LITTLE ROCK — Elsewhere in arts and entertainment this week: Houdini-esque-apes
One-name Arkansas illusionist Sean-Paul of Eureka Springs’ Intrigue Theater will attempt two Harry Houdini-influenced “Extraordinary Escapes” in Eureka Springs this month:
At noon Thursday at the Crescent Hotel, 75 Prospect Ave., he will be strapped into a regulation straitjacket and hoisted upside down by his feet from a plank extending off the hotel observation deck.
At 7 p.m. Oct. 20, he will be handcuffed, stuffed into a 70-year-old 30-gallon milk can filled with water and the lid sealed with four padlocks in Basin Street Park on Spring Street.
Admission is free.
At 10 p.m. Halloween night, Oct. 31, the Crescent Hotel’s Crystal Ballroom will host a performance called The Intrigue of Harry Houdini, which will include segments of Intrigue Theater’s regular show, ending with a seance in an attempt to make contact with the spirit of Houdini, who died on Halloween 1926. Tickets are $29.95. Call (479) 244-7028 or visit intriguetheater.com.
China documentary
Hot Springs-based Alliance Rubber Co. is sponsoring the Arkansas premiere of the documentary Death by China, 7 p.m. Friday at the Market Street Cinema, 1506 Market St., Little Rock.
A meet-and-greet at 6:30 p.m. with producer Greg Autry in the theater lobby will precede the screening; a panel discussion will follow.
The screening is part of the company’s annual Manufacturing Day festivities. Admission is free but seats are limited; visit rubberband.com/rsvpmfgtickets.
The film will be screened at the theater through Oct. 11 at regular ticket prices.
Radio Carol tryouts
Community Theatre of Little Rock will hold open auditions for the musical A 1940s Radio Christmas Carol by Walton Jones, David Wohl and Faye Greenberg, at 2 p.m. Saturday and 7 p.m. Monday at the Public Theatre, 616 Center St., Little Rock.
Prepare to sing a song; take two copies of your sheet music, including one for the accompanist. The audition will also involve cold readings from the script. Director Michael Henderson will be casting six men and three women.
Production dates are Nov. 16-Dec. 2. Call (501) 410-2283 or visit the website, ctlr-act.org.
Calico Rock art
The Calico Rock Museum is seeking paintings, sculpture, pottery and other forms of art created by artists from Izard, Stone, Baxter, Fulton or Independence counties, and in particular for paintings by Emma Drown Morgan. It accepts donations, but will also take works of art on loan. Call (870) 297-4129.
Painting exhibition
“Tenses of Landscape,” an invitational painting exhibition, is on display through Nov. 4 at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville’s department of art Fine Arts Center Gallery.
The exhibition consists of works in acrylic on wood, oil on canvas and encaustic and collage on wood by artists Ricky Allman, Julie Cifuentes, Mike East, Emily Gherard, Grant Hottle, Michael Kareken, Tim Kennedy, Carla Knopp, Michael Krueger, Mark Lewis, Kristin Musgnug, Joseph Noderer, Margaret Noel, Casey Roberts, Claire Sherman, Kimberly Trowbridge, Shane Walsh, Megan Williamson and Jenn Wilson.
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