Gershwin tunes are on tap for ‘Trinity Presents’ today
Pianist Richard Glazier, whom singer Michael Feinstein has described as having “Gershwin in his soul,” will put on an all-George Gershwin program at 6 p.m. today at Trinity United Methodist Church, 1101 Mississippi St., Little Rock.
The concert is part of the church’s “Trinity Presents …” series. Admission is free. Call (501) 666-1813.
Echols at UCA
Damien Echols, one of the so-called “West Memphis Three,” imprisoned for 18 years on death row after his conviction for the murder of three children in West Memphis and released under an “Alford plea” in August 2011, and his wife, Lorri Davis, will offer a public reading from Echols’ 2012 book Life After Death at 7:30 p.m. Monday. The event will be in the Donald W. Reynolds Performance Hall, University of Central Arkansas, 201 Donaghey Ave., Conway.
All audience members will be scanned with a metal-detecting wand and may not carry any bags, purses, backpacks, cameras or video recorders of any type into the hall.
A book-signing will follow. Admission is free but tickets are required; there is a two-ticket maximum. Call (501) 450-3265 or (866) 8100012.
Chamber cellist
Cellist Inbal Segev, the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra’s 2013-14 “Richard Sheppard Arnold Artist of Distinction,” joins members of the orchestra for a River Rhapsodies Chamber Series concert at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Great Hall of the Clinton Presidential Center, 1200 President Clinton Ave., Little Rock.
Inbal and seven members of the orchestra’s cello section will play the Bachianas Brasileiras No. 1 by Heitor Villa-Lobos, and he will be the first cellist (with four orchestra violinists, two orchestra violists and a cellist) in the Octet in C major, op.7, by George Enescu.
Sponsor is Parker Lexus. Tickets are $23, $10 for students. Call (501) 666-1761 or visit ArkansasSymphony.org.
It’s awfully bigamy
A cab driver’s (Michael Klucher) careful balancing of two wives and two households threatens to unravel when a helpful policeman takes him home after he has been mugged — and it’s not the right house — in Run for Your Wife by Ray Cooney, onstage Tuesday-Dec. 31 at Murry’s Dinner Playhouse, 6323 Colonel Glenn Road, Little Rock.
Sharon Combs and Courtney Bennett play the wives, Mary and Barbara Smith, respectively; Dustin Alford and Don Bolinger play nosy cops. Chad Bradford, Roger M. Eaves and Devin Robertson round out the cast of Murry’s traditional Thanksgiving-Christmas season farce.
Dinner starts at 6 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 11 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Sunday. Curtain time is 7:45 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 12:45 and 6:45 p.m. Sunday, and 12:45 for matinees (no evening shows) Wednesday and Nov. 20 and 27. Tickets are $31-$35, $23 for children 15 and under; show only, $25 and $15 for children. Call (501) 562-3131 or visit murrysdinnerplayhouse.com.
Architecture lecture
Eric Howeler, assistant professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Design and a principal at Howeler + Yoon Architecture/MY Studio in Boston, will give a lecture titled “Fail Fast” at 6 p.m. Tuesday (with a 5:30 p.m. reception) in the lecture hall of at the Arkansas Arts Center, 10th and Commerce streets.
Admission is free. The lecture is part of the Art of Architecture series, sponsored by the Architecture and Design Network, with support from the central Arkansas chapter of the American Institute of Architects, the Arts Center and the Fay Jones School of Architecture at the University of Arkansas. Email ardenetwork@icloud.com.
Opera scenes
The Chotard Institute of Music will stage scenes from the opera Hansel and Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck at 7 p.m. Monday in Wesley Hall at Pulaski Heights United Methodist Church, 4823 Woodlawn Ave., Little Rock. Admission is free. Call (501) 664-7440.
SantaLand show
Jordy Neill will put on David Sedaris’ essay-turnedone-man-show SantaLand Diaries for the Vagabond Theatre Company at 8 p.m. today at the Lantern Theatre, 1021 Van Ronkle St., Conway. Tickets are $10. Call (501) 9520284.
Craft school gala
Arkansas Craft School in Mountain View will hold a fundraising gala at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Angler’s White River Resort in Allison, outside of Mountain View, five miles north of the junction of Arkansas 5, 9 and 14. The event will include dinner with cash bar, music by John Burnette Band and silent and live auctions of hand-crafted items. Tickets are $25; proceeds benefit the school’s scholarship fund. Call (870) 269-8397.
‘Jazz at A-State’
“Jazz at A-State” will present the second concert of its “Great Writers” Series, featuring the ASU Big Band and Delta Vox, a vocal jazz group, at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in Riceland Hall of Arkansas State University’s Fowler Center, 201 Olympic Drive, Jonesboro. Admission is free. Call (870) 972-2094.
Weekend auditions
The Weekend Theater, West Seventh and Chester streets, Little Rock, will hold auditions for its three winter shows at 9 a.m. on Nov. 23 and 6 p.m. Nov. 24:
Blu by Virginia Grise. Production dates are Jan. 10-25. Director: Ryan Whitfield; email ryanwhitfield87@yahoo.com.
Joe Turner’s Come and Gone by August Wilson. Production dates: Feb. 7-22. Director: Meredith Bagby Fettes; email ladydancingcreek@gmail.com.
The Water Children by Wendy McLeod. Production dates: March 7-22. Director: Ralph Hyman. Email ralphhyman@yahoo.com.
Auditions will consist of cold readings from the scripts; no preparation is necessary. Bring along filled-out-in-advance audition sheets, available online at weekendtheater.org/news-events, where you’ll also find a list of role requirements for each show and descriptions of the plays.