Legendary bluesmen Taj Mahal and Keb' Mo' are uniting for a cross-generational collaboration -- TajMo: The Taj Mahal and Keb' Mo' Band, with special guest Black Pacific, 7 p.m. Tuesday at Fayetteville's Walton Arts Center, 495 W. Dickson St.
The concert, part of a tour promoting the 2017 album TajMo, kicks off the center's 2017-2018 Season of the Arts. Tickets are $38-$68. Call (479) 443-5600 or visit the website, waltonartscenter.org.
Sublime With Rome
Sublime With Rome and Offspring perform at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Walmart AMP, 5079 W. Northgate Road, Rogers. Doors open at 6. Tickets are $29.50-$69.50 plus fees; a "LAWN 4-PACK" of four lawn tickets is $22.50 apiece. Call (479) 443-5600 or visit the website, amptickets.com.
'Dark Night' Dinner
The Argenta Community Theater, 405 Main St., North Little Rock, will hold its inaugural "Dark Night" Dinner, honoring those who have contributed to the development of community theater in central Arkansas, with a 6 p.m. reception and 7 p.m. dinner Monday. The first "Nellie" awards -- named for South Pacific nurse and Little Rock "native" Nellie Forbush -- will go to theater veterans Judy Trice for performance and direction, Bob Bidewell for music and Sara Cooke for technical theater.
Five area groups -- Argenta Community Theater (North Little Rock), Red Curtain Theater (Conway), Royal Theater (Benton) and the Studio Theater and Weekend Theater (Little Rock) -- will offer performances. Master of ceremonies is actress Candyce Hinkle, who has multiple credits in community and professional theater, film and television. Dinner is provided by Ben E. Keith Foods Mid-South. Tickets are $20 (performers, technicians, etc.), $50 for patrons' tables. Call (501) 353-1443 or visit the website, argentacommunitytheater.com.
'Caraway's Shadow'
Donald A. Ritchie, the U.S. Senate's historian emeritus, will give the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies' second annual Betsey Wright Distinguished Lecture -- "Hattie Caraway's Long Shadow: Women in the U.S. Senate," 7 p.m. Thursday, Ron Robinson Theater, 100 River Market Ave., Little Rock. Doors open at 6. Former U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., will introduce the speaker. A reception will follow. Admission is free. Call (501) 918-3033 or email sstormoe@cals.org.
The lecture, which focuses on politics, government and public policy of special interest to women, pays tribute to the political career and advocacy work of Betsey Wright, who served as chief of staff for former Gov. Bill Clinton for seven years and as deputy chairman of the Clinton 1992 presidential campaign.
Exile at Alma
Country-rock band Exile will perform at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Alma Performing Arts Center, 103 E. Main St., Alma. Tickets are $25-$41. Call (479) 632-2129 or visit almapac.org.
Singer-songwriter
Christian singer-songwriter Matt Maher will perform at 6 p.m. Friday on the mall at University of the Ozarks, 415 N. College Ave., Clarksville, part of the university's 2017-2018 Walton Arts & Ideas Series and in conjunction with the university's Family Weekend. Admission is free; bring lawn chairs. Call (479) 979-1433 or visit ozarks.edu/WAIS.
Singers' auditions
The Symphony of Northwest Arkansas will hold auditions for the 2017-2018 SoNA Singers, by appointment, Saturday at Bentonville High School, 1801 S.E. J St., Bentonville. The audition will consist of one prepared solo (oratorio, aria or art song preferred; an accompanist will be provided), pitch memory exercises, intervals and major and minor scales. Rehearsals are Sunday afternoons in Bentonville and Fayetteville. Email director Terry Hicks at thehicks14all@me.com to set up an audition time or for more information.
Style on 09/17/2017