Elsewhere in entertainment and the arts: Irish band
Michigan-based Traditional Irish band Finvarra’s Wren - Jim Perkins, guitar; Cheryl Burns, mountain dulcimer and bodhran; Asher Perkins, button accordion and concertina; and his sister, Alison Perkins, vocals, fiddle and tin whistle - will perform at 8 p.m. Wednesday at Dugan’s Pub, 401 E. Third St., Little Rock. Admission is free. Call (501) 244-0542.
The band will also be in Northwest Arkansas this week, performing at 8 p.m. Thursday and 8:45 p.m. Friday at the Tusk & Trotter American Brasserie, 110 S.E. A St., Bentonville. No cover charge. Call (479) 268-4494.
Booty Band
Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band, a five-piece “funkadelic” ensemble from Asheville, N.C., touring in support of its October release, Onward!, performs an all-ages show at 10:30 p.m. today at Juanita’s Cafe and Bar, 614 President Clinton Ave., Little Rock. Day-of-show tickets are $12. Call (501) 372-1228 or visit juanitas.com.
Tin Roof tales
Little Rock painter Stephen Cefalo will be the featured storyteller for a Tales From the South Tin Roof Project, 7 p.m. today at Starving Artist Cafe, 411 Main St., in North Little Rock’s Argenta Arts District. Doors open at 5 p.m., with dinner, drinks and music by the Salty Dogs until 6:30.
The show will be taped for radio broadcast, airing at 7 p.m. March 13 on KUAR-FM, 89.1, in central Arkansas. Tickets are $7.50 plus the cost of dinner and drinks. Seating is very limited. Buy tickets online at talesfromthesouth.com.
Dinosaur tour
Erth’s Dinosaur Zoo Live will take participants on a tour through prehistoric Australia, 6:30 p.m. today at East Arkansas Community College Fine Arts Center, 1700 Newcastle Road, Forrest City. The show is part of the college’s 2013-14 Family Series. Tickets are $12. Call (870) 633-4480, Extension 352, or visit the website, eacc.edu.
Searcy auditions
Performing Arts Center on the Square, 219 W. Arch St., Searcy, will hold auditions at 6 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. Saturday for A Bull in a China Shop by C.B. Gilford.
Director Patrick Reilly will be casting six women, ages 35-80; one woman 25-35; two men, ages 25-35; and three men 18-30. Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script. Production dates are May 16-17, 22-24, 30-31 and June 1. Call (501) 368-0111.
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