ENTERTAINMENT: ‘Mask’ ends SoNA season; hotel hosts paranormal deep-dive

MUSIC

‘Behind the Mask’

The Symphony of Northwest Arkansas closes its 2025-26 MainStage concert season with a concert titled “Behind the Mask: Romeo and Juliet,” 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Fayetteville’s Walton Arts Center, 495 W. Dickson St.

Guest conductor Tamara Dworetz will be on the podium as SoNA plays portions of Sergei Prokofiev’s ballet “Romeo and Juliet,” Antonín Dvorák’s “Carnival Overture,” Carl Nielsen’s “Maskarade Overture,” Anna Clyne’s “Masquerade” and “Waltz & Galop” from Aram Khachaturian’s “Masquerade Suite.”

Dworetz, one of four finalists for the orchestra’s vacant music director position, will take part in a free pre-show Creative Conversation at 6:30 p.m.

Concert sponsor is Greenwood Gearhart. Tickets are $40-$65, with student discounts for students with ID and free for children under 18 with the purchase of an adult ticket. Call (479) 443-5600 or visit sonamusic.org.

ART

‘Coordinated’ artworks

“Coordinates,” an exhibition representing several years of shared artistic exploration by Little Rock painters April Burris and Holly Tilley, opens with a 5:30-7 p.m. reception Thursday in the Merkle Gallery of the South Arkansas Arts Center, 110 E. Fifth St., El Dorado. Burris and Tilley traveled and painted together, creating landscapes, still lifes and figurative works that document specific moments in time and place. Each painting includes its exact GPS location. Gallery hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. The exhibition is up through March 26. Admission is free. Call (870) 962-5474 or visit saac-arts.org.

ETC.

Paranormal weekend

The Basin Park Hotel, 12 Spring St., Eureka Springs, hosts “Parting the Veil,” which a news release describes as “an exclusive paranormal deep-dive weekend (with) guided investigations, hands-on equipment sessions and late-night explorations (that) will take you deeper into the hotel’s storied past,” Friday and Saturday.

Participants can attend one night or both, working alongside an investigation team and guest psychics, exploring the hotel “and other haunted locations across the country.” The sessions will cover investigation methods, explain the purpose of different tools and lead structured investigation blocks. Professional equipment will be available, or take your own.

Friday’s schedule, following a 3-5 p.m. check-in, includes a 7 p.m. welcome meeting; investigation teams go from 9 p.m.-4 a.m. with a 1 a.m. group share and snack.

Personal readings are available for sale at Saturday’s psychic fair, 1-5 p.m. An 8 p.m. group séance follows a group sharing and speaker session; investigations again run 9 p.m.-4 a.m. Tickets are $125, which includes a swag bag with a pendulum, logbook and lanyard. Visit tinyurl.com/abev7r9s.

TICKETS

Lanterns festival

Wildwood Park for the Arts, 20919 Denny Road, Little Rock, will hold its 15th-anniversary Lanterns festival, 6-9 p.m. April 16, 6-10 p.m. April 17, 4-10 p.m. April 18 and 4-9 p.m. April 19. Visitors can travel the world, more or less, in a single evening, sampling food and performances in six different “lands,” including, for 2026, Italy, Egypt, China and Japan and a U.S. city — Honolulu. A Fairytale Forest, especially for children and inspired by the Land of Oz, will feature costumed characters and a balloon ride, reflecting Wildwood’s summer camp production of “The Wizard of Oz.” Each cultural area will present food, beverages, music, children’s activities and photo opportunities inspired by the culture it represents. Hundreds of luminarias will illuminate woodland paths between them. Tickets in advance are $15 ($20 at the gate), free for children 12 and younger, via wildwoodlanterns.org or by calling (501) 821-7275.