Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Stomp steps into Robinson; Celtic Spring blooming

- ERIC E. HARRISON

The percussion­ists of Stomp perform on diverse “instrument­s,” which in the past have been everything including the kitchen sink, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday at Robinson Center Performanc­e Hall, 426 W. Markham St. at Broadway, Little Rock. Tickets are $29-$74. Call (501) 244-8800 or visit Ticketmast­er.com. Celtic Spring

The Muses Creative Artistry Project celebrates Celtic Spring this week with traditiona­l and contempora­ry Irish, Scottish and English ballads, folk songs, instrument­als and dance:

■ 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Riceland Hall, Arkansas State University’s Fowler Center, 201 Olympic Drive, Jonesboro. Tickets: $35 and $25; $28 and $20 for senior citizens, students and ASU faculty and staff; $15 and $10 for ASU students with current ID. Call (870) 9723471, (870) 972-2781 or (888) 278-3267 or visit AState.edu/ tickets.

■ 7 p.m. Friday, Woodlands Auditorium, 1101 DeSoto Blvd., Hot Springs Village. $35.

■ 6 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. March 15, Muses Cultural Arts Center, 428 Orange St. Hot Springs. $35.

Call (501) 609-9811 or visit themusespr­oject.org.

■ 7 p.m. March 16: Trinity Presbyteri­an Church, 4501 Rahling Road, Little Rock. Free, sponsored by Sharon Heflin and Legacy Termite & Pest Control. Call (501) 868-5848.

Brahms, Beethoven

ARmusica — pianist Julie Cheek and violinist Andrew Irvin, with cellist David Gerstein and violist Ryan Mooney — will perform the Piano

Quartet No. 1 in g minor, op.25, by Johannes Brahms, 7 p.m. Tuesday in the sanctuary at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 4106 John F. Kennedy Blvd., North Little Rock. Mooney and Gerstein will also play the Duet for viola and cello in E-flat major “with two eyeglasses obbligato” by Ludwig von Beethoven. The concert is part of the church’s Festival of the Senses series. Admission is free. A reception will follow in the parish hall. Call (501) 753-3578, email baxternan@aol.com or visit stlukeepis­copal.org.

Chamber concert

Arkansas Symphony Orchestra musicians play chamber works at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Hospital Lobby Gallery at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 4301 W. Markham St., Little Rock, for the Dr. Ruth Marie Allen Concert Series. Principal

clarinetis­t Kelly Johnson and the Quapaw String Quartet — Meredith Maddox Hicks and Charlotte Crosmer, violins; Timothy MacDuff, viola; and David Gerstein, cello — are playing the Clarinet Quintet in A major, K.581, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart;

Lyric Suite by William Grant Still; and, minus Crosmer, the third movement, “Polonaise,” from the Quartet No. 1 for Clarinet and String Trio by Iwan Muller. Admission is free; parking is available for a fee in Parking Deck 1. Call (501) 666-1761, Extension 1.

Run, Ann, run Citing demand, TheatreSqu­ared, 477 W. Spring St., Fayettevil­le, is extending the run of its production of Ann by Holland Taylor for an additional three weeks, through April 19. Sally Edmundson plays late Texas Gov. Ann Richards through March 29; Libby Villari (Friday Night Lights) replaces her April 1-19. Curtain times through March 22: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, 2-7:30 p.m. Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday; for March 24-April 19, 8 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, 2:30 and 8 p.m. Saturday, 2:30 p.m. Sunday. There are no performanc­es this Tuesday or March 31; the will be no Saturday matinee March 18. Tickets are $17$58. Call (479) 777-7477 or visit theatre2.org.

Contempora­ry quartet

ATLYS — Jinty McTavish and Sabrina Tabby, violins; Rita Andrade, viola; and Genevieve Tabby, cello — performs at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Owen Center Auditorium at Arkansas State University-Beebe, 1102 W. College St., Beebe. The program, according to a quartet spokeswoma­n: “an enormously wide array of music from a plethora of different styles, ranging from top radio hits, to classic rock, to centuries-old folk music from around the globe, 95% of [which] was written exclusivel­y for or by ATLYS.” It’s part of the university’s 2019-20 Lecture-Concert Series. Tickets are $10, $5 for students under 18, senior citizens and military. Visit asub.ticketleap.com.

Jazz at the Joint

Saxophonis­t Joel Frahm joins the Ted Ludwig Trio for Jazz at the Joint, 7:30 p.m. Monday at the Joint, 301 Main St., North Little Rock. Tickets are $30. Call (501) 425-1528, email steve@stevedavis­on.com or visit jazzatthej­oint.org/joel-frahm.

Rogers auditions

Arkansas Public Theatre will hold auditions for Buyer & Cellar by Johnathan Tolins, 7 p.m. March 23 at the Victory Theater, 116 S. Second St., Rogers, based upon readings from the script. An audition packet, including audition times, scenes, character descriptio­ns and a rehearsal schedule, is available for download at arkansaspu­blictheatr­e.org. Doors open at 6:30. Callbacks, if necessary, will take place March 24. The play contains adult language and content and is recommende­d for mature audiences. Production dates are May 1-3 and 7-9. Call (479) 631-8988 or email manager@arkansaspu­blictheatr­e.org.

 ?? (Created by Luke Cresswell and Steve McNicholas/© Steve McNicholas) ?? Stomp returns Tuesday-Thursday to Little Rock’s Robinson Center Performanc­e Hall.
(Created by Luke Cresswell and Steve McNicholas/© Steve McNicholas) Stomp returns Tuesday-Thursday to Little Rock’s Robinson Center Performanc­e Hall.
 ?? (Special to the Democrat-Gazette) ?? The Muses Creative Artistry Project brings its Celtic Spring performanc­e to Jonesboro, Hot Springs Village, Hot Springs and Little Rock through March 16.
(Special to the Democrat-Gazette) The Muses Creative Artistry Project brings its Celtic Spring performanc­e to Jonesboro, Hot Springs Village, Hot Springs and Little Rock through March 16.

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