LITTLE ROCK — Elsewhere in entertainment and the arts: Dinner drama
Studio for the Arts/Imperial Dinner Theatre, 1401 Arkansas 304 E., Pocahontas, will stage Of Mice and Men, adapted by director Kelly Grooms from the novel by John Steinbeck 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Jan. 25-26, Feb. 1-2, 8-9 and 15-16 and 2 p.m. Feb. 3, 10 and 17. Dinner is at 6:30 Friday-Saturday, 1 p.m. Sunday. Dinner/show tickets are $24.95, $21.95 for students with ID;
show-onlytickets are $15 and $12. Call (870) 892-0030 or visit imperialdinnertheatre.com.
Plucking instruction
The University of Central Arkansas’ Community School of Music starts two beginner guitar classes next week at UCA, 201 Donaghey Ave., Conway:
UCA guitar professor Smokey Emerson will teach the 12-week Adult Guitar Class for Beginners (age 16 and up), 6-6:50 p.m. Tuesdays, Room 125, Snow Fine Arts Center. Maximum enrollment is 10; tuition is $150, with a $7 materials fee payable to theinstructor at the first class.
Nate Mathew’s Beginner Guitar Class for students ages 9 to 15 meets 6-6:45 p.m. Thursdays, same room. Maximum enrollment is eight; tuition is $140. The instructor recommends students bring acoustic guitars.
Registration ends Tuesday. Call (501) 450-5755 or (501) 450-3672, e-mail jannb@uca.edu or tbumgarn@uca.edu or visit uca.edu/csm.
Met’s Maria
The Met: Live in HD series will bring the Metropolitan Opera’s production of Gaetano Donizetti’s Maria Stuardato big screens - the Breckenridge Village 12 in Little Rock, the Conway Towne Center and the Tinseltown 14 in Benton - at 11:55 a.m. Saturday. Approximate running time: 166 minutes. Visit metoperafamily.org/metopera/liveinhd/LiveinHD.aspx for ticket information.
Flag-inspired art
Gallery 26, 2601 Kavanaugh Blvd., Little Rock, will open an exhibition of the “Red, White and Blue” series of flag-inspired paintings, sculptures, prints and metal works by Little Rock artist and Navy veteran JeffSmoot, with an opening reception at 7 p.m. Saturday. The exhibition will be up through March 9. Gallery hours are 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday. Admission is free. Call (501) 664-8996.
Ballet auditions
Arkansas Festival Ballet will host audition classes for three summer intensive ballet training programs at the Arkansas Festival Ballet/Arkansas Academy of Dance Studio, Breckenridge Village Shopping Center, Interstate 430 and North Rodney Parham Road, Little Rock. Call (501)227-5320 or visit arkansasdance.org; audition forms and more information, including audition requirements, are available at the ballet companies’ websites.
Kansas City Ballet, Saturday, registration at 2 p.m., class 2:30-4. $25 audition fee. kcballet.org/ school/summer/intensiveauditions.html
Oklahoma City Ballet, Jan. 26, registration 1:30 p.m., class 2-3:30. $20 audition fee. okcballet.com/summer-intensive.html
Long Beach (Calif.) Ballet, Feb. 3, registration 2:30 p.m., class 3-4:30. $20 audition fee. longbeachballet.com/ summer3wk.html.
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