The Central Arkansas Library System is screening six films as part of a James Bond Marathon, Wednesday-Aug. 14 at Ron Robinson Theater, 100 River Market Ave., Little Rock. The library will also offer activities "curated" to each day's movie.
The schedule:
• 7:30 p.m. Wednesday: From Russia With Love (6 p.m.: Nerf-ball battle)
• 7:30 p.m. Thursday: On Her Majesty's Secret Service (6 p.m.: "Defuse the Bomb," a game similar to "capture the flag")
• 7:30 p.m. Friday: Live and Let Die (6 p.m.: Museum of Discovery interactive experiments)
• 2 p.m. Saturday: Licence to Kill (4 p.m.: Cultural fair, featuring library materials, including cookbooks, food samples and music from various countries)
• 6 p.m. Saturday: Tomorrow Never Dies
• 9 p.m. Saturday: Masquerade Ball (for VIP ticket holders only), dancing, complimentary libations and hors d'oeuvres, best mask/costume contest (winner receives a private movie screening for 10 guests)
• 5 p.m. Aug. 14: Casino Royale (2006) (2 p.m.: "Game Day," card/tabletop/board games).
Tickets are $10 per day (including "curated" activities); $50 five-day, all-movie pass; $75 VIP pass. Call (501) 320-5715.
Country and western
This week at the Walmart AMP, 5079 W. Northgate Road, Rogers:
• Michael McDonald and Boz Scaggs co-headline a concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday. Tickets are $41-$81 plus applicable fees.
• The O'Jays, with the Funk Factory, 7 p.m. Saturday. It's a community concert, part of the Wal-Mart Diversity and Inclusion initiative; proceeds benefit local charities. Doors open at 6. Tickets are $10, $5 for lawn seating, plus applicable fees.
Call (479) 443-5600 or visit amptickets.com.
Sub show
The Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum, 120 Riverfront Park Drive, North Little Rock, will screen "America Fights Back," an episode of the Smithsonian Channel's series Hell Below, at 6:30 p.m. Friday.
The six-episode series, which according to the Smithsonian Channel, charts "the stealth game of sub-sea warfare, tracking the dramatic narrative from contact to attack of the greatest submarine patrols of World War II" using historical footage and dramatic re-creations, airs through Aug. 21.
"America Fights Back," which aired July 31 and Aug. 2, focuses on the USS Wahoo and its captain, Cmdr. Dudley W. Morton, during the sub's third war patrol in the Pacific in January 1943. The museum is recommending it for ages 9 and up.
Admission is free. Refreshments are available by donation. Pre-screening tours of the museum's submarine, the USS Razorback, during regular museum hours, 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m., are $7.50, $5 for children, senior citizens and members of the military. Reserve seats by emailing rsvp@aimmuseum.org; call (501) 371-8320 or visit AIMMuseum.org.
Rogers churches
"Let Us Pray: Rogers Early Churches" opens Saturday at the Rogers Historical Museum, 322 S. Second St., Rogers. Gallery hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Sunday. Admission is free. Call (479) 621-1154 or visit rogershistoricalmuseum.org.
Dodd drama tryouts
Benton's Royal Players will hold auditions for Boy Hero: The Story of David O. Dodd, a historical drama by Nancy Hendricks, 6 p.m. Aug. 14-15 at the Royal Theatre, 111 S. Market St., Benton. Director Randall Earnest will cast four men, four women (ages 14 and older) and an ensemble via dry reads from the script. Production dates are Oct. 6-9. Call (501) 315-5483 or visit theroyalplayers.com.
Stuttgart season
Stuttgart's Grand Prairie Center opens its 2016-2017 performance series with "Legends of Rhythm," a performance by Little Rock-based tap-dancing company Untapped, 3 p.m. Oct. 16, in the center's Riceland Auditorium, Phillips Community College of the University of Arkansas-Stuttgart campus, 2709 U.S. 165 S.
The rest of the schedule (except as noted, all performances, 7 p.m., Riceland Auditorium):
• Nov. 1: "B" -- The Underwater Bubble Show
• March 12, 3 p.m.: The Giver, adapted by Eric Coble from the book by Lois Lowry, National Players touring production.
• March 31: U.S. Army Field Band Concert Band and Soldier's Choir. (Admission by free ticket.)
• May 5: Sonny Burgess and the Legendary Pacers, with special guest Charlie Rich Jr.
Season passes, $112, go on sale Sept. 1; single tickets, $35 and $25 plus facility fees, go on sale Sept. 15. Call (870) 673-4201, Extension 1895 or 1896, or visit pccua.edu/GPC.
Symphony schedule
The South Arkansas Symphony Orchestra kicks off its 60th anniversary 2016-2017 season with an all-Sergei Rachmaninoff concert, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 8, also marking the orchestra's return to the recently renovated El Dorado Municipal Auditorium, 100 W. Eighth St., El Dorado.
Pianist Colton Peltier will solo in Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2, soprano Nancy Carey as soloist in the Vocalise and the Symphonic Dances, op.45. Kermit Poling conducts. Tickets are $40.
The rest of the schedule (except as noted, all performances, 7:30 p.m., El Dorado Municipal Auditorium, Poling conducting):
• Dec. 3: Christmas Pops, with high school choirs from Camden-Fairview, El Dorado and Magnolia. $25.
• Jan. 21: Byron Stripling, former lead trumpeter of the Count Basie Orchestra. Tribute to Louis Armstrong. $40.
• March 26, 3 p.m.: Shreveport-based West Edge String Quartet, Harton Theatre, Southern Arkansas University, Magnolia. $20.
• May 13: Mandolinist Jeff Midkiff solos on his concerto, From the Blue Ridge. P.I. Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2, "Little Russian." $30.
• May 27: Symphony on the Square. Free.
Season tickets are $120 and $150 until Sept. 15. Call (870) 862-0251 or visit southarkansassymphony.org.
Style on 08/07/2016