Touring Cabaret comes to Fayetteville, old chum
Roundabout Theatre Company brings its national touring production of Cabaret (music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, book by Joe Masteroff, based on John Van Druten’s 1951 play I Am a Camera, adapted in turn from a short novel by Christopher Isherwood) to Fayetteville’s Walton Arts Center, 495 W. Dickson St., with performances at 8 p.m. Friday, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday and 2 and 7:30 p.m. Jan. 21. It’s part of the center’s Procter & Gamble Broadway Series.
Tickets are $36-$80. Call (479) 443-5600 or visit the website, waltonartscenter.org.
Spiritual ensemble
The American Spiritual Ensemble’s program will range from opera and spirituals to Broadway in two Arkansas concerts this week:
7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Arkansas State University’s Fowler Center, 201 Olympic Drive, Jonesboro, part of the university’s Riceland Distinguished Performance Series. Tickets are $25 and $35, $20 and $28 for senior citizens, students and ASU faculty and staff, $10 and $15 for ASU students with current ID. Call (870) 972-3471, (870) 972-2781 or (888) 2783267 or visit tickets.astate.edu.
7:30 p.m. Thursday, Lily Peter Auditorium, Phillips Community College of the University of Arkansas, 1000 Campus Drive, Helena-West Helena. The concert is part of the Warfield Concert Series; sponsor is the Delta Cultural Center. Admission is by free ticket, which you can download at warfieldconcerts.com. Call (870) 338-8327.
Civil rights photos
“Danny Lyon: Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement” will be on display Tuesday-April 14 in the Windgate Gallery, Center for Humanities and Arts, University of Arkansas-Pulaski Technical College Main Campus, 3000 W. Scenic Drive, North Little Rock. Lyon’s photographs captured compelling moments from the Civil Rights Movement, including the March on Washington in 1963 and the aftermath of the Sept. 15, 1963, 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham, Ala.
Gallery hours are 10 a.m.6 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday. Admission is free. Visit uaptc.edu/charts.
A 6-8 p.m. Jan. 26 reception in the center’s lobby will also cover a second exhibit, “A Peace of My Mind: American Stories,” a multimedia project focusing on the meaning of peace that includes portrait photos taken by project founder John Noltner, on display in the lobby Jan. 26-Feb. 9. The exhibit features Kathy Webb, vice mayor of the city of Little Rock and executive director of the Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance. Lobby hours are 7 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 7 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday. Admission to the exhibit and the reception are free. Saxophonist Barry McVinney and pianist Tom Cox will perform.
VA documentary
MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History, 503 E. Ninth St., Little Rock, will screen the documentary film VA: The Human Cost of War, covering the history of the department of Veterans Affairs, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Admission, popcorn and drinks are free. Call (501) 3764602 or visit arkmilitaryheritage.com.
Ozark music festival
A dozen bands, including headliners Tall Tall Trees from Asheville, N.C. (Friday), and Carrie Nation & The Speakeasy from Lawrence, Kan. (Saturday), will perform as part of the 2018 Ozark Mountain Music Festival, Thursday-Jan. 21 at the Basin Park Hotel, 12 Spring St., Eureka Springs.
The lineup will also include Eureka Springs quintet DimeTrip; Fayetteville duo Alaina Blake & Dylan Hawf; string band Urban Pioneers; Tulsa trio High-Fi Hillbillies; The Creek Rocks duo, part of the former group Big Smith, from Springfield, Mo.; Conway blues-indie rock-Southern roots band American Lions; Kansas City quick-pickin’ string band Grassfed; Miles Over Mountains, a progressive bluegrass band from McHenry, Ill.; and Camptown Ladies, hillbilly swingers Gina Gallina and Melissa Carper, from Eureka Springs.
A four-day all-access pass is $55. A complete lineup and additional information are available online at OzarkMountainMusicFestival.com. Call (888) 388-4776.
QQA reception
Little Rock’s Quapaw Quarter Association kicks off its 50th anniversary year with a members’ reception, 5:30 p.m. Jan. 30 at the Dibrell House, 1400 Spring St. in the Governor’s Mansion Historic District. Memberships, starting at $25 a year for individuals, will be available at the door. Call (501) 371-0075, email shelle. stormoe@quapaw.com or visit Quapaw.com.