Ballet Arkansas combines choreography by its executive and artistic director, Michael Fothergill, to music by composers including Sergei Rachmaninoff, Francis Poulenc, Franz Liszt, Dmitri Shostakovich and Gyorgy Ligeti, and mixed-media projections by Cranford Co. and 360-degree sound for Dracula, a full-length ballet based on Bram Stoker’s classic tale, to kick off its 40th season:
7:30 p.m. today, Reynolds Performance Hall, University of Central Arkansas, 201 Donaghey Ave., Conway. Tickets are $35-$40, $32-$37 for senior citizens and UCA alumni. Call
(501) 450-3265 or visit tinyurl.com/UCADracula.
7 p.m. Friday, 2 and 7 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Oct. 21, Center for the Humanities and the Arts, University of Arkansas-Pulaski Technical College main campus, 3000 W. Scenic Drive, North Little Rock. Audience members are encouraged to come in Halloween costumes to the Saturday evening performance. Tickets are $30-$35, $20-25 for students and senior citizens, $15 for children 12 and younger. Call
(501) 812-2710 or visit charts.uaptc.edu/ballet-arkansas.
Illusionists; dance
Five practitioners of illusion — Grand Illusionist Darcy Oake; Jeff Hobson, the Trickster; An Ha Lim, the Manipulator; Jonathan Goodwin, the Daredevil; and Chris Cox, the Mentalist — are The Illusionists – Live From Broadway, onstage 7 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday at Fayetteville’s Walton Arts Center, 495 W. Dickson St. Tickets are $37-$77 plus fees.
Also at Walton Arts Center this week: South Indian classical dance moves into the 21st century as the Ragamala Dance Company performs Written in Water, 7:30 p.m. today, part of the center’s 10x10 Arts Series.
Tickets are $10. Reserved parking for shows is $7 at the Spring Street deck. Call (479) 443-5600 or visit waltonartscenter.org.
Mist and Shadows
Theatre @ UAFS’ production of Mist and Shadows combines elements of escape rooms, haunted houses and installation art, in which audience members (wearing a costume piece similar to a hoodie that the theater will provide) are active participants, 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday and Oct.22-23, Breedlove Auditorium, University of Arkansas-Fort Smith, 5120 Grand Ave., Fort Smith.
Cast and crew created the interactive production under the guidance of Bob Stevenson. Due to dark themes, violence and sensuality, the show is rated for ages 14 and older. You won’t be able to take bags or purses; a coat check will be provided. Tickets are $6, free for UAFS employees and students. Call (479) 788-7300 or visit uafs.universitytickets.com.
Eureka Oktoberfest
The Eureka Springs Rotary Club’s annual Oktoberfest, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday on Center Street between DeVito’s and Grotto Wood-Fired Grill and Wine Cave, features local micro brews and craft and seasonal beers. Admission is $5, $20 if you plan to sample the beer. Visit the Facebook event page, tinyurl.com/y9ssjo3c.
Silent City voices
Nine actors in period costumes will play World War I-era characters, “Remembering the Armistice,” as they guide tours of the Eureka Springs Municipal Cemetery on U.S. 62 East, for the 10th annual Voices From the Silent City, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Oct. 18-20 and Oct. 26 and 27. The one-hour walking tours depart from the parking lot of the former Victoria Inn, 4052 E. Van Buren (U.S. 62 East ) every 20 minutes until 8:30. There is no parking at the cemetery. Tickets are $15, $5 children 12 and younger; parking and shuttle service to the cemetery are free. Call (479) 253-9417 or visit tinyurl.com/mbym7t8.
Architecture lecture
Architects Erin Lewis and Matthew Griffith, principals of In Situ Studio in Raleigh, N.C., will lecture on “Made, Modern, Make-Believe: Starting a Critical Design Practice in the South,” 6 p.m. Tuesday in the Lecture Hall, lower level, Arkansas Arts Center in MacArthur Park, 501 E. Ninth St., Little Rock. A 5:30 p.m. reception will precede the lecture, which is part of the Architecture and Design Network’s 2018-19 June Freeman lecture series. Call
(501) 952-7274 or (501) 840-6171 or email popitz@polkstanley wilcox.com or lhendrix@polk stanleywilcox.com.
Piano and harmonica
New Orleans piano and Hammond B-3 player Joe Krown and harmonica player Jason Ricci perform for a “Artist, Audience & Community Live!” show, 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the 801 Media Center at 5 Star Productions, 801 N. A St., Fort Smith. Tickets are $40. Call (479) 719-8931 or visit aaclive.com.
Temptations tickets
Tickets — $49.50-$85 — go on sale Monday for an 8 p.m. Dec. 14 Christmas concert by The Temptationsat Griffin Music Hall, 101 E. Locust St., in El Dorado’s Murphy Arts District. Call (877) 940-3334 or visit eldoMAD.com.
Wonderful tryouts
Northwest Arkansas Audio Theater will hold auditions for its audio-theater dramatization of It’s a Wonderful Life by Tony Palermo, based on the 1946 Frank Capra film classic, 7 p.m. Oct. 22 and 24 at the Arts Center of the Ozarks, 214 S. Main St., Springdale. Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script. Production dates are Dec. 13-15. Visit nwaaudio theater.blogspot.com.
