LITTLE ROCK — Public radio's Diane Rehm will headline an eponymous fundraiser for Little Rock public stations KUAR-FM, 89.1, and KLRE-FM, 90.5's Tower Campaign at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Embassy Suites Hotel, 11301 Financial Center Parkway, Little Rock.
The evening will include a reception and dinner, during which Rehm will discuss her 30 years in radio and take questions from the audience. Tickets are $150. Call (501) 569-8485 or (800) 952-2528. The Diane Rehm Show airsat 9 a.m. weekdays on KUAR.
Gloriana at Harding
Country quartet Gloriana - Tom Gossin, Mike Gossin, Rachel Reinert and Cheyenne Kimball - will perform at 8 p.m. Tuesday in Benson Auditorium at Harding University in Searcy.
The group's self-titled album debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard Country Album Chart and No. 3 on Billboard's Top 200. Their single "Wild at Heart" has sold more than a quarter of a million copies.
Tickets are $15, $10 for students. Call (501) 279-4106.
Village band
The Arkansas Symphony Orchestra's Big Band will perform '40s and '50s dance band favorites under the aegis of the Hot Springs/Hot Springs Village Symphony Guild at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Woodlands Auditorium, Ponce de Leon Center, DeSoto Boulevard and Balboa Drive, Hot Springs Village.
Former ASO clarinetist Earl Hesse leads the 14-piece ensemble.
Tickets are $15. Call (501) 922-2567 or e-mail Sally Crawford at jscrawford@suddenlink.net.
Private ward
The University of Central Arkansas Theatre will open its 2009-10 season with Pvt. Wars by James McLure, an "uncompromising comedy" that follows three Vietnam veterans recuperating in an Army hospital, at 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday and Sept. 9-11 in the Studio Theatre, Snow Fine Arts Center, UCA, 201 Donaghey Ave., Conway.
Admission is free but reservations are required. Call (501) 450-3265 or (501) 450-5092 or visit the Web site, www.uca.edu/theatre.
The rest of the season:
Oct. 20-23: Machinal by Sophie Treadwell
Dec. 1-3: Festival of One Act Plays (free)
Feb. 5-6: Three Billy Goats Gruff: A Norwegian Fairy Tale, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 5, 10 a.m. Feb. 6, Reynolds Performance Hall (free)
Feb. 11-12, 17-19: Trestle at Pope Lick Creek by Naomi Wallace
April 8-9, 14-16: The Skin of Our Teeth by Thornton Wilder
Except as noted, all performances are at 7:30 p.m. in the Bridges/Larson Theatre, Snow Fine Arts Center, and tickets are $8.
All that jazz
The Charlie Hunter Duo - guitarist Charlie Hunter and drummer Eric Kalb - will perform at 8 and 10 p.m. Saturday in the Starr Theater at Walton Arts Center, 495 W. Dickson St., Fayetteville.
Hunter simultaneously plays bass lines, rhythm guitar and solos on custom-made seven- and eight-string guitars.
The concerts kick off the center's 2009-10 Tyson Foods Starrlight Jazz Series, which features general-admission theater seating and four-person cabaret tables in front of the stage.
Tickets are $15.50-$32.50. Call (479) 443-5600 or visit the Web site, waltonartscenter.org.
Singing policeman
Tenor Daniel Rodriguez, the New York policeman who became known for his stirring renditions of "The Star-Spangled Banner" and "God Bless America" after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, will open the Hot Springs Village Concerts Association's 2009-10 season with performances at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 8-11 at Woodlands Auditorium, Ponce de Leon Center, DeSoto Boulevard and Balboa Drive, Hot Springs Village.
Since 2001, Rodriguez has performed at the Olympics, the Tournament of Roses Parade, the 2004 Republican National Convention and President George W. Bush's second inauguration concert and made numerous television appearances.
His program will include a Mario Lanza segment, a salute to Broadway and a selection of patriotic music.
The rest of the schedule:
Oct. 27-30: Big Smith Bluegrass Band
Dec. 1-4: The 5 Browns, five piano-playing siblings on five Steinways
Feb. 23-26: New York Theatre Ballet in a centennial tribute to choreographer Agnes deMille
March 2-4: Cabaret - music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, book by Joe Masteroff (touring musical)
April 13-16: Church Basement Ladies - music and lyrics by Drew Jansen, book by Jim Stowell and Jessica Zuehlke, inspired by the books of Janet LetnesMartin and Suzann Nelson (touring musical)
All performances are at 7:30 p.m. at Woodlands Auditorium . Season membership subscriptions are $85. Call (501) 922-1277.
Men's chorus season
The River City Men's Chorus will open its 2009-10 season with a selection of music focusing on "Heroes" at 3 p.m. Sept. 27 and 7 p.m. Sept. 28 at Trinity United Methodist Church, 1101 N. Mississippi St., Little Rock.
Subsequent concerts:
Sept. 6-7, 10: "Holiday! 2009" (3 p.m. Sept. 6, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 7, 10)
April 18-19: "Broadway Showcase" (3 p.m. April 18, 7:30 p.m. April 19)
All concerts will be at Trinity United Methodist. David Glaze conducts. Admission is free. Call (501) 377-1080 or visit the Web site, www.rivercitymen schorus.com.
Style, Pages 53 on 08/30/2009