Elsewhere in entertainment, events and the arts:
'Lyric Return'
The Arkansas Symphony Orchestra inaugurates its coronavirus-disrupted 2020-21 Stella Boyle Smith Masterworks Series, livestreaming a concert titled "A Lyric Return" from Robinson Center Performance Hall at 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday.
Principal harpist Alisa Coffey will solo with the orchestra in Claude Debussy's "Danses Sacree et Profane." The comparatively short program, which Interim Artistic Director Geoffrey Robson, who will be on the podium, created to "reintroduce patrons to the sounds of orchestra strings," according to a news release, also includes "Strum" by Jessie Montgomery, "Lyric for Strings" by George Walker and "Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis" by Ralph Vaughan Williams.
The orchestra is citing health and safety precautions in presenting the concert virtually, via ArkansasSymphony.org/lyric-return. "Admission" is by a minimum donation of $10.
As for the rest of the spring lineup, the February program will be virtual; the orchestra will evaluate March, April, and May concerts as they approach. The Stella Boyle Smith Trust is the Masterworks Series sponsor.
Call (501) 666-1761 or visit ArkansasSymphony.org.
'Educational' film
The Reform Alliance, a nonprofit focused on improving education in Arkansas, is hosting a free socially distanced drive-in movie screening of "Miss Virginia," 6 p.m. Saturday at the MP Outdoor Cinema, 6700 Allied Way, Little Rock. It's part of a series of National School Choice Week events. The 2019 film is based on the true story of a single mother (played by Uzo Aduba) who challenges the system in an effort to ensure her son gets a good education.
Visit TheReformAlliance.org or facebook.com/arreformalliance.
'Calling Home'
"Calling Home," a collection of mixed-media collages by Diane Page Harper that "explore ideas of weighted memories and the emotional imprint of culture and personal history," according to a news release, is on display through Feb. 19 in the Focus Gallery at the Windgate Center of Art + Design at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 2801 S. University Ave, Little Rock. Gallery hours are .9 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday. Admission is free. Email [email protected].
Art at Hendrix
"Altarpieces & Icons: Ray Allen Parker" and "Katrina Andry: The Promise of the Rainbow Never Came" are on display through March 12 at the Windgate Museum of Art at Hendrix College, 1600 Washington Ave., Conway.
"Altarpieces & Icons," in the Neely Gallery, includes 12 "intimate monumental portraits that chronicle the physical and psychological presence of his subjects in naturalistic detail," according to a news release. Parker will offer a virtual talk at 7 p.m. Feb. 24; Leo Mazow, curator of American art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and essayist for the exhibition brochure, will deliver a virtual lecture at 7 p.m. March 1.
Andry's work, in the Wilcox-Todd Gallery, "reflects on the loss of enslaved African lives during Middle Passage voyage across the Atlantic to the West Indies." The artist will offer a talk at 7 p.m.; curator Courtney Taylor will speak at 7 p.m. Feb. 15.
"Ramune Candy Roll: Ceramic by Kensuke Yamada" runs Feb. 8-March 15 in the museum's Window Gallery, visible 24/7 from the building's exterior.
"Admission" to all talks is free. Register by e-mailing [email protected].
Gallery hours are noon-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. Covid-19 protocols are in place and reservations are encouraged. Call (501) 328-2383, email [email protected] or visit windgatemuseum.org.