DANCE
Ailey II onstage
Contemporary dance company Ailey II, the second company to Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, performs at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Hendrix Arts Center, Phillips County Community College-University of Arkansas, 1000 Campus Drive, Helena-West Helena.
The Warfield Concerts program will include the world premieres of “Berry Dreamin’,” choreographed by former Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and Ailey II member Chalvar Monteiro on the music of Chuck Berry; and “Third Person Point of View,” choreographed by My’Kal Stromile, plus Houston Thomas’ “Down the Rabbit Hole,” inspired by “The Matrix” film series on a score by Johannes Goldbach.
Admission is by free ticket; visit warfieldconcerts.com. Guests can also attend a pre-show Valentine’s lasagna dinner fundraiser in the community room — doors open at 5 p.m. with service starting at 5:30. Dinner tickets are $25 per person, $200 per table.
THEATER
‘Hamilton’ actress
Tony-winner Renée Elise Goldsberry, who created the role of Angelica Schuyler in the Broadway musical “Hamilton,” will front a screening of the Disney+ production, live-to-tape, and hold a post-screening talkback, 6 p.m. Monday at Reynolds Performance Hall at the University of Central Arkansas, 201 Donaghey Ave., Conway.
“Renée Elise Goldsberry — Hamilton Screening & Talkback” is part of the UCA Public Appearances series in partnership with the UCA College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Artist in Residence program.
Goldsberry won Tony and Grammy awards for her performance in the original Broadway production of “Hamilton.” She was also nominated for an Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actress in the Disney+ film adaptation and accepted the Emmy for Best Variety Special on behalf of her company in 2021.
Goldsberry also co-starred in A24’s film “Waves,” opposite Sterling K. Brown; the Netflix series “Altered Carbon”; “The Good Wife”; “The House With a Clock in its Walls”; “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks”; and her creation of the character Evangeline Williamson on ABC’s soap opera “One Life to Live,” for which she received two Daytime Emmy nominations and two NAACP Image Award nominations.
Tickets are $28.75, $11.50 for children and students, two free for UCA students with UCA ID. Call (501) 450-3265 or (866) 810-0012 or visit uca.edu/publicappearances.
ART
Bentonville exhibit
“The SuperNatural 2.0,” 90 multi-media artworks by 43 artists from across the world “exploring how the natural world is now experienced and understood as both organic and artificial,” according to a news release, opens with a 6-8 p.m. reception Friday at 21c Museum Hotel Bentonville, 200 N.E. A St., Bentonville.
The museum chain’s chief curator, Alice Gray Stites, will give introductory remarks at 6:45. Los Angeles-based artist Nancy Baker Cahill, who has three recent works in the exhibition, including an Augmented Reality, site-specific work titled “CORPUS,” will give a presentation at 7. Refreshments from The Hive restaurant will be available.
The exhibition remains on display throughout the hotel’s gallery spaces, 24/7, through December. Admission to the reception and the exhibition is free. Call (479) 286-6500 or visit 21cmuseumhotels.com/bentonville.
Acrylic Transfer class
Gallery 246, 243 E. Main St., Batesville, is sponsoring a series of three Acrylic Transfer classes, taught by Karen Barker, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Fridays, Feb. 13, 20 and 27.
Participants should choose a photograph, possibly a family picture, and enlarge it in black and white on plain white photocopy paper or print it out with a laser printer (not an inkjet printer). All other materials, including acrylic gel, paint and stencils and the student’s choice of an 8-by-10 or 9-by-12 canvas panel, are furnished. (Larger canvas panels or prepared hardboard panels are available at Hobby Lobby. The instructor will also have 16-by-16-by-2-inch cradled and gessoed hardboard panels for sale at $25 each.)
Participation is limited to seven students, who must prepay to reserve a space. Cost is $110 for the three-class series. Call (870) 262-8066.
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Governor’s Awards
The Arkansas Arts Council has announced the recipients of the 2026 Governor’s Arts Awards:
◼️ Michael Fothergill, artistic and executive director of Ballet Arkansas in Little Rock, Arts Community Development Award
◼️ Corey Alderdice of Hot Springs, Arts in Education Award
◼️ The Northwest Arkansas Mall in Fayetteville, Corporate Sponsorship of the Arts Award
◼️ Kay Thomas of Mountain View, Folklife Award
◼️ Sheila Holland Cotton of Little Rock, Individual Artist Award
◼️ Al “Papa Rap” Lopez of Rogers, Judges Recognition Award
◼️ Little Rock’s Frueauff Family, Patron Award
The awards recognize individuals, organizations and businesses for their outstanding contributions to the arts in Arkansas. Nominations come from the public; an independent panel of arts professionals selects the recipients, who will be honored at a March 13 ceremony at Little Rock’s Robinson Center Performance Hall.
Outstanding educators
Five Arkansas teachers are among the 77 receiving Outstanding Performing Arts Educator Awards from the National Federation of State High School Associations, which for the first time is including performing arts educators from middle schools.
The list:
◼️ Outstanding Music Educator Awards, state — high school: Terry Hicks, who has led Bentonville High School’s choral program for more than 30 years.
◼️ Middle School Music, section — Alan Showalter, Section 6 (Arkansas), who has led choral music education at Southwest Junior High in Springdale for nearly two decades, “creating one of the state’s most respected programs,” according to a news release.
◼️ Outstanding Speech and Debate Educator Awards, state — Kim Stanley, who “has dedicated 33 years to teaching and coaching, with 26 years at North Little Rock High School.”
◼️ Outstanding Theatre Educator Awards, state — Jenava Harris, who “has spent 25 years advancing theater education in Arkansas. At Clarksville High School, she directs award-winning productions and mentors students to achieve superior ratings at state festivals,” according to the release.
◼️ Middle School Theatre, section — Audra Bocksnick, Section 6 (Arkansas), “a veteran theater educator whose influence spans classrooms, festivals, and advocacy efforts,” who established theater programs at Alma Middle and High Schools.
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