ENTERTAINMENT NOTES
Elsewhere in entertainment and the arts:
TODAY Steamboats to freedom
Charles Bolton, former history professor at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, discusses the role that steamboats played in the transporting of slaves to the Northern states and secret groups that helped them to escape north to freedom in a lecture titled “Steamboats of the Slave Era,” 6 p.m. today, Beth El Heritage Hall, 405 Perry St., Helena-West Helena. Admission is free. Call (870) 338-4350 or email Richard.spilman@arkansas.gov.
Corks and Canvas
El Dorado artist Rhonda Hicks will teach a “Corks and Canvas” class, for nonartists who have always wanted to paint, 6-9 p.m. today at the South Arkansas Arts Center, 110 E. Fifth St., El Dorado. Cost, $40, covers all supplies and snacks (participants can take the beverage of their choice). Call (870) 862-5474 or visit saac-arts.org.
SUNDAY ‘Magic of the Piano’
Pianist Scott Carrell, a faculty member at Harding University in Searcy, will give a recital, 3 p.m. Sunday at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, 199 Barcelona Road, Hot Springs Village. The performance is under the auspices of the Hot Springs/Hot Springs Village Symphony Guild.
On Carrell’s program, titled “The Magic of the Piano,” will be the Piano Sonata No. 38 in F major, Hob. XVI: 23, by Franz Joseph Haydn; “Nocturne” from Felix Mendelssohn’s incidental music for A Midsummer Night’s Dream (arranged by Moritz Moszkowski; two preludes — No. 6 in G-flat major and No. 7 in a minor — by Noel Gallon; Ballade No. 3 in A-flat major, op.47, by Frederic Chopin; Elite Syncopations by Scott Joplin; 12th Street Rag by Euday Bowman; “Ain’t Misbehavin’” by Thomas Wright “Fats” Waller; and Toccata by Pierre Sancan.
A meet-and-greet reception will follow. Tickets are $10. Call (501) 922-7648 or (501) 984-2266 or visit symphonyguild.org.
Conway bridal show
More than 50 vendors, including florists, caterers and representatives of entertainment companies and venues, will showcase everything you need to get married at the ninth RVO Conway Bridal Show, 1-5 p.m. Sunday at the Conway Expo Center, 2505 E. Oak St., Conway. The show will include a runway fashion show; Pat’s Kitchen will set up a Bridal Cafe.
The biggest of several door prizes will be an Ultimate Wedding Package, valued at more than $7,000, including photography, wedding venue, flowers, dental services, lingerie shower and boudoir session; random drawing will take place 5 p.m. Brides-to-be will receive a free 2018 Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Bridal Planner. Sponsor is the Democrat-Gazette. Tickets are $7 in advance at arkansasbridalcommunity.com, $10 at the door. Call (501) 378-3807.