Elsewhere in entertainment and the arts:
Fine arts
• Works by nearly two dozen current and retired art faculty members at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock go on display today in the UALR Faculty Biennial exhibition, Gallery I, Fine Arts Building, UALR, 2801 S. University Ave., Little Rock. There will be a reception, 5-7 p.m. Nov. 5. Gallery hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, 2-5 p.m. Sunday. Admission is free. Call (501) 569-8977 or email becushman@ualr.edu.
• "Energy & Elegance," featuring artwork by Steven Rockwell, Kelly Furr and Karlyn Holloway, goes on display with a reception, 5-8 p.m. Friday, at Mugs Cafe, 515 Main St., in North Little Rock's Argenta Arts District. The reception is part of the monthly Third Friday Argenta Artwalk. The exhibition will remain up through Nov. 18. Call (501) 442-7778 or email diane@dianeharperartist.com.
• "Chimera," featuring recent work by Arkansas State University art department faculty members Nikki Arnell and Joe Ford, goes on display at 5 p.m. today in the Bradbury Gallery, ASU's Fowler Center, 201 Olympic Drive, Jonesboro. The exhibit will be up through Nov. 12; the artists will give a talk at 3 p.m. Oct. 29 in the gallery. Hours are noon-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 2-5 p.m. Sunday, and by appointment. Admission is free . Call (870) 972-3471, email bradburygallery@astate.edu or visit bradburygallery.com.
• Wildwood Park for the Arts, 20919 Denny Road, Little Rock, will hold a reception 6-8 p.m. today for the artists -- Vicki Kovaleski, Emily Moll Wood, Tom Tull, Robin Tucker, Gary Wayne Golden, Tim Jacob, W. Michael Spain, Mark Johnson -- participating in Wildwood's first Art in the Park installation. The artwork will be on display 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday, noon-4 p.m. Saturday-Sunday through Nov. 16. Admission to reception and the gallery space is free. Call (501) 821-7275 or visit wildwoodpark.org.
Theater
• Adventure Theatre MTC will stage its touring musical production of Big Nate, based on the syndicated comic strip and book series by Lincoln Peirce, at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Fine Arts Center, East Arkansas Community College, 1700 Newcastle Road, Forrest City. The show is part of the college's Family Series. Tickets are $14.50. Call (870) 633-4480, Extension 352, or visit eacc.edu.
Music
• Jerron Paxton plays traditional old-time music on banjo, fiddle, piano and guitar Saturday at the Ozark Folk Center in Mountain View. He'll do a 45-minute set, 2-3 p.m., on the Outdoor Music Stage ($12, part of Craft Village admission) and a 60-minute set, 8-9 p.m., in the Large Auditorium ($12, doors open at 6, with the Lazy Goat String Band opening at 7). A combination ticket for both performances is $19.50. Call (870) 269-3851 or visit ozarkfolkcenter.com.
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• The Arkansas Walk of Fame will induct four new members for 2014 -- actresses Joey Lauren Adams and Tess Harper, artist/blues historian George Hunt and the late Nick McDonald, a World War II Navy veteran whose 25 years on the Dallas Police Department included the capture and arrest of accused presidential assassin Lee Harvey Oswald -- at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Five-Star Dinner Theatre, 629 Central Ave., Hot Springs, across from the Walk of Fame, along the sidewalk by the Visitors Center in Historic Downtown Hot Springs. Admission is free but seating is limited. Call (501) 622-9570 or email Arkansaswalkoffame@gmail.com.
Weekend on 10/16/2014