Hootie at Walmart AMP; Coyne exhibit opens
Pop-rockers Hootie & the Blowfish, on their “Group Therapy Tour” with Barenaked Ladies, perform at 7:30 p.m. today at the Walmart AMP, 5079 W. Northgate Road, Rogers, part of the Cox Concert Series. Gates open at 6. Tickets are $29.50-$129.50 plus fees.
Also at the Walmart AMP this week: Country singer Chris Young, on his “Raised on Country Tour” with Chris Janson and Jimmie Allen, performs at 7:30 p.m. Friday. Gates open at 6. Tickets are $39 to $83.75; a four-ticket Lawn 4-Pack comes in at $26.50 per.
Call (479) 443-5600 or visit amptickets.com.
King’s Mouth
King’s Mouth, an installation by Wayne Coyne, artist and front man of the rock band The Flaming Lips, goes on display Wednesday at 115 W. Emma Ave., Springdale. It’s an Off-Site project of the Arts Center of the Ozarks, made possible through a gift by the Tyson Family Foundation. An opening reception is set for 6 p.m. Thursday.
According to a news release, King’s Mouth is “an enormous metallic head, beckoning visitors to crawl inside its foam mouth, kick back, and experience a cascading LED light show synchronized to Flaming Lips music” that debuted in 2015 at Baltimore’s American Visionary Art Museum. To accompany the sculpture, Coyne has concocted a creation myth that he illustrated with a series of drawings and multi-media collages.
“The Group Exhibition,” on display 2-9 p.m. Wednesday, 2-11 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 1-7 p.m. Sunday through Aug. 23, will also include works by area artists Kat Wilson, Dillion Dooms and Sasha Rayevskiy. Admission is free. Call (479) 751-5441, email info@acozarks.org or visit acozarks.org.
MacArthur movie
The MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History, 503 E. Ninth St., Little Rock, will screen Trans-Military, focusing on four individuals who are serving in the U.S. military while concealing their gender identity, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Tuesday. It’s part of the museum’s Movies at MacArthur series. Admission, popcorn and beverages are free. Call (501) 3764602 or visit arkmilitaryheritage.com.
‘Musical Escapes’
One-name baritone Caesar and his jazz combo join the South Arkansas Symphony Orchestra to kick off its 63nd season — titled “Musical Escapes” — with a tribute concert celebrating the 100th anniversary of crooner Nat
“King” Cole, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 7 at the El Dorado Municipal Auditorium, 100 W. Eighth St., El Dorado.
The rest of the lineup (except as noted, all concerts, 7:30 p.m., Municipal Auditorium, with Kermit Poling conducting):
■ Oct. 31: Nosferatu — the West Edge String Quartet plays music director Poling’s original score underneath a screening of the 1922 German silent horror film, First Financial Music Hall, 101 E. Locust St., in El Dorado’s Murphy Arts District.
■ Nov. 30: The Nutcracker,
Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky’s ballet, in partnership with the Murphy Arts District and the Arkansas Festival Ballet and its founder and choreographer, Rebecca Miller Stalcup.
■ Jan. 25: The Arkansas premiere of the Poling’s Guitar Concerto No. 1, “Concierto de Chiaro,” with guitarist Giovanni De Chiaro, First United Methodist Church, 320 W. Main St., Magnolia.
■ March 21: Chamber concert featuring the gold medal winner of the 69th annual Wideman International Piano Competition, taking place in December in Shreveport.
■ April 25: Pianist Antonio “Nio” Ajero solos in Sergei Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 3; also on the program: Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 2
■ May 16: The Emerald String Quartet plays Franz Schubert’s String Quartet No. 14, “Death and the Maiden”
■ May 23: Annual Symphony on the Square concert Season subscriptions are $90$170. Individual tickets — $40, $30 and $15, with discounts for students, military personnel and senior citizens go on sale Aug. 1. (Nutcracker tickets aren’t part of the regular subscription, but they’ll be available at a discount to subscribers.) Call (870) 863-4547 or visit southarkansassymphony.org.
Heritage grants
Nonprofit organizations can apply for apply for grants of up to $5,000 from the Department of Arkansas Heritage to develop local events and projects that promote awareness and enjoyment of Arkansas heritage.
The grants can help organizations “foster awareness and enjoyment of Arkansas heritage and to assist in planning and implementing meaningful Arkansas projects such as exhibits, events or festivals and curriculum or teaching tools,” according to a news release.
Grants guidelines and the application packet are available at arkansasheritage.com/ Grants/heritage-grant; deadline file the online application is 4:30 p.m. Sept. 13. Email debra.fithen@arkansas.gov for more information.
The department will hold a workshop for prospective applicants with an overview of the guidelines and application process and online application assistance, 1-4 p.m. July 30 at the department’s Diamond Room, 1100 North St., Little Rock. Instructions on how to register for the free workshop are available on the application page on the website.