ENTERTAINMENT NOTES

Pianist Paremski, Symphony of NWA, to play Fayetteville

Pianist Natasha Paremski solos Saturday with the Symphony of Northwest Arkansas at Fayetteville’s Walton Arts Center.
Pianist Natasha Paremski solos Saturday with the Symphony of Northwest Arkansas at Fayetteville’s Walton Arts Center.

Russian-American pianist Natasha Paremski will solo in Sergei Rachmaninov's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini with the Symphony of Northwest Arkansas and conductor Paul Haas, 7:30 p.m. Saturday in Baum Walker Hall, Walton Arts Center, 495 W. Dickson St., Fayetteville.

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Bluegrass band Monroe Crossing — (from left) David Robinson, Matt Thompson, Derek Johnson, Lisa Fugile and Mark Anderson — performs Monday in Paragould.

The program will also include the world premiere of Slo-mo by Adam Schoenberg; John Adams' Short Ride in a Fast Machine; the Dances From Galanta by Zoltan Kodaly; and the Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2 by Maurice Ravel. Concert sponsor is the Benton County Women of Music; underwriting for Paremski's appearance comes from Frank and Sara Sharp. Tickets are $30-$52, $10 for college students with a valid student ID. Call (479) 443-5600 or visit the website, sonamusic.org.

Southern Fried

Rex Nelson, traveler, sportswriter, political writer, food writer, former gubernatorial staff member, presidential appointee to the Delta Regional Authority and now corporate communications director for Simmons Bank, will discuss his book, Southern Fried: Going Whole Hog in a State of Wonder, a collection of his columns for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, noon Tuesday, Sturgis Hall, Clinton School of Public Service, 1200 President Clinton Ave., Little Rock.

A book signing will follow. Admission is free; reserve a seat by calling (501) 683-5239 or emailing publicprograms@clintonschool.uasys.edu.

Bluegrass Monday

Bluegrass band Monroe Crossing -- David Robinson (banjo), Matt Thompson (mandolin and fiddle), Derek Johnson (guitar and vocals), Lisa Fugile (fiddle and vocals) and Mark Anderson (bass) -- performs at 7 p.m. Monday at the Collins Theatre, 120 W. Emerson St., Paragould, part of Jonesboro public radio station KASU-FM, 91.9's Bluegrass Monday concert series. Doors open at 6. The station will pass the hat to pay the group; suggested donation is $5 per person. Call (870) 972-2367, email mscarbro@astate.edu or visit the Bluegrass Monday Facebook page.

Mural competition

The Hot Springs National Park Rotary Club, in partnership with Rustic Development, will award $15,000 to the artist it selects to design and execute a mural (32 feet tall and 130 feet long) on the south wall of the Townsend Building (formerly the J.C. Penney Building), 812 Central Ave., Hot Springs. The mural project is part of the club's 100th Anniversary Project. It's similar to recent projects in Fort Smith and Nashville, Tenn.

Any artist or team of artists with public art or mural experience can submit a proposal; Feb. 28 is the deadline. The target is to have the mural completed by June 30. Details, instructions and criteria are available at hsnprotary.org. Call (501) 321-2027.

Addams auditions

The South Arkansas Arts Center, 110 E. Fifth St., El Dorado, will hold auditions for performers 8 and older for The Addams Family, A New Musical (music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa, book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice) 7 p.m. Feb. 3 and 10:30 a.m. Feb. 4. There will also be a mandatory dance audition, 1-3 p.m. Feb. 4. Wear comfortable clothes and appropriate footwear.

Roles are available for four women, five men and a boy (able to play age 8-12), plus an ensemble of 16. Prepare a one-minute comedic monologue and up to two minutes of a song from, or that matches the style of, the show. Audition packets with sides (pages from the script) and songs for each character are available on the center's website, saac-arts.org. The website also offers resources for songs and comedic monologues; audition resources are also available in the center lobby.

Production dates are March 3-5 and 9-11. Call (870) 862-5474.

Beatles camp

The Arkansas Repertory Theatre's inaugural Spring Break Theater Camp, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. March 20-24 at the Rep Annex, 518 Main St., Little Rock, will focus on the Beatles. The weeklong camp will include games and theater activities inspired by Beatles songs, a field trip to the Clinton Presidential Center to see the "Ladies and Gentlemen ... The Beatles!" exhibit, backstage tours and meetings with theater professionals. Students must provide their own lunches. Tuition is $290; need-based scholarships are available. Registration deadline is March 13. For more information or to register, visit therep.org/learn/classes/camps.aspx.

Rogers season

Arkansas Public Theatre will open its 2017-18 season with The Rocky Horror Show (book, music and lyrics by Richard O'Brien), Sept. 15-17, 21-24, and 28-Oct. 1 at the Victory Theater, 116 S. Second St., Rogers.

The rest of the lineup (all shows at the Victory Theater):

• Nov. 3-5, 9-12: Every Day a Visitor by Richard Abrons

Dec. 8-10, 14-17: A Christmas Story by Philip Grecian, based upon the 1983 film, screenplay by Jean Shepherd, Leigh Brown and Bob Clark, based in turn on Shepherd's In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash

• Feb. 9-11, 15-18, 22-25, 2018: The Producers, music and lyrics by Mel Brooks, book by Brooks and Thomas Meehan

• March 30-31, April 5-8, 2018: Living on Love by Joe DiPietro, based on the play Peccadillo by Garson Kanin

• May 4-6, 10-13, 2018: Ann by Holland Taylor

• June 8-10, 14-17, 2018: An Act of God by David Javerbaum

• July 27-29, Aug. 2-5, 9-12, 2018: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Tim Rice

Season ticket information is not yet available. Call (479) 631-8988 or visit arkansaspublictheatre.org.

Style on 01/22/2017

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