ENTERTAINMENT: ‘A Raisin in the Sun’ set for Actors Theatre stage

THEATER

‘Raisin in the Sun’

Actors Theatre of Little Rock stages “A Raisin in the Sun” by Lorraine Hansberry, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday-Friday, 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday through Sept. 20 at Quapaw Quarter United Methodist Church, 1601 S. Louisiana St., Little Rock. The Pulitzer Prize-winning play involves a family dreaming bigger than the small house where they live on Chicago’s South Side. Willie Lucius plays Walter Lee, with Amaya Hardin as his sister, Beneatha, and Valerie Benton as their mother, Lena. The company rates the show PG-13. Tickets are $30, $25 for students, senior citizens and military in advance; $5 more at the door. Visit actorstheatrelr.org/tickets.

MUSIC

Musical marriage

The Muses Project’s professional troupe of nationally touring opera singers, instrumentalists and “talented local young artists” will perform Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s 1786 opera “The Marriage of Figaro” in the original Italian with English supertitles this week:

◼️ Monday, 6 p.m., at the Muses Cultural Arts Center, 428 Orange St., Hot Springs. Student show — all artists, performers, students and teachers can attend for free but must call the Muses to register — (501) 609-9811.

◼️ Thursday, 7 p.m., Texarkana Regional Arts & Humanities Council, 321 W. Fourth St., Texarkana, Texas. $35. Call (903) 792-8681 for tickets and information.

◼️ Friday, 7 p.m., Woodlands Auditorium, 1101 DeSoto Blvd., Hot Springs, Village. $35.

◼️ Saturday and Sept. 14, 3 p.m. each day, at the Muses Cultural Arts Center. $35.

Call (501) 609-9811 or visit themusesproject.org.

Young pianist on tour

Pianist Misha Galant, whose first-place prize in the biennial National Federation of Music Clubs Young Artist Competition includes a $20,000 cash prize and two years of concert bookings throughout the United States, will tour the state this week, performing:

◼️ Monday, 7:30 p.m., Mabee Fine Arts Center, Ouachita Baptist University, 410 Ouachita St., Arkadelphia. (870) 245-8858.

◼️ Tuesday, 7 p.m., Stilwell Humanities Music Hall, Texarkana College, 2500 N. Robinson Road, Texarkana, Texas. (903) 823-3456.

◼️ Thursday, 7 p.m., Fine Arts Center, University of Arkansas at Monticello, 346 University Drive, Monticello. (870) 460-1060.

◼️ Friday, 11 a.m., Highland Valley United Methodist Church, 15524 Chenal Parkway, Little Rock, under the aegis of the Little Rock Musical Coterie. (501) 224-6047.

◼️ Sept. 14, 2 p.m., Bella Vista Presbyterian Church, 1880 Forest Hills Blvd., Bella Vista. (870) 219-4635.

Admission to all concerts is free.

Galant’s program for all performances: the “Adagio” movement from the Toccata, Adagio, and Fugue in C major, BWV 564, by J.S. Bach, in an arrangement by Ferruccio Busoni; three songs by Sergei Rachmaninoff — “How Beautiful It Is Here,” op.21, No. 7, arranged by Arcadi Volodos; “Do Not Grieve,” op.14, No. 8, arranged by Earl Wild; and “Lilacs,” op.21, No. 5; the “Heroic” Polonaise in A-flat major, op.53, by Frédèric Chopin; Two Etudes — “Liza” and “The Man I Love” — by George Gershwin, arranged by Earl Wild; and Rachmaninoff’s Piano Sonata No. 2 in b-flat minor, op.36.

ART

Fort Smith exhibitions

“Journey to the Unknown,” portraits and mixed media works by Oluwatobi Adewumi, and “Kaleidoscope,” decorative fabric works by the late Liz Whitney Quisgard, open with a 5-7 p.m. reception Friday at the Fort Smith Regional Art Museum, 1601 Rogers Ave., Fort Smith.

Adewumi, a native of Nigeria now residing in McNeil and winner of the 2024 RAM Annual Invitational, explains that his works “(explore) the layered complexities of migration, identity and belonging. Blending realism with abstraction, (the exhibition) reflects on the emotional and psychological landscapes that immigrants carry with them — from memory and cultural heritage to struggle and resilience.”

Quisgard (1929-2024) created kaleidoscopic patterns from yarn and buckram, inspired by Classical and Byzantine architecture.

The exhibitions remain up through Jan. 11. Hours are 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday–Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Sunday. Admission to the reception and the museum is free. Call (479) 784-2787 or visit fsram.org.

ETC.

History symposium

The Northeast Arkansas Regional Archives, in collaboration with Powhatan State Historic Park, is hosting its annual symposium, 8 a.m.-noon Sept. 20 at the Methodist Church in the park, 4414 Arkansas 25, Powhatan. The topic is “This Old Place: The History of Local Landmarks in Northeast Arkansas”; the focus will be on architectural landmarks that are part of Arkansas State Parks. Speakers include Zachary Elledge, park interpreter at the Powhatan park; Angela Gibbs, park curator at Jacksonport State Park; and Bonnie Marberry, park interpreter at Davidsonville Historic State Park. Register at tinyurl.com/3b9w5bwz. For more information, call (870) 878-6521 or email [email protected].