A 7:30 p.m. Nov. 1 performance by Broadway singer-actress Audra McDonald will anchor the University of Arkansas - Fort Smith’s 2013-14 “Season of Entertainment 33” at the Arkansas Best Performing Arts Center, Fort Smith Convention Center, 55 S. Seventh St., Fort Smith.
The rest of the touring-show lineup (except as noted, all performances 7:30 p.m.)
Nov. 16: Memphis, 8 p.m.
Feb. 4: Man of La Mancha
Feb. 17: Bring It On: The Musical
April 5: The Addams Family
Season tickets, $220, are available through Aug. 30. Individual tickets - $55 and $52 for Audra McDonald, Memphis and The Addams Family, $35 and $32 for Man of La Mancha and Bring It On - go on sale Sept. 2. Call (479) 788-7300..
The season also includes UA-Fort Smith performances (all at 7:30 p.m.; vocal and instrumental music concerts at the Arkansas Best Performing Arts Center; Theatre @ UAFS performances at Breedlove Auditorium, UA-Fort Smith, 4510 Grand Ave.):
Oct. 14: Symphonic Band
Oct. 17-19 & 21-22: Lend Me a Tenor by Ken Ludwig, Theatre @ UAFS
Oct. 24: Choral concert
Nov. 19: Jazz concert
Dec. 2: Season’s Greetings concert
Feb. 13-15: Crimes of the Heart by Beth Henley, Theatre @ UAFS
April 8: Jazz concert
April 17: Symphonic Band
April 28: Choral concert.
Tickets to jazz concerts are $8, to band and choral concerts and theater productions, $6. Call (479) 788-7300.
UA-Fort Smith has also added a “Season at Second Street” entertainment series, UAFS at Second Street, 101 N. Second St., Fort Smith. Keyboardist-vocalist-producer Gregg Rolie, co-founder of Santana and Journey, will perform at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 11. Bluesman and Fort Smith native Chris Cameron performs at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 31. Admission to this pair of shows is $41; individual tickets are $27 for Rolie, $20 for Cameron. Only 200 tickets are available for each performance. Call (479) 788-7300.
Yonkers auditions
Community Theatre of Little Rock will hold open auditions for Lost in Yonkers by Neil Simon, 2 p.m. July 27 and 7:30 p.m. July 28 at The Public Theatre, 616 Center St., Little Rock. Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script. Directors Mark Troillett and Josh Sigal will be casting two pre-teen boys, two men and three women. Production dates are Sept. 13-29. Call (501) 410-2283 (ACT3) or visit the website, ctlr-act.
‘Legendary’ festival
Tickets ($5) go on sale Monday at Freckled Frog in Little Rock’s Hillcrest, Century Butterfly in Fayetteville and online at Eventbrite.com for a new music and arts festival, “Legends of Arkansas,” 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Sept. 15 in theRiver Market Pavilion and the First Security Amphitheatre, off President Clinton Avenue and La Harpe Boulevard in Little Rock.
The performers, craftsmen, artists and vendors will all be from Arkansas. Onstageacts so far include Weakness for Blondes, Starroy, Sarah Hughes Band, Chillyrose, Freeverse, Tyrannosaurus Chicken, Mojo Depot, Adam Faucett, Flipoff Pirates, Sideshow, Runaway Planet, Papa Grande and Infusion.
Gates will open at 10 a.m. and the event will go on rain or shine. Tickets at the gate will be $10; those bought online are subject to additional fees. Call (870) 540-9867, email [email protected] or visit the Facebook page, facebook.com/LegendsofArkansas. (As of press time, a website, LegendsofArkansas.com, said it is “the future home of something quite cool” and advised visitors to “check back soon.”) Arts awards
The Arkansas Arts Council is handing out a lifetime achievement award to photographer Billie Seamans of McGehee as part of the 2013 Governor’s Arts Awards, at aceremony this fall, date to be be announced. The awards recognize individuals and corporations for their outstanding contributions to the arts in Arkansas.
The rest of the lineup:
Arts Community Development Award: Bob Ford and Amy Herzberg of TheatreSquared of Fayetteville
Arts in Education Award: Paul Leopoulos, THEA Foundation, North Little Rock
Corporate Sponsorship of the Arts Award: Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard, PLLC, Little Rock
Folklife Award: Paula Morell, Tales of the South, North Little Rock
Individual Artist Award: Robert Hupp, Arkansas Repertory Theatre, Little Rock
Patron Award: Lee and Dale Ronnel, Little Rock
Judges Special Recognition Award: Farrell Ford, Arkadelphia Writing contests
July 25 is the deadline to enter one or more of the 13 White County Creative Writers conference contests.
Contests 1 and 2 (awards -1st place $50; 2nd place $30; 3rd place $15):
Children’s story, 800 words maximum. (Sponsor: White County Creative Writers, Searcy)
Short story, fiction, 1,500 words maximum, must include all of the following words and phrases: Arabica beans, rooster, Vulcan Canon, menopause, titillating, Eiffel Tower.
Contests 3 through 13 (awards - 1st place $25, 2nd place $15, 3rd place $10):
Haiku Award. Haiku sequence, 9 lines minimum, 15 lines maximum. $5 to three honorable mention winners.
The Zippy Pen Award - Stand Up and Testify, an essay about how sharing the message of Christ with others changed you. 1,250 words max.
Looking Back Award - short story set in 1970 or earlier. “Be true to the decade (no cell phones).” 1,500 words max.
Magical Mash-Up: short story, a humorous combination of two fairy tales, 2,500 words max. Entrants will receive a brief critique if they ask for one (place “critique requested” below title).
Make Me Laugh Award: humorous short story or memoir, 1,500 words max.
The Barbershop Award: humorous short story about a bad haircut and the consequences. Fiction or nonfiction. 2,500 words maximum. Entries that do not include a word count will be disqualified.
Del Garrett’s Gimme the Creeps Award: short fiction ghost story, 250 words max., based on a weird-looking photo. Entry must include a copy of the photo.
Central Arkansas Writers Award: a personal essay on the subject, “My Favorite Writing Place.” 1,000 words max.
Poetics Award: Poetry in any form on the subject, “Where I’d Like to Be,” 50 lines max.
Roberts Family Ark Award: rhymed poetry, any subject, 40 lines max.
Limited to Arkansas residents: A holiday story, fiction or nonfiction, 2,500 words or less.
White County Creative Writers meets 6:30-8:30 p.m. the third Monday of every month at Simmons First Bank, 401 S. Main St., Searcy. The next meeting is scheduled for Monday.
The club will hold its 18th annual writers’ conference Aug. 31 in the American Heritage Conference Center at Harding University in Searcy. Complete conference details and contest rules are available online at whitecountycreativewriters.org.
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