Author and humorist David Sedaris will display his trademark wit, 7 p.m. Tuesday at Fayetteville's Walton Arts Center, 495 W. Dickson St., kicking off the center's 2017-2018 LOL@WAC Series. Tickets are $46-$54.
Also at Walton Arts Center this week:
• Canadian dance company Cas Public will perform its contemporary dance show, Symphonie Dramatique, an homage to William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, part of the center's 10x10 Arts Series. Tickets are $10 plus fees.
• "Kid hop" performer Secret Agent 23 Skidoo will be onstage at 7 p.m. Friday to kick off the center's Kimberly Clark Family Fun Series. Tickets are $15, $9 for children.
Call (479) 443-5600 or visit the website, waltonartscenter.org.
Tejas Brothers
The Tejas Brothers -- Dave Perez on accordion, John Garza on bass guitar, James Shelton on pedal steel guitar and Tim Crispin on drums -- will perform "Tex-Mex honky-tonk," 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Blue Lion at UAFS Downtown, 101 N. Second St., Fort Smith. It's part of the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith's Season at the Blue Lion. Tickets are $25. Call (479) 788-7300 or visit uafs.universitytickets.com.
Off to see the Wizard
The national touring production of The Wizard of Oz (music by Harold Arlen, lyrics by E.Y. "Yip" Harburg, book by John Kane, adapted by Robert Johanson, from the 1939 film, adapted from the L. Frank Baum classic, with additional songs by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber), will be onstage 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Alma Performing Arts Center, 103 E. Main St., Alma. Tickets are $25-$41 with discounts for children. Call (479) 632-2129 or visit almapac.org.
Bluegrass Monday
The Jeanette Williams Band performs 7 p.m. Monday at the Collins Theatre, 120 W. Emerson St., Paragould. It's part of Jonesboro public radio station KASU-FM, 91.9's Bluegrass Monday concert series. The station will literally pass the hat to pay the group; suggested donation is $5. Call (870) 972-2367, email [email protected] or visit the Bluegrass Monday Facebook page.
Jazz Soiree
The Arts Center of the Ozarks, 214 S. Main St., Springdale, will hold its 15th 5x5 Jazz Soiree and Auction fundraiser, 5:55 p.m. Thursday, featuring artworks on a 5-inch-square canvas by area artists. The works have been on display at the center and will be up for silent auction; bids begin at $25. Tickets are $15. Call (479) 751-5441 or visit acozarks.org.
Zombie crawl
Eureka Springs will be facing zombie makeup and fake blood Saturday for the sixth annual Zombie Crawl, 6 p.m. at the Carnegie Public Library, 194 Spring St., continuing down Spring Street to Basin Street Park. The event will feature a creeping column of hearses, doomsday vehicles, Halloween floats and street performers. Admission is free (take two cans of nonperishable food per person). Attendees are invited to dress up and join the procession. (Need help getting dead and ready? Makeup artists will be available in the park before the parade begins, noon-5 p.m.)
Melonlight Dance will host a free family-friendly pre-crawl "Thriller" dance workshop, noon-2 p.m. in the park. Post-parade, adult zombies 21 and older can shake their bones at the Dance of the Dead after party at Upstairs at Grotto, 39 Spring St. Admission is $10.
More information, including a Parade Guide and Zombie Crawl Frequently Asked Questions, are available at eurekaspringszombiecrawl.com.
American in Memphis
An American soldier, a mysterious French girl and the indomitable French capital play the leading roles in the Tony Award-winning An American in Paris (music by George Gershwin, lyrics by Ira Gershwin, book by Craig Lucas, inspired by the Oscar-winning film), which a touring company brings this week to Memphis' Orpheum Theatre, 203 S. Main St. Curtain times are 7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday, 8 p.m. Friday, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday and 1 and 6:30 p.m. Oct. 29. Tickets are $25-$125. Call (901) 525-3000 or visit orpheum-memphis.com.
Foo Fighters at FedEx
The Foo Fighters, on their Concrete and Gold tour, perform at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the FedExForum, 191 Beale St., Memphis. Tickets are $49-$99 plus service charges. Call (800) 745-3000 or visit ticketmaster.com.
Singers scholarship
The Arkansas Chamber Singers is awarding one $1,000 and one $500 music/vocal scholarship to two Arkansas high school seniors through competitive auditions. Application deadline is Dec. 17. Auditions and interviews will take place at 3 p.m. Jan. 28 at St. James United Methodist Church, 321 Pleasant Valley Drive, Little Rock. Applications and more information, including eligibility guidelines, are available at ar-chambersingers.org; call (501) 377-1121.
Museum's new chief
Louis Meluso, who for the last four years has been the director of imaging technology at the Art Institute of Chicago, takes over Nov. 1 as executive director of the Fort Smith Regional Art Museum, 1601 Rogers Ave., Fort Smith. Meluso replaces founding executive director Lee Ortega, who became the executive director of the Museum of the Southwest in Midland, Texas, June 30.
Meluso's more than 16 years of museum management experience includes working in the photography department at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles and 13 years as head of imaging at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Mo.
The museum will introduce Meluso and his wife at its "Annual Art Affair: Searching for the Seventies," 7 p.m. Saturday. Admission is $100, $75 for museum members; $100 per person for nonmembers. Call (479) 784-2787 or visit fsram.org.
2018 at Murry's
Murry's Dinner Playhouse, 6323 Colonel Glenn Road, Little Rock, will open its 2018 season Jan. 16-Feb. 10 with Jaston Williams, Joe Sears and Ed Howard's two-actor comedy Greater Tuna.
The rest of the lineup:
• Feb. 14-17: Elvis tribute performer Travis LeDoyt
• Feb. 20-March 17: Never Too Late by Arthur Long
• March 21-April 21: Little Shop of Horrors, music by Alan Menken, book and lyrics by Howard Ashman, based on the 1960 Roger Corman cult classic film
• April 24-May 26: Southern Fried Nuptials by J. Dietz Osborne and Nate Eppler (sequel to Southern Fried Funeral)
• May 29-July 7: Menopause the Musical by Jeanie Linders
• July 11-Aug. 25: Grease, book, music and lyrics by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey
• Aug. 28-Sept. 22: Social Security by Andrew Bergman
• Sept. 25-Oct. 20: The Foreigner by Larry Shue
• Oct. 23-Nov. 17: The Hallelujah Girls by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope and Jamie Wooten
• Nov. 23-Dec. 31: Elf the Musical, songs by Matthew Sklar and Chad Beguelin, book by Thomas Meehan and Bob Martin, adapted from the 2003 film.
Season ticket information is available by calling (501) 562-3131 or online at murrysdp.com.
Rogers auditions
Arkansas Public Theatre will hold auditions 7 p.m. Nov. 6 for adults and children for A Christmas Story by Philip Grecian at the Victory Theater, 116 S. Second St., Rogers. Auditions will involve readings from the script and, for the children's choir, music from the show. An audition packet is available for download at arkansaspublictheatre.org. Doors for auditions will open at 6:30. Callbacks, if needed, will take place at 7 p.m. Nov. 7 at the theater. Production dates are Dec. 8-10 and 14-17. Call (479) 631.8988.
Style on 10/22/2017