Elsewhere in entertainment and the arts:
WEDNESDAY
Legacies & Lunch
The Butler Center for Arkansas Studies marks the 20th anniversary of the opening of the Main Library in Little Rock's River Market District and the founding of the center with its monthly Legacies & Lunch program, titled "20 Years and Family Films," noon Wednesday at the Ron Robinson Theater, 100 River Market Ave., Little Rock. The program will highlight the center's collection of amateur films and include a 20th-anniversary video. Admission is free; provide your own sack lunch and the Butler Center will provide drinks and dessert. Call (501) 918-3033, email sstormoe@cals.org or visit the website, butlercenter.org.
TICKETS
Newton-John redux
A limited number of tickets will go on sale at 9 a.m. Sept. 12 for a 7 p.m. Sept. 29 concert by Olivia Newton-John at Oaklawn Park, 2705 Central Ave., Hot Springs. The concert is a reschedule from a sold-out June 9 performance called off when Newton-John suspended a North American tour to undergo treatment for breast cancer. Doors will open at 6 p.m. Visit the website, oaklawn.com.
ETC.
Rep classes
The Arkansas Repertory Theatre will offer classes in musical theater, acting, theater dance, tap dance and improvisation for students, kindergarten through adult, Monday-Nov. 13 at the Rep Annex, 518 Main St., Little Rock. Find a complete list and register at the website, therep.org/education/fall-classes-at-the-rep. Need-based scholarships are available.
'Narratives in Ink'
Artist Diane Harper will hold a workshop, "Narratives in Ink," focusing on storytelling and pen-and-ink techniques for aspiring artists 14 and older, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Sept. 16 at the Arkansas Innovation Hub, 201 E. Broadway, North Little Rock. Experimentation is encouraged, and no drawing experience is needed. Cost is $50, $40 for Hub members. Call (501) 907-6570 or visit the website, arhub.org.
100,000 poets?
Poets and poetry lovers will read aloud to one another and to passersby for "100 Thousand Poets for Change-Little Rock," an interactive poetry event "to promote positive change," 6 a.m. (an hour before the Farmers Market opens)-3 p.m. Sept. 30 at the Farmers Market, in the River Market Ottenheimer Market Hall pavilions, 400 President Clinton Ave., Little Rock. Little Rock is one of more than 400 participating cities worldwide. Visit the Facebook page, tinyurl.com/ya27qyyw; call organizer Karen Hayes at (501) 749-6332 or email dogtown.poetry@outlook.com.
WWI seminar
The Arkansas World War I Centennial Commemoration Committee and the Old State House Museum will host "Keep the Home Fires Burning: Arkansas and World War I," a seminar on Arkansas during World War I, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Sept. 23 at the museum, 300 W. Markham St., Little Rock. The seminar will feature lectures by Shawn Fisher, Elizabeth Hill, Carl Drexler and Cherisse Jones Branch on topics including the homefront, wartime manufacturing and the experience of black Arkansans during the war. Admission is free. Deadline to register is Sept. 18; call (501) 324-9685, email tanya.canada@arkansas.gov or visit the website, wwiarkansas.com.
Style on 09/05/2017