MUSIC<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Divas3<\/strong><\/p>\n Touring trio Divas3 \u2014 Crystal Stark, Emily Yates and Tracy Distefano \u2014 performs \u201cthe biggest hits of the greatest divas in music history,\u201d 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\u2019s part of the Warfield Concert Series. Admission is by free ticket; visit warfieldconcerts.com.<\/p>\n Argenta activities<\/strong><\/p>\n North Little Rock\u2019s Argenta Arts District\u00a0is offering festivals, live music, art and \u201cfamily-friendly fun\u201d over a series of fall weekends, including the Argenta Vibe Music Series<\/strong> and the September and October Dogtown Throwdowns<\/strong>, in which Main Street closes off for several blocks to create a street-festival atmosphere.<\/p>\n \u25fc\ufe0f Sept. 12-13, Dogtown Throwdown. \u201cCelebrate football season Argenta-style with game-day favorites from local restaurants, outdoor drink stations and plenty of patio energy,\u201d 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.<\/p>\n \u25fc\ufe0f 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 \u201cLatingrass\u201d 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.<\/p>\n \u25fc\ufe0f 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.<\/p>\n \u25fc\ufe0f Oct. 10-11: Dogtown Throwdown, \u201cFall Feast,\u201d with \u201chearty comfort foods,\u201d the annual Blessing of the Animals hosted by Argenta United Methodist Church, lunchtime drink specials, pop-up markets, kids\u2019 activities and a performance by Whoa Dakota.<\/p>\n Visit argentaartsdistrict.org.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div> FILM<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u2018Don\u2019t Look Back\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n A screening of\u00a0\u201cDon\u2019t Look Back,\u201d\u00a0D.A. Pennebaker\u2019s 1967 documentary about Bob Dylan\u2019s 1965 United Kingdom tour, kicks off University of Arkansas-Pulaski Technical College\u2019s CHARTS Live 2025-26 performing arts series, 7 p.m. Friday in the Center for Humanities and Arts Theater on the college\u2019s 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 \u2014 Dave Hoffpauir on drums, Jay Gentry on bass, Drew Pickens on guitar and Trevor Bates on steel guitar \u2014 and a music video by French folk artist Tourbillon Brume.<\/p>\n Tickets are $25. Beer, wine and light concessions will be available. Visit uaptc.edu\/charts.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n DANCE<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Swing fundraiser<\/strong><\/p>\n Put on your best 1940s-inspired attire and join us for an evening of vintage fashion, music and dancing at Western Arkansas Ballet\u2019s\u00a0\u201cDance the Decades: Vintage Swing\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0fundraiser, 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\u2019oeuvres, 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\u2019s wardrobe department to update costuming for \u201cThe Nutcracker.\u201d<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div> LITERATURE<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Worthen Prize winner<\/strong><\/p>\n The Central Arkansas Library System\u2019s Butler Center for Arkansas Studies has awarded the\u00a02025 Booker Worthen Literary Prize\u00a0to Monica Potts<\/strong> for her 2023 book, \u201cThe Forgotten Girls: A Memoir of Friendship and Lost Promise in Rural America.\u201d<\/strong> 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.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.nwaonline.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" MUSIC Divas3 Touring trio Divas3 \u2014 Crystal Stark, Emily Yates and Tracy Distefano \u2014 performs \u201cthe biggest hits of the greatest divas in music history,\u201d 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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1988560,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1988559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ENTERTAINMENT-Divas3-to-channel-decades-of-singers-in-free-Helena.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1988559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1988559"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1988559\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1988560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1988559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1988559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1988559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Monica](\"https:\/\/wehco.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com\/img\/photos\/2025\/08\/28\/0924-book-Monica-Potts_t800.jpg?90232451fbcadccc64a17de7521d859a8f88077d\")