELAH Avalon and Selah will perform at 6 p.m. Oct. 8 at the First Baptist Church of Bentonville, 200 S.W. A St. Tickets are $15/advance; $18/door. For details, visit www.fbcbentonville.org or call 273-3379 ext. 303.

CRYSTAL BRIDGES "Harry Miller's Vision of Arkansas: 1900-1910" runs through Oct. 25 at Crystal Bridges at the Massey, 125 W. Central Ave. Gallery hours are from 10 a.m.to 5 p.m.Thursdays to Saturdays, 1-5 p.m. Sundays. For details, visit massey.crystalbridges.org or call 418-5700.

Bethel Heights

SINGLES MINGLE The Singles Mingle features a live dance at 8 p.m. every Friday at 215 W. Apple Blossom Road. Admission is $5. For details, call 750-1246, 636-5946 or 787-6077.

Brentwood

BRENTWOOD BLUEGRASS The Brentwood Bluegrass show featuring local bands takes place at 7 p.m.on the first and third Saturday of each month through May at the Brentwood Community Building, located 17 miles south of Fayetteville on U.S. 71. Admission is $3 per person. For details, call 839-2119.

Durham

ART @ TERRA STUDIOS Several artists are featured through September at the Muse Gallery and Coffee House at Terra Studios, 12103 Hazel Valley Road, 14 miles east of Fayetteville off of Arkansas 16. They include David Bachman, Pat Bergman, Teresa Chard,Mandy Cordes, Claire Detels, Karen Foster, Path Hennon, Hank Kaminsky, Ann Worster along with 35 other regional artists. Admission is free. Gallery hours are 10 a.m.to 5 p.m.daily.For details, visit www.terrastudios.com or call (800) 255-8995.

Elkins

DANCING A dance with live music takes place from 7-11 p.m. Fridays at the Elkins Community Center, 162 Doolin Drive. Admission is $4. For details, call 643-4031.

Eureka Springs

GLOBAL FEST Earthdance, a global festival, will take place from noon to midnight Saturday at Ethios Art Venue, 215 Carroll County Road 301. Admission is $10/ adults, free/children 16 and younger. For details, visit www.fullbloomproductions.org or call 981-1230.

BENEFIT A benefit for Michael Garrett will take place from 1-10 p.m. Oct. 4 at Bear Creek, four miles north of Eureka Springs on Arkansas 23. Music includesCatherine Reed, Mountain Sprout, The Ariels and a drum circle near a bonfire. Admission is $10. Rain date is Oct. 11. For details, e-mail [email protected] or call 244-5425.

BOOK SALE Friends of the Eureka Springs Carnegie Public Library will have a fall book sale from 6-8 p.m. Oct. 8, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 9 and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 10 at the library annex at 194 Spring St. For details, call 253-8754.

Fayetteville

'TASTE OF PROVENCE' "Taste of Provence," a winetasting to benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwest Arkansas, will take place from 6:30-10 p.m. Saturday in the home of Joe Fred and Billie Jo Starr. Tickets are $100 and can be purchased by calling 756-5683 or visiting Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwest Arkansas' office at 610-A, Suite D, E. Emma Ave., Springdale.

ART @ UNDERGROUND Steve Moore will display his photographs through Saturday in the Hive Galleryinside the Fayetteville Underground, 1 E. Center St. Jan Gosnell's "Back from Krypton" exhibit featuring her paintings will be displayed through September in the Vault Gallery.Photographs by Thomas Krapausky will be on display through Sunday. Pottery by Kelley Hatfield Wilks will be on display through Sunday in the E Street Gallery. Randy Brodnax will exhibit his pottery in October in the Revolver Gallery. Paintings on found material by Gregory Moore will be displayed in the Hive Gallery in October. Oil paintings on canvas and cardboard collage pieces by Dana Idlet will be displayed in the Vault Gallery during October. Opening receptions are from 5-8 p.m.on the first Thursday of every month. Gallery hours are noon to 7 p.m. Wednesdays through Fridays and 2-8 p.m. Saturdays. For details, visit www.fayettevilleunderground.com or call 387-1534.

DALAI LAMA FILM The Tibetan Cultural Institute will present the film "10 Questions for the Dalai Lama" at 6 p.m. Monday in the Walker Community Room in the Fayetteville Public Library, 401 W. Mountain St. Dr. Sidney Burris and Geshe Dorjee of the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Arkansas will lead a discussion. For details, visit www.artibet.org.

ART @ COMMON GROUNDS Common Grounds Espresso Bar at 412 W. Dickson St. is featuring the paintings of Josephine Romo through September. For details, visit www.commongroundsar.com or call 442-3515.

DANCES Free group lessons in swing andtango will take place at 7:30 p.m.Tuesdays and Thursdays in September at 1 E. Center St. Preregistration is required. A practice dance takes place from 7:30-10:30 p.m. Fridays. Cost is $10, $5/students with ID. For details, contact Elayne at www.elaynesdance.com or call 595-9595.

ART @ ULTRA The art of Lisa Bauer,Nathan Beatty and Debi Grimm will be featured in September at Ultra Studios, 118 W. South St. Hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays. For details, visit www.ultrastudios.org or call 935-4040.

ART @ WHITE LOTUS The art of Cindy Arsaga will be featured in September at White Lotus Salon and Massage, 4750 E. Mission Blvd., about two miles east of the Crossover Road (Arkansas 265) intersection. For details, call 582-4806.

PHOTO EXHIBIT Photographs by Ellen Gregory will be on display through October in the lobby of the Center for Continuing Education at the University of Arkansas Global Campus facility at 2 E. Center St. Viewing hours are from 8 a.m. to 4:30 a.m. Mondays through Fridays.

ART @ ARSAGA'S The mathematical and symmetrical art of Chaim Goodman-Strauss, University of Arkansas mathematics chairman, will be displayed through Oct. 4 at Arsaga's Espresso Cafe's 1852 N. Crossover Road location. Hours are from 6:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays, 6:30 a.m. to 12:30 a.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Sun-days. For details, call 527-0690.

ART @ JAMMIN' JAVA A photo exhibit featuring a variety of subjects taken by Stephanie Conway to benefit homeless animals will be on display from Thursday through Oct. 31 at Jammin' Java, 21 W. Mountain St. Suite 228. A reception in the artist's honor will be held from noon to 2 p.m. Oct. 10. Shelter dogs will be available for adoption and low-cost microchipping will be available.

'DEATHOFASALESMAN'UniversityTheatre will stage "Death of a Salesman" at 8 p.m. Oct.2-3, Oct.9-10 and 2 p.m.Oct.4 and Oct. 11 in the Studio Theater at Nadine Baum Studios, 505 W.Spring St.Tickets are $18.50; $5/University of Arkansas students with ID and are available at www.waltonartscenter. org or by calling 443-5600.

BOTANICAL GARDEN Chefs in the Garden, featuring cooking demonstrations, tastings and wine pairings, will take place at 6 p.m.Oct.8 at the Botanical Garden of the Ozarks, 4703 N. Crossover Road. Admission to the garden is $5/adults, $2.50/children ages 5-13, free/children 4 and younger; free to BGO members.The garden is free to everyone from 9 a.m.to noon on Saturdays. Hours are 9 a.m.to 5 p.m.Tuesdays through Sundays. For details, visit www.bgozarks. org or call 750-2620.

University of Arkansas RECITALS The American Brass Quintet will present a guest artist recital at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall in the Fine Arts Center. Admission is free. For details, call 575-4701.

ART @ MULLINS "Scenes of Early North-west Arkansas" by John Bell Jr. will be on display through the end of October at Mullins Library. Hours are noon to 2 a.m. Sundays, 7 a.m.to 2 a.m.Mondays through Thursdays, 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Fridays and 9a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturdays. For details, visit http://libinfo.uark.edu/info/artexhibit.asp or call 575-6702.

ART @ UA FINE ARTS "Cellblock Visions2009: Prison Art in America" will be displayed through Oct. 16 at the Fine Arts Center Gallery located in the Fine Arts Center. Phyllis Kornfeld, the exhibit's curator, will present a lecture surveying prison art in America at 7 p.m.Oct.15 in the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall.She will present a gallery talk at 2 p.m.Oct.16 in the Fine Arts Center Gallery. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Mondays through Fridays and 2-5 p.m. Sundays. For details, call 575-7987.

Fort Smith 'REHEARSAL FOR MURDER' The Fort Smith Little Theatre will present "Rehearsal for Murder"at 8 p.m.today and Saturday at its venue at 401 N.Sixth St.Tickets are $10. For details, or to order tickets, visit www.fslt.org or call 783-2966.

CANNING DISCUSSION Michelle Dailey, family and consumer science agent in Sebastian County, will discuss food preservation techniques for the home, such as canning, at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the University or Arkansas - Fort Smith's Center for Lifelong Learning at Waldron Road and Kinkead Avenue. Cost is $20 and preregistration is required by calling 788-7220. For details, visit www.uafortsmith.edu/LifelongLearning.

FS SYMPHONY GALA The Fort Smith Symphony will have its gala season opener featuring violinist Jessica Lee at 7:30 p.m.Oct.3 at the Arkansas Best Corporation Performing Arts Center, 55 S. Seventh St. Single concert tickets are $25-$30/adults; $13-$17/students. Forms for ordering tickets are available at www.fortsmithsymphony.org.

BOOK SALE A fall book sale will take place: a.m. p.m. . - - Pendergraft Campus Center at the University of Arkansas - Fort Smith. For details, call DianneWerthmuller at 788-7200.

'PORTRAITS OF ARKANSAS' "Portraits of Arkansas" by Andrew Kilgore will be on display through today in the Smith-Pendergraft Campus Center at the University of Arkansas - Fort Smith. Art by faculty, staff and students will be displayed through Oct. 31. An artists'reception will take place from 5-7 p.m. Thursday.Viewing hours are from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.Fridays.For details,call 788-7300.

FS ART CENTER Paintings by Charles Peer will be on display in September at the Fort Smith Art Center,423 N.Sixth St.A photography exhibit featuring works by Janet Lyle is featured in the Stairwell Gallery. Works by Bradley Martin and Cindy Gilmore are on display in the Upstairs Gallery. Hours are from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays. Admission is free. For details, visit www.fortsmithartcenter.org or call 784-2787.

Harrison

WRITERS GROUP The Ozark Writers' Blockis looking for people who love the written word and would like to share their work and hone their craft. It will meet at 6 p.m. on the first and the third Monday of every month at The Warehouse, 504 Old Bellefonte Road. For details, visit www.ozarkartscouncil.org/OWB.html or call Debbie Savannah George at (870) 743-5334 or e-mail her at [email protected] or call Katy Atkinson at (870) 715-8047.

Huntsville ART EXHIBIT The Madison County Art Exhibit featuring artists who live and work in rural Madison County will be displayed through Oct. 24 at the Garrett House on Arkansas 23 South. Gallery hours are from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays and 9 a.m. to noon Saturdays. For details, call 738-5305.

Lincoln APPLE FESTIVAL The Arkansas Apple Festival will take place Oct. 2-4 on the Lincoln square. For details, visit www.

arkansasapplefestival.org or call 824-3378.

Rogers

'OVER THE RIVER' "Over the River and Through the Woods" will be staged by the Rogers Little Theater at 8 p.m. today and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday at the Victory Theater, 116 S. Second St. Tickets are $42/dinner and show; $17/show only;$9.50/children 12 and younger and all students with valid IDs. Dinner is served one hour before curtain time. For details, or to order tickets, visit the theater's box office,go to www.rogerslittletheater.org or call 631-8988.

EVENTS @ HOBBS Ellen Turner will give a presentation titled "Arkansas, the Natural State" at 2 p.m. Saturday in the visitor center at Hobbs State Park - Conservation Area, 20201 E. Arkansas 12. Admission is free. Lynn Sciumbato, owner and operator of the Morning Star Wildlife Rescue of Gravette, will give a presentation titled "Raptor Rescue" at 2 p.m. Sunday.

Hobbs State Park - Conservation Area is offering guided trail tours through mid-October. Guided tours of the 1.5-mile Shaddox Hollow Trail will take place at 9 a.m. Oct. 3-4. Guided Historic Van Winkle Trail tours will take place at 9 a.m., 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Oct. 3-4. Shaddox Hollow Trail head is located a mile north of the Arkansas 12/303 intersection. The Historic Van Winkle Trail head is located on Arkansas 12, about 11.5 miles east of the railroad tracks in Rogers. For details, call 789-2380.

BALLET AUDITIONS The Moscow Ballet will host an open audition for the "Great Russian Nutcracker" at noon Saturday atBallet Westside, 101 E. Chestnut St. Applicants must have dance experience and be between 7 and 16 years old. Performance date for the "Great Russian Nutcracker" is 7:30 p.m. Nov. 18. For details, call Dorothy Taylor at 636-6678.

@ THE LIBRARY The Saturday Cinema will begin at 2 p.m. Saturday with a showing of "Race to Witch Mountain" at the Rogers Public Library. Children younger than 7 must be accompanied by an adult. Crafty Creators for children age 5 and older will begin at 6 p.m.Monday with the making of a seed mosaic and at 6 p.m.Oct.5 with the making of a Halloween wreath. Children younger than 7 must be accompanied by an adult.The Stevens Puppets will present "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" at 2 p.m. Oct. 3.

Family Story Time takes place at 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays. Preschool Story Time is at 10:30 a.m.Wednesdays.Toddler Story Time takes place at 9:30 a.m.Thursdays.Baby Play and Rhyme and Preschool Story times both take place at 10:30 a.m. Thursdays. Saturday Story Time is at 2 p.m. Saturdays.

The Rogers Public Library is located at 711 S. Dixieland Road. For details, call 621-1152.

ZEPHYR BLEVINS GALLERY Oil paintings by Brenda Laney and Joyce Lenz will be displayed from Tuesday through Nov. 17 at Zephyr Blevins Gallery inside the Victory Theater, 116 S. Second St. An artists' reception will be held from 5-7 p.m. Oct. 16. Hours are from noon to 4 p.m. weekdays and 10 a.m. to noon Saturdays. For details, call 631-8988.

'WONDERFUL LIFE' AUDITIONS The Rogers Little Theater will hold auditions for "It's a Wonderful Life" at 7 p.m. Tuesday at The Victory Theater, 116 S. Second St. Performance dates are Dec. 4-6 and Dec. 10-13. About 20 men, women and children ranging from ages 7 to 70 are needed. Audition packets are available at the box office. For details,visit www.rogerslittletheater.org or call 631-8988.

GRIDIRON The Northwest Arkansas Gridiron Show, a production that spoofs local newsmakers through sketch and song, will be staged at 8 p.m. Oct. 2-3 at the Victory Theater, 116 S. Second St. Proceeds will benefit the Northwest Arkansas chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists and the Fayetteville branch of the American Association of University Women.Tickets are $25 and available at www.nwagridiron.com or by calling 409-6072.

JAMES PATTERSON Best-selling author James Patterson will speak at 9 a.m. Oct. 3 at the John Q. Hammons Center, 3303 Pinnacle Hills Parkway,as part of the Rogers Public Library Foundation's "Conversations" series to benefit the library.Tickets are $50 and include the event,breakfast and a copyof Patterson's new novel,"Alex Cross's Trial." Patterson will be available to sign books. Tickets are available atwww.rplfoundation. org or the Rogers Public Library.

ROGERS HISTORICAL MUSEUM The Rogers Historical Museum is featuring the following exhibits: "Final Respects: Dealing with Death in the Victorian Era," an exhibit accompanied by "A House in Mourning"theme tours,will be on display through Nov. 7.

"Of Promise and Pain: Life Between the Wars," which explores the life in the Rogers area during the 1920s and the Great Depression, will run through June 2010.

"Rogers Auto-Biography: An Automotive History of Rogers," which runs through 2011.

"Virgil Lovelace and Life on the Farm" also continues.

Tours of the Hawkins House are offered during regular museum hours.

The Rogers Historical Museum is located at 322 S. Second St. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays; admission is free. For details, call 621-1154 or visit www.rogersarkansas.com/museum.

JULIE WAIT GALLERY Paintings by Barbara Kennedy will be displayed through Nov.5 at Julie Wait Designs Art Gallery, 318 S. First St. A reception in Kennedy's honor will be held from 6-8 p.m. Sept. 18. Gallery hours are 9 a.m.to 5 p.m.Mondays through Fridays. For details, call 631-8706.

Siloam Springs ART @ JBU "Figures in Flux," featuringpaintings by Michael Nichols, will be on display through Oct.2 at The Gallery on the John Brown University campus. Hours are 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays through Fridays and 2-4 p.m. Sundays. For details, visit www.jbu.edu.

Springdale

SHILOH MUSEUM The Ozark Wireless Society will meet at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History. The Fishback School reunion will take place from 1:15-4 p.m. Saturday. The Northwest Arkansas Sacred Harp Singers will meet at 1:30 p.m. Sunday.

"Carry On," an exhibit featuring baskets, trunks, purses and other artifacts used to contain and transport, will be on displaythrough Saturday.

"Prized Possessions," a photo exhibit featuring people posed with their favorite things, is on display through Dec. 19.

"Squeaky Clean," an exhibit exploring the history of hygiene in the Ozarks from 1850 to 1950, is on display through Jan. 16.

The Shiloh Museum of Ozark History islocated at 118 W. Johnson Ave. Hours are from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays.For details,call 750-8165 or visit www.springdaleark.org/shiloh.

FASHION SHOW The American Girl Fashion Show, a fundraiser for the children's shows at the Arts Center of the Ozarks, will take place at 12:30 and 4 p.m. Oct. 3-4 at the center, 214 S. Main St. Tickets are $35and available by calling 751-5441.

ART @ ACO An art exhibit by Teresa Hall and LaDawna Whiteside titled "Sacred Structures" will be displayed through Oct. 5 at the Arts Center of the Ozarks, 214 S. Main St. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays. For details, call 751-5441., a group of local poets, meets at 1 p.m. the first Saturday of each month in Room 222 at the Jones Center for Families, 922 E. Emma Ave. For details, call 756-5405.

Sulphur Springs

HONEY CREEK OPRY The Honey Creek Opry featuring Silverado with special guest Tom Katz will take place at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 2 at the Shiloh Christian Conference and Retreat Center, two miles south of the Missouri state line on Arkansas 59. Tickets are $8 and are available at the door or inadvance by calling Phil Watt at 466-9241 or the retreat center at (800) 374-4564.

Van Buren

'SLEEPING BEAUTY WAKES' Groovelily will perform "Sleeping Beauty Wakes" at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Van Buren Fine Arts Center, 2001 Pointer Trail. Tickets are $15-$20 and available by calling 471-4017.

West Fork LITTLE O' OPREY At 7 p.m. on Saturdaysthe Little O' Oprey house band backs performances of classic country, old-time rock 'n' roll, bluegrass and gospel tunes. Door prizes are also given away.Admission is $8/ adults, $7/senior citizens and free/younger than 12. For details, call 839-2992.

Wiederkehr Village

WINE FEST The 46th annual Wiederkehr Wine Festival will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 10 p.m.Saturday atWiederkehrWinekellars, 3324 Swiss Family Drive. Admission is free. For details, call 468-9463.