ENTERTAINMENT NOTES
Elsewhere in entertainment and the arts:
TODAY Lessons and Carols
Ouachita Baptist University’s School of Fine Arts will present its 20th annual “Service of Lessons and Carols,” nine readings from the biblical books of Genesis, Isaiah, Matthew, Luke and John, each followed by a carol that reflects Advent and Christmas themes, 7:30 p.m. today, McBeth Recital Hall, Mabee Fine Arts Center, at OBU, 410 Ouachita St., Arkadelphia. Performers include the Ouachita Singers, the Women’s Chorus and the Ouachita Handbell Ringers. Ian Cosh, the university’s vice president for community and international engagement, will be the narrator; Adam Haas is the organist. Admission is free. Call (870) 245-5133 or email hewellr@obu.edu.
Circus in town
Frontier Circus — (Justice Williams, Daredevil Dave, Frontier Dan, Lightin’ Lou and The Big River) — performs at 9:30 p.m. today at the White Water Tavern, 2500 W. Seventh St., Little Rock. Marvin Berry is the “special guest.” Doors open at 9. Tickets are $7. Call (501) 375-8400.
WEDNESDAY Legacies & Lunch
Mark K. Christ, author and community outreach director for the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program, will examine the recently completed sesquicentennial observance of the Civil War, its successes and failures and its impact on Arkansas’ history and economy for the Central Arkansas Library System’s Butler Center for Arkansas Studies’ monthly Legacies & Lunch program, noon Wednesday in the Darragh Center, Main Library, 100 Rock St., Little Rock. The talk is partially sponsored by the Arkansas Humanities Council. Admission is free; attendees should provide their own sack lunch and the Butler Center will provide drinks and dessert. Call (501) 918-3033 or visit the website, butlercenter.org.
ANNOUNCEMENTS Park seeks artists
Dec. 17 is the deadline to apply for Hot Springs National Park’s 2017 Artist-In-Residence Program, open to “writers, musicians, craftsmen, composers, painters, sculptors, photographers, storytellers, performance artists and videographers who can tell the story of this unique national park through their preferred medium and communicate the significance of our interpretive themes,” according to a news release.
A panel will select the artists based on the content of submitted applications for March-December 2017 appointments; residencies last typically two to four weeks, and include free use of a historic cabin at Gulpha Gorge Campground. Artists in return will provide “public programs through formal or informal demonstrations, workshops, lectures or other open events,” and, upon completion of their residencies, will donate an original artwork to the national park’s permanent collection. Program participants will be registered as National Park Service volunteers and cannot receive financial compensation.
To apply and for more details, visit the website, tinyurl. com/h4779p2; for more information, call Park Ranger Brian Schwieger, (501) 620-6703 or email brian_schwieger@nps.gov.