ENTERTAINMENT NOTES
Elsewhere in entertainment and the arts:
Artistically dangerous
Evelyn (Katie Choate), a sexy, aggressive artist, and Adam (Ryan Heumier), a shy, insecure student, meet in a museum and become embroiled in an increasingly dangerous affair in The Shape of Things by Neil LaBute, 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday through Oct. 10 at The Weekend Theater, 1001 W. Seventh St. at Chester Street, Little Rock. Tickets are $16, $12 for students and senior citizens. Visit weekendtheater. org/boxoffice; for more information call (501) 374-3761.
Folk folks
Springfield, Mo.-based duo Mark Bilyeu and Cindy Woolf will perform twice today at the Ozark Folk Center State Park, 1302 Park Ave., Mountain View, with a 2 p.m. matinee on the Craft Grounds and a concert at 7 p.m. in the Large Auditorium.
Singer-guitarist Wil Maring is the featured performer, with guitarist Robert Bowlin, at 2 p.m. Saturday on the Craft Grounds and at 7 p.m. in the Large Auditorium.
Matinee performances are included in the $12 park admission; evening concert tickets are $12 each. Combination matinee-evening tickets are $19.50. Call (870) 269-3851 or visit OzarkFolkCenter.com.
‘Soul of America’
Mike Farris and the Roseland Rhythm Revue will put on a show titled “From Motown to Memphis to Muscle Shoals — Mike Farris Sings the Soul of America,” 7 p.m. Friday in the Ed Coulter Performing Arts Center, Vada Sheid Community Development Center, Arkansas State University-Mountain Home, 1600 S. College St., Mountain Home. The show opens the university’s fifth Performing Arts Series. Tickets are $25, $12.50 for students, plus fees. Call (870) 508-6280 or (800) 965-9324 or visit TheSheid.com.
Songwriter showcase
Top finalists from the 2015 Alchemy Songwriting Competition will perform their original songs in front of an audience and a panel of guest judges, including artist/songwriter Adam Hambrick and producer/songwriter Jonathan Smith, at the competition’s fifth annual showcase, 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Brick Room event center, 1020 Front St., Conway.
The grand-prize winner receives a trip for two to Los Angeles and a day to record in the studio of award-winning producer Warren Huart. The 10 finalists: Luke Gibson, Abilene, Texas; Jasper Logan, Fayetteville; Tyler Sellers, Taylor Hyatt and Velma Spradlin, Conway; Alan Benjamin Thomas and the duo of Casey Penn and Rodger King, Little Rock; Shanicqua Baker and the duo of Vicki Lee and Rose Lutes, Pine Bluff; and Jessica Roadcap, Nashville, Tenn.
Doors open at 7. Tickets are $15 in advance, $17 at the door, $10 for children and students with a valid student ID, $60 VIP (includes a 6 p.m. early entrance reception with the guest judges, reserved table seating, hors d’oeuvres and two beverages). Visit alchemycompetition.org/showcase. The showcase is part of Conway Alliance for the Arts’ ninth annual ArtsFest, a week-long celebration of performing and visual arts, creative writing and film. Proceeds go toward classes and scholarships at Blackbird Academy of Arts (blackbirdacademy.org).
House concert
Little Rock bluegrass band Runaway Planet performs at 7 p.m. today in the covered, outdoor Pavilion at Wildwood Park for the Arts, 20919 Denny Road, Little Rock. Admission is by suggested donation of $15, available at the door, which opens at 6:30 for patrons to buy refreshments. Hosts are Ellen and David Scruggs and Jennifer and Dan Smith. Inclement weather will move the concert. Call (501) 940-7475 or visit wildwoodpark.org.
Block party
Design nonprofit studioMAIN will host a block party in celebration of new sculptures along Main Street, 5:307:30 p.m. today in Bernice Garden, 1401 S. Main St., Little Rock. Loblolly Creamery, Katmandu Mo Mo, the Clean Eatery and Hot Rod Wiener food trucks and Stone’s Throw Brewery will serve comestibles, and there will be music. The three winners of studioMAIN’s statewide sculpture competition are Alex Cogbill of Fayetteville and Harry Loucks and Michael Warrick of Little Rock. Visit facebook. com/studio.main.ar.
Godspell goes Greek
Southern Arkansas University, 100 University St., Magnolia, will stage the musical Godspell (music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, based on the Gospel of St. Matthew), 7 p.m. today-Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday in the university’s recently renovated Greek Amphitheatre. Bring a blanket and a picnic. Tickets are $15, $10 for children 12 and younger, SAU students, faculty and staff. Call (870) 235-4291 or visit showtix4u.com. The university will rededicate the 1936 amphitheater, renovated with a $119,000 grant from the Arkansas Natural and Cultural Resources Council Grant Program, at 7 p.m. today.
Love and peace I
Celebrate love, peace and music at the second annual Villagestock on Saturday at Grove Park, 1105 DeSoto Blvd., Hot Springs Village, with music on two stages, food vendors, outdoor games, trivia, a cash bar and raffles. Gates open at 1 p.m. Bring lawn/camping chairs or blankets. Proceeds from sales of tie-dyed T-shirts from co-sponsor Boomers Rock will fund an enhancement of Balboa Beach, a sand beach on the village’s Lake Balboa. Tickets are $15 in advance, $20 at the door. Call (501) 922-5050 or visit HSVTicketsales.com.
Love and peace II
“B Positive for Peace” is the theme for this year’s annual community peace festival, Seeds of Peace, 9-11 a.m. Saturday on the Hot Springs Creek Greenway Trail, near the Farmers and Artisans Market and Transportation Depot, 100 Broadway Terrace, Hot Springs. Local nonprofit Recognizing Everyone’s Gifts and Respecting Diversity sponsors the celebration, in conjunction with International Day of Peace, featuring music, dance, cultural foods and crafts, and peace-building and educational activities. Admission is free. Call (501) 623-6108.
Arts festival
The Grand Prairie Arts Council’s 59th Grand Prairie Festival of the Arts, Friday-Sunday at the Grand Prairie Center, 2709 U.S. 165 S., Stuttgart, will include the King Kat Fish Fry ($13) at 5 p.m. Friday and the 3 p.m. Sunday presentation of the cash-prize awards for visual arts, photography, decorative arts and creative writing for adults, and visual and decorative arts and creative writing for children and youths. Festival hours are 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday. Festival admission is free. Call (870) 673-1781, email Arts001@centurytel.net or visit grandprairiearts.com.