MUSIC
Divas3
Touring trio Divas3 — Crystal Stark, Emily Yates and Tracy Distefano — performs “the biggest hits of the greatest divas in music history,” including Aretha Franklin, Carole King, Celine Dion, Whitney Houston, Cher, Dolly Parton, Donna Summer and ABBA, over the four decades of the 1960s through the 1990s, at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Hendrix Fine Arts Center, University of Arkansas-Phillips Community College, 1000 Campus Road, Helena-West Helena. It’s part of the Warfield Concert Series. Admission is by free ticket; visit warfieldconcerts.com.
Argenta activities
North Little Rock’s Argenta Arts District is offering festivals, live music, art and “family-friendly fun” over a series of fall weekends, including the Argenta Vibe Music Series and the September and October Dogtown Throwdowns, in which Main Street closes off for several blocks to create a street-festival atmosphere.
◼️ Sept. 12-13, Dogtown Throwdown. “Celebrate football season Argenta-style with game-day favorites from local restaurants, outdoor drink stations and plenty of patio energy,” according to a news release. Family Arts Day will feature activities from the Acansa Festival of the South and University of Arkansas-Pulaski Technical College, pop-up markets, mobile animal adoptions, yoga and performances from Chris DeClerk and The Big Dam Horns.
◼️ Sept. 20: Argenta Vibe Music Series, Argenta Plaza, 510 Main St., honoring Hispanic Heritage Month, in partnership with the Acansa Arts Festival and Seis Puentes. The annual Hispanic Heritage Festival kicks off at 4 p.m. featuring vendors of authentic food. Grammy-nominated “Latingrass” duo Larry & Joe perform at 5:30 p.m., followed by alternative R&B/soul artist Pura Coco with her band and DJ Raquel at 7:30.
◼️ Oct. 4: Argenta Vibe Music Series, Argenta Plaza. Gates open at 6 p.m., with family games and activities starting at 6:30 and a performance by Arkansauce at 7:30.
◼️ Oct. 10-11: Dogtown Throwdown, “Fall Feast,” with “hearty comfort foods,” the annual Blessing of the Animals hosted by Argenta United Methodist Church, lunchtime drink specials, pop-up markets, kids’ activities and a performance by Whoa Dakota.
Visit argentaartsdistrict.org.
FILM
‘Don’t Look Back’
A screening of “Don’t Look Back,” D.A. Pennebaker’s 1967 documentary about Bob Dylan’s 1965 United Kingdom tour, kicks off University of Arkansas-Pulaski Technical College’s CHARTS Live 2025-26 performing arts series, 7 p.m. Friday in the Center for Humanities and Arts Theater on the college’s main campus, 3000 W. Scenic Drive, North Little Rock. The evening also includes a live performance by singer-songwriter Justin Bank and the Bijou Boogie Boys — Dave Hoffpauir on drums, Jay Gentry on bass, Drew Pickens on guitar and Trevor Bates on steel guitar — and a music video by French folk artist Tourbillon Brume.
Tickets are $25. Beer, wine and light concessions will be available. Visit uaptc.edu/charts.
The film portrays the 23-year-old Dylan as he navigates concert appearances, hotel room discussions, prickly exchanges with the media and travel during the tour, and includes appearances by Joan Baez, Donovan and Allen Ginsberg, among others. The film has been selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress.
DANCE
Swing fundraiser
Put on your best 1940s-inspired attire and join us for an evening of vintage fashion, music and dancing at Western Arkansas Ballet’s “Dance the Decades: Vintage Swing” fundraiser, 6 p.m. Saturday at the United States Marshals Museum, 789 Riverfront Drive, Fort Smith. The evening includes a swing dance lesson with Marcus Coker, heavy hors d’oeuvres, drinks and music from Don Bailey & The Swing Machine with Tabitha Graves. Tickets are $50; call (479) 785-0152 or visit waballet.org. Proceeds from the event benefit the ballet company’s wardrobe department to update costuming for “The Nutcracker.”
LITERATURE
Worthen Prize winner
The Central Arkansas Library System’s Butler Center for Arkansas Studies has awarded the 2025 Booker Worthen Literary Prize to Monica Potts for her 2023 book, “The Forgotten Girls: A Memoir of Friendship and Lost Promise in Rural America.” The prize, presented annually for the best work by an Arkansas author and published in the three-year eligibility period following publication, carries a $2,000 monetary award.
The prize was established by the Central Arkansas Library System in 1999 in memory of William Booker Worthen, a longtime supporter of the public library and a 22-year member of CALS Board of Trustees.
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