Elsewhere in entertainment and the arts:
TODAY
Fairy tale concert
The Platypus Players -- Arkansas Symphony Orchestra musicians Beth Wheeler, oboe; Trisha McGovern Freeney, violin; Tze-Ying Wu, viola; and Ethan Young, cello, plus Naoki Hakutani, piano, and narrators Stephanie Smittle and Dr. Richard P. Wheeler -- will perform at 4:30 p.m. t̶o̶d̶a̶y̶ Nov. 15* in the Hospital Lobby Gallery, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 4301 W. Markham St., Little Rock. It's part of the Dr. Ruth Marie Allen Concert Series at UAMS. The "Fairy Tales with the Platypus Players" program: Little Red Riding Hood by Bruce Adolphe and The Emperor's New Clothes by Peter Schickele. Admission is free, Call (501) 666-1761, Extension 1.
UALR lecturers
John Kirk, director of the Anderson Institute on Race and Ethnicity at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, will present a lecture on the 60th anniversary of the desegregation of Little Rock's Central High School, 7:30 p.m. today at Historic Arkansas Museum, 200 E. Third St. Little Rock. Refreshments will be at 7 p.m. The lecture is part of the University History Institute's Evenings with History series. Admission to the series is by subscription to the institute, free to visitors and UALR students. Call (501) 569-8932.
And Kristen McIntyre, associate professor in the department of applied communication at UALR, will deliver a lecture titled "Connection, Not Perfection: A Communication Orientation to Public Speaking," about making connections with the audience and reducing anxiety while public speaking, 6:30 p.m. Thursday in Room G, Donaghey Student Center, UALR, 2801 S. University Ave., Little Rock. It's part of the university's Leadership Lecture Series. Admission is $20, $5 for college students with ID. Call (501) 569-3158.
WEDNESDAY
The Fog of War
The Central Arkansas Library System will screen of the documentary The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara, American history as seen through the eyes of former U.S. Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara, 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Ron Robinson Theater, 100 River Market Ave., Little Rock. The film won the 2003 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. A discussion with humanities scholars and veterans Pat Hoy and Alex Vernon will follow. The screening is part of the "Fiction & Fact: A War Dialogue with Veterans" program, sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Admission is free; reserve seats at ronrobinsontheater.org. Call (501) 918-3098 or email bmooy@cals.org for more information.
Style on 11/07/2017
*CORRECTION: The Platypus Players will perform at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 4301 W. Markham St., Little Rock, at 4:30 p.m. Nov. 15 in the Hospital Lobby Gallery. Admission is free, Call (501) 666-1761, Extension 1. An item in a previous version of this column.