Other places for entertainment, events and art:
dance: Kyiv style “Swan Lake”
Kyiv City BalletA tour of Europe and America began in Paris on February 23rd, the day before Russia invaded Ukraine. College Street, Mountain Home. Tickets are $40, $20 for students. Visit thesheid.com.
Before coming to the US, the 10-year-old company of 35 dancers, teachers, administrators, lighting and makeup designers toured France, England and the Czech Republic.
The performance will open the 11th Annual Performing Arts Season of four shows at the university.
◼️ Nov. 5: “Brit Beat, a tribute to the Beatles.” $30, $15 students.
◼️ November 22: “Million Dollar Quartet Christmas”. $40, $20.
◼️ March 16: “The Jungle Book: The Musical.” free.
◼️ April 13: “50 Years of Neil Berg’s Rock and Roll”. $30, $15.
Season tickets are $130 and students are $65. Call (870) 508-6280.
“Dracula” Redux
Ballet Arkansas presents productions that incorporate multimedia. “Dracula,” Friday through Saturday at 7 p.m. at the Fayetteville Public Library Event Center, 401 W. Mountain St., Fayetteville. Tickets are $25 to $40. Visit balletarkansas.org/tickets. Call Tututix at (855) 222-2849, option 5. Or email tickets@balletarkansas.org.
The Ballet’s Northwest Arkansas residency, which also includes lecture demonstrations and a K-12 interactive educational student matinee, said Michael Fothergill, Ballet’s Executive and Artistic Director, It marks the beginning of a new presence for Also, “This production is the company’s first to feature eight of his new dancers and includes vibrant multimedia and fresh choreography.” Dracula” premiered. This is the first of three of his multimedia productions created in partnership with Cranford.
The troupe will then stage five performances at the University of Arkansas’ Center for the Arts and Humanities. -Pulaski Technical College, 3000 W. Scenic Drive, North Little Rock. Tickets are $30-45.
music: chamber music concert
Arkansas Symphony Musicians Open Orchestra’s 2022-23 River Rhapsodys Chamber Music A concert titled “Beach, Mendelssohn, Coleridge-Taylor” took place on Tuesday at 7:00 pm in the Great Hall of the Clinton Presidential Center, 1200 President Clinton Avenue, Little Rock.
The Rockefeller Quartet of Orchestras — Trisha McGovern Freeney and Linnaea Brophy, violins. Katherine Reynolds, viola; Jacob Wunsch (cello) performs Felix Mendelssohn’s String Quartet No. 4 in E minor, op. ‘Romance’ op.23. Lianna Renfro, oboe. Kelly Johnson on clarinet. Susan Bel Leon, bassoon; David Renfro, horn; Meredith Maddox-Hicks, violin. Katherine Reynolds, viola; David Gerstein, cello; Justin Cheeseman on bass. Pianist Jaeyoung Shiratani will play Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s “Nonet” in F major, op.2.
Tickets are $26, $10 for students and active duty military. Call (501) 666-1761, extension 1, or visit ArkansasSymphony.org.
theater: “Detroit ’67”
“Detroit ’67” at Theater Squared in Fayetteville, featuring Tenisi Davis (left to right) as Rank, Jenna Krasowski as Caroline, and Devlau Chumrau as Shell. (Special article for Democrat-Gazette/Wesley Hitt)
TheaterSquared, 477 W. Spring St., Fayetteville, stage “Detroit ’67” Written by Dominique Morisseau, Wednesday’s opening show takes place at the West Theater Tuesday through Friday from 7:30pm, Saturday from 2:00pm and 7:30pm, and Sunday from 2:00pm to November 6th. The stage is Detroit in 1967, the dawn of the Motown era. The conflict between the two brothers, who are making ends meet by turning the basement into an after-hours joint, is reflected in an eruption of unrest in the city. Tickets range from $20-$54. Call (479) 777-7477 or visit theater2.org.
art: fiber art exhibition
The first of a two-part exhibition, “Gather again” An exhibit showcasing the techniques of textile arts, including hand sewing, appliqué, crochet, embroidery, quilting, dyeing and weaving, opens Tuesday at the Raman Library Gallery, 2801 Orange Street, North Little Rock. The library will hold a reception on Friday from 5-8pm. Part I of the exhibition runs through his December 2nd. Gallery hours are 9 AM-7 PM Monday-Thursday and 9 AM-1 PM Friday-Saturday. Part II debuts at the Third His Friday Art Walk on December 16th at Argenta Library, 420 Main Street, North Little Rock. Call (501) 758-1720 or visit NLRLibrary.org.
etc. : poetry reading
Arkansas Poet Laureate Suzanne Rose On Tuesdays at 7:00 pm, she will read her work in the fireplace room at McCastrain Hall, Conway, 201 Donagay Avenue, Central Arkansas University. A casual reception with refreshments will follow. This is the first in a series of campus visit proposals by the noted poet. The sponsor is her Slant, the journal of contemporary poetry in the UCA English department. Admission is free. Email slantpoetry@uca.edu.