ENTERTAINMENT NOTES
Elsewhere in entertainment and the arts:
TODAY Great Flood lecture
Richard Spilman, education coordinator for the Delta Cultural Center, will discuss the impact the 1927 Mississippi River flood had on the lives of people in the Arkansas Delta in a talk titled “The Great Flood of 1927,” noon-1 p.m. today at the center’s Miller Annex, 223 Cherry St., Helena-West Helena. Admission is free; attendees can take a sack lunch. Call (870) 338-4350, email richard. spilman@arkansas.gov or visit deltaculturalcenter.com.
FRIDAY Chamber concert
Pianist Andrius Zlabys and cellist Jeremy Crosmer will play the Cello Sonata by Claude Debussy to open the second of two Faulkner Chamber Music Festival summer faculty concerts, titled “Motives,” 7:30 p.m. Friday in the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall, Fine Arts Building, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 2801 S. University Ave., Little Rock.
The program will also include Aaron Jay Kernis’ On
Distant Shores with Crosmer on solo cello: Andreas Oeste, solo oboe; Geoffrey Robson and Katherine Williamson, violin; Ryan Mooney, viola; Philip Boulanger, cello; and Zlabys; and the String Sextet
No. 2 in G major, op.36, by Johannes Brahms, with Yaira Matyakubova and Robson, violin; Mooney and Williamson, viola; and Boulanger and Crosmer, cello.
The Chamber Music Society of Little Rock is organizing the festival with support from the Arkansas Arts Council and the Acansa Arts Festival. Tickets are $15, free for students and festival members. Call (501) 215-1132 or visit faulknerchambermusicfestival.com/ tickets or the Facebook page, facebook.com/FCMFmusic.
‘Fourteener’ exhibit
Justus Fine Art Gallery, 827A Central Ave., Hot Springs, marks its 14th year of business with the “Fourteener” exhibit, including shaped paintings by Dustyn Bork, Taimur Cleary, a painting by Matthew Hasty, wood sculptures by Robyn Horn and Sandra Sell, abstracted landscapes by Dolores Justus, a wood table by Jill Kyong, pastels by Charles Peer, woodturnings by Gene Sparling and abstract paintings by Dan Thornhill. It opens with a reception, 5-9 p.m. Friday, in conjunction with the monthly downtown Hot Springs Gallery
Walk. Author Chap Harper will sign copies of his latest book, Shortcut.
The exhibit will be on display through Aug. 31. Gallery hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday or by appointment. Admission to reception and gallery are free. Call (501) 321-2335 or visit justusfineart.com.
SATURDAY Country concert
Country singer Lauren Alaina performs at 8 p.m. Saturday in the Timberwood Amphitheater, Magic Springs Theme & Water Park, U.S. 70 East (East Grand Avenue), Hot Springs, part of the park’s Summer Concert Series. Gates open at 6; Arkansas native Blaine Howard will open the show at 7. Open lawn seating is available (provide your own outdoor chair or blanket); reserved seating is $8 or $10 above the park entry fee ($59.99, $39.99 for children and senior citizens, $74.99 for a season pass). Call (501) 6240100 or visit MagicSprings. com.
ETC. Preservation awards
Aug. 17 at 5 p.m. is the deadline to submit to Preserve Arkansas nominations for the 2018 Arkansas Preservation Awards, honoring outstanding preservation achievements, people who make a difference in their communities and projects that inspire others to protect Arkansas’ special historic places, in these categories:
Outstanding Service in Neighborhood Preservation
Outstanding Work by a Craftsperson
Excellence in Preservation through Rehabilitation
Excellence in Preservation through Restoration
Excellence in Personal Preservation Projects
Outstanding Achievement in Preservation Advocacy
Outstanding New Construction in a Historic Setting
Outstanding Preservation Reporting in the Media
Ned Shank Award for Outstanding Preservation Publication
Outstanding Achievement in Preservation Education
Excellence in Heritage Preservation
Parker Westbrook Award for Lifetime Achievement (to be awarded in January 2020)
A Jan. 25 ceremony and dinner in Little Rock will honor the winners, including Hot Springs architects Anthony Taylor and Bob Kempkes, who will receive the 2018 Parker Westbrook Award.
Visit PreserveArkansas. org to obtain a nomination form or nominate online; call (501) 372-4757 or email info@ preservearkansas.org.
TICKETS Valli at Verizon
Tickets — $60-$100 (plus taxes and service charges) — go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday for a concert by Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, 8 p.m. Nov. 9 at The Theater @ Verizon Arena, North Little Rock. Call (800) 745-3000 or visit ticketmaster.com.