FAYETTEVILLE — Six-time Grammy-winning Irish folk group The Chieftains will give a concert at 7 p.m. today in Baum Walker Hall at the Walton Arts Center, 495 W. Dickson St., Fayetteville.
The concert, part of the Chieftains’ 2011 U.S. tour in support of their 2010 album San Patricio, will feature “an array of surprise guests and local musicians,” according to a news release, including between six and 20 local dancers and Scottish pipe bands performing the “March to Battle,” which Liam Neeson narrated for the album.
Tickets are $46-$72 plus handling charges. Sponsor is E&J Gallo Winery. Call (479) 443-5600 or visit waltonartscenter.org.
Also at Walton Arts Center this week:
The Wiener Sangerknaben (Vienna Boys Choir) will give a concert at 7 p.m. Tuesday in Baum Walker Hall.
The program will include the opening two movements, “O Fortuna” and “Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi,” from Carmina Burana by Carl Orff; Ave verum corpus, op.65 No. 1, by Gabriel Faure; “Wer Gott bekennt aus wahrem Herzensgrund” from the Cantata No. 45 by J.S. Bach; “Adoramus te Christe” by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina; Virga Jesse by Anton Bruckner; “Mr. Double Bass” by Wolfram Wagner; Hymn to King Saint Stephen by Zoltan Kodaly; “Und gehst du uber den Kirchhof,” op.44 No. 10, from Jungbrunnen by Johannes Brahms; “Abendsegen” (“Evening prayer”) from Hansel und Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck; “We Are the World” by Michael Jackson and Lionel Ritchie;a traditional Austrian yodeling song; and two vocal versions of pieces by Johann Strauss II: “Pizzicato Polka” and “Dorfschwalben aus Osterreich” (“Village Swallows from Austria”).
The concert is part of the center’s Pepperidge Farm Family Fun Series. Tickets are $18-$32.
The Tango Fire Company of Buenos Aires, Argentina, will put on a program titled Tango Inferno: The Fire Within at 7 p.m. Thursday in Baum Walker Hall. Tickets are $24-$38.
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NETworks Presentations’ national tour of the musical A Chorus Line - music by Marvin Hamlisch, lyrics by Edward Kleban, book by James Kirkwood and Nicholas Dante, conceived and originally choreographed and directed by Michael Bennett - will be on stage at 7:30 p.m.Tuesday at the Arkansas Best Corp. Performing Arts Center, Fort Smith Convention Center, 55 S. Seventh St., Fort Smith.
The cast includes Little Rock actor Eric Mann as Mike.
The performance is part of the University of Arkansas-Fort Smith’s Season of Entertainment 30. Tickets are $40 and $37. Call (479) 788-7300 or visit the website, www.uafortsmith.edu.
Eureka Gras
Former New Orleanian Dan Ellis, transplanted to Eureka Springs after Hurricane Katrina, and his “Krewe of Krazo” (that’s “Ozark”spelled backward) will put on the sixth annual Eureka Gras, Thursday-March 12 in various Eureka Springs venues.
This week’s events:
The Krewe of Krazo Hookers & Jokers Ball, 7 p.m. Thursday at the Inn of the Ozarks Convention Center, 207 U.S. 62 West, featuring a Creole buffet, cash bar and music by Swing and a Miss. Partygoers should dress as either “Hookers or Jokers,” “Guys and Dolls” or “Freakin’ Eurekan.” Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 at the door. Call (479) 253-7788.
At 6 p.m. Friday, Krewe of Krazo Coronation Ball and Masquerade Dance, Crystal Ballroom of the Crescent Hotel & Spa, 75 Prospect Ave. The lineup includes the Promenade and Grand March of the 2011 Eureka Gras King, Queen and Royal Court; music by the Cherry Brooks Jazz/Blues Combo; and a New Orleans buffet dinner with cash bar. Tickets are $35; reservations are required. Call (479) 253-9766.
The Eureka Gras Mardi Gras Parade at 2 p.m. Saturday through downtown Eureka Springs will have an “Alice in Wonderland” theme and feature multicolored floats, costumed walkers and bands. A costume contest follows at bandstand of the New Delhi Cafe, 2 N. Main St.; cash and other prizes will be awarded. Admission to parade and the costume contest is free.
The Beaux Arts Ball, 7 p.m. Saturday in the Barefoot Ballroom, Basin Park Hotel, 12 Spring St., featuring the music of Rosie Ledet Zydeco. Tickets are $25.
A complete schedule is available at krazo.ureeka. org. Call (479) 981-9551.
Vocal ‘Passport’
The University of Arkansas Schola Cantorum and the university’s women’s ensemble, Donna Voce, will give a concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Rolling Hills Baptist Church, 1400 E. Rolling Hills Drive, Fayetteville.
The program, titled “Passport Through Song,” will include J.S. Bach’s motet, “Singet dem Herrn,” and choral works representing more than a dozen countries. Todd Prickett conducts; Kara Youngconducts Donna Voce.
Tickets are $10, $5 for senior citizens, $1 for students. Call (479) 575-3141.
Swingle Singers
The Swingle Singers, an eight-member English a cappella group and winner of several Grammy Awards, will perform at the Hot Springs Village Community Foundation’s sixth annual benefit concert at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Woodlands Auditorium, Ponce de Leon Center, 1101 DeSoto Blvd. at Balboa Drive, Hot Springs Village.
The program, titled “Ferris Wheels,” focuses on the work of singer-songwriters including Joni Mitchell, Bjork, Nick Drake and the Beatles, plus classic Swingle Singers adaptations of music by Chick Corea, J.S. Bach and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Tickets are $25. Net proceeds will go toward initiating the HSVCF Endowment for the Veterans Memorial and the HSVCF Endowment for Veterans Assistance. Call (501) 915-8022.
Academy auditions
The Arkansas Arts Center Children’s Theatre will hold auditions for its Summer Theatre Academy theater training program at 5 p.m. March 12 and April 2 at the Arts Center in MacArthur Park, 10th and Commerce streets, Little Rock.
The auditions are open to actors age 10-18. Arrive in the Children’s Theatre lobby (south entrance) at least 15 minutes before the start of the audition. Wear comfortable clothes that allow freedom of movement. It won’t be necessary to prepare anything in advance.
Academy students will learn pantomime, voice and diction, improvisation and movement and theater performing techniques. The academy is available as a standard six-week course, June 20-July 29, or as an abbreviated threeweek workshop, June 20-July 8 and July 11-29. Classes run 9 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays.
Tuition is $750 for the six-week academy, $450 for the three-week workshop. Scholarships are available. Call (501) 396-0338.
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