Two hit rock bands from the 1970s and 1980s, REO Speedwagon (with special guest Don Felder) co-headline a concert at 7 p.m. Tuesday at North Little Rock's Verizon Arena.
Styx, with hits such as "Lady," "Babe" and "Mr. Roboto," will open this concert. REO Speedwagon's hits include "Keep on Lovin' You," "Keep the Fire Burnin'" and "Can't Fight This Feeling."
Tickets are $69-$139 plus service charges; VIP and front-row packages are available. Call (800) 745-3000 or visit ticketmaster.com.
Chat with Kushner
Tony and Pulitzer-winning Angels in America playwright and screenwriter Tony Kushner will conclude a daylong visit to Hendrix College at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday with "A Conversation With Tony Kushner," an onstage interview with Hendrix faculty member Jay Barth, in Staples Auditorium at Hendrix, 1600 Washington Ave., Conway.
Sponsor is the the Hendrix-Murphy Foundation Programs in Literature and Language. Admission is free. A reception and book signing will follow in Mills Lobby and Library. Call (501) 450-4597 or email vanaman@hendrix.edu.
Ocasion-al show
Santiago, Chile-based musical troupe Teatro de Ocasion (singer Maria Fernanda Carrasco, percussionist Alvaro Saez and guitarist Cesar Espinoza) will give three performances this week at the Arts Center of the Ozarks, 214 S. Main St., Springdale, under the auspices of the Walton Arts Center's Colgate Classroom Series:
• 7:30 p.m. Friday, "Cultural Fusion Concert," covering musical styles from bossa nova to jazz, rock and traditional Latin American rhythms. Tickets are $10. Call (479) 751-5441 or visit the website, acozarks.org.
• 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. Saturday, "One Morning I Left ...," a Spanish-language musical trip through colors, sounds, landscapes and animals to discover what inhabits nature. Tickets are $5. Call (479) 443-5600 or visit waltonartscenter.org.
Architecture lecture
The building committee of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock's Windgate Center of Art + Design -- Tom Clifton, dean, UALR College of Arts, Letters, and Sciences; Mia Hall, director, Penland School of Crafts; Floyd Martin, UALR professor of art history; Carey Roberson, chairman, UALR department of art and design; and John Greer, principal/vice president, WER Architects/Planners -- will take part in a panel discussion about the building, 6 p.m. Tuesday at the center, UALR, 2801 S. University Ave., Little Rock.
It's part of the Architecture and Design Network's 2017-18 June Freeman Lecture Series. A 5:30 reception will precede the discussion. Admission is free. Call (501) 952-7274 or (479) 243-8232 or email popitz@polkstanleywilcox.com or hdavis@polkstanleywilcox.com.
Comedy tour
Comedians Trae Crowder ("The Liberal Redneck"), Drew Morgan and Corey Ryan Forrester are bringing their wellRED comedy tour, titled "From Dixie With Love," to Fayetteville, performing at 7 p.m. Saturday in Walton Arts Center's Baum Walker Hall. Tickets are $35.50. Call (479) 443-5600 or visit waltonartscenter.org.
Waltz With Bashir
The Central Arkansas Library System will screen Waltz With Bashir, Israeli filmmaker Ari Folman's autobiographical animated film depicting his search of the lost memories of his experience as a soldier in the 1982 Lebanon War, 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the Ron Robinson Theater, 100 River Market Ave., Little Rock. A brief discussion will follow the screening. Admission is by free ticket -- register at tinyurl.com/yau5zkfl.
Blues-based poet
Blues-based poet Arthur Flowers, associate professor of English and creative writing in the master of fine arts program at Syracuse University, will perform "Hoodoo Lords of the Delta: Practice, Pedagogy, and Prophecy," 11 a.m. Friday in Arkansas State University's Carl R. Reng Student Union auditorium, 102 N. Caraway Road, Jonesboro. The performance is part of the university's 24th annual Delta Symposium, "Discovering the Region's Voices," Wednesday-Saturday. Flowers will answer questions and sign books afterward. Admission to the symposium is free. Call (870) 972-3043, email ghansen@AState.edu or visit AState.edu/delta-symposium.
Murry's auditions
Murry's Dinner Playhouse, 6323 Colonel Glenn Road, Little Rock, will hold auditions for the second half of its 2018 season, 6:30 p.m. April 30. Be prepared to sing 16 bars of a song, prepare a short monologue and provide a picture and resume. The show lineup is available online at murrysdp.com; call (501) 562-3131.
Summer art camps
The Arts Center of the Ozarks, 214 S. Main St., Springdale, is offering five one-week art classes for ages 6-14, 10 a.m.-noon and 1-3 p.m.:
• June 11-15: "Art Outdoors," creating art from nature, including cyanotypes (sun prints), scavenger hunt mobiles and land art sculptures, plus an exercise in Plein air painting.
• June 18-22: "Hippie Modernists," '60s and '70s-style colors and concepts.
• June 25-29: "Paint Superpower," learning to draw and paint cartoonlike superheroes and heroines.
• July 9-13: "Street Art," learning about street art and creating a mural on the ACO building.
• July 16-20: "Clay and 3D Creations," building functional and sculptural ceramic art and learning about hand-building methods to create 3-D sculptures from recyclable materials and art installations.
Students can sign up for one session or all-day. Students taking both sessions should take a lunch. Price per week is $75 for one session, $120 for both (supplies included). Families receive 50 percent off tuition for every additional sibling. To register, call (479) 751-5441 or visit acozarks.org/participate/classes.
Improv camps
Second City Training Center will hold two-weekday Summer Improv Camps for students 11-14 and 15-18, 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m. weekdays. July 9-20, at Fayetteville's Walton Arts Center, 495 W. Dickson St. Middle school students will focus on improv, writing and storytelling, clowning and physical comedy and theater arts and crafts. High school students will focus on improv, sketch comedy, stand-up and storytelling. At the end of camp, students will present a show for their family and friends.
Registration is $785 until May 7, $850 thereafter. Fees don't include lodging or food. Visit the website, waltonartscenter.org.
There will also be a weeklong adult intensive training session, 6-9 pm July 9-13. Fee is $300.
Style on 04/08/2018