Rocky Horror, Story of Everything at Walton Center
Fayetteville’s Walton Arts Center, 495 W. Dickson St., will hold a Rocky Horror Picture Show Halloween Party on Wednesday that includes a 9 p.m. screening of the classic cult film, a pre-show performance (with drink specials) by area band Goose, 7:30-8:45 p.m., and a Rocky Horror-inspired costume contest and pre-movie orientation (bring your own props — an approved list is online at tinyurl. com/rockyprops). Doors open at 7:15. Tickets are $20 plus fees.
Also at the Walton Center this week, Kealoha, first poet laureate of Hawaii and a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a major in nuclear physics, tells The Story of Everything through a 90-minute multimedia performance, 7 p.m. Thursday. The creation story, in epic poem format, traces our origins through science, poetry, storytelling, movement, music, visual art and chant. The show is part of the center’s 10x10 Arts Series. Tickets, $10, include a pre-show Creative Conversation and a post-show party.
And Bentonville-based Trike Theatre is putting 18 area children and three adults onstage for its production of Peter
Pan, adapted for the stage by Douglas Irvine from the story by J.M. Barrie, 7 p.m. Friday and Nov. 9 and 10, 2 and 7 p.m. Saturday and Nov. 10 in the Starr Theater at Fayetteville’s Walton Arts Center, 495 W. Dickson St. Evening shows are “PJ friendly” (attendees of all ages are encouraged to wear their pajamas); the 10 am. Saturday and 7 p.m. Nov. 10 shows are “relaxed performances,” with adjustments to accommodate people with sensory-processing disorders, autism and developmental or cognitive challenges. Tickets are $15, $9 for children, plus fees.
Call (479) 443-5600 or visit waltonartscenter.org.
Honoring Van Horn
The Boys & Girls Club of Central Arkansas honors University of Arkansas baseball coach Dave Van Horn as the Leader of the Year, 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the Penick Boys & Girls Club, 1201 Leisure Place, Little Rock. The event will feature remarks from Van Horn and a silent auction with Razorbacks memorabilia. Tickets are $150; all proceeds benefit the clubs and their support of the development of central Arkansas youth. Call (501) 6668816, email ppresley@arclubs. org or visit arclubs.org.
NPR star
Steve Inskeep, co-host of National Public Radio’s Morning Edition, will give a “Rule of Law” lecture, 6 p.m. Nov. 12 at the Jack Stephens Center, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 2801 S. University Ave., Little Rock. The lecture is under the auspices of the United States Marshals Museum, set to open in the fall of 2019 in Fort Smith.
Inskeep will discuss the past and present impact of the Indian Removal Act of 1830, the subject of his 2015 book Jacksonland, an account of President Andrew Jackson’s long-running conflict with John Ross, a Cherokee chief who resisted the removal of Indians from the eastern United States along the so-called Trail of Tears in the 1830s. In 1839, Ross’ wife, Elizabeth “Quatie” Ross, fell ill and died in Little Rock and is buried in its Mount Holly Cemetery.
Retired U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Morris “Buzz” Arnold will introduce the program and moderate a question-and-answer session. Sponsors include UALR, the Sequoyah National Research Center, radio station KUAR-FM and NPR. Admission is free, but reservations are required by Nov. 9. Visit theruleoflaw.eventbrite.com.
New Horizons
Todd Mosby and the New Horizons Ensemble perform a mix of American jazz, folk, new age and pop, including classics by James Taylor and Joni Mitchell, at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the The Blue Lion at UAFS Downtown, 101 N. Second St., Fort Smith, part of the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith’s Season at the Blue Lion. Guitarist Todd Mosby leads the ensemble — Jeff Haynes on percussion, Michael Manring on bass, Premik Tubbs on woodwinds, Lola Toben on lead vocals and Bryan Toben on guitar and vocals. Tickets are $25. Call (479) 7887300 or visit tickets.uafs.edu.
Mosby will also host an improvisation master class for local instrumentalists at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Blue Lion. Admission is free with a ticket to the concert; master class attendees get a $5 discount.
‘Voices’ seen, heard
Multimedia portraits of immigrants by Scarlet Sims and multimedia artwork examining social justice issues by Suzannah Schreckhise make up “Voices,” on display Monday-Dec. 1 at Stage Eighteen, 18 E. Center St., Fayetteville, with an opening reception during First Thursday, 5-9 p.m. Admission to the gallery and reception are free; cash bar will be available. The gallery is open the first Thursday of the month and one hour prior to events. Call (479)-310-0153 or visit stage18live.com/calendar.
Halloween on organ
Hendrix College organist Timothy Allen will give a Halloween-themed recital, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in Greene Chapel, Hendrix College, 1600 Washington Ave., Conway. Allen’s program will include the Toccata and Fugue in d minor by J.S. Bach, Danse Macabre by Camille Saint-Saens, “Ride of the Valkyries” from Die Walkure by Richard Wagner, Funeral March of a Marionette by Charles Gounod, “In the Hall of the Mountain King” from Peer Gynt by Edvard Grieg and music from the score of the 2014 movie Godzilla. Allen, who will perform in costume, encourages attendees to come similarly attired. Admission is free. Call (501) 450-1245 or email krebs@hendrix.edu.
‘Bernstein & Brahms’
The Symphony of Northwest Arkansas kicks off its 2018-19 season with a Masterworks concert titled “Bernstein & Brahms,” 7:30 p.m. Saturday in Baum Walker Hall at Fayetteville’s Walton Arts Center, 495 W. Dickson St. The program: Three Dance Episodes (“The Great Lover Displays Himself,” “Lonely Town: Pas de Deux” and “Times Square: 1944”) from On the Town by Leonard Bernstein, marking the late composer’s 100 birthday; “Come un sogno” from the Symphony No. 7 by Einojuhani Rautavaara; and Johannes Brahms’ Symphony No. 1.
Paul Haas conducts; he’ll also take part in a 6:30 p.m. pre-concert Creative Conversation in the hall. Sponsor is Highlands Oncology Group. Tickets are $32-$55, $10 for college students with a valid student ID and for children 12 and younger with the purchase of an adult ticket. Call (479) 4435600 or visit sonamusic.org. Burana for band
The University of Arkansas-Fort Smith combined choirs and Symphonic Band will perform Carmina Burana by Carl Orff, 7:30 p.m. Monday at the ArcBest Performing Arts Center, 55 S. Seventh St., Fort Smith. Soloists will be UAFS faculty members Timothy Workman, tenor, and Elizabeth Momand, soprano. Alexandra Zacharella conducts. Tickets are $6. Call (479) 788-7972 or email alex. zacharella@uafs.edu.