Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

On Your Feet! in Fayettevil­le; Pagans in Little Rock

- ERIC E. HARRISON

The musical On Your Feet!, the story of Grammy-winner Gloria Estefan and her husband, producer and musician Emilio Estefan (book by Alexander Dinelaris), will be onstage 7 p.m. Tuesday-Wednesday, 1:30 and 7 p.m. Thursday, 8 p.m. Friday, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Dec. 9 at Fayettevil­le’s Walton Arts Center, 495 W. Dickson St.

Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine’s hits include “Rhythm Is Gonna Get You,” “Conga” and “Turn the Beat Around.”

Tickets are $38-$77 plus fees. Call (479) 443-5600 or visit the website, waltonarts­center.org.

Red Octopus Pagans

Sketch comedy troupe Red Octopus maintains its seasonal tradition for the 27th year with Pagans on Bobsleds XXVII:

Pre-Existing Tradition!, 8 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday at the Public Theatre, 616 Center St., Little Rock. Doors open at 7:15. Tickets are $10, $8 for senior citizens, military and students. They’re recommendi­ng the show for mature audiences for “bawdy talk, adult situations and reindeer nudity.”

Call (501) 291-3896, email RedOctopus­Theater@gmail.com or visit redoctopus­theater.com.

Hope holiday concert

Associate Conductor Geoffrey Robson will be on the podium for the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra’s “Home for the Holidays” concert, 7 p.m. Tuesday at Hempstead Hall, University of Arkansas at Hope-Texarkana, 2500 S. Main St., Hope. It’s part of the Southwest Arkansas Arts Council program series. Tickets are $26-$41, $16 for students. Call (870) 722-8565 or visit Hempsteadh­all.com.

Chorus’ Christmas

The Conway Men’s Chorus offers its 21st Christmas concert, “WinterSong 2018,” 7 p.m. Tuesday at Reynolds Performanc­e Hall, University of Central Arkansas, 201 Donaghey Ave., Conway. The program will include “The Boar’s Head Carol,” “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,” “The First Noel,” “Mary, Did You Know?,” “What You Gonna Call Your Pretty Little Baby?,” “Let It Snow” and the “The Most Wonderful Time of the Year,” plus the chorus’ traditiona­l audience sing along. Jordan Bennett conducts. Doors open at 6:30. Admission is free. Call (501) 327-5151 or visit conwaymens­chorus.org.

‘Decadent Chemistry’

“Decadent Chemistry: Heroines and Abstracts,” small two-dimensiona­l works by 38 artists, opens Monday at Stage Eighteen, 18 E. Center St., Fayettevil­le, with a First Thursday reception, 6-9 p.m. Thursday. The displayed works will be for sale through Feb. 2. Admission to the reception is free; a cash bar will be available. Gallery hours are available online at stage18liv­e.com/calendar. Call (479) 310-0153.

Springdale for season

At the Arts Center of the Ozarks, 214 S. Main, Springdale, this week, the ACO Chorale will perform its “’Tis the Season” concert, 7:30 p.m. Saturday. And the Northwest Arkansas Audio Theater will put onstage Tony Palermo’s radio-play adaptation of It’s a Wonderful Life, 7:30 p.m. Dec. 13-15. Tickets for all performanc­es are $10, $5 for students, plus fees. Call (479) 751-5441 or visit acozarks.org.

Governor’s Awards

The recipients of the Arkansas Arts Council’s 2019 Governor’s Arts Awards, to be honored at a ceremony in the spring:

■ Arts Community Developmen­t: Steve Clark, Fort Smith, founder and CEO of Propak Corp., a national logistics and supply chain management company, and the founder of 64.6 Downtown, a nonprofit created to drive cultural and economic developmen­t to downtown Fort Smith

■ Arts in Education: The Center for Children and Youth, Fayettevil­le

■ Corporate Sponsorshi­p of the Arts: Murphy USA, El Dorado ■ Folklife: Oxford American,

Little Rock ■ Individual Artist: Marjorie Williams-Smith, Little Rock ■ Judges Recognitio­n Award: Anthony Tidwell, Hot Springs, artist, barber, mentor and educator

■ Patron Award: Jim and Joyce Faulkner, Little Rock ■ Lifetime Achievemen­t Award: Billie Jo Starr, Fayettevil­le.

Letters to authors

The Library of Congress is accepting applicatio­ns through Dec. 14 from Arkansas for its 2018-19 Letters About Literature reading-and-writing contest for students in grades 4-12. The contest, now in its 26th year, asks students to read a book, poem, speech or essay by an author, living or dead; to think about how that work affected him or her; and to write to the author on the work’s impact. Cash prizes of up to $2,000 are available.

For the first time, entrants will submit letters electronic­ally, via the website, tinyurl. com/arkletters. More details, including instructio­ns for entering and deadlines, are available online at read.gov/letters or library.arkansas.gov.

Funding for the contest comes from a grant from the Dollar General Literacy Foundation, with additional support from gifts to the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress, which administer­s the program through its affiliate Centers for the Book, state libraries and other organizati­ons.

‘Unleash the Beast’

Tickets — $13-$108 plus service charges, increasing $5 day of show — go on sale at 10 a.m. Monday for the Profession­al Bull Riders’ “Unleash the Beast,” 7:45 p.m. March 1 and 6:45 p.m. March 2 at North Little Rock’s Verizon Arena (soon to be Simmons First Arena). Expected to participat­e: Arkansas native Chase Outlaw and PBR stars Ryan Dirteater and Kaique Pacheco. Call (800) 7453000 or visit ticketmast­er.com.

 ??  ?? Mauricio Martinez plays Emilio Estefan with Christie Prades as Gloria Estefan in On Your Feet!, onstage this week at Fayettevil­le’s Walton Arts Center.
Mauricio Martinez plays Emilio Estefan with Christie Prades as Gloria Estefan in On Your Feet!, onstage this week at Fayettevil­le’s Walton Arts Center.
 ?? Sarena Kaye ?? The cast — (from left) Jeremiah Herman, Sarena Crowe, Scott Dombroski, Jon Hatton, Josh Doering, Jason Willey, Courtney Beard and Alli Clark-Howland — gathers for Red Octopus’ Pagans on Bobsleds XXVII: Pre-Existing Tradition.
Sarena Kaye The cast — (from left) Jeremiah Herman, Sarena Crowe, Scott Dombroski, Jon Hatton, Josh Doering, Jason Willey, Courtney Beard and Alli Clark-Howland — gathers for Red Octopus’ Pagans on Bobsleds XXVII: Pre-Existing Tradition.

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