ENTERTAINMENT NOTES
Elsewhere in entertainment, events and the arts: Chamber concert
The Emerald Piano Quintet — Diana Hector-Norwood and Kiril Laskarov, violins; Borys Smolaga, viola; Brett Andrews, cello; and Dean Pesky, piano, all members of the South Arkansas Symphony — will give a chamber concert titled “The Winds of Change,” 7:30 p.m. Saturday, First United Methodist Church, 320 W. Main St., Magnolia. The program will include the String
Quartet No. 2 in D major by Alexander Borodin and the
Piano Quintet in f minor by Cesar Franck. The concert is part of the South Arkansas Symphony’s 2018-19 season. Tickets are $15-$40. Call (870) 863-4547 or visit southarkansassymphony.org.
Murder mystery dinner
Jonesboro’s Foundation of Arts’ Cabin Fever Gala fundraiser, 6 p.m. Saturday in the Ballroom, Arkansas State University Centennial Hall, 101 N. Caraway Road, Jonesboro, is a murder-mystery dinner theater that includes a gourmet meal, drinks, casino games and a performance of Clue: The Musical
(music by Galen Blum, Wayne Barker and Vinnie Martucci, lyrics by Tom Chiodo, book by Peter DePietro, based on the board game). Dancing will follow the show. Tickets are $110; 100 percent of the profits go to Foundation of Arts outreach programs. Call (870) 935-2726 or visit foajonesboro.org.
Jazz at the Joint
Jazz guitarist Jimmy Bruno kicks off the 2019 Jazz at The Joint season, 7:30 p.m. Sunday at The Joint, 301 Main St., North Little Rock. Jazz guitarist Ted Ludwig is curating the new monthly jazz series. Tickets are $30. Call (501) 4251528 or visit jazzatthejoint.org.
Forum tryouts
The Royal Players will hold auditions for A Funny
Thing Happened on the Way
to the Forum (music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by Larry Gelbart and Burt Shevelove), by appointment. 2-6 p.m. Jan. 26 at the Royal Theatre, 111 S. Market St., Benton. Director Bob Bidewell will cast seven principal men and two principal women (age 15 and up), plus an ensemble; auditioners Guitarist Jimmy Bruno kicks off the Jazz at The Joint Sunday at The Joint in North Little Rock. should prepare 32 bars of a song from the show or in the style of the show (“upbeat, comedic, fun”) and provide sheet music for the accompanist. There are no roles for children and no roles are precast. Video auditions will also be accepted. Production dates are April 4-7 and 11-14. Email rpauditions@gmail. com to make an appointment or for more information, or call (501) 315-5483 or (501) 317-6314.
Legends Lounge
With Sunday’s Metallica concert, North Little Rock’s Verizon Arena introduces the Legends Lounge, a pre-concert dining program that includes:
■ Arena access 30 minutes before the doors open to the general public, through an exclusive entrance (to the left of the main-entrance box office)
■ A premium, full buffet, with domestic beer, wine, sodas and water and a bar selling premium alcohols ■ Access to VIP bathrooms ■ Large-screen TVs and music
■ Private select merchandise shopping (when available).
Pass prices range from $50-$75 in addition to the price of a concert ticket; you must have a ticket and a Legends Lounge pass to enter. Visit verizonarena.com/legends-lounge.
The lineup so far for which the lounge will be open: ■ Metallica, Sunday ($65) ■ Luke Combs, Feb. 8 ($50) ■ James Taylor and Bonnie Raitt, Feb. 15 ($75)
■ Dwight Yoakam, Feb. 17 ($50)
■ TobyMac, March 14 ($50) ■ Alabama, March 23 ($65) ■ Mike Epps, April 26 ($50) ■ Carrie Underwood, May 4 ($65)
■ “Weird Al” Yankovic, Sept. 1 ($65)
■ KISS, Sept. 5 ($65).
TICKETS Buffett at Verizon
Tickets — $29, $76 and $146, plus service fees — go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday for Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band’s 8 p.m. June 6 “Son of a Son of a Sailor” Tour concert at North Little Rock’s Verizon Arena. There is a limit of eight tickets per household. Call (800) 7453000 or visit ticketmaster. com or livenation.com.