Elsewhere in entertainment, events and the arts:
TODAY
Acoustic guitar
Guitarist Walter Strauss performs at 7:30 p.m. today at The Joint, 301 Main St., in North Little Rock's Argenta Arts District, part of the Argenta Acoustic Music Series. Tickets are $30. Call (501) 425-1528 or visit argentaacoustic.com.
FRIDAY
Organ recital
Organist Janette Fishell, chairwoman of the organ department at the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University, will give a recital at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Christ Episcopal Church, 509 Scott St., Little Rock. It's part of the church's Arts@ChristChurch, opens a yearlong 30th-anniversary celebration for the church's Nichols-Simpson organ and is under the auspices of the Central Arkansas Chapter, American Guild of Organists.
The program includes the Passacaglia and Fugue in c minor, BWV 582, and the Chorale Prelude "Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele," BWV 654, by Johann Sebastian Bach; Danse Macabre by Camille Saint-Saëns, transcribed by Edwin Lemare; Choral in E major from Trois chorals pour orgue by Cesar Franck; Prelude, Adagio et Choral Varie sur le theme du Veni Creator, op.4, by Maurice Durufle; and works by Petr Eben, Ad Wammes and Lionel Rogg. Admission is free. Call 372-0294.
Fiber art showcased
The fourth annual Fiber Arts Exhibition, showcasing original fiber art with what a news release describes as "fresh interpretations of traditional types of fiber art, including embroidery, quilting, dyeing, weaving and felting," goes on display with a 5-8 p.m. reception Friday at the Argenta Library Gallery, 420 Main St., North Little Rock. The reception will feature snacks and music by Vince Griffin. Admission to the reception and the exhibition, on display through Nov. 9, is free. Gallery hours are 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Friday. Call (501) 758-1720 or visit lamanlibrary.org.
Matilda at Harding
The Harding University theater and music departments will stage Matilda (based on Roald Dahl's 1988 children's novel) live with a 13-piece orchestra as the annual Homecoming musical, 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday in Benson Auditorium at Harding, 915 E. Market Ave., Searcy. Tickets are $18 in advance, $20 at the door. Call (501) 279-4276 or visit hardingtickets.com.
SATURDAY
Koo Koo for comedy
Comedic pop duo Koo Koo Kanga Roo (Bryan Atchison and Neil Olstad) perform an all-ages show at 2 p.m. Saturday at Stickyz Rock 'n' Roll Chicken Shack, 107 River Market Ave., Little Rock. Joe DeGeorge is the opening act. Admission is $15, $40 VIP. Call (501) 372-7707 or visit stickyz.com.
Stuttgart 'Unplugged'
Guitarist Billy Jeter Jr. and the Billy Jeter Band open the 2019-20 Unplugged Series, 7 p.m. Saturday at Stuttgart's Grand Prairie Center, Phillips Community College, University of Arkansas-Stuttgart, 2807 U.S. 165 South. Country singer and Arkansan Anna Brinker opens the show at 6:30 and will also perform during intermission. Food and beverages will be sold. Tickets are $20, $120 for a table for eight. Call (870) 673-4201, Extension 1895, or visit pccua.edu/GPC.
SUNDAY
Homegrown classical
Linda Holzer, coordinator of classical piano studies at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, and four members of the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra — Sandra McDonald and Leanne Day-Simpson, violin; Katherine Reynolds, viola; and Rafael León, cello — will perform works by Arkansas-born composers Florence Price and William Grant Still, 3 p.m. Sunday in the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall, Fine Arts Building, UALR, 2801 S. University Ave., Little Rock.
The program, titled "Two Creative Voices from Arkansas," will include Summerland by Still and, by Price: Fantasie Negre, Suite for Piano, "In the Land 'o Cotton," and the "Allegro non troppo" movement from the Piano Quintet in a minor.
Admission is free. Call (501) 569-8436 or email lrholzer@ualr.edu.
AUDITIONS
Ragtime at Argenta
The Argenta Community Theater, 405 Main St., North Little Rock, will hold auditions for Ragtime: The Musical, 2-6 p.m. Oct. 27. Auditioners will be asked to sing 16 bars of a song that showcases their vocal range; music can be, but need not be, from the show but should have the same feel. Also expect cold readings from the script and a dance call.
Production dates are Feb. 18-29. Rehearsals will begin in mid-January. Auditions are open to performers of all genders, races and ethnicities; the cast of 30-36 will include 15 character roles plus featured and ensemble players. For the list, descriptions and more information, visit ArgentaCommunityTheater.org. Email Casting@ArgentaCommunityTheater.org for an audition appointment; walk-ins will also be welcome.
TICKETS
Musical Rudolph
Rudolph and a cast of supporting characters including Hermey the Elf, Yukon Cornelius and the Abominable Snow Monster, help Santa save Christmas in Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Musical, Robert Penola's stage adaptation of the classic 1964 stop-motion-animated television special, 6:30 p.m. Dec. 3 at Robinson Center Performance Hall, 426 W. Markham St. at Broadway, Little Rock. Tickets are $29-$73. Call (501) 244-8800 or visit Ticketmaster.com or CelebrityAttractions.com.
Weekend on 10/17/2019