Everclear, Live, Filter and Sponge are co-headlining the Summerland Tour 2013 Alternative Guitars, which will make a Northwest Arkansas stop at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Arkansas Music Pavilion, Washington County Fairgrounds, 2536 N. McConnell Ave., Fayetteville. Gates open at 6. Tickets are $22-$37, with a limited number of $102 premium seats. Call (479) 443-5600 or visit the website, amptickets.com.
Folk art in wood
“Works in Wood: A Folk Art Sampler,” an exhibition of folk art objects made from wood, ranging from elaborately carved and painted cigar store Indian figures to toy wagons and canes, opens Saturday at the Rogers Historical Museum, 322 S. Second St., Rogers. The exhibition will be on display, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.Monday-Saturday, through Sept. 28. A Folk Art Family Day, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Sept. 21, will feature demonstrations and hands-on workshops in weaving, seed art and other folk crafts. Admission is free. Call (479) 621-1154 or visit the website, rogersarkansas.com/ museum.
Bali Ha’i calling …
A young Navy nurse from Little Rock learns to overcome her prejudices when she falls in love with a French planter on a South Seas island during World War II in South Pacific (music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, book by Hammerstein and Joshua Logan, based on Tales From the South Pacific by James Michener), opening Tuesday at Murry’s Dinner Playhouse, 6323 Colonel Glenn Road, Little Rock.
Grace Field makes her Murry’s debut as Ensign Nellie Forbush, with director Don Bolinger as Emile de Becque, Christopher Straw as Luther Billis, Nisheedah Golden as Bloody Mary and James O’Connell as Lt. Joe Cable.
Dinner starts at 6 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 11 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Sunday, with show times at 7:45 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday (except matinees only, Wednesday and July 31 and Aug. 7), 12:45 and 6:45 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $31-$35, $23 for children 15 and under, $25 and $15 for children, show only. Call (501) 562-3131 or visit the website, murrysdinnerplayhouse.com.
Bluegrass Monday
The Bluegrass Martins - Jeana Martin-Faris (vocals and fiddle), Dale Martin (vocals and guitar), Janice Martin (vocals and banjo), Elvin Martin (vocals and upright bass), Larita Martin (Dobro), Lee Martin (mandolin) and Anne Martin (fiddle) - will perform at 7 p.m. Monday at the Collins Theatre, 120 W. Emerson St., Paragould, part of radio station KASU-FM, 91.9’s, Bluegrass Monday concert series. The station will pass the hat to pay the band; suggested donation is $5. Call (870) 972-2367 or email ms[email protected].
Walton series
Fayetteville’s Walton Arts Center, which announced its 2013-14 Procter & Gamble Broadway Series in May, has unveiled the remainder of its entertainment lineup for the coming season. (Except as noted, all performances at the center, 495 W. Dickson St., Fayetteville, times TBA.)
Popcorn Indiana American Masters Series:
Oct. 5: Aaron Neville
Nov. 1: The Doobie Brothers
Dec. 13: Mark O’Connor& Friends: An Appalachian Christmas
March 7: Rosanne Cash
April 25: Ramsey Lewis & John Pizzarelli: Straighten Up & Fly Right - The Nat King Cole Tribute
Coca-Cola Night Out Series:
Oct. 24: The Wonder Bread Years (starring Pat Hazell)
Oct. 31: Sing-A-Long Grease
Feb. 1: One-Man Lord of the Rings
April 10: Jim Belushi & the Chicago Board of Comedy
Kimberly-Clark Family Fun Series:
Oct. 18-20: Disney’s Beauty & the Beast
Jan. 17-19: Broadway on Ice
Feb. 23: Cirque Ziva
May 2: Rhythm Safari
10x10 Arts Series:
Oct. 4: AnDa Union
Oct. 10: Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
Oct. 25: Mnozil Brass
Jan. 23: Compagnie Kafig
Feb. 14: Chucho Valdes
Feb. 21: LEO (“one-man show of acrobatic physical theater”)
March 6: Soweto Gospel Choir
April 23: The Improvised Shakespeare Company
May 16: Trey McIntyre Project
May 30: Time for Three and Artosphere Festival Orchestra
Kids Series:
Jan. 31: Still Awake Still
April 13: Fluff
Tyson Foods Starrlight Jazz Club Series:
Sept. 27: Edmar Castaneda Quartet
Nov. 15: Christian Howes Quintet
Dec. 7: Aaron Diehl Quartet
Feb. 1: Dr. Lonnie Smith Trio
April 18: Catherine Russell Group
Holiday Fun Series:
Dec. 6: Sing-A-Long Sound of Music
Dec. 7: Mariachi Los Camperos - Fiesta Navidad
Dec. 20-22: Moscow Classical Ballet’s The Nutcracker
Additional shows:
Nov. 9: comedian Brian Regan
Nov. 14: Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles
June 7: Artosphere Festival Orchestra
June 20-21: comedian Ron White
“Create Your Own” subscriptions are available with the purchase of three or more shows; subscription benefitsinclude discounts, one free ticket exchange and early access. Single tickets will be available Wednesday. Call (479) 443-5600 or visit waltonartscenter.org.
Artspree lineup
Mezzo-soprano SashaCooke will open the University of Arkansas at Little Rock’s 2013-14 Artspree season with a recital at 3 p.m. Sept. 15 in the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall, Fine Arts Building, UALR, 2801 S. University Ave., Little Rock.
The rest of the lineup (all concerts 3 p.m. in the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall; tickets for each concert are $20)
Oct. 6: Rovshan Mamedkuliev, guitar
Nov. 10: Pianist Nikita Mndoyants, 2013 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition finalist
March 2: Chinese Folk Music Orchestra from Qingdao University of Science and Technology
April 6: Jazz saxophonist Steve Owen with the UALR Jazz Combo. Owen will also perform with the UALR Jazz Ensemble at 7:30 p.m. April 7.
Artspree funding comes in part from the UALR Society for Philanthropy and Little Rock classical radio station KLRE-FM, 90.5. Call (501) 569-3294 or email music@ ualr.edu.
Preservation awards
Sept. 2 is the deadline to submit nominations (online at PreserveArkansas.org) to the Historic Preservation Alliance of Arkansas for its annual Arkansas Preservation Awards, recognizing and honoring individuals and organizations for outstanding achievement in historic preservation in Arkansas. Call (501) 372-4757 or email [email protected].
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