Peking Acrobats among week’s amusements
The Peking Acrobats perform daring maneuvers atop a precarious pagoda of chairs, along with trick-cycling, precision tumbling, juggling, somersaulting and gymnastics, 7 p.m. Tuesday at Fayetteville’s Walton Arts Center, 495 W. Dickson St., part of the center’s Arkansas BlueCross BlueShield Family Fun Series. Tickets are $15-$35. Call (479) 443-5600 or visit waltonartscenter.org.
Bluegrass Monday
Donna Ulisse and the Poor Mountain Boys will perform at 7 p.m. Monday at the Collins Theatre, 120 W. Emerson St., Paragould for Jonesboro public radio station KASU-FM, 91.9’s Bluegrass Monday concert series. The station will literally “pass the hat” to pay the group; suggested donation is $5. Call (870) 972-2367, email mscarbro@astate.edu or visit the Bluegrass Monday Facebook page.
OBU performances
This week at Ouachita Baptist University, 410 Ouachita St., Arkadelphia:
■ The OBU Jazz Band performs at 7:30 p.m. Monday in Jones Performing Arts Center. The program includes Point of Impact by Jeff Jarvis; “Willow Weep for Me” by Ann Ronnel, arranged by Kris Berg; “Blue Bossa” by Kenny Dorham, arranged by Mark Taylor; “SoCal Samba” by Les Sabina; “Sky Dive” by Freddy Hubbard, arranged by Erik Morales; “All the Things You Are” by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II, arranged by Michael Sweeney; “Dance Big’un” by Ralph Ford; “Emergency Stopping Only” by Craig Skeffington; “Log Rhythm” by Les Hooper; “Chewin’ the Fat” by Victor Lopez “Everything” by Michael Buble, Alan Chang and Amy Foster, arranged by W. Scott Ragsdale; and “At Last” by Harry Warren and Mack Gordon, arranged by Dave Wolpe. Craig Hamilton conducts.
Admission is free; the concert will also be live-streamed at obu.edu/band. Call (870) 245-5137 or email hamiltonc@obu.edu.
■ Approximately two dozen Ouachita Baptist University students will sing opera and oratorio arias in the 22nd annual Mary Shambarger Competition for Singers, 2 p.m. Tuesday in the McBeth Recital Hall at OBU’s Mabee Fine Arts Center. The top four places will earn cash awards from $50 to $500. The competition honors Shambarger, professor emerita of music at OBU for 32 years. Admission is free. Call (870) 245-5134 or email secrestj@obu.edu.
Public art grants
The Division of Arkansas Heritage has awarded grants to five Arkansas communities to assist in the installation of public art:
■ 64.6 Downtown, Fort Smith, $10,000 for its art installation titled Notes to Strangers.
■ Main Street Siloam Springs, $10,000 for a mural titled It’s History and the People That Make It.
■ Main Street West Memphis, $5,000 for its Musical Heritage outdoor mural.
■ Conway Downtown Partnership, $10,000 for the art installation Whimsical Toad.
■ Main Street Batesville, $5,000 for the mural Blossoming Main Street.
The Public Art Grant Program assists communities participating in the Main Street Arkansas program in planning and implementation (including buying and commissioning works of art) of public art for places viewable by the public. For more information, call (501) 324-9150 or email debra. fithen@arkansas.gov.
AAC workshops
Forthcoming Arkansas Arts Council workshops include:
■ Author and publisher Janis F. Kearney, who served as the personal diarist to President Bill Clinton during the last five years of Clinton’s presidency, will lead a memoir writing workshop, titled “First Draft — Chapter One,” 10 a.m.-3 p.m. March 10 in the Diamond Conference Room, Arkansas Heritage building, 1100 North St., Little Rock. Participants can work with Kearney to complete the first draft of their memoirs’ first chapter or provide draft manuscripts for review and recommendations. Kearney also will provide a resource guide for writers. Tickets, $15, include morning refreshments, lunch and dessert. Deadline to sign up is March 9. Visit arkansasarts.org; call (501) 324-9775 or email janet. perkins@arkansas.gov.
■ The Arts Council is offering a workshop, “Grant Seeking Beyond the Basics,” 10 a.m. March 18 at the Arkansas Heritage building. Consultant Brenda Mauldin will help nonprofit professionals make their organizations grant ready; cultivate foundation funders; develop realistic evaluations to measure success and outcomes; develop a grant budget; and get input and report grants. It’s part of the Arts Council’s GetSmART! program. Cost is $15, which includes lunch. Deadline to reserve a seat is March 17. Visit arkansasarts.org.